imm imminent? everyone from the white house to israel officials say we re very, very close. we ll ask an israeli government spokesman where things stand right now. plus, the u.s. launching an air strike on militants in iraq. it follows the 66 earth attack by iran backed groups on u.s. forces in the region. this is a quick response. the read from former defense secretary mark esper. your world starts right now. welcome. i m edward lawrence. from the nation s capitol in for neil cavuto. this is your world. so jeff paul, we begin with jeff paul in southern israel. when could we see innocent civilians freed? that is the million dollar question. we re watching any possible developments that could come out of this israeli government meeting going on right now. we should point out this was previously unscheduled. that might give you an idea of how possibly close they could be to approving a deal that could return hostages back to israel. they are expected to vote on that tonig
[explosions] sandra: this is a fox news alert. israeli forces 0ing in on senior hamas come yaernsd. they raid the homes. troops have killed several operatives and located dozens of weapons and some 35 tunnel shafts. we re more than 40 days into the israel/hamas war and this is the faulkner focus. i m sandra smith in for harris, the largest hospital in gaza continues to be a main focus of israel s offense. this idf video showing a hamas tunnel beneath al-shifa that main medical facility there. another video showing hamas members taking hostages inside the same hospital on october 7th. heavy fighting breaking out around another hospital in northern gaza. one former israeli intelligence chief with this. the fighting is very surgical. it is slow, it is very methodical. we are trying not to reach any of the non-combatant population in the gaza strip. now again one little note, the non-combatant population in the gaza strip is really a non-existent term. all of the gazans who
i m bret baier. breaking tonight, growing concerns that president biden may not be adequately responding to increasing attacks on u.s. forces in the middle east from groups sponsored by iran. iranian proxy groups, another incident today. that makes 47 since mid october. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin starts us off tonight live from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, bret. today another attempted attack on u.s. troops. a kamikaze drone targeted a u.s. outpost in syria. iran and its proxy forces could not seem to be getting the administration s message to stop trying to kill u.s. troops. the pinpoint attack by a pair of american f-15 warplanes on iranian weapon storage facility in eastern syria wednesday has not slowed the rockets and drones fired by iranian proxies. today, u.s. troops shot down a drone headings toward their base, the fifth attack since the u.s. airstrikes. defense secretary lloyd austin issued another warning to ira