Her. Journalism is not a crime and its a proof that russia is determined to stifle independent reporting. Since 2012, Vladimir Putin has used Foreign Agent laws to punish and detain critics, including journalists, and analysts say this indicates russia sees americans as valuable assets to be used in Prisoner Exchanges like when Britteny Griner was exchanged for the merchant of death, arms dealer victor bout. Now Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained for 204 days today. Hes in a High Security Prison In Moscow Awaiting Trial on espionage charges. The u. S. Ambassador to russia visited him on tuesday. The u. S. Embassy, sandra, says even that evan remains in good spirits and is calling for his immediate release. Sandra. Sandra appreciate it, bryan. The State Department as we just heard from them a moment ago is out with a major alert for all americans overseas. Officials now urging all american citizens worldwide to exercise increased caution for potential terrorist attacks. Demonstrations or violence. John and just moments ago, the Wall Street Journal Reporting Hamas is now calling for a day of rage tomorrow telling all muslims to protest against israel. Sandra and the fbi director telling fox news he is on high alert here at home. We are particularly vigilant to the possibility that lone actors here in the United States could in some way out of inspiration misguided inspiration that they draw from the conflict in the middle east conduct attacks. Sandra breaking coverage of the war on israel as America Reports hits top of the hour, im sandra smith in new york. John and im john roberts in jerusalem. Good to be with you for another hour, sandra. Just hours ago, israels Defense Minister told Ground Troops to be ready for orders and vowed whoever sees gaza from a distance now will see it soon from the inside. Sandra and while troops gather on israels southern border, the northern border is seeing more incoming fire by the day. John chief National CorrespondentSteve Harrigan is live in beirut. Fighting has picked up between the two sides across israels northern border. At this point it is mainly rocket fire, tank fire and antitank missiles going back and forth, between hezbollah, who the u. S. Names as a Terrorist Organization backed by iran and Israeli Military forces. Since tuesday, eight hezbollah gunmen have been killed, five israelis have been killed. Three of those troops, and as you mentioned, another day of rage coming here. The Security Situation in lebanon rapidly deteriorating. U. S. Embassy here, came under attack days ago, could come under attack tomorrow, has told americans be prepared to leave this country. Saudi arabia taking that even a step further telling its citizens, leave lebanon now. And all along that border john i just lost ifb. Steve, can you hear me . Looks like we lost steve, im sorry. So thats the situation along the Israeli Border with lebanon. There have been scrimmages by and large as steve was mentioning, rocket fire, small arms fire, antitank missiles,s israels military has responded in every case. But the fear is that the days, maybe weeks ahead that this potential Northern Front could become even more hot and erupt into an allout conflict. Steve, i think we have you back. You want to continue where you were . Well, the real concern is just what youre pointing at. Potential second front with hezbollah hezbollah fighters killed five israelis killed and israel is trying to harden the northern border. Moved tanks there, armored personnel there and evacuated 28 settlements, 10,000 people on the israeli side who live within one mile of the border, trying to pull them out of there to keep it safe, making sure there is not john looks like steves signal comes in and out. We have to leave it there. The hope is this does not erupt into an allout shooting match because hezbollah now has some 150,000 rockets, many of which can reach the city of tel aviv. Back in the last conflict between the two countries, or between israel and hezbollah, the Terrorist Organization, which also is an Administrative Organization there in lebanon as well, they only had missiles that were capable of maybe reaching as far south as haifa, but tel aviv and even further south, jerusalem, in the radius of the missiles. Sandra 20 attacks from lebanon into the israeli territory yesterday alone. So there is clearly a growing number of them happening. Founder of cherries, leading manufacturing of Law Enforcement for terrorism readiness. Key to have your input on this moment. Christopher wray warning of lone wolf attacks on american soil. Look at the ongoing fight of the northern border of israel. We put in red this zone here where early on Israeli Citizens were told to evacuate. The Israeli Government said early on, 28 communities there within five kilometer of the border, they told them to get out now because of this growing threat from hezbollah. And as i say that, i want to highlight something