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there are fears this morning of a widening conflict in the middle east after iran unleashed a barrage of 118 missiles on israel. aerial assault swiftly prompting israel to promise retaliation which could push the middle east closer to a region wide war. >> there is no war in the middle east. israel cannot reach. there's nowhere we will not go to protect our people and protect our country. >> good morning. this is fox is ongoing coverage of the crisis and conflict in the middle east. i'm jonathan hunt live in los angeles. the u.s. helped israel defeat iran's attack by intercepting about a dozen missiles while israel's defense systems took down most of the rest of those missiles.

iran's escalation in the middle east, a big talking point, as you would imagine, at the first and only vice presidential debate. both tim walz and j.d. vance trying to make the case that their ticket is best suited to calm tensions in the middle east. >> you saw it experience today where, along with our israeli partners and our coalition, able stop the incoming attack. but what's fundamental here is that steady leadership is going to matter. we have to remember that as much as governor walz just accused donald trump of being an agent of chaos, donald trump actually delivered stability in the world, and he did it by establishing effective deterrence. >> the iranian attack and the israeli response to it was witnessed firsthand by our correspondents in israel. among them was nate foy. he joins us now live from tel aviv. good morning again, nate. >> good morning, jonathan. so hezbollah terrorist

israel continue exchanging significant fire across the border as israel continues with its limited ground offensive today. and they're actually bringing in additional troops to supplement those that are already in southern lebanon. right. take a live look at beirut, where overnight israeli airstrikes continue and really pounding the dahiya neighborhood. that's where hassan was killed in an airstrike on friday. israel's focused on taking out hezbollah's weapons capabilities in comes you mentioned it after a massive ballistic attack by iran overnight targeting them. assad headquarters and several air bases here. 180 ballistic missiles raining down on southern and central israel. the air defense systems here, with the help of regional partners, shot down, many of them. some hit the ground below. there are no reports of injuries, although in the west bank there are reports

of one palestine in being killed by falling shrapnel. we know a town north of tel aviv, 100 homes got hit there, damaged as a result of it. and south of tel aviv, a building that is a school was hit. but again no injuries. minutes before this strike. take a look at this next video. there was a terror attack in jaffa in tel aviv. police responded to the scene and immediately had to deal with two emergencies at once. >> literally minutes before a run launched its ballistic missile attack. people riding a train like this through the jaffa area of tel aviv got to this stop. the doors opened and two terror fist opened fire with an automatic. they killed six people and injured nine more. >> i mean, you can see the storefronts here have arabic and hebrew. there's a mosque right here behind me. it's known for tourism, but the terrorists chose to terrorize our civilians here. so the numbers have been

updated this morning, jonathan, to seven people being killed, 17 injured. one of those people who was injured seriously is an israeli soldier. now await israel's response to iran's missile attack. and tel aviv specifically has now been targeted five times in the past week. this is a city that generally safer than other places in israel, but certainly over the past week and definitely yesterday, the war felt very close. we'll send it back to you, jonathan. yeah, it certainly was close. you and so many people throughout israel, nate. we are grateful to have you there in tel aviv this wednesday morning. >> joining us now is dan fleischer, former idf paratrooper and member of the heritage center for national security. >> dan, i want to get your reaction first of all to what we are hearing. yet 100 homes in this town that night mentioning 100 residences

damaged. just i think about ten miles northeast of tel aviv. shows you and presumably that was shrapnel rather than a direct hit from a ballistic missile. it would have done a lot more damage than that. but it shows you just how dangerous this is for israelis and what they are going through with these kind of attacks. so how do you think israel should respond? >> yes, well, good morning, jonathan. and israel's was going to respond forcefully and strongly. very different than it did back in april when, as told by the biden administration, to effectively take the win. and in this case here with this attack right now, israel is able to absorb the blow largely because of its air defense system that it used the arrow two and three. and david sling air missile defense system in partnership with the united states and also israel's passive defenses such as its residents, its citizens, knowing to take shelter during an attack such as this.

