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jennifer griffin covering it for years for us. we're grateful for it.live to tel aviv and dr. falk, foreign policy adviser to prime minister netanyahu. very good to have you with us. i'm curious what your reaction is when you listen to that and obviously all history that you're very familiar with. when you listen to the founder of has talk about being pushed out of his land, he says, after 1948 when the israeli state was created. what do you say about that? >> thank you for having me, martha. the jewish people have been here for 3,500 years. hamas was established as jennifer said in 1987 and will be brought to an end in 2023, perhaps 2024. >> martha: so talk to me about this issue of proportionality that we have been hearing a lot about as people at home watch on their tvs and on their screens these strikes. we saw one on an ambulance in gaza. so give me your view on proportionality and the rules of war in this situation. >> sure. so israel -- let's make this clear. israel is acting in complete compliance with international law. as you noted, there's tw

it we received reporting from jennifer griffin who said the training facility is a headquarter in thetrikes killed six or seven iranian proxy fighters in the safe house was really a headquarter killing the fighters in the training facility stored with a bunch of weapons and secondary explosives in an official told jennifer griffin this strike will hurt but let's go to the tragedy in the mediterranean that you mentioned before it was a black hawk helicopter from the 160 special operations aviation regiment the helicopter was carrying out fuel to what you see here, the 160th known as the night stalkers this helicopter crashed off the cyprus killing all five service members award. we have file footage showing the daytime evolution that this is very complex flying operation, 160th does most of the work at night and more dangerous mission as you can see here. imagine doing this what you're seeing right now at night much more complicated. 160 operation forces are in the region as part of the buildup of u.s. forces, the 160th will be called upon to rescue or evacuate americans in the middle

let's pick up this conversation with jennifer griffin about retaliation. we know this is a region that feasts on fear. the more that they get away with, the more they push the envelope. are you satisfied with the way we are -- are we doing enough to deter these iranian proxies? feels like they're becoming more emboldened by the day. >> thanks for having me on, first of all, charles. no, i'm not happy with this. i don't think any american should be. let me take you back to 1980 for just a second to make a point. i was part of the rescue effort that went in to iran to try to recover 52 hostages that were taken by the followers of the ayatollah. they held those people. we tried. our attempts failed. but they released them 444 days after they were captured. why? and the answer is because ronald reagan was inaugurated that day. they did not want to deal with a president that had just been inaugurated and had campaign promises to live up to, one of which was to bring these people home. this is a shame that america has come to this point that we will leave our so

fox news chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us from the pentagon with the latestr in israel. jennifer. jon airnght carrier strike group has entered red sea according to the u.s. navy fifth fleet for the past three days ike unioned uss ford navy most modern state of the art aircraft carrier in the eastern mediterranean to send a clear message again to hezbollah and iran that they are prepared to strike if any u.s. interest are harmed. hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah seems to have heard the message. >> we were told that we operate in the south we will not just be bombed no there will be bombing iran. >> hezbollah and hamas both received support from iran but the history of palestinian hamas which was founded in gaza during first palestinian is different. it's 1988 charter called for the destruction of israel hamas was founded by and wounded during the war following creation of israel. was studying in cairo and influenced by muslim brotherhood to stop the peace talks for a two state solution negotiations between plo leader yasser arafat and assassinated by a jewish

>> jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. nnifer, thank you. >> alarming growth of anti-semitism on college and university campus is become a national focal point as the war in israel continues. senior national correspondent rich edson shows us the latest examination of that situation on capitol hill. >> myself, and many other jewish students at columbia, no longer feel welcome because now we know that we are hated. simply for being jews. >> nationwide, jewish college students are experiencing a disturbing rise in anti-semitism. reports of incidents campuses in cities like new orleans, philadelphia, and chicago. >> jewish students have shared with me that they're afraid for their physical safety. they are afraid to walk alone on campus. >> now congress is getting involved. senators held a round table this morning to hear from some of these jewish students. republicans on the senate help committee committee, which has jurisdiction over education, organized the event. >> there is no justification, there is no sliding scale of to

griff: thank you, jennifer griffin.cia: back to israel to check with trey yingst for an update next. mucinex kickstart. headache? better now. new mucinex kickstart gives all-in-one and done relief with a morning jolt of instant cooling sensation. it's comeback season. how do we decide what hotel to book? fear not, i got you. choice hotels has a hotel for every type of stay. like a comfort with the kiddos. spacious! that's what they all say. alicia: fox news among the first group of journalists to enter the gaza strip since the israel/hamas more began. >> reporter: good afternoon. we were among the first group of journalists to enter the gaza strip since this war began 29 days ago. here's a preview of our report for the next hour. >> you can hear gunfire in the distance, they are trying to engage anyone who tries to ambush their forces. the battle is street by street, urban guerrilla warfare. hamas is ambushing israeli troops. right now we are embedded with the israeli military and the gaza strip. these forces have been

chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight with the latest. good evening, jennifer. jenngood evening bret. new airstrikes against iranian targets in northeastern syria. we now have a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin, quote: today at president biden's direction, u.s. military forces conducted a self-defense strike on a facility in eastern syria used by iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps. the irgc, and affiliated groups. this strike was conducted by two u.s. f-15s against a weapons storage facility. this precision, self-defense strike is, a response to a series of attacks against u.s. personnel in iraq and syria by irgc quds force affiliates. austin went on to say the united states is fully prepared to take further, necessary measures to protect our people and our facilities. there have been more than 42 attacks by iranian proxies on u.s. troops and bases in iraq and syria since october 17th. earlier, we confirmed that houthi forces in yemen have shot down an american mq 9 reaper drone earlier today as it was flying over the re

jennifer griffin can update you on that. jennifer? >> neil, we just received this breaking news.of yemen, a u.s. mq9 reaper drone was shot down earlier today. a senior u.s. defense official said in a statement to us moments ago, we can confirm that a remotely piloted aircraft was shot down while in international airspace over international waters off of the coast of yemen. according to multiple defense officials who i spoke to earlier today, the mq9 reaper was conducting surveillance over yemen when a houthi malitia likely shot down the $32 million u.s. surveilling drone. the houthis put out a video today. the houthis last shot down an mq9 reaper june 6, 2019. the reapers are flown generally out of u.s. air base in jabuti. on october 19th, 2023, you'll remember that the uss carney in the red sea shot down 15 drones that were fired from yemen, four cruise missiles that were heading towards israel. if those drones had landed, could have escalated the conflict. iran has backed the houthis in yemen. they're mq9 reapers are used to select intelligence. they can be armed with eight las

chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin starts us off tonight live from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. >> good evening, bret. today another attempted attack on u.s. troops. a kamikaze drone targeted a u.s. outpost in syria. iran and its proxy forces could not seem to be getting the administration's message to stop trying to kill u.s. troops. >> the pinpoint attack by a pair of american f-15 warplanes on iranian weapon storage facility in eastern syria wednesday has not slowed the rockets and drones fired by iranian proxies. today, u.s. troops shot down a drone headings toward their base, the fifth attack since the u.s. airstrikes. defense secretary lloyd austin issued another warning to iran while visiting india. >> rest assured that we will strike at a time and place of our choosing. and these attacks against our people must stop. if they don't stop, again, we'ro what's necessary to protect our people. >> but, still, no response from the u.s. military to the iranian backed houthis who shot down a $32 million american reaper drone off the coast of yemen this week

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>> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you. 48-year-old man is in burlington, vermont jail tonight. he is accused of shooting three men of palestinian dissent there. molly line has details from boston. >> one of the most shocking and disturbing events in this city's history. >> state and federal authorities are now looking into a potential hate crime after the unprovoked shooting of three college students of palestinian dissent visiting friends and family in burlington, vermont over thanksgiving weekend. two were wearing traditional palestinian scarf called a can a thea as the three walked out a quiet street on saturday chatting in arabic and english when police say the attacker stepped off a porch, firing at least four shots saying not a word. >> although we do not yet have evidence to support a hate crime enhancement, i do want to be clear that there is no question this was a hateful act. >> 48-year-old jason eaten was arrested sunday. >> the lone suspect in the triple shooting now charged with three counts of attempted murde

michael allen has more on this, but first jennifer griffin joins us from the pentagon. >> as you mentioned, there's been another attack by iranian proxy forces against u.s. troops in syria, the fifth since the u.s. carried out airstrikes on an iranian revolutionary guard storage facility wednesday, a strike supposed to deter iran and proxies. that brings the attacks on u.s. forces to 47 since mid october. this time u.s. troops shot down a one-way attack drone in eastern syria this morning. no injuries or damage. defense secretary lloyd austin issued a warning from new delhi, india, meeting with leaders to bolster ties with india in the pacific ahead of next week's meeting between president biden and xi of china. >> rest assured that we will trike at a time and place of our choosing and these attacks against our people must stop. you know, in -- you know, if they don't stop, again, we are going to do what's necessary to protect our people. >> that was a message for the leaders of iran and their proxies. u.s. central command released this video of the u.s. airstrike in syria wednesday. it sh

