6 00 a. M. In gaza and this is our continuing breaking News Coverage of the war in israel, fox news at night. And this is now a live look at gaza city, 40 minutes before sunrise. Over the past few days these last minutes of darkness have been used by isreali forces to unleash a barrage of air strikes, rocket fire that has crippled gaza. 300,000 isreali troops are now on the border with gaza waiting for word to begin what appears to be a major ground assault. The death toll is also rising with each side losing upwards of a thousand people, 22 americans are also confirmed dead. And 17 more remain unaccounted for. As the Biden Administration scrambles to rescue u. S. Citizens being held hostage by hamas. We begin tonight with the Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent greg palkot. Greg, we are hearing loud noises and seeing flashes, any indication from where you are that this ground war has started or just air strikes . Trace, yeah, we have no indications of ground action yet although we see a lot of preparations for that. What we are seeing indications of are renewed series of air strikes by the Isreali Air Force against targets inside gaza. They have been hitting hamas militants, infrastructure steadily the last five days. We are about to go into day six of this war between israel and hamas. Again, the toll is growing on both sides. 1200 and more dead inside israel and again as you indicate among that 12022 americans, a big drama point in all this, there are so many areas of drama is 150 hostages that are believed held inside gaza, the gaza strip by hamas. And again, there could be as many as 17 americans among them. In the past couple days and just today we have just seen an incredible infiltration by the hamas militants of the Southern Isreali area on the other side of gaza strip. Just today we were a couple miles away from the border and it was still believed to be unsteady. Also weve been watching a series of blasts coming from the gaza side, from the hamas militants, we were into a bomb shelter, three or four times during this past day when we were in the city of ashkelon, a couple miles away from the border, again, isreali air strikes. Back to the hostage situation, we spent a little time today with a Isreali American Man who flew in yesterday because his father has gone missing, gone missing saturday morning. Take a listen to what he told us. At 6 30 he called, said there is alarms and he is going into the shelter of the since then we lost touch. Isreali american talking about his father, 64yearold daniel, he went with a friend saturday to fish near his home in Southern Israel next to the gaza strip. Hamas militants arrived, his car full of bullet holes, Fishing Tackle in the trunk. His body not found. Do you think he is being held hostage in gaza . At this point i hope so. At this point i hope so. That would be the best. Best right now, yeah. Igor flew to comfort his mother. My mom cant imagine without him. And helped search for his beloved and highly regarded father. Theyve had little world from isreali government, igor has several words for hamas. They should be completed. Every Terrorist Organization should be erase from the face of the earth. Incredible stuff, trace. Once again saturday morning about 5 30 in the morning he was surf casing on a beach, we asked igor if he could talk to his father now what would he say . Very simple, come home, dad. Come home. We here in the hear in the distance a rumble, we believe are indications of more air strikes, another wave of air strikes by the Isreali Air Force against hamas militants inside gaza. A lot of devastation there and a lot of horror here. Back to you. Trace yeah, greg, well get back to you, Heart Rendering stories, if you hear about the Ground Invasion starting. Greg, thank you. Lets bring Informer Isreali ambassador to the un on the ground in israel, danny denon. Ambassador thank you so much for coming. I want to put this sound bite on, gilad erdan, he said this. We need to strike residential areas in gaza because the terrorists as we know they hide amongst civilians, they use them as human shields. And if we truly want to eradicate the hamas Terrorist Infrastructure we have to continue the military operation. It will take weeks if not more. Trace do you agree, ambassador, because on the righthand side of the screen we are kind of watching a gaza city. We expect the Ground Invasion is eminent. Do you agree that these forces should go in and attack residential areas of gaza . This is an All Or Nothing proposition . Trace, our goal is very simple, eradicate hamas period. We are facing a isis terrorist group. We have seen what they are capable of going. Since the date of the holocaust we havent seen such atrocities, in one day, more than one thousand jews being slaughtered. In our nation, in our independent country, we dont have any other option but to go and find those terrorists, barbaric terrorists and kill them. How do you do that . We dont intend to hurt civilian on paying that is our goal. We know hamas are using them as human shields, hiding in hospitals, hiding in residential areas. So, we are calling the palestinian population to move out. Still have place to go in gaza. So, we tell them exactly where we are going to go, which neighborhoods we are going to attack and we ask them to move. And actually i will do that. If they are watching us now, i am telling them, we are coming in. We are going to hand down those barbaric terrorists and kill them. So, dont stay around them. If you live in gaza today, dont stay around the hamas head