Will Fox News Alert, at least 40 israelis have been killed and more than 700 hurt as hamas militants launch a Surprise Attack on the israeli territory. This comes as the Prime Minister declares war after more than 2,000 rockets were launched from the gaza end strip. Pete the u. S. Defense secretary, lloyd austin, saying the pentagon will work to assure israel that has what it needs to defend itself. Carley trey yingst has the very latest. Reporter Attack Helicopters are other the gaza strip firing on hamas positions and other areas where people are still the infiltrating into southern israel. There are multiple reports of Hostage Situations taking place in communities along the gaza border that are currently controlled by hamas militants, israeli territory. Rocket fire continues, it has subsided a bit, but we are seeing sirens sounding in some parts of the country and impacts across southern and central israel. Behind me here there is just black smoke rising from the horizon, just one of the areas where rockets hit these border communities. We saw earlier told where a factory took a direct impact. This black smoke just one rocket causes this level of damage. And, againing we saw more than 2,000 again, we saw more than 2, 200 rockets. An unrest dented and coordinated attack, and it is ongoing. Groups of militants crossing into Israel On Motorcycles and in Pickup Trucks. They traveled to these small civilian communities along the the border and conducted massacres. Israeli media reports hamas is controlling territory along the border and that they have kidnapped at least 35 israelis. I want the show you what the scene was with like earlier today as soldiers and civilians brought the injured and dead to an Evacuation Point to be evacuated further to local hospitals. Take a look. Constant flow of civilians being loaded into ambulances here along the gaza border. People are using their personal cars to drop off their loved ones who were hit by gunfire or wounded by shrapnel. [background sounds] this has been a constant scene along the gaza boar or or. The military also bringing their injured troops here. A severely severely Wounded Soldiers are being evacuated from the front. Theres active fighting in the distance, Machine Gunfire as Israeli Police believe dozens of Palestinian Militants are inside israel. There are drones buzzing overhead, Attack Helicopters in the sky and explosions every few seconds. A war has erupted between israel and gaza. About 30 minutes ago, we saw jeeps of Israeli Soldiers headed toward the border amid reports that these gun battles continue. There are small with busts of fire bursts of fire, and this territory is still not secure. That is the priority for the Israeli Military and and government at this hour, ensuring that they catch or kill all the Palestinian Militants that cross into southern us israel. Right now they say the situation is active, and they are sending in reinforcements. Pete trey, to be clear, the targeting by ma hamas is of civilian israeli families. It was communities caught by surprise. Ive seen images of entire jewish families slaughtered in their own homes and right thousand the Israeli Military is responding, but this was a Surprise Attack on the population of israel, correct . Reporter absolutely. There are numerous israeli families that were killed this morning with by these Palestinian Militants. We still dont have a full picture of just how horrendous it was because those Israeli Soldiers are working at this hour to try to free those that are alive in the villages along the border. But it is tense and it is unpredictable. Israel was clearly caught off guard when this took place, and we know that hamas has taken dead and alive israeli into the strip. Not just civilians, but also soldiers. And it creates a scenario that the no one can predict what will happen next. The israeli response expected to be harsh against the palestinian militant organizations and, again, israel is preparing for the possibility of a multifront conflict erupting. If. Will trey, i know youre still getting your arms around the scope and extent of both the number of civilians that have been killed in israel and those that have been kidnapped and drug back into gaza. But you brought up some Historical Context a little bit earlier, you said something about 2014. Im curious, to the, e tent that you know it now, how far back does this go in history in terms of the escalation of violence between these two sides . I mean, is this the worst its been since what. This is the worst single day of fighting between israel and gaza likely in history. There have been operations in the past, in 2014 as you mentioned, where 51 days of war we erupted between militants in gaza and the Israeli Military. During that time over 4,000 rockets were fired. Today more than 2,000 in just a matter of hours. Is so this is a massive escalation, and it is the First Time Since 1948 that palestinians have controlled territory over the green line outside of gaza. Again, hamas is in control of israeli villages and towns along the border. This is something that israel probably has trained for in the past, but when it is put into practice, its incredibly difficult to defend against once these militants are inside these communities because israel is limited in how they can respond. Its also of note they will be limited in what they can hit inside gaza with dozens of hostages taken into the strip. We have already seen photos on messaging app as Like Telegram showing Israeli