the, the, this is due to the news line from berlin. prime minister benjamin nathan. yeah. who tells israel we are at hor, is comments follow the largest assault in years by the militant is when this group come us launched from the gaza strip. israel responds by striking back at targets and gaza will be talking to israel's and fast are determined the

next by sir. welcome to the program, israeli prime minister benjamin nation. yahoo says israel is at war after the as the most militant group on us launched 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. and the know number of israeli soldiers and civilians were captured and taken into gaza is rarely local media say at least 200 people have been killed and hundreds more injured. these really armed forces responded to the attack with error strikes in gaza, health officials, they're say, nearly 200 people were killed 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 file still hits several targets in israel vista mass released the video footage shows what it

says are, its fine says infiltrating the heavy 45 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 was ordered to call up a army reservist for a large scale response to the attack? as i saw him, citizens of israel ma, we are not in an operation, but it was this morning, a mass launched a murderous surprise attack against the state of israel and its citizens enough to sleep that and you will 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 went into football and accessible israel has begun its

retaliation with strikes on the guys a strip. and for more on this, that spring and dw corresponded rebecca renters who was reporting from jerusalem for us. rebecca, we just had some breaking news come in, but how mazda is armed wing has fired a 150 rockets at tel aviv not yet officially confirmed what. what do you know just being on a call on a briefing call with these riley miller tree. they did confirm that to be around about a 150 uh, number. in fact, um we, we know that, uh some people, they were direct hits. some people have been injured. i haven't seen any dest reported. so i saw from that particular attack, things on the side and front, had actually twice and down a little earlier this evening. but things have been will picking up again and particularly in the central region near tel aviv. we've also heard sirens going off again in central televi that's happening just just before we were coming to it. so

definitely still ongoing the. the number of casualties from that attack is number um is differing raw the, i don't want to say anything that's not concerned. health authorities are putting that around about 5 will so, but local media reporting some more so that number is moving next. that's what i can tell you on that at the moment. but as i say sirens continuing in central calories. and as regards guys, we've heard from these really energy minister that israel wants to cut off the supply of electricity there. how would that change people's lives? it must be a pretty drastic measure. yeah, that's right. we did hear that a little earlier. i've no confirmation as to whether or not that's taken place yet, but i mean, obviously, garza suffers from an electricity problem even during good times. so it does get most of its electricity from israel. so if is read through, go ahead and,

and shut the electricity off to the gaza strip. that will be dive for the citizens living there or even not know very little lights. some people do have solar panels or perhaps a generator, but that is definitely the minority. and for most people living there will mean living going through the night and potentially the next few days, perhaps weeks without any electricity which creating a dire situation for those citizens. and rebecca, israel has now confirmed that civilians and soldiers have been taken hostage by how much, what more can you tell us? yeah, they have come out. as i said, it was just not a bracing coal with this really military and who gain confirmed that there they have hostages, there are casualties. they are not willing to disclose numbers at this stage that we have seen an official. uh, the official desk tells me right, is riley size reason to at least 200. it is thought that that number is going to continue to rise, as i say,

the situation is on going this way in the military saying that they are still fighting with militants and at least to 22 communities around that cause a strip area. those, those communities that are in need of the board defense that was um, but that the militants go through this morning and they've been going through these communities and taking hostages. and it appeared to be killing civilians. uh, taking hostages about civilians and military personnel. some of the taking some of them back into gaza, but the is really military also concerned that they have to ongoing allstate situations currently happening inside israel as well. so the situation are certainly ongoing at this stage. and rebecca, when you talk to ordinary is really is, as you know, since this morning, it was shocking use to receive here in berlin. i can only imagine what civilians uh are feeling. now, what is your experience been? what are people telling you and what were they surprised that the intelligent

service didn't know about this somehow? surprised, slowed. actually in sho, nick these everyone. you speak to whether it's civilians on the street with the babies, riley palestinian with him. they are people working in the media. we are all completely shocked by the situation. no one was expecting it despite the fact that this curious establishment had been warning about some something like this may they were preparing for this. it may have been happening. a multi pronged attack, they have been warning about this for months. and yet they the seems to have happened completely unbeknownst to the security establishment. this is commas total surprise, even for palestinians and gals. and when you talk to people in gals, or as we have been speaking to our contact there, you know, every, everyone on all sides of this has completely shopped at. but this is being able to take place. i think there's going to be a lot of questions for the as riley government to answer any security establishment

through officer in the days and weeks ahead. okay, dw corresponded rebecca river is reporting for us from jerusalem. 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 connect 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 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, we have a 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 statements, we have uh, from a service running in the villages. and people seem and is very cities, we have to freedom and if taking hostages, both in israel and the facing cost, which is $2.00 guys out. and they basically behaving like the various al serra 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 you 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, and, 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 prophy as well 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 telling 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, it 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 come us as leaders. 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 in land. and also we saw clearly what's happening today on all sides and a, we, we feed,

this is where these we are 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 arizona and of a saying, god, this is a trojan for, hey, you know, horse in the middle of germany and it's capital basic the 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 belong sponsored by around 11 on. is that a concern? does that make vitality a retaliation more difficult? you know, 1st of all, x has been a absolutely. and the run use of sending weapons rockets and the,

and have shown in the facets a controller who has been us of prophecy. and the same way us from us. yes, we're very concerned. yes, we made messages very clear to close by law a but. and now we have focus on from us on the south and border, but you see what is one has its neighborhood around us, which shows you why. sometimes from the outside it feels like we have to strict in different ways in which we protect ourselves in the crossings. no, we're not. is a bomb the way they bombed the crossings where we pass fluids. want to medication over to guys that and don't care. they really don't care about their own population . and what we see now is really something unprecedented in the cities in the people seem in israel. and we're civilians have been shot dead,

been taken hostage and israel with a reactive quoting, and israel, now a nation in shock, a nation i think perhaps driven by new sets of national unity. but in the months previous there had been deep divisions as you well know over traditional reform with some of the reserves from the air for staying at home. and was that possibly seen as a sign of weakness to think by israel's enemies like this is the time to strike? i think a they might have felt this way, but this is exactly what unifies is. and you saw also the opposition saying is where the people is under attack. we all stand together. and now on the funds the lines for the texting civilians because come us doesn't make a differentiation between an orthodox jew in a secular do. if you're left oriented right oriented, they don't care and it basically unified.