antony blinken is meeting with the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu. he touched down in tel aviv a couple hours ago and started shaking hands. ainsley: and in about 15 minutes we expect with the secretary to meet with the israeli president his name is isaac herzog. we will carry it live when it happens. blinken s visit comes as the biden administration pushes for a pause on the war so they can get humanitarian aid in and the hostages out. brian: meanwhile on the battlefield israeli forces come face to face with terrorists and take out a top hamas commander. the idf says forces now have the largest city in gaza surrounded. lawrence: today hezbollah s leader is scheduled to speak for the first time since hamas attacked israel. we have fox team coverage with jonathan hunt live in the west bank with israeli forces have been carrying out raids. but, first, let s go to trey yingst who is on the ground in southern israel. trey, what can you tell us? hey lawrence, go
with prime minister netanyahu. we will sit down with the israeli war cabinet any moment now. you are watching fox and friends first s, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. israeli troops advancing into gaza. [sound of shots fired] todd: idf says it has gaza largest city surrounded and ready to move in. hundreds of americans still inside gaza. united states is working to get them out and the hostages released. trey yingst with the very latest. trey. trey: hi, todd and carley, good morning. significant developments as israel forces say they completed encirclement of gaza city. that was announced yesterday. thousands of soldiers are in gaza pushing through the strip, trying to destroy as many hamas strongholds and tunnels as possible. forces continue to push forward, they are taking heavy losses, this week they lost 23 soldiers inside gaza. they have been ambushed by hamas to try to hold the forces off. the israelis are pushing forward air support, attack ep hel helic