Got iron dome intercepters coming off. Get down. Pull it off the sticks. Stay with us. Just everybody get flat. We dont have time. Youll see some interceptions taking place. Theres motor far and Gaza Fire Off of the strip right now laying flat on the ground. We have to take cover. So again, were going to stay down here for a moment, this is what communities along the border are dealing with. Its constant fire. Neil that was the scene a short time ago as trey yingst and his team were taking cover along the israelgaza border. Benjamin netanyahu saying the air strikes open hamas targets in gaza are just the beginning. Well be speaking to israels ambassador in just a moment. Welcome, everybody. Im neil cavuto. It has been stunning, historic and now signs that it is escalating and fast. The latest from trey yingst in israel. Trey . Neil, good afternoon. Tonight president Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu addressed the nation and the world with one message. Hamas asked for a war, they will get a war. We saw that in the initial phases of what appear too be plans for a multiweek conflict. The israelis have continue usually targeted the gaza strip since saturday when early in the day hamas and islamic and jihad militants marched in and massacred more than 900 civilians and soldiers and taking dozens hostage. Tonight israel continues the strikes against hamas positions in the northern and eastern part of gaza. Theyre now shelling and also hitting gaza with their navy. So theyre looking to put a lot of pressure on the gaza strip before sending Ground Troops in. They have told anywhere near the gaza border to money because they will be pushed forward. We have seen tanks and apcs and thousands as they bring for a multifront conflict. While this is happening in the south, more than 4,500 rockets have been fired in since saturday morning. And these air strikes taking place in gaza, Israelly Forces Have had to move to the border with lebanon. 300,000 reservists in total have been called up. Lebanese militants from hezbollah engaged the Israeli Forces in a firefight along the border which led to an exchange of rocket fire between lebanon, hezbollah and its israel. Most of the people affected here are the civilians. People have looked for information about their family members, anything that they can get. Also as the Fallen Cam Rads were recovered by Police Officers here in the city of sderot where many of the massacres took place. Neil . Neil were hearing from hamas that they would like to enter in negotiations to deal with this. That has not gotten are response that hamas was thinking that they would get from israel. Can you explain . A source told fox news that qatari mediators have intervened. Theres dozens of civilians and soldiers taken in the gaza strip and now according to hamas being held in tunnels beneath gaza. Initially it looks like this could be some positive Development Amid this horrific story. The talks are not likely to succeed, this is not a deescalation. Israel is preparing for a ground water. The largest in years. Its a war that the United States and israels closest allies understands could easily spread quickly and draw in other players. So its something that israel has to brace for. You can see it in the population here. Theres no restaurants open, theres no bars open. People are in a state of war, theyre prepared for what is to come. If theyre not part of the group of 300,000 reservists called up to serve, theres volunteers going to hospitals, Restaurant Owners handing out food to soldiers and civilians. Everybody is playing a part here. They witnessed the horrific, horrific event that took place saturday morning. The slaughter of innocent civilians. The militants went house by House Killing who they could around burning down the homes that they couldnt reach. People hiding in their shelters. They went to a a Music Festival and moved down 260 people that were there listening to music. These are isis wanttobes. Theyre people that are looking to inflict the maximum amount of terror on the civilian population and according to israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu, theres Palestinian Militants inside israeli territory tonight. Neil . Were learning that a number of hezbollah soldiers, terrorists were making their way from lebanon. Less hezbollah is very much a part of this. Yeah, something really important to talk about. We reported in this region for many years. Weve talked with top officials. We have interviewed Benjamin Netanyahu. I traveled to lebanon. Talked with officials there. The big concern from israel is the Lebanese Militant Group hezbollah. What we saw saturday is a massacre against innocent people. It was a shock to the israeli system. Something that was so unexpected that its described in the darkest day in israels history. The thousands of rocketing killing some civilians and causing destructions to the central part of this country. When you look at the weapons that hezbollah has, were talking about precision guided missiles that have been smuggled in from iran. They have thousands of different positions. According to classified intelligence that we have reviewed, in southern and central lebanon and all of those positions are aimed at israel. Israel does not have the Missile Defense capabilities to handle that many missiles and rockets that would be fired in to the you wish state in the event of a full scale war that includes whole involvement from the lebanon and the involvement of