Migrant apprehended last week, and last week, two from lebanon. The countries promote terrorism, and behind closed doors, dhs, cbp and Border Patrol officials are concerned what we see happening in israel could happen here because the border has never been more unsecure and this sector alone, more than 60 miles of unpatroled border because the majority of Border Patrol agents, 90 of the shifts have to do their processing under that bridge. One more stat to leave you with, thats this. In these first 14 days of the fiscal year, already across the entire southwest border, more than 30 iranians, nearly 60 syrians, 285 afghans, more than 100 russians, a handful from lebanon, and get this, nearly 2,000 chinese migrants, so when we hear and see the images a majority are from venezuela, but not all are from the Central American and South American countries. And thats raising a lot of interest right now and thats why the Border Officials are watching where they are coming from in the first 14 days, nearly 100 Different Countries have been represented. Back to you. Sandra important reporting, griff jenkins, live in eagle pass, texas. Thank you. We are trained, we are prepared, we dont want to be here but we have to defend our kids, we have to secure our borders. People that havent had enemies at their door for a long time fell asleep. Think about what it is to have enemies and so when you have a real enemy you need to address that. John its just past 9 00 here in jerusalem and fighting still raging between israel and hamas for a 10th straight day as fears grow that the deadly war may have already become a twofront conflict. Continuing coverage as America Reports begins a second hour. Im john roberts in jerusalem. Here we go with what is going to be a very busy week, sandra. Sandra absolutely, and you are already bringing us great stuff from there, telling the stories of the people on the ground, john. Im sandra smith in new york, as israel combats Hamas Terrorists in the gaza strip, fighting intensifies. Hezbollah is firing at Israeli Military bases and the pentagon is warning the group to think twice before opening a second front and says the u. S. Is prepared to come to israels defense. John, quite a moment that you have arrived there in. John yeah, theres no question about that, jerusalem had been quiet for the last couple of days, we received a couple rockets earlier today, the Iron Dome System was activated, took them out, its comforting to think you have it at your back here as the rockets fly all over this country. And whats happening in the north, sandra, brings people back 17 years to 2006 when hezbollah was shelling and firing rockets into the area in the northern border between the Mediterranean Sea and the galilee peninsula, and a sense the war is just beginning. Gillian turner at the State Department as Antony Blinken returns to israel for a second time now in less than a week. Sandra but first, greg palkot live along the israellebanon border. We are watching closely at this hour. What is the latest on the situation developing there . Greg sandra and john, we are close to the border. We have witnessed firsthand hostilities from both sides, yeah, there is that fear this could be at least the very beginning of some kind of second front. Take a look at what we saw and heard today. You are looking at lebanon a half mile from where we are now, Northern Israel, hezbollah Militant Fighting there, engaged with the military here this past week as things escalate down south, things here could definitely heat up. Intense exchanges between israel and the iranianbacked hezbollah militants. Artillery, small arms fire, casualties. 28 israeli villages evacuated. Do you think they are doing this because of the action down south . I have no doubt. Do you have doubts . Its its very obvious, yes. Greg Israeli Military building up here, tanks, reservists, commando teams. Ready for anything . Ready for anything. An hezbollah ready for anything. They are watching what is happening down south as the Israeli Military builds up around the gaza strip ready to go after hamas militants which has left so much death and carnage here in this region. And in fact, a full scale land, sea and air invasion could very well be imminent as we have been reporting. And inside gaza strip, degrading humanitarian civilian situation, people are fleeing. Again, hamas catching civilians in the crossfire, food, fuel, water and medicine and yes, back to this region as for the escalation, all know that hezbollah is a dangerous enemy, a claimed 100,000 fighters, possibly 150,000 rockets, clashed with israel in the past, iran a backer of hezbollah just like it is a backer for hamas. One last word, sandra, the message from israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu today, to hezbollah, dont make the mistakes of the past. The word back from hezbollah, we were ready for all possibilities. Back to you. Sandra at the israelilebanon border, thank you. John Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken is back in israel meeting with israeli officials as the war continues to worsen. Israels Defense Minister telling Blinken The War is far from over as the State Department focuses on humanitarian aid and deescalation. Gillian turner joins us from the State Department. Whats the latest where you are . Gillian Secretary Of StateAntony Blinken is on the ground in israel as you mentioned, meeting with Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu as we speak. His priority is freeing american hostages held inside gaza and evacuating american citizens back here to the United States. Take a listen to blinken with israels Defense Minister a short while ago. This will be a long war. The price will be high. But we are going to win for israel, for the jewish people, and for the values that both countries believe in. You have, always had the support of the United States. Gillian the State Department has announced the appointment of a key diplomat to oversee lifesaving american aid to millions of israelis and palestinians and the reopening of the rafa border crossing. Putting in place with the united nations, with egypt, israel, others, the mechanism by way to get the assistance in and to get it to the people who need it and thats exactly why ambassador satterfield is taking this on. Gillian over the weekend, blinken met with the Saudi Crown Prince in riyadh, pressuring to keep hezbollah from entering the war. And focus to prevent the conflict into