[gunfire and explosives] [screams]. Also in a place far away from the window. [explosions] jesse tonight, israel teeing up a major Ground Invasion of gaza. 35 ba tal johns, Tens Of Thousands of infantry, hundreds of tanks ready to roll. The war plan . Cut the head off the snake. These medieval jihadists are burning babies, raping women, Spraying Automatic Fire into concert crowds. 27 americans dead. 14 americans missing. We fear theyre held hostage inside the tunnels beneath the gaza strip. Well over a thousand israelis are dead. The country seeking retribution. Pummeling hamas hideouts, devastating artillery strikes. [explosions] jesse the before and after pictures of gaza are stark. Hamas territory reduced to a cement grave yard. But this war wont be won by shelling. Israeli Combat Specialists have already ripped hamas cells from within their own country. [gunfire] jesse hamas is trapped in gaza. The electricity and water, theyve been shut off. Trained israeli a sass and as are zeroing in, Star Have And Suffocate is the strategy. Remember hamas it outmanned, 30,000 terrorists are up against nearly a half a million Israeli Soldiers and hamas hardware is no match. The terrorist weapon of choice, kasa. M. Rockets. These garagebuilt rockets are inaccurate assembled with cheap is did you say troll piping and homemade rocket fuel. The Propaganda Machines boasts of rockets from water pipes. Jesse . Jesse hamas would rather murder in israeli with a missile than provide clean Drinking Water to their pushability israels iron dome Missile Defense system is a trusted layer of protection. Hamas must rely on Gorilla Warfare to survive. Boosted by an arsenal of heavy machine guns, rocket propelled grenades, long range Sniper Rifles and their own version of a stinger. Hamas will also be leaning in with their Kamikaze Drone named after the dead al qaeda leader. These could present a challenge. Jesse now israels arsenal is state of the art. Their kiffer fighter jets are equivalent to american f35 which theyre also flexing a fleet of as well as multi Million Dollars barack tanks which feature Ai Technology built to survive hamas stingers. Theyll prove deadly in combat. And the pentagon is already accelerating additional shipments of advanced weaponry to pad the israeli army stock piles. The is really defense force, the idf, will have all the resources necessary to win. For them, its personal. To the people of gaza, the civilians of gaza responsible for not removing hamas and, therefore, by implication, that makes them legitimate targets. No, i didnt say that. I did not say that, i want to make it clear. I was asked something about separating civilians from hamas. But with all due respect, with all due respect, if you have a missile in your god [bleep] kitchen and you want to shoot it at me, am i allowed to defend myself . Yes. Jesse but while hamas is hunkering down inside an elaborate Tunnel System, theyre pleading with their arab neighbors to join the fight the chiefly calling on the world to join in a global day of jihad. Weve seen Syrian Military already launching rockets within israel from the north. A 2front war would certainly stretch the Israeli Defense forces, which is why the United States soon will have two Carrier Groups deployed in the region. A strong message to the wannabe allies of hamas who could get itchy trigger fingers. Lets bring in hugh dugan a former Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs and major john spencer the chair of the Urban Warfare Studies at the modern war institute. John, what is it going to look like when this Ground Operation is underway . Its going to be like hell on earth. You cant do the operation the idf need to do to pry those Hamas Terrorists out of of the cities of gaza without being extremely destructive. Were already seeing that. But its going to be a really tough challenge for idf to face them deep buried in the tunnels and in the bunkers and the rubble. Its going to be really its going to look like Scorched Earth but the idea follow the laws of war is just what happens in urban warfare. Jesse how restrained is the israeli army being . Theyre catching all this heat from the international press. Yeah, thats the tactic of hamas. Hamas is if i teach urban warfare, i use hamas as an example of using human shields, literally putting your people out to die in military targets that way you can broadcast to the International Media and cry for help. Edf has been extremely restraint hitting military targets. I also teach what it takes to protect civilians, the idf are telling the civilians to leaf calling buildings before they strike it dropping leaflets. Theyre being restrained and following the law of war. Jesse and when they go in, is this block by Blairex Building by building . What does that look like from the eyes of a soldier on the ground . It is the worst combat you could ever ask a soldier to do. Millions of Firing Points that they could face, and the enemy gets to pick when they shoot at you. Absolutely, its block by block, house by house. House bombs, snipers, underground bombs, rpgs from any direction. But there are a lot of challenges, but having studied other mill takers, one military specifically designed for that is the idf. Jesse all right. Hugh, we believe theres 150 hostages that hamas has. Theyre probably underground in the tunnels. We believe some of those hostages are americans. What does this negotiation, if it is a negotiation at all, look like. Well, we know there are 600 americans who live in gaza. Were not sure exactly the number in the tunnels or perhaps theyre elsewhere. It would be useful to know where they are and thats a tactic the hamas will