the nomination and he is the odds on favorite to become the next president. what rogan said and the other fellow, the other guy, the hardhat working-class kind of guy, trump kept gasoline prices low. trump cut taxes for the middle class. trump and regulations for small business. here is the thing with this terrible israeli -- >> real quick. >> trump stood up trump bankrupted iran and killed iran's top military guy. that's five -- that's why people want trump. >> thanks so much. ♪ we will see you monday 4:00, "fox & friends" this weekend. jack keane sunday, six until ten or whenever they run out of gas. thank you -- ♪ >> breaking news now, after matthew perry, famous of course

for his role on the sitcom, friends is dead tonight at the age of 54. the cause of death among still unclear. we will have a live report from l.a. and moments but first, the war between israel and hamas. israel is now in the middle of its second war of independence. a fight for survival, a fight he will win according to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressing the nation saturday as great operations inside gaza enter a new more intense more dangerous phase, israeli military panic hamas targets from land, air and sea and the potential for a wider regional conflict remains high. the president of turkey calling hamas quote freedom fighters and accusing israeli forces of war crimes. good evening, i am jonathan with special coverage of israel's war

against hamas. ♪ this is a live look at the city of ashkelon where residents are children from potential rocket attacks. not far is israeli troops and tanks now inside the gaza strip. what lies ahead from of the possibility brutal urban combat against mass fighters bound to destroy the jewish state. it is really prime minister regimen netanyahu says israel has no choice but victory. >> this is our second war, where biting and defending our moment. look fight and not retreat. describe the enemy under. we will fight and win, victory of good and bad. life over death, the mission of our life, the mission of my l

life. >> hamas launched a devastating attack on israel on october 7 killing 1400 people and kidnapping hundred more including a number of americans that led to israel's declaration of war and heavy missile attacks on gaza city and across the entire gaza strip. antiwar protest continue around the world but israel dog once again it will not stop until hamas is quote eradicated we have team fox coverage steve harrigan in northern israel but first, alex hogan live tel aviv. a powerful message from prime minister netanyahu today. >> it was, he addressed the press for the first time answering questions about this broad operation, thanking allies and mentioning, reiterating once again this is the second stage

in the work not only to take out hamas militarily but also bring the hostages home. israel continues to strike gaza both by land, by aaron c, something we've seen repeatedly the last couple of days, only continue to escalate with the terry saying it warplane struck 150 underground hamas targets in gaza and underground tunnels have been a key target for israeli forces. airstrikes repeatedly public infrastructure in gaza and as far as citizens there in the middle, israeli military officials issued this statement to them. >> for your own safety, this is not near precaution, it is an urgent plea for the safety of civilians and gaza. >> strikes continue to rain down on gaza and the un as well as other eight organizations emerged these fire sounding the alarm for the bar conditions for civilians, conditions far really

only made worse by the power outages and communications blackouts. in gaza, food, water and medicine are currently running out. so far, we have only seen 84 trucks of humanitarian aid make their way into gaza. again, that is a population of 2.3 million people. >> of course it is hard for us given medications blackouts for us to know exactly how bad it is. are weakening any information from in their about the plight of palestinians? >> unfortunately we are learning tonight that because of these communications blackouts even more of the aid workers have not been able to get through, have not been able to distribute aid from what we are hearing, it is scarce because of the communications blackout. it is a terrifying night for people living completely in the

dark to only see the sky light up when it is light. the israeli government is warning people there to try to move further south but for those who are not able to get on their mobile phones or online, they might not be seeing the message. the un is warning of the dire humanitarian conditions. there will be a un security council meeting called for monday. >> thank you very much from tel aviv this early morning. here in israel, a major worry is this all turning into a two front war against hamas in gaza and hezbollah in lebanon? some places along israel's northern border fighting has already been ongoing for several days 15 fox coverage continues with steve harrigan live in northern israel. >> good evening, it is in many sense a two front war, fighting

between has a line is billy forces and the north of israel going on for the past three weeks. his sense a fairly low contained level. the real question, is that going to explode even further or not over the past 24 hours hezbollah fired a multitude of attacks into israel setting off alarms and pick different parts of the country and fired guided missile disrupted by israel and fired rocket attacks and they fired take missiles into israel as well. israel spotted multiple times not only intercepting the missile but using attack drones to destroy what they say a terrorist cell, hezbollah fighters firing missiles. the back-and-forth has been going on and protest in the region as well as anger continues to swell, more protest in lebanon about what is going on in real concern in lebanon for the plight of civilians inside gaza.

so far as far as death on each side, 47 hezbollah fighters, israelis and concern continues as will this be more active front in the war? >> steve harrigan in northern israel, thank you so much for israeli troops pushing their way into gaza marking what prime minister netanyahu says is the second stage of the war. what can we expect in the coming days on the ground and are israeli people prepared for what the prime minister has said will be a long drawn out battle and one that could get very ugly that the on both sides? joining me now, retired captain and chief columnist of the jerusalem post caroline. it's great to have you here, what did you make of prime minister netanyahu's comments today? is that the message israel needed to hear? >> i think it is a message we expected to hear. i think israeli people take

clear we are ready for whatever comes because we understand this is the war for israel survival and we have to win it. >> it strikes me coming 21 years now through various conflicts i've never seen israel more united, is that a fair reading of the population? >> yes, we've been coming for 21 years here with major palestinian caravans in 2000 until 2004 and we experienced slaughter at that time nothing on this kind of holocaust level scale such dimensions so not just chalk, his anger and also resolution resolved as a people that we have to simply annihilate hamas, we can't continue to live with this jihadist not the force on our

border. >> the annihilation of hamas by definition is going to mean troops going in on the ground, it's not -- in much greater numbers, we know there are numbers and they will go in much greater numbers from a israeli casualties, how prepared you think israeli citizens are what is to come prime minister netanyahu it will be a long t time. >> was never had a were before the beginning with this kind of a slaughter so unprecedented or, collateral damage we suffered at the outset. we have 30 babies inside gaza and 30 people over 76 years old, women who have gone through unspeakable things now is the time for soldiers meant of field to go in to the ground.

