a stance, october 25th on d w. the . this is dw news, one from berlin. israel tell it's gone to a residence to leave as it cuts off the power policy need an official say hundreds have been killed in gaza. and retaliatory attacks fighting is continuing after this prize of land, sea and air attacked by militant islamic group a months. we bring you the latest, the

unlike loca, welcome. the is really army has flatten buildings in the densely populated gaza strip with air strikes over night, killing hundreds of people. there's comes after a mass of surprise attacked by palestinian militant as long as a group of months. which left 100 stat. israel's military says it is striking targets belonging to a mouse, which is regarded as a terrorist organization. like these real germany, the e u. n. others prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned to israel, which quote, embarking on a long and difficult war with the government set to cut off electricity, fuel, and goods to the guns and strip homeless militants have taken a number of ease. rarely hostages, the fighting is threatening to escalate further with lebanon's hezbollah showing is rarely positions in disputed territory along the countries border, and e's real firing back into southern webinar. a spring and dw

corresponding rebecca river is used outside of ashcroft on close to the gauze of border. rebecca, give us a sense of what's going on in those towns close to the gaza strip. is ground fighting still ongoing? well the short answer to that michael is yes, things down here is still incredibly tens. more than 30 hours off to the surprise attack of yesterday morning when a mouse mouse and listens breached the security fence and came into his riley territory. you can probably hear some of the artillery 5. it's happening here. we're not to fall. we're about 8 kilometers from the border. we've got, uh, i'm from here all around this area. this is riley military tanks. i can see some to my left of behind me and there's some over the hill over there. they've been firing now for the last couple of hours pretty consistently hitting the targets in, in gaza. now, just behind me, there's a, uh,

you can probably say the police barricade were not allowed to go any further than that. but this morning in an area known as the came just up to my left behind me. there was reportedly some ground like gun baffling going on there and reports of some soldiers and ms. riley soldiers been killed in that area. so we're not yet sure whether it's completely clear. and now the area behind is we saw a massive push of his riley, military personnel, and uh and uh, tags driving up this way or valid miller military vehicles, i should say, to another gunmetal industry that we've heard from ass smoke spun to say that they have replenished font is and weapons as well as a to verify to so this could be going on for some days. as i say, it's more than 30 hours. it's really military still haven't been able to get this area under control. do we know anything about the is really hostages taken by him? us? well,

we know that that has been hostages. taken not much. we do have a fun guarantee familiars really military. those sites that have faith and number, they're ready sent to put an a number on that. but they do say it's looking to be thousands and that was suddenly suddenly be what we would be thinking. having single this footage, these videos that have been circulating of hostages being taken yesterday, it definitely seems that it may be in the 2000 soldiers and civilians. young old, at also reports in video is being circulated of dead bodies being taken. so back into the guns us now we'd have heard that there is being requested to agents to try from is round to try and have age of help in the mediation, to try and release some of the, the, the prisoners, some of the hostages that have been tightened, but no for the daytime on that that is going to be one space settled. this area here outside go outside counselor and meet with the southern border region. this that is going to be the top priority. they are setting up uh, come on santa,

where they're going to be putting together all the information about the, the hostages. but so far, we still don't really have a ballpark of how many that might be, rebecca, as you will know, israel now also has to deal with a northern front as it's come under fire from 11 on anything else you can add about that. so yeah, that's why i'm like, that's been a huge concern all along and you know that the mornings from the military for months now that they may be facing a multi front of fights. and that appears that he could come true. although at the moment, still not really coming to fruition and there have been some cross border of firing at hezbollah villages firing is round to a disputed area this morning and his riley of firing back. it has blood targets on the other side, but so far from that, people are being told in the north and israel in the north to stay the shelters in shelters. and there have been reports of people being off to evacuate that area

just for safety. but apart from that, the military have said that they at this stage don't get a sense of don't think they've been requesting, has bullets not to get involved. and they say that they are prepared. if that is that what to come to pos, dw, correspondent rebecca ritter's non self and got so many thanks. as we just heard, there are tensions on israel's northern border with the hezbollah militant group. and the is really army exchanging fire. the un peacekeeping force in southern lebanon has urged all sides to exercise restraint has blessed said it had shelled is really military positions and a disputed area close to the border in solidarity with hamas is huge. attack on southern israel. these really army has fired back into southern lebanon with artillery and drones saying it was striking, has blood targets. a soft more cut down is

