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Death toll continues rise from deadly attack in Algeria

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    Conner Powell reports from Jerusalem

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The Fox News alert new video coming in from the scene of the bloody terrorist -- in the Sahara Desert.

Involving Americans the video of the aftermath of the four day hostage crisis -- collect gas plant in Algeria.

Showing charred wreckage of vehicles some -- bullet holes.

And we're also seeing for the first time what it is believed to be the cache of weapons and ammunition said to have been found at the plant.

Including grenades and explosives also founded the scene walkie talkies and mobile phones meanwhile the fate of two Americans remaining.

Uncertain Conner Powell live from our Jerusalem bureau with more time.

Algerian officials is that today sifting through the debris of what it sounds like it's just a really awful -- -- that BP gas facility now.

Hundreds of hostages are free but several dozen are reportedly dead and according to a private television station in Algeria.

They say that authorities -- spent the day looking for bodies and they found at dozens of bodies in that BP.

Gas facility but many of -- so badly damaged it's impossible to tell.

If they -- the terrorists who attacked the plans or they were the hostages.

And making matters worse.

This security officials believe that there are booby traps and mines all over that BP gas.

Facility now identifying the bodies is reportedly going very slow because both of these issues.

And as of now the death -- stands at 23 but Algerian officials say that is likely to increase in the next couple days.

Now earlier Algerian officials said that all 32 of the militants who launch this attack were killed.

But now they're seeing five of them were picked up and now this is the type of information and types of problems with the information we've been seen coming out of Algeria for the last.

48 hours -- so it's been inconsistent it's been.

All over the place is being confusing and it's really been part of the problem both in terms of the relationship between Algerian -- western countries.

Like the United States that had civilians there and then also just reporting and -- family members trying to figure out who was killed -- alive over the course the next couple of days we hope to get better information but right now it looks like Algeria just simply isn't prepared or able.

To providers have information people are expecting our -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

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