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ERIC: WELL, THE TERRORISTS OF
HAMAS, CLEARLY INTENT ON KILLING
AS MANY ISRAELI AS POSSIBLE,
ALSO CAUTIONING CAUSING UNTOLD C
AMID THE CITIZENS OF GAZA.
THE TERROR FROM THE SKY HAS
FORCED THE ISRAELI MILITARY TO
RAMP UP ITS OFFENSIVE AGAINST
HAMAS, ISRAELI AIR STRIKES
LEVELING THREE BUILDINGS IN GAZA
CITY TODAY.
THE HAMAS OFFENSIVE ALSO IS
LARGER THAN THE RECENT
CONFLICTS.
HELLO, EVERYONE, WELCOME TO "FOX
NEWS LIVE."
I’M ERIC SEAN.
HI, ARTHEL.
ARTHEL: HELLO, I’M ARTHEL
NEVILLE.
GAZA HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY OVER
OF 40 PALESTINIANS WERE KILLED
IN THE LATEST ISRAELI STRIKES,
INCLUDING 16 WOMEN AND 10
CHILDREN.
HAMAS SAYS IT HAS FIRED NEARLY
3,000 ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CALLING
FOR SWIFT DEESCALATION BUT
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
NETANYAHU SAYS THE MILITARY
CAMPAIGN WILL CONTINUE IN FULL
FORCE FOR AS LONG AS NECESSARY.
>> THOUSANDS OF ROCKETS AND
MISSILES ON OUR CITIES AND I
THINK ANY COUNTRY HAS TO DEFEND
ITSELF AND HAS A NATURAL RIGHT
OF DEFENSE.
ARTHEL: LET’S GO TO TRACEE TREY
LIVE ON THE ISRAEL, GAZA BORDER.
TREY.
>> REPORTER: GOOD AFTERNOON.
HEAVY ISRAELI AIR STRIKES
OVERNIGHT AS THE FACTIONS FIRED
ON ISRAELS SECOND LARGEST CITY.
THE ISRAELI SECURITY CABINET DID
MEET TODAY.
REPORTS INDICATE THAT ISRAEL IS
NOT INTERESTED IN A CEASE FIRE
AT THIS TIME.
WE’RE GETTING NEW IMAGES OUT OF
GAZA THAT SHOW IMMENSE DAMAGE TO
MUCH OF THE STRIP WITH THE DEATH
TOLL RISING THERE.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY
ISRAEL TARGETED AN APARTMENT
BUILDING WITH MANY INSIDE.
IN ISRAEL TODAY, SOUTHERN CITIES
SAW HEAVY ROCKET FIRE.
A SYNAGOGUE THAT WAS PREPARING
FOR CELEBRATION WAS HIT WITH A
ROCK HE ET.
I WANT TO STAY WITH YOU, WE ARE
GETTING ROCKET FIRE IN RIGHT
NOW.
YOU CAN SEE ISRAEL, THE IRON
DOME IS WORKING TO INTERCEPT THE
ROCKETS.
I’M GOING TO GET DOWN HERE AND
JUST LISTEN, YOU’RE GOING HEAR
AN EXPLOSION ANY SECOND NOW.
INTERCEPTION.
THERE IT IS.
EVERYONE STAY DOWN.
AND ANOTHER.
AND THAT’S -- SO ARTHEL, THAT’S
AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT ISRAEL HAS
BEEN DEALING WITH ALL DAY.
EARLIER, WE WERE AT A SYNAGOGUE
THAT TOOK A DIRECT HIT, VERY
CLOSELY HERE IN THE CITY OF
ASHKILLAN, AN A ROCKET SLIPPED B
THE DEFENSE SYSTEM.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCENE.
>> I HOPE WHEN YOU SEE WHAT
HAPPENS HERE IN THE SYNAGOGUE,
THEY DON’T WANT TO STOP, THEY
NEVER STOP, THEY JUST WANT TO
KILL US.
>> REPORTER: YOU CAN SEE THE
MASSIVE HOLE IN THE CEILING OF
THIS RABBI’S BEDROOM.
EARLIER TODAY, A ROCKET SLAMMED
INTO THE HOUSE.
CUT OUT OF THE PACKAGE.