>> the families of hostages, some of them met with the prime minister today. it was talk of the do a deal, get hostages back in the pretty much palestinian prisoner held by israel, how difficult balancing act is that in this situation? >> tremendously difficult because -- not obviously but the fact is the kind of deal they are discussing, all the murders from mohsen jihadist in jails including ones who carried out slaughter october 7 would mean next time wouldn't have 230 hostages, would have 1000 so we understand the scale of what is going on here, it will only escalate if we don't defeat them. we found in the past the best

way to rescue hostages is to go in and rescue them. as we did in 1976 so prime minister netanyahu said everything is on the table and we will have to see what that means because to balance the two war aims of releasing hostages, rescuing hostages and bringing about the victory we required to survive in our land delicate but requires no concessions. >> great people more about you go, what do you make of the support israel received so far from president biden and pressure israel has gone from the u.s. to open up humanitariae aid into gaza? >> i think the minister up to that almost directly in his remarks today when he talked about appreciation we have for american support and the fact

that sometimes we have to say no because the problem with humanitarian aid is it is a euphemism because they control every truck the content and one think without his trucks coming with full face of the will and siphon off fuel for themselves so -- it's a very problematic demand but of the biden administration since we need to win, we can't resupply hamas. >> a pleasure to have you here with us tonight, thank you for being with us. >> also written tonight, legendary friends after, matthew perry has died at the age of 54. according to reports, the actor's body was found in a hot tub in his home in the los angeles area. more with fox news correspondent marianne live in good evening dinner very sad news tonight, matthew perry found that after an accidental drowning of his

home according to law enforcement. according to the celebrity website, cmd and los angeles times sources say first responders were called to the akers home for cardiac arrest and think on in a jacuzzi at the home no drugs were found at the scene and how play is suspected. it is an emmy nominated mister and comedian best known for his role as chandler on the hit 90s joe, friends with ran for ten seasons and gained legions of fans over its decade-long. full russian along side the whole 9 yards with bruce willis. perry had just released a memoir last year's title friends, lovers and the big terrible thing which delved into struggles with sobriety. matthew perry was 54. >> thank you. for more, entertainment rep reporter, lauren. we have no idea at this time as marianne was saying on any cause

of death but matthew perry had long-term health issues, had enough? >> yes, he did and he was very open about his struggles. in his memoir he stated he spent about $7 million trying to get sober. to his health issues from the 2018th is : actually exploded while he was living in a sober living facility and that was absolutely horrible and that was due two years and years of opioid abuse and in his memoir he discussed when he was filming friends in the year 2000 i believe, he had to take a 30 day break from filming because he had to get stomach pumped, he had pancreatitis, it was awful what this i went through and variety said it best, he was the comic sole of friends. he made sarcasm endearing.

i am truly going to miss him so, so very much. when i heard the news, i really thought he was ready for his second act at life with his note found sobriety of three years. >> so many people across the world will miss matthew perry at 54. mosque terrorists reportedly still holding more than 220 hostages including women, children and elderly. next, flip-flop one israeli man whose knees and soldier is believed to have been kidnapped. that's ahead in just minutes. ♪

we are breaking news from jerusalem, red strip by hamas and other things i'm working to find a free deadly terrorist attacks of october 7 for families and hostages today met with benjamin netanyahu, pleading for him to do everything he can to bring

lebron home. netanyahu told the families safe return of hostages is an integral part of his military strategy. joining me now, idf soldier is missing. thank you for being here, it is hard for any cause to imagine what you and so many families are going through. what do you know, if you know anything with any certainty about the fate of what happened to her? >> as of now we do not have any news. missing we are getting to the 23rd she was missing the same day she circled the base near the border of gaza. we didn't hear anything from her we don't know where she is. a few soldiers, we are taking

hostage. >> if she is, somewhere in gaza, but do you want prime minister netanyahu to do to bring the floppy disk home, what does he need to do? >> he needs to do everything to bring all hostages. children the woman, the elders, a, all 230 of a member needs to do everything from the back. also, all international the u.s. included, pressure color and egypt, they are the only countries that have leverage on hamas the first get proof of life could not believe

republican relief to any gaza people. >> do you believe some of the families told the prime minister they, there should be a wall, all prisoners essentially held by israel should be returned, in return for a release of israeli hostages? >> we believe the swap of prisoners will release, absolutely. we need our kids off from the elders, everybody soldiers we set there as a country entasis our duty to bring them back and we will, either way. >> if what is your message to her right now?

>> my messages pulled up, we will come. i know you could be wounded, maybe you are in pain, maybe seven real. be strong. we will bring you back, israel, the country you back. they are standing behind you. >> tell us a little bit about ronnie. >> absolutely. ronnie is a 19-year-old teenager. she is next door neighbor from a teenager, she goes to concerts. she's a great cook from of the best case reshipped she's very fun, joyful, very funny, a great sense of humor and wish to see

her with us have dinners with us and hug and kiss her we met have been beaten, we've been looking at pictures on the screen of ronnie, a wonderful teenager. thank you for being here. the day you and your family are united and all the famous reunited for the left. image of israel's work hamas including reaction in washington to the ongoing conflict classic california republican harbison dell isa congress plans to do about military and financial support for israel coming up next. ♪

