[the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] [the star-spangled banner] rachel: good morning, everybody. we begin, i am looking there but i should say hi first. good morning. joey:i am four days into this. rachel: are you saying you are not? joey:usually i come in for a day. i ve been here this week and i don t know where the headlines are going but americans getting fed up, we are looking for something new. rachel: you wonder how much more we can take. joe: democrats voting for republicans, polls show members of state legislators on the republican side coming into the new year. people are fed up with the craziness. will: it s got that kind of feeling and only two days left. rachel: the biden kind of feeling. pete: the old smell of let s put that over here and get rid of it feeling. two more days of this, then 2024. good to see you. let s begin with this. the first hour of fox and friends starts with d
South. But right now that crossing appears to be closed in both directions for people and humanitarian aid. Also happening, the Israeli Security cabinet will hold a meeting with Prime Minister netanyahu, and in just a few hours from now, as the world braces for what is believed to be an upcoming israeli invasion of gaza. Plus, Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is back in tel aviv today to meet with israeli leaders just as we learned that families of 199 hostages have been notified their loved ones were abducted. In just a few minutes well speak with a family of 85yearold yafa adar and her grandson, taken during saturdays horrific terrorist attack. The desperate pleas from that family and dozens of others to get their loved ones back safely. And we begin this hour with the very latest on whats happening on the ground in the middle east. For that we turn to nbc news chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel who joins us from the israelgaza border. Richard, its just at sunset, and continu
Tonight, our team getting a firsthand look at what was left after hamas militants swept through israel. The Israeli Military reporting the massacre of women, children, toddlers, and the elderly at a kibbutz in southern israel. More than 100 People Killed. Young families, mothers, fathers and their babies. Our reporter with the soldiers today, going doortodoor to bring out the bodies of the victims. Homes burned and riddled with bullets. An israeli general describing the unimaginable horrors. Israel now preparing for a potential ground incursion. 300,000 reservists have already been called up. Another 60,000 reservists now activated tonight. More than 900 People Killed in israel. And President Biden tonight revealing the number of americans killed has now risen to 14. The president Condemning Hamas Terror Attack, calling it pure, unadulterated evil. Matt gutman on the ground here in israel. There is grave concern tonight for the more than 150 hostages taken from israel, and we now know
Tonight, our team getting a firsthand look at what was left after hamas militants swept through israel. The Israeli Military reporting the massacre of women, children, toddlers and elderly at kibbutz kfar azza, in southern israel. More than 100 People Killed. Young families, mothers, fathers and their babies. Our reporter with the soldiers today, going doortodoor to bring out the bodies of the victims. Homes burned and riddled with bullets. An israeli general describing the unimaginable horrors. Israel now preparing for a potential ground incursion. 300,000 reservists have already been called up. Another 60,000 reservists now activated tonight. More than 900 People Killed in israel. And President Biden tonight revealing the number of americans killed has now risen to 14. The president Condemning Hamas Terror Attack, calling it pure, unadulterated evil. Matt gutman on the ground here in israel. There is grave concern tonight for the more than 150 hostages taken from israel, and we now k
truce with hamas, whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. today s releases brings the total number of hostages released during the window to sa and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the hamas attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come, and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involved in