5:00 a.m. in gaza as we continue our coverage of the war in israel day 28 on america's late news, fox news at night. and we are now getting word that is rally defense forces have surrounded gaza city but it comes as president biden is now calling for a humanitarian pause in the fighting and many believe that's simply a different way of saying ceasefire. one us publication says that maga and christian nationalism are bigger threats to america than hamas. we have team fox coverage. lucas tomlinson in tel aviv, steve harrigan in northern israel. but we begin here in the u.s. where the war in israel has customs and border protections sounding the alarm on just how easy it is for terrorists to just walk across our southern border. bill melugin is live with calls to shut down the border all together. >> reporter: as we speak we have a new massive caravan headed to the u.s. border and now some county leaders in san diego are calling for the border to be closed amid terror concerns. jim desmond and several other san diego republicans made the call after the leaked bulletin from the san diego office warned personnel to be on the lookout for terrorists from hamas and hezbollah that could potentially be trying to cross our southern border. in the meantime, a new migrant caravan of at least 5,000 migrants is making its way through mexico heading north to the u.s. border. as border numbers continue to be draw jeong. fiscal year 2023 set the all-time record with over 2.4 million migrant encounters at the southern border. and dhs confirms there were over 600,000 known gotta ways at the border in fiscal year 2023. this morning the mayors of several democrat sanctuary cities met with white house officials and are asking the biden administration to give them $5 billion in taxpayer funds to help deal with the surge of migrant arrivals in their respective cities. they say they're overwhelmed and caring for the migrants is a burden on their city budgets and local taxpayers. >> we believe the congress and the president are going to decide what they want the entrance policies to be. our belief is whatever entrance policy they decide on that entrance policy should come with the ability to work when you had arrive. >> reporter: another concerning development, ice kenr confirms in late october they arrested an african terrorism suspect in new york city who was released by border patrol after he was caught crossing the board illegally in arizona two weeks prior. it took the feds a full week after his relief to find out he was wanted for terroristic activities and that does not inspire a lot of confidence as to who's coming to our country right now. >> trace: because that is one and who knows how many more there are. bill thank you with us. fox news contributor sara carter. just on bill's point sarah, you look at the known got-aways. put this up on the screen here talking the u.s. southern border just in october 23,000, right? just since october 1st. 1.5 million since biden took office. the known got-aways, right? who knows what else is out there and that's the question is, you know, as bill was saying, you know, oh, this terrorist was roaming the country for two weeks, sarah. >> reporter: well, absolutely trace, and i want to put this into perspective. bill talked about the over two million that we know of, those encounters at the southern border. if you look at the nation as a whole, there were literally over three million encounters by border patrol with illegal aliens in the country. that is 400% higher than president trump's last year in office where it was over 600,000, the majority of which during that time were returned home because we ended catch and release for the most part and that was in 2020. and when you think about terrorism, think about it this way. it took over two years, they believe, for hamas to plan the attack in israel. so hamas, along with iran, which was guiding hamas using hamas as a proxy to target israel, what we're looking at the border just right now. so since president biden came into office more than 269 people connected to terrorism, those that pinned on the terrorist screening center or for some reason pinged on interpoll and you brought up the got-aways. >> trace: let me stop you there. >> that's over two million. >> trace: i want to stop there you because i want to put that on the screen to give our audience, more than 269 it's 281 and look at the numbers there. in the four years before biden took office, there were 11 on the terrorism watch list. in the three years since, there have been 282, 18 in just september alone. i apologize, sarah, keep talking. >> no, absolutely. i'm really grateful that you brought those up because it shows the danger that we are in. border security is about national security trace. and we have put ourselves in a very dangerous predicament. a lot of it is complacency, a lot of people think it's not going to happen here. we saw that in israel that idea of complacency. i was there two months ago and i could not believe the attack that took place in israel. then i think about the united states, i think about what's happening right now in the u.s. if they planned for two years to target israel, imagine what iran or terror networks like al qaeda, isis, hamas, hezbollah, have planned here in the u.s. no doubt according to intelligence sources that i have a spoken to that they're probably here. that there's sleeper cells here, that there are terrorists here in the united states right now. and that's terrifying. >> trace: sara carter great to have you on as always. thank you we appreciate it. now to our team of correspond 90s the middle east as we learn israelis has surrounded gaza and lucas is with us with the latest. >> reporter: israel's top general says not only his forces have surrounded gaza city he has his forces entered gaza city and another division attacking from the east has reached the sea severing the palestinian territory from the two. >> idf fighters have been operating in gaza city for the past few days encircling it from several directions deepening the entrance and we are also deepening the achievements. >> reporter: now, that's an israeli ma cava tank firing an explosive round after a series of assaults, israeli force have been fighting continuously in gaza for i week, three divisions con surgeing from three different directions, moving slowly, deliberately we're told clearing not only homes and buildings on the ground but the tunnels underneath the ground as well and punishing air strikes continue tisraeli air force says they have now destroyed 12,000 targets inside gaza. israeli are dropping