carer its. Dont stay around the hamas terrorists. Move out. Take your family, move out to different area. Trace ambassador, are there still talks going on between israel and egypt to get some of these people who want to leave gaza into egypt . Well, thats something that you have to discuss with egyptians. We do not control the border between gaza and egypt anymore. We left gaza 18 years ago in 205. Part of this disengagement we are not controlling the checkpoints with egypt. So, its up to the egyptians to decide what they are doing. But we dont care about people leaving gaza. And as i said earlier, we do everything we can to minimize the cash civilian casualties. Trace lastly, i just want to know, sir, what about the concerns about hezbollah in the north, is there concern about having to fight a war on two fronts . Well, you know, if you look at the numbers today i stood on the phone with defense committee, we approved the equipment of 300,000 soldiers, thats more than enough to deal with hamas and in gaza. The reason we did it, we want to send a clear message to hezbollah, we have no intention to start another front with hezbollah, but if they will join the cycle of violence they will meet the might of the idf and bury hezbollah under the rubble of lebanon. Trace yeah. Former ambassador, danny, thank you for your time, we appreciate. 22 americans are now confirmed dead in the attack on israel. A number that is expected to grow. Mary rav terry is live with more on that part of the story. Yeah, trace, grim news tonight. The white house saying there is more disturbing numbers of americans killed during the israel hamas war, john kirby of the National Security council says 22 americans are dead and tonight the white house says that number is expected to grow. We know that these numbers are likely to increase in the days ahead. As the president said this afternoon, this attack has brought to the surface painful memories, and the scars left by millenial of antisemitism and genocide of the jewish people. They have not yet released the identities of 22 americans. Some of those killed may have included a whoer who used her only body to shield a teenage son. President biden made this stark comparison while visiting Jewish Community leaders. I just hate the cruelty against the jewish people. And i would argue its the deadliest day for jews since the holocaust. Still there is Little Information for American Families who are in anguish as the white house isnt confirming where these americans died. And is deferring those questions to the State Department who s working to determine whether those still missing could have been killed or taken hostage, trace. Trace sounds like information they simply do not have, thank you. We are told the Biden Administration is working behind the scenes to locate and Rescue Americans being held hostage by hamas and work tonight, a major Law Enforcement group is also involved. Jeff paul is live with the latest on the u. S. Rescue effort. Good evening, trace. The National Security council john kirby said not only is the Hostage Recovery but they are also talking to other allies and partners in the region. They are casting a wide net but there are still a lot of Unanswered Questions. Where they are and in what condition, no. Sadly we dont know. And that makes efforts very very difficult. Again, in these early hours, we dont know if they are all in one group, broke up into several groups, we dont know if they are being moved, what frequency and to what locations. All of those questions were working hard to answer. There are roughly 17 americans who are unaccounted for at the moment. Kirby admits that number could fluctuate depending on if they are sound safe and sound. Now as far as sending in any american forces, into places like gaza to rescue any of those hostages, the white house hadnt made any operational decisions when asked john kirby admitted they just dont have enough information at the time to make that move. Defense secretary lloyd austin says the u. S. Has people on the ground in israel to help with intelligence and planning in regards to the Hostage Recovery. Austin made those communities while in brussels for a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization where he also had this to say. For anyone thinking about trying to take advantage of the agony in israel, to try to widen this conflict or to try to spill more blood, we have just one word. Dont. President biden also vowed to work every aspect regarding the Hostage Crisis in israel. But he says, when it comes to specifics with that, he says it would be bizarre to discuss the steps his administration is taking to bring everyone home. Trace Nicole Parker and former navy seal, cameron hilton, welcome to both of you. Nicole, you first. When the fbi is sent to locate, investigate, identify americans impacted by the war, what exactly does that mean in your estimation . You know, my guess would be that we all the fbi has what we call legal Attache Offices all around the world, office in tel aviv in israel, cairo, egypt. Throughout the middle east. I believe that the fbi is strongly involved in locating and trying to understand and investigate americans that are missing and those that have been killed. It is an all Hands On Deck effort and they are coordinating with the local Law Enforcement in israel as well as counterparts internationally. It is a very complex situation. But the key is to locate where these americans may be whether its through different means of Tracking Devices they might have been using. But it is an all Hands