a major regional war. The white house is thinking now about what comes next after the looming Ground Invasion of gaza. For the moment, the focus has to be on helping israel defend itself against the brutal terrorism of hamas and we will have opportunities as we go forward to look at diplomatic initiatives like normalization that help lead to a longterm, more stable, more integrated region. Sandra john, we are told by the pool over there on the ground to expect to hear from Secretary Blinken when he finishes that meeting with Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. That will be coming to us any moment now. Again, State Department emphasizing the priority is those 13 americans who remain unaccounted for, john. John and hes heading to jordan from israel tonight, and likely he will not be going home any time soon. Sandra. Sandra thank you, john, gillian, thank you. Israeli officials notifying the families of 199 hostages that their loved ones are being held by Hamas Terrorists. The white house says more than a dozen americans are also still unaccounted for and hamas says it will kill hostages in response to unannounced israeli strikes on civilian targets. Lieutenant colonel darren gobb, former Army Commander and blackhawk helicopter pilot. Sir, thank you very much. Obviously this is going to be an incredibly challenging situation. What can you add to it so we can understand fully how israel will go about this knowing there are right now 199 hostages being held by hamas of which a dozen could be americans. Yes, sandra, this is, i guess, the easy description, this is one of the most difficult environments to operate in, specifically when it comes to Hostage Rescue in the entire world. What you see in the pictures is an environment that used to have roads and other ways for people to move and communicate and now are destroyed and filled with rubble. All of that creates a lot of different obstacles and challenges for physical movement through the area. Secondary as well, the fact the intelligence to identify where a hostage is in a group or as an individual has to be extremely precise, otherwise you put that hostage at risk and the entire Rescue Mission taking part in recovering that risk as well. So they have to be they have to consider that in every level and they have to have the most precise intelligence that you can imagine and the situation on the ground in gaza city has changed enough due to the destruction that they cannot assume they know what they used to know before. Sandra this was john kirby, spokesperson for the white house on the situation earlier dealing with the american hostages. Listen. We unfortunately dont have a whole lot of more information this morning mika about where they are, what kind of groups they might be in, whether they are moved around. We dont even know the full total hostage pool certainly for americans, we think a small number of americans are in that group but it could rise. Some 15 accounted for americans, dont know where they are, its entirely possible some of them could be also being held hostage. What i can tell you, we are working very, very hard. Sandra you can just challenges are unthinkable what they are going to have to go through to avoid killing, having those americans killed or any of the hostages, for that matter. When you hear from peter lerner, the idf spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel lerner, talking about iran, saying the hostages would be released if the idf stopped shelling them. Your reaction after we listen. I dont trust iran. Iran are the puppet masters behind this brutal attack. Without their support, without their training, without their financing, without their supplying weapons, hamas would not have been as successful as it was in their view. Without doing the same and equipping hezbollah as the same, so i dont trust anything they say. Sandra and obviously that is the point. Who do you trust for any of the information in this Hostage Rescue . That is a great question and a tough challenge for all. I agree with everything he said as far as trusting iran and anything they tell you. As far as we know, the hostages may not even be there, may not be alive, we just dont know. Its been too long since this started and every 24 hours that goes by it gets harder and harder to definitively, i guess, identify their locations and figure out what happened to every one of these individuals. We hope they are alive and are recoverable but its harder by the day and nothing iran says to be the deciding factor, and assistance we are giving to them as the United States. Sandra appreciate you joining us, thank you. Paints a picture hour delicate and challenges in the hours and days to come. John ive talked to so many people in the last couple of days about this and where this is headed, and to a person they all believe this is just the beginning of whats ahead, and the real fear is hezbollah will decide to throw in, they wont be able to leave hamas by themselves at the hands of the idf. And if hamas goes through the huge arsenal of missiles, you can believe tel aviv is going to be one of the main targets and that really raises the stakes for everybody, sandra. Sandra and many thanks to the Lieutenant Colonel joining us on that. John World Leaders raising concerns the war in israel could indeed spread and that iran could get more directly involved in the conflict. 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Israeli Defense Forces releasing this stunning account of navy squad members stopping a number of Hamas Terrorists from reaching israels coastline. Soldiers can be seen Spraying Machine Gunfire as surviving terrorists swam off into the sea. It happened on october 7th, it was the same day hamas launched the deadly Surprise Attack against israel from gaza. This was just in the sea out north of ashkelon, gives you an idea how far they had gotten about of they were intercepted by the idf. Sandra wow, that is incredible video. Concerns are growing israel could soon be facing a twofront war and iran could get directly involved. Evacuating towns within a mile and a half of the lebanon border after hezbollah launched an attack over the weekend. Israeli Officials Say iran was the mastermind and moving weapons through syria. Benjamin hall Live In London for us. How active is iran on the ground right now, what do we know about their operation . What we know, iran is involved in this. 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