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Rachel welcome back. Were going straight to a fox news alert. Right now smoke is rising over gaza city after a major blast rocked the hamas terrorist hub, and the idf made sweeping arrests in the west bank capturing at least 68 Hamas Terrorists. Yeah jee and hours ago, aid trucks being the rafah Border Crossing to deliver humanitarian aid to gaza saw. Its its unclear if standed foreigners are being allowed to get out. Pete on the heels of hamas releasing Two American Hostages on friday. The idf says the release is simply a delay tactic as the israelis prepare for a major Ground Invasion. An Id...

There's no way to evacuate this many people without pain and loss of heartbreaking images you see on television. it's just a fact. >> reporter: but republicans adamant afghanistan could now become the same haven for terrorists it was on 9/11. >> our mission in afghanistan was to deny terrorists sanctuary and the biden decision now to completely withdraw has handed them an entire country. >> maryalice parks joins us from the white house now. maryalice, how is the white house responding to congresswoman cheney saying the president's move makes america less safe? >> reporter: well, secretary blin...

So that -- the terrorists that seek sanctuary, part of the mission that came out of afghanistan was to deny terrorists sanctuary. so this is where isis and al-quaida have been fleeing to. libya, mali, niger. those areas. so it's right that we have that drone base there. it's right that we have the green berets there and perhaps other national assets on the ground as well. >> martha: general tata, thanks very much. good to see you. >> thanks, martha. >> martha: so coming up in just a moment as we move on through the course of the story tonight, we will have more for you from washington d.c. whe...

The american presence in afghanistan is? what is the point? >> it should be to deny terrorists sanctuary and leave. we've been at this for 16 years. it's america's longest war. we went there after 9-11, decimated the taliban in weeks. the longer we made hit the convention war, we adopted the so been at it for 16 years and spent close to a trillion dollars. it's time for a different paradigm. >> you've been there -- >> i sponsored a peace conference in 1997 already. so's been paying attention to afghanistan longer than most. >> you were just there. how would you compare to it 10, 15 years ago? ...