Step against hamas at this hour. The idf confirms it has taken over control of the gaza side of the rafah border crossing. It connects the war torn territory to egypt. Officials say the operation was very precise and very limited, and say it was only in specific areas of eastern rafah. This is the first significant military action israel has taken in that part of the enclave, where more than a million palestinians are taking refuge. Israel claims the gaza side of the crossing was being used for terror activity. The idf says hamas fired mortars toward israels border from the area of the crossing over the weekend. Four idf soldiers were killed, several others were hurt. Israel says the operation is not yet over. 20 hamas militants were reportedly killed today while israel was taking control of the gaza side of the crossing. Three Terror Shafts were also apparently found in the area, and many questions still remain right now. And right now, its not clear if humanitarian aid is still being
learn how abbvie could help you save. pete: we begin this hour with a fox news alert. the wagner chief who threatened to march all the way to moscow and open rebellion of russian president vladimir putin has backed down. rachel: belarus reportedly brokering the deal that will allow to go into exile and end that internal conflict for now. will: greg p is live in kyiv with the latest. greg? reporter: hi, folks it is the morning, the day after and it looks like we are back from the brink in russia but still there are a lot of questions and
i am in control i think he s trying to say but some rocky times back to you guys. pete: greg, thank you. what s the sense? is it that pragosia made a miscalculation that he would get more support than he did? he didn t seem to take aim at putin. he was taking aim at the minister of defense, but ultimately, i don t think he wanted to be going to exile. where did it go sideways for him that s kind of a mixed signal, really, as we look at what is the outcome for pragosi an. he watched him and his fighters leave that city that they took over last night and he was being cheered so in many quarters in russia, he still is a popular figure and i think that that s the problem for vladimir putin, that he doesn t want somebody else very powerful vying for the public s attention, especially online, which vladimir putin doesn t seem to get. will he be sent in exile in belarus? that s what people are saying. we still have to wait for
the interpersonal dynamics of the relationships we just don t know. friendships, betrayals, positions in power. but russia has a long history of toppling regimes, but to your point, will, if you shoot at the king, as they famously said, you better not miss and if an attempt, if this was something that putin didn t have knowledge of and didn t approve of and it went it s hard to see him living out a life of luxury in belarus. will: because of what greg said it be hard to imagine him not re entering the picture. pete: exactly and how could vladimir putin tolerate that. rachel: right. i think it s interesting too, because a lot of people who are in favor of the ukraine war as a proxy war to get rid of vladimir putin, we ve heard people like lindsey graham say that is the goal for example, but destabilizing there s a lot we don t know about russia. there s a lot of mystery about what happens in there and the dynamics, and destabilizing russia may not be as in our
confirmation. it is thought by many though that haven t her d the last of him and he might try to get back in the picture in some way in the future with yet another band of mercenaries or reconstituted wagner group outfit. we ll see what happens but still , a lot of questions still to be answered. it s only about 12 hours since the resolution of this crisis. back to you guys. will: thank you, greg. so those details are what not necessarily are we debating two alternate near lackeys theories. we re trying to figure out the mystery wrapped inside a puzzle and that is russia and if it is a case that pragosian shot his shot and it came up short, on accomplishing whatever he wanted to accomplish, a change in the ministry of defence, if that s the case it s a little bit hard to reconcile vladimir putin s position of no harm no foul. you are allowed to peacefully retire to belarus, especially if it is as greg just pointed out,