[000:00:00;00] the, this is due to the news live from berlin. prime minister benjamin nathan. yeah. who tells israel we are add war is comments. follow the largest assault in years by the militant islam is group. i'm us launched from the gas a strip. israel responds by striking back at targets in gaza. will be talking to israel's investment or to germany the

next by sir. welcome to the program. is really prime minister benjamin nation. yeah . who says israel is at war after the is on his militant group. how much launch is one of his biggest attacks on israel in years it was a multi pronged assault by land sea and air early this morning, getting multiple locations along the border with israel. an unknown number of israeli soldiers and civilians were captured and taken into gaza. israel's national rescue service says at least 70 people have been killed and hundreds more injured. these really armed forces responded to the attack with air strikes in gaza, health officials, they're say, nearly 200 people were killed at 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 is a mass released the video footage shows what it says i'm. 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 reservist 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. him 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 inquiry on homefront come onto the world war and we will win in football by when

an accessible israel has begun its retaliation with strikes on the guys a strip. and for more on this let spring and dw correspondent rebecca readers who is reporting for us from jerusalem at rebecca. we just heard, according to these really energy ministers that israel wants to cut off its supply of electricity to gather a drastic measure. it would appear that would certainly affect the civilian population. yeah, that's right. and it, we've just been hearing those reports from the reuters news network saying that the union saying that that's what israel plan to do. it would be disastrous for residents in the strip. uh they already sofa, so the electricity shortages in good times with rolling blackouts. the main source of energy is of course from israel. there, there is a, another sol suite in the strip, but it hasn't been working to full capacity really ever. and some people who are

lucky enough to have private generated. so solar power may be able to, to, to get through will be able to share electricity. but obviously, yeah, having no electricity supply is going to greatly affect the people living there. and just to get back to israel, now it has confirmed that civilians and soldiers have been taken hostage by how much. but what more can you tell us about that? yes, that's right within the last couple of hours. in fact, so these riley military can, did confirm what we had been suspecting who they really, or at least the 2nd part of the day is videos was circulating all of her mouse militants taking. these is riley, both civilians and a military personnel into captivity. some of them still with it is round being hold up as we're getting reports in, in apartment buildings and the like. but in the great majority of being taken back into a gaza. now the numbers all vague, but we are looking at thousands, at least of people that are in the military, hasn't confirmed any numbers on that at the stage,

but from the videos and from what we're hearing from social media and sources close to, to the, to the to the, to the most militant, we are, we are located in thousands, potentially more civilians and military people being held captive. as i said, mainly in gaza. and benjamin nathan. yeah. who is using the word war in this concert x, which is something you don't often hear from from him in the, in terms of this kind of fighting. what else can you tell us about the conflict itself is fighting ongoing. now, you might certainly ease on going, this is a moving situation. it has been all day. it's scrambling to try and ascertain what's really going on. we're getting you to report some confirmation from these really military as well. that fighting is ongoing in several towns and communities around that goes to

a strip area around the board of fence where infield traders with warehouse militants have invited into. uh, is there any territory they have taken over some of these communities? and these really military is still struggling to take control of those areas to try to take back control some of the videos that we have been se, uh, seems a hesitate, civilians being captured civilians. is there any military? i'm sorry, i'm not familiar since taking over the entire community so, so you know, people running for a couple of people, skid. uh, this is a moving situation. we really, you know, it is, is ongoing and it needs, it's clearly not. it has not been, you know, these are in the military have not taken back control down there, which is a many people here and now very shocked about the situation about how the is really military could everything pulled so unaware. yeah, i was just gonna ask you more about that. you've been talking to people completely

shocked as you've been describing earlier. do they feel that there's been a failing on the government's part of the intelligence services? it's such a massive, massive attack that took place. i mean, shock really is the word of the day everyone. you speak to whether it's people on the street with or tell us citizens is riley's people from the media of people. you know, from this, you know, even 6, the security a clearly have been shocked by base and i think, you know, many of them talking about the disappointment or the well, i mean it's still, it's still in a state of shock and kind of get to where it's like disappointment. yeah. nick, faces, people are really they can't believe how this has happened. this is one of the world's most experienced and advanced military's. and it's certainly known for it surveillance capabilities. the fact that this was able to happen and take the security establishment by surprise is definitely going to be something that will be reverberating through. is ralph in the coming days and weeks?