hezbollah. This is a calculation that Benjamin Netanyahu must make. It could be part of the reason that were seeing such strong actions by the American Government and the Aircraft Carrier headed closer to israel. Because theres an understanding if israel goes to war with gaza, hamas and Islamic Jihad in lebanon, hezbollah and the potential of other fronts upping up like syria and yemen, this could turn into a massacre of more unimaginable proportions than what weve seen. Neil i guess hamas has promised more of the same. Were on the wires indicating if israel were to continue attacking those sheltering in the gaza strip, it would respond by executing some of those captured israelis. The last count, were told 150 to 200 of them. Have you heard more about that . Yeah. Hamas tonight saying they will execute one israeli for every air strike that takes place against the civilian area in gaza without warning. This is a calculation again that israel must make. Dozens of their citizens are being held in the tunnels where hamas stores their weapons. Israel would traditionally hit. While were talking about gaza, i want to discuss the gaza strip. Weve been getting updated information from the Palestinian Health ministry. Theres around 600 deaths in gaza. Many of them civilians. Israel is making clear the Rules Of Engagement that they were adhering to before do not add ply given what took place in Southern Israel over the weekend. Its important to note this. Remember, the Population Density of gaza. Theres 1. 5 Million People 1. 9 Million People that live in gaza. The gaza strip is 25 miles long. Anywhere from three to seven miles wide. It will be incredibly difficult for Israeli Forces to operate inside there once they enter. This idea that has been discussed sometimes of rescuing these hostages as if it were a Hostage Situation in a bank, those people are not truly understanding the layout of the gaza strip. It will be incredibly difficult if not impossible to conduct operations like that inside gaza. Theres Tunnel Networks that go throughout the gaza strip. These captives are likely not all held in one location. They could be along the egyptian border, not just in gaza city but other cities. It is a challenge that is hard to wrap your mind around when it comes to a rescue operation. That is not what were hearing from israeli officials. They initial task is to make sure that Southern Israel is free of militants. If they recaptured their territory being held by jihad fighters. The Second Mission is to go in to gaza and destroy hamas. Thats where the focus is tonight in israel. Neil all right. I hope you focus on your own safety and your crews safety. Youve been remarkable, trey. Please be well and please be safe. Trey yingst in the middle of that. As trey was wrapping up there,er with hearing the u. S. Air Carrier Strike group is expected to arrive in the Eastern Mediterranean waters. We would support more on this with the ambassador. Good to have you here. This escalates and the israelly people are prepared for that. This seems to spread further than amass along gaza. Now what appears to be hezbollah in lebanon and coming from lebanon. It was a cord ord nated or appears coordinated twopronged attack. What do you make of that . So we are currently focused on fighting the war with hamas in gaza. We have to fight and win it. Were watching carefully what is happening in other fronts. We take into consideration that other members of the iranian axis might want to join as was mentioned by your reporter. Theres some friction around the israeli and lebanese border an an infiltration of terrorists in our territory. Im not sure in theyre members of hezbollah, probably another group. In any case, we dont believe that an armed group will infull strait, Cross The Border from lebanon to israel without green light from hezbollah. So we hold them accountable. We do not seek confrontation with hezbollah. But we will not be deterred. If were attacked or provoked, we will response in that front. Neil ambassador, weve gotten a message from turkey. Theyve been calling on hamas and israel to immediately end violence to protect civilians. They would further work to that part to make that happen. What do you think of that . So we are at war and we have to fight that war. Right now talking about cease fire is not in place. Its like telling the American Leadership to examine cease fire on 912. Weve just been attacked. Hundreds of israelis were massacred, this is a brutal attack by a Terror Organization and we have to destroy that war machine. We will not stop until we destroy it. So talk about cease fire are not in place right now. Neil you mentioned 911 and what we would do the day after. It would be inconceivable we would entertain such take. These attacks were crude at their core. The use of commercial planes against the United States. In this case, paragliders and the like, very crude that flew under your radar. What do you think of that, that there was little preparation for an attack like this even though we hear separately that i believe egypt among those saying this was a possibility. Can you enlighten us . Theres a claim as if the head of the Egyptian Government called us to warn us. We were fold it was fake news. Yes, there was an element of surprise. We will investigate it after the war. There will be time to understand whathappened. Right now were at war. Were talking about hamas. They employs methods of isis, including with hostages. We have to treat them like