that is being reportedly said by hezbollah and its leaders, saying its thousands of times stronger than before, warning the u. S. And israel the response to the mistake you might make with our resistance will be resounding because what we have is faith and god is stronger than you. All your battleships and all your weapons. What do we do about this continued threat coming from hezbollah . So, let me just start by saying that this isnt israels first dustup in the north. Israel, the Israel Defense forces has a lot of experience dealing with hezbollah. This is primarily more of an open area of operation, however the cluster of terrorism, hitandrun raids, rockets into israel, and but again, israel has a lot of experience in the north. Israel has an Elite Infantry Unit called the Golani Brigade, very experienced, they go back to the battle of 1948, dusted up again in 1956 and again in 1973 and spent almost 20 years up there in that buffer zone and within that Golani Brigade, we have various Special Operations elements. So right now whats happening, f15s in conjunction with israels highly specialized ground unit is neutralizing pockets of hezbollah, and the real right now, said golani, equivalent to the u. S. Rangers capability, Special Operations capable unit in terms of mobilization. They have a brutal, almost 15, 18 month training pipeline. But in that unit you have Special Operations forces, they have three very specialized contingencies in that unit and right now they are around southern labor quietly and neutralizing terrorist threats, gathering intelligence, figuring out exactly what towns they need to be focused on if in fact an incursion does actualize, but a lot of special ops crawling around happening and we know lebanon. We know it better than the lebanese people. We speak the language, we know the culture, we know the villages, and yes, metula, all the 21, 22 towns on israeli said, clearing all the people out and we have the Counter Terror unit staged at the places they need to be if there is a hostage incursion, that comes down like with hamas, and israel is prepared, man. We are, again, not our first dustup, not our first rodeo up there. A lot of experience dealing with hezbollah. Sandra good insights there, and one town was recently targeted in the last 24 hours, metula, border towns the direct targets of the militants. Aaron, the next screen, i know its something you can add a lot of your expertise to. And this is hezbollahs rocket arsenal. And the surrounding areas here, we are showing just how quickly they can target all over israel, really, the lebanesebased iranianbacked terrorist Group Hezbollah has rockets that can reach all of israels Population Centers and strategic sites. And with the graphic we are showing with the border right here, with lebanon, just how they can reach all the way to Southern Israel with their with their military power. Thats right. We are going to deploy Forward Operating units, and we have already started obliterating those targets, those launchers, again, drones, we have Artillery Pieces, speck ops on the ground right now. A lot of moving pieces. Let me just say this. The gloves are off. We have now shifted from iron dome which is which was and is the mvp of this operation, to Forward Operations which means that when again, we have a lot of Special Operations units in israel and the reason why is because we treat operations the same way doctors treat medicine. We have units that focus on the heart, we have units that focus on the lungs, and so we have units that focus specifically on that counter Guerilla Warfare and those Forward Operations are going to be critical in getting information and intelligence back to our air force, to our Artillery Pieces but also have the boots down there neutralizing terrorists as we speak. These are very close to facetoface incursions, again, Guerilla Warfare style. A little more split up, not as tight as gaza, we can creep around quieter. However, there are eyes staring from another direction putting rounds on those hezbollah missile Launching Points. The goal and what we are doing, neutralizing, Launching Points as we speak. Its aggressive, they are dialed in, its extremely selective and we are also going to take great care to make sure we dont mess up anyone in Southern Lebanon with the civilian population because we follow international law. Sandra we know that hezbollah is warning its 1,000 times stronger they are saying. Its all good, its all good. Sandra putting a warning to the malicious europeans using the words their leaders are using. Excellent insight, aaron, we do highlight, when you are looking at 30,000 fighters, estimated, and hezbollah, 100,000, but there is a serious operation to counteract anything that we are seeing on their part right now, aaron, we appreciate you joining us on that. Thank you so much. Sandra thank you. I want my family back, i want my wife back, i want my daughter back. I want my