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The United States is strengthening its presence in the Middle East following the deadly Hamas attacks on Israel this weekend by moving planes and ships closer to the conflict.

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) was in Israel and sheltered in place during the Hamas attacks launched early on Saturday.

Israeli officials are comparing the unprecedented attack on Israel launched by Hamas early Saturday to terrorist attacks in American history, including Sept. 11, 2001, and Pearl Harbor.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) scoffed at the idea that ousting Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as speaker would negatively impact him.

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that both the U.S. and Israel will review what led to the intelligence failure that left the Middle Eastern country surprised by Hamas's fatal terror attack on Saturday.

The United States Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, issued a message to American citizens Sunday, urging them to take increased security precautions in the country following reports of foreign tourists being killed as a likely result of terrorist attacks in Israel.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States is "working overtime" to verify reports that there are missing and dead Americans in Israel after Hamas launched a deadly terrorist attack early Saturday.

More Democratic lawmakers and organizations are reacting to the ongoing battle between Israel and Hamas, calling for peace on both sides after the Palestinian terrorist group launched rockets from Gaza into Israel.

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley pushed the House to elect a speaker sooner rather than later.

Israel's former prime minister Naftali Bennett called for Hamas to be destroyed as his family shelters from their attacks.