>> Griff: THANK YOU, MADDY. FOX NEWS ALERT. U.S. JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF CHAIRMAN IS IN ISRAEL AS U.S. WORKS TO AVOID FURTHER ESCALATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AFTER ISRAELI WAS KILLED FOLLOWING STRIKES IN LEBANON. TREY YINGST IS LIVE IN TEL AVIV WITH THE LATEST. TREY. >> Trey: GOOD MORNING. AFTER ISRAEL LAUNCHED PREEMPATIVE STRIKES AGAINST HEZBOLLAH OVER THE WEEKEND, THE REGION WAITS TO SEE WHAT COMES NEXT. THE GROUP IS CLAIMING VICTORY IN SUNDAY'S EXCHANGE. THEY SAY THEY TARGETED CLOSE TO TEL AVIV. TWO-THIRDS OF THE ROCKETS THEY PREPARED TO LAUNCH WERE DESTROYED BY ISRAELI FORCES. THE REGION SURVEYS AFTERMATH OF THE EVENT JOINT CHIEF CHAIRMAN WILL SPEAK PRIVATELY WITH ISRAEL DEFENSE MINISTER GALLANT. THE VISIT COMES WITH AMERICAN ASSETS THROUGHOUT THE REGION TO DETER FURTHER ATTACKS. CEASEFIRE TALKS ARE GOING ON, HOPEFUL DEAL COULD DEESCALATE REGIONAL TENSION. THE YOU CAN TAS WERE DESCRIBED AS CONSTRUCTIVE, BUT REJECTED BY HAMAS WHO SAY TERMS HAVE CHANGED. 325 DAYS INTO THE WAR, WE KNOW 100 ISRAELI HOSTAGES REMAIN INSIDE GAZA AND THERE ARE CONCERNS IF A SITUATION IS NOT CALMED THERE IN GAZA THERE COULD BE LARGER ESCALATION. >> Griff: LIVE IN TEL AVIV, THANK YOU. NOW BRING IN DANIEL FLASH, FORMER SENIOR ADVISOR FOR ISRAEL'S UN MISSION AND FORMER P PARATROOPER. DANIEL, THANK YOU FOR STARTS OFF MONDAY MORNING. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF FEAR OF WIDER ESCALATION? >> GOOD MORNING. IT SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A BROADER REGIONAL WAR AND ESCALATION SINCE OCTOBER. OCTOBER 7. ISRAEL HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR 10 MONTHS ON SEVEN FRONTS SUPPORTED BY IRAN. TO BELIEVE THIS COULD LEAD TO BROADER ESCALATION, THERE IS ESCALATION GOING ON. PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH, 80s,000 ISRAELIS ARE DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES. ANYTHING ISRAEL DOES TO HEZBOLLAH IS FOR SECURITY TO THE NORTHERN BORDER. >> I WANT TO BRING IT BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID AUGUST 5, YOU SAID THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS UNDERMINED ALIE AND EMBOLDEN ENEMIES WHICH IS RECIPE FOR WAR. I WANT TO PLAY THIS SOUND BITE OF BIDEN IGNORING REPORTER QUESTIONS ON THE SITUATION. LISTEN TO THIS. >> MR. PRESIDENT, ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT A WIDENING WAR? HOW ARE THE ATTACKS AFFECTING CEASEFIRE TALKS? WHAT IS THE LATEST WITH THE CEASEFIRE TALKS? MR. PRESIDENT SHGS, YOU CONCERNED ABOUT ESCALATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST? >> NOT A GOOD LOOK. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? >> IT IS CLEAR THIS ADMINISTRATION, BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION PURSUED POLICY OF DEESCALATION COMING UP ON A CAMPAIGN YEAR. THAT HAS BEEN A STRATEGY AGAINST ISRAEL. IN OCTOBER, ADMINISTRATION, THE PRESIDENT WENT TO DELIVER A BEAR HUG TO ISRAEL AND SAID EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, SLOW DOWN, STOP OR DONALD TRUMP, WHETHER GOING TO KHAN YUNIS, GOING TO RAFAH OR ENGAGING WITH HEZBOLLAH. THERE IS A REGIONAL WAR GOING ON BECAUSE OF IRAN, IRANIAN PROXIES ARE ATTACKING ISRAEL IN LEBANON, FROM IRAQ, FROM SYRIA, FROM YEMEN AND IRAN ITSELF. TO BELIEVE ANY RESPONSE FROM ISRAEL WOULD LEAD TO BROADER ESCALATION, FRAMING HAS TO BE WE ARE SEEING WIDER REGIONAL WAR AND AMERICA'S ALLIES AND ENEMIES SEE OUR RESPONSE, WHETHER WITH HOLDING ISRAEL FROM ENGAGING IN FIGHT AND GIVING TO IRAN AND OTHERS ENABLING THEM TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND KEEP ISRAELIS DISPLACED >> FROM THEIR HOMES IN THE NORTH. >> Griff: WE HAVE TWO ANTI-STRIKE GROUPS THERE, IS IRAN GETTING THE MESSAGE, WHICH IS STAY OUT OF THIS? >> IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF CAPABILITY ON PART OF THE UNITED STATES. IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND PERSIAN GULF, IT IS A QUESTION OF WILL. IS THERE POLITICAL AND MILITARY WILL TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE ISRAEL AND AMERICAN ENEMIES AND I BELIEVE OUR ENEMIES DON'T THINK THERE IS WILL OR WE WOULD HAVE SEEN OUR ADMINISTRATION TAKE MORE PROACTIVE STEPS OR LET ISRAEL ENGAGE IN MATTERS THEY