Citizens alive in the tunnels underneath gaza. So us israel will be limited in what they can strike because they may be striking their own citizens. That is how dire this situation is right now. And in the distance, you can hear those israeli airstrikes. They are continuing their efforts to hit that Mat Positions along the border. Carley oh, my gosh. And, trey, it could get worse. The hamas Military Commander called on all arab nations to join in the fight against israel, lebanon, iraq, syria and lebanon, saying it is time to unite, we call for the movement if towards palestine. Is he just speaking into the wind there, or could you actually see a convergence of arab nations fighting against israel . Reporter we are at a very dangerous apex right now because there are palestinianback fighters in lebanon, supporters in southern syria, there are Islamic Jihad and hamas militants across the west bank, and there is a portion of the palestinian population that supports the cause to the end. And without getting into too much detail about how this current tension erupted, the palestinians in gaza hope that these other supporters of their cause Around The World will start to launch other attacks on israel. And its part of the reason the israelis have taken protective measures against the civilian population here. Theyve canceledded all schools from the south to the north of israel tomorrow in anticipation of the possibility that this could erupt into a multifront conflict. We though that the palestinian factions that are fighting inside gaza have militants and weapons in the west bank. Some of those cities sit just a few hundred feet from israeli cities. In the past when war withs like this have erupted, there has been widespread unrest and clashes in mixed arabisraeli towns and villages, and all of these things are on the table at this hour. Remember, the israeli response has not truly begun. This is just the start of how israel will respond to the situation. And, again, there is active fighting going on behind me in the villages on the border. Pete thank you very much. Reacting to manager happening in realtime. To something happening in realtime. Lets break it down just a little bit. Trey mentioned a lot of the dynamics around the state of israel. So this is the astronaut of israel right here the state of israel, and theyre surrounded, effectively, by enemies of their state. The gaza strip is in the southern part of the country. Up north you have hezbollah strongly supported by syria and iran over here, and then you have the west bank, judea and sumeria which has that has mighters hamas fighters there as well. Hamas is hoping that fighters in hezbollah in the north in lebanon can ask and in the west bank and in East Jerusalem might join in that fight. But lets zoom in just a little bit to the southern part of the country which is where trey is this morning. As i mentioned, this is the gaza strip. It was controlled by israel for decades. In 2005 it was given over to the Palestinian Authority as a part of a a peace deal. Well, within two years hamas, a Terrorist Organization, took over the gaza strip, and they have for years been collecting rockets, Building Tunnels, attempting to infiltrate the south of israel and commit Terrorist Attacks against the population there. Ive spent a lot of time in the south of israel in those communities, communities like right here, right on the edge where you can see that border fence and where there are reports of casualties of israeli civilians. Now, a lot of Military Defense Facilities for the idf here too. But one of the things to note is as hamas has gained power, theyve gained sophistication with their rockets and ability to hit. These red spots are spots from on the map according to the idf rockets have hit. This is jerusalem right here. There are reports that there have been strikes inside jerusalem as a well. Tel aviv is up here. Rockets used to only be able to hit adjacent communities. Now theyre able to reach further into the state of Israeling Into civilian populations. And because it was 23,000 rockets, guys, the ikf famously has the iron dome batteries. They couldnt shoot them all down. And so the idf is responding from places like jerusalem to the south to try to take back territory that a Terrorist Organization, stated by our country and others in hamas, is Holding Israeli hostages and pulled many of them back into the gaza strip which is completely controlled by a Terrorist Organization. So, guys, the lesson has been throughout time to you give land over to radical islamists, theyre going to do what radical islamists do which is to seek israels destruction and wipe them off the map. And is they use what Little International aid they get, they channel it not toward their people and building schools and hospitals, but into Building Tunnels and supplying weapons to theirist fighters, all of which somehow was caught mostly under wraps. This is a sophisticated attack. I mean, as someone whos been involved in ground infantry operations,s to coordinate air and land, and it sounds like maybe even sea with paragliders and motorcycles and bulldozers, this was something somehow they kept out of the reach of israeli intention. Concern intelligence. And strung a surprise on a holy day. Carley lets bring in morgan ortegus, former State Department spokesperson. If morgan, it feels like were in uncharted territory here even though were talking about a region that is historically quite volatile. You just heard trey yingst say hes never seen