Armies. People use the Word Proxy a lot. They are iranian armies. If iran stops funding them, they disappear. So when the biden administration tells israel that it should not go Into Rafah, or that it should hold up or should pause or deescalate on rafah, that in hindsight, was exactly the wrong policy decision. Israel went Into Rafah. They were incredibly effective. There were very few civilian casualties, and they decapitated a lot of the hamas militant racist, bigoted capability. And they were they were extremely effective. Similarly, when iran went after some of hamas, im sorry, when israel went after some of hamas leaders in tehran, you know, the administration stood back and said, we had nothing to do about it. That sent iran a very, very strong message. And most importantly, last week, everyone was sitting on the edge of their seat wondering what would happen with hezbollah getting ready to attack israel and send in 6000 8000 rockets. Okay, so what did israel do . They did not l
We are working day and night, and we will never stop. And those words from Rachel Goldberg the mother of Israeli American hostage were heartbreaking she uttered them thursday. Today they are absolutely devastating as we learned of her sons tragic death. Hirsch goldberg one of six hostages found dead in Gaza Yesterday for the idf said all were brutally murdered by hamas shortly before their bodies were recovered from a tunnel under the city. Hello welcome to Fox News live i am bryan llenas it. I am anita vogel. Arthel neville in action on or off today 23yearold Hirsh Goldberg was a polyp was a Native Hamas kidnapped him at gunpoint for a Music Festival in israel during the October 7 attacks. His parents spoke at last months democratic convention. They never gave up hope. Today they grieve it. We would grieve it with them. Senator Mark Wayne joins us here on this in a moment. But first live fox team coverage. Lucas tho thompson is at the whe house. We begin achieve a foreign Trey Yingst
The city on a regular basis such as storm shadows and other missiles, to hit deep inside russia and the ukrainian partners say that if they allow them to do so, it will only escalate the war. However, the ukrainian authorities say that these weapons will be used only to hit military targets such as airfields from where russian bombers take off and attack ukrainian cities. On friday, ukraine s president zelensky fired the head of the ukrainian air force, mykola 0leshchuk, days after an f 16fighterjet after an f 16fighterjet crashed, killing its pilot. Crashed, killing its pilot. The f 16 was recently the f 16 was recently sent by nato allies. Sent by nato allies. It crashed while repelling it crashed while repelling a barrage of russian a barrage of russian missiles over ukraine. Missiles over ukraine. Meanwhile, moscow is withdrawing 100 paramilitary meanwhile, moscow is withdrawing 100 paramilitary troops from the west african troops from the west african country of burkina faso count
Joining us. The news continues here on cnn state the us and ukrainian defense ministers meet in washington. What kyiv wants out of the biden administration? and a brutal crackdown on women s rights, how the situation is getting worse in afghanistan cnn easily with well, the battle over abortion rights is taking center stage in the u. S. Presidential race. Donald trump is weighing in on the abortion initiative that will be on his home state s ballot in november and kamala harris has issued a strong response to trump s comments. It comes just one day after her sitdown interview with cnn s dana bash. While we start with trump saying he ll vote no on a florida constitutional amendment that would allow abortions in that state after the first six weeks of pregnancy florida law currently bans abortions after six weeks. The amendments will be on the ballot there in november. It s another reversal for trump, who has previously said he s against a sixweek ban. Cnn s steve contorno has more forme
And charities are meeting with ministers to discuss the difficult winter ahead. Energy bills will rise again in october, when the Price Cap increases by 10 . Rachel reeves said she had to take difficult decisions in very challenging circumstances. The conservatives are calling for her to scrap the changes. Our political correspondent Iain Watson reports. Energy prices are increasing and so is the pressure on the government to help those who are struggling to pay their bills. We are bracing ourselves for a really difficult winter. We are already seeing Record Numbers of people coming to us with Energy Debt in the height of summer. That is only going to get worse when the energy Price Cap rises. From october, the Energy Regulator Ofgem is allowing prices to rise by 10 , and that represents bills of more than £1700 a year for a typical household. This morning, the government brought together big Energy Companies, the regulator, and Citizens Advice Bureau to discuss what more could be don