but we can expect a forceful response because the game has changed in the middle east, particularly the last few, when israel has taken the offensive to hezbollah, has taken hassan nasrallah, its leader and most of its leadership, iran now is fearful that its regional empire of proxies is falling, that they are losing them one by one. first hamas and hezbollah next . so iran wants to it wanted to attack israel to not only send a message again after the response of killing of nasrallah, as well as ismail haniyeh a few months ago, but also to relieve pressure on hezbollah because it is that israel will make good on its promise and destroy the terrorist organization. >> and dan, as of this morning in israel and more specifically in lebanon, you're for some of your former colleagues in the idf on the ground in lebanon, seeking out and attempting to destroy hezbollah positions and hezbollah personnel, obviously, how difficult

a mission is that and how determined are the people that you served with to complete mission? >> well, certainly i'm in touch a lot of them right now. and while they would rather be anywhere else, the border of lebanon, they'd rather be home with their families, particularly as the jewish people get ready to celebrate our new year this evening. but the fact is, they are honored and proud to be able to defend the state of israel and defend. and they have a tough task ahead of them. we've already known that special forces operations have been in southern lebanon clearing a route for the broader ground invasion to relieve pressure the northern communities. israeli government a few weeks ago made it a clear aim of this ongoing war to return its residents to the northern communities. remember, 80,000 israelis, israelis had been forced as internally displaced refugees from their homes since october 8th. now the aim is to push hezbollah far enough back north into lebanon, notably by the litani river, a demarcation

about 20 miles north of the border. so israel's residents can live peacefully in their homes. the guys who i served with have a tough task ahead of them. certainly but they're well-trained for it. >> and dan, what do we read into the word we get this morning from the israeli military that regular infantry armored units are joining those special forces units inside lebanon. does mean this is widening significantly or is this just supplementing the troops already there? this is supplementing the troops that are already there. and with most ground incursions that the idf has done into gaza or or to lebanon in the past, you've you've led with special to go after specific targets, those that are staged close to the border to neutralize them and pave the way, if you will, for the larger ground force, which includes a combination of infantry and mobile and mobile and armored units. so it's really expanding the war right now, not in a in a way that's commensurate with the war aim that israel

has and really to go after hezbollah in southern lebanon. it's a similar situation to gaza, where hezbollah is embedded among the civilian population, not only with their arms, their terrorists, as well as the rockets and other munitions they fired at israel. so you have to go almost house by house, village by village, to really extricate them from from the southern part, the country. and also there's the tunnels that they have built over years to try to carry out another october 7th missile attack into israel. you need many more arms and forces to go in to try to extricate them and destroy them. and that's why you're seeing now broader infantry movements . >> former idf paratrooper dan fleischer, wonderful to have your insights this early wednesday morning. thank you so much, dan. meantime, the first and only vice presidential debate happened, of course, hours after iran's major missile strike. now. on domestic issues, both candidates wallets and vance touted a new future for the united states. and they touched on key voter

issues. fox news correspondent ashley strohmier joins us live now. >> hello again, ashley. hi jonathan, last night, republican senator j.d. vance and democratic minnesota governor walz went head to head in the first and only vice presidential debate. both reinforce their running mate stances on a slew of issues. they spoke about israel, the border and abortion, among other key issues. and at one point they even shared a moment of empathy about gun violence. but the border and immigration was a major talking point. vance saying a lot of what can help the issues at the border start with law enforcement. listen to all the gross majority of what we need to do at the southern border is empowering law enforcement to do their job. i've been to the southern border more than our border czar, kamala harris, has been. and it's actually heartbreaking because the border agents, they just want to be empowered to do their job. of course, resources would help, but most of this is about the president and the vice president empowering our law enforcement to say if you try to come across the border

illegally, you've got to stay in mexico. >> walls, on the other hand, seem to blame trump. instead of lining out how would solve the problem that for years he had for years to do this and he promised you, america, how easy would be? i'll build you a big, beautiful wall and mexico will pay for it. >> less than 2% of that wall got built and mexico didn't pay a dime. >> okay. so senator vance also wove border crisis into the issue scene in springfield, ohio. that's a town recently in the news regarding haitian migrants in the u.s. illegally. >> you've got schools that are overwhelmed. you've got hospitals are overwhelmed. you have got housing that is totally unaffordable because we brought in millions of illegal immigrants to compete with americans for scarce homes. >> the people that i'm most worried about in springfield, ohio are the american citizens who have had their lives destroyed by harris' open border. >> and perhaps the most heated part of the debate was when january 6th was brought up. saying in 2016, hillary clinton

