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See at the top of the hour. they're in the hamptons this year. mornings are better with friends. >> you're watching "fox & friends." that's the great way to begin your day. fox news alert. casualties grow by the hour. as we speak, israel and hamas trade blow after blow. >> secretary of state john kerry in cairo this morning in a big push for international support for a cease fire. that's looking less likely by the hour as military and civilian deaths continue to mount. as of this morning, we have 565 palestinians dead and 29 israelis dead. >> for more on the situation, we go now live to conn...

>> for more on this grave situation issue we go live to conner powell in gaza city. conner, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good morning. both sides spend a lot of time blaming each other. there is a lot of blame to go around. the one thing that is very certain here is that the death toll is increasing. the violence is growing. the path, 36, 48 hours, heavy fighting. last night we heard heavy artillery shelling of different parts of gaza. particularly folks in the northeastern part. but focusing also in the central part as well. there is a really thick smoke last night, i could smell the ar...