the, the, this is dw news line from berlin, rock warrens of dire consequences for the region after the us launch is air strikes on targets in syria and iraq. the raids on a pro ron militia come in response to the killing of 3 us soldiers in a drone attack on a base in jordan last week. also coming up, israel's military prepares to move. it's gone to offensive further south, toward rough as a mazda is leadership, ways, the terms of the proposed 6 weeks. he's fine. the,

i'm michael ok. welcome. the us military has launched air strikes on targets in syria and iraq. the pentagon says more than $85.00 sites were hit to reinstate t. v santa strikes had resulted in a number of deaths and injuries rock again the strikes, calling them in aggression against its sovereignty. in saying 16 people had been killed, us, president joe biden ordered the operation in response to last week's killing of 3 american soldiers in a drone attack on a base enjoyed bite and attended a military ceremony where the bodies of the soldiers were returned to the us. shortly before the air strikes began, us national security council spokesman john kirby says that the us response targeted sites linked to a rond revolutionary guard or i or g, c. and malicious, it supports, he said, more tax could be expected. so the signal is the guy r t c and do these goods. and the attacks have got to stop. this wasn't just the

message sending routine tonight. this was about the grading capability to taking away capabilities by the agency and, and, and, and the militant groups these responses began tonight. they're not gonna end tonight. so according to the, with the strikes it $85.00 targets in 7 locations in less than 30 minutes. but how significant were the strikes from a military perspective? i put that question to defense analysts. remember on the day, michael? well, it remains to be seen whether the strikes will indeed reach the military objective of weakening dis groups. we have to remember that the, the uranium prox has had enough time to move around the se one week after his grading attack and the strikes of taking place. because there was no agreed upon strategy on how to respond to this. and say, the as a question here is,

will the detour further attacks and they think it's a central question and we have seen was a who these that didn't really work out. so it remains to be seen what happens next . the u. s. has been openly warning about the strikes beforehand, easier a strategy behind that? so that is correct for us approach here, because you don't want to commit to the middle east and the u. s. has had the experience interact in southwest asia and they've gotten a stance how difficult it is to fight irregular forces, especially if they are backed by a powerful state. that being said, um these airstrikes will most likely continue, was the idea of diminishing these groups military capability so that they cannot strikes the us forces in the middle east. one of the main targets appears to have been the could force of the iranian revolutionary guard. why

that is correct and the reasoning here, uh, what might recall um, astride, constantly money buys, the trump administration was ahead of the court codes for us back then. the idea is to we can the quotes for us and to remove the brain. so to say off the support thing for us for those malicious across them at least, which are linked to room. however, as i said, it remains to be seen because the us is not willing to strike around proper and it hasn't been done in history that might lead to an escalation. so whether the strikes will be able to weaken or change anything, remains questionable. really curious about your thoughts on this, the u. s. has made it clear fridays strikes were only the beginning, but washington's also made it clear that it doesn't want a full scale, direct conflict with iran. we're talking about a fine line here. oh, absolutely. because these strikes are taking place in rack and in syria. and we

have to recall in the past few years, iran has been mending ties. was a lot of middle eastern countries, including the u. e, including saudi arabia. so the run is not as isolated anymore, and these countries might join them against the united states and receive this in iraq right now. run rock and serious at the us strikes or a violation of sovereignty and could further destabilize the region and fuel the conflict. exactly. what you're referring to, talk to us a little bit more about that, what's your take? it might take us and then the united states will need to determine its policy towards middle east. and obviously we have seen declining power projection and capabilities buys the united states. and we have also seen that not a lot of countries wanted to support the united states campaign in the middle east

. so it remains to be seen whether the united states can exert enough pressure on israel to reach a specific settlement on the israel to gaza. conflict, and i think that movie is a cold trip in were the 2 endings. this and a military solution alone will not deter those groups, as i said previously, military analysts, murray number on many things as always. thank you for having me. in the meantime, israel's military has suggested plans to move. it's cause or offensive further south into the city of rasa. more than half of guns as population has been forced to take refuge there since the start of israel's war against some ox, which is considered a terrorist organization by most western countries. the fighting continues as the mos leadership ways. the terms of a propos, 6 weeks east fire and novice tried calling,

han units and southern gaza. an explosion followed by gunshots since people running for their lives. colombia, danger, i'm apartments are coming from old direction. hun units has again become the focus of israeli air strikes. its infrastructure has been severely damaged. thousands more displaced gallons, a once more fleeting, to rough up for the south, on the border with egypt. and already over crowded. recent days, thousands of palestinians have continued to free to the south, which is already hosting a hostile gas us population of some $2300000.00 people most are living in make shift structures tense or out in the open, rough eyes, a pressure of despair. we feel for what comes next. then

