[background sounds] pete: we begin this hour with the war on israel. a hezbollah senior official now telling hamas that, quote, our guns and rockets are with you. as the group claims responsibility for new attacks of their own on a location called sheba farms in the north of israel. kayleigh: israel entering the second day of a multi-front war after hamas invade ised during a major jewish holiday, killing at least 350 israelis, churn included, in the deadliest attack in decades. children included. >> babies, women, the elderly were dragged outside of their homes, were taken hostage. this is our 9/11. will: israeli defense forces now

going after hamas in gaza city. an idf spokesman says they have closed nearly 30 of the entry points hamas used to get into israel. meanwhile in egypt, at least two israelis and one egyptian were shot and killed in the mediterranean city of alexandria. the suspected assailant, who is an egyptian police officer, was detained. pete: trey yingst joins us live from southern israel with the latest. trey, you've done such great reporting. what is the latest down there? >> reporter: good morning. the latest along the gaza border is heavy fighting. hamas militants have infiltrate thed again into some of the communities along the border between israel and gaza. overnight new video was released by the israeli military of drone strikes and missile attacks. you can hear off in the distance that the's reillys are shelling the gaza -- the israelis are shelling the gaza strip with artillery units they're lined up

along the border. but again, hamas fighters are not given up. they are still trying to take israeli territory. just about an hour ago a we were at a scene where two militants had stolen a car, a civilian car, and drove toward a populated area, a city just north of here. they were engaged in a gun battle, and a number of militants were killed. they were worried that one of them escaped, so these forcessed had their guns drawn and and were prepare for more fighting even north of the gaza strip. in terms of what took place overnight, you saw the images from inside gaza, israel launching a massive air campaign targeting high-rise buildings and a number of different hamas positions. also militants on motorcycles that were trying to crosses again into israel. this is a very fluid situation, and it's not just taking lace if here along the border anymore. we know that in the north of israel in shebaa farms, an area controlled for decades by

israel, there was hezbollah attacks. mortar and rocket fire, indicating that israel is now, indeed, facing a multi-front conflict. really the nightmare situation for the jewish state. and again, part of the reason israel has mobilized hundreds of thousands of reserve forces. this country is at war, and they are preparing for escalation. back to you. pete: trey, we're all here struck by the first sentence of your report which is hamas has ine fill traited again -- infiltrate again. are these fighters who came in on the first wave and maybe weren't found? are they still crossing from gaza into israel? i mean, what's the status? >> reporter: yeah. some of the fighters came into this area during that initial push yesterday morning. but the concerning development is that a hamas controls enough territory along the border inside israel that they're able to send reinforcements. and overnight they tried to send

more along the beach. the israeli navy release video showing them striking mill tans that were trying to cross into israel. but further south they still are in control of israeli areas, and there are reports of gun battles between the military and these militants. so they still have enough room that they're able to push their militants from islamic write had and hamas into southern israel and engage the israeli forces. it is unheard of. and it's really hard to wrap your mind around that given this elite army in israel, they are still paced -- faced with this threat from hamas on the ground. not just rocket fire from the air. will: trey, can you help me understand with a little more detail the initial incursion on the ground into southern israel? a couple of elementary questions. is gaza completely surrounded by a border wall? is it more like the american southern border where there are parts of border wall, parts checkpoints? and then let me ask you a secondary question to that, trey. was the incursion are from just

a couple of points, or was it all throughout -- how many different places was the barrier breached for these fighters to go into southern israel? >> reporter: so from the preliminary information that we have, it appears more than two dozen locations along the border were breached. this was a coordinated attack by a hamas and islamic jihad. there is a fence, a barrier or a wall at every point along the gaza strip. it was touted by the israelis as one of the most secure borders in the world. we actually went there and they showed us this technology under the ground with sensors. we've seen the drones overhead that monitor the gaza strip 24/7. and that's part of the perplexing reason that people are simply confused about how this could have taken place. a massive intelligence failure, clearly, but also an indication that israel was caught flat-footed. and you saw this by the fact that these militants not only