YOU CAN SEE, ARTHEL, WE’RE GOING
TO GET BACK TO THAT STORY LATER
ON BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF
INTERCEPTIONS RIGHT NOW IN
SOUTHERN ISRAEL.
THE IRON DOME SLAMMING INTO THIS
ROCKETS FIRED FROM THE GAZA
STRIP AS THE SIRENS BLAIR OFF IN
THE DIS-- BLEAR OFF BLARE OFF IN
DISTANCE, THE FACTIONS INSIDE
GAZA TRYING TO SEND A MESSAGE TO
THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT THEY’RE
NOT INTERESTED IN A CEASE FIRE.
LAST NIGHT WAS CONSIDERED A
MAJOR ESCALATION BY THE
ISRAELIS.
WE DID SPEAK WITH THE HEAD OF
ISRAEL’S HOME FRONT COMMAND WHO
SAID THIS OPERATION IS NOWHERE
CLOSE TO OPERATION, THE UNITED
NATIONS TODAY CALLING FOR
DEESCALATION BY BOTH SIDES AS
THE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN GAZA
CONTINUES TO RISE.
I SPOKE WITH A REPRESENTATIVE OF
UNICEF TODAY WHO TOLD FOX NEWS
THERE ARE NINE GAZAN CHILDREN
AMID THE RUBBLE.
ARTHEL.
ARTHEL: IT’S EXTRAORDINARY TO
SEE THE IRON DOME IN ACTION,
LIVE HERE ON TELEVISION AS YOU
REPORT THIS STORY FROM THE
ISRAEL/GAZA BORDER.
WHAT REALLY STRUCK ME IS THAT --
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU -- YOU’RE
DOING YOUR JOB, THIS IS WHAT YOU
DO.
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU AND I’M
FRIENDS WITH YOU, IT MADE ME
REALLY REALIZE THE HUMAN PERILS
THAT’S HAPPENING THERE.
OF COURSE, YOU DIDN’T GET HURT
BUT I WAS STILL CONCERNED FOR
YOU.
SO TALK TO ME MORE NOW, TREY, IF
YOU WILL, ABOUT THE PEOPLE THERE
ON THE GROUND WHO YOU’VE SPOKEN
TO WHO ARE LIVING THIS NIGHTMARE
RIGHT NOW.
>> REPORTER: ARTHEL, SO OFTEN
THESE STORIES ARE ABOUT WEAPONS
AND ROCKETS AND INTERCEPTION
ROUNDS.
BUT THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND ARE
THE REAL STORY.
NOT ONLY HERE IN ISRAEL BUT ALSO
INSIDE GAZA.
WE SPENT DAYS AND DAYS DURING
OTHER CONFLICTS AND EVEN DURING
TIMES OF PEACE INSIDE GAZA,
TALKING WITH THE GAZANS AND MOST
PEOPLE YOU SPOKE TO HAVE A LOT
IN COMMON, IT’S THEIR MILITARIES
AND GOVERNMENTS THAT DISAGREE ON
WHAT THE WORLD SHOULD LOOK LIKE
HERE.
I THINK BACK TO A TIME IN
NOVEMBER OF 2019, WE WERE INSIDE
GAZA WHEN DAYS OF FIGHTING
ERUPTED.
I WENT TO A MAN IN GAZA CITY WHO
OWNED A PAPER STORE, I ASKED
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HAMAS
AND THE CONFLICT AN THE ROCKET
FIRE AND THE AIR STRIKES AND HE
LOOKED AT ME AND SAID I’M JUST
TRYING TO SELL PAPER.
THAT STANDS OUT IN MY MIND AS AN
EXAMPLE OF THE TYPES OF PEOPLE
WE MEET COVERING THESE CONFLICTS
BECAUSE THEY’RE HUMANS, THEY
WANT TO GET HOME TO THEIR
FAMILIES AND HAVE A FEEL, THEY
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEIR DAY,
MAYBE PLAY SPORTS, GO TO THE
BEACH.
SO OFTEN, THE GOVERNMENTS AND
THE MILITIAS AND MILITARIES
INVOLVED IN THESE THINGS GET IN
THE WAY OF THEM DOING THAT AND
IT IS SAD.
