it starts october 28th on d, w. the . this is the w news line from berlin. israel towel, it's gone to a residence to leave as it cuts off the power palestinian officials say hundreds have been killed in gauze, in retaliatory attacks. fighting is continuing after the surprise land sea and air attack by militant, as long as we per month. we bring you the latest, the

and greetings throughout viewers around the world. unlike go to the is really army has flatten buildings in the densely populated gaza strip. where there strikes killing hundreds of people. this comes in response to a mass of surprise attacked by palestinian militant as long as group helmets, which is regarded as a terrorist organization by israel, germany, the you and others left hundreds that prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned israel was, quote, embarking on a long and difficult war fighting is threatening to escalate further with lebanon's hezbollah showing is really positions in disputed territory along the countries border and is real firing back. and now the full scale of homicide is attacked is beginning to emerge. this is what israel's nights man looks like.

a police station inside israel. oh the wrong by how most militants is really false is managed to end the stand off, but it's a security breach that would have been unthinkable even a few days ago. 7 and it gets worse, this woman said to be in is really soldier, is just one of dozens of hostages seized by the militants. after they infiltrated israel. this post at the multiplan, the thoughts on the country. for this, israel is a biling retribution. i'm not fit on the show your choices active. how mazda is a war crime in front of women and children held by the enemy. they are though it's country to international law at the end of this country to islam. and anyone who participates in this will be held accountable and avoid the push for israel's response has been swift. it's just coming down as strikes on god the

and they say this is only the start of what will be quote, a long and difficult tool. the many in goal is to say the assaults by militant islam is thomas was launched because of anger is one of the patient of palestinian territory. and israel's failure to reigning illegal is really set to them. and some people say they have now lost everything in the thought in the field. a lot of telling me that night what's happened to us is complete destruction. we are the elbow up family and that will 150 people in this building, including my own cold. my sister assignments of my uncles, my 5 brothers, whose houses were old, destroyed on show me the 4 months ago. ringback how much continued firing rockets over night targeting civilians and hospitals, israel to set up?

it's a tax from the uh, but there was some fee. it could harold, a dangerous escalation. israel responded to fire from the militant group, has the law in lebanon after they launched guided missiles at a disputed area? is royal is now beating up its security presence. the 2 dw corresponded rebecca rivers is outside of ash, could on close to the gauze of border and gave us an update on the situation in the south of israel. i asked her if friday were still ongoing as well. the short answer to that michael is yes, things down here is still incredibly tens. more than 30 hours off of a surprise attack of yesterday morning. when a mouse mouse melissa is breached the security fence and came into his riley territory. you can probably hear some of the artillery fire that's happening here. we're not solver, about 8 kilometers from the border. we've garza and from here all around this area,

this is riley military time. so 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, 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 battling going on there, and reports of some soldiers and his riley soldiers being 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, and the tags driving up this way or valid miller military vehicles, i should say to another gun metal industry that we've heard from ass smokes been to say that they have replenished fine to is and weapons as well as

a to verify his 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 it has been hostages. taken not much. we do have a, some guaranteeing familiars really military base sites that have faith and number they're ready sent to put in a number on that. but they do say it's looking to be thousands and that would suddenly as certainly be what we would be thinking, having single this footage, these videos that are being searched the link of hostages being taken yesterday and suddenly same. so there in the 1000 soldiers and civilians, a young old at also reports and videos being circulated of dead bodies being taken well started back into the gallons us. now we'd have heard that there has been requests 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 day time on that, that is going to be one space settled. this area here outside go outside counselor and meet the southern border region. this that is going to be the top priority. they are setting up 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 lab and on. anything else you can add about that. now 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 sites. um that appears that he could come true. although at the moment, still not really coming to fruition in there have been some cross border of firing