were able to infiltrate into southern israel and massacre civilian families unopposed, but they were able to capture israeli tanks and military vehicles and drive them back into the gaza strip. kayleigh: wow. trey, i had read that two groups of hostage as were released or secured, rather, by the israeli army, the idf forces. any update on how many hostages there currently are? the answer -- chances of them being rescuedsome. >> reporter: yeah, last height we got a piece of good news amid this horrific story and it was that is 11 is people were freed in a hostage rescue. special forces went in, they killed what we understand 4 militants from that it is a -- hamas that were holding these people in a dining hall and rescued all of those israelis. also some more good news amid this horrific story this morning. workers or individuals who were at this music festival, we

haven't been able to confirm the identity, but dozens of people who were hiding in a drainage ditch, they ran during the initial infiltration along the border, and they were just found last hour by israeli forces and rescued. so we are getting these pieces of information. the story is changing each and every minute. and there are still families in southern israel that aren't sure if their loved ones are are alive or or dead. i want to just tell you a quick story to really give you how close to home this hits for the israeli people. our technician has a brother that lives in one of the communities along the border, and he didn't hear from him yesterday e for 12 hours. and we learned this morning that he survive ised, his family survived. they were inside of a shelter in their house, and hamas militants entered their home and fired on the door of the shelter trying to get in. and just by chance they were able to survive.

but this shows you just how close this war is to everyone here in israel and families waiting these hair rowing hours trying to understand if their loved ones were alive or dead. you can really just understand how difficult that was and continues to be for many families here in southern israel whose loved ones are still unaccounted for. will: trey, one more question. any idea how many terrorists made their way into southern israel? how many men running around with guns, taking hostages, invade ising small villages and towns? and then as a backup question that i think you already answered, did israel, has israel reestablished control of that border with gaza? >> reporter: yeah. so we understand that hundreds of militants crossed the border into israel during this initial intillation. -- infiltration. and once areas were opened

there, or according sources we spoke with inside gaza, supporters e of hamas and islamic jihad also came in to help them kidnap these civilians and soldiers. it was chaos along the border. and many of the troops were caught off guard. they were in bed, they were sleeping on shabbat, saturday or in israel. and when they were able to engage some of these gunmen that entered into their country and took over military bases along the border, they were simply outnumbered. there were fire fights that took place and top commanders and soldiers in tease communities along the border and at these military installations were killed in fire fights or captured. they have not been able to regain control of the entire gaza border region, and that is part of the concern today. they still don't have a full picture of how many people were killed in certain communities and what type of territory hamas still controls. when you lock at the gaza strip, it's dozens of miles long, it's

actually quite a small enclave. but there are many israeli communities that sit along the border, sometimes just a few hundred teat away from the border. so they were able to infiltrate these neighborhoods, take over houses and other building, and we understand at this hour they are still engaged in fire fights with the israeli military. pete: wow. a sobering update from trey yingst. trey, thank you so much for those details and that information. god bless. stay safe. kayleigh: stay safe. pete: it is, it's staggering. having been with there in that location right next to the gaza strip, i've been in one of the tunnels there that was used before. it is, not only is there a border, but a buffer zone leading up to the border and from the borders which is presumably kind of a dm dis, a no man's land are, where if you're in that area, you're up to no good into you will be dealt with. him emphasizing, what'd he say, two dozen points of entry where they were able to breach, i

mean, that means it was almost a bum rush. too many places, too many people, hundreds, and then you've got, you know, we've seen the images online of these motorized paragliders, of people sea as well. kayleigh: and then hamas sympathizers joining in. and the reality for if these people, it's tragic. you know, i spoke with robby berman last hour, he's attending his friend's son's funeral, 27-year-old israeli soldier killed yesterday, and he toll me a very tragic story. a 4-year-old and ankle 8-year-old -- and an 8 year old now urn a bed. >> as we speak now, just a few hours ago, a woman said that she received phone call from her nieces who's 8 years old, and said she's hiding, they have killed mommy and daddy. she's hiding with her 4-year-old brother underneath her bed, they've been there for hours, no one's coming to get them. this is an ongoing failure, over