said the election was stolen by putin because the russians bought $500,000 worth of facebook ads while saying in response january 6th was not facebook ads. jonathan, actually, thank you so much. joining us now again for, reaction to the debate. >> democratic consultant julian epstein and fox news contributor and research fellow at the hoover institution, kieran skinner. julian, it struck me that j.d. vance was particularly strong on. the border, which is obviously an issue that both governor walz and vice president harris have a difficult time talking about because of what has happened over the last three and a half years. >> well, he was very good on border and the polls have shown anywhere between 70 and 80% of voters do not like what biden and harris have done with respect to open borders. now, the democratic refrain that is you could support the bipartisan lankford

legislation and that sort of they're out on this. i think that's going sort of a rabbit hole for the democrats. and i have advised publicly written about this, as you know, jonathan, but they shouldn't be making that argument because. >> i think it's sort of an empty argument given that that legislation would allow two and a half million migrants per year, which is about the number of migrants that are coming in right now. and the president has the inherent authority as commander in chief to shut the borders down. a supreme court has has has affirmed that. so i think that is i think that is a mistake for democrats. i think the big question on this debate now, jonathan, is the consensus will be that i think j.d. vance won. you know significantly not a slam dunk, but he won the debate. i think the consensus is that donald trump lost the debate a month ago. >> and the question is, will donald trump let this debate, j.d. vance won be the last word or will his sort of ego get the better of him and make him want to have one last debate with kamala harris? i think that's sort of an

interesting question that we'll be watching the next week. >> yeah, that that is a very interesting question indeed. >> karen, do you think former trump would be well advised to do another debate or ill advised to do another debate? i think either way, donald trump will win a debate with kamala harris. it happens again. j.d. vance hit it all out the ballpark on on his debate, his one and only debate with his his opponent because he showed poise and discipline and he revealed himself to be very different from what many in the media and the chattering class have said about him. that gives some momentum to president trump to go back in and be more specific about policies he put forth. i think on the issue of the border, j.d. vance did particularly well because he tied it to law enforcement

and law and order issues. and that resonates with many americans because. the border crisis is a 50 state crisis. not just those on the physical border. he made that very clear. so i expect that trump, if he goes into another debate, will use some of what j.d. vance provided as a foundation for the next discussion. >> julian, do you think that president trump would have the discipline to follow, if you like, the j.d. vance model as laid out in last night's debate on would he is he too distracted by attacks that would inevitably come from kamala harris? >> well, look, i think he unraveled the first debate when kamala harris said people walk out of his rallies and there were easy things for him to come back with. >> kamala harris said it was the worst economy since the great depression.

well, that wasn't true. trump could have come back and said we had 1.4 inflation. we had 3.4% unemployment. pre-covid, and we had 4.1% economic growth, which are incredible numbers. i think you can't deny that trump economic results, but he didn't come back with any of that on the border. he could have said what i just said, which is the president has the ability to do it. and the legislation was way too porous. it was sort of easy comebacks, even if the debate was unfair and i think it was the abc debate, i think was unfair and was partisan. but that's no excuse for him, not able to come back. >> look, i just think j.d. vance has a superior intellect and i just think he showed such an incredible facility. i think he i think he's far an above any of the other three candidates in the race. and again, i think it's going to be an interesting question and it's going to be an ego question for donald trump. will he let j.d. vance's performance tonight be the last word or will he want to have the last word?

