Rachel welcome back. Were going straight to a fox news alert. Right now smoke is rising over gaza city after a major blast rocked the hamas terrorist hub, and the idf made sweeping arrests in the west bank capturing at least 68 Hamas Terrorists. Yeah jee and hours ago, aid trucks being the rafah Border Crossing to deliver humanitarian aid to gaza saw. Its its unclear if standed foreigners are being allowed to get out. Pete on the heels of hamas releasing Two American Hostages on friday. The idf says the release is simply a delay tactic as the israelis prepare for a major Ground Invasion. An Idf Spokesman joined us earlier on this program and says theyre in a battle of good versus evil. The unfathomable barbarism of this terrorist organization is really, really beyond any understanding of human nature. And it shocks the souls of e any decent human being. Rachel now lets go to trey yingst live on the ground in southern israel. Trey . Whats the latest . Reporter yeah, hey, guys, good morn
there s no way to evacuate this many people without pain and loss of heartbreaking images you see on television. it s just a fact. reporter: but republicans adamant afghanistan could now become the same haven for terrorists it was on 9/11. our mission in afghanistan was to deny terrorists sanctuary and the biden decision now to completely withdraw has handed them an entire country. maryalice parks joins us from the white house now. maryalice, how is the white house responding to congresswoman cheney saying the president s move makes america less safe? reporter: well, secretary blinken said today that al qaeda s capability in afghanistan has been vastly diminished and that if the group were to reconstitute itself there, the u.s. government would be able to see that. but after this last week, you can imagine the administration is going to face much more skepticism about their intelligence inside afghanistan. linsey. maryalice, thank you. now to the pandemic. a landmark decisi
so that the terrorists that seek sanctuary, part of the mission that came out of afghanistan was to deny terrorists sanctuary. so this is where isis and al-quaida have been fleeing to. libya, mali, niger. those areas. so it s right that we have that drone base there. it s right that we have the green berets there and perhaps other national assets on the ground as well. martha: general tata, thanks very much. good to see you. thanks, martha. martha: so coming up in just a moment as we move on through the course of the story tonight, we will have more for you from washington d.c. when we come right back. each year sarah climbs 58,007 steps. that s the height of mount everest. because each day she chooses to take the stairs. at work, at home. even on the escalator. that can be hard on her lower body, so now she does it with dr. scholl s orthotics. clinically proven to relieve and prevent foot, knee or lower back pain,
the american presence in afghanistan is? what is the point? it should be to deny terrorists sanctuary and leave. we ve been at this for 16 years. it s america s longest war. we went there after 9-11, decimated the taliban in weeks. the longer we made hit the convention war, we adopted the so been at it for 16 years and spent close to a trillion dollars. it s time for a different paradigm. you ve been there i sponsored a peace conference in 1997 already. so s been paying attention to afghanistan longer than most. you were just there. how would you compare to it 10, 15 years ago? much less stable. in 2002, 03, 04, you could drive around in a thin-skinned vehicle. now you have to be in fully armored vehicle because the taliban can crank out a car bomb