100 poem have been kidnapped, and these are old women, young children, young people going to the music fair. i feel so bad for the innocent palestinian women and children in gaza, but there's going to be a lot of people that are going to die. this is a war. this is not -- this is war. this is a full-time war, and this was done on the anniversary of the congresswoman kip purrwar, and it exactly was like yom kippur. it was a bigger scale. will: bigger but at the same time not so sophisticated. we've heard that testimony that it was more chaotic, more of a bum rush as you just described, pete. and people have pointed out as well, that seems odd that it could not have hit the radar of israeli intelligence, one of the most sophisticated intelligence operations in the world. and it also serves, i think, as a warning even to the united states of america with our border. it's a failure of imagination that you consistently think of the wrong things and often too big, don't think small enough in the way that someone can sow

chaos and terrorism. in fact, former u.s. ambassador to israel david friedman talk talked about the threat was actually in its lack of sophistication. >> this was not a particularly sophisticated attack. this was a one. of terrorists bar. ing a-- marching across the border. there's a buffer zone between, you know, gaza a and that border. they should have been intercepted before they ever got to the border. they blew up the fence, they marched through 22 towns, took over an army base for 10 hours, they killed a bunch of soldiers in their sleep. they proceeded to commit atrocities the likes of seen i don't think -- which i don't think we've seen since the holocaust. it's about basically keeping your board or safe. and that's the lesson that i think america can gain from as well. you've got to know who's in your country, you've got to know what's on your border, and you've got to be able to protect your border from bad people. kiki gotta think about the

gotaways, right? pete: you can't help, i mean, obviously, we're focused on israel, but you can't help draw that comparison to what's going on on our southern border right now. let's break down what the ambassador was talking about there, because it was not sophisticated in the use of technology, but it was certainly coordinated. we know that. and just orient you real quick to the map again. again, state of us israel. comparison, i did it incently last hour -- incorrectly, about the size of the state of new jersey. let's say we didn't control the holland and lincoln tunnels into new york, that would give you a sense of the ability of enemies to enter the city. this morning we're talking about hezbollah, okay? this is a group of islamic militantses in the north that are tied in, basically taking control of the state of lebanon. they're now lobbing rockets into the golan heights. the golan heights is a streaming thetic location e up here in the north. it's heights for a reason.

it's up high. you can oversee syria, but you can also look down into israel. if you control the go land heights, you control basically the northern portion of israel with your ability to bring artillery down. they've now entered into a conflict that we've so far been focus down here in the gaza a strip. and this is where trey yingst is reporting in the south of israel, where the majority of attacks have occurred. i want to move forward to the rocket attacks which is really the cover that was used to provide the ground assault. the ground assault is where most of the casualties have occurred. the 350 israelis have been killed at the point of a gun from hamas terrorists in their homes. but we're hearing upwards of 3,000 rockets which is the equivalent of the amount of rockets fired in entire conflicts in the state of israel. so the iron dome technology that we hear so much about that shoots missiles down, the sophistication that david friedman's talking about, technology, it was simply overwhelmed.

they couldn't shoot every rocket down. if you have hundreds and thousands of rockets raining in from the gaza strip throughout israel, and we're talking tel aviv now, we're talking -- excuse me, jerusalem, right here. you create the cover for a ground invasion as people go to their bunkers to cover themselves. that's when hamas made their infiltration into if a lot of parts of the south. and trey's reporting is justing staggering. again, here's an orientation. this is the gaza strip. again, given over to the palestinians in 2005. hamas, aist organization, takes it -- terrorist organization, takes it in 2007. they've spent 15 years building up a terror army there. and, will, youd asked the right question. there's a fence around the entire thing with a buffer zone. but according to trey yingst, it wasn't just one location, it was upwards of who two dozen across that border or where where it was breached. and some locations, and we don't know exactly where they are right now, which are still under control of hamas which means if you've got attacks throughout --

