on the ground in gaza. israel confirms the next stage of its war is underway with a relentless round of attacks from the ground air and sea. as the death toll sky rockets, prime minister netanyahu vows as the battle has just begun and iran warns israel has crossed a red line. a lot of major developments in the mideast over the past 24 hours. let s go now live to fox news correspondent jonathan hunt. he is in the he is in jerusalem on the ground. jonathan, good to see you. you say it s been relatively quiet overnight, but could this be the calm before another storm of assaults on gaza? well, it s a really interesting question, anita. and the short answer is, yes, it could be the other possibility here is that there is a lot of discussion going on between the various groups with other mediator nations such as egypt and qatar as well, about those hostages. now, that is certainly what the families of the 239 hostages being held in gaza would like to think that perhaps there is a
israeli stroop troops are now on the ground in gaza, the next stage of the war is underway with relentless attacks from ground, air and sea. prime minister netanyahu vows that battle has just begun. and iran warns israel has crossed red lines. good evening i think jonathan hunt in israel with a special two hour edition of fox news live it is 4 a.m. monday morning, here in jerusalem, once again, people in the region will be waking this morning to the violent sounds of war. over the weekend we saw most intense bombardment since the war between hamas and israel began this month. and idf troops have raised the israeli flag in gaza as they continue to push into the palestinian territory. and war casualties are climbing death toll in gaza now reported to have passed 8,000. more than 1400 people have died on the israeli side. unprecedented numbers. in decades of israeli-palestinian violence. civil unrest also becoming a problem across gaza, 3 dozen trucks entered on sunday, larges
homicides, city streets taken over by scores of addicts. questions about why so many accused of violent crimes are quickly out of jail and back in the community. the efforts by citizens across the country. first to our tops are a new milestone in israel s war against hamas in the middle east. this is the second phase of the war his goals are clear at the destruction of hamas military and governmental capability return of the hostages held progress is really tank at collins move into gaza as warplanes carry out heavy airstrikes meanwhile the u.s. sends a message to iran striking munitions facilities in syria earlier this week as a series of iranian backed militant attacks on u.s. forces in the region. of these attacks continue as the president said we will continue to respond. shannon: the pentagon said the move is to stop malicious and broadening the conflict in the middle east. we will discuss escalating tensions in the latest on the hostage negotiations with chairman of
ground and the sky, prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling this second stage of the war, the idf claiming it s hit hundreds of key targets in the past 24 hours including hamas command centers. gaza s health ministry says 8,000 people have died in the territory, most of them women and children. welcome to a special hour of fox news live, i m mike emmanuel. aishah: mike, good to see you again. i m aishah hasnie. power is now being restored for many in gaza after israeli strikes put the region in a communications blackout saturday. the idf hitting areas near one of gaza s largest hospitals saying hamas uses that hospital as a base. meanwhile, thousands of palestinians today broke into aid warehouses searching for basic survival items, searching for food. the u.n. calling it a sign of growing desperation and decaying civil order in the strip. mike: we have fox news team coverage with alex hogan and trey yingst both live in southern israel. let s go first to trey. hello, trey