dan hoffman, former cia station chief and fox news contributor. dan, when you look at the thousands of troops in the middle east, more than 100 attacks since the middle of october, the u.s. is trying to avoid a larger conflict here but we have to do something to deter the attacks. what is the u.s. doing wrong, what can it do better? >> yeah, we have not done enough to deter the attacks, 100 attacks since october 7th, but really these attacks have been going on for years and never really been able to deter iran from using the proxy terrorists in the region to target us with impunity. we are not targeting the terrorists themselves and launch sites and networks. only about 2500 troops in syria and iraq taking the fight to isis and have not established the deterrence to ensure the servicemen and women would be able to operate there out of harm's way and the risk is we are going to have some casualties and i just -- we shouldn't be waiting that long to reestablish deterrence. >> rich: the administration has said the attacks against service members and c

dan hoffman is standing by. first to fox business correspondent grady tremble live for us in the nation's capitol. grady? >> hey, trace. major shipping companies are starting to resume operations in the red sea. but republicans say president biden needs to do more because those ships still face the threat of attacks from houthi rebels. cma is the latest to announce it will gradually increase the number of ships going through the red sea following maersk. yesterday, houthi militants claimed responsibility for yet another attack on a container ship. it comes after defense secretary lloyd austin announced operation prosperity guardian to protect commercial ships moving through the region. on tuesday, you mentioned the u.s. navy shot down three anti-ship ballistic missiles. the navy said they shot down a number of drones. republicans say it's time for the u.s. to hit back in order to protect not just ships but u.s. service members. >> we're finding the houthis, wee beat the germans and the japanese, we should beat t

fox news contributor dan hoffman is a former c.i.a. station chief. from "the new york times." they say today israel has battered gaza in its quest to destroy hamas without finding commanders as the most important targets. the illusiveness of the top figures is depriving netanyahu and his government of tangible proof to show both his domestic audience and a growing chorus of foreign leaders call for a cease-fire. how much of a concern is that for israel. >> i do agree with that assessment. look, the tunnels underneath gaza give new meaning to the term strategic depth. hamas is able to use those tunnels in the gaza strip. it's only 140 square miles. the width of the gaza strip only a few miles and the length maybe 25 miles. so those tunnels give hamas terrorists the roughly 24,000 man battalions freedom to move and allows the leadership, the opportunity to stay clear of israeli defense forces searching for them. i agree that prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who oversaw the worst intelligence failure in israel's history, so costly. absolutely has to t

dan hoffman on that threat level the u.s. is facing in 2024. plus. >> oh, oh my god, what the [bleep] >> molly: a massive wave crushing down on the california coastline sending beach goers to the hospital. the latest on the extreme surf swamping the golden state. hi, i'll have the avocado toast... minus the avocado. so, toast? yeah. everything is so expensive these days. hey, chevy gets it. that's why they're keeping prices down to earth. like on the most affordable ev in america. ♪ a super strong and capable chevy truck. ♪ and a high-tech chevy suv. ♪ why is chevy making affordable vehicles, connected by onstar? so together we can do more. >> mike: the u.s. targeting tear ohr on the high seas taking action against yemen's houthi rebels. the treasury department issued sanctions to slow the flow of money to the iran-backed houthis whose attacks threaten the global supply chain. grady trimble with more. >> the new sanctions came on the same day as yet another attempted attack on container ships in the red sea. the navy shot down a drone and anti-

i want to go to dan hoffman, the station chief in moscow, fox news contributor.ys think of the families and friends of those remaining 136 hostages and the war has accelerated. there is very little chance benjamin netanyahu will entertain a pause, nor should he. hamas takes advantage of such things. what happens? >> israel is bouncing a full-court press with the assistance of the intelligence community to find and fix where hostages are being held and many of them are being held not just by hamas but by other splinter groups, palestinian islamic jihad who have no intention of giving them up and to some extent it is looking for a needle in a stack of needles, extraordinarily difficult, hundreds of thousands of civilians packed into a 90 mi. enclave in gaza strip and tens of thousands of these hamas terrorists embedded in those, with those civilians. very difficult military and intelligence challenge. neil: knowing your global expertise on conflict everywhere it has been a good time for awful forces if you think of hamas and vladimir putin getting a chance to sit d

dan hoffman, former cia station chief and fox news contributor. we see all the missiles and drones coming out of yemen either launched or fired by the houthis. american ships are taking them down, yet unlike what we see in syria, there is no direct response by the u.s. against the houthis as there was against iran-backed proxies in syria. the question is, why wouldn't we respond directly? >> and let's also remember the response against the iranian proxy militants and terrorists in iraq and in syria has not been enough to prevent those attacks from continuing to occur. roughly 80 of them in iraq and syria, and they have caused traumatic brain injuries for some of our soldiers. iran is dialing up the kinetic pressure on us and doing it because they are playing the long game, they want to make it appear as if the united states is at war in the middle east. on the side of israel. so that when the protests occur with pro-palestinian populations in jordan and saudi arabia and egypt, saw some in bahrain, yesterday, united states is lumped into all of tha

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