I am here in person to make something crystal clear, americas support fertilizer israel is ironclad. Sandra this breaking moments ago, the Israeli Defense forces are telling fox Israeli Forces have entered the gaza strip to conduct localized operational raids. This news coming as israel prepares for the next stage of war in its mission to rescue the hostages held by hamas. And as the response in gaza intensifies, u. S. Allies could be facing a war on multiple fronts and thats breaking as we begin a brand new hour. Welcome, im sandra smith in new york and, bret, great to have you. Best of my recollections im bret baier and John Rob Robertss is on assignment. 1 million gazaens are warned to move south as israel begins a Ground Operation. Sixth other parts of israel could be in danger. Sandra irans Foreign Minister is warning violence could spread to other parts of the middle east if attacks on gaza do not come to an end. Bret Fox Team Coverage on the globe over the breaking news of the war in the middle east. Sandra Trey Yingst O live on the ground with coverage at this hour hawaii are you seeing and hearing, trey . Reporter yeah, according to the Israeli Military, Infantry Troops and tanks entered the gaza strip today to do two things. First, assignment and gather more information on the israeli hostages that are currently being held by hamas inside gaza. We also understand they were operating inside gaza to try and kill any sort of militants along the border. Another piece of information that is pointing to the fact that a Ground Invasion may be eminent. Weve seen the thousands of props here and the preparations are underway despite the exchange of fire and rockets coming off the gaza strip and the continued israeli air strikes and i want to take our tension up to Northern Israel and were also learning at this hour according to the Israeli Military, theyre striking hezbollah positions in Southern Lebanon. Thats the Lebanese Militant Group and israelis are worried well get involved at a large level and earlier today, hezbollah indicated they were firing with small arms on israeli positions. We saw some artillery going into lebanon and Aneroiders Cameraman was killed in Southern Lebanon and its appearing to be part of the response. Israeli Drone Strikes against different hezbollah positions across the area. Certainly an escalation in the tension along the border and something to keep an eye on. Inside gaza today, we understand that many civilians are heeding those warnings by the Israelis Last Night giving them 24 hours to get out of northern part of the gaza strip and new video shows Gazaens Heading South and preparing for the possibility of that Ground Operation and simply trying to get out of the way. Today were doing reporting in the city of Bernards HealthcareChef Vascularized what took place on saturday morning. Take a listen. Go into cars and follow me to save your life. We could not stay there. People helped each other and put people into cars. Hang on them, went on top f roofs. We drove for about 20 minutes to the fields on a dirt road. A group of soldiers are afraid to go into war but theyre ready and see it in their eyes. The Israeli Forces are ready for the days and weeks to come. Sandra, bret. Bret trey, its bret and youre doing a fantastic job getting all the information out and covering the depravity and civilian attacks and terrorists and when i go around, people are asking me, how are you doing, how is the crew doing . Do you get any sleep . Whats that like . Reporter we dont get a lot of sleep. We have a job to do and were in the middle of history. We have a responsibility to tell this story and make sure people understand what happened here. The massacre against innocent civilians and also make sure people understand whats happening inside gaza. Its part of the reason you heard our reporterring from Inside Gaza Today and a hamas official. We want to make sure people have a full understanding of what is taking place. The largest ground war in the middle east in years and this is just the beginning and you talked earlier and this could be chapter one of a very long and bloody book and were here to report on the story and make sure people are informed. Sandra we thank you for that, trey. Youre bringing the stories like no one else can right now. In this moment moment, we obviously know evacuation happening from north to south in the gaza strip and we want to talk more about that with mark in just a moment here. Looking at northern border of israel with lebanon and the past couple of days and coming over the border and forces israel to send thousands of troops really and military equipment to the border there this is one of the Rocket Launch Points out of lebanon and where a lot has been coming and we are just told in the last few minutes, trey, and ill get you to add to this that Israeli Shellings struck a lebanese administerny Observation Post at the border here without further detail on that. This is sources telling roaders that this happened. This is coming to us within just the last hour and after israel warned of a suspected Army Infiltration it said it was responding to with artillery fire. They, israel is