the, the business deal with the news live from berlin, israel and the us are on high alert, preparing for a possible attack by a ron. it's not to ron, could it target american or is really assets in the middle east after and as really strike on the iranian embassy in syria. also coming up, pressure mouse on israel over the strike on aid workers and gaza on monday. 2 officers are fired, and other senior commanders reprimanded the

hi, melissa chan. welcome to the show. the us and israel are on high alert, expecting retaliation for the is really bonding of a. ron's embassy in damascus on monday, after funerals for the 7 members of the revolutionary guard who were killed or on warranty. that it reserves the right to quote, take a decisive response to iran says is really war. planes were used and what it considers a major escalation in israel's war with its regional adversaries. dw corresponded rebecca readers joins us now from jerusalem. rebecca, how seriously should these threats from iran be taken? well, that's very difficult to say melissa, but i think what is safe to say is that they all being taken very seriously. as you said in your intro there, by the us and israel, especially iran has said that the israel will regret that strike the israel

hasn't actually said that it did. it hasn't actually confirmed that was israel, but it is generally regarded that it was and is rarely attacked. iran has said that they will regret that attack that they, they military uh at the ready and they are just deciding how when and where to retaliate. now analysts and officials believe that it will in fact be a stripe from iran, rather than going through one of their proxies, namely, has blonde and 11 on that it could very well be with in the next week. and that it will likely be on the other end is ready embassy target or something in israel. as you mentioned, the us targets in the region also possible, but i think more likely that it would be one of those 1st 2 that i mentioned. now, as you say, everyone here on high alert, potentially us forces in the region. and israel itself also on highlight saying it forces are ready to respond to retaliate and just to defend. so i think, you know,

whichever way you look at it, this has being taken very seriously, and it's certainly the biggest escalation, we've seen basically iran since the conflict began in october. so a very tense situation and things feel kind of imminent. iran has so far avoided direct conflict with israel, though, so if it decides to strike inside of israel, what are we looking at a regional or, or well, that's obviously of the biggest fear that certainly dominating the news in israel and beyond in the region. i mean, that is something that people of us, israel citizens, officials have been concerned about since the beginning. i think you're right to say that both sides have been trying to avoid a direct conflict. and i think that a stands. that's certainly what we're hearing from analysts. is that neither side do want to get into that direct conflict. so i think that will determine where we will see this return fire from iran. of course, if it is on is riley. so it will no doubt be

a response from israel and it will just depend where and, and what is targeted and how bad, perhaps the civilian casualties all the time. and just how quickly of this escalates, you know, if it is a more sedate response, then perhaps is round, will hold back for a while. it's really difficult to say at this stage. melissa, when we just don't know exactly how it's going to play out. but i think we're certainly looking at a potentially very large escalation, dw, corresponded rebecca rivers. thank you so much. i or is really commandos have recovered the body of and is really hostage held and con eunice and the southern gaza strip. a lot cuts year us 47 year old farmer from could boots near us was among 253 people dragged into gaza during the october 7th cross border terror attacks. by my flood palestinian gunmen is really military officers. as his body was recovered during a series of raids in southern gaza and says,

cut sea or had been killed by his captors staying and israel, where the government is coming under increasing pressure over monday's air strikes in gaza that killed 7 aid workers. senior us democrats have signed a letter urging for the halting of arms transfers. if israel doesn't do more to protect civilians in the conflict, this comes after israel announced that it would allow a crossing to open temporarily to allow aid into gaza. here it is. rouse i stood paused h, shipments bound for gaza will soon be accepted and for the south the air is crossing will be reopened, says is read. it used to be a pos way for people to cross the border until her mouse militants used it as an entry point for their october 7th terror attacks. now israel will reopen the check point temporarily. the israel is about phase comes of depression,

of from its closest ally, the u. s. on attempts funding coal president biden told prime minister benjamin netanyahu, that the us would review it suppose of the will. if changes weren't made. a reprimand that appears to have sped is road to action. partner these rules about face on a follows international outrage over in a strike. earlier this week, the killed 7, a work is in the gaza strip. after swift investigation, these railey army fired 2 offices and reprimanded and 3 senior commander was supposed to know the inquiry found. they had a tax the a trucks after misidentifying the vehicles as having come off. gunman inside israel has expressed quite deep, sorry for the incident and made a commitment to protect aid work in the u. n. however,

is demanding an independent investigation makes some remark. these are the only government does acknowledge mistakes and then also some disciplinary measures. but the central problem is not all made. the mistakes it is the military strategy and procedures in place that the allow for those mistakes to multiply by. and by again, nearly $200.00 humanitarian aid workers have died in gaza strip attacks since october 7th, according to the un. and as the war news is a 6 month mock, several 8 agencies, one that mold and off of causes population is on the brink of famine. more aid is expected to come into gaza. now we ask jonathan fowler, a spokesman for the united nations relief and works agency for palestine. refugees, how much of a difference it makes for the people on the ground? this remains to be seen. i mean we,

