the, the, this is dw, you slide from berlin is royal, tell scouts of residence to leave as a console. the power palestinian officials say hundreds has been killed in gaza in retaliatory attacks. fighting is continuing off to the surprise land, sea and air attack by militant islam. this group on us. we'll get the latest from our correspondent interest and then the

i monica jones. welcome to the program. the is where the army has slackened buildings and the densely populated gaza strip with strikes overnight. unless a surprise attack by palestinian militant islam his group hamas left hundreds date as well as military says the strikes were on hamas. target's. that's as prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned is what l was quote and bulking on a long and difficult war with the government. so it's the cost of electricity. if you add goods to the gas the strip, how much the militants have taken dozens of is really hostages. the fighting is threatening to escalate further with lebanon's has blah showing is really positions and dispute it to tow a tree along the countries border. a spring and dw corresponded rebecca rich us for the latest as she's joining us from jerusalem. rebecca, what are you hearing about the situation in the southern israel? is the fighting, still ongoing as well. on

a case riley's of waking up to more bad use this morning. the situation in the south still tense, still incredibly hard to digest for everyone. he was on a coal briefing with the idea of this morning of these riley military. that is, they said that that the situation has become a lot more under control overnight. they've been bombing positions along the border where uh, how about some of the since we're using to you tube to, to breach the board of war and coming to israel to face attacking those positions, to try and stabilize the ability of people to come in and out and they've also been able to retake some of the, the, the communities around the guns a will that were over run by him also military. yes. today. uh no, it has taken a surprisingly long time. how many of those communities to be played? and they still said that there are 8 active points of engagements that they're not

as severe as they had been yesterday. a lot of those places are still mainly being cleared and checked to see whether they're a militant still in those areas. now the entire area, those, all those villages and, and communities around the world of being a vacuum rated. uh and uh, you know, obviously the death toll is rising, but if you shall speak is that we have a between 200 and a 250 and 300. at this point, you think differing figures in local media is here for the figure looking to be moved closer to the $300.00. now there's really military not wanting to give any official because they said that they will be bringing out numbers later today. but that there are many, uh they will be many casualties reports. um, they have also said that there are soldiers, civilians, children's children, elderly and even bodies that has been taken hostage in gauze are and once again,

no, no, the actual figures on a, sorry, no official numbers there. but we're, we're talking about a lot of paper, right. right. and rebecca is what l as we here has no. also come on the file from lebanon. tell us more about that. of the yeah. well, in the last week, even just the full coming on a was saying hezbollah now retaliating and hitting targets in the north of it to the north of israel, sorry, and disputed area. we israel have also 5 back the same back and forth across the board of firing. now on the, the, the coal that i was speaking to the is riley military. this morning the representative is saying that they have to, they are really wanting, has the let not to get involved. they believe at this stage has the may not get involved, but, you know, as we've said, they haven't been completely accurate in their assessments so far. so that they have not to get involved, but they are reassuring that they are prepared for anything. they have bolstering

the troops up in the north. and they of course, monitoring that situation very closely. they have been targeting some uh, some areas that have been on the dispute for some time, tension building on that for to, for a long time. and they've been targeting those positions as well. but at this stage, the main focus is still in the south and clearing those towns around the gospel defense. like to the w correspondence, rebecca richardson, jerusalem, rebecca, thank you so much. i a surprise attack by her mouse quote, as well as military of got a massive thrush of missiles helped cover the movements of militants so streamed into israel authorities. they say 250 people have been killed and hostages with taking in the attack is where the forces have responded with strikes on gaza with palestinian officials say more than 230 people were killed. is a look now at how events unfolded on saturday. after

a brief hold and the rocket garages, palestinian militants renewed their fighting, firing several volleys into central israel on saturday night, sending people rushing to bomb shelters for cover. immediately after the start of the surprise attacks from gaza, israel called up hundreds of thousands of military reservists, citizens of israel. we are at war, not in an operation, but at war. then we come, oh, you are. the enemy will pay an unprecedented price. in the meantime, i call on the citizens of israel to strictly to adhere to the directors of the idea of the whole and homefront command and we are at war and we will win by the end of the attacks began at dawn, palestinian militants in gaza fired thousands of rockets at targets in southern is real. not all of them could be into

a septic by israel's iron dome defense system. at the same time, hundreds of homos fighters broke through the border fence into israel. the coordinated early morning assault included power gliders, according to one verified video footage, released by him us. the attackers also used combat jerome the goal according to him, us to make is real lead to a lot of now we have decided to put an end to israel's misdeeds with god's help though, so that the enemy will realize that the time when he can do mischief without being held accountable is over the full the ups all in his really communities along the border with gaza, attackers fired, and civilians on the street. the occupants of this many bus never stood

