Los angeles. The Israeli Military releasing a statement moments ago saying it has killed a senior hamas member involved in planning last saturdays horrific attacks in israel. Murad abu murad was killed in a strike targeting a building in the gaza strip. We also just received some new video showing the damage from the israeli city of ashkelon. Hamas armed wing al qassam saying friday that it launched 150 rockets toward that city. There are now reports whether any israelis. No report, should i say, whether any israelis were injured in that attack. Its been exactly one week now since hamas staged those shocking, brutal and deadly attacks against israel. Israel has been striking back hard all week. Now, the Israeli Military says Commando Units are conducting localized ground raids in gaza. And a short while ago, they also issued a statement that more than 120 civilians are confirmed to be held captive by hamas in gaza. The idf also continuing to pound gaza from the sky. Hundreds of thousan
using civilians as human shields. they re hiding behind and among civilians. they re putting rockets and other terrorist infrastructure in civilian areas. that creates an added burden for the israeli defense forces, but it does not lessen their responsible to distinguish between terrorists and innocent civilians and to protect the lives of innocent civilians as they conduct this military operation. that s true of striking from the air. it is true of going in on the ground. this is something that we talk about with the israelis on a daily basis. national security adviser jake sullivan on the responsibility of israeli forces as its troops are moving farther into gaza this morning, days into its ground operation. we ll get the latest in a live report from the gaza border. plus, what the new speaker of the house is saying about aid packages for israel and ukraine and how soon the funding could pass in the lower chamber. also ahead, there s much more to report on donald trum
in its war against hamas. we ll have the latest developments out of the middle east in just a moment. plus, what the new speaker of the house is saying about aid packages for israel and ukraine and how soon the funding could pass in the lower chamber. and also ahead, we ll look at the state of the republican presidential primary now that former vice president mike pence has bowed out of the race. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, october 30th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us, and we ll begin this morning with israel, expanding its ground operation in gaza. on saturday, prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced that israel is in its second phase of its mission to destroy hamas. netanyahu described the assault as israel s second war for independence. the operation began overnight friday with an intense wave of air strikes and ground raids. at the same time, phone and internet service to the region was sev
harris: combat troops engage troops into northern and central gaza, second phase of ground operation now. prime minister netanyahu is set to give a briefing on this stage of the war 1 p.m. eastern. watch for that. israeli troops advance and new video showing changing nature of the battlefield. idf raising the israeli flag in gaza. this is outnumbered, i m harris faulkner. my co-host emily compagno, fox news contributor lisa boothe and morgan ortagus and former georgia congressman colonel and u.s. air force reserve and host of doug collins podcast, doug collins himself. we begin with trey yingst live in israel. trey. trey: harris, good afternoon, lot of activity here along the southern front. i want my cameraman to zoom in. israelis are launching flares and lighting up the gaza skyline, in part to illuminate the area where there are ground forces working at this hour and to, matargets that you can hear overhead. i want to discuss the situation inside gaza as forces are o
survivors sifting through the rubble in a devastated gaza strip where internet and power cut off by israel friday night has now been partially restored after pressure from the white house. president biden also pressing prime minister netanyahu to safeguard americans trying to get out and allow substantially more humanitarian aid into gaza including fuel that israel warns would end up in the hands of hamas. the reason those trucks are moving is because of president biden s leadership. that flow of trucks needs to increase and increase substantially so that there is enough food, water, and medicine to get to innocent people in gaza who are badly in need of it. and as the fighting rages on, there are growing concerns for the safety of hundreds of hostages. some of them american. held by hamas for more than three weeks. e weeks. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington as israeli forces advance a war effort they say will be long and difficult with infantry, tanks