ruling out any incursion occurred near a residence near the border instructed to whole up at home and lock doors and windows. They were told they could again go outdoors. Obviously theres some conflicting reports as we try to manage what exactly is happening on the ground but, trey, can you give us some more color exactly what is happening at the northern Israeli Border at this time seeing fire exchanged in. Reporter e yeah, we spoke with an israeli official today and its not just hezbollah but the Lebanese Army operating in this area and it was an exchange of israeli fire and lebanese and israeli army and incident involving the Lebanese Militant Group hezbollah that involved small arms fire at an israeli outpost and then the israelis responded and responding again this hour with Drone Strikes in Southern Lebanon. The biggest concern for israel is hezbollah and i want to get into a bit of what happened yesterday. Its very important information. The israeli strikes were reported on the airports of aleppo and damascus in syria and this is an indication that iran is still trying to smuggle weapons into lebanon. In the past, fox news reported exclusively speaking with western intelligence sources about how iran gets precisionguided missiles to lebanon and all pointed at israel and smuggled through the Airport Ntsb Western part of syria. So the fact that since it began, theyre trying to smuggle into lebanon and a larger conflict. On that document, we blurred for the viewers and saw with my own eyes. The israelis had pinpointed every single Missile Launch position in Southern Lebanon. Theres thousands of missiles in lebanon and all Pointed South Toward Israel and the israelis understand this. Its a major concern and right now theres israeli Artillery Units and tanks and Infantry Troops on the northern border with lebanon and preparing for the possibility this turns into a full scale regional war. But if missiles start coming in from lebanon at a wide scale, israel does not have the Missile Defense systems to shoot them all down. The israelis have indicated officials have talked to local media over the past several months, warning of this worse case scenario, multifront conflict if it heats up in the south and north and thats exactly where this is headed, and its of concern. If it happens, the israelis ups therell be mass casualty situations in the northern part of their country. The Lebanese Militant Group hezbollah will fire on tel aviv and on the major possiblelation centers and if they do that, israels Missile Defense system, the iron dome will be overwhelmed certainly. Sandra trey, going back to that, we know they have already clashed with israel across the border multiple times and the hezbollah deputy chief Kansas City Chiefs semiis saying the group will not be swayed for calls to stay on the sidelines of the conflict between israel and hamas saying it is fully ready to contribute to the fighting. That in just the last couple of hours from hezbollahs leader. Trey, see you again shortly. Thank you. Bret. Then this happened. Listen. That is a strike happening very close to that roiters camera. We now understand that a Roiters Cameraman was killed and the Agency Issued a statement which said, we are deeply saddened to learn that our videographer was killed and he was part of a screw in Southern Lebanon providing a live signal. Were urgently seeking more information working with authorities in the region and supporting sams family and colleagues. Rid oroiters journalists are seg medical care. We have a photo of the videographer that was killed and it shows the dangers of hezbollah getting involved here. We had it in 2006 after the kidnapping of the israeli soldier in gaza. Then hezbollah got involved about three weeks later, july 12 and firing the rockets on the border into israel and border skirmish and three Israeli Soldiers killed and israel went in hard with air strikes hezbollah is far better armed and organized than hamas in gaza and hezbollah has targetter precision munitions and present a far greater threat even than hamas does to israel. Its a very tense situation and no one wants violence breaking out on the lebanon israel border. Bret yeah, jonathan, it is truly sad to hear this ands and an example how dangerous it is to cover a war zone overall and we here at Fox Have Felt that directly with Benjamin Hall and his crew, the loss of Camera Man Pierre and a translator and fixer. Theres no more word about other skirmishes along that border and this Incident Tracks with what sandra and trey were talking about over the last couple hours. Yeah, it seems to Bean Exchange of fire often a dozen changes and i want to caution our viewers about that and we havent heard of rockets coming in any great numbers from hezbollah into Northern Israel as yet. But that would be the fear. Pushing fist indicated rockets into israel and rockets that can hit any city, anywhere in israel. They have the precision to do that and have the range to do that. Hezbollah will do what it wants to and by that it means what iran wants it to do. Bret. Sandra jonathan, our hearts and thoughts and everything, our prayers are with the family of the videographer