Israel executes 'precise and targeted operation' inside al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza

Fox News' Trey Yingst reports the latest information from southern Israel as of noon local time Thursday.

Yingst said the Israeli military is continuing its operations in the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City as of Thursday after gaining control of the al-Shati camp in northern Gaza.

"The Israelis controlled where we could go and who we could talk to, but it did give us some insight into the situation on the ground," Yingst said before sharing a preview of his reporting from inside the hospital.

The Israel Defense Forces shared pictures Thursday of Hamas weapons reportedly found and destroyed during the military's takeover of the al-Shati camp in northern Gaza earlier this week. 

During the operation, the IDF said troops found a weapons cache belonging to Hamas' navy, which included diving gear, explosives and various weapons.

Troops also struck terrorists and located weapons including explosive belts and barrels, RPGs, anti-tank missiles, communications equipment and intelligence documents, the IDF reported.

IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said on Tuesday troops completed the takeover of al-Shati.

Fox News Correspondent Trey Yingst, who is on the ground in Israel, said the al-Shati camp was "largely considered to be a Hamas headquarters and a stronghold for the organization inside the [Gaza] Strip."

Police in the nation's capital responded to the Democratic National Committee's headquarters Wednesday evening as pro-Palestinian demonstrators grew violent while calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

About 150 people were "illegally and violently protesting" near the DNC headquarters building in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., according to U.S. Capitol Police.

Six Capitol police officers were injured during the clash on Wednesday evening, according to the agency. Their injuries stemmed from minor cuts, pepper spray burns and punches thrown by protesters who turned violent alongside peaceful protesters.

Videos on social media showed protesters shoving police officers and trying to hold on to metal barricades at the DNC headquarters while officers attempted to remove them.

Capitol police and the Metropolitan Police Department, who also responded to the protest, did not immediately confirm to Fox News Digital how many arrests were made at the event.

Protesters included members of "If Not Now" and "Jewish Voice for Peace." Both organizations have organized other demonstrations in Washington D.C. since Hamas' unprecedented Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

Read more on the protest in D.C. here.

Fox News Digital's Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Adam Sabes, Kelley Kramer and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report.

Former Harvard president and Washington Post contributing columnist Lawrence Summers published a column Wednesday that ripped Harvard University and other U.S. colleges for their slow responses to the wave of antisemitism on their campuses.

Summers, a current professor at Harvard and former treasury secretary under President Clinton, adapted the column from a speech he gave at the Harvard Medical and Dental School Shabbat Observance last week expressing worry over the "moral and mortal peril in the world and in university communities like my own" stemming from the new wave of antisemitism following Hamas’ massacre in Israel last month.

Condemning the antisemitism seen at Harvard and other campuses, he stated, "For more than two decades, since I spoke of antisemitism in effect if not intent in response to the Divest Israel movement while serving as Harvard’s president, I have been alarmed."

Read the full article about Lawrence Summers by Gabriel Hayes

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., refused on Wednesday to answer multiple questions about the pro-Palestinian rallying cry "from the river to the sea" and whether she is antisemitic — after the White House said the use of the phrase can be antisemitic.

Fox News’ Hillary Vaughn quizzed the Palestinian-American lawmaker, asking her if she regrets using the phrase. 

"Congresswoman, do you regret using the phrase "from the river to the sea"? It's used by terrorists to call for the genocide of the Jewish people. Do you regret using it?" Vaughn said.

Read the full article about Rashida Tlaib by Adam Shaw

The United States allowed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for pauses in the fighting within Gaza to pass despite a lack of condemnation for Hamas.

Fifteen members of the security council passed the resolution Wednesday, which calls for a cease-fire for a "sufficient number of days" in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas. The resolution also calls for the "unconditional release" of hostages taken by Hamas during the Oct. 7 terrorist attack.

Twelve members of the council voted in favor of the resolution, while the U.S., Russia and Britain, who have veto power, abstained from the vote Wednesday. The resolution doesn't include a condemnation of Hamas' actions. The Security Council attempted to pass a resolution four times before the council was successful.

Read the full article on the UN by Adam Sabes

Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst reported about his visit inside Gaza's al-Shifa Hospital on Wednesday's episode of "Special Report".

