The U.S. State Department said Monday that at least nine American citizens have been killed in the weekend Hamas attacks on Israel, raising the toll from four.

The State Department says an undetermined number of American citizens remain missing and unaccounted for. It is not clear whether the missing had been taken hostage, were killed or are in hiding.

[Under the rules of war, that means Gaza has committed a cassus belli against the US. Will we respond appropriately? Almost certainly not with this administration of Iran appeasers. — Ed]