in this direction, it was completely submerged. many of the homes and buildings that were destroyed are still rubble. and parts of this district had started to flood once again the, the, the, [000:00:00;00] the israel as a falls pounds goes that prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells this country. read for this rouse on me says the cassandra guides have taken many of its soldiers and

civilians captive or palestinians have seized as rarely on the equipment. celebrating him also surprise, the military operation. plus the united states stands with his and us presidential the bond and condemns them. us to targeting israel, saying washington will never fail to have as rows back the pillow on till mccray. it's 1900 cmt and welcome to l. special. continuing coverage of the boy in johnson, the death toll from us military operation against israel has now arisen to move in 400. israel says at least $200.00 of its citizens have died and po, hello, cindy ins report, $255.00. this multiple is riley strikes, have hit the guns, the strip targeting what the army says with a mouse affiliated locations. earlier in the day,

the group from us launched an unprecedented land and in military operation against israel. fines has breached the gallons a barrier and entered 3 is rarely cities and towns near the border. israel has issued a forehead l, a civil emergency order that applies throughout the country. mohammed file begins out coverage. the president of the fellow sydney, an attack on each side of the assembly gates the movements submitted to the week and casa, launching a gun, and also to fight this preaching the board. the festivities that i have some using the product light is how much is the offensive? is it a response to the secretion of a lock? some of the crimes of these that i, the occupation mobile doesn't equally the, it goes all the time is come to draw the line. so the enemy to understand the time is up and they can't keep going without consequences. we are announcing an operation called likes of floods in the 1st part of it. 5000 rockets have been

fired. it is the time to unite bully our openings my mic powers 2 of the 3 of these riley occupation, members of the salon of jihad on the group in gaza. also of the call to arms seize image. the follow see, need to fight is attack can easily lead me to tell you check points, got looting, seizing and burdening vehicles and taking easily the soldiers and civilians. but as the. 7 it is border crossing between government easily and has also been beached and members of the assembly gates fought with insulated forces at the police station in the city of general, maybe consortia say hundreds of people have been injured and taken to hospital, begun to adorn when from us is quite as many as 5000 shore tons longer and drunkards from casa easily. 2 or 3. these lady government was quick to respond,

declaring a state of war allowed and warning thomas. but it had me to get a mistake. the time of the targets in garza and to prove the co op of military reservists. hey, so i, and i know who we are or not in a position how mazda is launched, and mergers, surprise attack, against the state of israel and its citizens. i ordered the 1st the full to claim the settlement from the terrorist who had infiltrated and ordered a large scale mobilization of reserve score the enemy will pay prize has never known. but for now, there are scenes of joint celebration in some occupied territories. palestinians in ramallah on hebron, if you will keep fight westbank out on the streets in support of the fighters, garza has witnessed many violent confrontations with these items, but all science indicates this one might be the list yet. how much fun does you

alia, and is riley as try kit the position rise behind our port. are you now? sorry you didn't garza and she was only it with my colleagues. 0. is that in? yeah. here's that moment. all right. you know, please take cover. if you are in a position to do so safely, you can explain to us what were happening if you're not in a position to do so safe canada and please get to safety. me. no, it's okay. um this is a mess. so a typo on palestine tower right in the middle of does is city unit take a moment to breed. takes a moment. you and your team take a moment to breathe. ok. just take a moment as we are looking at this picture. we are hours into this war between gaza and israel, and we have just witness live,

what it is really el rey looks like on a populated area of gauze, a city, an air raid on a building just behind or corresponding human side as she was reporting and shortly after that warning shots, israel struck the area again flattening a high rise building. just make us away from mount bureau, cooled the post on tower. the is riley military says it struck infrastructure belonging to senior moss operatives, team and guns. it has confirmed that media offices and lawyers were located in that building and says it has find a badge of rockets. a tel aviv is fighting continues between the group and as rarely forces em us is, it's find $150.00 rockets at the city. some 70 kilometers away from cancer. some rockets managed to hit buildings in the city in the early hours of saturday as well

as sirens have been sounding in the city right throughout the day. but our correspondents are covering this on presidents and story brought around the region . given to l site is in kansas out of high that isn't occupied east jerusalem for us. we're going to go to you in the 1st and does it, you know, what is happening? where you are, we saw those dramatic moments from a few hours ago. i broke it still being fired into the guns. and now have they been any more it strikes the yes, let me start with the latest strike. the latest strike was uh on uh, 6 story residential building in the valley, a neighborhood that's in the north and part of the gaza strip. it's a residential uh building. uh, also uh, prior to that uh, 7 homes, uh, at least 2 story building each home has been targeted in russell and as a boot camp. the 2 homes which were targeted,

