Its on again. More shelling in gaza. The Israeli Defense forces saying theyre expanding Ground Operations as we speak. Is this the start of a ground water . Welcome. Im neil cavuto on a very busy day and now night. Its about 11 00 p. M. In israel as we speak. Lets go to trey yingst in southern israel. Trey . Good afternoon, neil. As we speak, the real military is shelling and striking the gaza strip the past several hours. They have ramped up strikes on the northern part of gaza. This is the heaviest that we have seen the israeli response since this war erupted 21 days ago. Weve seen the israelis using tanks along the border. According to israels spokesman, this is being considered you can hear the artillery going out there in to gaza, this is being considered an expanded raid in to the strip. Theyre stopping short of calling this the Ground Operation that everyone is anticipating. But the amount of fighting along the border is significant. Weve heard Machine Gun Fire in the distance.
Estonian intelligence has seen signs of a gradual decrease in the intensity of Russian offensives in Ukraine but notes that the Russian army is gearing up for another assault near the town of Avdiivka (Donetsk Oblast).
UK Defence Intelligence has noted that the Russian occupying forces have stepped up their offensive activity in the Kupiansk-Lyman area over the past two weeks. However, a substantial operational breakthrough by the Russian army is unlikely.
Ukraine. a message on the eve of the holiday. vladimir putin is quoted as saying as in 1945, victory will be ours. eric: there is so much speculation about what putin may or may not do. is there a heightened sense of security in the capital, more than we have seen in rent weeks? you see a bracing or offensive activities. we have information on background that more units of russian military getting in place for possible offensive action. curfews have been tightened up here in kyiv and other cities. and throughout this weekend we have seen a heightened degree of russian offensive activity. they are getting ready for something tonight and maybe tomorrow. we ll hear rhetoric coming from vladimir putin.
Nasdaq gained 4.5. president trump says war with north korea is not inevitable. he says military action is still an option. if it happens, it will be a very sad day, he says, for the communist regime. for 25 years they ve been talking, talking, talking. the day after an agreement is reached, new work begins in north korea. continuation on nuclear. so i would prefer not going the route of the military, but it s something certainly that could happen. bret: the president s comments, south korea braces for another big missile test from the north anytime now. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has elitist. south korean marines in exercises close to the north korean border. this in response to offensive activity by the pyongyang in the area. as officials say a possible new