jennifer griffin here in washington with the search for hamas tunnels in gaza.eter doocy at the white house with what president biden is saying about americans trying to get out of gaza. but we begin with senior correspondent mike tobin in southern israel tonight. good evening, mike. >> mike: good evening, bret. israel claims to have killed another high value hamas target. the man who managed the anti-tank fire but it comes at a price. at least 16 israeli soldiers have been killed since the ground offensive expanded. [gunfire] >> mike: with ground combat intensifying inside gaza, the death toll on both sides is surging as troops push closer to gaza city and its dense neighborhood. [shouting] >> mike: following tuesday's devastating airstrike which left a massive crater in the jabalia refuse agree camp the director says hundreds were killed or injured. hamas says hostages are also among the dead. >> we see that hamas is in the current conflict as psychologic propaganda. we don't take anything whatsoever at face value. >> go, go, go. >> with hamas vowing to repeat

john. >> john: amazing flash back there, jennifer griffin at the pentagon. sandra: the white house continues to push for a pause in fighting to get humanitarian aid into gaza. idf forces have reported some gains saying they neutralized some tunnels and are taking out hamas's chain of command. joining us now is retired lieutenant colonel daniel davis, senior fellow and expert or defense priorities. as we bring our viewers along the geography of this war and of this moment, so many now are very familiar with the al-shifa hospital located here on the northern gaza strip under which we know hamas is running their operations. the red identifies and the north -- the northern border here on the northeast corner, the continuing clearing operations on the part of israel. but this really highlights here the significant fighting and the past 24 hours. i'm going to clear this just to show the three circles to give you an idea where they have seen that concentrated. as i flip the screen and get you to weigh in on the threat to the northern border here, highlighted in the

let's go to jennifer griffin at the pentagon on this precision air strike and what it might mean as to what comes next. jennifer? >> neil, a pair of american f-15s struck an iranian weapons storage facility. this is following 46 attacks on u.s. bases. i ran and its proxies are not getting the message or being deterred. >> since our strike last night, we did see four additional attacks against our troops at varying bases in iraq and syria. you know, i can't predict what other attacks could be coming. >> sabrina singh says there's 56 service members that have reported injuries since october 17th. half of them traumatic brain injuries. three u.s. troops received minor injuries from a multi-rocket attack. today in iraq, u.s. troops traveling in an armored pers personnel carrier hit a ride side bombs. the u.s. has not responded to the downing of a reaper drone. the $32 million drone went down over the red sea. the u.s. air strikes on that weapon storage facility in eastern syria targeted a weapons storage facility used by iran's irgc, the same drones and rockets used to constantly target u.

thanks, jennifer griffin.ael's military says this video shows an attack on its troops from a hospital in gaza. they say terrorists embedded themselves with civilians and damaged a tank. no israelis were hurt. the military reports that it killed more than 20 terrorists in this mission. israel says that it is another example of hamas using hospitals and other civilian buildings to launch attacks. hall hein rick joins us. but first, to alex in northern israel. >> hi, martha. hezbollah missiles are hitting deeper and deeper in to israel. sirens are going off in the north. prime minister netanyahu is warning hezbollah not to play with fire. >> hezbollah is -- has a more developed military. they developed their warfare since the last war. the military abilities they have. >> we're with the idf in northern israel. these were all field converts in to ammunitions bases targeting hezbollah sites on the other side of the border. this has become the most deadly conflict here on the northern border of israel and lebanon si

>> shannon: jennifer griffin from the pentagon. thank you, jen.e u.s. government ignored safety concerns over the lab in china where the coronavirus may have originated. emails obtained by fox show an employee with the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases toured the wuhan facility before the pandemic. she expressed shock when she heard a low level worker say the lab was considering reverse engineering the deadly ebola virus in order to study it >> shannon: the indian government is looking into the possibility that it may have had knowledge of a plot to kill a sikh separatist leader here in the u.s. the investigation began after american officials became aware of a plan to assistant the sikh considered a terrorist by the indian government. the search continues off the coast of japan for u.s. military troops involved in a plane crash. the body of one crew member from the osprey aircraft has been recovered. several others missing. the cause of the crash has not been revealed. well, china has released the first panoramic photos of its