bombs not just on gaza but the west bank lebanon and syria, too. and for the first time in history an israeli f-35 shot down a cruise missile fired from yemen by iranian backed proxy fighters one of the reason they moved warships to the red sea to help protect the jewish states southern flank. once again air alone defense system was used to shoot down a ballistic missile fired from yemen stressed lucas live in tel aviv lucas shaw >> a russian paramilitary group is planning to a defense system in lebanon where there are major concerns about a second front in this war. steve harrigan is live in northern israel with the latest on this. steve, what are you hearing? >> reporter: trace, more fighting today across the border once again it was hezbollah launching rockets into northern israel. at least 16 different spots hit. the town hit by at least 12 rockets, no reports on casualties there. israeli officials have warned hezbollah again and again if they do open up a full-scale second front in this war, retaliation will be devastating. today a biden administration official said he considered a major second front by hezbollah unlikely. >> we were concerned about continued attacks on israeli forces there in the north as are the israelis. but i don't believe we've seen any indication yet specifically that hezbollah is ready to go in full force. so we'll see what he has to say. >> reporter: we could get a better idea of hezbollah's plans for the future on friday. the hezbollah leader, hassan nahs ra a is expected to give an address on what they plan to do. back to you. >> trace: steve harrigan live in northern israel. steve thank you. the white house appears to be pushing for a humanitarian pause long enough for foreign nationals to get out and for i had to get in but many believe a pause is simply another term for a ceasefire t senior national correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with more on this. kevin good evening. >> reporter: good evening trace. critics argue the bows is performing a bit of verbal jew jut situate when it comes to what they mean by the word pause. because, by any reasonable standard, sacred i cans, it sounds an awful lot like ceasefire and yet here we are. on the one hand the president says there should be a quote, pause, in the fighting in gaza to get the hostages out. but the nsc, that's the national security council, says he's not talking about a ceasefire. >> right now is not the time for a general ceasefire. it is, however, the time to consider pausess in the fighting the. >> so pauses do not help hamas? >> a temporary pause that's localized that would allow us to get aid in and to get our people out is a good thing for the people of gaza. it's a good thing for the americans that are being held hostage. >> reporter: a view obviously not held by many in israel itself. in the meantime mr. biden's under increasing pressure from far left members of his own party to pause the shelling in gaza. however some foreign policy experts like former secretary of state mike pompeo, for instance, they're calling the white house's strategy flat-out dangerous. >> now thissey the term pause, that is deeply dangerous to those very hostages. it's bad for the israeli effort to ultimately wipe hamas off the map and sends a signal to the entire world that you frankly don't understand what took place on october 7th. >> reporter: the white house, for its part, insists that a brief cessation of military operations would allow food water and other aid to reach gaza civilians and perhaps even help with the release of more hostages, trace. >> trace: kevin corke live for us in dc. thank you >> let's bring in aaron cohen special ops veteran and specializing in training in law enforcement. i want to go back to steve harrigan and this concept that we have nasrala speaking in ten hours if my clock is right, he is speaking. lot of concern in the middle east, john kirby doesn't share that concern, a lot of concern he might call for war on israel. what would that do to the scenario over there? >> it's not going to change anything with israel's tactical orangeses right now i will a tell you trace. israel's strength in the heart and meet of israel's capabilities lies in preemptive striking and that's what they're doing system at click. they have five fronts, hamas in the front tas you mentioned gaza city is surrounded, israeli seals have also blocked the sea on the far west end of gaza. special operation troops clearing all of those structures before those infantry units come in. hezbollah on the north, we've got drones actively taking out clusters of terrorists in the north and the southern region of lebanon. you have the houthiss that are firing actively engaging the israelis right now. so they've already declared war whether it's been overt or covert. those missiles are coming into israel. so israel doesn't have the luxury of the would bes, could bes and maybes and that's the mindset of defending the state. and so aggression, a determination and continuous bombardment both on the ground, both in the air, via drones, it's nonstop with israel trace. >> trace: you talk about continued bombardment. it's interesting because i want to play more sound from john kirby talking about the humanitarian pause. that's what they call it. watch. >> do we advocate pauses by both sides here? temporary, localized, to be able to get americans out to be able to get aid in? you betcha we do. that doesn't mean we're calling for a general ceasefire. >> trace: a lot of people think they are calling for a general ceasefire. when you stop firing, you stop firing that's sees firing. >> the president's playing some games right now, trying to play a little slip and dip with the wording to get a ceasefire in there but based on my experience and what i'm hearing in israel, look, there's a combat rhythm in effect and it's not going to be broken. the only thing that is going to be broken is hamas. the sooner hamas is destroyed, the sooner the palestinians will not have to deal with being stuck in gaza where they can't get into jordan because king jordan has kept the doors closed, this he kept the back door dmroefd egypt, hezbollah wants to dust it up, israel has no problem they have tons of experience in the southern lebanese downs they know them better than the southern lebanese and israel as i've said to you on multiple occasions has the ability to get to every one of these people and i don't think israel's going to break their combat rhythm. they cannot, for the future of the resolution of the jewish state, they have to keep moving. they're in a rhythm. supplies will get