the five people on board. america s crime crisis showing up on the doorstep of one of the navy bases in mississippi. we put up more than 0 shipping con stainers to protect sailors from stray bullets. if you can believe that, that about says it all. you re watching fox & friends first on this wednesday morning. i m carley shimkus. and i m todd pyro. we begin with a fox news alert. lawmakers are meeting to discuss recommendation from special council john durham after his very eye opening testimony on fbi failures in the trump russia probe. lucas tomlin sson is live in washington. hey, lucas. mr. durham, did the government receive a plan to they had tried the plan to rush hawaii yes. was that intelligence important enough for director brennan to go brief the president of the united states, the vice president of the united states, attorney general of the united states and director of the fbi? yes .x was that then put into a memorandum. a referral memorandum? yes
stubborn violence. i spoke to senior officials and the prime minister about steps to do that. president biden has stressed the need for israel to act in accordance with international humanitarian law. i also emphasise the protection of civilians must not happen just in gaza, but on the west bank. blinken s visit to the region comes as there were reports of a blast outside al shifa hospital in gaza city on friday. footage sourced by bbc verify shows a damaged ambulance and a number of injured people laying outside the hospital. the israel defense forces confirmed one of its aircraft hit an ambulance that it says was being used by hamas operatives, and that a number of them were killed in the strike. hamas says 13 people were killed in the blast that it says targeted a convoy of ambulances which was transporting the wounded. international editor jeremy bowen has this report on the aftermath of the attack by israel on an ambulance convoy. it contains images you may find upsett
today i spoke with prime minister netanyahu and other senior officials about concrete steps to do that. president biden has consistently stressed the need for israel to operate in accordance with international humanitarian law and the protection of civilians must take place notjust in gaza but also in the west bank where incitement and extremist violence against palestinians must be stopped. we violence against palestinians must be stopped. violence against palestinians must be stopped. we asked our diplomatic must be stopped. we asked our diplomatic corresponded - must be stopped. we asked our diplomatic corresponded aboutl diplomatic corresponded about the status of aid going into gaza following anthony blink and s call for humanitarian pauses. and s call for humanitarian auses. ~ u, and s call for humanitarian auses. ~ a, and s call for humanitarian auses. ~ , pauses. the american say they have been pauses. the american say they have been putting pauses. the americ
there was no immediate comment from israel. earlier, its defence forces admitted striking an ambulance in gaza city but said the vehicle was being used by hamas to transport fighters. our international editor jeremy bowen has this report on the aftermath of the attack by israel on an ambulance convoy. it contains images you may find upsetting from the start. around four this afternoon, an ambulance outside shifa, the main hospital in gaza, was destroyed by an israeli aircraft. in a crowded area, 13 people, including bystanders, were killed and 26 injured, according to the health ministry in gaza. israel said the ambulance was carrying a hamas terrorist cell. hamas said the attack was zionist nazi terror. thousands of palestinian civilians are sheltering at shifa hospital. israel s army says it s a battle zone and they should evacuate south. more dead civilians on al rasheed street, one of only two roads south where israel says civilians must go to be safe. the bbc has located