american bases in iraq and syria have taken incoming fire 46 times. 56 servicemembers have been hurt and there is real concern a major strike could drag america into a conflict that the white houses they are working to stay out of. you are watching fox and friends first on friday, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. our presence in the region is strong, 17,000 military personnel have been deployed in the last month and u.s. naval ships are surrounding the middle east. also a nuclear powered submarine somewhere in the waters below. todd: get an update from trey yingst live from southern israel. trey. trey: todd, carley, good morning. the battles inside gaza rage on behind me. israeli forces are reportedly surrounding three separate hospitals in the gaza strip where they say militants are hiding. northern part of gaza, we ve been watching the israelis renew strikes against this area. israel says 37 soldiers in total have been killed in the battle since the ground
if. [national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: we begin this morning with a fox news alert, thousands of pro-palestinian protesters raging through the streets of our nation s capital yesterday. [inaudible conversations] stop funding genocide! israel [inaudible] rachel: vandals have been hitting the white house, smearing red paint on the northwest gate. some even tried to the climb over the gates. we re seeing this all over the globe swarming the world s biggest cities including toronto. meanwhile, in israel, the iron dome intercepting rocket fire coming from if gaza overnight. pete: the idf also striking several hezbollah terror hubs along the jewish state s northern border with lebanon as fierce over a wider ranging conflict continue to escalate. jonathan hunt is on the ground many jerusalem with the latest. jonathan. reporter: will, rachel, pete, good morning to you guys. it was another very active night in gauze both on the ground and
protest, guys. steve: it s 2:00 in the afternoon, thank you very much. it is 2:00 in the afternoon there. it is 8:00 in the morning here. third hour fox and friends starts right now. lawrence: fox news alert right now secretary of state blinken is meeting with israeli president after arriving in tel aviv overnight. commend you people of israel, for your moral clarity and incredible speeches. as to fate of the hostages and tragedy that has fallen on our people and of course as to inherent right of the israelis to defend themselves. it is good to be back in israel. these are difficult days, but we re here in solidarity with israel. brian: earlier he met with prime minister netanyahu. blinken will hold his own press conference soon, it will be big, we will carry that live as it comes. he visits as biden administration pushing for a pa pause, they say to get humanitarian aid in and it is already in and hostages out, when has that worked? steve: all about political
americans have arrived on the egyptian side of the crossing so far today. ambulances have been lining up to pick up wounded palestinians who are also being allowed to leave. all of these people have been trapped in the war zone as israeli ground troops close in on gaza city and airstrikes rain down. this is the latest video from the idf of israeli soldiers, tanks pushing deeper into gaza. hamas defensive lines are collapsing and militants are retreating into central gaza. this is the devastation from the second airstrike in two days on gaza s largest refugee camp. the idf says it was targeting hamas command center but the united nations human rights office is warning the high number of civilian casualties from the strikes on densely populated jabalia refuge camp could amount to war crimes. president biden is now saying he supports humanitarian pause to save hostages held by hamas in gaza including americans. at a campaign fundraiser last night a protester interrupted bid
the ground fighting comes with a heavy toll. ainsley: the idf confirming that 10 of the soldiers were killed last night while fighting in northern gaza. that brings the israeli soldier death toll now to 12. brian: right now, foreign nationals have been granted access to leave gaza. this is great news, through the rafah gate crossing over in egypt. steve: that s right there are about 400 people waiting to get out. trey yingst is live in southern israel with the latest where it is 12:00 noon. trey, good afternoon to you. yeah, hey, guys, good morning. i do want to start with those numbers from the israeli military. they have confirmed an 10 of their soldiers killed with battles with hamas inside gaza. that adds to the two they announced jed a reconnaissance unit killed in similar battles. it really gives you a sense of what they are facing inside gaza. in terms the break down, these soldiers some killed by rpg fired by hamas militants. others killed by anti-tank guided