>> john: jennifer griffin for us at the pentagon. thanks. stocks were you present today. dow gained 84. the s&p 5 finished ahead 4. the nasdaq 91. hunter biden is offering to testify before the house oversight committee in bid december. the president's son has agreed to comply with the subpoena but he has one condition. correspondent david spunt is at the justice department to tell us what that condition is. >> david: hunter biden and his legal team upping the ante and appearing to call house republican's bluff telling house oversight chairman james comer he is ready to testify in public on camera for millions to see. attorney abbe lowell writing we have seen you in closed door decision session toes manipulate, distort the facts and misup form the public. we therefore propose opening the door. but comer's original subpoena for hunter biden is for a closed door transcribed interview as part of the ongoing impeachment inquiry into the president. the inquiry focuses on the biden family's business dealings. local chastised comer and his republican colleagues writing your fish

stuart: jennifer griffin, thank you very much. >>> now this. is a rabbi trained in mixed martial arts. he's teaching the los angeles jewish community about self-defense and guns. the rabbi is with us. question, sir, is the jewish community coming to you saying we need help here? >> i'm sorry, i could not hear the question. stuart: okay. is the jewish community coming to you saying, hey, look, we need help here, we need help with self-defense? they coming to you? >> absolutely. they're coming out in historic numbers for our organization, and it's hundreds of people asking for help. stuart: what exactly do you teach them? physical self-defense with, you know, fists up, or are you teaching them about guns? >> so we're teaching all levels of preparedness from if security theory to the situational awareness, deescalation, up to and including using your hands and sheriff or other tools, firearms, pepper spray, etc. stuart: give me some idea of the number of people that are coming to you in los angeles. >> sure. i can say since sunday we've run two cl

jennifer griffin with a question to the brigadier general about our continued i guess call it lack of response in the wake of more and continued attacks on u.s. forces in that region, john. >> john: and i thought that the news out of the pentagon briefing today was the fact that pat ryder said the two ballistic missiles that we had been led to believe were targeted toward the u.s.s. mason, and make the u.s.s. central park in the gulf of aden, he says it's assessed were not aimed toward those ships, which raises the questions well, who were the houthis shooting at? we don't know that answer at the moment. >> sandra: interesting. and meanwhile, while dozens of israeli hostages have been reunited with loved ones, including today, many are waiting for that to happen. herch goldberg poland was at the supernova music festival when hamas attacked on october 7th. his arm was blown off by a grenade before he was loaded to a truck at gunpoint. his mother has not stopped fighting for his safe return. rachel, his mother, joins us now. thank you for joining us, i can only imagine what you have bee

gillian. >> gillian: jennifer griffin at the pentagon, thank you. john. >> john: retired rear admiral john kirby serves as the coordinator for strategic communications, glad to have have you back on the program. 17 missiles, six strikes, general jack keane said it's a significant escalation on the part of the united states but still in his idea not nearly enough. here is what he said. >> it's not comprehensive enough just dealing with the proxies themselves. go after the leaders, the fighters, rockets, missiles, drones, infrastructure, do it all at once in one night, that's well within u.s. strike capability. no risk to a single pilot in doing that. that i think may get their attention. >> john: so john, why isn't president biden doing that? >> first before i answer that question, john, i do want to pass on our deepest thoughts and condolences to five families who are now dealing with the worst possible news of their loved ones who were killed in that helicopter crash training and trying to perfect their skills on behalf of the nation. we are all th

facility in a safe house according to defense secretary lloyd just austin we received reports from jennifer griffinheadquarters and striking killed 6 or 7 iranian proxy fighters and safe house was a headquarters killing the fighters in training facilities storied a bunch of weapons a lot of second dear explosives this strike will hurt. but let's also okay to in mediterranean, a black hawk helicopter from u.s. arm elite that helicopter carrying out a midair refueling mission, 160 known at night stockers that helicopter crashed off of the yost, killing up 5 service members aboard, and we have some file footage showing a daytime evolution, mid tear refueling, this is a complex flying operation 160th does most of weather their work at night. they are in the region as part of the build up of u.s. forces, 1 60 called to rescue or evacuate americans in middle east if orderings, they have thrown members of seal team 6 to kill osama bin laden and a al-baghdadi in syria. white house released a statement today from president biden about the crash, saying, jill and i mourn the loss of 5 american service member

for a further cease-fire as they continue to rearm and while we were on the air at 512 today jennifer griffin from the pentagon treated there is a report and iranian drone throve the uss eisenhower today in international waters that ignored multiple warnings the pentagon is deeming this interaction unsafe and unprofessional.absolutely. this is not something we are provoking they are provoking us at some point there will be a reaction and i hope it is the right one and i don't envy them for all of the things that are going on but a lot of the policies led to a lot of this so i think when they talk about their accomplishments to me a lot of the accomplishments are also the vulnerabilities going into the election. >> these are the same people who think the way you commented yesterday. isn't it great that hamas is releasing the hostages without even considering what happened on october 7 there is a veil that's covering what it was. >> they will be perpetually involved in this endless cycle because they look at people as evil as oppose to the actions of evil. if you describe each act independently