moved up. if we stop. hezbollah will be able to continue supplying its -- it cannot stop at this point right now. >> trace: you talk about that rhythm, how important is it that the israeli defense forces have gaza surrounded? got about 30 seconds. >> gaza surrounded is the key. this is what we call translated a pressure cooker and what's allowing israel to do is to be able to clear those structures, those densely built up areas we discussed using what's called slow and deliberate clearings. those are the special operations forces that momentum can't stop. once those structures are cleared the leading infantry units can come in and the pressure continues to close in order to be able to get over those tunnels with special machinery so that they can pinpoint the location of the tunnels and get back to those hostages. that's the operational tone right now. >> trace: great stuff. aaron cohen, thank you very much. >> appreciate jew students at columbia university walked out of class taught by hillary clinton today to protest what they call school's shaming of pro plain demonstrators. marianne rafferty live with the details on this. >> we'll tell but the columbia students in just a moment but first many jewish students on american campuses say they simply do not feel safe. campuses cancelled friday on cornell university due to quote extraordinary stress. a 21 year old student remains in custody accused of threatening the school's jewish community. according to the cornell daily sun students are encouraged to reflect on how they can nurture a mutually supportive community. >> it is bad enough when people say hateful horrible things. when they translate it into action, it can become criminal and moments like this just bring out people's darker instincts. and so the hard job is to try to balance what the law requires us to do and what common decency calls on us to do. >> reporter: george mason university's vice-president that school is investigating after posters of hamas hostages were torn down on the campus t student calledd the posters propaganda but the school offered a straight forward rebuke and property destruction is not protected speed and is a code of conduct violation. several schools like yale prohibit intimidation but many students say the threats are not being reigned in. students on columbia's campus gave former secretary of state hillary clinton the cold shoulder walking out of a class she sutures too muches at the university for a sit in. they shamed them after truck displayed the faces of anti israel protesters with the words columbia a's leading anti-semites. they also signed a statement about the war that blames the quote israeli extremist government. according to new york times, students are demanding legal support and a commitment to privacy. columbia has so far not commented on this incident. trace. >> trace: it's unbelievable maryanne thank you let's bring in julie hamill from the alliance of county parents and shaw school board chino valley school district. thank you. to pick up on maryanne's story this is amazing the same students now demanding safety and privacy signed this statement, put this up on the screen quoting here, the weight of responsibility for the war and casualties undeniably lies with the israeli extremist government. it's find hamas was hacking up babies but they don't feel safe at that school julie. it's one of those things you're like really? >> right we're living in the upside down. just today i saw the university of arizona cancelled classes because the students might feel unsafe because charlie kirk was coming to speak on campus. meanwhile, we're seeing people who are calling for violence and supporting terrorist actions throughout america. i don't understand what's hamming. >> trace: it's one more example of we need a safe space but the israeli who were -- you know, the babies beheaded over there? that was all part of the concept. i want to put this up. this is an nyu student, her name isabella ingar watch what she says. >> being a jew at nyu right now is scary. we are seeing an uptick in anti israel protests that are turning anti-semitic. there are signs that read global iced the infatata which is an historical call for the extermination of jews and violence against jews. >> trace: i covered the second intake fad a do they even know what they're asking for? they clearly don't. >> that's what's really sad they're chanting and saying things like kill -- in essence it means kill the jews. >> trace: right. >> and what really it shows us is how brain washed our younger generation is and that starts at a younger age through our educational system. it's clear we have lawlessness and this is part of it. the kids are part of the plan to take over and the brain wash our kids. you have no -- you don't even have them being held responsible. >> trace: no. >> we see that here in california. we are passing laws that don't even keep kids responsible and that's what it's doing promoting hate and we're seeing the consequence of that. >> trace: lot of that going around, vice-president kamala harris said this. >> we have seen an uptick in anti palestinian anti arab anti-semitic and islamophobic incidents across america. this strategy will be a comprehensive and detailed plan to protect muslims and those perceived to be muslim from hate, bigotry and violence. >> trace: if you didn't listen closely i want to kind of re-do this a little bit for you. she said anti palestinian, anti-semitic and islamophobic and then she said a detailed plan to protect muslims and those perceived to be the muslim from hate bigotry and violence. we don't have a wave in this country right now of muslim violence. we have a wave of anti-semitism going on in this country right now, and yet there's this different focus in different parts of the political spectrum. >> it doesn't make any sense. and if i can go back to nyu i just was on the phone with a friend an alum from nyu who has been begging their dei department to add a dwoigs protect the jewish children and to advocate for them and they won't get back to her. >> trace: right. >> so that's where we are in terms of protecting jewish people in our country. >> trace: yeah. i mean, i know you're involved in high schools sonja, there's high schools now in southern california, high schools all over the country that are saying hold on now. before our students apply to your college, are jewish students applying to your college? you need to make sure there's a safety plan in place. here's a george mason student confronting someone who's tearing down the posters of hostages. watch. >> why do you feel like t