[bombs and gunshots] sandra: we are expecting to get a state department update as israel pushes deeper into southern gaza. and is reportedly eyeing new tactics to root out hamas terrorists. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to have you today. bret: good afternoon, i m bret baier in washington in for john roberts. pump sea water into the complex tunnel system to force hamas terrorists out of there. israeli forces are setting up pumps to draw water from the mediterranean and push it through miles of hamas tunnels. sandra: the fate of some 130 hostages still in captivity remains unclear at this hour. fox team coverage kicks off right now. ai aishah hasnie is in capitol hill for an antisemitism hearing. bret: and trey, what are you hearing about the new tactic by israel. we are following the report from the wall street journal indicating israeli officials are considering using water from the mediterranean sea to flood the hamas tunnel network.
opinion? we continue to believe people who have left the area have a right to come home if they wish to do so, a right that should be upheld. i asked the other day when you are in asia, and then asked the european desk, and ask you, too. do you consider the occupation your allies, turks, occupation or something else. they said to me we believe all countries should be respented and protected but they don t say if there is if the occupation of cyprus is an occupation. we believe we support a u.n. facilitated effort to unify. occupation, you know that. we think it needs to be resolved through u.n. facilitated efforts to reunify the island. thank you. i have two questions. two plus two ministerial meeting in india, after that indian foreign ministry stated of bangladesh for the indian, and raised concern over rising extremism with third country intervention. what will be for india as well as for usa. i don t have any comment. the second one, while u.s. and