Thousands of rockets have been launched, into israel, from gaza. And dozens of militants appear to have entered southern israel. Heres what we know so far. The Rocket Attacks have struck tel aviv and areas that surround gaza. Air raid sirens also sounded in several other towns. Israels Emergency Services have said at least 22 israelis have been killed with around 545 injured. Thats according to the Israeli Health ministry. Details of the palestinian incursions are unclear, but gunmen have been reported in towns near the gaza border and israelis have been warned to stay inside. There are palestinian reports of Israeli Soldiers being captured. Hamas military commander Mohammad Deif announced the start of the operation in a broadcast on hamas media, calling on palestinians everywhere to fight. Israels military is striking targets in gaza in response. We dont have Casualty Figures yet from the israeli strikes. Lets hear now from simonjones who has an update on the latest. Rockets launched
thank you so much for being with us. at this hour there are a lot of questions about where things are headed in israel and gaza. we could be just hours away from either military operations resuming in gaza to take out hamas, or the fragile truce between israel and hamas being extended. two very divergent paths this war could take today. and even before getting there, there is uncertainty about today s expected hostage release. so far 40 israeli citizens have been freed since the truce began and another 18 foreign nationals. at this moment today s release hangs in the balance let alone the possibility of an extension. the issue is where are the mothers? we are told there are no mothers on today s list and as part of the agreement mothers are supposed to be released with their children. now, as we wait to see how this develops, we are seeing new pictures of emotional family reunions, 9-year-old emily hand with her sister in the hospital, her father initially thought she w
the faulkner focus is up next. harris: fox news as confirmed israel and hamas has reached and agreement of who will be released today. a new list of hostages. 11 freed today. this is the final day of that temporary cease-fire under the original agreement. as you know, any cease-fire gives more time for hamas to regroup and rearm. i m harris faulkner, you are in the faulkner focus. so far terror groups have released 40 israeli hostages, 13 on both friday and saturday, 14 additionally yesterday. foreign nationals also freed as part of separate negligent achess. it is now in the final 24 hours of that original agreement. both israeli and hamas officials are suggesting they are open to extending the deal with conditions. president biden is pushing for a longer truce. president biden: this deal is delivering lifesaving results. critically needed aid is going in and hostages are coming out. this deal is structured so it can be extended to keep building on these results. tha
kilmeade and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. dana: president biden facing criticism for focusing on islamaphobia despite a despicable wave of anti-semitism in america. the anti-defamation league says there s been a staggering 400% rise in anti-semitic incidents. just this week, a cornell student charged with threatening to shoot up, stab and murder jewish students on campus and there s this startling scene. a jewish student at harvard, singled out and screamed at by anti-israel mob who mocked him from excuse me, from walking freely. the university s president says they are working to fight all forms of anti-semitism on campus. and then with all of that in mind, the administration is rolling out a national strategy to counter hate towards muslims. vice president kamala harris making this announcement on social media. as a result of the hamas terrorist attack in israel, and the humanitarian crisis in gaza, we have seen an uptick in anti-pales
nigel farage, the leader of reform uk, has told the bbc that europe and nato provoked russia s invasion of ukraine. he also said that, while he disliked him as a person , he admires vladimir putin as a political operator because he s managed to take control of running russia. the interview comes as the latest bbc poll of polls suggests reform uk has continued to gain support. the party now sits at i7% on our tracker, which takes into account a wide range of polling data. that is just four points behind the conservative party on 21%. labour still well in front with 41%. there have been more calls for rishi sunak to suspend two conservative candidates who are being investigated for alleged bets on when the general election would be held. this morning, the prime minister wouldn t be drawn on whether he was aware of other candidates or party officials who had placed a bet. labour has accused rishi sunak of a total lack of leadership . the latest donation figures have been rel