"We were shown weapons in the radiology building," Yingst's post on X read. "We were not shown any tunnels. The raid is ongoing at this hour. Hundreds of Palestinians are still inside."

Trey walked around the hospital and found reported Hamas weapons and ammunition inside. Some of them were found inside an MRI room of the hospital. Hamas literature was also found in the hospital.

"What we have here is professional Hamas literature, all of it with the official insignia of of Hamas," IDF Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus explained. "And we have here really a mix of tactical procedures for commanders, how to attack a tank and what type of ammunition to use in there."

"I also questioned the Israeli military about the criticism they faced about raiding a medical facility," Yingst added. "We'll have more of their answers tomorrow."

More than a month after Hamas launched a horrific attack in Israel, most voters blame the terrorist group for the war in the Gaza Strip and continue to side with the Israelis over the Palestinians. 

That’s according to the latest Fox News survey, released Wednesday.

In the war, 66% of voters side with the Israelis as 22% support the Palestinians. That is about where sentiment was when the war started in October (68% vs. 18%).

Read the full poll results on the Israel-Hamas war by Victoria Balara

Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom House of Commons voted against an amendment demanding its government call for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

The amendment was added to the government's legislative agenda for 2024 on Wednesday, but wasn't passed by Members of Parliament.

According to Reuters, the Scottish National Party introduced the amendment which reads, "(We) call on the government to join with the international community in urgently pressing all parties to agree to an immediate cease-fire."

Read the full article on the UK by Adam Sabes

A multimillionaire tech mogul and his wife are helping to bankroll groups behind pro-Palestinian protests that have occurred in the wake of the Oct. 7 terror attack by Hamas on Israel.

Neville Roy Singham, a U.S.-born entrepreneur who made millions after founding and selling an IT consulting firm called Thoughtworks, and his wife Jodie Evans, the co-founder of left-wing anti-war group Code Pink, have been the primary funders of a group called The People’s Forum since 2017, according to a report by The Free Press’s Francesca Block. The group bills itself as a "movement incubator for working class and marginalized communities" and "nurtures the next generation of visionaries and organizers who believe that through collective action a new world is possible."

The People’s Forum has played a role in organizing several pro-Palestine protests since Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7 in which the terror group’s members killed at least 1,200 Israelis and took over 200 hostages from Southern Israel into Gaza. 

Read the full article on Neville Roy Singham by Eric Revell

U.S. forces in Syria and Iraq have been attacked 57 times since mid-October, a defense official told Fox News on Wednesday.

The official told Fox News that three of those attacks have taken place on Wednesday, when rockets were fired toward Mission Support Site Green Village in eastern Syria. According to the official, the rockets didn't land on base and didn't cause any injuries.

Wednesday's attacks mark the 57th attack on U.S. forces in Syria and Iraq since Oct. 17, and there have been six since Sunday.

Read the full article about U.S. attacks by Adam Sabes and Liz Friden

Israel's Permanent Representative to the UN Gilad Erdan called out the UN Security Council on Wednesday for voting for "humanitarian pauses" in the Israel-Hamas war.

"The @UN Security Council’s resolution is disconnected from reality and is meaningless," Erdan said in a post on X. "Regardless of what the Council decides, Israel will continue acting according to int’l law while the Hamas terrorists will not even read the resolution at all, let alone abide by it. It is unfortunate that the Council continues to ignore, not condemn, or even mention the massacre that Hamas carried out on October 7, which led to the war in Gaza. It is truly shameful!"

Erdan accused Hamas of "deliberately" harming civilians in Gaza to generate anti-Israel sentiment.

"Hamas's strategy is to deliberately deteriorate the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and increase the number of Palestinian casualties in order to motivate the UN and the Security Council to stop Israel," the ambassador continued.

"It will not happen. Israel will continue to act until Hamas is destroyed and the hostages are returned," he added.

President Biden’s strong backing of Israel and his response to its war with terrorist organization Hamas speaks to the mainstream of the Democratic Party and the majority of Americans, according to supporters of the president, despite progressive Democrats publicly opposing the administration's rejection of a cease-fire.

Multiple Biden allies told Fox News Digital that the administration’s stance against a cease-fire protects Americans and national security interests at home and abroad.

Nearly a dozen Biden allies defended the president's policies in interviews with Fox News Digital after more than 400 government officials within the administration signed onto a letter opposing the president's handling of the war, and demanding a cease-fire.