a chance. after in full trading is really townsend army. bases from us, also kidnapped soldiers and civilians. taking them back into gaza and holding them hostage in response to the unprecedented assaults, the broadest invasion of its territory. and 50 years israel has launched operation, swords of iron, striking several targets inside gaza, including multi story buildings. israel's net and yahoo is vowing to turn her ma strongholds into rubble. i mean, it's the continuing violence. you as president joe biden has reiterated his country's unwavering support for israel. he said that the support was rock solid and talks underway with is right and the government to provide military aid. a

saw the full stop turn this to the wire is are but joining us for more is allen been there? he's an expert on middle east politics and a fast on to joins us from amman in jordan. so very good to have you with us. we just to read to you as president of the address biden. again, reiterating that the us backed is what has rights to defend themselves. how far do you see is was going with their response i think is going to go as far as necessary in order to make sure that the mass we no longer have the capacity to attack these. rather, these, for the near future will continue each get this to the junction. so how much does

it have to embrace it? so for massive retaliation, and unfortunately, thousands may thousands of posting when the guy, as a result of this. why do you think uh, how much decided to attack now? what was the incentive for him us to attack the way they they just it see uh unfortunately, um either way we have to go back and look at the situation. i sent you a set number of reasons i have been saying for the most part for a number of years now. so the thing that this can happen and will happen, and this is a policy the policy change. that is, the policy and program was not going to go away instead of the government up into now specifically the last, well, i've decided that as if there was no other steam problem was be happy because she's

been wanting me to waste. i ended up going back a number of miles, many, many policy and indeed count out of office. obviously i hated this page that says, invitation this boy way, day in and day out of course, and jimmy in way of how much i was involved in these. and these are complications, and you have the publication that some of those items specifically think be a national security advisor. will be divided thing that really with joe than others . it is that i should not be going through the type of law and that these virus is up very good in time. and again, in spite of the fact that the, by the see, and i'm, does your game as ours be, say, the side of publication should be stuff which is very important to keep in mind. the process, the negotiation between either state and germany in connection with the printer press fixed or an organization operations between germany should have been made to the pharmacy and publicly by this hour,

by the united states that it should be no pressure, no norman edition. and this, there is a cure back for the, for 5 years for years. and today's very well, let's see. i see these guys, if i see hiding listening and watching to what these are behind the scenes negotiation going on. they were terrified at the sound. yeah. right. the over the guys in provisions where is that we or, or making sure that a certain kind of errors about how to add is a motion with, with the policy and just wait for the hot as we've, we've had, we've had sort of roadmaps before. and so far it hasn't worked out. and what happens now with the attack is a heavy price to pay for the palestinians. what do you think of this situation? no means for the people in the gaza strip. well, you know this,

of course everyone has to make a supreme effort to and to come this caustic as soon as possible by surfaces. she's fired, but that's not going to be sufficient. there's got to be following the ceasefire major effort by the united states by as our, the question is we have an agent to begin to think of long term sugars. otherwise, this is going to be databases, fire width a few months, maybe a year or 2. i was going to get another imagine some complications such as this. so this, this cannot be 68 not is there may when eventually the, there's no question about it. the price is going to be big heavy, the bought already paid by is out as running. now is it published, you know, i have to be able to get so and start to see a long term solution because if i see a problem with a never disappear, solution is necessary. and that's, that is, that is the call of the all right, well thank you so much other than mer, uh,

expert on middle east politics and affairs. thank you so much for your time. thank you. it's my pleasure. and she has a quick look at some of the stories making headlines is too strong as quakes in west and i've got a son. is caleb more than a 100 people? and in just hundreds of us that's according to the united nations. hundreds of homes were destroyed to local officials at full villages near the range and border and high rod. providence bore the brunt of the damage. the 1st funeral for victims of the russian missile strike on the eastern ukrainian village. also roadside has taken place. the couple were among the 52 victims in 1st days attack, who were gathered for a soldier's wake. you went on to local. investigators have been gathering evidence of the site. goblins cooley, the general dries or like we and d ma has appointed a members of a new national assembly and senate for a transitional period. ahead of promised elections. expected to next. yeah.

security chief carriage house, a bloodless crew in august after more than 55 years of rule by ali. bungle and then box on his father mama. that's all from us for now. coming up next report jobs for me on to the team that were built in thanks to which the imagine that you're eating a hamburger. and as you're biting into this juicy bird or your dining companion says to you, actually that hamburger is not made from cows. it's made from golden retrievers.