Our message to any country or group thinking about trying to take advantage of the situation to widen the conflict is dont. Dont do it. Dont. Dont. Dont. Dont. Just one word, dont. Sandra american officials have repeatedly talked to iran urging it to not widen the conflict. Action has been taken to back up the threats. Gaza seeing some of the most extensive airstrikes yet and that is developing at this hour. Welcome, hello, everyone, sandra smith in new york. John john roberts in washington. Pressure is growing for President Biden to respond to the 20 rocket and Drone Attacks against our troops in iraq and syria in the past ten days. And late last night, the pentagon says it did just that, bombing two military sites in Eastern Syria used by iranianbacked militias. Sandra the fighting between the u. S. And iran comes as massive explosions have rocked gaza all morning. Heaviest fighting they have seen in the this violent threeweek war. John Fox Team Coverage over the next two hours and the breaking news from the war in the middle east. We are going to start with trey yingst live in southern israel. Shabbat started a few hours ago, trey, yet you have seen bombardment all day. Whats the latest from there . Yeah, john, good afternoon. The sun went down a few hours ago and the israelis have been ramping up airstrikes along the gaza strip. Israel hitting the northern part of gaza from the air, ground and sea. Massive explosions behind us, shaking the ground. Still the roar of israeli fighter jets overhead. A lot of drone activity. We expect the strikes and fire to continue throughout the night. The past 48 hours, the israelis have conducted raids, pulling out with the troops. This is significant tonight because over the past 21 days we have not seen any sort of bombardment like we are witnessing in southern israel. John. John trey, i think we have sandra as well. Sandra. Sandra trey, as far as the night is concerned, you have a lot of experience watching how the activity tends to step up. Do you think this gets worse before it gets better in the next couple of hours . It certainly could. Traditionally the factions inside gaza have reduced rocket fire at night, trying to preserve the supply they have. They are firing from 200 to 400 rockets a day. Today we saw rockets fired from the northern part of gaza toward southern and central israel. Air raid sirens sounding for hundreds of thousands of people. Yet another reminder despite the heavy artillery bombardments and airstrikes against the strip, the factions in gaza maintain the ability to fire on Major Population Centers in israel. Texting with sources inside gaza but connectivity, internet and cellular has dropped off in locations, so working to confirm the reports and bring you more information what the situation is inside gaza to get new information out. Just reading here, a Palestinian Telecommunication Company said Phone Service and internet is cut off due to heavy bombardment. And whenever one nation is going to invade another, that it does its best to cut off telecommunications to disrupt communications between the en my. Do we know if thats potentially the case . Does this potentially suggest a Ground Invasion of gaza is imminent . Its a possibility, and its hard for us to predict the timeline for the ground offensive. We do understand, according to top military officials, this is not a matter of if, but rather when. Today i was in tel aviv among a small group of journalists meeting with the Israeli Defense minister and he spoke about this issue, and i asked him once the Israeli Forces do enter gaza, how long will they stay there for and said its not a question of weeks, but rather months. They will be counting in months and illustrates how difficult the battle already for Israeli Forces when they do enter. Nighttime raids have providing us with an illustration of what thats going to look like. There will be d9 armored bulldozers trying to clear a path for tanks and apcs, and followed by Infantry Fighting Block To block. Thousands of hamas and Islamic Jihad soldiers ambushing and engaging the soldiers, trying to stop them, and they are up against an enemy not afraid to die. Its a concerted effort by the factions in gaza to prepare Fore Foreground for Ground Incursion, part of why the israelis are striking gaza, they want to soften the target and when the orders are given, enter on the ground. Sandra back to you shortly as this news continues. Thank you. And we do have Team Coverage for you with more on President Biden ordering the airstrikes in syria. White house correspondent peter doocy is live from the north lawn. What are you hearing . We are hearing a fair of f16 fighter jets carried out President Bidens order to make these airstrikes in syria within several hours of this exchange. He issued a warning to the ayatollah this morning, he talked about yesterday. How was that warning delivered . Im not going to get into that. They did get into it last night, telling us Precision Munitions hit exactly what they were aiming at in retaliation for 20 attacks against u. S. Interests in the region. Targets were storing the weapons the proxies were shooting towards americans. We are told President Biden did not coordinate with the israelis about this strike, which specifically targeted the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps, even though Defense Officials cannot tell us whether or not there were any iranians present. The pentagon says President Biden does not want the conflict to grow larger but look at the attacks, the proxy groups, all signs point back to tehran. And in talking to top officials around here, i saw somebody and asked them are there going to be any more airstrikes and i was told probably not, but that it depends on what the iranians do, respond to the strikes from overnight. Sandra peter, thank you. John the pentagon and rich has been monitoring the u. S. Response to whats going on with the iranianbacked Militia Groups and the groups continue to fire on u. S. Forces despite the fact we bombed them out. Thats right, john. Another attack against a u. S. Position in the middle east, a military, a Defense Official said the military shot down another oneway drone headed for alasad air base. Take it with the pentagon tally, 20 attacks against u. S. Troops in the past ten days. The pentagon says it wants to prevent an escalation, and also the reason behind the air strikes last night, a fair of f16s hitting storage weapons facility, the targets house munitions used in attacks. They say the iranian backed attacks are unacceptable and must stop. We will not let them. If attacks by irans proxies against u. S. Forces continue, we will not hesitate to take further measures to protect our people and the pentagon is warning it could launch additional strikes. See if iran gets the message, but as we have done in the past, reserve the right to take additional strikes and ensure the message is loud and clear, we will protect our forces and