to the this is dw, and you slice from berlin, israel tell scouts of residents to leave as it pops off. the power palestinian officials say hundreds have been killed in gaza in retaliatory attacks. fighting is continuing off to the surprise land. see an error attacked by militant, as long as screw comes. we'll get the latest from our correspondent in jerusalem the

monica jones good to have you with us. the is where the army has flattened buildings in the densely populated gas of stripe, with strikes overnight. a mazda of surprise attacked by palestinian militant islam . his group on us left hundreds date as well as military. he says the strikes were on how most targets that as prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned israel was quote and balking on a long and difficult role with the government's sides to cut off electricity, fuel, and goods to the gas a strip. i'm us militants, have taken thousands of is really hostages. the fighting is threatening to is escalate. further with lebanon's has on us telling is what any positions and disputants territory along the countries border with israel firing back into southern lebanon. the dw corresponded rebecca, which was injured with alarm, and she told us about the situation is south of israel were fighting is still

ongoing. well, monica is riley's of waking up to morrow. bad news this morning. the situation in the south still tents. uh, still incredibly hard to digest for everyone. he was on a coal briefing with the idea of this morning, this riley military, that is uh, they said that that the situation has become a lot more under control overnight. that'd be the bombing positions along the border where uh, how about some of the since we're using to you to, to, to reach the portable and coming to israel, to face attacking those positions, to try and stabilize the ability people to come in and out. and they've also been able to retake some of the, the, the communities around the gauze, a role that we're 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 their 8 active points have engagements that they not as

severe as they had been yesterday. and a lot of those places are still mainly being cleared and checked to see whether there are militant still in those areas. now the entire area, those, all those villages and, and communities around the role of being a vacuum created. uh and uh, you know, obviously the, the death toll is rising, but the official thing is that we have a between 200 and a 250 and 300. at this point, you think differing figures in local media here. but the figure looking to be moved closer to the $300.00. now, is there any 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 to report that they have also said that the sarah soldiers civilians, childrens at children, elderly and even bodies that has been taken hostage in gather 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 is 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 thing has blown now retaliating and hitting targets in the north of it to the north of israel, sorry. and a disputed area. we israel have also 5 back the same back and forth across the board of firing. now on the, the, the call that i was speaking to the is riley military. this morning the representative is saying that they have to, they are really wanting, has blood and 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. i saw so that they don't even 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, uh, some areas that have been under dispute to some time tensions building on that for the, 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 light to dw correspondence, rebecca richardson, jerusalem. rebecca, thank you so much. the surprise attack by hamas quote, as well as military of god must have the ross of miss laws helped to cover the movements of militants was streamed into israel. authorities there say 300 people have been killed and the number of hostages with taking in the attack is where the forces have responded with strikes on gaza with a palestinian officials say more than 200 so that 2 people were killed. here's a look at how events unfolded on saturday. after

a brief halting 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 of the immediately after the start of the surprise attacks from gaza. israel called up hundreds of thousands of military reservists for citizens of israel. we are in the 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. we're 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 israel. not all of them could be interest shifted 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 drones. the goal, according to him, us make israel to lead a lot of the we have decided to put an end to israel's misdeeds with the 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 bull for an awful lot. and is really communities along the border with gaza. attackers fired civilians on the street. the occupants of this many bus never stood a chance. after infiltrating is really townsend army, bases from us,

also kidnapped soldiers and civilians. taking them back into gaza and holding them hostage. is this 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 russell. i'm new to the continuing violence. you as president will buy them, has reiterated his country's unwavering support for israel. he said that support was rock solid and talks well underway with use for any government to provide minutes. we ate the

full stop. turn this. see the wire is r o n o john by lieutenant marshall michaelson, deputy head of the israel and the military's foreign press unit to thank you so much for taking the time for us. prime, it is so natural now has about unprecedented retaliation to the attack. how will the is in the middle to go about clearing the area of how most militants, what also ensuring minimum civilian casualties? to thank you for having me. as you said, we have had a very difficult 24 hours with unprecedented hamas infiltration and nasa occurs in the civilian population points. they have been killing and kidnapping women, children, and elderly people with the ideas has done response is we have deployed hundreds of

thousands of, of service and we are sending them to the south of as well. we have units that are trained in dealing with the situation going door to door house to house and making sure that there is no tears left on is really soil and fighting against the people that have red raised their arms against us. and while you're sending those units to the south, we are calling for people to stay locked in their houses and not open the door to anyone to let the idea of forces conduct their mission safely and efficiently. in addition, we are striking in the gaza strip. we have struck 426 targets since yesterday, including a 100 strikes from you avi's that have been conducted on the border with the for anyone who was trying to cross additionally into israel and infiltrate online. the

idea is prepared for any other dress. the come our way and we're trying to get the southern region of israel back to stable and back to normal casualties. obviously they a heavy casualties and but also on both sides. and when you say you strike back, are you what kind of warning do you get for to the civilian population in the gaza strip? so we are asking the civilians of the guy the strip to say out of harm's way. and we are striking military target targets that are used by hamas to inside 0 to execute or that military bases, intelligence offices, and people who aren't there as to the state back and not go into those build buildings. the idea of has various systems in place to strike those targets as safely as possible, and we're trying to minimize the collateral damage. but unfortunately we are at war

and there have been multiple casualties on the really side. this is a very unfortunate situation. right. uh lieutenant michael sir, um it's, it's been repeated again and again since yesterday that this attack came as a surprise. how could is really intelligence have missed such a complex offensive by him? us that must have take months of planning. here's an important question. it the question that needs to be asked, but right now the adf is fighting and there are people's lives at risk. there is really territory that is treated by terrorist. and once the fighting is done, when is ro is safe? again, we will be able to conduct the needed investigation calmly without the bias and thoroughly calmly and without bias. but what can we expect from such an investigation? it is left for the future right now. we are from focusing on the war fighting our

enemies and the investigation that will be you will be ordered by the senior officials, both in the state and the idea. i'm sure it will be there uh, reviewing results. right, well the 10 and marshall microphone from the idea of foreign press. thank you again so much for your time. thank you. and to hear a know some more stories making headlines for more than 2000 people off, he had to offset a series of s quakes in west, and that's gonna spend the tale. bonds say at least $9000.00 injured several villages and the province of hare rod have been completely destroyed. emotions the workers are continuing to look for survivors. the 1st funeral for victims of a russian missile strike on the east of ukrainian village of rock saw, has taken place. the couple were among 52 victims and says these attacks who will gathered for soldiers wake,

un and local investigators have been gathering evidence of this act. got born to lead a general rice, a leg we in the game a has appointed to members of a new national assembly and send out for a 2 additional period ahead of promised elections expected next tm, security chiefs carried out a bloodless crew in august after more than 55 years of rule by ali, bundle on denver. and his father is a reminder of our top story, this our of israel as told gas of residents to be fantastic. half of the power as it conducted as strikes on the area, palestinian officials say hundreds have been killed and the retaliatory attacks while fighting is continuing of the militant as long as troops from us surprised

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