the the, this is dw news live from berlin. israel's defense minister lays out his vision for a post to mosque gaza strip. you'll have the launch says the palestinians would be in charge after her mazda is defeated, and he says, there would be no. is really settlers in the territory. also coming up bangladesh, gears up for elections with no meaningful opposition on the ballot. will voters see any reason to take part in the news reports from the capital tucker and northern germany struggles with days of flooding that could get worse as the flood barriers threatened to collapse. the

sarah kelly, welcome to the program, is real defense minister has outlined his post and boss plan for the cause of strep go of. golan said that he envisioned no. it's really settlers moving into the territory. he went on to say that once a mazda is defeated, he believes palestinians would be in charge. their mazda is considered a terrorist group by many countries. meantime, thousands turned out in baird route for the funeral of the mos commander who was assassinated there this week. known as learning the streets by route for the how much number to the seller ever killed by the pound is riley driving strike of israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack, but nonetheless movie is the most senior. i'm asked me to be killed since social

security is began on october 7th. the assassination has rates fee is that the conflict could escalate, as well as even preparing for that possibility staging, ami drills and the golden heights bordering that have been on in the north. today we had to drill a pair of north with the army corps and the infantry preparing such an event that if we would need to enter such engagements with kids by law, then we would make sure that we would come up on top. meanwhile, in the west bank is ready for us is remain and then your shipments refugee camp funding overnight. grades 29 people arrested in the operation and the army sais discovered a large cache of weapons being held it to you and run kindergarten. inside this loud speaker, we found a powerful explosive all the cables led to this explosive,

which was hidden behind to cotton. and in gaza as well continue just bombardment of the city of han, eunice. the international red crescent size it's causing the headquarters was damaged by shedding gases. how much one house ministry said one of 16 people were killed in the attacks. pushing the number of the dead smith up to all nice to 22 and a half 1000. since up to 7, i'm hoping that can be the prime minister, told the visiting us senator, that is why i would stay the course were absolutely committed to achieving our war games that is destroying o goals destroyed from us, releasing our hostages, making sure because it doesn't become afraid again and for that will apply maximum power with maximal precision that we were that's needed us secretary of state antony blinking is about to make another visit to the region in the attempt to

lower the temperature. it is a no one's interest, not israel's, not the reasons, not the world for this conflict to spread beyond gaza. with the humanitarian situation in gaza, deteriorating the world can only watch and hope that doesn't happen. the w as tanya kramer is following events from jerusalem. i asked her for more on the defense ministers, postwar plan for gaza. yes, york go on to the defense minister has presented his vision for what a post work also a quick look like um, but his office trust, again this would half is not official policy. it, this would have to go of course, uh through the smaller war, copying that and through the wide is secure to cabinet to become a policy. so he said that basically the war would continue until the old, the remaining is where the hostages are released. that are still in garza and until

um, old military and governing capabilities of her mouth would be eliminated. but then he went more into detail, talking about the north of casa miller in military terms, saying that this uh, that would be a new com, but approach mainly in ground and especially operations. it's not quite clear what this entails, how much it will be different from what we're seeing right now, but, of course, the, the focus right now, it's not just in the north of casa of this world, but also mainly now in the south. you also talk to about a post more dos or that she wants to see a local public opinions of running a guy. so he didn't specify which entities he's talking about. and he also said that there would be no, is rarely civilian presents basically no, a settlements in gaza. and on that particular point, tanya,

i'd just like to ask you because you know, can not be believed. the fact that he says there will be no civilian presence in gaza because that's at odds with other members of the cabinet. well, i think it's too early to tell because there is no official plan yet. uh that you know, uh from the, uh, is really government. they are holding a meetings about that and be heard at least 2 of the ministers of the far right of finance minister a bit. so let's move which for example, he talked about that he wants to see is really settlers returning to gaza. he also heard a similar comments from you to him up and with the minister for a far right minister for the national security. they also went as far as saying that they would like to see postings encouraged as they put it to move out from gaza. and this is of course with many palestinians of sharing that they are in

the long term. that is what i was trying to push them out of 1000 altogether. and that was tanya kramer reporting from jerusalem, south african natalie das group. the story is, has been released from prison on parole. the former olympic runner has served 9 years of a 13 year sentence for the murder of his girlfriends, the popular models. we've seen cam authorities say that he left prison in pretoria today and is now at home. the killing and subsequent trial drew worldwide attention . prior to the incident, the story as had been a national hero as a paralympic champion, and the 1st w input, double amputee, to compete in the olympics. feed ivy is diane hawker, is in johannesburg, telling us about the reaction from the family of the victim. we have a student definitely a named extremely emotional day, particularly full reba skin comes mother who is her surviving parent,