there were target that without prior notice, which caused or resulted in a great amount of casualties between a number of civilians killed and a number of other is injured. the home was targeted on while the, the residents of the homes are aware in its uh, also uh, the largest or the 2nd largest tower residential tower in because the city of palestine tower that we have seen uh, prior of been towed to the slots and uh, bro, to to the ground. this tower is in a very densely populated area in gaza. city, it's very close to our bureau. uh, the destruction in the area in the buildings and towers adjustment to that tower

and around it is not says we're still we're still witnessing and hearing bombardments in different areas across the gaza strip. they have not stopped. wild beverages of rockets has also been lost a very short while ago towards it'd be eas, rarely, towns. now above they did the spokesman of the cassette brigades, he earlier said that there is going to be a very intense, retaliate sion on these targeting of this residential tower of palestine tower. and that's when we witnessed a 150 rockets being fired into tel aviv as a response to that uh to that air strike or ease really attack on palestine towers. let me also remind you that we're still hearing a and reports from a brigades the military wing of him us saying that policy,

new fighters who have infiltrated into these really towns are still conducting armed confrontations with the is really soldiers in those areas in at least $25.00 locations in those towns is rarely media is also talking about a number of, of hostages being held in, in the city, wrote a police station. and in, in these towns where the confrontation is taking place. a number of also eas, really captive, have been captivated and brought into because the strip earlier these uh where is the earlier hours of the sack today by the ease really a by the palestinian fighters, who has in full tree to into the is really towns bringing back and dozens of ease,

really soldiers and civilians into because this trip where they just said that they are being kept in a very safe and, and uh, and very safe hiding places of belonging to their existence, functions and tunnels in because this trip you know, given everything that has happened via today and the bombardment that continues this evening. how will people coping with said, is there any way that a site to the mouth able to seek shelter anywhere? well as the night falls and the air strikes are very, getting tons into a cross because the strip we've witnessed in these our is the targeting of residential towers, the targeting of residential homes. it gets worse and worse, the feeling of fear, the feeling of worried among the civilians of gods though they do not know what to expect,

especially when the night falls. they know that the launching of the launching of air strikes only because the strip usually gets more intense as we've witnessed in, in previous escalations in previous wars. so this, this is really a, i'm a feeling of mixed feelings of the and excited t of worry and in great fear among the civilians of god. so the civilians have guys that again, we're talking about 3200000 people living and 365 kilometers, have no shelters underneath their homes or buildings to shelter in like what we've seen is really towns. so they basically have no uh, safety protocol. they have no place to turn to their under an ongoing is

really seized for the past 17 years. they are not able to leave because the strip in case when such wars are escalations erupt and they have no shelters inside the strip to hide into. okay, thank you so much. we really do appreciate that as you mail site for us and gaza go, let's go to saw the highlights who's joining us from occupied east jerusalem. and as we mentioned a little earlier, and more rockets have been writing down on is right, $155.00 at television the last few hours. can you talk us through what damage that has caused? oh yeah, absolutely. now some of those have been to, of course, residential buildings has seen those on fire in big tunes of smoke. one of our team members was describing how she, how to, um, take shelter for awhile and she said it was an assessment for quite a while. the way the sirens were going off, so she realized that this was different. of course,

at the same time the cabinet meeting was being held by is riley prime minister benjamin netanyahu. a special meeting to discuss. obviously we latest events has their own folding on what the sign is next and it was interrupted a couple of times with those politicians how to also take shells. so now this is really minutes. she has confirmed that 3500 real kits have been fired since this all started in the early hours by him us. and also it's as it's, it's, it's managed to take a back, a control if you like, of a several of those, or most of those is riley assessments and towns on that for the with cause the so it seems to be saying that it's, it's a managing to take control of the situation that it clearly has no control over assessing the for the 1st 4 to 5 hours. when this all kicks off in the early hours

. what we do also know is that the desktop has been rising. there have been apparently some debts in tel aviv. we do know that at least 200 is riley's, have been killed, and the death toll just keeps increasing as well over a 1000. and those all seem to be the latest figures, but we'll expect those to rise certain meet very soon. there's been some very strong was coming out from this government at the moment, including the, the is really defense minister who has made it very clear. he and his was said, we will change the face of reality in gaza years from now. so that just gives you an idea of the initial shock of perhaps it took them a while to collect best thoughts and figure out what to do next. and now that making it clear, they declared that as a war of prime minister benjamin netanyahu high school, that a will,

he blames how must have stopped seeing this. but they've said to me, come back saying that they will call it. and of course, this hasn't been seen before on this scale. like you said, it's are very, very strong woods there, but it's the pain, any further updates on what is ro my do in response, any indication of where they might take things. next, i know there's been a lot of talk about the possibility of a ground invasion at some stage. that was definitely, it was not concerned, it hasn't been confirmed. we actually haven't had any details on what the plan is next. spot say, well, the seem to be a losing that of foot soldiers could potentially take place. but of course, how many of these riley soldiers this was confirmed by these riley government to, i'll just,

