The US government has confirmed that 22 Americans have been killed in the Hamas attack on Israel and 17 remain unaccounted for. The number is likely to increase in the coming days. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that some of the Americans may be held hostage by Hamas and that the US is communicating with Israel on recovery of the hostages. The US is also sending additional defense-related support to Israel, including replenishing some of its Iron Dome interceptor missiles and sending the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and her strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean. The bottomline is that the US is sending a loud and clear message that should any actor hostile to Israel or trying to escalate or widen the war, the US is ready to take action against them.
