border with lebanon. our correspondentjoe inwood has been monitoring the latest developments. for the people of gaza, there is no respite. this was once a residential block reduced to rubble. multiple generations of families are said to have been killed, seemingly caught unawares. translation: we were having dinner, when suddenly the bombing started - without any warning. in an instant, our house collapsed. the victims were taken to the nearby alaqsa hospital. in a population as young as this, children are so often the victims. this incident already has one of the highest single death tolls since this war began and it is expected to rise. the hamas run health authorities say more than 20,000 people have now been killed in gaza since israel launched its offensive. israel maintains it tries to avoid civilian casualties, it blames hamas for hiding among the population. the idf released new footage showing what it says are tunnels under the strip used for military purposes.
the hamas run health ministry is that the air strike hit a densely populated residential block in central gaza. several buildings in very close proximity to one another. one man who had lost his daughter, his grandchildren and his son in law had said that his family was ordered to evacuate from gaza city because of the israeli military operation. he said, we came to central gaza only to die. he said, there s just no safe place. there are two big challenges ahead after this. one is that the palestinian red crescent said because of the air strike has caused the main road connecting these refugee camps to shut down. that s going to make it very difficult for rescue teams, for ambulances to get through. but also remember that most hospitals in gaza are struggling, whether it s fuel or lack of supplies or water. so as this rescue operation struggles, so will the medical situation. the world health organization has described the situation at gaza s largest hospital, as absolut
facilities in iraq used by iranian backed militants. joey: the act of retaliation comes after three u.s. service members were hurt on an attack on northern iraq. black smoke rising over gaza as the idf ramps up attacks on hamas terror attacks. the intense fighting comes after iran s president issues a threat against israel after one of their commanders was killed. david spunt is live in washington with the very latest. hi, david. one of our service members critically injured. the other two injured but in the critically. still waiting further details on those. the president ordered after u.s. forces came under attack by a drone. the iranian backed militia tied hezbollah and other affiliated groups under the umbrella of iran affiliates. president biden. camp david. let me be clear the president and i will not hesitate to take necessary action to defend the united states, our troops, and our interest. there is no higher priority. while we do not seek to escalated conflict in
welcome to a special edition of jesse waters prime time. i m will cain in for jesse. and we start with the fox news alert. a major blow for the democratic party. the supreme court today shut down special counsel jack smith s appeal to fast track trump s january 6 case, handing trump a christmas gift. time jack smith. the overzealous prosecutor with the scraggly beard, tried to leapfrog the lower court of appeals and force a quick decision on the question of whether or not the former president should be granted immunity from his federal charges. why? to make sure donald trump spends the month of march stuck in a courtroom. trump, who s already been out of commission for the last two months over his fraud case in new york will be taken off of the campaign trail again, meaning no rallies, no fundraisers, and will be forced back into the court the day before super tuesday, when trump is supposed to be on the ballot in 16 states. it s been the biden campaign strategy a