Continue our life breaking News Coverage of the war in israel o americas late news, fox news night. 48 minutes now to summarize in jerusalem, day 19 of the war an breaking right now the pentagon says u. S. Forces in the middle east have now been attacked 14 times in just the past week for heat injuring two dozen u. S. Service members. Bill melugin has up information in moments, but we begin in israel where the Groundwater Ha yet to get underway, but the country is now defending itself on four different fronts including the sea. Lucas tomlinsons life ross in tel aviv with the latest on that. Lukas . Is really say they kill six hamas drivers is like. Is speaking alongside and war righted the world of the scanda of the october sevens massacre. October sevens, hamas waged war on israel. The worst attack the world has known since 9 11. For israel proportionally, it was like 29 elevenths. Israeli forces launching airstrikes in the last 24 hours killing several hamas leaders and including those of a navy seal stopping terror cell from coming ashore. Six hamas divers confirmed that in the water bear they tried to penetrate southern israel from the sea and they were backed by fighter jets to drop satellite guided bombs on the Tunnel Complex they embarked from her where as the gazans for help finding that the 200 hostages including ten Americans Offerin Compensation and return. The Secretary Of State said the u. S. Was what respond to any attack on the troops and so far it has not. Lucas hamel Lucas Tomlinson in tel aviv. Lets bring in cameron Hamilton Vermeil navy seal who tried trained special forces. In brent sadler. I want to play the soundbite fo you, Cameron Bird This is the spokesman talking about the goals of the war, watch and i will get your thoughts. We have currently to main goals. The first is the primary issue of course of making sure that hamas cant use the gaza strip as a Staging Ground against the people of israel and the second is bringing home the abductees, the hostages that are being unlawfully held by hamas. We talk about Destroying Hamas might be on hold in favor of the hostages. What is your take on this . Thank you for having me, trace great its a difficult scenario. Unfortunately israel is up against time, time is the biggest factor. It can be an ally vote and also an incredible opponent. We know that they are going to pursue some of the most violent ends imaginable so israel is likely again gaining more intelligence the information i have learned from individuals o the ground is that they are learning more every day. They are finding ways. A bigger and stronger foothold so they can bring hostages in safely. Former commander dan oshea said this on fox and friends. It is a brutal barbaric tactic, but its been very effective because i guarantee every day that idf does not go in and start the offensive, it another day for them to prepare their defenses. Trace doesnt delay help idf prepare better prepare more for this what could be a very ugly urban warfare . No matter how long they take and no matter the information, the Urban Warfare Situation the will find themselves and will b very violent and bloodied. There is a point of Breaking Point in which you get diminishing returns for the longer that you delay just a Leisure Adversary to continue t prepare and dig in, but also, theres also the Political Warfare being waged throughout the world with the protest that are happening all over the world. Israel runs the risk of losing its Political Support if it let this go too long. And he talks about you know the information where thats going on. Cameron i think there does appear to be a change in tone because a lot of people are now concerned that this work could very quickly spiral out of control not just regional, but regional and beyond. I think thats a good assessment. Unfortunately what were seeing as a coalition of different partners that are fully trained to ensure that they put pressur on israel in a way that is frankly completely unjustified and also puts a significant burden and strain upon them. We have to also consider the fact that israel while facing a impending land and ground operation in gaza also has to stave off the attacks they are anticipating that they started to see in the north in the east and now the actual southwest along the waterways. So really just an impossible task. The delays that we are seeing i israel going after the individuals down in gaza and actually going by ground and street by street, the delays ar very intentional so there is a Calculus Break its frustrating for us on the outside not being there improving to all the information you find with the delays are very very intentiona and purposeful with israel. You look at this whole scenario, a lot of people have said what they believe the key to this War Exploding or not is hezbollah in the north. What is your final take . I think behind even hezbolla and a few days ago one of our destroyers strip down a large numbers of drones and missiles launched from yemen. Behind all of this is iran and its really how far and how muc risk the iranians are willing t take and this whole mess right now. The risk is high but u. S. Force are positioned in a way that does allow the president some options to deter perhaps by punishment. We are