he generally wants to have the last word. so this is an open question. >> yeah. karen, do you think it makes a lot of difference to what we watched last? >> i think it does. but let me just speak to what julian said a moment ago here. i see it differently. i don't see donald trump's performance in the first debate and possibly the only debate as a disaster. i think he was ganged up on by not just his opponent but by the the moderators of that debate. and that's a hard place for anyone to be. and very few politicians could survive that kind of attack. but he has the attack all the time. and what's remarkable about former president donald trump is that he survives all of these attacks. and as president, he faced them and as president, he got the abraham accords, which

really began to neutralize iran. he had iran a very contained environment through the maximum pressure, can't campaign. oil revenues were down under him, moved the embassy from from tel aviv to jerusalem. all of these things that no other president in the 21st century has been able to do. help us understand that china is a system wide threat, not just a very specific threat. it goes on and on. this not a failed presidency or a failed president. but he was being attacked all the time. the better he on policy, the greater the attack. so i would respond to the presidential debate in that context. >> let me let me get julian respond to that real quick. 30 seconds, julian. so i think the debate was unfair, but i think for somebody like donald trump to complain about the refs,

he should be larger than that. he should be able to fact check the refs and he should have been able to have good comebacks and then have all all of the polls showed that trump lost that debate. in fact, nate silver, i think, is very fair minded. had trump before the debate as a 6040 likely winner. today, it's 5545 that he's a loser. >> and that all changed during the debate. so i think there's no question about that. and again, i think that's why he's to be itching. >> and it's going to be interesting question as to whether he wants cheney to be the last word on debates or whether he wants to get in on it. >> yep. julian, karen, thank you for the spirited debate about the debates. we'll see if there's another debate. you so much. we'll be back to you later this hour. and we will be back with much more on the ongoing conflict in, the tensions in the middle east. >> we'll be right back. hi, mike huckabee here. >> and this election is going to have many of us up at night ,me included. the very balance of our country

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is warning of an even more severe response if there is retaliation, all this tit for tat is leaving many around the world asking is an all out war in the middle now inevitable? so let's ask international military strategist and co-founder of restore liberty, lieutenant colonel darren. colonel, thank you so much for being here. >> is an all out war inevitable ? well, jonathan, nothing's inevitable at this point, but it certainly seems like it's more likely than not. and frankly, the whole thing could end if will lay down its arms. hamas lays down its arms, and iran would stop funding, arming and pushing them towards continued conflict against israel. but clearly they don't have an interest doing that and they're going to keep pushing forward. but as you mentioned, the key now is to wait and see what israel will do next. and they've been very effective so far and they certainly

have over the last couple of weeks, there have been extraordinary actions by the israelis, most notably, of course, the. the pages are owned by so many hezbollah members exploding the killing of hassan nasrallah, even though he was deep inside a bunker in beirut. so what do you believe they will do to, strike directly at iran? are we looking at economic targets? we're looking at oil facilities, nuclear facilities, or could they go after the iranian leadership itself in bunkers in tehran? >> yeah, jonathan, i think they can do all three. absolutely. >> the nuclear weapons, they do organize. i don't know if they would do all three. i think they're going to leave all options open there. but the nuclear is clearly

the the kingpin there. but we can't just discount their ability to strike some targets that would impact financially because they're making their money off of selling oil to china and other locations around the world. so the ability to hit some of the oil facilities is probably pretty critical, too, just to send a message. but they've always been focused on the fact that iran cannot go nuclear. and i think also leadership should be looking around every corner right now. >> colonel dee, we're hearing from the idf just in the last few minutes that the israeli chief of general the general staff has spoken with the commander of centcom no surprise there. i guess the idf expressing its appreciate passion for the way the u.s. co-operated and helped in the defense of israel. as we understand it, u.s. took down around a dozen of those. 180 missiles. and obviously, the u.s. is critical in providing

the help with the iron dome that defends israel so well. but is the u.s. doing enough? do you think the biden administration should do more, whether it's verbally or in terms of action to support israel at this point? are we getting the balance right here? >> well, there's more we can do. first of all, it's in messaging. it seems like every time that we say we're standing behind israel, we're actually putting more terms on and not calling out hamas and hezbollah and putting any terms on them for any of this. now, israel is getting frustrated with the fact that they're their chief ally in the united states. seems to be almost their best friend and their worst enemy at the same time. so we've got to start by messaging the fact that we're 100% behind israel. we can discuss and debate and even disagree behind closed doors, but in public, it needs to be a front as far as our forces in the region right now . they seem sufficient to the task and will probably remain so. and so that's something that at

least can be. but in the end, the united states does not need to be dragged a greater war, specifically with iran in a significant way. and especially and unless congress approves it. but we need to stand back and let israel what it's doing very well. and by the way, we can also provide some of the weapons that we seem to be moving very, very slowly or not approving it, such as larger bombing. >> yep. lieutenant colonel darren goff, we thank you for your service sir and we thank you for informing our viewers so. well, this early wednesday morning. lieutenant colonel, thank you so much. and we will be back with much more on the ongoing in the middle east. a live report coming up from our own nate foy in tel aviv. we'll be right back. this is our last chance to helpo save thousandsn of holocaust survivors who are suffering