its unacceptable. Two strike groups in the region, pentagon says 900 american troops have either deployed or arriving in the region, that is part of the 2,000 the secretary austin put on ready to deploy orders a few days ago. Back to you, i dont know. John rich, thank you. Sandra. Sandra thank you very much, john. Aaron cohen, former member of Israel SpecialCounter Terrorism units, and thank you very much for joining us. According to u. S. Officials we struck one rgc weapons storage area, and syrianiraq border, the geography at the moment, what does this mean for what happens next . Will we see more response on the part of the United States . Well, what this means is we are back in the Counter Terrorism operations business and the reason why is because we never really went after the true snake and the true snake here is iran. Iran is running Terror Groups, seeing it unfold in gaza. But to get to your question, the u. S. Is ramping up strikes because of attacks that are being conducted against american soldiers, messages are being sent to the iranian regime, and the message is very clear, which is you are within our reach, and so i hope everybody on the iranian side just heard me and these strikes are critical. We need to continue to focus our efforts on this global new front which is iran. Iran is connected to hamas, it funds hezbollah, and isis and other groups we have been dealing with. And this is not our first time operating in and around syria. Theres been an international secretive special Operations Unit which dismantled isis over a period of a decade and now the u. S. Is getting tough, biden is being careful, does not want to get too public and hes trying to set a benchmark now, does not want to turn it into a Global Expansion here, but the fact is is that its already begun, its already begun and if we look at gaza as well, let me make this really clear. The Ground Incursion began three weeks ago. This is Counter Terrorism. A special operation driven type of warfare. We learned the last time we are in gaza, we are not sucked into a vacuum but israel is neutralizing Terrorist Leaders by the dozens. Hundreds of sortis are getting flown. Hospitals and all the other Public Places where hamas and all these other Terror Groups are Hiding Munitions are going to be hit. Israel doesnt have to sell why they are doing this. The double standard is out the window right now. The queen needs to take the palestinians into jordan and biden needs to continue doing what hes doing and continue posturing and saying we are not escalating here, but i know and i will tell you that the Global War On Terror has now begun to have the teeth it needs to dismantle kohlmeini and the ayatollahs and iran financing proxy Terror Groups that will target the western world. Israel is just the tip of this right now. And israel will handle business and the u. S. Is stepping in, they have the gear, we have he they have the Aircraft Carriers and mossad and we will give them every piece of intel. I hope the iranians are ready. Sandra aaron, those are big statements, let me dig into the geography up here, and the ground raid into gaza, can you tell me what it might look like, brief Ground Incursion, mostly impacting this neighborhood, the Northern Gaza Strip here, this was obviously Evacuation Zone into the south. In the forth a brief Ground Invasion, Mark Tobin Operating ahead of a looming invasion, this was a brief incursion. It could precede a full Ground Invasion. What was this like, and what would they have been able to learn about a full scale Ground Invasion into gaza. Whats been happening the last couple of weeks, israel had assets israel has a really finally tuned Special Operations apparatus. Israel organizes things differently, instead of trying to create a Super Soldier trained in 20 different things. This is a Special Operations war, and the reason why, its terrorism focused. So youve got small pockets of hamas terrorists, they are going to want to pop out from underneath the tunnels. 300 miles of it down there. So israel is treating this like the same way a bear would smell a cave before it hibernates. They are gathering intelligence, and sending Reconnaissance Units to do hitandrun raids and they are targeting antitank pieces right now, and other storage places right now, and they are testing where these counter ambushes would happen. So selectivity, a little bit of surprise coming back out. Testing the waters as we are destroying slowly, slowly, slowly, Special Operations at its finest. This is how its going to look for a while. Sandra really interesting analysis into that as we remind our viewers, the iranian proxies and the location of them and these affiliates throughout the middle east obviously the risk continues to pose to u. S. Troops and the geography of the surrounding area around israel. Aaron, really appreciate all of that. Thanks so much for joining us. Appreciate you. Sandra all right. We are on 24 7 and we will be until the suspect in this case again is brought to justice. This guy wants a confrontation, hell get one. But nobody wants everybody wants him just to surrender and give up. Makes it harder to wrap your head around. Brought me to my knees, why do we have to go through these kind of miserable, miserable times. John heartbreaking reaction to wednesdays Mass Shooting in maine that killed at least 18 people. Agents and dive teams are searching for the suspected gunman, officials confirm they discovered and investigating a note the suspect left behind. Nate foy is live in lewiston, maine. A moment it appeared the manhunt might have been coming to a close. Yeah, john, we watched it play out live on television. There was a lot of hope followed by a lot of disappointment. Take a look at this moment as you see a man on his knees with his hands behind his head and four Law Enforcement officers with their rifles out surrounding him, but this was not robert card. The man who police say murdered 18 people and injured 13 more wednesday night is still out there. So the manhunt today is focused where authorities found the accused killers white subaru, the lisbon boat launch, divers and tactical teams are searching in and around the river using sonar technology. The river feeds out to the coast and the u. S. Coast guard is assisting with patrols. Multiple federal agencies are helping local and state authorities, fbi, atf, and the Border PatrolTactical Unit arrived last night around the time that Maine State Police executed multiple Search Warrants in a home in bowden, maine, where he lives, and authorities found the note written by card but here is all he would say about it, john. Yes, we have heard the same thing and there was a note in one of the residences, i cannot really talk about what that included. John, there will be another News Conference at 3 00. See if there are any positive updates in that. Back to you. John looking forward to that. Thank you. 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