[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will straight to the a Fox News Alert as Tens Of Thousands of Israeli Soldiers are getting ready for a full scale inveighs of gaza as airstrikes have continued throughout the night. [background sounds] pete idf issuing a statement saying, quo, forces are currently preparing to implement a wide range of offensive plans which can include combined and coordinated strikes from the air, sea and land, end quote. Hamas is responsible for the killing of at least 1300 israelis and 29 u. S. Citizens. The israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, assuring his troops that more fighting is on the way. You for the next stage . The next stage is coming. Rachel the New York Times reports that Israeli Forces have delayed their initial planses as Weather Conditions in the area could worsen. Will meanwhile, a second u. S. Aircraft carrier is on it way to the Mediterranean Sea in what defense secretary lloyd austin calls a show of force. The u. S. Continues to affirm its support for israel. Pete despite that, iran is now warning israel to stop the fighting immediately, saying any further action they take will cause a, quote, huge earthquake for israel if their operations in gaza continue. Now lets get to trey yingst whos live on the ground in southern israel. Trey, whats the latest . Reporter hey, guys. You can see its a stormy morning here in southern israel. Were next to a military base. A lot of traffic headed in to the base as reservists show up for duty. Overnight more israeli airstrikes in the northern and central part of the gaza strip as a civilians continue to evacuate with south. This is a Significant Development because there was a lot of buzz last night the invasion could start overnight. The weather could have something to do with it. You can see its quite rainy here. You do have a lot of those Ground Troops and Infantry Troops that are in dirt areas that are turning to mud. All of this a part of the calculation for the israelis as they monostore the monitor the situation in the south, but also the situation in the north. We saw today the three antitank guided missiles fired into israel from southern lebanon. The israelis responding, striking hezbollah targets inside lebanon. But yet with another indication the Lebanese Militant Group may try to get involved in this fight and something that israel worries about because if they do get involved at a full scale level, it is something that will overwhelm israels air Defense System and create a massive problem for this army as they try to destroy has hamas and also rescue hostages. Guys . Will with you know, trey, i was scrolling through my x field, and i came across feed, and i came across a tweet from you that a really stopped me. You said theres an understanding on the ground that israelgaza could just be the beginning. Look at the am of American Mihm amount of American Military assets coming this way. Uncertain days. And, of course, also as you put out the attacks from hezbollah. What is the feeling of what is about to happen in the region . Reporter yeah. Look, yesterday ill point you to a meeting in coe that between the Foreign Minister of iran and the leader of hamas doha. This meeting took place in a very friendly tone. It was something that was seen across the mideast as a yet another indication that iran had advance knowledge of what took place many southern israel, that a massacre last weekend. But remember, iran just yesterday said they will be forced to get involved in this fight if the Ground Operation Into Gaza moves forward. The Ground Operation Into Gaza is absolutely moving forward. It is not a question of if, but rather when. When that does happen, israel has to be braced for not only rocket and missile fire from lebanon, but also the fact that iran could fire on the jewish state. Thats a real concern for israel as they try to the work through the situation here in the south. Pete and, trey, that Ground Offensive that you say its not if, but when, im hearing conflicting reports about what the educative for israelis objective for israelis would be. Theres a sense that the idea of holding it is almost untenable. Im hearing deadlines of 18 months. If youre talking about 18 months on a Ground Invasion, thats incredibly significant. So this delay, is it really for weather in your sense there . You said e it was the, you know, dicey today, and whats your sense of what their objective is right now . Reporter yeah, look, in terms of objectives, they are going to enter the gaza strip, and theyre going to to hold territory. The amount of troops that weve seen here is unlike anything i have seen in the past. We are talking about Tens Of Thousands of Infantry Troops. Theyre going to first take it this is important actually, heir going to first go in with d9 bulldozers to insure they can get rid of Roadside Bombs or booby traps on the way in to the gaza. Then theyre going to take in the tanks and the apcs followed by the Infantry Troops. This is a coordinated effort by the israelis, and theyre not just going to simply destroy a few targets and leave, theyre going to hold territory. Part of whats taking place is a preparation for that. Im going to put a jacket on here. Its quite rainy, as you can see. Part of whats taking place is preparation for that, and when you look at the fear along the border, it is really just clearing the path fors what is to come. The israelis understand once they get inside if gaza, theyre going to need to hold buildings. Theyre going to be facing