troops have, quote, advanced to the gates of gaza city. it follows days of heavy fighting between israeli forces ,hamas fighters. the battles inside gaza are blamed for. the deaths of at least 17 idf soldiers since friday. at least nine of them died in one incident after being struck by an anti-tank guided missile. israeli airstrikes also jabalya ,a densely populated and populated area in northern gaza. israel claims the buildings they were housing hamas operatives and that people living there had been urged to evacuate. hamas claims many civilians were killed, but it s not possible to confirm how many have died over the past two days of heavy bombardment. and for the first time since the war began, some foreign passport holders and critically injured palestinians were allowed to leave through the rafah border crossing. a handful of americans have been able to leave, but at least 400 other u.s. citizens stuck in gaza. i won t get into details than to say that we feel confid
israeli military now says an additional nine soldiers have been killed inside gaza. they were hit by an atm while operating in the northern part of the strip. for the very latest, chief fox news correspondent jonathan hunt joins us live from jerusalem. jonathan, lauren, good morning from jerusalem. we just got this word from the israeli defense forces that nine soldiers were killed yesterday, today morning, as they were part of the ground operations in inside the gaza strip on the northern end of the strip. now, those soldiers were apparently hit by what is called an anti tank guided missile as they moved forward as part of the ongoing operations there in northern gaza. now, we should point out that these nine soldiers that we have now been told about who were killed are in addition to the two we have previously reported. so what we public we know is that 11 an idf soldiers have been killed inside gaza since the ground operation on got underway in earnest. and the anti-tank g