going to talk more about that coming up. Thank you both. They are planning on the possibility of Mass Evacuations of u. S. Citizens in the middle east if the war escalates. The Senior National correspondent in his life in dc with the very latest on this. Kevin good evening. Deposed peace suggest that the Biden Administration is quote deeply alarmed by the prospect of escalation and despite its for israel, in recent days its turned its attention, at least in part to the complicated logistics of having to relocate a large number of people, and here is the key phrase in the piece greatly into this. There were about 600,000 u. S. Citizens in israel and another 86,000 believed to be in lebano when hamas attacked according t state department estimates. The top u. S. Officials are talking a lot about this in an Effort Sources tell us to avoid setting off a panic of american in the region, but the planning is ongoing just in case. It would be imprudent and irresponsible if we didnt have people thinking through a long range of possibilities and contingencies. Certainly, evacuations are one of those things. There is not a Place In The World where the Pentagon Doesn have Contingency Plans on the shelf. Again, kirby stressed that there are currently no active efforts to evacuate americans from the region beyond charter flights. U. S. Government started working earlier out of israel. They spoke today about the situation and had their very first interaction since before the hamas attack. Comes in we are keeping an eye on. The pentagon is saying the number of attacks of u. S. Troop into italy stands at 14 with Tw Dozen Servicemembers being wounded. There is broad agreement that iran is the primary supporter. Bill melugin is with the latest on the strike and if the u. S. Plans to respond. We learned today two dozen u. S. Service members were injured last week during drone and Rocket Attacks against american bases in both iraq and syria. The pentagon said today u. S. Forces in the middle east have been attacked more than a dozen times in the last week alone. Take a listen. Between october 17th in the 24th, u. S. And Coalition Forces have been attacked at least ten separate times in a rack in at least three separate times and syria via a mix of oneway attacked drones and rockets. Last week across a nine hour span the destroyer uss kearney took out 15 drones in four Cruise Missiles the car and he was in the red sea when it down these missiles which were fired back iranian backed rebels towards israel. Iranian proxies in iranian backed militias have escalated their attacks since the October 7th Terror Attacks and israel, tensions are reaching a Boiling Point in the middle eas and today Secretary Of StateAnthony Blinken had this at the United Nations. The United States does not seek conflict with iran. But, if iran or its proxies attack u. S. Personnel anywhere, make no mistake, we will defend our people. Wrapping up defenses they are extending more resources to the u. S. Including date uss as well as Missile Defense systems and thousands of troops have now been told to be prepared to deploy within 24 hours if the pentagon deems it necessary. The senior u. S. Defense officia also can confirms along with several other highlevel u. S. Military officers have all been sent to israel to advise idf leadership ahead of the anticipated ground assault. Trace lets bring in congressmen and retired navy seal. Well plate a little bite there of the Secretary Of State talking about iran, i want to play the tail end of that because the pivotal part. If iran or its proxies attac u. S. Personnel anywhere, make n mistake, we will defend our people. We will defend our security swiftly and decisively. Swiftly and decisively. 14 attacks in a week and youve got 24 injured military members what is the response to that . This is the response, the Biden Administration latent incompetence has kept us where were at. Over 30 americans have already been killed in israel. At least 20 americans are being held by the iran proxies right now so i dont have a Tremendou Amount of confidence in the Biden Administration to be able to handle this incredible crisi is its unfolding. What should they do about iran, do they ask, do they do something . What is the remedy and your estimation . What they need to do is reenact every ancient that wev had for iran right now. Around needs to understand if they are in fact dealing with the United States and in a matter like this that they will be analyzed. This is what they need to tell everybody bright everybody who ever touched American Citizens is already at a dead man walking. Anybody Holding American hostages they were going to joi that club fast and they need to release our people. We have to show strength from the Biden Administration. The Washington Post of the following, the Biden Administration is preparing for the possibility that Hundreds O Thousands of American Citizens would require evacuation from the middle east if the Bloodshe In Gaza Cannot be contained. What you think of that . If this war escalates, American Citizens should not be in this area. Thats maybe the one thing the Biden Administration said that was accurate. Lets remember afghanistan lets try and talk about were talking about Hundreds Of Thousands of