time when he appeared alongside the australiian prime minister in the white house rose garden this afternoon. idf forces say a top naval commander for hamas has been killed and they have taken out 21 senior hamas leaders since the start of the war. you are watching fox and friends first. i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. the world is watching iran. israel says tehran attacked yemen, iraq and lebanon. u.s. forces have come under attack 14 times in the last week. at least 14 u.s. sefrs servicemembers injured in the attacks 10 more are feared to be hostages. now our naval presence in the middle east is growing, seven ships stationed in the region or on their way there. trey yingst live in israel with the very latest. trey. trey: todd, carley, overnight israelis continued with airstrikes trying to take out as many hamas commanders as possible. they are working day and night to lay groundwork for the operation into gaza. take you through what it was like overnight.
israeli-lebanon border. evacuations are underway in one city in the northern israel. as this after days of hezbollah rocket fire. this as president biden calls on congress to send more aid to israel, oh, and by the way, ukraine, too. that came out of last night s 15 minute oval office address. hamas and putin represent different threats. but they share this in common. they both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy. completely annihilate it. ainsley: around the same time as that address u.s. military bases in iraq came under fire in another series of drone attacks. lawrence: unbelievable. this just in u.s. officials confirm that a rocket attack on u.s. coalition forces near baghdad international airport just minutes before biden s speech. brian: all right. we re also learning more about the u.s. navy ship that intercepted several missiles fired near the coast of yemen. look up houthi rebels. pentagon officials saying the missiles were potentially headi
people have been killed in israel, in addition to 3500 wounded. in gaza, weldon and 9200 injured. and according to the state department, 29 americans have also been killed while 15 remain with missing. now, israel promises a new phase of the war is coming. hours ago, prime minister netanyahu met with his emergency cabinet and vowed to demolish hamas. the israeli defense forces said yesterday it is preparing to strike from air, sea, and land. israeli troops and tanks have been amassing on the border with gaza for days. more than 360,000 military reservists have been mobilized, which for context, is more than the total number of u.s. forces in the reserves. the big question, or one of the big questions, is when. is it hours, or days, or longer before the ground offensive begins? we learned more about the strategy overnight, with three senior israeli military officials telling the new york times that tens of thousands of soldiers have been ordered to capture of gaza city, and
and so over and over and over again, this entire city is hearing these thunderous booms from the sky. this is reality for people living here, and then the response often is airstrikes in gaza. now though things seem to be a bit different because as israel prepares for a ground incursion, it just has been more quiet in gaza than we have seen right now. we have seen a bit of black smoke coming from gaza today, but in the very beginning, i mean, it was fearsome, it was terrifying with the airstrikes happening in gaza for the residents there. 700 children have already been killed there. but you remember this all started, this time around, with hamas and its surprise attack on civilians just trying to enjoy their lives. i do want to give you some sound of what happened earlier. i think we have a little bit of that for you now. so let s go to that. our photographer is here with us. lawrence is also with us as well as my fantastic producer, seb. so you re hearing in english, now you