5:00 a.m. in gaza as we continue our coverage of the war in israel day 28 on america s late news, fox news at night. and we are now getting word that is rally defense forces have surrounded gaza city but it comes as president biden is now calling for a humanitarian pause in the fighting and many believe that s simply a different way of saying ceasefire. one us publication says that maga and christian nationalism are bigger threats to america than hamas. we have team fox coverage. lucas tomlinson in tel aviv, steve harrigan in northern israel. but we begin here in the u.s. where the war in israel has customs and border protections sounding the alarm on just how easy it is for terrorists to just walk across our southern border. bill melugin is live with calls to shut down the border all together. reporter: as we speak we have a new massive caravan headed to the u.s. border and now some county leaders in san diego are calling for the border to be closed amid terror concerns. j
major develop moons, congress passed a bill giving 14.3 billion in aid to israel, but joe biden threatened to veto it because it does not include money for a cause that is already defeated sadly in ukraine. israeli prime minister netanyahu today says that nothing is going to stop them from going into gaza and getting the job done and now gaza city is surrounded. we re seeing explosions across the night sky. a live report from the ground later in the show. but first, loving china, hating us, the focus of tonight s angle. preparations for the date are underway. what is he going to wear? how long will the conversations last? who is better at small talk? the president is looking forward to meeting with president xi. will not get details about this meeting that is going to happen this month in san francisco. it will be a constructive meeting. laura: constructive for whom, jp morgan, goldman sachs? not the american people. xi does not meet with foreign leaders unless he s prepa
secretary of state antony blinken arriving israel a short while ago. this is his second trip to the middle east in less than a month. blinken is expected to discuss ways to free the remaining hostages, minimize harm to palestinian civilians, and get all who want to leave gaza out. we ve seen americans and their families begin to come out of gaza, and we expect that to continue over the coming days. this has been a very deliberate effort on our part working with other countries to make sure we can get passage out for our citizens and citizens from other countries. blinken s trip comes as israeli ground forces now gaza city, surrounded. and air strikes continue to pound hamas targets inside the strip. the conflict has, according hamas officials, killed more than 9000 people in gaza. more than 1400 israelis have also lost their lives. secretary blinken also says while they re dealing with getting the hostages released and minimizing civilian deaths, now is also the time to come
angeles gutfeld! coming up in two minutes but first this fox news update. biden pushing for a humanitarian pause in the israel-hamas war a blatant shift from previous statements about israel making its own decisions. john kirby said multiple humanitarian pauses are being considered and the administration does not support a full-on cease-fire. prime minister netanyahu declared nothing will stop israel from their goal of dismantling hamas with forces now completely encircling gaza city taking out at least 130 terrorists and destroying critical infrastructure in ground operations. in the meantime the house approved a bill to provide $14.3 billion in emergency aid to israel. the measure is not expected to pass the senate. here s more from northern israel with the latest on the war front. steve? trace, multiple attacks today into northern israel from hezbollah, positions just across the border in lebanon. at least 16 locations in northern israel hit one town hit by at least 12 r