people. John kirby earlier said that there is plans on the shelf everywhere for every possible contingency i would say where i the one for afghanistan . I do not trust the Biden Administration to be able to handle this very theft American Citizens are here they would be wise to think about getting to the region for if. 45 seconds left, a politician , navy seal, what do you think, what do you think about the groundwork . Would you start it now or would you wait to get the hostages out . Its a hard truth, these hostages are being held in an impregnable fortress right now. A hope to god they get back safely. We lost our daughters two month ago so we know what its like t lose a child. My heart breaks for these people. We have to understand the chanc to recover these folks is not that great. I want people to have hope, but i also want people to realistically approach the problem and unfortunately i think theyre in for a tough road. Trace one of the hostages speaking out about the trauma she endured describing it as going through hell. Marion rafferty is lot with mor on that story. Is so far for hostages have been released, to americans int israelis that includes an 85 rolled woman who says she was put on a motorcycle and beaten with sticks. Her daughter describes the ordeal. She was beat by sticks until they reached the tunnel. There is a huge network of tunnels and it looks like a spider web. The husbands of the israeli women are being held captive along with 200 others in gossip or thomas is believed to be holding over 200 hostages were ten Americans Still unaccounted for Secretary Of StateAnthony Blinken at that United Nations encourage other members too use their leverage to try to help free them. None of us can imagine the nightmare they are living, something no family should have to endure appeared their loved ones must be released immediately. And every member of this council , indeed every member of this body should insist on that. While the state department claims thomas isnt getting anything in return for releasin hostages, some experts warned the u. S. Should not fall for it for the white house as there will be no ceasefire talks until the hostages are released. Today the fox news at 19 decided to go out and meet with the people most affected by the october 7th attack. People who lost their homes, Family Members, and friends. The journey led us to a Kibbutz In Jerusalem where parents are looking for normalcy and children are just looking. This is a Kibbutz In Jerusalem and the people are here are mostly displaced freight they were from complete along the gaza border. Many of them were attacked in Family Members were attacked straight they now spend their days Walking Around here attending funerals and visiting lovelands in hospitals freight as you can see if you walk around here, there are hundreds of children here. If we ask what happens to the children, they are all ages and they are trying to keep them occupied. There bringing them people they can help them and instruct them but its not easy when you have a variety of ages. The problem is this is not the first hit these kids have taken. Aside from obviously what happened on october 7th, there has been covid and then we have these rounds every couple of years and a few days ago the Rocket Attacks. That was of course we couldnt forgive ourselves afterwards, but send our kids off to school. Which is a few kilometers from the border. In thin Rocket Attack along the way. They jump out of the bus with hands over their Heads Freight were talking about seven yearold kids that are missing classmates. How do we deal with that. Is much as i can. It is quite hard to shield from at. Where there for them. We tried try to be anchors. There are so many kids involved, lets bring in chris mitchell. In christian broadcasting network. I know youve talked to a lot o people and have covered this from start to finish freight it is amazing brady of a Brigadier General telling you he believes this Ground Invasion is right o schedule. What did you think about that . At the time i thought he was right on but they want to get the hostages out. Ends on the other hand, israel has this dilemma of having this Ground Invasion and also trying to hold off and rescue the hostages. Im interested because these Military Analyst relief there are well more than 1,000 tunnel and gaza. That is a formidable thing for these idf troops to go in there into try to take you some peopl say 300 miles of tunnels, but i think its important to remembe back in 2005, israel had 9,000 in the gaza strip. Hamas took over in 2007 and now we have this amazing what we call on the step where people have gone through this time and time again. Now we see this where that happen on october 7th fred. Last time we have really see and experienced the groundwork like this urban conflict was an most old and the numbers for mozilla, there were 100,000 iraqi troops. There were 252 days they fought this word to defeat isis in muzzle, they have 35,000 firefighters and hamas has 30 40,000 fighters fred. Its a very big disparity an its a big test to go in there. Not only in the gaza strip, i was over by the northern border the other day and theyre looking at hezbollah that is 10 15 times stronger than hamas. Some of these people have been t