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american bases in iraq and syria have taken incoming fire 46 times. 56 servicemembers have been hurt and there is real concern a major strike could drag america into a conflict that the white houses they are working to stay out of. you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday, i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. our presence in the region is strong, 17,000 military personnel have been deployed in the last month and u.s. naval ships are surrounding the middle east. also a nuclear powered submarine somewhere in the waters below. >> todd: get an update from trey yingst l...

♪ if. [national anthem] ♪ ♪ [national anthem] ♪ ♪ [national anthem] ♪ ♪ will: we begin this morning with a fox news alert, thousands of pro-palestinian protesters raging through the streets of our nation's capital yesterday. [inaudible conversations] >> stop funding genocide! israel -- [inaudible] rachel: vandals have been hitting the white house, smearing red paint on the northwest gate. some even tried to the climb over the gates. we're seeing this all over the globe swarming the world's biggest cities including toronto. meanwhile, in israel, the iron dome interceptin...

protest, guys. >> steve: it's 2:00 in the afternoon, thank you very much. it is 2:00 in the afternoon there. it is 8:00 in the morning here. third hour "fox and friends" starts right now. >> lawrence: fox news alert right now secretary of state blinken is meeting with israeli president after arriving in tel aviv overnight. >> commend you -- people of israel, for your moral clarity and incredible speeches. as to fate of the hostages and tragedy that has fallen on our people and of course as to inherent right of the israelis to defend themselves. >> it is good to be back in israel. the...

americans have arrived on the egyptian side of the crossing so far today. ambulances have been lining up to pick up wounded palestinians who are also being allowed to leave. >> all of these people have been trapped in the war zone as israeli ground troops close in on gaza city and airstrikes rain down. this is the latest video from the idf of israeli soldiers, tanks pushing deeper into gaza. hamas' defensive lines are collapsing and militants are retreating into central gaza. this is the devastation from the second airstrike in two days on gaza's largest refugee camp. the idf says it...

the ground fighting comes with a heavy toll. >> ainsley: the idf confirming that 10 of the soldiers were killed last night while fighting in northern gaza. that brings the israeli soldier death toll now to 12. >> brian: right now, foreign nationals have been granted access to leave gaza. this is great news, through the rafah gate crossing over in egypt. >> steve: that's right there are about 400 people waiting to get out. trey yingst is live in southern israel with the latest where it is 12:00 noon. trey, good afternoon to you. >> yeah, hey, guys, good morning. i do want to start wit...