saying not without the hostages being returned. sandra: and the hezbollah leader is threatening further escalation against israel and the united states, warning that our warships stationed off the coast of israel will do nothing to deter the iran-backed proxy. john: joint exercises in the mediterranean sea with more than 11,000 u.s. troops participating. sandra: complete coverage for you now, and idf spokesperson is moments away with the latest from the battlefield. john: alex hogan live in tel aviv. what s the reaction been there to blinken s comments about the pause today? john, sandra, there was a lot of concern for residents here worried about the potential for a ceasefire but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu shut down that possibility. we also heard from u.s. secretary of state antony blinken saying the u.s. goals for this conflict, really four of them. the first would be to prevent the conflict from spilling out into other countries, that s something
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
they may soon be getting out. sources telling fox news 400 or so american citizens and their families who may or may not be citizens, have been cleared to exit the gaza strip through the border with egypt. that could begin as early as today. we ve seen just a handful of them be able to get out up until this poen. it couldn t come soon enough, that situation is getting worse by the hour, more violent. hamas is so evil with people. they wanted to block their own people from getting to egypt to safety and block our americans from doing that. with their families, the 400, about a thousand they wanted to block. this was getting more complicated. why? because they are feeling it. israel is on the ground and surrounded them by three sides now. hamas is saying it wants to repeat october 7, the massacre that started all of this and they want to do it over and over and over until israel is annihilated. this is outnumbered, i m harris faulkner, here with my co-host kayleigh mcenany an
with jessica tarlov, dana perino, and greg gutfeld. this is the five. israel ramping up efforts to annihilate hamas. combat troops are on the ground in gaza and pushing deeper into the northern and central areas. let s go right to mike tobin live in southern israel where you can hear new israeli str strikes. we are watching israeli air strikes go in. you just heard a cannon. if the microphone is picking it up there that cannons are firing by me. the big development tonight israeli soldier has been freed from hamas captivity. she is back with our family tonight read by an effort of intelligence. iwe know from an israeli spokesperson that she is providing intelligence. she said to have an excellent memory of eric activity and providing useful information. she has been checked out by a doctor and back with the family and said to be doing okay despite having been held captive since october 7th. in light of that, in right israel s prime minister is refusing any discussion
Kills dozens, including children. Can they avert an all out ground war . The Vice President gets a closeup look at the ravaged jersey shore while hundreds of homeowners are told for the first time, their homes cant stay. And for shoppers this year , the battle starts earlier than ever. And they call it turkey town. Our visit to the place where turkey isnt just a meal, its a way of life, 365 days a year. Good evening. There are millions of people in israel and the gaza strip who are spending this night living
in fear of rockets and missiles raining down on their homes and neighborhoods as outside parties hurriedly work behind the scenes to stop the exchange fire. Huge explosions rocked gaza with one strike killing at least 11 people. Israel says the targets were palestinian militants, but several of the dead included women and children. But with palestinians continuing to fire rockets into israel and tel aviv in their crosshairs, israel says it is preparing to expand its attacks. Were o