welcome to a special hour of "fox news live," i'm mike emmanuel. shah: mike, good to see you again. i'm aishah hasnie. power is now being restored for many in gaza after israeli strikes put the region in a communications blackout saturday. the idf hitting areas near one of gaza's largest hospitals saying hamas uses that hospital as a base. meanwhile, thousands of palestinians today broke into aid warehouses searching for basic survival items, searching for food. the u.n. calling it a sign of growing desperation and decaying civil order in the strip. mike: we have fox news team coverage with alex hogan and trey yingst both live in southern israel. let's go first to trey. hello, trey. >> reporter: yeah, mike, good afternoon. we have an update to the start this for you. we understand according to the spokesman for the israeli military that 239 people are confirmed to be held inside the gaza strip. that number continues to rise as the israelis investigate and gather more information about who exactly was taken into gaza a and who was killed following th

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mike: and i'm mike emmanuel. tony blinken declaring this morning that the united states is ready if iran gets involved. these are live pictures of the night sky over gaza. we have fox team coverage with greg palkot and trey yingst in southern israel. first if, let's go to trey with the latest developments. hello, or trey. >> reporter: mike, good with afternoon. i want to start with some breaking news here. we brought you reporting yesterday from the kibbutz, the small community along the israel-gaza border. today hamas militants attacked just here to there, targeting israeli soldiers. the idf says at least four soldiers were injured in what appears to be an antitank guided missile attack, the first time this a number of days this kind of weaponry has targeted this community, one of the places where the october 7th massacre took place. israeli forces say they arrested one hamas operative today, 16 days after the initial attack, and the israelis continue to ramp up airstrikes on the gaza a strip ahead of an expecte

welcome to "fox news live," i'm mike emmanuel.have speaker of the house kevin mccarthy live here on set with me for an exclusive in cable news on the latest spending and where things go if from here. mr. speaker, welcome. but, first, alexandria hoff is live with thest on the fire alarm pulled by a congressman on the hill during the proceedings. hello, alex. >> reporter: hello, mike. this added such a strange layer to an already disorienting day. both the capitol his and house administration committee have launched an medication into congressman jamaal bowman after he admitted to to pulling the fire alarm around noon yesterday. that was just as democrats were seeking to delay a vote on the republican stopgap spending bill. in a statement, congressman bowman denied that he was trying to stall writing: i came to a door that is usually open for votes, but today would not open. i'm embarrassed to admit that i activated the fire alarm mistakenly thinking it would open the door. republicans, not buying it. >> the explanation doesn't seem

mike emmanuel live for us. >> the reality is the jewish community is uniquely, uniquely targeted by prettyh every terrorist organization across the spectrum. and when you look at a group that makes up 2.4% roughly of the american population, it should be jarring to everyone that that same population accounts for something like 60% of all religious-based hate crimes. and so they need our help. >> john: anti-semitism spreading on college campuses with anti-israel protests growing larger and threatening messages stronger. many students at columbia university justifying hamas attack on israelis. some students are scared to go to class. is the biden administration doing enough to protect its students? bring in second year columbia law student and vice president of the jewish law student association eli. what's it like to live in your shoes these days? >> thanks for having me on. it's fearful, frightening, disheartening, devastating. many students are afraid like you said to go to class, afraid they are the next target of an anti-semitic attack and many students walk into class now, knowing that

welcome to "fox news live," i'm mike emmanuel. sandra: mike, good to be with you. thank you, everybody, for joining us, i'm sandra smith. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying israel will take mighty vengeance. as we start off with trey yingst on the ground there live in southern israel where night has a fallen, trey. obviously, it is now dark there, it's 8:00 in the evening. what is the very evening, trey? >> reporter: sandra, good afternoon. as we speak, the israeli military is striking the gaza strip every few moments. a loud explosion along the border, likely israeli fighter jets targeting a hamas positions in the northern part of gaza. you can hear one of the explosions just there. this has been ongoing tonight as israel starts their ponce to that massacre yesterday -- their response -- that tonight israeli officials say the death toll has reached more than 700 people, both soldiers and civilians. many still missing. you can see paramedic,s they're preparing in the case that some of the rocket fire coming into israel actually hits houses in populate

mike: i'm mike emmanuel. the civil order breaking town in gaza as we enter the war's fourth week.e have fox team coverage with jennifer given at the pentagon, greg palkot and trey yingst in israel. trey, let's start with you for the latest on the ground operations in gaza. good afternoon. >> reporter: mike, good afternoon. the israelis continue their ground operations inside gaza, still describing this as an extended raid. but with we do know there are forces on the ground despite if it being nightfall. earlier today the we saw those israeli tanks and troops inside the strip. here's what it was like. as fighter jets roar overhead, you can see israeli forces operating inside the gaza a strip. the israelis are working at this hour to the the to soften their target from the ground and from the sky. the level of destruction inside gaza is significant. the neighborhood behind me completely destroyed. you can see the mosques and buildings inside gaza reduced to rubble. as israel continues their ground and is air campaign against hamas. the israelis operating on the eastern and western s

welcome to "fox news live," i'm mike emmanuel, illinoisan, it's great to have you -- gillian, it's greathave you. gillian: president biden and vice president harris also received a brief aring this morning on the late developments in israel and gaza from the national security team including the secretaries of state and defense. alex hoff joins us from rehoboth beach, delaware, where she's covering the president this weekend. hi, a alex. >> reporter: hi, gillian. we are await moreing more -- awaiting more details, we though this is at least the eighth time that they have so spoken since the war has broken out, and earlier today president biden spoke with pope francis over the phone. on that call, the president condemned the terrorist attacks by hamas, the two also spoke about the increased need to protect civilians and provide additional humanitarian aid. according to the white house, they also discussed the need to prevent escalation in the region and work toward a durable peace in the middle east. so when it comes to missing americans, that's something of constant the focus for the pres

i -- mike pence and deal with what is on your mind, because it's online as well. -- down today, and i was in the vicinity of emmanuel people i see here, the national -- this afternoon, and some discussion came up about the issue that we have with gun safety and ownership in this country. we are in a very bad place, and we need to do something about this. so, i was saying in the discussion with two or three people last night about what happens over in australia, that there was a mass shooter like this. how did the country react? they reacted in such a way, they have not had one cents. and we have had more than one a day here in the united states this year. that is unacceptable. i think the time has come for us to get real serious about this whole issue of gun ownership, gun safety, and how we purchased guns, who will be allowed to purchase them, yes. this gentleman, there was a mental health issue. but the problem is where it was discovered. it's been two weeks in the facility. nobody took any steps, it seems, to make sure this gentleman, who has been trained in firearms, and discovered that he had a mental problem,