On Deck effort, the fbi number one priority is to help americans and hopefully bring them closely. Trace the bbc says, this leaves the isreali government with a dilemma when it comes to the hostages, doesnt something fraught with risk or does it wait for longer until hamas is so weakened by the air strikes that it might be more willing to make a deal. Would you wait, cameron . Or do you go in as soon as possible . Trace, thanks for having me. Unfortunately as i have said earlier, this is an impossible i think so mission where the consequences are real. The problem we face with an aggressor like hamas, they are not willing to negotiate on pragmatic issues so we have no indication to believe that they would actually preserve the live of these hostages. They have expended with human life radically and aggressively. So, i think the best option here is for israel to go and effectively, quickly with lethality using all the tools and industries available and with the advice and council of american troops that can give them insights. Trace yeah i think its exact right. The question becomes, nicole, before you do anything, before you move anywhere, the intel has to be precise and so far it hadnt. It doesnt appear to have been precise. I know, there are a lot of Unanswered Questions right now, we are in the beginning stages of this. The fbi is going to involved in gathering intelligence both over seas also funneling that information to the United States. Protecting our land here in the United States, its extremely important that americans are vigilant right now. We have we are not liked, we are definitely a target. Jewish community centers, synagogues, people need to be on high alert, have your head on a swivel and be aware and vigilant, be careful what you are posting on social media. We could be the subject of a cyber attack, or physical attack. But the key is that we are alert and vigilant and that the fbi is sifting through every piece of intelligence that is out there. Trace there is talk, cameron, when you go into these things the first thing you want to do is go after these hamas commanders. Is that a Fair Assessment in your estimation . Are you following the intel and trying to go after the people you want to rescue . So, its a bit of both. Its again a very complicated endeavor. The way that hamas leads, they are very kind of differentiated at levels of leadership. So, sometimes you will have commanders who arent even in the same geographical region. Weve seen that right now where leaders of hamas dont live in palestine, they have their families in living in qatar and other parts of the world. Somebody will be acting as a Ground Commander for those on site and Holding American and isreali hostages. Theyll have to be effective. By cutting off some of their leadership hopefully you will drive the remaining forces into confusion and chaos and use that to your advantage for the rescue. Trace cameron, nicole, thank you both. Well meantime President Biden is now naming names after being criticized for failing to mention i ran in his address to the nation on tuesday. Kevin corke is live in dc with the president s cryptic message to the iranians. Evening, trace. In so much as it was a warning arguably it was a bit cryptic telling iran to be careful and a pair of warning against getting involved in israels conflict with hamas amid fears of growing regional conflict in the area. We moved the u. S. Carrier fleet to the eastern mediterranean, sending more fighter jets there in that region. And made it clear, made it clear to the iranians, be careful. Ah but critics tonight are suggesting that the administration is actually trying to walk a bit of a rhetorical tight rope and not doing a good job of it some would say. Warning one minute the iranians ought to be careful, going to Great Lengths they cant prove the regime had anything to do with the attacks at all. We havent seen anything that he will its us they specifically cut checks to support this set of attacks or that they were involved in the training. Meantime a growing number of congressional lawmakers are looking to block iran from accessing the 6 billion in funds that the Biden Administration released back in august. Senators tom cotton and leader Mitch Mcconnell will seek unanimous consent to block that money from tehran, well see how that works out, that could happen fairly soon. Trace lets wrong in elon carr and len, former Senior Adviser to the u. S. Special representative to iran. When you say iran is 100 involved in this, why do you say that . Well, hi, trace. So, here is a what Everybody Knows in washington including the Biden Administration. If it walks like iran, if it quacks like iran, if it hunts like iran, its iran. Everybody knows this. Now i know this is inconvenient for the Biden Administration to admit considering its record over the last couple years, the 6 billion ransom they just paid and all the problems with its current iran envoy who is under fbi investigation. But the truth is we are going to have to face the reality that behind hamas, behind hezbollah about a are pup let masters in tehran. And eventually we are going to have to deal with that. Elon, i wonder why its so important for you and your group, you see what is going on around the world and in the United States to organize these pro israel so datity rallies across the u. S. Thank you for having me. Israel is grieving, the Isreali Community is grieving. There are personal stories of Isreali Americans, including people on my staff who have lost relatives. And there are and there are Isreali A