forces like hamas and Islamic Jihad that understand this territory very well. Theyre going to be the popping out of tunnels firing rpgs, hand grenades, small arms, and they have to be prepared for all of this. They will be Sitting Ducks surrounded by enemy forces. The if we know from past conflict, flicks Around The World, an insurgency is the most difficult thing to defend against, and thats exactly what a theyll be facing inside the gaza strip. Rachel trey, as we talk about this war expanding and the imminence of the Ground Invasion, can you tell us any more about the civilians . Im hearing conflicting reports about whether they can get out, whether hamas is blocking them from getting out or whether the countries from which theyre supposed to exit from are blocking that exit. Reporter yeah. So the israelis have opened up two Evacuation Corridors in gaza. Basically theyve agreed not to strike those corridors. Theyre telling all civilians not just in gaza city, but in the entire northern part of the gaza a strip they must evacuate south. If they dont, they are at risk of being killed when the israelis enter the gaza strip. Weve seen the images of thousands of people trying to get out of the way toward the second largest city in gaza and even south to rafah near the egyptian border. What is of note here is hamas. We had reporting that indicated hamas was keeping people from leaving their houses before the cities reilly airstrikes. The military now says theyre keeping people from driving south in some area and even tried to set up roadblocks. All of this is a concern because youve got 2 Million People inside gaza. The vast may noter are not militants majority are not militant,s, and there are very concerning and real reports from inside gaza of people running out of not just food, but also water. So theres the a humanitarian crisis developing in parallel to whats taking place, and a solution needs to rise to the surface to help get those civilians out of the way so the israelis can operate and do the job that they say they plan to do which is destroy hamas and try to rescue those hostages. Will trey the, well let you get out of that rain, check in with you a little later mt. Hour, thank you. Speaking of that ability to leave gaza to the south that you bring upper, rachel, there are reportedly photos of hamas, as you bring up conflicting reports, but photos of hamas in this case blocking some of those corridors to the south. I think you can see on some of these photos, i dont know if theres a zoomedin one, but theres one certainly available, there you go, where you have trucks turned Sideways Asen as an effective roadblock. People are saying it was put in place by hamas. Pete multiple videos appearing to point out that roadblocks in certain parts of that corridor, thats one of the videos as well blocking civilians. Again, conflicting information but not surprising considering the techniques that that hamas uses. Also worth noting that theres reports that the Israeli Defense forforces have loosened their rules of engaged for the engagement for the infantry meaning theyve got more latitude to shoot an Enemy Combatant if necessary, and i think thats a reflection of the belief these delays will help, if youre a civilian, if you want out, you should get out because if youre on the street, youll be considered an Enemy Combatanting in a 360 environment of asymmetrical environment where tunnels and towers and everything makes it really difficult for the inpantry. Rachel pete, you asked trey about the weather. When i heard there was a weather delay, my mind went, oh, theyre rescuing the hostages. That was my mind. But you said the weather actually is a huge factor for them. Pete there could be, especially at the beginning. If this becomes a monthslong siege, then weathers going to be a factor no matter what. But at the beginning, you want to make sure you have Close Air Support which is helicopters and drones and the ability to provide cover for your infantry. And if youve got really dicey weather and youre not able to deploy thoses assets, it just makes the whole thing rachel and those assets are an advantage pete huge tech the logical advantage. It may be the case, it may not. You could be using that as an excuse to delay further. Lets talk about that delay as we move over to a couple of maps, because that delay could also be tied to the fact that israel got some criticism that 24 hours was not enough time for all the a civilians to evacuate. Is so if the weather comes in, you say, hey, this is going to be a house to house fight, maybe you want more time in that evacuation. So here we are, this is effectively the gaza strip. And those two corridors that were talked about are one along the coastline and one down the middle. So when you see those mihm images of the roadblocks from hamas, there are two main Evacuation Roads that israel has a said they wont strike, and that red part in the north that you looking at is the varian of evacuation at this point. Israel says it wants to evacuate even further because there are hamas members, there are tunnels in the south as well. That rafah crossing, the one i down here, is a big question because egypt has continued to to say, guys, we dont want any refugees. We want our border to be secure, which is ironic when you consider how insecure our border is at this point. But again, middle Eastern Countries saying we stand9 with the palestinians, but we dont want any of these refugees in our country. And el sisi has said that because their economys not good in