there are there in the day that many of the soldiers and civilians had been taken across into gaza. so what that means by sending for soldiers will have to see, but it's, that's in the looking like it could head towards an attack. not just from the arrows we've been seeing from some of the, as the, you know, the extraordinary pictures that we've been seeing from coming out of gaza, but also from land and sea and judging by those, sorry, strong was they want to show how much that they will bring them down on that needs. mm. okay, thank you so much for that data. sort of hide it for us and occupied east jerusalem . well in the occupied with bank, there's been celebrations by some palestinians up to the military operation by whom us abraham is in ramallah with more some of the palestinians i've been speaking to today about the current and surprising escalation that took place or the on

software they they say that they're proud, they call this they as historic. they say that for once palestinians are able to loans such a big attack. the surprise israel, some of them are telling me that is where these are living, their normal lives wide. the other parts of the geography the occupied territories has been suffering people that have been deprived from the basic right. so when we talk about movement, when we talk about resources, when we talk about very simple day today, issues not to mention the big ones like the minute to recheck. points like the telling is like the grabbing of labs of the home definitions and what have you. so palestinians feels that's for ones that able to show strength and 4th, 4th. and the hope the that show a 4th kind of would change some how the rules of the game would show israel and the palestinians have twice back. again,

these really continued actions. and we've also seen palestine is so take to the streets on saturday at protesting against these really forces. we've seen some of them get injured and killed by uh, these radio army. we are expecting a police tool funerals to take place on sunday. it has already been declared as a general strike with palestinians are going to be more and then the da says, and also paying a close attention to how is real is going to be responding to that. but again, i just need to come along. these are live pictures of benjamin netanyahu, the as riley prime minister, giving a statement. and tell us eve, this evening, after a quite remarkable di uh, in just hours of to $150.00 a rock. its ryan, down on the city uh, directed me from garza. okay,

well the political leader of him off hes also issued a video statement. he says, mazda is military operation, will continue beyond the casa, oh, fun and friends, but the, i mean, how does that? i'll tell you the phone started from guys that it when i bought a little more flexibility to see different card westbank 194834. and then our people laced up across i was told to see me of this. what else is the bat says that's indeed all i'm out of both on the the thing is all the guys that it sees the battle in the are and most of the nation's same opinion for that isn't that it is the battle for what if i last time it is a bad thing for the is a bad thing for a lot, so most talk to him. what the hell? just here a spoke to the director of the l. a chief, a hospital in guns

a. he's described a dime medication situation in the besieged strip down a bit. the kids stuff, there's no doubt the strip has been under tight siege for 17 years. the medical sector has been paying the heaviest price for the siege. we have sharp shortage of medical supplies and appliances, namely those badly needed in the emergency rooms and intensive care unit. many of those we're receiving are in critical condition and need. i see you treatments and how we have declared a state of emergency across medical facilities. the numbers are huge, which cannot be handled by the already suffering sector. patients with chronic diseases are dying due to the absence of medicine. we cannot even see them treated in the west bank or elsewhere as he is rarely occupation. forces are not only denying their departure, but also preventing medical supplies from entering gaza. so we are doing all we can with what we have, the, there's been a lot of international reaction to the conflicts between mazda and israel. just a short while ago, the us president said his country support,

as well as rock solid and unwavering. joe biden says he'll be staying in close contact with is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu. israel has the right to defend itself, and his people full stop. there's never justification for terrorist attacks in mind, ministration to support, resist, security is rock solid and on wave. let me say this is clearly as i can. this is not a moment for any party hospital, the israel to exploit these attacks to seek advantage the world is watching. let's get reaction from washington d. c. l. state department correspondents, russell and jordan is joining us now. and the job button, they are leaving absolutely no doubt where he in the us stands. that's correct. the you as president uh, in the past hour made it very clear that the us support israel. busy in its war against thomas, it has called this attack repeatedly from various top level officials and appalling