you arrivals in rough, uh, rely on food handouts provided by so many tearing groups or the nation centers like this one. they workers can only feed a small number of displaced and that's why we are doing our best to distribute as much as we can little so that as many of the displaced as possible can get food free on the left or so. yes, the fire of thousands of decent place people in rafa, and we can't serve the mo, the another be. everyone here is helping the latest attempt to secure a cease fire will pay off. jonathan crates is the chief of communication and advocacy for unicef in the palestinian territories. told me more about the situation in rossa, where he was visiting just last week to well,

what is tracking when you are in the rough? uh and no image on tv can reflect that, is that whereas where you look in any direction, you see housings and houses make shift pens in those 10. so you have families will have to little water to little food and they are living in 30 bucks, 23 and hygiene condition. sometimes one toilet for 50700 people. and so this is a terrible recipe for, you know, this printing of diseases. for example, but what is really striking is to concentration the, the comes how dense the, those tens doors is internally displayed. people are living together in very, very dire conditions. it feels as if we in the media been talking about these conditions for, for, for weeks. now i'm more than half the population of the entire strip is now stuck in rafa. no other way to describe that. now the israeli army has announced plans to

extend the ground or so right there. do people have somewhere else to go? so when we do research, we've always said that there is not a single place in the guise us for it that can be cold, safe. um those people to the front of you, the children i've met have already been displaced. 123 full times. i have one cliques, i mean, he has moved 4 times with his wife was sick and 5 children. he's now living in a tent. and of course when i talked to him, when i discussed with him he's, he's extremely scared. he has the flu. that the, you know, the, the do says conditional has to do to bombardments a many times already and, and he really doesn't know where else it could go. since now we've already living in a very, very difficult condition. in the meantime, as you surely know, the gaza health ministry says there are some 60000 injured people still inside the

strip. talk to us about how those people might get help and essentially the extent to which they're still a functioning health care system as well. that we, we kind of say that there is a functioning health care system. we have 13, both of the $36.00 hospitals and the guys us rep, which are partly party functioning. when you go to the hospitals, what you see is that they're completely overcrowded. you see children with ensure children waiting and car doors. we have women who are delivering children. sometimes we is. she's already in the c section. after 2 hours. they are asked to leave the hospital after just 2 or 3 hours after the surgery. so, and this is not the case of like one or 2 persons where there is an estimate

done approximately $20000.00 babies were born in together, the guys us trip since the beginning of these crisis. so the entire health system is on its needs. that is a jonathan crates with unicef. we'd give you our thank sir. thank you. here in germany, people are taking to the streets once again to denounce for right extremism. this rally in the capital, berlin is expected to do all 100000 people. for weeks germans have been demonstrating against racism, ends, you know, food be as follows. revelations that members from the far right alternative for germany party attended a secretive meeting to discuss the mass deportation of foreigners. and some german citizens dw political corresponded alex, yours is joining me now from the side of the demonstration here in berlin. alex, what are people? they're telling you about why they came today of the pro,

just as i talked to you earlier today at this demonstration, they said they are really, really determined to send a key a signal towards the far right extremism and towards the far right. a if the policy, as we just mentioned, are on 100000 people expect it to be here and they want to raise their voice against what they consider a threat to democracy. maybe just to remind the far, right, if the policy at the moment and current pulse is the 2nd most popular party in germany and looking at state elections later this year in germany, they even put when some elections and b and some thoughts of germany, of the strongest parties and, but this wife of protest that we're seeing today, or the protests that we have been seeing over the last weeks, is not primarily retreat at by, by the popularity of the se, but rather by um, by a meeting that was held a couple of months back between far right extreme is since i'm the if the positions

and meeting that in which it was discussed to the ports side them. so it goes pretty port migraines, but also the invitation of german citizens was discussed there. and um, since this meeting has been brought to life by journalists, we have seen those waves of protest and many, many cities and, but in germany, so quickly i like so despite the protest the far right, if the party is still pulling 2nd place nationwide, why is the party still popular to some extent. well the popularity of this is mainly because of this, a very high dissatisfaction with the german government. just a quick look back to the election day and 2021 day of the came up at 10 percent. and since then, just 2 years and the governing to and most well enough, charlotte's into school lucian day if you has tablets, popularity. so it is a clear indication that there's

a high dissatisfaction with the german government that is a dw correspondence. alex goose, many thanks. alex you're watching dw news from berlin up next is dr. bill a michael local war news at the beginning of the next hour, the ice cold. jessica new an expedition ventures on 2 places that no one has the climate research in the ice, the tasks march 3rd on dw grades, the.