Coverage. America reports thank you for joining us. Im sandra smith in new york. John im john roberts. The story starts right now with martha picking up the coverage. Martha . Martha thanks very much. Good afternoon. Im martha maccallum. Were going to go live to tel aviv in just a moment with israeli Prime Minister netanyahu to get new information on this developing scene. You can see the pictures that have just come in from gaza city and the city where they believe an israeli air strike struck a hospital. Theres a lot of questions about how all of this happened. The Israeli Military says hospitals are highly sensitive buildings and are not idf targets. General petraeus who commanded our troops in iraq and afghanistan will be with us in moments. First, we go to Senior Correspondent mike tobin live in israel with the very latest. Hi, mike. Martha, this development at the hospital in gaza city is taking all the attention right now. The Palestinian Health Ministry Says the civilian casual
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will straight to the a Fox News Alert as Tens Of Thousands of Israeli Soldiers are getting ready for a full scale inveighs of gaza as airstrikes have continued throughout the night. [background sounds] pete idf issuing a statement saying, quo, forces are currently preparing to implement a wide range of offensive plans which can include combined and coordinated strikes from the air, sea and land, end quote. Hamas is responsible for the killing of at least 1300 israelis and 29 u. S. Citizens. The israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, assuring his troops that more fighting is on the way. You for the next stage . The next stage is coming. Rachel the New York Times reports that Israeli Forces have delayed their initial planses as Weather Conditions in the area could worsen. Will meanwhile, a second u. S. Aircraft carrier is on it way to the Mediterranean Sea in what defense secretary lloyd austin calls a show of force. The u. S. Co
People. We are all devastated and we want to make sure over the next six months to have everything we need from oxygen to ambulance to defibrillators and thats why we are raising the funds and we actually started a campaign to ask our fellows in the United States and Around The World to support israel because now we are going through a battle not only israel the kid hit everyone. If we dont win these terrible people brainwashed to kill people not like them dot for bit it will go to paris or london or america. We are less willing to sacrifice our lives and my son is on the front lines. We need supplies for our paramedics. Lawrence we will send you some help we want folks to donate go to israel rescue. Org to support the good men and women. Thank you for joining the program. God bless all of you for supporting us. The second hour of fox friends starts right now. Ainsley Fox News Alert a massive blast bringing down a multistory building in gaza. Right now the idf says telling palestinians
Todd a fox news alert. Defense secretary lloyd austin is meeting with Israeli Defense minister and netanyahu today as the war enters a new phase. You are watch ing fox and friends. Im todd piro. Carley im carley shimkus. This is expected to be a significant and forceful Ground Invasion by Israeli Forces. Trey yingst is live on the ground in southern israel. Hi, trey. Trey hi, guys good morning. After a 10hour lull in rocket fire, hamas and Islamic Jihad have started to fire again. There were sirens sounding in the Southern City of ashkelon and people headed to bomb shelters. Israel is bracing to find more scenes of devastation along gaza and preparing for orders to enter gaza. Evacuation order was given to Northern Gaza telling them to leave within 24 hours. Yesterday we visited the site of the Music Festival massacre. Many are at the hospital behind me. I will show you the scene close to the gaza border. Trey you can see here in the Parking Lot Motorcycle used by hamas militants when
Saying death to israel. Death to america. Putting a sharp focus on the risk of a wider regional conflict as israel gets ready for an expected ground invasion. Trey yengst live in ashkelon, israel, north of the gaza strip. We begin a new hour. Weve got some new bill, good morning, weve got new information for you from the northern part of israel along the border with lebanon. An area called hanita. There has been an incident, explosion. Something happened and they are looking into it. It comes as we get new reporting from the gaza strip, a diplomatic source telling fox news today that hamas is preventing civilians inside homes. You heard that explosion in the distance. They are continuing air strikes at this hour in gaza. But this source telling fox news that hamas is preventing civilians from leaving their homes after they announced there will be an air strike there. The israelis have a way of informing civilians telling them to leave and destroying homes linked to hamas or relevant ta