. >> martha: let's go to jennifer griffin at the pentagon. ifer, good to have you with us this afternoon. i'm clear when you listen to the iranian official that they want what they have always wanted, u.s. forces out of this region. >> absolutely, martha. they have made no -- they have not hidden that is the ultimate goal. it's notable and we learned at the press briefing at the pentagon there's been no attacks on u.s. forces in iraq and syria since november 23 when this hostage deal between hamas and israel began last week. that suggests that iran does not want to rile things up and that iran is still in touch with those proxies and those proxies follow orders from iran. iran cannot always control the proxies but they can supply them with money and weapons. >> martha: you asked about the houthis. they've been more aggressive of late and firing towards saudi arabia and at some of our interests as well. john kirby was asked about this. it also comes as we learned that the defense -- there's expressions from the defense department or people arou

chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin live in the pentagon with more on the militaryaneuvers. >> for now it looks like hezbollah does not want to unleash its 150,000 missiles at israel. u.s. military officials tell me they are not taking for granted that this conflict can still spread across the region. u.s. military ships and bases remain on high alert to u.s. aircraft carrier groups but the last three days carrying out a series of exercises in the eastern mediterranean to send a clear message and again to hezbollah and i round they are prepared to strike defendant u.s. interests are harmed. the uss eisenhower joined that uss ford. hezbollah leader seems to have heard the message. >> we were told that if we operate in the south we will not just be bombed know they'll be bombing of iran for quick brickworksecretary state antonyn think the arab leaders from egypt, qatar, lebanon, jordan and saudi arabia we met with today. >> the countries across the middle east and beyond have played in the central role in preventing its spread. we all agreed on the importance of using

chief national security correspondent, jennifer griffin, has the latest from the pentagon. >> military. officials are concerned that this conflict could spread across the region. u.s. military ships and bases remain on high alert across the middle east. in the last 24 hours, two u.s. aircraft carrier groups have carried out a series of exercises in the eastern mediterranean to send a clear message to hezbollah or iran to strike if any u.s. interests are harmed. the u.s.s. eisenhower joined the u.s.s. ford, and they've seemed to have heard the message. >> and i say to the americans, threatening and demonizing us and the resistance in a region are useless. they will not affect resistance move movements. we were told that, that if we operate in the south, that we will not just be bombed, no, there will be bombing iran. >> secretary of state antony blinken thanked the arab leaders from egypt, lebanon, jordan and saudi arabia, who he met with today in amman. >> countries across the middle east and iran have-- to deter any state or nonmachine state actor from opening a front in this conflict

first to jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. hi, jennifer. >> hi, martha. since the u.s.ried out air strikes in eastern syria last night, there have been four new attacks but i rainian proxies against u.s. bases. three attacks on u.s. troops in syria and a fourth in iraq. a pair of f-15s struck an iranian weapons storage facility last night. the second u.s. air strike in two weeks following 46 attacks on u.s. bases since mid october. iran and its proxies are not getting the message or being deterred. three u.s. troops received minor injuries at green village. today no u.s. injuries. pentagon deputy press secretary sabrina singh says there's 56 u.s. service members that have reported injuries since october 17th. half of them traumatic brain injuries. >> we have 25 of our troop members have been diagnosed with tbi. the other injuries are very minor. we're talking headache, rolled ankle. cuts. but that is it. all have returned to duty. >> the u.s. has not responded yesterday to the downing of a u.s. mq9 reaper drone yesterday off the coast of yemen. the $32 million surveilla

we want to get to jennifer griffin. this just broke. you have more jennifer?ay is that u.s. military sources tell us that the u.s. military has carried out air strikes in eastern syria. wouldn't have been against houthi forces but against iranian backed proxies who has been firing rockets and drones onto us bases. 41 attacks on u.s. troops and bases since october 17th. we're getting more details now but these air strikes were carried out, we're told, just moments ago. they're just getting the bomb damage assessment. we don't know how many locations, but you can -- based on the last pair of air strikes on october 26th, the u.s. would likely be targeting unmanned warehouses, storage facilities. the question is, how many of those iranian-backed proxy bases will they have targeted tonight? will they have used f16s, f-15s. as we reported earlier about an hour or two ago an mq9 reaper was shot down over the red sea by houthi forces in yemen. so far no word of any retaliatory strike by u.s. forces at this time but this is new and breaking as we speak based on senior

