"Israel-Hamas Conflict Escalates: Live Updates and Threats of Hostage Executions"

Israeli soldiers killed three terrorists during a gun battle in Ashkelon, Germany will evacuate citizens from Israel, rockets were launched from Syria into Israeli territory, a New Yorker returns to Israel to join the war effort, the US State Department is in talks with airlines to encourage travel to Israel, the White House says Iran is complicit in the Hamas attack but has no specific evidence of its support, satellite imagery shows the aftermath of Israel's retaliatory airstrikes in Gaza, the death toll in Gaza rises to 900 killed and 4,500 wounded, and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Israel to engage with Israeli leaders and discuss support.