Israel-Hamas war: Israeli govt. hostages update, war operations | LiveNOW from FOX

welcome back here on live now from Fox and I do want to take a live look over at the Israel Gaza border very dark there in the distance as we cover the latest on the war between Israel and Hamas the breaking news that we did learn about not too long ago is that the European Union has officially added sinir the leader of Hamas to its terrorist list as a result his assets in EU member states will be Frozen and no economic resources can be made available to him from EU States we also had not too lo

ng ago a briefing that was held by the Israeli government ABI Heyman uh did provide that briefing over in Tel Aviv and I do want to play that for you here for the first time raw and unfiltered on live now from Fox the people of Israel mourn the deaths of Sergeant Major reserves Noam ashram Sergeant First Class reserves nitan Chesler Sergeant First Class reserves Barack ayalon Sergeant First Class reserves andm cabeda and master sergeant reserves Dan wenal we send our condolences to their familie

s and loved ones and we salute the soldiers who have paid the ultimate price in defense of our homeland Iran's proxies on Israel's Southern and Northern borders continue to fire rockets indiscriminately at our citizens to date over 14,000 Rockets have targeted Israel with thousands misfiring and landing in the Gaza Strip 136 hostages remain in Hamas captivity including 25 who have already lost their lives for each and every hostage time is running out we emphatically call on world leaders and in

ternational organizations to demand the hostages immediate and unconditional release this flagrant violation of international humanitarian law is deserving of international outrage and no one can justify their silence in the face of such inh Humanity we now draw our attention to the most recent assault on Israeli Civ ions yesterday two terrorists from the Palestinian town of bani Naim just south of Hebron perpetrated a barbaric attack against innocent civilians in the leafy Suburban city of rana

na just north of Tel Aviv they intentionally struck just as children were getting out of school the terrorists drag driver out of their cars hijacked multiple vehicles and went on a rampage they rammed into civilians and stabbed them repeatedly the two terrorists sped up and down the streets trying their very best to murder men women and children they killed a 79-year-old woman Edna blin and injured 17 individuals six children aged between 10 and 16 are currently in mild to moderate condition re

covering in Israeli hospitals along with another 16-year-old boy who underwent surgery for a serious head injury let me be clear yesterday's attack was evil it was cowardly and it was barbaric it is yet another indication that our sworn enemies mean exactly what they say that they sincerely hope to murder Jews that they strive to incite fear and disorder in our region and that they dream of committing genocide in Israel we cannot afford to live in denial of these facts we cannot ignore terrorist

s genocidal aspirations history has taught us that when people say they want to kill Jews they want to kill Jews we Embrace sedna blin's family in their time of grief and we wish a swift recovery to all those who were terrorized and injured in yesterday's attack their suffering only highlights the importance of following prime minister natan's vision for the day after Hamas namely the imperative to deradicalize Palestinian Society yesterday's attack was the a painful reminder which we never need

ed and our security forces will continue to do their utmost to ensure that is the last and now for a brief operational update on the idf's progress in Gaza defense minister yov Gallant relayed sorry yov Gallant relayed the IDF has comprehensively dismiss dismantled hamas's Terror infrastructure in Northern Gaza because of this achievement our forces were able to transition away from the Intensive maneuvering stage in Northern Gaza towards a lower intensity phase this strategic step forward align

s with the war cabinets projections from the beginning of the ground operation now the IDF hopes to Mark the same achievements in southern Gaza where we continue our decisive and targeted action against Hamas terrorists and their infrastructure we remind the world that Israel did not start this war we did not want this war but we will win this war the sooner we can restore order and peace in this region the better but as long as Hamas retains their their strangle hold on Gaza and threatens innoc

ent civilians in Israel we have no choice but to destroy them that concludes my remarks and I'm now happy to take your questions the first question is from leor Soka does Israel have any comment on the claim of Iran hitting a mad site in Iraq so I'm not going to speculate on uh reports coming from uh beyond our borders what I will say is that uh Iran continues um to use its proxies to attack Israel on multiple fronts we condemn Iran's activities and we call on the International Community to stan

d up in defiance of Iran and call for peace in the region as soon as possible the next question is from Jim Williams of Zenger international news service AI with their increased aggression how close are Hezbollah and the houis to crossing the line and drawing the us as well as the UK into this war Jim um I'm sure you are watching uh the activities ofal and the hooes as closely as I am you see the aggression you see that uh the International Community has already got involved on the hooti front u

h tobal in the north we reiterate uh the statements of uh the president of the United States from day one uh if they're thinking of escalating if they're thinking of drawing us into a full second front uh on the northern border we say don't don't and uh to to to Echo the words of um our defense minister if they do go as far as to drag us into opening up a second front in the north um we will copy paste Gaza onto Lebanon the next question is from Melanie lman of the Associated Press any comments

on the rockets launched today from Central Gaza in an area where Gallant said last night that the IDF had made progress mly I think we understand that Hamas will do its utmost to continue to fire Rockets till their very last day our objective in this war from the beginning is to destroy Hamas to destroy their infrastructure to ensure that they can no longer terrorize the men women and children of Israel and that's what we will do um they will always fight uh for you know to to have the last say

even as we push through and uh undo the infrastructure that they've laid we we saw just last week that they were uh not only um hiding rockets and shooting Rockets from deep within civilian uh facilities mosques un facilities um but even under the the main uh the main road the main road where civilians were uh were using to get out of Harm's Way Hamas was hiding Rockets Hamas shoots from within safe zones so it it doesn't shock us when Hamas shoots Rockets from anywhere and we will continue to d

o our utmost to ensure that they don't shoot Rockets from anywhere anymore I think that's uh that's our time thank you very much for your questions and join us again tomorrow thank you all right that was AI Hyman there the Israeli government spokesperson providing an update on day 102 of the war with Hamas