we are back with continuing live coverage of israel's war against hamas. president biden in delaware for the weekend as israeli forces under the gaza strip and u.s. waterjet strike iran link site in syria but growing the content inside the left-wing president product smells trouble and potential primary president biden is the white house navigating this crisis at home and abroad? tonight from alexandria, alexandria remember john with from a good evening. the white house is handling this trying to stay the course but it is getting complicated members in the president's own party who adamantly ferociously disagree with the president messaging

particularly the idea israel has the right to defend itself. william omar stating for have to ask, what is the end but the palestinians affect no. alexander cortes wrote on x today, dismissing these cease-fire save for someone who has a plan for policies destruction? recall that? biden administration is not on board with cease-fire facet support calls on israeli aid to calls or messages out democratic congressman the majority of democrats stand with israel and the president. >> democratic party's position well articulated by the leader of the democratic joe biden who gave the strongest pro-israel speech in american history and join ranks of harry truman meeting israel's of vulnerability. >> colleagues are going to

present the latest joe's approval among democrats telling 11 percentage.this month to the lowest yet. president biden's overall approval rating dropped 4.237% now an additional primary competitor, more competition, dean phillips announcing yesterday he's challenging the president. >> the president has done a fine job being a transitional president on country music at the moment. i admire joe biden but 80% of the country want change, it's time for it. >> when it comes to criticism the president has not done enough to hold them accountable, john kirby strikes with in syria thursday night proved the administration is fighting back on proxy attacks on u.s. military bases. >> we hope you got the message. they didn't if the attacks continue and as the president

said, continue to respond. >> here today president biden appeared to get thumbs up when asked about tentative deal with the latest, the president did not seem to get a question shot up to him regarding getting hostages out of gaza so there was no update today on that. >> thank you very much alexandria hoff this evening. newly elected speaker mike johnson of louisiana spoke with israel's i minister benjamin and netanyahu and reaffirmed his strong support for israel and says the house will bring forward a standalone funding bill for israel. >> israel is supper, we will bring forward a standalone israel funding measure, 14 billion but here is the important thing that distinguishes house republicans from the other team, will find papers, not just printing money to send it overseas, will find

the cuts to do that. >> with a major conflict raging in ukraine, if there risk we spread ourselves to think? let's bring in california republican on listen dell isa. very good of you to be with us tonight. mr. a danger, we are spending a lot of money on to complex, very long wars it seems. >> i agree they are complex but remember unlike some of the wars we were involved in in iraq and afghanistan, these are wars that will befall by the people there. israel is fighting their work, we are simply helping them. ukrainians fighting their work, we are simply helping them. this is almost like fdr early on with the lend lease program helping britain in war. if we can keep from putting our people and having the war not

come to us because of their bravery, it is a small cost compared to sunday people in harm's way. >> that's very good, it is perhaps better and less expensive and so many ways to do it, the ukrainian government and israeli government but do we have to set priorities here or do we simply have enough to keep paying the money we have been to ukraine and kat increased funding on top of what we always sent to israel? >> well, worry is a result of failed diplomacy, failed strength and failed advance thinking. all of which is something the biden administration has been doing for two years. we have shown weakness, vulnerability and emboldened iran in this case to use force.

can we reverse back? the problem is to get the genie back in the bottle it takes more than it would have to keep them from starting. under the trump administration and other administration, bush and so on, we showed a lot of strength and it's kept all of our opponents from wanting to make these efforts and that includes putin but it is too late to say we are not going to engage to protect from annihilation of the people of israel or people of ukraine but in both cases, other countries, other are helping, they are not doing this alone. >> i wonder what you make of the military moves the u.s. has made so far. positioning of groups in the red sea and mediterranean, are you comfortable with how we are militarily speaking?

>> i am absolutely comfortable a show of strength this a good way tell people we are serious, willing to do what we need to do and they need to back off. i'm not sure those targeted strikes we did in syria are sufficient but having said that, as much as i would like to look for the bad in the administration, i have to look for when they are not altogether wrong and historically whether it's south china sea or in this case, the area surrounding israel, the show of strength is likely tell people that don't want to take is on because we can respond in a moments notice in a way they will regret. >> and 20 seconds it can, i'd be remiss not to ask for your reaction on former vice president mike pence pulling out of the race for the republican

nomination for. >> i think a classmate, we came into congress together in 2001, he saw a no-win situation, he was conservative in the spirit of trump but out-of-favor with president trump those borders. they put him in a difficult situation. he's a good man, a great congressman, a loyal vice president and did what he needed to constitutionally and all is agree so i count him among my friends it doesn't mean i am at odds with the president but the fact is mike pence is a good man who tries to do the right thing and in this case, it was probably the right thing for him and his family. >> dell isa, it's good to talk to you, thank you for being with us this evening. coming up on breaking news of a un security council meeting this monday, it could leave israel at least feeling like it's standing alone as the idf moves into what's called a new phase of its

work with hamas. details next on ongoing coverage of israel's war against hamas. ♪

welcome back to a special edition of fox news live as we continue our coverage of israel's war against, have now declared a second phase of the border, military operations in gaza. in the u.s., this was seen earlier today in brooklyn, new york. [cheering] [chanting] >> new york's famous brooklyn bridge shutdown frontline today as a result of protest. [laughter] grand central station was overrun by pro- palestinian

demonstrators. tensions remain high among jewish and muslim communities make years of tax on both. can we deal with these domestic security concerns? joining us now, for the come official and president of the jewish institute for national security of america, michael makovsky. thank you so much for being with us. how concerned are you personally about the rise in anti-semitism we are seeing in the wake of this war? extremely concerned. obviously it is repugnant to seek the kind of rallies. imagine if white supremacist in america killed 1400 block only the racial massacre and then all of these people rally in

following days for white supremacist, effectively what is happening seen palestinian for pro- palestinian rally anywhere in the world, not in america berlin or when the condemning, saying they represent the palestinians. instead, they attack jews and talk about from the river to the sea, wiping out the state of israel and obviously anti-semitic. >> michael, obviously this has psychological impact, what does it have a popsicle for you and what you tell family members about how to look after themselves in this situation and what to look out for is the go about their daily business?