use against us moving them around making it difficult for us or the israelis to launch any type of recovery effort. Reporter so theres a strong chance that, as the israelis are pounding gaza and as they move Ground Forces in, hamas is moving some of these hostages into the front lines. Well, one hopes that they realize that hostages are a live hostage is worth more to them than a dead one and in all of our maneuvers and messaging hope that message gets across, at least to maintain the life of these people so that other developments might occur that could assist in their recovery. Jesse what kind of leverage does hamas have now that they have hostages, especially american hostages . Is this about money . Are they holding out for a truce . What exactly would their strategy be . Theyre building their brand, unfortunately. This is well worth it to them to demonstrate their ability to invoke pain on israelis. They set out this big drag net to take hostages. One doesnt know if they targeted americans or not but, indeed, they did take americans with them. The end result is one of publicity, unfortunately, for their cause, to create sympathy perhaps around the world, i think thats going to back fire. I think the State Sponsors who are sponsoring hamas may have lost control and theyre proxies gone wild perhaps might make them think twice about whats happening op the ground and whether or not the hamas are going to take it far too far for their sponsors to have answer spated. Jesse so these sponsors are basically waiting to see how things play out. Theyve already got a message sent by the u. S. Military, thats for sure. John, last question. How delicate is a dance when you have hostages, youre not sure the intelligence of where theyre located, in the middle of Gorilla Warfare . I mean, very delicate. Hamas will use the hostage as shields again, but that wont stop the operation. The more time you wait. The better time to get the hostages back but the tunnels that theyre hiding them in are the worst condition you could ever see, but i know some really highly specialized people that the hamas are about to meet. Jesse all right. Well, i hope they meet them and i hope they meet them soonment gentlemen, thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Jesse so the israeli air strikes are demolishing hamas hideouts. This creates a tactical problem for israels ground defenses. The terrorists will use the rubble for cover, planting ieds, hiding their snipers. The debris will also make it hard for israeli tanks and heavy artillery to navigate. And while hamas can still move around freely underground. Hamas has built 300 miles of tunnels underneath their cities and even tunnels into israel. Hamas can ambush Israeli Soldiers from every angle, then snake back down underground. Hamas wants you to chase them underground. The tunnels are laced with booby traps, heavily armed terrorists ready to kill around every corner. Its a maze of death. Some tunnels are a hundred feet deep making them immune to air strikes. Israel has destroyed these tunnels before but hamas rebuilds using palestinian aid money courtesy of joe biden. So why doesnt israel implode the tunnels now . Because hamas is probably Holding Hostages underground. You cant collapse the tunnel into 150 hostages. It is a. Jesse thattedist lab rent that will increase casualties and prolong the war. Tunnels give insurgents an advantage, bin laden used a series of Cave Towns Escape u. S. Special forces after 9 11 you remember. The nazis built underground anyone else europe. Hitler himself after a cyanide pill and shooting himself in the head. And then the deadliest Tunnel System of all. Vietnam. The Receipt Congress lived underground, maneuvered around our troops rambushed us and escaped into the tunnels. So the u. S. Army took the fight to them, the smallest guys in the unit, they called them tunnel rats, had to go underground and smoke out the vcs, the tunnels were Booby Trapped and filled with North Vietnamese who knew what was around every corner, every dark corner. Those tunnels gave our troops nightmares. They still do. Nam was brutal, we lost 60,000 americans, and this Israeli Hamas War is set to be long and bloody. The israelis need to be ready for a serious fight. Bob stewart is an army vet who fought in the tunnels of vietnam. Bob, tell us what it was like. Well, you get called in, in your unit, and they ask for volunteers, most of the guys some guys were going to training, a lot of guys were volunteers, ill go in, you have time to wait for other units to come in, so you skinny guy i was about 120 pounds soaking well tall and thin, like a snake go in there, you have to worry about the punky sticks and the human waste on it get you an infection the bacteria grows so fast they amputate your feet before you can get it fixed. They have a slit slide in and next thing you know bayonet. So we throw a grenade in there first scramble the brains in people in there and get the snakes out Bamboo Vipers and other booby traps they have. You have to go slow and easy take you in with a rope and you get hurt they jerk you back out. But most of the time you keep going different levels, they have trap doors with seals, you put food down there tear gas down there, even tried to drown them out didnt work. They would have entrants coming from the rivers and stuff. These people over there in the middle east have learned a lesson from the vietnamese and the japanese and koreans and hitlers guys, the nazis but so have Israelis Flernd Americans about how to handle these people and it takes that special type of person thats willing to give their life up for their country and their loved ones and