we would not said positive discussions about opening the, the new crossing. i should stress, we've been advocating for this since the very beginning of the will we need more crossings about that's absolutely essential. the card capacity at a rough on the car, i'm sure that would be since insufficient. and in any case, the, the, the number of trucks that been submitted to get through those 2 crossings as being vastly under the number that's actually required. we need to get $500.00 trucks a day into the cause and strength of food and other kinds of a just to meet the minimum survival, the requirements of the population. now on average to the existing to crossings over the fact the beginning of this month. we've been seeing a $169.00 trucks today, which is barely back to the previous month. so 169 does not equal 500. we really have to hope that this new crossing enables the operation to be scaled up. we have no idea of what's going to be allowed through, or indeed which agencies are going to be able to, to take a through through this crossing. and we currently are not permitted to take a toll to the north of the gaza strip. let's take

a look at some other stories making news around the world. mexico is breaking off diplomatic ties with ecuador after police. there broke into the mexican embassy in key to, to detain a former ecuadorian vice president. he was indicted on corruption charges. the re took place hours after mexico granted the ecuadorian, political politician, political asylum. at least 6 people had been killed in a russian strike on ukraine's 2nd largest city. har keith, around 10 other people were injured. police say the attack was carried out by drones and caused several fires. ukraine's military set it's air defenses destroyed 28 of 32 drones. and 3 of 6 missiles launched by russia. of 3000 people has been evacuated from the russian city of orest, after mass a rainfall led to the rupture of a dike. more than 4000 houses had been flooded into effected area,

which is near russia's border with causing stop a russian. so use space craft has returned safely to earth 6 hours after on docking from the international space station. astronauts from russia, bella ruth and the united states were on board. the american laurel o'hara had been on the orbital station since september, panama, and columbia are appealing for more health and managing the number of migrants crossing through the daring gap. it follows accusations they are ignoring great human rights abuses. human rights watch this. we claimed neither country was doing enough to protect the growing number of people making their way across the jungle. the number of people making the perilous trick between south and central america has risen to record levels. migraines in ju, with a 5 day journey through the dean's jungle and river crossings with the constant

threats of violence from criminal games. human rights advocate, st. panama and columbia, which board of the jungle of failing to protect those crossing. they say the countries are ignoring sexual abuse and not looking into those who have gone missing. officials deny ignoring the problems, but agree more needs to be done. so the new for me would take no to the report, but it would also like the assets of both countries to be recognized as the foreign minister of panama. i'm actively managing the migration issue. unfortunately, geography has imposed the situation to pulling up when not the country when migrants wish to reside. rather we're the ones currently handling the price of money. i'm doing it, the woman does that could be seen. last year, more than 520000 people made the crossing twice as many as in 2022.

about half of those with being is when escaping the, a, nation's economic and political crisis. the laws, more than 80 percent of the migrants who are in columbia intent to state. but in order to taking more, we need the more resources we already have regulation in place that allows us to receive between 35600000 migrants in colombia. not only those from venezuela, but all my grants coming to columbia. they don't, this is, but we need the support of the international community to see is up to you. in spite of the risk, the darian gap is a key route for migrants hoping to reach the united states. when many people are heated, in search of not only safety, but opportunities, mexico is breaking off of diplomatic ties with eco door after ecuadorian police

storm to the mexican embassy. they enter the compound to detain, a former ecuadorian vice president. jorge glass had been sheltering their after being granted political asylum. like a mexico's foreign ministers, as diplomatic personnel will leave ecuador immediately. some staffers were injured during the incident. police in quito guard the office of the prosecutor general. after they arrested ecuador, his former vice president. earlier on friday, next to go offered jorge eyeglass, political asylum. he is facing a string of corruption charges from his time in office. a staff member from the mexican embassy made their opposition to the raid. no global. how easy the criminals rate at the mexican embassy equipped. all right, but that's not possible because it can't be to know if it's mountainous not present . said this, who not look, pulled off the move to enter. a diplomatic compound is against convention,

leading mexico to cut ties with its latin american neighbour. mixed the car announces the immediate suspension of diplomatic relations with it. quit or mexico will appeal to the international court of justice to hold a core door accountable for violations of international law. to the as jorge glass seen here in 2017 took refuge in the embassy last december. after an arrest warrant for a legit, corruption was issued against him. he had previously been sentenced to 6 years in jail for graft and was released just weeks before he entered the mexican embassy. the ecuadorian government said in a post that it is a sovereign country and will not allow any criminal to go on punished, adding they reiterate their respect for the mexican people who shared their feelings for the fight against corruption. in mexico city,

a large police presence was also visible at the ecuadorian embassy after the regional spat escalated into a full blown diplomatic crisis. and you're up to date. i melissa chan, thanks for watching dw, the conflicts. crises was. every single connection mapped out shows the geophysical reality beyond the board is what makes things the way they are mapped out, navigating a changing world. now on youtube, my name is the calls back said wow, thank you so much for joining in. welcome to don't hold bad. a lot of people do.