>> obviously jewish organizations, jewish schools need to take security far more seriously. for instance, i think increasingly we have terrible attacks against jewish synagogues and religious traditions in recent years and those weren't a wake up call, these rallies certainly are and it's not just these rallies, it's what we see on both sides of these american university presidents and so on. some distinguish themselves against the valleys but you seek campuses, american jewish students do not feel safe and i think it is important the mayors

and police chiefs do everything they can but also there are things the biden administration do if i may. >> what you think the biden administration should do? >> i think it would be good to hear from the white house, stronger condemnation, you have the white house, i think it was last week when she was asked about rising anti-semitism and her answer was rising muslim. muslims are disproportionately attacked and that is terrible also but before this war, something like 50% of hate crimes are against jews and jews are 50% of the american population at i think muslims are about 1%.

hate crimes against anybody as awful but i also think my organization, we focus on security so i think it is important, president biden has been very good about showing support of israel and it seems it's costing -- you have the progressive base angry at him but give kudos. i think it would help domestically but particularly israel and u.s. interests especially -- he would adjust his policy on iran after seven massacre. something like over 100 attacks on u.s. forces on iraq and syria during his tenure we have responded five times and there make responses iranians are not afraid of us. if we want to contribute to a more stable middle east and sent

people home where we stand, it is important the president is tough on iran. >> thank you, great to have you with us this evening on what is 4:50 p.m. -- 4:50 a.m. here in israel. we will be back as far more on our coverage of the war of israel and hamas. ♪

we are back live from jerusalem with ongoing coverage of the war between israel and hamas. years of the war spiraling out of control and the world on edge of the potential for a much larger regional conflict as some leaders in the region criticized israel and fell to depend hamas. turkish president erdogan saying this. we don't have that clip of the president of turkey erdogan but he was saying he supports hamas and talking about accusing israel officially of war crimes as president erdogan put it. the u.s. sent shipped to them eastern mediterranean and the

red sea. this week carried out strikes in syria, iranian backed groups that attacked troops in iraq and syria so what could happen next? with us now, former cia operations officer and host of the president daily brief podcast, mike baker. good to have you here. threats seem to be gathering and obviously the major one is the threat to israel but there are potential threats u.s. interests throughout the region as a result of potential wider conflict. >> they are all in play emanating from the same place, and rent as is anything else right now. you talk about chaos, the death and destruction coming from one central park, i read through the proxies. all drone and missile strikes on u.s. facilities, there have been over a dozen resulting in 30

casualties, so women casualties. in the past week they come from iranian proxies so it is hard to imagine a pathway to peace long-term, hard to imagine stability in the region long-term. as long as iranian regime stays in place and continues -- as do their proxies. >> how good is intel on positioning of some iranian groups, ammunition dumps we went after in eastern syria over the weekend? do we have good intel, what do we have a range of hundreds of thousands of targets? >> integrate question. the answer is yes, we have a very robust target that because

it's a problem for a long time. it's -- iranian targeting of u.s. facilities through proxies which means iran is responsible, it hasn't just happened since the brutal slaughter hamas kicked off what's going on for some time during the iraq war, iranian regime is responsible countless u.s. troops in iraq and through their assistance there so we do have robust target set, we know what to go after if that should happen. nobody wants to escalate this conflict. the problem is, iran does not feel the same way. >> of course. mike baker, always good to get your insights. thank you for being with us. as mike talks about, we help potential for a wider conflict as israel in the meantime stepped up its actions in gaza.

according to the israeli prime minister, second phase of the war. we will be back with far more on israel's ongoing war against hamas. i am jonathan hunt live in jerusalem, join us again top of the hour.

breaking news that i got asked to come after matthew perry as chandler on the hit series friends is dead tonight at the age of 54. multiple reports say he drowned at his home in los angeles live report from l.a. in moments. first breaking news tonight live from jerusalem. israel's war against hamas has entered with the israeli prime minister calls its second phase. it began with a devastating israeli aerial assault on gaza. tanks remain massed on the israeli border reservists ready to attack fighting ongoing

battles with hamas as part of the stepped-up operations this sunday morning here prime minister netanyahu and telling telling hiscitizens saturday tod for a long difficult war but he promised israel will win. israel has once again warned the palestinian civilians to flee urban areas in gaza before it is too late. question window to act is closing. move south for your own safety move south this is not amiri precaution. effects israeli troops are preparing for it difficult and d dangerous urban combat. hamas has built miles and miles of underground tunnels what israel says is a base underneath a hospital some tunnels are reportedly so deep they cannot be destroyed through a airstriks alone. so at some point israeli troops

are likely to have to fight close combat battles in those tunnels hello everyone i am jonathan hunt with our special war coverage. it is 5:00 a.m. here in jerusalem. we have a team box at coverage tonight. steve harrigan is in northern israel but first to alex hogan live in tel aviv. hi alex. quick side jonathan israeli prime minister bennett benjamin netanyahu says this is the most important task of his entire life he says moving forward in this ground invasion really was passed unanimously within his government. not only by ground but also by land and sea. their most important targets are those underground tunnels as you mentioned as well as hammering hamas infrastructure the idf says it did target 150 underground hamas targets in northern gaza.

