on this morntiond november 13th, 2023. we start with a fox news alert. south carolina senator tim scott officially announced last night on our air that he will drop out of the 2024 presidential race. the former republican candidate breaking the news last night right here on fox with trey. but when i go back to iowa, it will not be as a presidential candidate. i am suspending my campaign. steve: nobody saw that coming. scott says he has no plans to endorse another candidate at this time. ainsley: meanwhile, big breaking news overseas at least six iranian fighters are dead after the u.s. targeted two sites in eastern syria overnight. this is the third set of u.s. airstrikes targeting iranian proxies in eastern syria over the last two and a half weeks. lawrence: ainsley, these airstrikes are in retaliation for the 48 attacks on our troops in iraq and syria since october. brian is over at the map to lay it all out for us, brian. what can you tell us on the map? brian: t
wave after wave of drone and rocket attacks against united states military men and women stationed in the middle east. the enemy, iran-backed groups paid and trained by iran and hitting us at will. they have struck 52 times. we ve now hit back three. the third time by the united states marks a significant escalation in the biden administration s retaliation. however, is it effective? i m harris faulkner. you are in the faulkner focus. a defense official is telling fox news six iran-backed terrorists were killed. the pentagon yesterday announced u.s. war planes hit a training camp and safe house in syria. the response only after look at the map dozens of hits on our troops. remember i gave you the number. 52 so far. that changes every few hours. sadly. and all of this since october 17th. four of those attacks came after the most recent u.s. strike, retired four star general jack keane weighing in. the focus certainly changed. this is the third strike and this time the
night. bret: jesse, i will wait around for the sloth. jesse: you will wait a long time. bret: good evening. welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, new attacks on u.s. forces in syria by iranian-backed terrorists. that is after the latest u.s. retaliatory strike on sunday. that now brings the total number of attacks on u.s. troops in the middle east to more than 50 since mid october. tonight, the fighting between israeli troops and hamas terrorists is centered around gaza s largest hospital. while fighting increases in northern israel as well against hezbollah fighters, correspondent alex hogan is in northern israel tonight with the latest. good evening, alex. good evening, bret. day 38 of the wariments idf releasing this photo. israeli soldiers say they managed to capture the parliamentary building in gaza city and raised the israeli flag. meanwhile here in the northern part of the country it is an entirely different situation. escalation on israel
veterans day s that sacrifice of those in harm s way the u.s. european command said five u.s. service members have been killed when a military air crash crash in the mediterranean sea the defense department say they were flying as part of a routine air refueling mission for their military training. no word yet on the names of the victim or what exactly caused the crash we do not know at this moment if they were part of the uss aircraft carrier at ford strike a group that is in the eastern mediterranean supporting israel as part of the war on israel. eric, here at home more disturbing images from the massive pro- palestinian rally that shut down new york city s grand central station friday night. not only were israeli flags and burned the nypd now says officers arrested a juvenile seen a ripping up american flags charges include reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct. eric: as the container here at home and across the globe u.s. military been under a