Mills flew to Israel on an overnight flight to rescue Americans stuck there
The White House is yet to confirm when it will offer evacuation flights
22 Americans are dead and 17 are missing, including some taken hostage
He provided similar help in September 2021 during the disastrous withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
At a briefing this afternoon, John Kirby, Strategic Communications at the National Security Council, said there were 'active conversations' about how to bring Americans and dual citizens home, but no specifics had been decided upon.
'We're in active touch with American citizens in Israel, many of them are dual nationalities... there are still commercial carriers flying in and out and there are viable ground routes.
'Neither of those options may necessarily be feasible or affordable, so we are exploring a range of other options to assist if Americans want to leave, I'm just not at liberty to go into that.
22 Americans have been killed and 17 remain missing, including a small number who are feared to have been taken hostage by Hamas.
Among the unaccounted for are dual citizens including young, Israeli-American teenagers who are fighting in the IDF. The casualties include husband and wife Deborah and Shlomi Mathias, who were shot dead in front of their son, Rotem, on Saturday.
Rotem, 16, survived by playing dead. Today, he told of the horror he witnessed.
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