Netanyahu: Israel will set up emergency government
In the wake of Hamas' attack on Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said, "I call on the opposition leaders to immediately establish a national emergency government without preconditions."
"The people are united, and now the leadership needs to unite," he said, translated from Hebrew.
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Netanyahu said Israeli's strikes on Hamas "have only begun."
"We have eliminated many hundreds of terrorists and we will not stop there," he said.
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The prime minister said he's in constant contact with President Joe Biden and thanked the U.S. leader for his words and action.
He said "an American aircraft carrier, one of the largest in the world, is on its way to our region."
-ABC News' Will Gretsky