Crossing operation critical and urgent need. Without electricity this hospital will be a mass grave. We desperately need a humanitarian cease fire. The troops are ready. Theyre ready to go. Well, good morning, everyone. Im Phil Mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. Erin burnett is live in tell aveef. We heard from one of the hostages released by hamas yesterday. The grandmother described her abduction in captivity. Her daughter was by her side translating. Hordes of Hamas Fighters Storm Herd Kibbutz and kidnapped her and beat her with sticks once in gaza. She was held under ground with five other hostages. She said they were treated well by guards, a doctor and paramedic who made sure they had the medicine they needed. She says hamas had a stockpile of shampoo and other toiletries ready for them. There are a huge, huge network of tunnels underneath. It looks like a spider web. When she first arrived, they told them that they are muslims and theyre not going to hurt them. And that th
they there were only 11. now in the course of a year, 172. how nervous does that make you? oh, it makes me very nervous. especially when you listen to, you know, some of your other reporting here just a couple minutes ago, when you look at how the rest of the world in the middle east has become unfriendly to the u.s. well, those particularly unfriendly to the u.s. can walk into the united states, thanks to joe biden. i m not giving away any state secrets there. that s in the news every day. and they know it. they know it. so, this is a real serious national security failure. it s not a looming problem. it s a past problem that continues to grow. and that s all thanks to joe biden s open borders policies, facilitated by secretary mayorkas. ainsley: ken, thank you so much. big job. at the center of renewing america, we need it. good to see you this morning. we do. ainsley: second hour of fox & friends starts right now. steve: it is 1:00 in the afternoon in israel
the story? brian: jim brown at height of the controversy, people talking about him kicking his son and throwing stuff. he said, if my son played basketball, he would play for him, he never bends the rules and his programs never got in trouble. he was trying to get the best out of players. ainsley: he was known for his outbursts, what a coach, three national championships, five final fours and inducted into hall of fame. steve: legend bobby knight dead at the age of 83, god rest his soul. ainsley: third hour of fox and friends starts now. steve: fox and friends first ed, it is 2:00 in the afternoon as you look at the rafah crossing. 400 americans are still stuck in gaza. country of egypt is allowing limited number of foreign nationals and wounded to go through the crossing. brian: dozens killed overnight, number of israeli troops killed going up to 18. ainsley: at home, vice president kamala harris announces we will fight while antisemitism is surging. lawre
aid trucks are goings in from egypt. more are hoping to escape the war zone. five of the americans inside gaza strip crossed the border so far. carley: israel continue to inch toward gaza city in attempt to squeeze hamas fighters in the center. todd: you re watching fox and friends, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. trey yingst is on the ground in israel, what is the latest? trey: good morning, battles rage inside the gaza strip. israeli fighter jets overhead and days after this ground operation began, israelis are taking heavy losses inside gaza. the death toll is at 17 soldiers killed in battles with hamas militants. i will show you destruction on northern part of the gaza strip. israelis say they targeted number of cells in northern gaza. cells were using explosive devices and throwing grenades at idf troops and soeldiers engage them with artillery fire and tanks, according to a statement released this morning. we are learning from daniel hagari, 242 hos
now. egypt is allowing a limited number of nationals out. we re not on the list, it seems. civilians have to get have a chance to go through the rafah crossing now. we just got to get americans through. ainsley: meanwhile, fighting rages inside gaza. the idf says dozens of hamas terrorists were killed overnight and the number of israeli troops killed in combat rising now to 17. steve: meanwhile, here at home, vice president kamala harris has announced a national strategy to fight islamophobia. this while anti-semitism is surging all across the country, including at places like. lawrence: we are from the iconic second half deli. it was vandalized with a swastika about two weeks ago. first, we re going to check in with trey yingst live on the southern border of israel. trey? trey: yeah, hey, guys. good morning. battles rage on behind me inside the gaza strip days after the israelis pushed forward with a partial ground operation into gaza. we do know the death toll amo