brotherinlaw back, i want my sisterinlaw back, i want my sisterinlaws life partner back. I want my dog back and i want my security back. I want my peace and quiet back. John we spoke with a man the last hour, one of the many israelis pleading for the return of kidnapped relatives. Defense forces say hamas is holding more than 200 hostages. President biden telling their Family Members they are not alone but some of those families are slamming the deal to allow aid into gaza through egypt. Lucas tomlinson is live in tel aviv with the latest. How many of the hostages do we know are americans . John, good evening. As many as 13 americans are missing and feared kidnapped by hamas and held hostage inside the gaza strip. Hamas Officials Say they are willing to begin negotiating those Israeli Soldiers to free some palestinian prisoners. We returned from an army base in the central part of the country, some of the 1300 israelis killed, their bodies were taken, the top rabbi in the idf. When we receive small bags of babies without heads when you see women, grandmothers, females, mothers, that got raped, and we see those in cities we are in abnormal situation. Now, we saw a number of israeli f15s flying overhead. The bases are so close to the targets in gaza. The jets have to fly out over the mediterranean miles offshore, so the weapons can properly arm. This video shows satelliteguided bombs hitting their targets in gaza, worth comparing to the misfired rocket that hit the parking lot in gaza. Israeli jet would have destroyed that. We also spoke to reservist who said some of the bodies were so badly charred, one was actually two bodies. Ct scan revealed two back bones. A woman was hugging her young child before hamas killed them. Reservist said some were booby trapped, something we have been hearing from israeli commandos who fought and assaulted their Way Down South 13 days ago. Im a child of holocaust survivors. I grew up Hearing Stories of the camps. I thought those were the worst stories, these are worst and thats the hardest for me. I never thought i would live to see something worse than the stories i grew up with. People here in tel aviv say in the 75year histories of country, never made comparison to the holocaust until now. John. John it is extraordinary when you think of what happened back there on october 7th, and how that could happen in the modern world. Lucas tomlinson in tel aviv, thank you. Sandra. Sandra john, so we have the state Department Briefing, now we are waiting on the pentagon and live update from there. All of this as President Biden is set to give an Oval Office Address tonight as violence in the middle east escalates. The president will be asking congress for a large military aid package. But, will it be approved . John and Israeli Forces are battering hamas in the gaza strip, potentially clearing the way for a Ground Invasion. Israels Minister Of Economy will join us to discuss israels strategy. Nifers. Each planning their future through the chase mobile app. Hellooo new apartment. One bank for now. For later. For life. Chase. Make more of whats yours. 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Israel, though, has some of the best doctors and medical care in the world. I spoke with the ceo of one of israels largest hospitals which opened its brandnew icu weeks early to help treat victims of the massacre. This is a totally new facility, totally new Intensive Care Unit, which we Just Launched a week ago on saturday. John its quite remarkable, it really is. On the same day the attack was done last saturday. Its not only the most advanced Intensive Care Unit in the world in terms of technology, equipment, digital tools, its also shelter. Its so we can work during attack and this is what we are trying to combine here, the way to be protected and still have the capability to treat our patients. We have now about 100 victims still here. Very badly injured, but the good news is that they are going to, most of them are going to survive and go through rehabilitation. We have stories, tremendous, Great Stories here of saving lives. John but now we have also the days ahead with the Ground Operations in gaza, who knows what hezbollah will do. What are you expecting . We are prepared for war. We have the capabilities and the capacity to treatment the war victims. We are ready. We expect many, many weeks of war. But i can guarantee the citizens of israel that the hospitals and Healthcare System can cope with the victims. We are experiencing that. John here at sheba, in the Intensive Care Unit, you have israeli doctors. And also arab doctors. Yes, we work daybyday saving lives together. And trauma surgeon, treats patients, victims every day and he is now participating in the effort of treating the patients, the victims from last week. How was it, the it was difficult. John im sure. We didnt see such a thing every day, but you know, when we treat patient we do our job and we do the best for