netanyahu said he is preparing his citizens for what will be a very long and difficult battle. today people are gathering and did gather a protest in tel aviv. many families of the hostages that were taken the prime minister held a meeting with some of those loved ones talking about their family members more than 200 people are being held captive by hamas the families today are demanding answers. but as i can't wait anymore i need my son back home i need the mission it was the prime minister the defense minister on their shift. solve it now. we have to put on a lot of pressure. cracks in gaza it's another night of darkness with the power outages their repeated strikes like you can see in the video right here but the united nations is now urging for there to be a cease fire given the

growing humanitarian problem for residents who are still there and unable to flee the israeli government again issuing a statement by video asking people to leave that being said with a power outage, many people will be unable to see the video at the same time. people here, the families of hostages say they are cautious and worried some these ground attacks could prevent their loved ones from coming home, jonathan. >> i am intrigued by the mood in tel aviv it is such a city full of life under normal circumstances. these are anything but normal circumstances i wonder what the mood you are seeing there is among the people. are the streets quieter than they would normally be? is everything seeming more serious? as a city like tel aviv that is so lighthearted given to fund so often these are different times

i imagine. >> completely different times but right now it is early in the morning you are not think many people out from sundown until sunrise as far as the environment this a lot of tension for people state normally they might not listen to these alarms they are definitely running for shelter knowing they only have a minute and a half until they can get there. as family members we are seeing lalarge gatherings in the city today. definitely was a pressure put on the prime minister. april say they were frustrated they wanted to hear a formal apology they wanted to hear some kind of a word from the prime minister he understood this was under his watch for this is something we have heard from other members of the israeli military saying they apologize to the citizens they would do whatever it takes to earn back their trusty pretty sparse and the conversations about getting these hostages back, some residents and families are

saying they are worried it could lead to the family members not getting home for the prime minister tonight saying this part of the war is twofold. affecting will affect not bringing them back safely, jonathan. >> alex hogan in tel aviv as we wait for the sun to come up this sunday morning here. thank you. israeli troops in the south make their way into gaza fighting also heating up in the north work has below for several weeks now as launched attacks from its bases in lebanon. how long until this is officially a two front war? fox team coverage big continues with steve harrigan it is essentially a two front war already. what are hezbollah's option going forward from this point? >> i think at this point you are right. hezbollah is fighting a low low-level war back and forth. ten -- 20 rock us each day often

times using smaller range rockets like antitank missiles. they are showing they're involved in the fight but they are not drawing major retaliation from israel. it has been a back-and-forth for they are also tying up israeli forces so they are playing a role. if they were to make more of an effort if they were to launch some they wanted 50000 major rockets against israel would come a huge risk a huge risk of israeli retaliation. benjamin netanyahu has threatened unimaginable destruction on hezbollah and lebanon if they were to enter a more active role in this war prints or hezbollah thanks it's a risk of losing everything it has gained over the past 10 years. another possibility in this work could be a preemptive strike by israel by taking a moment to attack it's more powerful enemy to the north. by trying to take out hezbollah. so hezbollah can keep doing what it's doing a can risk of massive

retaliation or israel could go on the aggressive against hezbollah any of those options are possible. >> steve i want to tap into your experience if i can. few people in the world of journalism has seen more wars than you or witnessed more open combat than you from so many years ago for instance. what do you make of the urban combat that's likely to face the idf in gaza? >> jonathan i am not an expert or war strategy. i have been with forces both russian forces in chechnya and u.s. forces in iraq when they entered urban combat. i would just say it is absolutely terrifying. sp special especially if you cat civilian casualties. when people are firing at with rpg's from buildings when you are armored vehicles it's

difficult to find your enemy and fight against your enemies a terrifying situation. the russians had it a lot easier. they were not that concerned with civilian casualties they would basically rubble a city, rubble a village. might look like the moon when the russians or don't that after 10 years but israel does not have that option. the world is watching every step that israel takes. fighting an urban or with civilians in the middle of it all is a terrifying prospect. as it is so great to be able to draw on your unmatched experience. in northern israel this sunday morning thank you very much steve. back in the u.s. sad news breaking out of los angeles legendary friends actor matthew perry has died at the age of 54. according to reports the actor's body was found in a hot tub at his home in l.a. more on this tonight fox news

correspondent marianna rafferty good evening. >> sad news tonight actor matthew perry was found dead after an accidental drowning at his home that's according to law enforcement. also cording to celebrity website tmz in the los angeles times sources a first responders were called to the actor's home for cardiac arrest they found perry unresponsive in a jacuzzi at his home. no drugs were found at the scene and no foul play is suspected. his last instagram post hauntingly shows a perry relaxing in his jacuzzi. emmett now would actor producer comedian was best known for chandler bing gains legions of fans of its decade-long run. fools rush in alongside the whole 9 yards of bruce willis. also released a memoir lester titled friends, lovers the big terrible thing which it delved into his struggles with

sobriety. matthew perry was 54. >> thank you marianne for more on this let's go to reporter caitlyn becker. caitlyn, thank you for being with us. a terrible loss for the world of entertainment. he really was a beloved actor. >> he truly was it seems like hollywood and fans are reacting with absolute heartbreak over this truly truly shocking news it did seemed like following the friends reunion the release of his book he seemed to have been on the straight and narrow with his sobriety so people even his inner circle were really, really surprised and shocked and ultimately heartbroken to hear this news. spoke with a friend of matthew perry who was in the sober community someone who is in recovery within the source told us he had spoken to. within the last few weeks in their last conversation the actor was upbeat, positive and sounded sober so by all accounts

i did se see mike to his inner circle things were going well. that group of friends have been calling each other all night and crying. next i assume caitlyn were getting tributes from across the showbiz world now? lexi very much are interestingly and i'm sure not the surprisingly that cast of friends has yet to release anything individual i expect them to release a joint statement they would usually speak with one voice. several of its other costars throughout the years have come forward most notably blair always had a crush on him and costarred what happens and friends of them posted a touching tribute saying she just loved him unconditionally forever, other actress and rumor willis have posted similar sentiments warner bros. release a statement praising what an incredible talent he was and how much he meant.