let's start at the pentagon with jennifer griffin to kick off your morning today. what do we know? >> after more than 41 attacks on u.s. bases and the downing of a u.s. drone over the red sea yesterday off the coast of yemen the u.s. military finally struck. this time a pair of american f-15 fighter jets bombed a weapons storage facility in eastern syria where iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps stores weapons used to target u.s. troops and bases. according to a military official what we blew up inside were bad things. it could have been rockets, drones, could have been artillery shells. certainly whatever it was is being used against our forces. u.s. officials may not rule out there may have been iranians at the facility and some may have been killed. a slightest calation. iran and its proxies did not stop attacks after the u.s. carried out a pair of air strikes in syria october 26th. defense officials said they ramped up the defense of the bases sending patriot missiles and other capabilities to u.s. bases in iraq and syria after 46 u.s. service members were injured with con

chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin has more. >> the morning we learned of anotherk by iranian proxy forces against u.s. troops in syria. this is the fifth time since the u.s. carried out air strikes on the irgc weapons storage facility. a strike that was supposed to deter iran and its proxies. this time u.s. troops shot down a one-way attack drone at a garrison in eastern syria this morning. there are no injuries or damage. defense secretary lloyd austin issued a warning from india, meeting with leaders to bolster ties with india in the pacific ahead of the president's meeting next week with president xi of china. >> rest assured that we will strike at a time and place of our choosing and these attacks against our people must stop, you know. and if they don't stop, again, we will do what's necessary to protect our people. >> that was a warning directed at iran and its proxies by the defense secretary. u.s. central command released a video of the u.s. air strike in syria wednesday showing the two u.s. f-15s fighter jets bombing a facility. after the air strikes thre

here's the chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin. >> 300 miles of underground tunnelshome to the hamas hunter killer teams affectionately referred to as the hamas metro. >> you can only get one person down the tunnel at a time. it really psychologically can leave soldiers to feel encloses phobic, you can get verity can and lose sense of direction up, down, you can lose sense of time. >> reporter: retired major john spencer is an expert at west point in subterranean warfare. the deepest tunnel found by the idf two years ago in gaza is 230 feet deep putting it out of recentlying of the traditional bunker buster bombs in the israeli arsenal which can penetrate 100 feet underground through 20 feet of concrete. in 2021, the idf destroyed 60 miles of the tunnels in gaza. fox news correspondents have been given access to the tunnels in the past. >> there you go. >> reporter: the israeli defense forces have specialized units that train to fight in the tunnels using robots and other special weapons. >> drones that bounce off walls, little remote control cars, dogs that can go u

second round of airstrikes against iranian proxies, we'll have that at the top of the hour from jennifer griffinm israel. pete hegseth will be here to break down exactly what is happening on the ground. plus the white house says israel agreed to four-hour daily pause in gaza to allow civilians to flee, what does this mean for idf effort to take down hamas. we will discuss. screening of the unedited footage of the hamas attacks turned into a protest outside los angeles museum of tolerance. aaron cohen was there and will give his take what he saw. join us top of the hour. >> harris: schools in new jersey, new york, getting walk-out posters and digital reach out in social media. in new york city this afternoon, there is a walk-out planned by those who are anti-israel, they call themselves propalestinian protesters, comes one day following protest outside museum of tolerance where pro-palestinian protesters have no tolerance. people pro-palestinian were clashing with people who were pro-israel outside screening of "bearing witness," from from the hamas attack against israel. they watched that and co

first to jennifer griffin live at the pentagon with the very latest on all of this. jennifer. >> hi, martha. two hours after rescuing an israeli tanker if five armed hijackers off of the coast of yemen, the u.s. trafficked two missiles fired towards the sunia i have destroyer. both missiled splashed down in the gulf of aden. u.s. military sources say the houthi threat continues to ebb escalate. sunday, five armed gunman seized the tanker after boarding from a skiff pulling up alongside the tanker which had a low freeboard, which gave the hijackers even access. it's not clear who sent them. the crew locked themselves in the safe room. the gunmen tried to beat down the door to the safe room and exited the ship and made their way back to the shores of yemen. u.s. navy personnel fired warning shots and pursued and arrested them as a u.s. helicopter gunship flew cover. the hijackers are being held on the u.s.s. mason, being questioned by the u.s. military. in 2016, the u.s.s. mason found itself in a similar situation off of the cost of yemen and fired an sm 2 missile to de