fighting quite like this before. Break down the situation at hand from your perspective and how the United States should respond to this. First of all, im in the middle east right now. Im coming live to our audience from qatar, and i can tell you the ca qataris and people im talkinged today, everybody was caught by surprise surprise. There will be an a assessment of i why that happened, but just to set the bigger context, this is shabbat in us israel right now, a high holy day, were at the edge of yom kippur. We also know this attack is basically coming on the anniversary, the 50year anniversary of the Yom Kippur War where, sadly, as we all remember, us israel was also surprised in the attack on that day. Whats really different about this attack, as pete was just describing compared to the Yom Kippur War per se, is the sophistication of the terrorists and how this was designed also for social media. You can see that hamas and their entities are showing the attacks, they were showing their militants coming in on these gliders, and theyre getting this stuff out through social media to try to rev up the arab world. And you saw that immediately they were calling for hezbollah, which is in lebanon again as a pete pointed out, they were calling for all of these various Terrorist Factions to unite. Now, what do all of these factions have in common . You have hamas in gaza, you have hezbollah in lebanon, you have the houthis in yemen, we can go through the list of Terrorist Organizations. What they all have in common, theyre all trying to kill israel, and they are all funded by iran. So why am i in the middle east, carley . I was set to go to israel on monday i will obviously not be doing now to go to a conference that is focus on israel and arab peace. And as we know, the Biden Administration if has been working and trying to get a Normalization Agreement between israel and saudi. And what does iran want to do . What does hamas want to do . They obviously have a vested interest in making sure that israel cannot be at peace with other arab states, especially not with saudi arabia. So, number one, iran is absolutely behind this today and, number two, ive got to tell you that i am very, very concerned for the State Of The World with biden as president. And i am not trying to be overly political today by any means, but i can indict their policy. If we we know that iran is behind these attacks today from hamas and we know that we just gave iran 6 billion, how in the world does that make sense . We know that they are funding this terrorist activity. Also this two weeks, many just two weeks are from now at the united nations, arms embargo will expire against iran. So what does that mean . That means that iran will be able to sell conventional weaponry, Ballistic Missiles to russia, for example, with impunity. Theyre already giving russia drones that are Killing Ukrainians right now, and youll only see the funding of terrorism that iran has done, youll only see that with this arms embargo expiring with the billions of dollars that they have been given to by the biden administering, you will only see terrorism increase crease. Now, the Biden Administration will say this money can only be with use for schools, food and medicine and that sort of thing. Perhaps, but that 6 billion means that it opens money is fungible, right . It opens up the rest of the revenue of the iranian Bank Accounts to fund these type of attacks that youre seeing against one of our strongest allies and one of our strongest friends. And the only democracy in the middle east. That is the state of israel. Will morgan, what do you expect to see in the very near future as a ponce from both response from both israel and the surrounding arab world . Well, obviously israel has to retaliate. And whats really important is that there is a strong response from this administration, a strong ponce from congress. Congress should go into session today, and they should pass resolutions supporting israels right to support itself unequivocally. There should be no question, there should be no doing an allsides thing. In fact, somebody from the State Department from the palestinian twitter accounts for the group that oversees that portfolio had tweeted some sort of allsides comment. It got deleted early this morning. There is no time for equivocation, theres no time for indecisiveness from this administers. Congress needs to get in session, they need to pass a resolution saying they support the state of israel. And no one how old try this administration should not try to tie israels hands behind their back. They should not say after a week, oh, israels taken care of. This is a massive attack. As pete pointed out, something that israelis have never seen. When you see them go in and cragging a womans body on the dragging a womans body on the high holidays, when you see the reports of these terrorists going in and killing families and children, taking israelis hostages, both civilians and reportedly some people in the military, this was designed to strike fear in the heart of israelis on one of their religious ask holy days for jews, for people like me Around The World. We will not be scared, we will not be deterred. We know exactly whos behind this, and and this administration has to stop with this incompetent policy of continuing to empower iran. Iran is behind the attacks today. Stop giving them billions of dollars. Stop it. Its killing people. Pete youre exactly right on the assessment of how these wars usually go. The s