Rachel straight to a fox knew news alert. Right now live images showing smoke rising over the hamascontrolled territory, fighting comes as egyptian Officials Say the rafah if Border Crossing is closed again after a limited amount of humanitarian aid was allowed to enter the strip. Joey the gates briefly open about three hours ago allowing no more than 20 trucks hauling food, water and medicine into southern gaza. The u. S. Warning stranded american citizens to expect, quote, a potentially chaotic and disorderly environment on both sides of the crossing, end quote. Its unclear if any foreigners were allowed in. Pete reports are that 20 were allowed to go in because thats what was agreed upon. This comes on the heels of hamas releasing two american hostages friday. Judith ranaan and her daughter natalie were taken to an Israeli Military base. Secretary of state apt any Anthony Blinking says he believes the majority of the hostages are still alive. Meanwhile, an Israeli Ground offensive is imminent. The irk e df believes the release of the hostages is similar. My a delaying tactic. Anything that hamas does is only to further hamas terrorist interests. Weve seen this before, its right out of the hamas playbook. Rachel now lets go to trey yingst live on the ground in southern israel. Trey. Finish good morning, and what is the latest . Reporter yeah, guys, good morning. Right now we are in a Community Near to the israelgaza border still embedded with the Israeli Military, so we cant tell you our exact location. Weve been following the developments here in the south the past 24 hours watching as the israelis continue to hammer the gaza strip. Some of that black smoke on the horizon you saw there likely from those airstrikes and overnight more rocket and mortar fire into with southern israel. I want you to take a look at what that was like. Thirteen palestinians were killed. We need to go because there could be mortar fire here. Just stay with me, everyone. Yeah, leave the camera, just stay with me. Weve got to move, because were very close. Hear that . Thats more mortar. Get into cover. Everyone in . Listen to you are camera. To our camera. So what you heard there, the whistle of incoming more or tar fire. So those were, indeed, mortars that were fired at this position, and we are so close to to the gaza border, you have about 10 seconds to get to cover. So that plan that we just implement, we had discussed that beforehand, leave the camera, get to a shelter and hard cover because this is very active here along the front. [background sounds] this active fighting along the southern border between israel and gaza a comes amid new developments along the northern border. In Southern Lebanon the remember need militant Group Hezbollah continues to fire on israeli positions and communities along the northern border. The israelis have been forced to evacuate thousands of people along the side, basically the border. But there are so many communities along the lebanon border, they havent been able to get everyone out of the way. And so the death toll is rising there. Civilians and soldiers have been killed in the north since this all kicked off, and the israelis say theyve been responding with airstrikes in Southern Lebanon. Even israels Defense Minister took a visit to the north, and he said hezbollah has decided to get involved, and they will pay a heavy price. He described the 180 that israel is taking the fight back to hamas and Islamic Jihad inside gaza and hezbollah in the north. I do want to draw your attention to off in the distance you can hear war planes as they continue to strike targets in gaza. Some aid trucks made it into gaza, 20 of them across the rafah if crossing between gaza and egypt. The big issue is the foreign nationals still stuck at the border. Ive been texting with one woman whos from utah, and she said shes been waiting since 9 30 this morning to cross into egypt and still no luck. Back to you. Pete trey, was that the agreement . 20 trucks, for some reason that number is stuck in my head. Im sure they were thorough ally searched thoroughly searched considering the background of smuggling, and was there an agreement with the foreign nationals or just the hope that they would make it out when that gate was open . Reporter yeah, youre exactly right, that is the number of the truck, and the aid is suppose to be minimal. Theyre not providing anything beyond medicine and canned goods. Really the massacre is stuck in the minds of israeli leadership, and they have said this will be a full siege, but in order to get some of the pressure off of the the southern part of gaza, let some of those foreign nationals out and insure some of these hostages could be are release, theyve agreed to have conversations behind the scenes. In terms of the foreign nationals, we do understand there was an informal deal, but those discussions are ongoing. And despite the good news overnight with two american hostages being released, you till have 201 hostages being held, Hundreds Of American Citizens and other foreign nationals stuck in gaza, and there is a lot of hands in the pot. Weve been talking with intelligence officials who tell us politics is playing a role here, and the regional a powers like jordan, egypt and the gulf countries all trying to have their say with getting aid in and getting nationals out. Joey trey, i want to kind of Paint A Picture for