world and an international backlash against israel s proclaimed second phase, with growing concern about the safety of hostages, including ten americans. as the new speaker takes the gavel today, mike johnson is already under fire from senate republicans for removing all new ukraine war funding from the president s emergency spending bill. in favor of $14 billion for israel. the powerful republican house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccall will join me life. donald trump junior will take the witness stand in the manhattan civil fraud trial one day after his father s appearance at a courthouse in downtown miami. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington with the first escape from gaza through the rafah crossing into egypt for at least a handful of americans since the war began. a small group of americans, u.s. officials say fewer than ten, were finally able to get out after egyptian ambulances crossed into gaza to bring out injured gazans. de
terrorists. the idf in heavy armor and tanks now reportedly taking out hamas targets and terrorists overnight. [explosions] harris: as you can see it went on long enough for day break. new video shows israeli troops raising the jewish nation s flag in the palestinian territory for the first time in 18 years. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced the second phase of the war with the israeli forces reaching built-up areas including the outskirts of gaza city. reports on the ground idf blocked a key road linking northern gaza to the south. netanyahu has told his nation to expect a long, hard conflict. this is our second independence war. we are fighting on defending our homeland. we will fight and not quit. we will destroy the enemy of the land and under. we will fight and win. harris: here is what an israeli soldier told fox. on a regular basis we re worried about rockets, missiles, drones, even people cross
find information. third hour of fox and friends starts now. ainsley: we begin our final hour with fox news alert. saudi minister of defense, mbs s brother set to meet at the white house with senior biden official to discuss the war in israel. brian: afterthe phone call with prime minister netanyahu. he wants the prime minister to protect civilians in gaza and allow them to access humanitarian aid. this is a live look now at gaza. let s look together. smoke has been billowing out since we got on the air. lawrence: we have live team coverage. jacqui heinrich live from the white house. but we begin with trey yingst in southern israel. what can you tell us about the invision, trey? trey: good morning, we have breaking news for you. there are sirens sounding in bershafa. firing rockets at major israeli population centers. a source telling fox news a high-level israeli official in coordination with the united states visited doha on saturday and met with qatari negotiators
good to be with you, i m katy tur. we re watching a couple of stories, incoming an update from the governor of maine on the mass shooting last week. we re going to bring the news out of that. first, there are some major developments out of israel. the idf says it freed a hostage inside gaza. colonel yuri magadesh was e retrieved. she is said to be in good condition. as for the rest of the hostages, prime minister benjamin netanyahu today argued the ground incursion and intense bombardment are helpful. our common assessment of all of the not only cabinet members but the security forces and the military is that the ground action actually creates the possibility, not the certainty, but the possibility of getting our hostages out. because hamas will not do it unless they re under pressure. they simply will not do it. you ll notice netanyahu was speaking in english there. that was a press conference for foreign media, an acknowledgment that israel needs to convince the world t
complete. the memorial service will begin momentarily. please move to your seats. rich: that just finished the memorial day observance at arlington national cemetery and president biden, vice president harris and defense secretary at the tomb of the unknown soldier constructed in the 1920s on a hill overlooking the united states capitol in washington and has one of an unknown service member from world war i and others were later added from subsequent wars. we will hear from president biden on this memorial day and the ever-present reminder of exact will i what this holiday is all about, julie. julie: well said. rich: a weekend of action between israel and the terrorists of hamas before a cease hostage talks tomorrow. they took down two hamas terrorists in rafah last night. the idf says it will investigate the reports of more than 40 civilian deaths. hello and welcome to a new hour of fox news live. i m rich edson. julie: is it hour three? i m julie banderas. thank you