Deserves our supporter. General jack keane, thank you so much. Well talk to you soon. Second hour of fox friends starts right now. Steve it is 2 00 in the afternoon in israel. A newly released hamas hostage speaking out for the first time this morning recalling the terrifying moment she was kidnapped by the terrorist group. To tell you the truth, ive been through hell. We never knew that we would come into this situation. Ainsley 85yearold Yocheved Lifshitz still awaiting the release of her husband in hamas custody with around 220 other hostages. Lawrence we heard from the some of those families in the last hour detailing the last conversations they had with their loved ones before they were taken. Brian trey yingst is on the ground in southern israel with the latest. Trey. Reporter hey, guys. Good morning. Israelis ramped up air strike on the gaza strip and more than 400 targets of hamas and Islamic Jihad hit by the israelis and were continuing air strikes on the gaza strip behind me
I am here in person to make something crystal clear, americas support fertilizer israel is ironclad. Sandra this breaking moments ago, the Israeli Defense forces are telling fox Israeli Forces have entered the gaza strip to conduct localized operational raids. This news coming as israel prepares for the next stage of war in its mission to rescue the hostages held by hamas. And as the response in gaza intensifies, u. S. Allies could be facing a war on multiple fronts and thats breaking as we begin a brand new hour. Welcome, im sandra smith in new york and, bret, great to have you. Best of my recollections im bret baier and John Rob Robertss is on assignment. 1 million gazaens are warned to move south as israel begins a Ground Operation. Sixth other parts of israel could be in danger. Sandra irans Foreign Minister is warning violence could spread to other parts of the middle east if attacks on gaza do not come to an end. Bret Fox Team Coverage on the globe over the breaking news of the w
Mainly the church group and a few other civilians that were americans and not going to go home. Steve theres different places and Weapons Depot and underneat those piers and the intense over the last 48 hours and interesting the way they bracketed it out and thats the support that gaza controls and support under attack and maybe they felt as though theyd be safe and it comes to weapons and theyre targeted and i imagine defying drones all over the place and the thing is and the city is 100 surveilled and theyre trying to see movement and trying to see fighters and they dont gun down hamas and target civilians but theyre trying to shake the battlefield before the invasion. Steve according to the idf, the gaza border is still not secure and Hamas Terrorists are still trying to get into israel from the sea and so that could be the Point Of Departure right there. Listen, the israeli haves got eyes in the sky and they know exactly whats going on. In the meantime, theyve got about 100 tanks s
Together when we were evacuated and thats what were doing. They had really rene yes. Im so sorry for what youre going through and what your family continues to go through and all the families. I wish you continued strength and peace in ahead. Can i just tell you how professional they were with having bunch of looters, having bunch of murderers and having the ones who burned and blew gas and rolled paper under peoples doors to smoke them out. Really they were so prepared. So prepared for this. Rene butler, thank you. Im sorry. I am, too. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Youre watching cnn news central. Im Boris Sanchez in washington, d. C. , where we have just learned the house will not be voting on a new speaker today. Republicans just nominated congressman Steve Scalise for the job. We want to go live to tel aviv, israel. Anderson . The rockets continued to be fired near israel and the death toll is coming into greater view. The tale of horror and atrocity is coming into view the
We continue with the Breaking News this morning. Nine u. S. Citizens are among those who have been killed during this unprecedented attack on israel. As of this hour Israeli Military says it has retaken control of all communities around gaza and is calling for a complete siege of gaza. No food, no water, no fuel, no electricity. Cnn spotted israeli troops and heavy Armored Vehicles heading towards the border. At the same time hamas continues sending a barrage of rockets into israel, were showing you new video there of rockets being launched from gaza city this morning. More than 700 people have been killed in israel, thousands more are injured. The death toll in gaza we are told is up to 560. This morning rockets hit what looks to be a residential street in israel. Were also seeing horrifying video of the moments the Hamas Terrorists ambushed and kidnapped israeli civilians, some do you know what, were going to take a break from this video right now and go right to clarissa ward. Clari