the audience because these are questions that i hear. Israels not a big land mass place, and we live in the states. If there were war in the pacific, we would barely know it here. What is the are rest of life like in israel . Are kids going to school, are people going to work . Do they all feel like theyre under attack . What is the demeanor of folks maybe further east . Reporter its a great question. The the country is frozen right now. Traditionally you would go to a city like tel aviv or jerusalem, and there would be not on saturday because it is shabbat, the day of rest, but on most days there would be restaurants and bars open and people enjoying their lives. This country is mourning right now. They are still burying the the dead, theyre still finding bodies amid the wreckage following the destruction and that massacre that took place on october 7th. And so there are a few restaurants and coffee shops open simply to just keep people running and the Rescue Workers who are till going to these areas, the soldiers who are defending the border and trying to make sure there are no other threats and the preparations for that ground operation. Its very still here. The country is each can weeping really is weeping really after what happened because this has been the worst time in israels short history. Rachel were weeping with them. Trey yingst, thank you for joining us this morning. Joey stay safe, brother. Pete thank you, trey. Rachel all right. Joey all right. Two american hostages will soon be heading back to the u. S. Rachel the mother and daughter were released by hamas yesterday e after being abducted two weeks ago. Pete peter doocy is live at the white house with the latest. Peter, what do we know about how happened . Reporter one of the first things that happened was that somebody handed them a phone, and President Biden was on the other end of the line from the oval office. And now we are hearing from the husband and father of these two who were kidnapped from a key butts. Kibbutz. I havent been sleeping for two weeks. Tonight im going to sleep good. I spoke with my daughter earlier today. She sounds very good. She looks very good. She was very happy. And shes waiting to come home. Reporter there are very few details about how hamas handed these two over to the red cross, but we know it was for humanitarian reasons, and it was not because Special Forces went in guns blazing. They could return to the u. S. As soon as this week. Natalie is 17, its her birthday coming up next week. Shell be turning 18. On the 24th. They were celebrating partially as a Graduation Gift because she had just graduate with honors from a school in chicago. Reporter overnight there was some real confusion here on the biden beat as the president who publicly supports whatever israel wants to do against hamas appeared to confirm reports that privately he is telling the israelis to pump the brakes. Reporter how but how was your call with the americans . It went well. Reporter sir [inaudible] Ground Invasion more hostages back . Yes. Reporter but, no. Now the white house says the president was far away, he didnt hear the full question. The question sounded like would you like to see more hostages released. He wasnt commenting on anything else. Which is kind of puzzling because he could apparently hare the first question hear the first question just fine, but they have now fully walked that back. Hes at the beach house in rehoboth, we dont expect to see him for the rest of the the weekend. Back to you. Joey thanks, peter. Rachel thank you, peter. While one American Family is is celebrating the return of their loved ones, a new jersey family is making their plea for the safe return of another american still missing. Joey 19yearoldden alexander who just graduated high school was serving as a soldier in the Israeli Military when hamas launched the surprise attack. Pete his mother and sister are here with us now. It is sombering just to be here with you. I cant imagine what life has been like since october the 7th. First, tell us about your son. He was an extremely lively kid. He cared so much about his friends and school, is and from a young age when we lived in israel, he just knew that he wanted to serve for israel and help protect the country. He was just such an amazing kid. He was really my best friend. We only have two years apart. Hes two years older than me and, yeah,ing he was such a happy person, still is. Yeah. Its just unbelievable. Rachel what have you heard, anything, any reports from about him from the government, from the Israeli Government . Six days after they told us hes been missing, they came, officials from the idf told us that hes hostage by hamas and hes in gaza. Like, this is something that confirmed to us. Since then they just trying to speak with us and just to tell us this is, like, this is a process and nothing, its not like a fast process. Yeah. Its something so we just need to be patient and wait for and hoping that everything will turn out fine. Rachel i bet thats hard. Its really hard. Joey with the news that we got, you know, just about a day ago of two american hostages being released, did anyone reach out to you . Did you feel like you could reach out and say, hey, is this a prelude to what may happen to us, or was it still just stay and wait . I mean, im kind of just they do at lot of things behind the scenes, but i think the release of