drone strike killing five iranian proxy fighters in northern iraq and stopping what would have been another attack on american troops in the middle east. you re watching fox and friends, i m carley shimkus. griff: and i m griff jenkins in for todd piro. severe escalation for proxies in yemen who launched hours long assault in the red sea, drawing the u.s.s. carney into the line of fire. trey yingst is live with the latest on the ground there and more on washington s response to iran s provocations. good morning, trey. trey: good morning. a lot of developments over the past 24 hours. israeli forces are ramping up airstrikes, they targeted 200 different sites, bringing total number of strikes against gaza to 10,000. the heavy air campaign issic spooing, tdeath toll say 700 people were killed over the weekend. israel targeting hamas leadership, this weekend hitting a battalion and the commander responsible for carrying out raids into israeli territory back on october 7. th
right now the fragile truce between israel and hamas is holding despite each other violating the terms of the hostage deal reached five days ago. the idf is report this morning that three explosive devices were detonated near israeli troops in two different locations in northern gaza, and that hamas militants also opened up on the idf troops who responded with fire. now, hamas is calling the clash a quote, unquote field skirmish. this morning plumes of smoke were seen over gaza, and now, while this is happening, another group of the israeli hostages are expected to be released from the hamas captivity today, and the families were notified early this morning, and unclear if the firing in gaza does anything to jeopardize the plans. this is where things stand right now. 51 israeli citizens and 18 foreign nationals have been released by hamas since the pause began friday. the families of the hostages set to be freed today, as you heard, have been notified, and the families who
Relatives of hostages still being held by Hamas and other militant groups have endured a nightmare. Nearly five months into the war that began with Hamas deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel, the hostages relatives hold on to hope that they will be freed. But they re growing increasingly desperate for a resolution.