THERE’S NO OF OTHER WAY TO
DESCRIBE -- THERE’S NO OTHER WAY
TO DESCRIBE IT, IT’S SAD TO
WATCH PEOPLE’S LIVES BE RUINED
AND OFTEN TIMES THE BYPRODUCT
ARE THAT PEOPLES LIVES ARE
CHANGED FOREVER.
SOMETIMES THEY LOSE A FAMILY
MEMBER, SOMETIMES THEY LOSE
THEIR WAY OF LIFE, OFTENTIMES
THEY LOSE THEIR SENSE OF PEACE
AND MENTAL CALM AND I THINK THAT
IS AT THE CORE OF ALL OF THIS,
WHAT EVERYONE HAS TO REMEMBER
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL OF
CEASE FIRE AND THE THE POTENTIAL
MORE CROCK ET FIRE.
IT -- ROCKET FIRE, IT COMES DOWN
TO THE PEOPLE.
ARTHEL: THAN YOU FOR POINTING
THAT OUT.
THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER,
THE HUMAN FACTOR THAT IS AT THE
FOUNDATION OF ALL OF THIS.
I BELIEVE ERIC HAS A QUESTION
FOR YOU, TREY.
ERIC: TREY, IT’S AMAZING, I
WANT YOU TO OUT PUT YOUR HELMET
ON IN CASE THERE’S SHRAPNEL.
WE SAW THE IRON DOME IN ACTION
PROTECTING ISRAEL.
TALK TO US ABOUT HAMAS, ITS
STRATEGY, IT PUTS ITS ARTILLERY
IN CIVILIAN AREAS, NEXT TO
BUILDINGS, THE HIGH-RISE THAT
HOUSED ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE
ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS HAS GIVEN
THE INTELLIGENCE TO THE U.S.
SHOWING THAT HAMAS ALSO USED
THAT AS AN INTELLIGENCE CENTER.
THE SENSE THAT HAMAS USES ITS
OWN PEOPLE, THAT THEY WANT TO
USE THIS AS PROPAGANDA IN SOME
CASES, WHAT IS THE SENSE ON THE
GROUND AND WHAT IS THE SENSE
WHEN YOU SEE THE HAMAS ROCKETS
GOING OVER YOUR HEAD,
INTERCEPTED BY THE IRON DOME.
>> REPORTER: I THINK IT’S
DIFFICULT WHEN WE SEE THESE
STATEMENTS BY THE ISRAELI
MILITARY SAYING THAT HAMAS IS
HIDING WEAPONS OR OF THEY’RE
HIDING INTELLIGENCE INSIDE TALL
HIGHHIGH-RISES.
ANYONE THAT REPORTED INSIDE GAZA
WILL TELL YOU HAMAS IS
EVERYWHERE.
THE JOURNALISTS ARE TRYING TO DO
THEIR JOB AS JOURNALISTS AND
COVER THE CONFLICT BE IN A FAIR
AROUND ACCURATE WAY.
OFTENTIMES THEY’RE A PARALLEL
INFORMATION WAR GOING ON, NOT
ONLY IN GAZA BUT ALSO IN ISRAEL
AS THEY TRY TO WIN PUBLIC TRUST
AND THEIR OWN INTEREST, THE
INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT’S
HAPPENING AND INFORMATION ABOUT
WHERE CENTERS ARE.
WE’VE SPOKEN TO HAMAS AND
ISLAMIC JIHAD, AND BACK IN 2019
I INTERVIEWED A SENIOR HAMAS
OFFICIAL ON CAMERA.
I SAID THERE ARE REPORTS AND
EVIDENCE INDICATING YOU GUYS ARE
RECEIVING WEAPONS, MONEY AND
SUPPORT FROM IRAN.
AND HE SAID WE ARE.
HE OPENLY ON THE RECORD SAID
HAMAS IS RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM
THE IRANIAN REGIME.
HE MADE A CLARIFICATION ABOUT
THIS POINT, SAYING THEY WOULD
NOT BLINDLY TAKE ORDERS FROM THE
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC.
I FOUND THAT INTERESTING.
WHEN WE’RE NOT COVERING THIS
CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
HAMAS, WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT IRAN
AND THEY’RE CERTAINLY A PLAYER
IN ALL OF THIS.
ARTHEL: THAT IS ANOTHER
EXCELLENT POINT YOU BRING UP
THERE, TREY YINGST, IN THAT
EXTRAORDINARY REPORT ON THE