>> caitlyn becker from daily merit thank you very much a terrible loss of matthew perry dead tonight at the age of 54. next, israel is expanding its ground operation at the un calls for a cease-fire and accusations of war crimes come from all sides. it's a cease-fire possible? h avis it even advisable? we will tackle that next. not so much here. if you have chronic kidney disease, farxiga can help you keep living life. ♪ farxiga ♪ and farxiga reduces the risk of kidney failure, which can lead to dialysis. farxiga can cause serious side effects including dehydration, urinary tract or genital yeast infections in women and men, and low blood sugar. ketoacidosis is a serious side effect

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>> we are back continuing live coverage of israel's war against hamas. as israel expands ground operations inside gaza israel and hamas each accuse the other of committing war crimes preview and has repeatedly called for a cease-fire secretary general antonio saying" i reiterate my strong appeal for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire. together with the unconditional release of hostages and the delivery of relief at a level corresponding to the dramatic needs of the people in gaza were a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in front of our eyes there is no doubt of course civilians have suffered terribly

on both sides of this conflict. but frankly there is note cease-fire insight israel has said it's not interested in one at this point it would essentially let hamas off the hook and civilians because this is the nature of war will continue to die. so what do we do about all of this and how should the world responded to this work? join me now director of scalia at law school center for the middle east and international law professor eugene, professor, thank you so much for being here. we have heard it so much from so many leaders. president of turkey, the latest to weigh in today accusing israel of war crimes. what do you make of the way leaders around the world and in the west in particular are responding here, what should they be doing in your view? >> it should be supporting israel's right to defend itself israel is fighting completely in accord with the law of war against an enemy which forces

israel to have civilian casualties by using civilian as human shields the world should also be telling egypt to open its border with israel. >> the egyptians have the border at the southern end of gaza. they could open them. they could allow all of those refugees from the fighting to go into egypt. >> that is correct. every single conflict ukraine, iraq, afghanistan generates and millions of refugees to go to europe, to go to america to go to neighboring countries records we all remember the scenes of so many people from ukraine flooding into poland poland opening its border help in that each of not doing the same big rocks imagine how horrible thoss conflicts would've been if refugees had to also in the country where the violence is? egypt is not opening its board it wants the palestinians to stay there and essentially the human shields for hamas. the international community

should pressure egypt to open its borders to allow refugees in the do not to stop in egypt they go to europe, they can go elsewhere countries have taken refugees from every conflict in the world but in this one conflict there sent to the refugees stay where it is dangerous. state where you can get killed simply to reduce israel's freedom of action. >> it's also interesting i think in the bigger picture over it so many decades how the jordanians support the palestinian cause. the egyptian support the palestinian cause but nobody's saying, we will take care of you for. >> they support the palestinians solely as a civilian victims against israel. they want the palestinians where they are to create civilian casualties. >> what do you make of the comments coming from the un secretary-general not particular supportive of israel it seems to me. i'm assuming you're not surprised by that. >> united nations has always had

a history of bias and clear anti-semitism about israel. the secretary-general equated israel's attacks on gaza with the horrible october 7 a massacre of a murder, and torture against israel but he is blaming the victim i think the un has lost all of its moral authority. we need to stop talking with the un by some institution of international legitimacy and talk about it as what it is a sick moral joke. >> on the picture of where israel stands right now. couple of decades israel as united at his appears to be right now in the face of these terrible terrorist attacks. >> the war in israel is united. it is strong it is a determination to win and not to go back to a situation where israel allowed what no other country would allow some rockets rocketeer, some shooting here to say we are entering a new face if you attack us we will a task view. >> a professor absolute pleasure

to talk to thank you for being on sat with us here in jerusalem thank you. coming up pro- palestinian protest are spreading across the country in various cities and on college campuses. president biden's own party criticized his support for israel so how will the white house respond? that is coming up next.

>> welcome back to fox news libert as israel ramps up its grand offensive in gaza, divisions grow within the democratic party. the progressive wing is pushing it back to some extent against president biden's staunch support of israel by the president seems highly unlikely at this point to change his approach. live from wilmington, delaware with the latest on president biden's thinking is alexandria hoff good evening alex. >> good evening jonathan. even when it comes to something

like a humanitarian pause for israeli military operations in gaza the white house says that's only something that would be supported by the u.s. if that was to allow for humanitarian aid to get into gaza or for hostages to come out for it as we know the progressive wing of the president's own party anything short of a cease-fire is not something they want to see at all. that enrages that part of the party of congresswoman stating this quote we have to ask what is the endgame here? does a ground invasion increase security for israelis or palestinians? no she is a democratic congressman jake said statements like this do not represent the party. >> a democratic party position is well articulated by the leader of the democratic party joe biden who get the strongest pro-israel speech in american history has is join the ranks f harry truman and american presidents meeting is really critical needs of the moment great vulnerability. >> when it comes to criticism

the prez set present has not done enough to hold iran accountable the white house jon kirby that strikes within syria thursday night proves the administration's fighting back on the proxy tax on military bases. >> the president sent a fine job of being the very bridge he promised it would be the transitional president our country needed at the time. i admire joe biden 80% of the country once a change it is time for it. >> are there congressman phillips who conquered the race as a competitor for the president therapy jon kirby said he hopes iran gets that message but we were speaking to before here in wilmington today president biden appeared to give a thumbs up when asked about the tentative uaw deal a separate question was asked to him about getting hostages out of gaza. he did not appear to hear that question we did not get an updated answer from the president on that today ascended back to jonathan. >> thanks alexandria. the pentagon has moved warships and other military assets.