and we've hard of at least 20, 25 towns in southern israel where residents woke with up at six in the morning to hamas terrorists many in their yard, in their home with rifles either killing innocent civilians or taking hostage as. apparently, that pipeline remains open at this moment in certain locations. zikim base which is one of the locations we've talked about actually was part of a naval assault. so not only have they tried to come through the wall, they're tried to come through the ocean. the idf trying to interdict them. the crossing location is one of the locations you've seen video from this morning. a heavily fortified idf military base swarmed quickly. vehicles taken, con first candidated from that location -- confiscated. yes, it's a small location, but it's one thing to hit towns that are just across the gaza strip, it's at another thing when the reality is that towns 15 miles away which means not only are

you flying in on a paraglider or walking across an open border, you're getting on a motorcycle if or vehicle and driving specifyingically to towns and -- specifically to towns and locations. one of those low cases, that music festival which i questions was an all-night festival, part of a celebration. and this is an image online where you can see these young israelis raving and dancing, it's six in the morning, and in the background, they're not even noting at this point, motorized paragliders seeking to kill them. kayleigh: there's a video of noah going away on a motorcycle saying they are going to kill me, don't kill me, and her boyfriend left behind. both missing at this hour. will: still ahead, a live look at a gaza city as israeli defense forces begin to strike back. general jack keane joins us with live reaction next. ♪ ♪

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of god, now joining fellow terrorists hamas, pummeling israel with rockets and taking innocent women, children and soldiers hostage. israeli defense forces hitting back, striking three military headquarters of that has in the gaza strip. fox news senior strategic analyst, retired four-star general jack keane joins us now. general, so much to ask you. just your reaction with all the developments you've seen of where this is going. >> yeah, well, certainly the israelis are recovering from a surprise attack that just broke down the sense of invincibility that the people have always had about its security forces and its military forces. pete: yeah. >> i mean, you described it fully here in terms of how the devastation of this attack. it was literally focused on the israeli people. and the kind of pressure and political heft and weight that puts on a prime minister in terms of retribution here and

using his military forces to stamp out as much of hamas if as possible is certainly present. and those calculations are going to have to be made very carefully about the level of force that they are going to use here. the time to avoid what you just pointed out is hezbollah's significant involvement. this is a very different organization than hamas. this is an organization that is really a military force as well as a terrorist organization. they claim 100,000 participants. most analysts give them somewhere around 25-30,000. but they have 130,000 rockets and missiles all provided by iran, and these missiles are not homemade rockets like a lot of hamas' are that are short range. these have is more lee e that wouldty, greater range and greater precision. and this is really quite significant. the last time the israelis tangled with hezbollah in 2006

in lebanon, they didn't do so well, and they had to retreat out of there. and all of their service chiefs were fired by the prime minister because of the incompetence that they displayed. so this is something the israelis do not want to happen, and i'm certain they're on the phones dealing with, as the united states are, with our arab partners, you know, recognize now that israel actually has arab partner relationships -- pete: yeah. >> -- and they're certainly talking to them and trying to leverage them about this not happening with hezbollah, certainly. the -yard line ran -- iranians are behind all of this. think about that doesn't believe this doesn't really understand what's happening here, and they have been able to accomplish manager pretty significant. we saw normalized relations on the pathway to success with saudi arabia with and israel, and that would have been a paradigm, geopolitical sea change in the middle east. they didn't want any part of that. at least they've taken it off the table and delayed it.

whether off the table completely, i hope that's hot the case. i think that would be a premature conclusion. pete: yeah. general, you've hit at all levels, you've got the tactical, the operational, the strategic, and the prime minister has to deal with all of those. you mentioned the retribution that the israeli people are going toment expect. and they will, we've heard it already. how do you get that retribution without bringing hezbollah into the fought? >> it's going to be very tough. into the fight? >> that's why i think they're going to use all sorts of pressure points, mostly diplomatic and political persuasion. if they get into it, obviously, it's going to be much more complicated fight than what we have. the israelis rely on iron dome dealing with hamas quite a bit because most of their rockets are short range. they've got another air defense system which deals with much longer range systems. but the quality of the hezbollah systems and the range and the precision of them is really