certainly what people are talking about on the street and, and really like comp, reiterate icons express i comp price enough on you how. how much shock really is the would being spoken among everyone here. okay, dw correspondent, rebecca rivers in jerusalem and earlier d, w. 's been list analyst jenny, rosanna gave us some perspective about what's so unusual about this morning's attacks. everything is unusual. i know as, as we're used to waves of attacks and from gauze of rockets towards israel and retaliation of israelis. air force on to cause a cities and this time it seems, feels and very, very different. first of all, we've never seen such a coordinated attack coming from all directions. the, the, the artillery that we're seeing coming from gauze of towards israel, that started at 6 o'clock in the morning. that was just to give cover to the forces

on the ground. they've 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, of all being sheltered in their houses, trying to a fight off a militant must of a. so it was militants 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're used to seeing, it's not the purpose this time is just the cover is rarely, it's our shock. they're in complete disarray. i'm still a whole town, so we 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 positive. we did come us and,

and is really, is we're not going to see a regular retaliation, as we seen so far, because this attack is something different. and we're joined now by ron prosser, israel's ambassador to germany for more insight on what's taking place. uh, thank you for being here, mr. investor. and can you try me? let me just ask you, how did you feel this morning when you heard the news? when you know that the thinking of my family thinking of friends and keep the same and in the different places in israel. and it's uh, it's fine to me because at the end of the day and you see how much there was the renovation going out, shooting civilians, they don't really care if it's a men women or children. and a, basically the citing to declare war on, on israel. and we have to make sure that the and we really retaliate in

a way in a manner that they will not think again, or think twice or 3 times before they think to do something similar in the future. is this ability to retaliate hampered by the presence of hostages in the hands of the palestinians. it's a different kind of situation. first we as we speak, and by the way, as we speak savings, we have some a service running in the villages and people the same and is very cities. we have to free them. and if taking hostages, both in israel and they've taken costs, which is 2 guys out. and they basically behaving like the variance, i'll say. and i see that the on your screen that you call them gunman. nothing gunman, not the, you know, you have to also change this thing because it's absolutely important. we talking with

a new variance that basically it to us of innovation and those who do not understand . and then today that those, this is that there was so going to zation, i hope today with moving i flip the coins inside, then the head. so this is found to be a lot of thinking in a lot of quarters. tell me about the thinking that's taking place in israel and, and perhaps in, you know, in your mind about the surprise of this, was there an intelligence failure? how could this have happened 1st? so it's a really legitimate and a good question. and that's, you know, is where is when go down and we really scrutinize this thing, but it's not now. now we have focus on defending the people of israel as we speak, fighting, assume going on and going back and inside gaza, making sure there's some us infrastructures and it's leaders will not be able to seek safe haven,

but it's very decision. it's very sponsibility. and when things and now happening in gaza, i see the support that is sort of receives today from the international community. but in the next days and weeks, this is this support we really need, we need, we don't need this finger and more looking at us and sending us this is this book portion. because what we saw today was unprovoked, was basically a done in a way that they put so many civilians in jeopardy. and there has to be a price paid by how must be the shape clearly and it's going to be then you say it was unprovoked. can there be a rationale and the head of the how much leadership seeing, for instance, the normalization efforts that the united states is pushing saudi arabia to undertake with israel saying, we're going to be forgotten. we're no longer going to be the pet cause of the air

we'd have to be remembered. and this is a way to do it. i think that the, what you allude to eh, i think good you run is behind this, okay. and but quickly basically trying to destroy any is very solid, the needle. okay, so those logic to you on being behind. we know that this is the case, but it doesn't take away from the responsibility of commerce as meters. just think of it, you know, in infrastructure instead of bringing, you know, some kind of, you know, a 2 of their own people. schools hospice is you know, anything that is relevant to base what they do is they build rockets, the munition and basically use guys that as a terrible habit gas is billed by the way in c n land. and also we saw clearly what's happening today on all sides and a, we, we feed,

this is rarely so we're on the front line, encountering phenomena is the western democracies. if you have to encounter and went to day in berlin, i saw, you know, sweets and joyful, you know, dance is by somebody doing in the zone and of a saying, god, this is a trojan for a, you know, horse in the middle of germany. and it's capital basically using and abusing german democracy. this cannot happen here. don't allow a, basically somebody doing it others to turn berlin into guys. ok, let's get back to around if you don't mind. yeah. and the situation is really armed forces are facing, has block sponsored by around 11 on. is that a concern? does that make retell a retaliation more difficult? no. first of all, x has been a absolutely. and the run is