harris: combat troops engage troops into northern and central gaza, second phase of ground operation now. prime minister netanyahu is set to give a briefing on this stage of the war 1 p.m. eastern. watch for that. israeli troops advance and new video showing changing nature of the battlefield. idf raising the israeli flag in gaza. this is outnumbered, i m harris faulkner. my co-host emily compagno, fox news contributor lisa boothe and morgan ortagus and former georgia congressman colonel and u.s. air force reserve and host of doug collins podcast, doug collins himself. we begin with trey yingst live in israel. trey. trey: harris, good afternoon, lot of activity here along the southern front. i want my cameraman to zoom in. israelis are launching flares and lighting up the gaza skyline, in part to illuminate the area where there are ground forces working at this hour and to, matargets that you can hear overhead. i want to discuss the situation inside gaza as forces are o
i don t know. let me just say, we i don t want to lose the point. we have you are saying that you guys are responsible entirely for getting aid into gaza, which you admit is not enough. let me 150 trucks in the last three weeks. let me make clear. pledged $100 million for it, not nothing, but not 14.3 billion. what i meant by the comments, not the united states providing all of the food, water, medical assistance on those trucks. hold on. you just said that united states of america you said let me explain. united states of america there is no shortage of countries in the region and international humanitarian networks and organizations who want to provide humanitarian assistance in they have stepped up and the united states have as well. they have. but what the united states was able to do is secure agreement with the israel and the government of egypt. that has been the breakthrough we have been able to achieve. not the only question of the
smith. john: i m john roberts. the story with martha starts rights now. martha: good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. right now breaking on the story, israel s prime minister saying the fight in gaza is the second war of end. he calls it an existential battle. any calls for a cease fire, he says, would be a surrender as idf expands their ground operation and rescues an israeli soldier who was kidnapped october 7th. a huge development this afternoon. they have vowed to carry out more raids and put pressure on hamas to release the 229 or maybe north of that number remaining hostages that are believed to be in gaza including ten, is the estimate, we think is the right number of americans now being held hostage by hamas. the biden administration has teed up big meetings that could be central to what happens next. senior members of biden s cabinet will sit down with top saudi officials over the next few days. saudi arabia could be very pivotal in the future of the middle eas