on the ground in gaza. israel confirms the next stage of its war is underway with a relentless round of attacks from the ground air and sea. as the death toll sky rockets, prime minister netanyahu vows as the battle has just begun and iran warns israel has crossed a red line. a lot of major developments in the mideast over the past 24 hours. let s go now live to fox news correspondent jonathan hunt. he is in the he is in jerusalem on the ground. jonathan, good to see you. you say it s been relatively quiet overnight, but could this be the calm before another storm of assaults on gaza? well, it s a really interesting question, anita. and the short answer is, yes, it could be the other possibility here is that there is a lot of discussion going on between the various groups with other mediator nations such as egypt and qatar as well, about those hostages. now, that is certainly what the families of the 239 hostages being held in gaza would like to think that perhaps there is a
homicides, city streets taken over by scores of addicts. questions about why so many accused of violent crimes are quickly out of jail and back in the community. the efforts by citizens across the country. first to our tops are a new milestone in israel s war against hamas in the middle east. this is the second phase of the war his goals are clear at the destruction of hamas military and governmental capability return of the hostages held progress is really tank at collins move into gaza as warplanes carry out heavy airstrikes meanwhile the u.s. sends a message to iran striking munitions facilities in syria earlier this week as a series of iranian backed militant attacks on u.s. forces in the region. of these attacks continue as the president said we will continue to respond. shannon: the pentagon said the move is to stop malicious and broadening the conflict in the middle east. we will discuss escalating tensions in the latest on the hostage negotiations with chairman of
of thousands of troops, inter contaal ballistic missiles and submarine launched ballistic missiles. while it looks like korea is gearing up for the parade, they are preparing for a nuclear weapons test, its first in about five years. for weeks south korea has reported that the north has been working to restore several publics, its main nuclear test site north claimed to destroy in 2018 after kim jong-un declared the country s nuclear arsenal complete. if it does complete a test, it will be the 7th since testing since 2006 a u.s. carrier strike group led by the uss abraham lincoln spent time conducting joint drills with japanese forces in the waters in the
significant developments over the weekend, with the situation in ukraine. the u.s. asking families of the embassy staff in kiev to leave and the the u.k. remarkable announcement that they have negligence that moscow is trying to install a pro-russian leader in ukraine. what is your sense of all of this? where do things stand right now? in some ways they stand where they were. mr. putin is still in the driver s seat, here, jonathan, in terms of whether there will be a war, when, if so, what kind. and which leads to the british announcement. it s a reminder that he has a menu of options. we re obviously focused most on tens of thousands of troops, cop bining forces, coming across a border but obviously that has lesser options including cyber, and including the efforts to disrupt from within, to bring about a kind of puppet government through some kind of a regime change, using intelligence assets, who knows what sweeper assets they do have in that country.
i m glad you mentioned nationalities, this is not just a political chess game, it could be very serious loss of human life. if when war does come, the u.s. has thousands, tens of thousands troops in eastern europe as a present there, but they re not in bed with them i see pentagon reporters complaining about this, have you gotten a straight answer, why isn t this being allowed and why is in a bigger issue? tara: jen psaki said broadly, the press secretary, she said generally they would allowed for embedding but for some reason right now they are say the situation is to tense into stand by. but like i said i think that it is best to be on the ground and see the intelligence firsthand so our reporters can say if russia says they re pulling back troops we can literally look there and say that is not a fact. instead of relying on sources on