a father berries. ti income passed away in september last year and june. did come put out the statement this morning saying that, you know, today is a reminder of everything that happened and said, as a reminder of her daughters passing. she also pointed out that it's been very difficult for her to leave because of the public attention that has been given to this matter. although she's also, you know, think the, the various people close family members, friends and ordinary south africans and people around the world who have shown the family support. at the time of the, of the, of the murder. there was an outpouring of support for the student from family and that continued throughout this process of, of parole. and up until today, date of use diane hawker, in johannesburg there. germany's armed forces are being deployed for relief efforts of the state of saxony on halt as weeks of rain rising,

flood waters have left dikes at risk of collapse. the forecasts from his release over the next few days, more rain is still expected in parts of the country. several regions in germany have been struggling with floods for about 2 weeks now. transfer all loc schultz visited some flooded areas earlier on thursday, promising support in fighting the floods is ya shall, zebra travel to the town of sil inside, lower sacks to me and told me about the situation there. we had no rain and the situation is still tends here, lois, actually and on the bangs of the river along which is normally a medium sized tree. and we have to say, but has built delta as of kilometers known as has become a large river. we can say and it has flooded streets, as you can see right behind me or as well the fields, villages, farms, and more. so this is

a very severe situation for the people living here. as water levels remain very high. but the good news is that they are not rising anymore, and that there are some cold, a dry days predicted, which is a relief for the people which are suffering for almost 2 weeks now, from these floggings. and we have to say that even if the rain will end to know the situation is not going to end so soon because the water will need more than a week to go away. exports say, and parts of central and southern england are also experiencing widespread flooding . heavy rainfall has been adding to severe damage done to homes and infrastructure by storm hank earlier this week. hundreds of homes that have been in fact awaited entire villages. roads and train tracks remain submerged in water, causing ongoing travel chaos, or over 300 flood warnings still in place for parts of england and wells. experts

say that the impact of river flooding and remaining surface water is quote, significant elsewhere opposition. party leaders in bangladesh are calling for general strikes over the weekend. the head of parliamentary elections on sunday, saying they will not be fair. critics of the current prime minister say that her government will not allow free and inclusive voting across the country. she's accused for pressing the opposition to her, her security measures. her opponents are calling on voters to boycott the election and are demanding her resignation on dr. job on the let's bring in a silver ahmed who joins us from the bank was actually capital. now doc of so i mean the main opposition parties representatives have said that the election is legal and farcical. just walk us through the reasons that they cite sarah, basically the opposition,

what they say that they don't trust this government that they don't trust in election that is run by the administration under this government. so and they say that because of their previous experiences, what they say that in the previous election, which was held in 2018, they took part. and dave, last and allow me, they don't really party, they actually got, i don't 96 percent of the say it's the one induct induction, which this the opposition. they have said that this is uh, actually that was a very like why do you react election? so they say that the government, they use of the administration, they use the state agencies in favor of them doing the elections and be put enough to that. so that's why they, they have less trust for a fair election under this administration. that's why they boy good at this election. okay, tell us a little bit more about what they intend. so with this boycott because the

opposition b, m, p, 's boycott. i mean, don't they run the risk here of now allowing the bullying allow me league to further consolidate its hold on power of the. so i have asked the question to the senior leaders of the opposition to the bottom of this test in sparking b and b. they said that like they, as they don't trust this government and as they don't want to go into any election of that is run by this administration of so uh, the results will be the same if they even take part in this election. so they don't one, so that's why this is a kind of process that, that, that the theater, uh, now, uh, showing. and they, even they already been urging the voters and not to go to the polling stations on sunday. the, they want to call this election a legitimate one, and that's why they don't want to take part. and they don't want to legitimize this

election, but they want to continue their protest against this government. they want an election under an indian government, which will not be done by this up ministration. so they will, they want this administration resign and hold an election that they call, they will call it and dw sylvia osmond in dhaka. thank you. and finally from the world as m. b, a basketball, a buzzer bader that stole the show, and the game in san francisco, nicola, your kids had a night to remember against the golden state warriors 1st, he helped his denver side drawl level. in the closing moments of match them with less than a 2nd left in the game clock, he hoisted a shot from long, long range and it went in giving denver a much celebrated victor. and

an exciting moment there. it's all from us for now, but stay with us. we have a documentary coming up looking at how the super rich can influence democracy. i'm sarah kelly. in for land you for watching dw news, it's returning the, it shouldn't be this one here. it's hard not to feel something really is happening here. what is happening to greenland eyes? researchers explore an untouched place into the eyes. january dw, at the.