being fired at the uss mason that was sitting off the coast of yemen fox news correspondent jennifer griffinhe pentagon with the latest with the story. >> we broke the story last night not only did the uss mason respond to a distress call and is really linked to tanker carrying phosphoric acid. but the u.s. navy personnel pursued and arrested the five armed gunmen who sees the tanker named central park after boarding and pulling alongside the tanker which i'm told had a low freeboard which gave the hijackers easy access. it shows the five individuals were somali pirates but it's not clear who sent them it's the second time in days that the israeli tanker had been targeted for hijacking sources tell fox the crew had locked themselves in the citadel safe room with japanese destroyer assisted the u.s. mason with interdiction three chinese navy warships were in the area but did not render assistance to the 59 distress calls from the ship the gunmen tried to beat down the door to the safe room and then exited the ship and made their way back to the shores of yemen when the u.s. navy personnel pur

but first, jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. what do we know happened here? >> sandra, we broke the story last night, after rescuing the israeli tanker from five armed hijackers, u.s.s. mason tracked two missiles fired by houthi forces in yemen. both fell short into the gulf of aiden. significant escalation by houthi threats according to multiple navy sources. in 2016, the same navy warship, u.s.s. mason, found itself in a similar situation off the coast of yemen and took the unusual step of firing sm2 missile to defend itself and the u.s.s.ponce against the houthi cruise missiles. the first time it was used by a warship in combat. on sunday, navy personnel on board the u.s.s. mason responded to a distress call from an israeli tanker named central park. five armed gunmen seized the tanker by pulling up alongside the tanker had a low free board, gave the hijackers easy access. initial indication show the five individuals were somali pirates but it's not clear who sent them. the crew had locked themselves in the citadel safe room. the gunmen tried to beat down

officials has confirmed to our jennifer griffin that hamas fighters attempted to sneak out with the sick the wounded who were exiting the gaza strip through rafah exiting into egypt. these are people they made a list, their names were caught on that list and they were vetted and didn't get to go, but they slowed those trying to exit the war. neil: thank you, mike. i don't know if you or your crew get sleep, but your reporting is incredible. right now i want to go to the former ambassador to the united nations, a senior member of the knesset. let me review what we heard out of antony blinken and counterparts from jordan and many other arab countries. to a man, a lot of those have been telling the secretary, they want a cease-fire, at least a pause in activity. and benjamin netanyahu made it clear there's not going to be a pause. is israel feeling the pressure of that? >> we do feel the pressure, but we push back, neil. a cease-fire, we had a cease-fire until october 7th, until hamas attacked us brutally. today, we mark a month that we are more than 240 kidnapped israelis, including 30 bab

jennifer griffin has the latest. >> u.s.nes targeted two locations in eastern syria on sunday. a training and weapons storage facility and a headquarters near syria. both used by iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps and proxy forces. six to seven proxy fighters were killed at the headquarters. the training facility was also a logistics and weapons storage facility based on the two hours of secondary explosions following the strikes, this is the third set of air strikes the u.s. has conducted in syria and the first time that they killed iranian proxies. the proxies began firing at u.s. bases after the strikes. >> our goal over time is to ensure that our forces are protected and that we respond if we get hit. that is what we have done. that is what we will continue to do. this should be measured over the course of time, not over the course of 24 hours. >> the defense department released the names of the five aviators with the 160th special operations aviation regiment. these seasoned forces were flying a blackhawk helicopt

jennifer griffin has more. >> neil, as tensions remain high in the middle east and the u.s.ilitary continues to face daily challenges from iranian proxies that are still firing rockets and drones at u.s. bases but brought down a $32 million reaper drone in yemen causing it to crash in the red sea this week. we learned that the u.s.s. eisenhower passed through yemen having traveled the length of the red sea in five days. since these photos were taken passing through the suez canal. it's on rue to the persian gulf. today u.s. troops in syria shot down a one-way drone. the fifth attack but i rainian proxy forces in iraq and syria since a pair of american f-15s bombs a weapons storage facility wednesday. lloyd austin issued this warning. >> rest assured that we will strike at a time and place of our choosing. these attacks against our people must stop. if they don't stop, again, we're going to do what is necessary to protect our people. >> it's a coincidence but i think night. the air force flight tested their sixth generation flight jet, the b-21. it's shown here in mid flight

