it s my obligation and responsibility to find solutions even if we re not getting the help we deserve from washington, d.c. new york city mayor eric adams calling out the republican governor of texas and the white house. we re going to go through the new york city mayor s executive action to address the busing of migrants from the border. plus, we ll bring you the latest from the middle east. a member of israel s war cabinet is now threatening a send front in the conflict, and this one along the border with lebanon. and also ahead, an update on the efforts at the state level to block donald trump from the republican presidential primary ballot. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 28th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. israeli forces are moving forward with their expanded operations in refugee camps in gaza. that s where we ll begin our day. yesterday the idf launched strikes across the region targeting shelter
We begin tonight with the fox news alert. Israel tonight is at war fo fight for its very Survival Afterarict a barbaricer Terrorist Attack and invasion by hamas, the deadliest attack in that countrys history. Alakhbar, a firm and Ofteno Asw Loud and you heard in that video is Women And Children are being taken hostage. Allahu akbar. Now, in just a minute, were going to take you liveke you l e the ground where our very own trey yingst is standing als in Southern Israel. Tonight, well also monitoring the situation in Northern Israel where hezbollah has directed a barrage of rockets into israel. Ellwell also have a close eye on gaza, the hamas stronghold that is now smoldering afterby a massive Bombing Campaign by israe israel. Cale g and its only the beginning. We are told that a full scale ground invasiorod Invasiwelln Wm 100,000 troops, many is possibly as many as 300,000ah is now imminent. Israel is fighting back against what is a savage enemy that wants to wipe them off the planet. L
Soil. At least 40 people, israelis, are dead, and more than 770 are wounded, were told, the official numbers coming in from the government of israel. The attack catching israel clearly by surprise. At sun rise earlier today the palestinian mill tachbt Group Launched that iroffensive by air, sea and land. Hamas fighters have now infiltrated various israeli towns were told and thousands of rockets have rained down from the sky above over civilian Populated Areas of israel. Israel is clearly already striking back, sending its own rockets into gaza. And we just have gotten new numbers from palestinian officials there. They say at least 198 palestinians already have been killed in gaza, and more than 1600 people in gaza are injured. This once again, according to the Palestinian Health ministry there. This is quickly developing, this situation, we want to go back to cnn in jerusalem for us. Update our viewers on the very latest. Reporter well, the very latest is weve just gone in from the Is
nationals now in egypt after crossing true the rafah crossing earlier tonight. their release delayed this afternoon after hamas claimed israel was not letting enough aid into gaza. qatari and egyptian mediators god involve got involved and cleared that up. good evening. i m jon scott, and this is a special 2-hour edition of the fox report. jon: today s hostage release follows yesterday s first round which saw hamas free 13 israelis, 10 thai nationals and a filipino under two separate deals. lucas tomlinson is in nantucket, massachusetts, with the president, but let s begin with jeff paul. he is in southern israel right now. jeff. reporter: yeah, jon, a very tense day here in israel, but the second day of the hamas-israel temporary ceasefire appears to be holding. it did get off to a rocky start. severe delays in this second batch of hostages released, and that s in part because hamas accused israel of not holding up to their side of the agreement. they said that not
there until we get that final confirmation. , ., , confirmation. yes, that is right, we had this last confirmation. yes, that is right, we had this last night, confirmation. yes, that is right, we had this last night, it confirmation. yes, that is right, we had this last night, it was confirmation. yes, that is right, we had this last night, it was after- had this last night, it was after they had been received by the israelis and that was confirmed, the identities were released publicly. that has always been the process. during the military briefing earlier, david had ari daniel hagari, the israeli spokesman, said they deal with families first and then public communications afterwards. it is the same with this process, it is supposed to be, according to the agreement, the night before that qatar is handed the list from hamas of the captives that it the list from hamas of the captives thatitis the list from hamas of the captives that it is proposing to release. tha