phase this weekend and intensifying both airstrikes and ground incursions into gaza. the israeli military now saying they struck hundreds of additional targets in gaza just in the past 24 hours. for the very latest, let's turn to fox news chief correspondent jonathan hunt in jerusalem. marianne it is 11 a.m. here in israel. and within the last hour, the israeli defense forces spokesman has told us that over the weekend they carried. out 450 airstrikes in gaza. those strikes targeting, we are told, hamas in infrastructure and hamas terrorist cells as they continue to press this war against hamas with the state and aim of destroying the organization. troops also, we are told, remain on the ground in gaza and they have been added to over the last 24 hours. but significantly, the idf spokesman said that those troops will be added to gradually, annually. now, that would seem to indicate that we are not going to see the shock and awe style mass invasion that many experts had predicted . instead, the they have what they call a detailed plan and it appears to be that they will add to those forces bit by bit, taking territory in northern gaza, bit by bit, targeting hamas cells one by one. and of course, continuing the search. for the 230 key hostages is believed to be held in gaza. their families want nothing more than to get their loved ones home. some of those families met with prime minister benjamin netanyahu today. he told them that the return of the hostages is one of the major priorities of the war. alongside and the destruction of hamas. but rescuing the hostages of course, will not be easy. at some point, the idf troops will need to be on the ground. they will need to be down in the tunnels that we have talked about so much that hamas has built extensive tunnels underneath gaza city in the north, underneath and around khan younis in the south. that is where those hostages are believed to be. that is where our idf troops will need to go if they are indeed to rescue those 230 hostages. prime minister netanyahu, who, meantime, described this today as nothing more than a war for the survival of israel. it is he it is, he said, a case of do or die and prime minister netanyahu said israel will will win this war. stay with fox news for our continuing coverage of israel's war against hamas. for now, i'm jonathan hunt live in jerusalem. back to you. marianne all right. thank you, jonathan. in the war against hamas into its second phase this weekend, intense fighting, the ground incursion. keep it here with fox news channel for the very latest. for now, back to our r what they call terrorist cells, hezbollah fighters firing antitank missiles in israel. israel using drones to destroy those. this happens as protests continue in lebanon and people in lebanon and reacted conditions for civilians in gaza and they want the fighting to stop. this is largely for the past three weeks, contains war on israel's northern border between hezbollah on one side and israeli fighters on the other side. about 47 hezbollah fighters killed, six israeli soldiers killed and across the north people are leaving their homes. forty communities here evacuated, people are afraid about what might be coming ahe ahead. >> thanks so much. we stay on back and check with you this hour. meanwhile, u.s. fighter jets unleashing airstrikes in syria. this was initially thursday after a series of attacks on u.s. troops which refused to answer. look at the map we are seeing, that's where we hit but if we put the blast mapped out, he would seek 19 separate attacks since october some of the tech. think about this, 19 attacks, 2500 in iraq, 900 syria, basis in and around the area, iranian backed militias which they freely admit to and we hit them back one time and hit a weapons depot. i'm glad to do it but in your mind, is that way a superpower asked? is not the way we defend ourselves? let's go to senator tom cotton : four writer approach to the approach to iran directly. let's go to the senator. i was happy to see that thursday but lucia iranian backed militia. it brought it from a what should be our response now? >> i guess it's better than nothing. iran develop strategies for are your see as proxies to attack america and allies, to deny responsibly. when they attacked us close to a couple dozen times and all we have done is doctor proxies warehouses, unoccupied warehouses at that, all we do is validate iran strategy. what we need to do is send a clear and forceful message whether it striking revolutionary guard for officials syria or iraq or striking directly iranian facilities and sites in iran to make it clear we will not tolerate attacks on americans throughout the region through iranian proxy, not allow them to hide behind their own caps off if that's what donald trump did in 202020 killed the chair mastermind. if we don't do something like that as we saw yesterday, the attacks will continue until americans are killed. >> instead statements from the white house said is not related to israel, we are not looking for confrontation with iran, not looking for confrontation with china. both are true but they are the provocative forms. general keene had a similar idea on how to send a message and said once support this activity, find out support of the ir chart gc and suffocate. in a plan to stop convenience by slamming into the headquarters and possibly take out oil refineries. without be something they would understand? >> it will take something like that i'm afraid, to make iran pull it's warranted what ronald reagan did in libya in 1986 after terrorists blew up a nightclub in berlin, is exactly what ronald reagan did in 1988 when he warned iran not to the persian gulf, they did. we think half of iran's navy. the president is so scared of his own shadow when it comes to escalation as we have seen, it inviting more