we begin with jennifer griffin live from the pentagon with all this. >> we can report iranian-backedxies have carried out additional four attacks against u.s. bases in iraq and syria since the u.s. airstrikes on the iranian warehouse in syria last night. it's clear iran and proxies are not getting the message or being deterred. u.s. forces just shot down a drone heading toward u.s. troops near erbil, iraq. they carried out an attack after the downing, and a pair of fighter jets bombed a weapons storage facility in eastern syria where iran's revolutionary guard corps stored some of the weapons that are used to constantly target u.s. troops and bases. a defense official briefed reporters, by specifically targeting the facilities, we seek to convey a clear message to iran we hold it accountable for the attacks on u.s. forces and we expect iran to take measures to direct its proxies to stop. a senior u.s. military official added they are taking shots at what they believe to be large numbers of u.s. personnel with the intent of killing them. they could not rule out iranians were at the ta

official speaking to the our jennifer griffin confirms that hamas fighters were trying to sneak out with the sick and the wounded. you remember ambulances were sent up from egypt to take the sick and the wounded out to medical care. well, hamas fighters were trying to get in those ambulances. the lists were submitted, the names were evented, and the fighters were discovered, and that is part of what slowed the exit of foreign passport holders or who were trying to get out of the gaza strip. neil, back to you. neil: you can understand the israelis' reticence on that. be safe, my friend. mike tobin over there in israel. alexandria hoff traveling with the president in delaware, the white house making it clear if they had their preference, it would be for a pause in the war for humanitarian purposes, but it's not quite that simple. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, neil. it is complicated. within the hour we are going to hear again from secretary blinken. he'll be holding a joint press conference with his egyptian and jordanian counterparts. these visits are two-way streets. you have u.s.-all

attack americans in the middle east we are just getting this and we are learning from our own jennifer griffinen two more airstrikes from the u.s. air force today in eastern syria for the wall street journal editorial page before that news came out saying iran has not been deterred despite the deployment of american firepower to the middle east saying quote president biden's weak response to attacks on u.s. forces are not deterring around in his proxies which increases the risk of escalation. surpresurgical u.s. military ste in response are not making tehran think twice about hitting american troops what is a point of military assets of america's enemies do not fear the u.s. will use them. here is president biden's national security advisor earlier about what is next in israel's war on hamas. >> no reoccupation of gaza. no enforceable displacement of the palestinian people. gaza can never be used as a base for terrorism in the future and gaza's territory should not be reduced. >> president biden will be meet china's president xi jinping in san francisco on wednesday. eric: eric you mention the

let's go to jennifer griffin at the pentagon on the constant attack on u.s. soldiers.r response been? >> the u.s.s.hudner shot down a drone from yemen. this is the first time a u.s. navy warship has been targeted since the conflict between israel and hamas began. just last week, houthi forces in yemen shot down a $32 million reaper drone. so far the u.s. military has not responded. >> isn't the lack of response by the u.s. military inviting more actions, aggressive actions by the houthis? >> i wouldn't say it's inviting more aggressive or further response from the houthis. we've seen the houthis do this before. i believe not saying we're not going to respond. we reserve the right to respond at a time and place of our choosing. >> year not deterring the houthis. >> we have a very robust presence in the region right now that is sending a strong message of deterrence. >> moments ago, we learned three rockets were fired at u.s. forces in syria. there's been 57 attacks, six since the u.s. air strikes on sunday that killed five to seven iran proxy fighters. this is new video

jennifer griffin joins me now.as the metro under gaza. >> they do that tongue in cheek, of course. but right now, john, the biggest challenge for the israeli ground troops are the 300 miles of underground tunnels, home to the hamas hunter killer teams, if you will, as you mentioned, referred to as the hamas metro. deepest tunnel found by the idf in gaza is 230 feet deep, they found it two years ago, out of reach of the traditional gbu28 or bunker buster bombs in the israeli arsenal, which can penetrate 100 feet underground and 20 feet of concrete. israel attempted to destroy the tunnels in 2008, 2014, and in 2021, the idf destroyed 60 miles of tunnels under gaza. retired major john spencer is an expert in that warfare, he spent two tours with the u.s. army fighting with iraq. >> you can only get one person down the tunnel at a time, psychologically can lead soldiers to feel claustrophobic, vertigo, sense of up and down, sense of time. >> most are three feet wide and six feet high. israeli defense forces have specia