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is the biden administration doing enough? is the messaging strong enough? are the actions strong in supporting israel right now? >> that's a packed question or question, so let me kind of take it apart on the military side. i appreciate what secretary of defense lloyd austin the third said that the u.s. will protect its interest. that's an important statement because israel is in the interest the national interest of the united states. and so from that standpoint, the u.s. participation in the intercept of the incoming missiles was fundamental. it was consequential. and it sends a message to iran and to its proxies that the u.s. is hovering nearby. that's important. now, on the messaging side,

that part of your question, i, i think it's not getting it right. this attempt to force israel into a ceasefire at every turn as the escalation was happening from from hamas, from hezbollah backed by i think helped get us to this place. everyone around the world looks to the united states for and resolve. and when the u.s. doesn't show it, when it's rate of state stake, what left to conclude but weakness. and that's what i think iran was calculating in terms the u.s.. >> it's really unfortunate. mm julian, the statement that i was just referencing from the idf thanks the u.s. for, its cooperation. obviously there are all those us navy assets in region and the and the the those

assets were key obviously in shooting down some of the missiles. the idf statement said in part, the idf expresses a great appreciation for this cooperation and will continue to deepen its relationship with the us armed forces due to our commitment to strengthening regional stability and the coordination between the military. so the idf seems very grateful for the actions of the us. do you think, with all those navy assets we've got in the region with what they are doing in helping israel, it is enough. >> what more could the biden administration do? >> well, i think it has to be full throated. i think it has to be consistent . >> i think it has to get israel all of the weapons that it needs. let's pull back the lens on iran for a second. iran is not just a pariah in the middle east. it is a paper tiger. over 80% of iranians, as best we can tell, oppose the regime . >> you know, iran or the persians have, you know, a beautiful and rich history.

they're the ones that freed the jews from the babylonians in the century b.c. so they are not only incredibly unpopular with their own people, they're unpopular the region. they have created misery in they have ripped the country apart. in lebanon, they participated in a genocide against muslims in syria. they have destabilized iraq. they have destabilized yemen with the houthis. they the all of the or most of the the secularists within the arab world, egypt, jordan, saudi arabia would love to see us take iran down. >> they have done nothing but create misery throughout the region. so you've asked the question of, a couple of your guests, do we need to take the leaders out? >> iran is failed nation state right now. >> the economy is collapsing. if you go after the nuclear program and i think we have an interest and an opportunity to take the nuclear program out, you go after the oil fields, the drone programs.

iran is on the verge of economic collapse. you don't necessarily need to assassinate the leaders. they are on the verge of economical gaps. they have no support domestically and throughout the region. they are just considered nothing but a giant troublemaker. and the the being the provocateur of a race superior anti genocide ideology that not only threatens but threatens the west. so they are a paper tiger. the west should really be considering kicking out, starting with a nuclear program . and what the biden administration needs to do is give full throated support to whatever decides it wants to do. >> you keep up the pressure and it perhaps collapse from within. gillian, karen, we'll be back to you to wrap up this hour in just about 15 minutes. thank you. once again. and we will be back after the break with more on the ongoing situation in the middle east. it is now wednesday, 1038 in israel. when and how will israel react