a counter terrorism expert. and the dean of the lauder school of government, diplomacy and strategy at whiteman university in israel. yesterday's attacks are left is real stunned. how did is really intelligent miss vis so thank you for having me on the show. and maybe just before i get to is less than, uh, let me just say that this is really uh, this has been a horrible day for me as well. um perhaps the most um, tragic day for israel and the last 50 years. and i just because because of these figures, this is equivalent to about 3 or 4 times um the casualties of, of 911 and is really scales. um your question on the intelligence failures is a fair one. and i think that is very, very clear. it's obvious to everybody that's under has been a really severe failure of intelligence on the part of, of these really military and security establishment. i think that there are

a number of reasons for that. i think 1st of all um and previously um we just spoke about the the note in front of as well. so i think that really all eyes of israel has been on the northern funds. so we've been, i think it is rise, have been distracted a bit by worrying. uh no. uh, we're worrying almost entirely uh about a potential configuration on the northern front um with, with has the law. and so, um, actually it is a tactic. so we've, we've been seeing yesterday which included the rocket attacks combined within to trace of milliseconds are exactly the tactics that we would have expected coming from the north. so, um, so destruction is, this is one reason for those of his failure of intelligence. i think that's, i'm also there's been a situation where a lot of uh, is wrong. so there's actually have not been stations around the south, but actually in other parts of the country being putting off the west bank up to the area and tomorrow is, is really, is collins i'm or on the north. i think really if i want to kind of get it down to,

to one point, i think that there's been also a sense of that there's been some complacency on the part of as well in this, in this respect, i think that's out. there are some similarities but 50 years ago, almost precisely to the day when, when his ro, a surprise buying a combined sur, and then it just shows how to the young people or whether was also of complacency among the is really military. so i think that this is a huge intelligence failure to figure out exactly what the reasons are. this will take some time, i think right now um of course the um, the 1st order of the day is to, um, this is to try to work. first of all, to um, to clear out the notes on the terrace that are still in this really settlements um, as towards to strip to strike of gaza. and then of course, the price will be over, there is going to be a very, very significant accounting of what happens. well one thing that is real has shown never to be complaining about is it hostages,

and multiple is rarely soldiers and civilians, as you well know, have been taken hostage by a mos militants. and all this chaos what can, is really forces do to try and rescue their citizens as. ready so frustrating, i think it's important to say that this does really hostages is maybe one of the most people think that this relatives can experience. i mean, obviously any, any, any nation has very, very hard time accepting this. but i think that indicates of is all the just the, the images of is really women and children babies elderly being taken from their homes. so by force of being stripped of being paraded on the streets of gaza. i think one of the things that has so strongly painful is a evoke certain images that you know, jews are also familiar with. uh um, especially from from the whole cost. and so this is a very, very painful episode. it's also very painful. of course, i know it's also comments,

it's going to complicated for us. the is really response by them. any is really activities and in the gaza strip will be severely affected by um, you know, concerns is going to be affected by concerns about, you know, what happens to the hostages. so it's a very, very complicated situation is really, as well as no stranger to to hostage situations. we have had a fair share of soldiers that have been taken hostage hostage and kept, you know, for some examples for um, 4 years. but this one has gone to great lengths to, to release those hostages. it. ready surely going to go to great lengths to release . um, we don't know how many hostages are taken, but we, i assume to talk at least about 2007. we'll have done what we're going to have to end it. there are many, thanks for your time. i stick you, let's the surprise attack by him us caught israel's military off guard. a massive garage of missiles helped cover the movements of militants who streamed into israel

. hundreds of casualties have been reported on both sides in the attacks and in israel's retaliatory strikes and gaza. a look now 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 immediately after the start of the surprise attacks from gaza, israel called up julia terry reservists. citizens of israel, we are at war not in an operation, but at war then we will come off of the enemy will pay an unprecedented price. in the meantime, i call on the citizens of israel to strictly adhere to the directors of the idea 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 israel. not all of them could be intercepted 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 to the goal according to the most make israel bleed. 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. and it also

is really communities along the border with guns, the attackers fired at 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 him strongholds into rubble, us, and reiterating our top story this, our israel has told gone to a residence to leave and has cut off the power as it conducted air strikes on the

area. fighting is continuing after the militant, as long as group of mazda is surprise attack, which has killed more than 300 palestinian officials, say 300 people have been killed in the retaliatory attacks ongoing some next sports life reports on a little known medical condition exercise protection unlike a low coup, i'll be back with more news and 45 minutes until then. bye for now, the thoughts we say they're about never getting up. every weekend on d w. sometimes a seed is of all you need to allow big ideas to grow or bring an environmental

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