the two hostages recently is giving us and a lot of other people hope as well. Yeah. Everyone has just been so supportive. The u. S. Has been extremely supportive. I couldnt even imagine yes. And i think, honestly, it gives help to us and families of the other hostages as well that good things are going to happen in the flare future. In the near future. Pete he just graduated from high school in new jersey, right . And then went back to do his service in israel. So hes an American Fighting in thes Israeli Military, and he was there, i believe he was at a party that night or he was out with his friends . That morning october 7 . No, no, no. It was he was, like, at the border, at the base. Pete oh, he was at the border, at the base. Excuse me, im sorry. They were, like, you know they were protecting the bases, basically, and then with all the people, theyre, like, standing this and protecting. And there was, like, alarm in tel aviv. I was in tel aviv because i told him im going to come and visit him. I just had two days with him, and it was the best thing ever that ive done. I flew all the way to tel aviv just to spend with him two days, and this saturday, october 7th, there was alarm in tel aviv, and i was, like, immediately texting him because i knew hes on the Gaza Border Over are there, you know . And i asked him if hes okay, are you safe, whats going on . We were, like, texting a little bit. And of after the second alarm in tel aviv, he call me, and we were, like, speaking really fast. I told him, please, be safe, protect yourself. I dont know whats going on, but everything it pelt like so, you know . Rachel so he wasnt, when you called him that second time i didnt call. Of he call me because he wants to hear my voice to speak with me. And then after the call, thats it. I send a lot of messages and nothing came through to him. Rachel so he knew something was happening when he called you the second time . Yes. I believe so because we were in the same time zones. He felt like he had to speak with me before, and thats it. Jee were there others with him that werent taken that youve had a chance to speak with, witnesses of any kind . Pete so he was at, he was guarding one of the base withs near the border that was effectively taken over by hamas. Yes, correct. Pete everyone that was there was taken. Do you have confirmation, and i hate evening asking this question, that hes alive . They told us he is. Pete they did . Hes alive in hes a captive. Yes. Pete and you mentioned the american authorities. Do you feel like you said israeli officials reached out to you but also american officials have reached to out. Of course. They did and theyre, like, after 48 hours they announce him missing, the u. S. , they start calling us and give us anything they, like, can they were extremely supportive. Yeah, very supportive. Im only 17, ive never seen this side of the government ever, and i was just so surprised, and and it gave me so much hope that things are, good things are going to happen. And also flew to tel aviv, on sunday they came with my husband and also my other kid, roy, hes 12. They also came to israel because it was urgent. Rachel sure. I felt managers wrong, so we have to be together as a family. Like to understand where is joey well, these are the moments that we should expect the best from if our government and if our people. Yes. Joey i think were seeing that in droves right now. I appreciate you saying that, because we do Talk Politics on this couch, and regardless of who the president is, we want to hear and know that our government is doing their job they help you all the way and they, like, support you. Yeah, they were so supportive. They did all the stuff behind the scenes that i didnt know about, but the stories that the i heard, everyone was so sympathetic and just cared so much. It was so, it just gave, it gave me so much hope. Yes. Rachel it gives us hope, hearing you guys. Pete when you hear on our program that a Ground Invasion is imminent there, does that give you how does that influence your thinking as israel mobilizes to get retribution for what happened on october 7th as well in. I mean, listen, i dont really watch the news that much. Ive been kind of steering away from it because its just, its just with everything going on especially us being in israel, it was just, like, an unbelievable situation. Ive never been through it, i really hope i will never have to go through it again. But i joey i just want to say, you know, as 19 or 17 this isnt something most people go through in their lives. On 19 years old, graduate high school here in the most prosperous country in the world and choose to serve in a place that could be at war at any moment, i just want you to know, you are the kids that will run this world one day and save it, you really are. And when he comes home, i look forward to welcoming him back. He will come home, and we really want to send to him, be strong the, were here for you. Were doing everything that we can, and we want you back home to us. Yeah. You need to come back. Theres no other option. All your friends miss you, and the whole family is looking out for you. Yes. Rachel im sure he feels all of our prayers wherever he is. And hes coming home. Joey well well welcome him home as the hero he is. Pete we have hope. Hope to see him soon. God bless you both. 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