escalation. what's called for here is escalation dominance. i think sean connery character for untouchable jimmy malone understood how to survive the middle east better than joe biden does when he told kevin costner's character, they sent one of ours, we sent one of theirs. that's what it takes to survive the middle east. >> that's how you avoid a war by showing strength, willing to fight it. which i present from a 13000 in kuwait. qatar eight to 10000. jordan, over 3000. saudi arabia, 2700 for iraq 25 2500. we are vulnerable and owe it to men and women who sign up to fight to do everything we can to keep them safe. they know it will be tough in a war zone, we have to be extra tough and the washington post is reporting the biden administration is urging israel to rethink its plans on a major ground offensive so whenever they say publicly, they say we think about going all in on gaza. we opened the show by talking about a new phase to the bar for the prime minister of israel making that call, who would you tell is going on behind the scenes? >> unfortunately i think you got that right, president biden has been maximalist on rhetoric but the administration continues behind the scenes, notes of caution, strength, proportionality and publicly they sound the notes and lecture and patronize the government of israel about minimizing civilian casualties. israeli defense forces never quit target civilians intentionally but when hamas operates command centers and armed depots and other military targets from hospitals and wills and neighborhoods, israel can strike those targets. the american people wouldn't have stood for someone else calling for strength of caution in september of 2001, they served and allowed us to provide aid to afghans on the taliban there we didn't sound those notes tokyo in the spring of 1945, we shouldn't expect the government of israel to take any such actions after the worst massacre of jews since the holocaust. we should back them to the help publicly and privately. >> center, tell them you would like to express that and would back them if they did so. thank you so much. meanwhile, prime minister netanyahu and defense minister outline a multi- phased plan process is not week confirmed cain's are in gaza and hamas is confirming that, too. we will break down on what these men and women will be looking at former army intelligence officer from tello of tel aviv. i think that the title to the only do we find out 300 miles come up with got confirmation from one of the freed hostages breakdown to a network of tunnels, surrounded by cement and iron, 45 heavily. to go down there. >> i would be hunting hamas and every single location possible and that includes the tunnels they felt, elaborate detailed locations where they can hide when it comes to the tunnels we should look at plans because it is difficult to get down the i'm sitting here on the ground israel editors tents and until you're here you don't understand why it is necessary for israel to expunge, once and for all. israelis are living in a constant date of care daily. civilians have to cope with cancer that is hamas. there are a number of rocket attacks here yesterday and you see what is quickly erupting into violence. you have incoming fire and only minutes to take cover. israeli shouldn't have to live with this constant fear, no one should have to live with it in the world should not let them do that and hamas is a terrorist group that needs to be put down once and for all, holding u.s. hostages. americans have to understand is not just a threat to israel, is a threat to our own way of life and iran is using them as a proxy to get to us. this is an evil that can't exist in this world today and we need to let them know what we have to do to crush hamas once and for all. >> they have a special unit, they specialize underground warfare, purple hair. locate tentacles of the tunnel, the troops dropped smoke grenades and watch the purple smoke to come out of any house in the area and the house is connected to a tunnel network. only one way to find out what is below while you are above and sadly for the people in the hospital, they built their headquarters underneath hospitals including gaza biggest hospital. that is a problem, a challenge. >> it is very difficult, challenging for intelligence perspective, both by the u.s. government needs to provide information to the israelis from the air, from the ground and give them information on what it will take to target these guys not only underground but above as well and as much as we can to help israelis and deter iran and deter other organizations from entering. people have this concern about this escalation between us and i rent that could lead to war but we are already at work, iranians are already at work and happen for quite some time. i'm not sure our leadership understands that but we have to protect ourselves and take the handcuffs off intelligence and special operations personnel to do a lot more on the ground. our citizens and soldiers are at risk so there is potential for the u.s. can strategically come up with different plans to help israelis root out hamas and reassure our commitment to israel and help them support and restore deterrence from terrorist groups. >> is there a sense in israel as much pain as it would cause, the best thing in their best interest would be take has a lot on at the same time as hamas? if you leave one, your postponing another confrontation that could start off the way this one did in unthinkable cartage? >> i think they are concerned about has the luck coming in from the north and monitoring.closely but i do think somebody needs to deter hezbollah and it should be the u.s. why aren't iran's oil fields on fire? why are we not striking them, protecting continue this deterrence and stop has blocked from coming in, why are we not