steve: israel continuing to target hamas hot spots, striking 11,000 terror hubs since the war started. 11,000. ground fighting is coming with a heavy toll. lawrence: within last 30 minutes idf announced 11 soldiers were killed in northern gaza bringing israeli soldier death toll to 13. ainsley: trey yingst is live in southern israel with the latest. we ve gone to you every morning, this is day 26. trey: hi, guys, good morning. day 26 of the conflict between israel and hamas. you hear fighter jets overhead, you are watching airstrikes against the strip. new information, yesterday amid a chaotic day for the military, i met with gallant, the defense minister in tel aviv to discuss the situation. he gave a small group of journalists new information about the october 7 massacre and how this war began. he says the defense establishment set up a special operation room to identify all of the hamas militants and all of the palestinians that participated in the massacre. they a