egypt, and theyve always [inaudible] rachel is it because they want to keep them in, if they evacuate, youre basically ceding that line, that land to israel . Or is it because they dont want refugees because theres an Economic Impact . Pete i think theres both, but theres also the Bargaining Chip of the palestinians, things like that tend to become more permanent, if they dont want that. Will any economic effects as well. Egypt wonders, im sure, whos going to take care of all these people. Rachel but not opening it up could mean they put their own aid, foreign aid will thats part of the negotiating and Bargaining Table you assume is going on right now between the United States. But, you know, were putting out a multitude of reasons and, pete, you mentioned this is more from the hamas side of things, but all of those civilians are bargaining chains. Chips. And, of course, you herald the term human shield. Item kennedy tim kennedy whos working with save our allies to get american citizens out of hostile regions like afghanistan, ukraine or now israel, had this to say about the use of civilians in gaza. This is a type of evil that we havent seen in modern warfare in my lifetime. Twenty years at war, global war with on terrorism, iraq, afghanistan, africa, eastern europe, ukraine, ive never seen anything like this. This was something completely different, something extraordinarilyville. And the propaganda isnt just the videos of the hostages or rather when israel goes into gaza, every single Civilian Casualty and there will be some because theyre barricading their positions with civilians, theyre firing weapons, showing weapons and burying them with civilians, thats the propaganda they want. They want civilians to die so they can use that as prop began that to continue to perpetuate the cycle of violence. Hamas keepsen on perpetuating this cycle. Will you know, if im looking at the biggest changes between when we sit down together this morning versus yesterday in the muse, im going to ask you this, pete, it seems very notable to me that the United States of hurricane has positioned yet another america has positioned yet another naval Maritime Force in the mediterranean Mediterranean Sea. From a an Aircraft Carrier to, i believe, a strike group . Our presence, can it be chalked up to deterrence . Pete i think it can be. I think we would want to believe thats what its there for, a demonstration of overwhelming capabilities in the region should you and hopefully those back with Channel Conversations are being had. Dont move, dont go further, let israel do what it needs to do in gauze with saw, dont move in lebanon through his what blah. No further agitation his hezbollah. But it could also mean preparation. I just dont know theres been much deterrence demonstrated from this administration, as you know. Rachel and iran has said if you get involved, if theres any incursion, were going to take pete iran says a lot of things, its true. One last note is on these hostages. We havent really mentioned this, with but the current leader of hamas on the gaza strip was the product of a prisoner exchange. Rachel thats right. Pete he was exchanged back to the gaza strip. In fact, over 1,000 palestinians were exchanged for 1 israeli soldier and that was the, i dont know, i cant recall how many decades ago years ago, over a decade ago. Youve got a precedent of 1,000 for 1 and you now hold 120 to include 151 americans . They probably think theyre sitting on a lot of Bargaining Chips, and the question is what are those negotiations behind the scenes that could prevent this war from going wider. And i dont think thats going to stop a Ground Incursion at this point, but its an interesting dynamic. Rachel i think what will is alluding to is our involvement. Pete yeah. I mean, i think a lot of it depends on what iran decides to do as a part of an escalation. Will and, of course, that could be impacted as we talk about the impact on the United States, of course, and what happens here at home. Its just, you know, we had trey yingst on talking about the ability of this turning into a regional war and then there is the issue of it spiraling into a a potential global war and that could if be predicated not just on state actors but, of course, that started with terror. And that means we have to talk about our southern border. This is vivek ramaswamy. Seeing whats happening on both borders of this country, reflecting on where we are as a country, i think what the next one of the things the next president of the United States needs to understand that we are in the middle of a war here in the United States of america. There will be a Terrorist Attack in this country that well be able to link to that southern border. Its just the reality. I dont know what bidens going to do, but we cannot accept people there gaza into this country from gaza as refugees. I am not going to do that. Rachel meanwhile, representative Ann Aty Biggs had this to say. He tweeted we should not take in 1 million refugees from gaza, a region prone to terrorism and antisemitism. S where is the focus on our Southern Byrder . And that is a good border . That is a good question. Its interesting, i went abroad over the last, about a week and a half if ago or two and coming back into the country, you know, it was kind of a hassle. And i couldnt help thinking why does it take me in this long to get into my own country when you see whats happening at the southern border where theyre basically given a welcome mat. Pete uhhuh. And part of the reason andy biggs is saying