quite significant. yes, i -- the other problem they have here, and and you've been covering it very adequately, is the hostages. i don't think we really know the exact number yet. but obviously, in this plan, this brazen, savage plan that hamas calm up, they purposefully took hostages. they obviously killed other civilian, but they took hostages because at some point they want to negotiate. so there is some leverage there. and i'm certain alsos israelis, the united states is likely talking with third parties here to try to work through this. the egyptian withs have done some of this in the past, and they are likely candidates to step forward here as well to work just the hostage issue which certainly complicates any if military operation that they're proposing to do inside of gaza. pete: no doubt. real quick, we're almost out of time, general, do you believe boots on the ground in gaza is in the future here for israeli

troops? >> i suspect it is because they've got to get in there and get the rest of these rockets and missiles and these military enclaves that are in gaza. you described it, there's 2.3 million people there, and they shield their military capabilities among the people. pete: yeah. >> on the hospitals, other population centers. so when you think of the gaza terrorist army, think also of the people. they're one and the same. so to go in there and deal with this is always a very complicated situation for the israeli military. they've done it a few times. and the ig enough cannes of this dealing just with gaza, we want to compare it to the '73 war, the '67 war, but since they have been in charge, hamas, 2007, there's been four incursions that have taken place in the 16

years. 900 -- 300 casualties on the israeli side during those 16 years. we've had over 350 casualties in a 24-hour experience. that is really quite significant in terms of what they've been able to impose on. the casualties going into gaza, certainly, will rise significantly among the civilian population are. it's unavoidable to bring that kind of military force in a city where people live literally on top of one another. and the military capability is folded right into that population. pete: no doubt. general jack keane, really appreciate your time. hope we get a chance to talk to you again real soon. thank you. >> yeah. take care, pete. pete: you got it. straight ahead, a senior member of israel's national paramedic service shares the latest from the ground. that's coming up. e rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. with my psoriatic arthritis symptoms.

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will: fox news alert, at least 400 are now dead and more than 2,000 hurt as hamas terrorists continue attacks in israel. the our next guest is the chief of staff of the medical service which is responsible for 96% of the country's blood supply. ernie joins us live for an update. thank you for being with us this morning aid midst this horrible tragedy. our thought ands our prayers are with you, your services and your countrymen. tell us, what is the latest, what can you share be us about the response from your medical ponce team to the events of the -- response team to the events of the last couple of days. >> so as everyone knows, israel is in war for the last couple of days. at 6:30 a.m. yesterday morning a

barrage of rockets started on southern of israel. what was amazing is my organization teams are usually responding for rocket attacks during this incident, and suddenly we started receiving calls on shooting incidents or people that are hurt from shooting incidents. so while responding for terror attacks or for rocket, miss style, suddenly our people encountered a lot of people that are being shot. and throughout the day yesterday it was a constant battle to reach victims in the entire surrounding of gaza, in the entire southern part of israel treating both people that were shot, both people that were --

[inaudible] will: yeah. >> now, please understand that usually when you encounter rocket attack, those are sharp metal, sometimes small, sharp metal. when you are being hit by ak-47s, those are much harder injuries, and our people had to treat many, many severely injured persons. will: right. >> unfortunately, we have one team member that was killed if many action. when he ponded to one of the calls, a terrorist, a hamas terrorist stood in the middle of the road and shot him while he was driving an ambulance. he was going to save lives, and he was killed on his way. will: that's horrific, and that was actually going to be my question and follow-up to you because you talked about what a difficult day that was yesterday. had to be in part because it wasn't yet secured. you were probably responding to areas that were still if not

under attack, till unsecured -- still unsecured, increasing the risk for your services. >> indeed. usually when there are the rocket attacks on israel, people are going to shelters while paramedics go out of the shelters. this time everyone were insecure. we used some of our ambulance withs so we could reach safely or relatively safe to team, but not all of them. and most of the ambulances just were going on streets, and our teamses had to, you know, do their job with a lot of bravery. will: right. >> by risking themselves from terrorists that were hiding in civilian houses, on rooftops and in the bushes. will: absolutely. last question for you, uri. you know, i think there's a lot of focus, that number, sadly,

