thanks, stephen. good to be on with you. it s great to have you on the show. senator, would you agree that, day by day, the israel hamas war is becoming more of a headache for presidentjoe biden? i think this is the most consequential period in modern israeli history, and i think president biden did exactly the right thing in engaging directly, immediately, flying over to israel, deploying two aircraft carrier groups. but it is becoming a real challenge for us, domestically and internationally. his commitment to israel, their right to self defence, their ability to carry out a difficult and intense campaign against hamas is unwavering. but he is also privately engaging with israeli leaders and pressing for more humanitarian relief, for a clear plan for what comes after in gaza and the region, and for a more targeted campaign. unwavering, you say, and yet the outside world sees a biden message which is changing. in the early days it was all, we have got your back, israel . i
debate. thank you. lawrence: thank you. second hour of fox & friends starts right now. brian: we begin second hour fox & friends with war in israel hamas says taken out three commands in overnight strikes. excellent. ainsley: forces show footage of bloody attack being hauled off in the al shifa hospital after discovering hamas tunnel under the complex. steve: senior adviser to israeli prime minister benjamin and joins you now. mark, good morning to you showing bloody victims idf saying those are hostages. after they were treated they were probably carted off some place. how do you know they were hostages? first of all, it s clear. identified people were taken in the horrendous and horrific attack of october 7th some 1200 people were murdered on that day and they took back some 240 hostages going through all the cameras that are at the hospital we found these pictures, i m sure we will find more. we found documented evidence that those hostages were taken to th
welcome to hardtalk. thanks, stephen. good to be on with you. it s great to have you on the show. senator, would you agree that, day by day, the israel hamas war is becoming more of a headache for presidentjoe biden? i think this is the most consequential period in modern israeli history, and i think president biden did exactly the right thing in engaging directly, immediately, flying over to israel, deploying two aircraft carrier groups. but it is becoming a real challenge for us, domestically and internationally. his commitment to israel, their right to self defence, their ability to carry out a difficult and intense campaign against hamas is unwavering. but he is also privately engaging with israeli leaders and pressing for more humanitarian relief, for a clear plan for what comes after in gaza and the region, and for a more targeted campaign. unwavering, you say, and yet the outside world sees a biden message which is changing. in the early days it was all, we have got y
from israel. nbc news confirming that the are closing in on a deal to release some of the hostages. i believe that we are closer than we have been in quite some time. maybe closer than we have been since the beginning of this process. we are talking about considerably more than 12, beyond that, i want to see where this goes. i don t want to say anything that would jeopardize the completion of the, deal which is the most important. right, now no hostages have been released, and the israeli offensive continuing undeterred with al-shifa hospital caught in the middle. a world health official describing it as a, quote, death knell, rather than a working medical center. the president weighed in on the israel hamas war with the new op-ed this weekend, calling for a two-state solution. laying out his vision for the future of gaza, which puts him at odds with prime minister mention netanyahu. plus, the hearing in donald trump s federal election interference case tomorrow morning w
welcome to hardtalk. thanks, stephen. good to be on with you. it s great to have you on the show. senator, would you agree that, day by day, the israel hamas war is becoming more of a headache for presidentjoe biden? i think this is the most consequential period in modern israeli history, and i think president biden did exactly the right thing in engaging directly, immediately, flying over to israel, deploying two aircraft carrier groups. but it is becoming a real challenge for us domestically and internationally. his commitment to israel, their right to self defence, their ability to carry out a difficult and intense campaign against hamas is unwavering. but he is also privately engaging with israeli leaders and pressing for more humanitarian relief, for a clear plan for what comes after in gaza and the region, and for a more targeted campaign. unwavering, you say. and yet the outside world sees a biden message which is changing. in the early days it was all, we have got yo