october 20 says it's due on dw, the the, this is dw news, one from berlin. prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells israel, we are at war. whose comments follow the largest assault in years launched by militant islamic groups from us, from the gaza strip. israel responds by striking back at target in garza. we bring you the latest developments, the

a mike look who good to have you with us is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel is at war. the as long as militant group of mazda is multi pronged attack by land sea and air, took israel by surprise. israel's national rescue service has said, at least 40 people have been killed. hundreds have been injured. a spokesman for homeless called the military operation. oh ok. so flood well is really prime minister. netanyahu has about a severe retaliation. israel has dubbed each operation sords of ire to daybreak was marked with a barrage of rockets fired from the guys a strip into southern israel. israel's iron don't defense system, intercepted most of the rockets but the incoming fire still hits several targets in israel. this

a mass released the video footage shows what it says on. it's fine says infiltrating the heavy $45.00 border both on the ground. and by that is where the media is reported gun battles between the militants and is really forces. how much does military command this is? the operation was in response to israel's various offences against palestinians, including at the alex and most in jerusalem. is there any prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who has ordered a call up of army reserve, is for a large scale response to the attack is okay, so i am citizens of israel ma, we are not in an operation, but it was this morning home last launched a murderous surprise attack against the state of israel and its citizens, enough to slip that you'll pay an unprecedented price low. in the meantime, i call them assistance of israel, just strictly adhere to the direct visit. the idea of when homefront come onto the world war and we will win in football and accessible israel has begun its

retaliation with strikes on the guys a strip earlier dw, as neil east analysts. shawnee was honest, gave us some perspective about what so unusual about this morning's attacks as well . everything is unusual. i know as, as we're used to waves of attacks and from gauze of rockets towards israel and retaliation of his realities. the air force on to cause a series and this time it seems, feels and very, very different. for the ro, we've never seen such a coordinated attack coming from all directions that the artillery that we're seeing coming from, gauze up towards israel. that started at 6 o'clock in the morning that was just to give cover to the forces on the ground that managed to break through the border defense us and get into is really settlements and towns and cities in the south. and part of israel we have seen over 15 is really towns under siege with

civilians, kids, families under the sort of a show being sheltered in their houses, trying to a fight off a militant must of a. so it was newton's from the, from us coming over the street by street in is really towns, this is something we've never seen before. so the artillery that we used to seeing it's not the purpose this time is just the cover is rarely is our shock. they're in complete disarray. i'm still whole towns only just whole regions of the southern part of israel is disconnected from, from internet lines from similar lines. it's quite clear that this will be a game changer in the dynamics between is really in pals limited come us and is really, we're not going see a regular retail the ation as we've seen so far because this attack is something different. it's interesting what you're describing is something that sounds like a coordinated military attack. i understand you're keeping up to date with the

latest and speaking with people in israel. what kind of things are you hearing as well, of course, complete shock. i'm a lot of, of, of anger frustration. there's many families people that just are sheltering since 6 o'clock in the morning. those we're lucky enough to have a safe shelter room in their houses are just asked to be main, very quiet and silent. they hear militants outside their houses, they see them through little hole because outside on the streets next to their houses and the military, the security forces, the police, they, they cannot reach all those places all at once. and it's been taking hours and hours is really, is, are surprised to see how hard it is for the mighty, is really military forces to, to fight back this attack of small individual units. well, well planned attack. it's also partially hard to get support for people on the

ground because of the rockets that the palestinians keep on shooting towards the south of israel. it prevents some, you know, other forces from coming in and giving help and support to those who have or when did, and to, um, all the casualty does that are underground. there's still a lot of chaos on the streets. this is what you see and few, and you here was reports for me is really, is constantly online just yet do more and more screenshots of, of calls and talks and messages from people in the south to their relatives in other parts of israel asking help us we are like this. we are, we are under locked down for hours and hours. nobody's coming, please help us. this is a complete shock for each on each only. we literally have 20 seconds, but i do want to ask you now about the timing of these attacks. why now to well, at the if you look at the macro, then you also of course, you have the, the, the initiative with, with the saudi arabians. and the americans, this is something going at the back bells thing is wanna make sure they're not

being left behind. but the symbolism also of this day, yesterday 50 years ago, there was a young poor attack, which is still up until this moment has been the most dramatic war that israel has endured. and i'm sure the symbolism behind it was not coincidental. there is a dw, middle east animal is shawnie was on as many sex to welcome michael. i'd like to now welcome, retired big year general doctor mate, you are l. ron, a senior researcher and director of the domestic research cluster of the institute for national strategic studies or i n s. s, an independent think tank in tel aviv really appreciate your time. general you served in the is really in the israel defense for us. what response can we expect to see now from israel as well? i just wanted to say something about the context. yes, i understand that we are facing the way the pre meditated the surprise