we treat isis. Neil ambassador, hamas has had effective control over gaza for better part of 16, 17 years. Theres been four incursions. Some call them wars since then. Are the days of hamas in control of this region, even having any significant influence in this region over . No matter what happens. However this is resolved that hamas will no longer be in charge, period . So hamas has been in charge hoff gaza for the last 16 years. Let me remind our listeners that they took over in 2007. Theyve been in charge since then. As we all know, rather than prioritizing the wellbeing of the cities, they put their money in building rockets, Digging Tunnels and attacking israel. The two million civilians living in gaza was subjected by them to poor conditions because they prioritize the weapons and fighting israel. We, as i said, are determined to destroy the hamas war machine so we will stop deterrence and not think about waging war against the state of israel. It is critical that they and the partners and the members of socalled iranianled resistant axis will emerge out of this war with a clear conclusion that it will a mistake to start the war with the state of israel. This is critical. Neil ambassador, were learning from the Saudi Arabiian crown prince and he stressed this to the palestinian president , that the kingdom will continue to stand by the palestinians and will spare no effort to restore calm and stability to the palestinian territories. What do you make of that . So look, we as hamas wage war on us, were in the middle of a concerted effort, israel and the u. S. Government, to break through to saudi arabia and expand the circle of peace and normalization. We want to expand the Abraham Accords and include saudi arabia. We believe these efforts were undermined. Let me remind everybody, were talking about a palestinian component to this peace effort, which will benefit the palestinian people. So whoever talks about the palestinians who remember that hamas is not only the enemy of the u. S. And israel, hamas is the enemy of the palestinian authority. They want to topple them and take over. Theyre concerned about a possible deal to benefit the palestinian people. We have to prove them wrong. Neil ambassador, the president put a lid on all further appearances a little after lunch time in the United States. We have not heard from him on this today. What do you think of that . Well, we have been in close touch with the administration. The administration han been very supportive of our right to selfdefense and the needs of our war. Condemning the aggressive actions by hamas, waging war on the state of israel. Im sure that that close contact will continue. Theres been two phone calls between our leaders and im sure more to come. He is the president of the American People. Im not asking him to weighin on our Foreign Policy and our leaders. Nine americans have been killed. We do know of 900 now israelis including Many Americans that were among those killed. Theres a good number that have been kidnapped and not a word. If Benjamin Netanyahu did that in israel, would that alarm you . Well, i dont go into internal American Affairs or comment on the way that the administration talks or doesnt talk about hostages. This is a sensitive issue as we can all understand. I will say were in the process of forming a picture of how many people exactly were kidnapped, how many were held by hamas, how many are alive, how many are dead. Who exactly are they, how Many Americans. Were in close contact with the u. S. Administration about this. When we hear right now that the Prime Minister is saying this will expand, preparing the israeli people for a war that could last for some time, how do you Character Size for Something Like that . For as long as we need. As i said, we are determined to destroy, to crush the hamas war machine so that they cannot threaten us once again. You have to understand, this is not one more round of this is an allout war. What they did to us, as i said, its like our 911 in a way with the different ways to compare. In relative numbers, nearly 1,000 israeli fatalities. In american terms, it would amount to 35,000 to 40,000 americans. Thats ten times 911. So we have to respond. We have to crush the war machine. It may take some time, but it takes what it takes. This is a war and we have to fight it and we have to win it. This is critical. Theres no other way, this is important not only for us and israel but for the free world as well. Neil ambassador, youve been patient. I appreciate it. Theres been global condemnation of this hamas attack. But not without a caveat saying now its up to israel and hamas to essentially settle this. Youve seen this before when israel is attacked, nothing like, this i grant you, but the good will of whatever you want to call it, ambassador, lasts about a week. The theres the second guessing israel is going too far. The response is just proportionate to the attack. Are you ready for that . Is israel prepared for what is already transpiring today . Even at the United Nations. The response should be measured and other Global Leaders say israel has an obligation not to go too far. That is a pattern. Are you worried about that . Youre right in saying right now theres a Broad International support for israel condemnation to hamas and our right to selfdefense. At the same time, were all experienced and we know that time may come where people will start saying, you know, its about time to go for a cease fair and so on. As