Read the full article about President Biden by Brooke Singman

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters stood outside of Columbia University in New York City on Wednesday, holding signs while chanting and demanding the removal of Jewish people from Gaza, while others boycotted the suspension of two far-left student-led groups by the school's administration.

The "emergency protest" was shared on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, by groups such as WOLPalestine (Within Our Lifetime) and CUNYPalestine, noting the event was scheduled for Nov. 15 at 2 p.m.

"All Out for Gaza at Columbia University," the post read. "In solidarity with Columbia SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) and JVP (Jewish Voices for Peace) who were recently unjustly suspended by the university administration.

Read the full article about Columbia University by Greg Wehner

New York University was hit with a groundbreaking lawsuit, the first of what is expected to be a series against elite universities, for allegedly allowing antisemitism to fester on its campus and also "deliberately" seeking to "make the campus environment even more… frightening for Jewish students," according to court documents. 

"NYU is among the worst campuses for Jewish students, and NYU has long been aware of the festering Jewish hatred permeating the school," the suit filed by Kasowitz Benson Torres, an influential firm based in New York City, said.

It alleged that NYU was aware of "ongoing and disgraceful acts of anti-Jewish bigotry," and refused to act in violation of Jewish students' Title VI civil rights and sought remedial measures and financial penalties. The suit made startling allegations, including that NYU's administration's actions, or lack thereof throughout the years, added fuel to antisemitism on campus. 

Read the full article about NYU by Hannah Grossman

The "Outnumbered" co-hosts reacted to the rise of antisemitism and Tuesday's March for Israel rally, as the war between Hamas and Israel continues.

Fox News contributor Morgan Ortagus, who is Jewish, thanked the show for lending her support amid rampant antisemitism.

"I'm so grateful to this show, to all of you, to the producers. I've never cried on air," Ortagus explained. "And a couple of weeks ago, just seeing the images and the rampant anti-Semitism, having a daughter, it has been so hard to talk about it. But I'm so appreciative of you guys for for giving us the voice, giving us the opportunity."

"I never have felt unsafe in this country for my daughter the way I do now," she continued, adding that she was appreciated for the 300,000 people who showed up to the March for Israel rally.

"Between October 7th and November 7th, there have been 832 anti-Semitic attacks," co-host Kayleigh McEnany said. "Do the math, that means 28 per day. That means more than one every hour."

Legendary comedian and actor Jon Lovitz blasted HBO host Jon Oliver this week after the British talk show host reprimanded the United States for supporting Israel and the "suffering" it has caused in Gaza following Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre.

Lovitz replied to a social media post from Oliver’s talk show with an X post noting how the U.S. would obviously support its "democratic ally" Israel over the radical terror group that killed 1400+ people in the country last month.

Pushing back against the British HBO host’s skepticism of America’s alliance with Israel, Lovitz declared, "God bless America. #IstandwithIsrael."

Read the full article on Jon Lovitz by Gabriel Hays

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released video early Wednesday showing weapons found inside the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.

"IDF troops are continuing the precise and targeted operation against Hamas in the Shifa Hospital complex, in which the troops are conducting searches for Hamas terrorist infrastructure and assets," the IDF said in a statement.

"As the soldiers entered the hospital complex, they engaged with a number of terrorists and killed them," the statement added. "Following this, during searches in one of the departments of the hospital, the troops located a room with technological assets, along with military and combat equipment used by the Hamas terrorist organization."

The footage shows Israeli officers sorting through the firearms, ammunition and weapons reportedly left by Hamas fighters.

The IDF says that "technological assets and extensive intelligence information" found in the hospital are being reviewed by authorities.

The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has written a letter Wednesday to first lady Jill Biden, urging her to call for the "immediate release" of child hostages who are "suffering" in the captivity of Hamas terrorists. 

Sara Netanyahu opened her plea by saying that "I’m writing to you not only as Bibi’s wife but first and foremost as a mother." 

"For over a month now, 32 children have been held kidnapped in Gaza, brutally torn from their parents and their homes," Netanyahu said. "These children are surely suffering from untold trauma, not only by being kidnapped, but having witnessed the brutal murder of their parents and siblings on that horrific October 7th." 

Read the full article about Sara Netanyahu by Greg Norman