it did so within hours of hamas' initial attack on israel. and military support continues to roll into the region. as a deterrent to other groups or nations that might seek to get involved and a clear u.s. sign of support for israel as it steps up operations in gaza buried those operations significantly stepped up with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saint we are now and what he called the second phase of what is nothing less in the prime minister's view then a war for israel's survival. with us and now retired general from the reserves general, thank you so much for being here. before we get to the bigger picture, in general, i just want to talk about your heroic acts on that terrible morning octobe. you are out riding a bike, just for our viewers.

you becahe became aware of these terrorist attacks. you grab simply a handgun a pistol i believe in you went down and took action your self. just tell us briefly what was going through your mind there and what you encountered? life once i understand something is going on and this is what i have done. i went down there i reached to the area at 10:00 o'clock with my uniform and pistol i what i have seen was chaos. it was more like ukraine after the invasion than what i have known for so long. they hamas were everywhere. they took over the area and it would seem they said themselves

and we have to break through a lot of hamas terrorists which i went to two of them and also the area of the festival of a thousand or 2000 children. >> in general, your actions have made you a hero to so many who already held her in such high regard for your service over so many years. general, prime minister netanyahu called this a fight for the very survival of israel. i assume you would agree it is exactly that, general. >> yes but it is not just hamas. in this neighborhood yet be tough to survive you have to wear is just behind the corner

and they are trying to shoot at you you have to be strong enough. if we are not able to deter the hamas or in this case to demolish the hamas infrastructure it is definitely a case of our survival but we will not be able to survive year. >> in general the men and women of idf that you hold in such high regard have a terribly tough fight ahead of them. how difficult will it be when you go in large numbers they win and destroy hamas? a much stronger than they hamas they succeeded two surprises they succeeded to come with large numbers. but once it gained itself back we defeated them.

it is not a question of winning them. it is a question of having the time and dealing with the complexity because they are all hiding in those tunnels. it's kind of an underground city we need to find where they are. to take them out or to demolish those. it's complex is not a simple war. >> absolutely. it is certainly going to be a complex war. general, we thank you and all of israel thanks you for your heroic actions of the morning of october 7 and for so many years as a general with the idf. general thank you so much. we returned american rabbis have been in israel trying to bring comfort to families and soldiers alike during this war against hamas. we will speak live with one of those rabbis who has been leading the humanitarian effort coming up next. an!

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jonathan: welcome back to our contemporary coverage of israel war on hamas the conflict has obviously had a profound effect on jewish communities across the globe. back in the u.s. and many rabbis have independently and collectively come together to lend his support for israel and israelis after they hamas attacks bringing comfort to the families and soldiers in israel. one of those rabbis from bel air in california rabbi was here in israel over the last few days we just got back to l.a. i believe it was thursday rabbi. i know the people here were very grateful to have you. what kind of spiritual strength and impractical strength did you feel your message and brought to people here question from a

spiritual standpoint student what it's like to walk into a hospital we see body parts blown off? it's very dark in the room. these people are living in a place of where's my future how's it going to be? you walk in 27 of us we say we came to you all this in the darkness and the room started gliding up. we started singing and talking to them all the segment started realizing their eyes, the sparkle is coming back into their eyes. we realize we've got to go to every single one of them we saw things that no human being would willever want to see these hospitals. i mean arms of blown off. it faces a blown, legs and blown there was one girl is a model she has seven bullets in her. we saw a lot of tragedy. but we also knew when we came in we uplifted it was very, very powerful and we left a mark in a beautiful way.

jonathan: what did you make of the spirit of the israeli people that you saw, rabbi? do you feel there strength and a sense has been awakened by this? >> one 100%. we saw a couple of things the first thing we saw was unity. the unity amongst everybody was powerful for there's no more discussing of who, what, when, where the second thing we also saw his maybe when we walked in but everybody recognized our spirits are up. people going about their lives, tentative but they recognize we had a mission here. our mission is to go after the evil. nobody once this war spoke to a few people and i said to them what is going on here? he said i don't know but i now have to go fight i would rather be making medicines to cure the world that is something i would really like to do. we met hostage families.

>> sorry rabbi i apologize for interrupting you there. we weren't looking at the videos you kindly sent us of you in the hospital some of those victims but we are also looking at pictures of you with idf soldiers. i wonder what you felt was the level of t determination among e soldiers in particular? >> this was a base about 3 kilometers away from the gaza border. they were in a great mood. they work home, they were very focused when you spoke with them that's what you think about what's going on they don't watch the news. they do not get distracted. their mind is straight we have a job what to do. so we spoke to them it was happiness like we know what we have to do but it's not something that we want to do for that is one thing we heard all across it's not something we want to do but we are thrown into it and we must do it now. a sonic question how we are

going to wait until quickly were going to win there is no doubt in their head about victory for them. jonathan: rabbi i've come to know you a little bit over the three weeks since this terrible attack. you are one of the wisest men i have met. but what did you learn from your trip? i am assuming you took something from them personally to? >> we are still processing all the things we learned but he really did recognize the power of the human spirits. when i say good is a powerful you have no idea. good always win the nazis are gone the terrible people the evil people of the world are gone. good people whether you're doing a good act we call a mitzvah lights, hugging someone his power from want to show something jonathan. something i brought with me see these posters are being ripped apart them taken off all the