continues to climb, 400 dead, but there's the other number, the 2,000 injured, and that's the number that i imagine your organization is reaching. just what types of injuries are you experiencing among that massive number of people? >> unfortunately, we are -- yesterday we experienced a lot of shooting injured. shots to the abdomen, to the chest. sometimes to the head. sometimes they were combined because if somebody was hit by sharp metal from a rocket, then a terrorist would come and also shoot them. this requires our team to use all the medical equipment that they have in the ambulance and make sure that people are not only being safely treated but also being evacuated to the hospital because of bleeding that can cause them damages even in short time they are in the

ambulances. will: such sad, sad news that you share but also such brave work that you're doing, and we wish you the best of luck. thank you so much. >> thank you so much. and if you want to support, please go to samba.org. thank you very much. will: thank you for that very much. thanks for being with us. coming up, biden offers verbal support as critics blast the administration for empowering israel's enemies. john ratcliffe is one of those critics, and he joins us live next. ♪ ♪

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kayleigh: a fox news alert as hamas terrorists target israel, president biden facing backlash after clearing the path to release $6 billion in frozen iranian assets just weeks ago. but the administration pushing back, insisting the money had nothing to do with funding attacks on israel. claiming, quote, these restricted funds cannot go to iran, it can only be used for future humanitarian-related purposes. any suggestion to the contrary is false and misleading. john ratcliffe served as director of national intelligence under president trump when i was there. he joins us now to react.

great to have you this morning. what a perfect guest. what is your reaction, john, when you hear andrew bates in the press shop say zero taxpayer dollars, no iranian money spent yet, it can only be used by private actors? >> my reaction, kayleigh, is as it has been from day one, those words ring hollow from the biden administration. they're disingenuous at best. look, it's not even just this $6 billion which clear clearly is going to further enrich iran. it's closer to $60 billion. if you look at what the biden administration has done to help this islamic terrorist regime in iran by stopping enforcing sanctions, by with lifting restrictions, by allowing iranian oil to increase by 650% over the last year from 400,000 barrels of oil a day to 3

million barrels of oil a day. all of this as has strengthened an iranian regime that you know, kayleigh, we left weaker and poorer than it had been in the last 20 years. and instead they've largely been funded by the biden administration's actions in allowing them to strengthen their position and to create this kind of mayhem. i don't think it's unfair, kayleigh, to say that, you know, iran funded hamas here, but the biden administration helped fund iran. kayleigh: there's no doubt about it. when you and i were in the administration, september of 2020, we all sat on the south lawn of the white house, and we watched bahrain and uae normalize relations with israel. first time we'd had any peace accord like that since 1996. it was a day of celebration. are you surprised, fast forward, that was september of 2020. we're september of 2023. you have war in israel. is this a change in leadership? i mean, it seems pretty clear.

>> well, i'm not surprised because of the actions that i just outlined. the real problem here, kayleigh, is not just focus folks like you and me -- folks like you and me, but everyone around the world now perceives the real problem which is there is daylight between the u.s. and israel as allies, that the relationship has changed in the last two we'res -- years. because of the actions that i just outlined where, you know, the biden administration wouldn't even meet with the israeli prime minister, but at at the same time they were courting and begging the iranian regime to restart nuclear talk, engaining in these -- engaging in these ransom payments. everyone sees that in the middle east, and that is really what is playing out here before us right now. iran wanted a lethal injection into the normalization and the extension of the abraham accords and the possible normalization

