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The Israel Defense Forces and the Israeli Defense Ministry announced Monday that they will be evacuating 28 communities along the northern border with Lebanon. Northern Israeli residents who live in the area up to 2 kilometers, or about 1.2 miles, from the Lebanese border will be evacuated to state-funded guesthouses, according to the plan approved by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. As cross-border fire between Israel and the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon has increased in recent days, the plan to move Israelis will be implemented by the heads of the local municipalities, the Ministry of Interior and the National Emergency Management Authority of the Ministry of Defense.

More than a million people have fled their homes in the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected Israel invasion, seeking to eliminate Hamas? leadership after its deadly incursion. Dr. Howard Stoffer joins LiveNOW to break down the latest.

U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, meets with Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, discussing the latest developments related to the Israel-Hamas war.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has traveled to six different countries in the Middle East to try to broker peace in the region and avoid a potential larger conflict. LiveNOW from FOX's Andy Mac chats with the Middle East Institute President Paul Salem to unravel this complex web of countries and how they factor into this conflict.

At least 30 American citizens have been killed during the war in Israel as fighting intensifies. There is concern of a larger regional conflict. LiveNOW from FOX's Andy Mac is joined by Vice President at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies to talk about the latest developments.

National security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday warned that Hezbollah militants pose a "real risk of escalation" at Israel's northern border. Sullivan, making the rounds on several Sunday TV news shows, also noted Iran's possible involvement, as the regime has long bolstered the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon.

Israel has declared its northern border with Lebanon as "a closed military zone" after deadly clashes with Hezbollah. Howard Stoffer at the University of New Haven joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to discuss the latest developments.

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers visited Israel in the wake of a deadly attack that thrust the country into war. Hamas terrorists have killed 1,300 Israeli's after invading last Saturday. Israeli air strikes have since killed 2,300 people in the Gaza Strip as a humanitarian crisis grows.

The highest ranking Jewish member of the United States government, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, joined other U.S. lawmakers in a visit to Israel to show solidarity with the government there after a horrific attack by Hamas one week ago.

Jay Young with King Operating in Dallas, Texas says fuel prices could rise dramatically amid a new and growing conflict in the Middle East. That combined with U.S. policies aimed at deterring climate change, will likely lead to a large spike at the pump, Young says.

Israel has declared its northern border with Lebanon as "a closed military zone" after deadly clashes with Hezbollah. Maj. Libby Weiss with the Israel Defense Forces joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to discuss the latest developments on the war.

Brazilians in Rio De Janeiro marched in solidarity with the people of Israel one week after the deadly attacks by Hamas terrorists on the small middle eastern nation.

Palestinians fled in a mass exodus Friday from northern Gaza after Israel?s military told some 1 million people to evacuate to the southern part of the besieged territory ahead of an expected ground invasion in retaliation for the surprise attack by the ruling Hamas militant group.

Adva Adar said her 85-year-old grandmother Yafa was taken captive by Hamas terrorists and transported into Gaza following the attack on Israel one week ago. Adar told LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow that has growing concerns about her grandmother who is ill.

Will Lebanon?s heavily armed Hezbollah militia join the Israel-Hamas war? The answer could well determine the direction of a battle that is bound to reshape the Middle East. Concerns grow as Israel has now declared its border with Lebanon a "military zone."

After surviving the brutal massacre on a music festival in Southern Israel on October 7, Nehoray Levy escaped captivity from terrorists. He joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to share his experience that thrust his nation into war.

The U.S. State Department announced Blinken?s plan to travel Monday to Israel ? his second visit in five days ? as America?s top diplomat arrived in Cairo for talks Sunday with Egypt?s president, Abdel Fattah el-Sissi. It was the last of Blinken?s meetings with Arab leaders amid increasing fears that an impending Israeli ground offensive into Gaza could spark a wider war with devastating humanitarian consequences.

Addressing a Human Rights Campaign dinner Saturday in Washington, Biden linked the humanitarian crisis in Gaza to different versions of hate that he said must be stopped. ?A week ago we saw hate manifest another way in the worst massacre of the Jewish people since the Holocaust,? Biden said, citing the 1,300 lives lost in Israel as well as ?children, grandparents alike kidnapped, held hostage by Hamas.?

From Bangladesh to Las Vegas and Brazil to Rome, demonstrations by supporters of Israel and the Palestinians were held around the world as people took to the streets to expresses their views and often outrage as the war escalated between Israel and Hamas militants.