attack on is really not only in the southern part of the country but over the country. and what is the southern part with the country from it? so it'd be able to wave down to the south a we have being attacked ferociously by. yeah, more than just 35000. and the rockets, it's now there is also ground. suppose is who is traded into the localities. and this has, is mazda to be very, very simply a kind of a, an attack on easement. and right now we are so cleaning up the remains of the a ground, the pad and we are going to stop is the response 8. what was the last year we're having, what we response can we expect to see? well, we can expect very, very soon via the time of the response, which we stop, probably be, as actually has already started with the broad in the tax on

a ministry installations. all come us in the street all over the place. we also looking for a come us basis to become us leadership. and this is going to be the 1st stage. and then the 2nd stage would be consent to what to do with the regime in the how much we g service for a, the last machine in a uh, in, in guster. this is, has been an old kind of contract loose cds with which with wise have tried all states to go for a machine change. so speaking may, how much this is the only issue which also is do you need any issue altogether? is really has to basic set set on the mazda dilemmas, full binding. by the way, this is a very, very pointed precondition should. that's how much is going to stay the components in this a round off the bike. if it is the case, then easily we constitute focus on come us from ice installations from us and ship,

it cetera. i want to ask you to know i'm so i'm so sorry to interrupt you, but we have a limited time and i want to make sure we understand clearly when e's real. looks at how to confront situations like this to retaliate. to what extent is the leadership in israel thinking about the degree to which whatever it is real does is commensurate with the attacks that had been laid upon it will absolutely, we have been really became as kind of situations this this morning from us made a major strategic they yet an attempt to way know to where to start this kind of war and israel, i think we'd be wise to pay a response to this very, very major challenge by it's very, very strong low tech counter attack. this is going to be the story, the scope of the attack or the stages of the attack. we'd be dependent on if you

think it is equal to one minute. and the overall environmental region is a scale. what's gonna happen needs to be, leads to the next few days. got it. that is a doctor. we are dr. i'm so sorry. we're gonna have to ended there, but really do appreciate your time dr. mate your l. ron many, thanks. thank you very much. i to for more we now joined by warders journalists, emily rose in jerusalem, who we understand has reached us by phone. emily the is really prime minister, just met with a security cabinet and made israel's 1st goal to quote claims the area of militants . as far as you know, what's the situation on the ground at the moment, particularly that flash point, where palestinian militants broke through fences from garza to south israel earlier today. so to my knowledge, and you mentioned that initial infiltration that happened several different

communities along the border. and some of them were taking that are peaceful by the military. and some of those battles are still ongoing. we're talking about class is an ongoing battle is between mazda, which is it is really soldiers and security personnel. so likely, it likely looks like the military's trying to keep that under control. get those little bells under control before it starts with it's wide or responding why retaliations, which as you surely know, netanyahu is threatening a so called unprecedented retaliation. what are you hearing about what israel's response will potentially look like as well? as you mentioned earlier, the broadcast this could sort of be anyone's guess at this point right now, top is really leaders or meetings or trying to decide how to respond. a lot of that will depend on exactly the facts on the ground right now. there are reports, unconfirmed reports of keep those choose, not just really to that some of the older, some of them civilians,

some of them for workers who live in israel. so depending on what of those or how many of those, the scale of those come to light or confirmed that will probably decide how far and what kind of retaliation israel will take. right now we're seeing as well. try to target specific come us military reports in the district along the fence. so that's ongoing now, but you could go even further depending on whether you decide you just made a reference to the hostages. really is what you're referring to. what more do we know about this? it hasn't been confirmed yet. watching is really media all day. there could be an effort here to try to make sure that the information is clear and confirmed in certain before it's perhaps the press. we did have a briefing earlier today with members of these really, those are spoken and you think that on tv all day and they were out. questions

about hostages. could not, nothing is to forget intel, the reports and for posting huge social media channels. they're saying the to the soldiers, they're saying they've checked out civilians. they said they are saying that you have certain is really individuals which were then reviewed in fact to form to be not true, but he's really media. so nothing is confirmed yet that still are still endo, and that just tells you a little bit still about the situation before the war of israel story, the fog of war, a journalist emily rose annual in many, many thanks for that. this is a reminder of our top story this hour. there's been a major escalation and violence between israel and almost the militant as long as group has launched a large scale assault with a barrage of rockets and is broken into israel territory from the gaza strip. israel has responded by striking targets and gone through with is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying that country is at war. we will

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