. the attack on the israel. busy the people and certainly given the number of conversations that are top officials have been having with there is really counter parts. it's probably safe to say that israel will not block for anything as it tries to repel this attack and try to recover its citizens. both the civilian and military who were kidnapped by her most fighters on saturday. this is something that has certainly shocked people. it's not that it's not often that you see us officials all coming out to make some sort of statement, especially on a holiday weekend. but given the a gravity and the unusual nature of this attack, certainly the judgment was made apparently at the white house that the u. s. president needed to say something in front of the tv cameras. very much in public, coming through with the support for the state of israel. and we're also,

i'm just how much support this be a for israel within the us at this point in time as well. if you look at the u. s. government with a few exceptions, there's generally strong support for the state of israel. if you take a look at social media, there are those who are more vocal in their opposition to the as rarely state who are, who are very critical of israel, of human rights record. will say that basically israel brought this on themselves because of its long standing treatment of palestinians, both in garza and in the occupied westbank. that is of course a characterization that the israelis reject. and that's how those who support israel say that they are not in support. of either, but this is overall from the us government's perspective, a no brainer that providing as well, the military support and the political support that it needs in order to protect

its citizens is non negotiable. okay, thank you so much for that. that is russell and jordan for our south state department. correspondence with brazil says it will call an emergency meeting of the united nations security council on the board between our mazda and is ro, diplomatic. it is a james based reports from london. the diplomatic assets are going to now center on the un security council. brazil is the count present of the security council. they put out his statement due to the seriousness of the matter, the presidency were called an emergency meeting of the council. now i understand this meeting was called for 1st by multiple of one of your pin members of the security council. and then by the u. a which is the cons, arrow member of the security council. we think the meeting will most certainly be behind closed doors was not clear. is the full mass of the meeting exactly who breaks the meeting? i think it's most likely to be told when is and who is the un special coordinate to

based in jerusalem. but it's also not clear whether the is really on bass of the, on the palestinian and bass that will be invited to the meeting. whether it would just be the 50 members of the security council. we've had strong condemnation from the us. it's cooling this terrorist attack, the same coming from the u. k. i'm from from but i think some of the position of some of the other members will be very interesting position. for example, over you. a will be interesting because it's one of the countries that has had a normalization deal with his route. but the other one i think you should watch closely is what russia does in this meeting. and what russia says, because i've certainly detected in recent months, and particularly since the start of the crime war that russia is being much more critical of israel and also of the us is position with regard to these res, i'm the palestinians. james base out to 0 lumber. so there has been some regional reaction from different countries sign a hold,

a isn't southern living on. and she sent us this update 11 on israel border remains quiet. this is one of the most volatile borders in the region. early this morning, how mosque called on arms groups and 11 on to join the fighting against as well. so far it's main ally has the law has been pestering, stopping short of the declaring whether or not it's will join the fight in a statement. it says that it is assessing the situation that it is in close contact with the leadership in gaza. and in that statement that is also threatening of this really government to in its words, understand what's happened today. so it has the laptops during making threats, but so far stopping short of saying whether or not there's going to join the fights . doing so really is also an easy decision. yes. as well as much stronger than it was since it's part of the last 4 with israel in 2006,

it has advanced weapons. but any action by hezbollah could it could result in, in, you know, and this is really reaction that could also hurt the group. and it's not just that hezbollah has domestic enemies. there are 11 east parties were calling on the group not to attract this country into awards, saying that it is not up to you to decide whether or not the lebanese space is going to get involved in this conflict. so the situation is tense of the board or has been tense in recent months, but in recent months, what we saw is that there were a flare ups, but they would be immediately contained with both sides trying to avoid a major escalation because it's not to any size advantage, but this time around things seem to be different, but it is too early to say whether or not as follows will be involved in the war. and that is happening now between come off and as well. center for the southern level of correspondence dosage already has the reaction from the iranian capital

turan reaction from the reigning officials has been one of the celebration and congratulations for the palestinian nation. we just heard from the reading, informed ministry spokesperson nozzler cannot even said that if this is a day to congratulate the policy in a nation. and today's operation open the new chapter and the resistance fronts and on operations against israel. we also heard from the very high ranking, former revolutionary guard commander who is now an advisor to the supreme leader, ayatollah. i, we saw many who said, that's the rain in a system and establishment supports this operation. and we will support the palestinian fighters until their country is fully liberated. this of course, is not a surprise. we had heard from the ringing supreme widow i, it's a lie. they saw many uh just a few days ago on october 3rd, where he called israel a cancer that must be eliminated. and he said that the time is limited and that the

policy and resistance will prevail. dorset jabari algebra to hong, a colored, elegant. he is a senior fellow at the middle east institute and was an advisor to the palestine liberation organizations, negotiations support unit. he joins us from arlington and virginia in the united states. thank you very much for being on al jazeera. we really do appreciate your time. official, this is military operation by whom i seems to have taken almost everyone by surprise, but with everything that has lit up to, to die ends and your knowledge of the history of this conflict. are you surprised? yes, i think so. i think any, any analyst who, who looks at the events of today and says they weren't surprised, i think is, is not being truthful. i mean this is uh is quite are not dishes operation that how much has launched, i think in terms of his operational capacity in terms of the bread,