Bret Baier: "Israel Is In An Existential Fight To Take Out Hamas"

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🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The fighting in the Middle East promises to intensify, with Israel preparing for a siege of Gaza to root out the Hamas terrorists that massacred Israeli civilians over the weekend. Bret Baier, FOX's Chief Political Anchor, host of Special Report and the Bret Baier podcast, joins the Rundown to discuss concerns about who is funding terror organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah, why comparing atrocities committed by the Hamas terrorists to the actions of the Israeli government is a dangerous moral equivalency, and he talks about his new book, “To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment.” Reports broke on Wednesday that Iran’s President Raisi and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke on the phone, discussing the “need to end war crimes against Palestine.” This news brings fresh scrutiny to Iran’s role in the terror attacks on Israel, as Iran has been a long-standing sponsor of Hamas. Now, intelligence agencies are reevaluating Iran’s nuclear capabilities as well. Senior research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Security Studies Program, Dr. James Walsh, explains what we know about Iran’s involvement in the attack on Israel, how close Iran is to a nuclear weapon, and the threat of Islamic nations in the region joining the fight against Israel. Plus, commentary by Heritage Foundation Tech Policy research associate Jake Denton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Bill Hemmer. I'm Liz Claimon. I'm Sean Duffy and this is The Fox News rundown.
0:08.2	Thursday, October 12th, 2023, only subradi. War between Israel and Hamas is claiming more lives
0:15.4	as protesters, big sides. You know, it's not soldier to soldier. It is terrorist to baby,
0:22.0	terrorist to family, civilian. So I think that that's the danger that we're in. The fact that there
0:29.2	is this effort to be morally equivalent now. I'm Jessica Rosenthal. No obvious link,
0:35.6	proving Iran played a role in the Hamas attack on Israel. That's according to the Biden
0:40.4	administration. But there is evidence the Islamic regime is still ramping up its nuclear program.
0:45.9	I think Iran's interest here is for Israel as many problems as possible without actually getting
0:53.7	directly involved and having to pay a price for it. That's sort of the ideal outcome for them.
1:00.4	And I'm Jake Denton. I've got the final word on the Fox News rundown.
1:08.1	Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sending a message to Palestinian militants
1:12.8	who slaughtered his people. Every Hamas member and they are ISIS, they will be destroyed.
1:20.0	The Prime Minister also sending a message that Israel is united addressing the nation alongside
1:24.9	his top political rival after forming a unity government, a wartime cabinet to oversee the fight
1:30.4	with Hamas. Earlier in the day, Netanyahu spoke again with President Biden, who also referenced ISIS
1:36.5	during a White House roundtable event with Jewish community leaders calling the Hamas attacks
1:41.2	sheer evil. In some cases, he says surpassing ISIS atrocities.
1:45.4	This attack was a campaign of pure cruelty. I just hate the cruelty against the Jewish people.
1:58.9	And I would argue it's the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.
2:04.2	More than 20 U.S. citizens now confirmed dead since Saturday's attack, with at least
2:09.1	17 Americans unaccounted for as of yesterday afternoon, an undetermined number of Americans
2:14.8	believed to be among the hostages held by Hamas. Folks, there's a lot we're doing.
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