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in the last they've attacked u.s. troops in iraq, syria and jordan over 180 times. they've already killed three u.s. service members in jordan back in january. they've injured dozens of others. and so i think they're trying to control our escalation here, but we shouldn't let them be the ones in control of the situation we have superior resources, firepower and should support israel in any strike that they deem necessary on iran in retaliation. >> and what kind of strike do you believe israel will deem necessary next? >> i think they're are going to look at a range of targets. three are going to be iran's oil and energy infrastructure, which is going to get after their oil revenue, which funds the regime. the second one, which is probably the most likely is going after machine factories and warehouses that are supplying the ballistic missiles and suicide drones to the regime. these are going to ones inside

of iran. and i think the most sort of escalatory would be whether they decide to hit the nuclear program. they might not go after the most sensitive sites, but some of the weaponization sites could be fair game for them to send a strong message and, push back their nuclear program a bit from the brink of breakout. gabriel, do you think julian epstein was just making an point that if israel and with the backing of the us continues to squeeze the iranian regime and continues to carry out in israel's case attacks against things like the oil fields, nuclear facilities, perhaps then perhaps the iranian regime could collapse from within? do you think that is a realistic prospect? >> not necessarily in the short term, but in the longer term. >> you know, iran today is somewhere where the soviet union was back in the 80s. it's a corrupt, sclerotic regime. it doesn't have the trust of the people. and it's very brittle.

just two years ago, we saw a massive nationwide protests. so there's certainly a desire from the people to rebel and overthrow the regime. the issue here is that the regime has shown willingness to use overwhelming military force to stay in power. they're willing to slaughter thousands of people, of thousands of people necessary to stay in power. now should use the iranian people. they are our number one ally to put pressure on this regime. i think the question of whether the regime collapses or not is unlike glee. but what we haven't seen from this administration is any communication to the iranian people. we haven't seen that kind of presidential leadership that would lead that to happen . and the trump administration, president trump would tweet in farsi regularly. he often talked to the iranian people, encouraging them to fight their own freedom. >> and do you think that that kind encouragement from an

american president could make a very real difference, could spark at least the beginnings of some sort of uprising if whenever i talk to iranian people, they will ask me, does the united states or anyone else in the world even hear us? does anyone see us protesting in the streets? sometimes they feel very behind. and that difference of just saying, we hear you, we see you, we support your protest movement, gives them the impetus that's necessary to continue their efforts. if they're getting slaughtered in the street, they want to know that it's for good, that they will have the backing of the international community . we haven't had that in the last four years. and iranians will see that as a difference. >> gabriel noronha fascinate, to talk to you, thank you so much for being here this early wednesday morning. >> and we will be back with final thoughts from julian epstein and kyran skinner as we await to see

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this war a couple of years, basically in a stalemate. and indeed, with ukraine having made advances into his country. the same with iran. it miscalculated and often the aggressor does. i don't believe it. thought a year into the war that started with a hamas incursion, incursion, israel would still be going on with israel, fighting on about seven fronts, defeating all of the proxies and serving notice with iron dome and david's sling and u.s. backing that could stand up to iran. it can take the fight directly to iranian territory. that's inflection point. >> julian, where do you see

things standing in the middle east on this wednesday morning ? >> well, inflection point is exactly the right question. war is about winning the escalation ladder. israel decapitated hamas, hezbollah, the international community right now can bring the iranian economy to its knees by reimposing sanctions in the way the trump administration did. biden should redo right now. israel can now go after the nuclear and the oil fields. and leaving aside the question as to whether you can collapse the regime, which i think an open question and i think experts might disagree on that, you can certainly create a prohibitive cost on iran for continuing to do what it's doing throughout the mideast. and that the question now is whether the united states in the west will completely back and unconditionally back israel's plan to do that. and i think the should

have nothing but moral clarity on this question. and i think israel will act and they'll act decisively and i think they'll win. and they have been winning. and that teaches the most important lesson in the region because nobody wants to be on the losing side. >> they certainly have been winning over the last couple of weeks. julian, we been winning over the last couple of hours with you and karen's excellent analysis. we thank you on behalf of our viewers for guiding us through what have been extraordinary times and will no doubt continue to be extraordinary times in the middle east. and obviously around the world. >> julian epstein, karen skinner, thank you so much. our coverage here at fox news will continue. these are, of course, momentous times. iran, israel faced 180 iranian missiles in the last 24 hours. no injuries, that we are aware of. but clearly, as julian and karen, this is an inflection point. and on this wednesday morning,

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