it will be a long war. because of this war from the israeli point of view, of course, is to eliminate the hamas structure and hamas as an organization. here hoping to live. we have a little hope to live and save our lives. neil: nonstop. as israel s war with hamas rage on. a meeting with secretary of state antony blinken and saudi defense minister bin salman help avoid a wider conflict? we ll ask chairman mike mccaul. your world starts right now. welcome. i m neil cavuto. glad to have you. let s go to lucas tomlinson. his in israel with the latest on the israeli military pounding targets as we speak. lucas? neil, there s three israeli divisions attacking from three different directions with the goal of cutting after gaza city from the rest of the strip and cutting gaza in half. israel s defense minister speaking to his forces not far from where i m standing with a simple message. destroy hamas. we are not going to stop until we eliminate all of them, all levels of