family. cause takes a lot of courage on to go down inside of a dark hole with a 45 and a flashlight and hope for the best but a lot of times you dont want to use the 45, try to use your knife because you dont that loud noise that gives your position away. I cant talk very much about me, but i talk about the guys in 68, 69 when they first went in the Iron Triangle where i was stationed a couchy vietnam and the 21st infantry division, the wolf hounds, it was horrible and the whole rubber plantation, completely honey combed and they had big campaigns going in there, just to try to clear it out. But i think of america, and what they did in world war ii, if the israelis paid attention and they do it like we did in world war ii and hitler and the nazis and japanese, they had the dmaifs iwo jima and the canal, they can walk right through there. Youre going to have casualties, im fearful for the hostages theyll pay the price theyll use them as human shields, theyll play on your christian heart that you dont want to kill your people and that is the sad part. I pray for them and ive got them in my prayers every day because living through that, thats a horrible, horrible thing. And theres so many guys that just, you know, cant cope with that. And theres a lot of guys that committed suicide, they call it 22 now with the guys from iraq and afghanistan. But the vietnam vets every day we were in the holes and every day shooting and fire fights. I commend the israelis for paying attention that they go in in force and do what theyve got to do and pray for the hostages. You just jesse bob, you just blew me away. I never heard anything that graphic and that terrifying in my entire career. That was one hell of a description of what its like underground. Each one of us raised our hands and gave up to, including our life, if need be, to go into the service and fight for our country. We didnt ask whats your race your color creed or persuasion was or religion youre an american good enough for us. Same attitude in israel youre an is really and they will fight and die for their country and their loved ones and weve got your six. Jesse well, we salute you here, bob. Thank you. Jesse What A Great Hero you are. Love you man. I dont know about the hero part but just to serve, did my job. Thats it. No hero. Jesse we appreciate you. Thank you. Jesse god bless. Well, the fight in the tunnels Underneath Gaza is just the beginning. Our very own pete hegseth got a firsthand look of these Terror Tunnels just a few years ago. Watch. So here we are just roughly 700 meters from the gaza board inside a tunnel. Its not a tunnel, its a terror tunnel. Hamas takes a large part to build this kind of structure and to build a military force. Money they could be using for their people for schools and hospitals and otherwise going into stuff like this. The only purpose is to do killing inside israel. Reporter so every day its part of your job to find more Terror Tunnels. Technology, but in the end you need to discover less from one meter, this is what you need to discover, 15 or 20 meters inside. From october to january, we found just in the last few months, three tunnels. Reporter youre finding them right now as hamas continues to dig under the gaza strip into the israeli population. I want to get a sense of what its like to fight in a tunnel like this. Because in the infantry youre usually outside in different conflicts, youre underground but this is a whole other level. Its physical psychological challenge to fight inside tunnels like this. Im cramping up and sore already and weve been in here for what, two minutes. Just imagine the difficulty of fighting in a tunnel like this but also the ideological dedication of a radical islamic enemy willing to spend months and months and months and months underground picking away at the soil, putting in steele, putting in light, pumping in air, just so they can kill innocent civilians. Jesse fox and Friends Weekend host and army veteran pete hegseth joins me now with more. So, pete, i dont know if you just heard bob right there, but the way he this tunnel fighting, this makes me think this war with hamas is going to last years. Yeah, God Bless Bob and what he went through. Reading memoirs of guys in vietnam and what they were willing to do wrecks your brain but whats so much more complicated about gaza jesse is youve got tunnels like that with a modern city built on top of it. With a population of two million. Its not the jungle with tunnels, its a whole two, three layers on top of it. And that video you showed of the tunnel jesse is why i was so blown away like Everyone Else was on saturday morning by the ability of hamas to effectively control areas in the south of israel and terrorize the population. Because the idf knew they were building these tunnels to try to infiltrate, and it wasnt necessarily the tunnels that were used. It was paraglideers, it was bulldozers, all the things weve been going over. So if israels going to respond the first thing they need to do, and you covered this so well tonight, they have to build a buffer which theyve done. So effectively all those communities that have been affected thus far have been cleared, almost a hundred percent, the militarys consolidating and reorganizing. Thats what we would call it in the military, Staging Operations of tanks, personnel carriers, infantry, intelligence, signals, artillery. Everything you would need to stage a ground attack. But thats all aboveground, to your point. So whats the next thing you do in a phase of the operation, jesse . Youve got to prep the. Bale field and thats why youve seen a lot of strikes into gaza. Specifically into the area ar