lamppost everywhere. my congregation is asking everybody to core these home and buy breakfast pray for them. keep that name alive and everybody you can get anywhere know is going to rip it out of your home. but the hostage families are going to go and say thank you and i love you for thinking about my son or my daughter we've got american hostages this is an american right here we've got to do something about it. >> rabbi, before before i let you go will you fearful traveling here? >> apprehensive i'm not saying fearful. you never know what it's going to happen but we were in such a state of mind we actually felt god around us. i know that sounds kind of weird but it's like you are doing the right thing. there was apprehension where we went anything could happen there was one time we had to get out of the bus because the sirens were going on and we all went

you've shown the videos in the past. we were filming, we were texting we were not scared we knew everything is going to be okay i know that sounds kind of weird but you're in that mindset and a happy place it is a fantastic place to be. what did people tell you that they need rabbi? if other americans are watching this, what can they do? >> they need a lot of things they need it many, many things the average person that works on the street went to the city the average person working on the street is fearful to do the work in the street and they may have shrapnel we went out and bought a few hundred helmets for them. to believe or not toys for the kids believe it or not people need basic supplies there was no store there. we had to buy supplies of basic family supplies, go to community

centers donate and ship it. they would love it. jonathan: rabbi you have done incredible work you continue to do incredible work. i note so many people here in israel are so grateful for you think you rabbi of bel air. as reallisraeli forces move deeo the gaza strip they will be forced to deal with a spiderweb of hamas tunnels which will of course be crawling with hamas fighters. but also it may be were many hostages are being held. that and israel's larger military strategy coming upmy dnext. ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop. tyrvaya. it's not another drop. it's the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears. common side effects include sneezing, cough, and throat and nose irritation.

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jonathan: israel's war against hamas about to enter a potentially terrifying new phase for israeli troops as israel expands its ground offensive into the gaza strip. it will be forced to deal with countless hamas tunnels where it is believed that many of the over 220 hostages are being held by the idf says it conducted massive air strikes against the tunnels overnight and over the past 48 hours or so. there is only so much bombs and missiles can do fired from the

air. eventually idf forces may well be forced to clear the labyrinth of tunnels in person for it here tonight for more on what that process could look like idf comeback reservist ceo of that miriam institute benjamin and today. thank you so much for being here. as a combat reservist you must really feel for the troops who are about too go into what will be on earth. >> i certainly feel for the troops the members of the israeli defense forces i do not think they are terrified however they are very cognizant's progress we should not have said that her grades are cognizant of what stands in front of them is going to be a long hard grind particulate way into subterranean war for i do want to tell you it's not inevitable that will be the case there are many ways of defunding of this potent weapon of this title that work it falls short of troops going in but however since 2014 tunnels have been used as a

strategic asset by hamas in response to that israel defense forces have trained special forces and also its combat engineers and its canine units to fights very efficiently in the case as required inside projects prime minister netanyahu said it's a fight for israel's survival in israel will win. it is hard to doubt that israel will win this war given the capabilities of the idf. but there is going to be a costly prime minister himself acknowledged progress is certainly going to be a cost it's not just a military cost the fact of the matter is as combat soldiers come back dead and injured which is an inevitable consequence of a combat situation such as the one we face that will bleed into the political realm. what everybody needs to understand that is been weighed out by our leaders here. it is not lightheartedly that we made this decision to broaden our incursion into the gaza strip at the ground on the stage

there will be a cost. it's the job of the military to protect the citizenry and military not the other way around that's were in the midst of doing i believe it will prevail. jonathan: the difficulties for the prime minister and all those making these decisions with more than 200 hostages held somewhere in gaza it is a horrible horrible decisions you have to make to potentially send in thousands of troops and possibly in so doing sign the death warrant for some of those hostages progress no countries ever faced a scenario such as this for the reality of the matter is the idf and the political action those top decision-making. as you have decided by pushing into the gaza strip wheat wrapped up pressure on hamas to release the hostage overseeing psychological warfare cynically deployed by hamas they announced they would release all of our

hostages for all the terrors the states of israel holds inside our israeli jails. i think it's very important that everyone understands right now the decision is ratchet up the pressure move into the gaza strip on the ground and let hamas know we are coming for them. >> would you agree there's no coming back from this for a hfor hamasit has to be destroye. hamas has to be signed to the history books? what side you have to think it has to be consigned to the history books as i said earlier this going to be a great political challenge here is the cost of the incursion ratchets up that's an inevitable outcome of conflict the israeli people sadly because of our history know this all too well. the target and the mission statement have been made clear and reiterated. primary goal to topple industry hamas right there alongside it the return of the hostages it is right up there is a prominent goal and i think were going to move towards it.

jonathan: so hamas and gaza possible are already many ways a second front up in the north. hezbollah fighting from its bases in lebanon. you served in 2006 on the last israeli war against hezbollah that was a terrible war i was in beirut for much of that. how do you think hezbollah is going to react if and when this becomes a bigger ground war in gaza, what will they do up there? was it was a terrible war has been all wars are terrible the realities i think the israel defense force has an obligation right now to make a first strike a decisive first strike against hezbollah munitions in southern lebanon it's very important the timing of our activities against that terror network are more potent enemy to our north is not dictated by them. rather we should defund them of their abilities so that we can move with greater impunity inside the gaza strip without

that threat from the north it is very important. we have lost the ability for preemptive strike which you be the element of surprise we can still have a hard first strike on hezbollah rockets and munitions. >> briefly i presume you're very proud of the way israel is come together. mike two decades of coming have never seen this country more united progress jonathan again you're from the united kingdom. i love this country the states of israel have the privilege of serving and fighting for this country in the state of israel it is the future of the jewish people and i'll tie one other thing prime minister netanyahu said harkening back to the holocaust never get is now. that was the phrase he used during his most recent press conference one point we speak about the holocaust the reality is is not the same and she was as we were that we got the military got a defense force and got the will to win and the unity. jonathan: great to have you here tonight thank you for being with us this morning and in jerusalem and is now coming up to

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