striking officers, the same iranian officers killing u.s. soldiers in iraq and afghanistan for years? i've had my own friends killed providing these organizations like hezbollah rocket number one goal is armed and kill westerners and kill israelis so israel goes into gaza, our leadership needs to send a message to iran, strong enough says we are not messing around it can't just be words. iran is already at work using various proxy groups to get to us and look what happened to our soldiers recently drone attacks. it's not a local terrorist group, is orchestrated by iran in the proxy so we have to continue to support israel and do something to deter it has blocked from entering, it is a big problem if they join in and in the end, protect our citizens and holders overseas. >> they will regret it if they get involved, the firepower that will come out monday have no idea. thank you so much, you are helping us out again in tel aviv and israel, thank you. israeli protesters dividing college campuses across the nation. megastores have had enough with the rhetoric. emily austin is next. keep it right here, this is on it's easy to get lost in investment research. introducing j.p. morgan personal advisors. hey david. connect with an advisor to create your personalized plan. let's find the right investments for your goals okay, great. j.p. morgan wealth management. - bye, bye cough. - later chest congestion. hello 12 hours of relief. 12 hours!! not coughing? 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>> i set forth. >> what's the difference between israel's nylon? >> if you condemn them, why wouldn't you condemn -- >> 9/11 24/7. >> that is completely absurd. >> he did debate playing out on piers morgan uncensored show on fox nation. emily often taking on palestinian activist among the walking down because he refused to condemn the terrorist attack hamas unleashed on october 7 critically asked to return to the show the following week and didn't go any better. that type of debate playing out across the country, around the globe mind blowing pro- palestinian pro- hamas rallies, where does this come from? where does this thinking emanate and where do we go from here? joining us to help us out about the woman who saw in that debate, emily austin. great to seal, they told jewish residents of brooklyn, don't go to brooklyn. there is a pro- palestinian protesters shutting down brooklyn on a saturday. make sense of this, can you? >> that's literally cropping rhetoric from germany. to tell civilians to stay home because of private protesters wanting to mop the streets of brooklyn should be illegal. the fact that the nypd is not working overtime to make jewish people feel safe and would rather just tell everyone to stay home, it sounds like a joke, can't even be serious. >> some -- you are 22 years old, most of these protesters are your age, these college campus campuses, so-called elite universities organized sometimes with oppressors there, grand central terminal on friday night shut down, thousands sit in for the palestinians, for hamas. you think you know there's a reason and you think it's because the news is coming from tik tok and social media, not from us or major networks. >> most of these college students accidentally as they don't have cable television. they don't have cnn, after they would want but anyway they don't get the information you stupid. new york times an instagram comment mostly back to turkey and saudi arabia or worse, tik tok so this is where gen z acquires their knowledge, and the rhetoric we see spread online very much as we seek now translates into in person and the social media war between israel and palestine think that vile comments from the palestinian side spreading nothing but misinformation and wise and that's where gen z gets the information from so it is not shocking to seek these chance online from the river to the sea are chanted on college campuses. go see it on tik tok and mimic the same behavior in person. >> i want you to hear, there is blowback, firms are saying if your name is on the protest, if you are seen protesting for a rally for hamas, he don't have a job and you will not be hired. the case of these universities, you will lose funding. here is how is no longer going to get to columbia, a self-made billionaire. >> these kids and colleges have chicks for brains. no idea with one reliable ally in the middle east, israel. we only have one democracy, israel and the middle east. we have one economy tolerant of different people, yays and lesbians and etc. the real shame is given to columbia 50 million over many years and i will suspend by giving give to other organizations. >> it's happening at universal of pennsylvania and gayle, i see you smiling. it shows pushback and a price to pay for this. does that matter, do you think? >> absolutely. if they defund safe havens for anti-semitism or jew hatred, eventually they will feel the pressure to stop because clearly what we are doing, which is nothing isn't working. they don't feel safe on campus campuses, the fact that there was a university who told students you can hide in the attic if you feel unsafe, are you joking? every donor to the schools to close their wallets immediately and got funding not reading college campuses. >> emily austin, thank you. we move ahead next, fox news alert, matthew perry, sad news, found dead. apparent johnny, breaking development as we get them will be shared. vladimir putin still compares of terror, he wants this. how we should handle rogue nations led by the bad guy. this isn't just freight. these aren't just shipments. they're promises. promises of all shapes and sizes. each, with a time and a place they've been promised to be. a promise is everything to old dominion, because it means everything to you. 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