aid trucks are goings in from egypt. more are hoping to escape the war zone. five of the americans inside gaza strip crossed the border so far. carley: israel continue to inch toward gaza city in attempt to squeeze hamas fighters in the center. todd: you re watching fox and friends, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. trey yingst is on the ground in israel, what is the latest? trey: good morning, battles rage inside the gaza strip. israeli fighter jets overhead and days after this ground operation began, israelis are taking heavy losses inside gaza. the death toll is at 17 soldiers killed in battles with hamas militants. i will show you destruction on northern part of the gaza strip. israelis say they targeted number of cells in northern gaza. cells were using explosive devices and throwing grenades at idf troops and soeldiers engage them with artillery fire and tanks, according to a statement released this morning. we are learning from daniel hagari, 242 hos
now. egypt is allowing a limited number of nationals out. we re not on the list, it seems. civilians have to get have a chance to go through the rafah crossing now. we just got to get americans through. ainsley: meanwhile, fighting rages inside gaza. the idf says dozens of hamas terrorists were killed overnight and the number of israeli troops killed in combat rising now to 17. steve: meanwhile, here at home, vice president kamala harris has announced a national strategy to fight islamophobia. this while anti-semitism is surging all across the country, including at places like. lawrence: we are from the iconic second half deli. it was vandalized with a swastika about two weeks ago. first, we re going to check in with trey yingst live on the southern border of israel. trey? trey: yeah, hey, guys. good morning. battles rage on behind me inside the gaza strip days after the israelis pushed forward with a partial ground operation into gaza. we do know the death toll amo