of relations between israel and saudi arabia, and they have accomplished it. kayleigh: so if you were president right now, if we were the still in the add administration, what would you do today in reaction to what we saw play out at 6:30 a.m.? >> yeah. unfortunately, what i would do is not what's going to happen heres which is that israel and saudi arabia are not going to get the kind of assurances and guarantees that they need to make sure that iran doesn't get what they want, to make sure that the normalization of those relations and the further building of arab partners for israel occurs. and the u.s., with strong leadership, can do that. obviously, you just outlined, kayleigh, we we saw it work. it could continue to work, but it's not going to happen. i'm, it's not going to happen in the next year and a half in the administration because no one believes the authenticity e of the biden administration when it says we stand with israel. they've stood closer to iran than they have to israel, and that's why we have mayhem and

war in the middle east. kayleigh: yeah. gone are the days of peace through strength. john ratcliffe, thank you very much. >> you bet. great to see you with. kayleigh: good to see you. israel's former ambassador to the u.n. joins us live from tel aviv next. ♪ finish. ♪ and doug says, “you can customize and save hundreds on car insurance with liberty mutual.” he hits his mark —center stage— and is crushed by a baby grand piano. are you replacing me? with this guy? customize and save with liberty bibberty. he doesn't even have a mustache! oh, look! a bibu. [limu emu squawks.] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ (vo) in three seconds, pam will decide... (pam) i'm moving closer to the grandkids! wait. i got to sell the house! (vo) don't wait, just sell directly to opendoor. easy as pie. (pam) piece of cake. (vo) whichever. get your competitve offer at opendoor.com.

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will: fox news alert, america's greatest ally in the mideast under attack. hamas terrorists brutally kidnapping and murdering women, children and soldiers. kayleigh: the u.n. security council is scheduled to meet this afternoon to discuss the ongoing violence. pete: our next guest, former israeli ambassador to the u.n. danny danon is a hebb of israel's concern member of israel's knesset, and he joins us now. we're with you in these terrible days. give our viewers a sense of what israel's facing and what you think the reaction should be. >> good morning. it's very hard for us today. we are counting the number of casualties, and as we speak, you know, it's going to be hundreds of people who were massacred yesterday. it's painful times for us, and we though that many people around the world are praying for

us u and we are grateful for that. but at the same time, we are determined the fight back. we are determined to win the war against evil the same hi you -- way you did when after 9/11, we are fighting the same battle here. muslims who committed into our communities and and committed horrible, horrific war crimes against innocent kids, women. i don't know if you saw the footage of elderly women, holocaust survivors who were dragged into gaza by those militants. so we are strong, we will prevail. it will be painful, is and we will need the support of our allies because the u.n. security council will meet and will discuss, but in a few days when we will actually go into gaza to hunt done the hamas, i'm not sure the u.n. will be with us. and then we will need the u.s. and other allies to stand with us. kayleigh: danny, to that point about the unitedded nations, it seems like their sole purpose is to just target israel. syria, you looked last year at

the resolutions condemning certain countries. syria gets 1, iran gets 1, russia gets 6, move over to israel, 15. they've seemed to target israel. do you have any hope the u.n. will step up and if change course after this terrorist attack? >> i don't have any expectation from the if u.n. and today after the debate they will have, they will call on both sides to deescalate the situation. how can they do that? you don't have both sides. you have bar bare withic terrorists who came and butchered innocent families. with all due respect, don't do that equation, it's shameful to do that. you should support israel, and you should support our initiative to bring security to our people. will: danny, or it e seems that that it's quite logical and obvious that iran is somewhere lurking in the background of all of these terrorist attacks and that a stated strategic goal of

iran would be to prevent any peace deal between israel and and saudi arabia. as you look at the response that israel rightfully and understandably will make to this terrorist attack, how much do you have to factor that many? how much tough to factor in the way -- either the response it could provoke from saudi arabia and using -- losing that peace deal and, by extension, giving iran their strategic aim? >> we do want to extend the abraham accords. we are very grateful for the accords, and we believe in standing with the moderate air ab countries. frank -- arab countries. frankly, at this stage the, we cannot see beyond the security of our people which means we will not think about the saudis. we will go after hamas leaders, we will hunt them down in the tunnels. pete: danny, we're about to leave you. thank you. we're running out of time. be right back.

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