who we now have confirmed reports was killed. As we look at that intense fighting and seems to be stepping up and acknowledging the rhetoric stepping up as we mentioned earlier by hezbollah and concentrating on the border and this will is where a lot of fighting were watching over the next couple hours and days in 2006 from israel went to war from zeldon blah, i was there in Southern Lebanon then and the israelis gave israeli a warning then that if you come below a certain line they gave us a distinct line in Southern Lebanon and youll be if youre in any kind of vehicle anywhere in that area, you will be considered a potential terrorist and therefore you will be a potential target. We dont believe they put outrebounded any such warnings to journalists today, but those are the dangers of war. Israel has to go after its terrorists enemies both in Southern Lebanon if Inlead Hezbollah Attacks and in gaza. In those terrorist attackers and put themselves among civilian populations and see in Instastas Whomever is feel it needs to, this may have been a simple mistake but in 2006, journalists were warned to stay out of a certain area of Southern Lebanon. If we see this conflict widen there again be there in 2006, sandra. Sandra mr. Secretary, thank you for joining us. If you could first comment on this and a tragic, tragic consequence of all of this. That videographer that was killed. Sobering reporting from your folks over there and really writing the first pages of history as your reporter said, and tragic that the reuters crew was killed and injured but, you know, it shows you the bravery on all sides of the Israeli Military and western reporters trying to cover this conflict and terrorism being inflicted by the israeli people, by hamas and hopely not by hezbollah and thats one thing were watching out for. A Million People told by the idf to evacuate the Northern Gaza Strip down to the south and civilians told to get out and idf not confirming this Ground Invasion is happening but its sending a strong signal it could be co coming in the coming hourr days, mr. Secretary. The idf giving a warning to the gather zahn civilians to move south and the unknowns is the outcome, the end state that israel hopes to achieve. We dont think retaking of gaza because they gave that up in 2005 and itll be simply to knock out the hamas leadership and make sure they have no longer any war fighting potential and to destroy all the underground tunnels. Secondly complicated by two things and status of hostages being held in gaza from 130150 and will hamas be true to its pledge to start executing hostages as horrible as that may be and second unknown as your reporters mention is will hezbollah open up a front to the north . I would think. Israel does not want a second front in the north while it takes on gaza. Thats why the United States move to Carrier Strike group up there and reason to deservice connected them and iran, syria and others and capitols are sending similar messages and we dont know if this is a strategic decision for hezbollah to stand back or operational move, some patience. Maybe see the idf get fully ensconced in gaza before they unleash whatever they have planned. This is going to play out and its just the beginning. The relug tans of administration and talking about irans direct involvement. Bret put aside the funding and back and forth about what irans doing with the money and whether Biden Administration easing up sanctions, when its clear can be proven for iran to sell oil and giving them a lot of money to use. Leered held hourslong Online Meeting with a group of strategists from all iranbacked maliciouses from all the iranbacked militias and told them to get ready for a Ground Invasion that would mark a new erasement this is according to to two participants from iran and syria. Add that to reporting of the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post of a direct impact in planning this particular attack. Im wondering why you think theres this reluctance by the Biden Administration to talk about that and confirm that intelligence has any scope of that. What you think is behind that. Brett, it has puzzling there was a report from Wall Street Journal on sunday evening, last sunday evening saying that irgs plotted and Teheran Green Light it had and conflicting and confirmed the Government Administration they cant ascertain that yet. Maybe they will. Who knows. I know this much, and i said this by the way, the morning we all woke up last saturday to these atrocious attacks by the terrorists into israel and we would later learn about the atrocities committed. I said then that all roads lead back to iran. The funding, training, support, all of it, all of it goes back to iran. At the end of the day, you know, i hope israels successful in decimating hamas, but thats not going to solve the problem. You have to go back to the source and the source is iran. Theyve been causing this blind behavior of terrorism throughout the region and certainly against israel for four plus decades now. Thats where we need to focus on eventually. Sandra mr. Secretary, thank you for joining us on all that as we continue to break the details of this o