look at that. mike tobin taking cover on the israel/gaza border as missile attacks continue. israel is still promising a ground assault into gaza is imminent. this is a special 2 hour addition of the fox report. we have team coverage of war in israel. alexandria hoff with more as president biden pledges to remain focused on american still held captive by hamas terrorists in gaza. steve harrigan live in lebanon where there are growing fears of escalation by hezbollah and roger wicker on the other chamber s response to this. mike tobin live in the southern israel with the latest. reporter: for 14 tonight we watched rocket fire and watched the ground to see if the israeli invasion of gaza begins. forces staging up and down the gaza strip some 300,000 strong, with reservist called up to combat duty, they are training while they wait for their orders. 188th brigades, getting ready to do what the defense minister called the long and painful processable donating hamas. strikes
mr. president, the road to victory will be long and hard but united in purpose and with a deep sense of justice and the unbreakable spirit of our soldiers and our people, israel will prevail. i m here to tell you that terrorists will not win. freedom will win. israel, you are not alone. united states stands with you. sandra: president biden pledging america s unwavering support to israel in their war to defeat hamas, all against the backdrop of massive protests across the middle east after explosion at a hospital in gaza killed hundreds of people. hello, welcome, everyone, as we begin a brand-new hour, sandra smith in new york. great to see you there. john: good to be with you, i m john roberts in jerusalem. this is america reports. president wrapping up his historic wartime visit to the middle east without meeting with arab leaders who canceled their summit with him after claiming israel was behind yesterday s horrific explosion at a hospital in gaza. sandra: joh
right now on capitol hill, the house of representative is in session and expected to vote on their next speaker at and time. this would be second time congressman jim jordan, his name will be voted on in a role-call vote after yesterday where he fell short by many votes. see if he picks some up or loses some this hour. we ll follow the action and bring updates as they happen. kayleigh: president biden leaving israel moments ago as stability of entire middle east hang in the balance. tension erupting after a rocket strike destroyed a hospital in gaza, killing 500 people, some children. based on department of defense did thea and based on the meeting with netanyahu, president biden says it was a rocket fired by islamic jihad that hit that hospital. iran is threatening that time is up, unclear what they mean by that. hezbollah calling for a day of unprecedented day of anger. v violent protest at embassies and pentagon is surging troops toward israel. this comes as presiden
continuing to prepare for their ground attack in gaza. to the south, a barrage of rockets fired from the gaza strip set off the iron dome defense system over israel prompting further response from israeli military. this all as 29 americans have been confirmed killed and 15 more still missing since hamas attacked southern israel last saturday. welcome to fox news live. we have lived team coverage. trey yingst is live in southern israel. we will start you off on the latest on the ground operation in gaza. good afternoon. we have seen continued rocket fire. throughout the day today it really as thousands prepare along the israel border. they are joined by tanks in apcs waiting for the orders to come through. it could be just a matter of hours before israeli troops entered the gaza strip. a lot of anticipation growing. you can see behind me people are growing with their everyday lives. the country is at war nine days in. today we did get a look at some of the weapons that the i
[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] will: straight to the a fox news alert as tens of thousands of israeli soldiers are getting ready for a full scale inveighs of gaza as airstrikes have continued throughout the night. [background sounds] pete: idf issuing a statement saying, quo, forces are currently preparing to implement a wide range of offensive plans which can include combined and coordinated strikes from the air, sea and land, end quote. hamas is responsible for the killing of at least 1300 israelis and 29 u.s. citizens. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, assuring his troops that more fighting is on the way. you for the next stage? the next stage is coming. rachel: the new york times reports that israeli forces have delayed their initial planses as weather conditions in the area could worsen. will: meanwhile, a second u.s. aircraft carrier is on it way to the mediterranean sea in what defense secretary lloyd austin ca