hezbollah villages firing into is round to a disputed area this morning and is riley of firing back. it has blood targets on the other side, but so far from that, people have been told in the north and israel and the north to stay the shelters in shelters. and they 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 rivers. non felt them got so many thanks. some breaking news to bring, you know and is real. security cabinet is officially declaring a state of war following the attacks by the palestinian militant group. i'm us is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu, whose office says this would allow for a quote for reaching military steps. we will bring you more developments as we get

them. meanwhile, major libby weiss is a spokes person for the idea of the is really military. she joins me now from tell of the major, thanks very much for making time for us. the cabinet has declared a state of war. what does that mean in practical terms? as long as we understand the severity of what has happened in the last nearly 36 hours and really for the idea of focus has been and continues to be really securing the communities along the southern border with a g as a strip evacuating civilians away from those areas of danger and then really striking a blow to come off is operational capability. so the focus for us, it has really remained at that level for the last 30 plus hours. and of course, this is, is truly been a tragedy of national proportions. and in a massacre which we've never seen in israel's history. tell us what is the

situation right now in southern israel, have all of the homeless incursions been stopped? now there are still several communities along the border with gauze and where we understand that there's current fighting that is taking place. we understand that our civilians as well be held at hostages in certain communities as well. so the idea has been working very, very hard, continues to do that. and of course, understandably really, that is the main priority at this stage, but the fighting is ongoing. now as we speak, a dynamic situation. indeed, how many is rarely use at this point, had been killed and injured. i mean, it's, it's, it's a tragedy. the number keeps increasing really as almost every minute. at this stage, we're speaking north of 500 casualties, thousands of injuries. so these are of course, extremely serious injuries which might result of the end in depth as well. we have thousands of civilians who were taken as,

as hostages drives across the border. and of course, the images that the world has been seeing are truly a haunting of civilians killed in their homes on the streets, women, children, and the elderly. drag it across the border. it, it's truly as a crisis in terms of the impact on, on, on user population. as you well know, the idea of has said how much has abducted uh, a quote, substantial number of israeli civilians and soldiers. can you give us any more detailed numbers? unfortunately, i can't at this stage what we can't understand, you know, is there we're talking here around dozens. and of course, it's a very dynamic situation, and we're now assessing and all of the information that we have as we get to these really air force has already been striking targets in gaza. is the army preparing a ground incursion? as i mentioned right now, our focus really is on securing the border communities and then of course,

making sure that her mouse will never have the capability to do this again. so there are all options really are, are on the table, it'll be decisions, you know, moving forward, made by the government and made by the cabinets. but our, our focus as mentioned, is secure in the population. really making sure that some us can never do this again. and of course, all of those of us are, are available all on the all options on the table includes, in fact, a ground encouraging. so in the past, the idea of has made it very clear. you try to minimize civilian casualties, but we're talking about one of the world's most densely populated areas you can't really always distinguish between militants and innocent civilians. can you mean i've been on this program many times where we've talked about the, the measures that are taken the professionalism to guide the idea in a highly complicated urban warfare scenario. those professional guidelines haven't changed or commitment to following international law haven't changed. but of course,

what is going to happen in gaza sits at the feet of come us, how much is dated israel. we have all seen these horrific images of the death, the destruction, the slaughter, essentially the civilians with an israel hostages taken drives across a war crimes without any question committed here. so we will of course, continue to, to operate at the professionalism that we always have. and it's important to note that what happens and what will happen in gaza is meant to target, come off. and what happens is that their feet without any question, major, you mentioned the fact that there are guidelines and you've been on the show before . but for the many viewers who may not have happened to catch them, just give me one or 2 guidelines that ensures that in fact, you can distinguish between militants and civilians. it was dated in, in stark contrast to what we've been seeing in the last 30 hours. the idea never target civilians, civilians are never the targets of any of our operations. we are looking to target

come off and come us only. it's something that we have done in the past. the spike from us is constant use of civilians within the gaza strip to to shield their activity. and of course we will continue to operate the professionalism that we have in the past in an extremely complex situation. major, stay with me. i want to play you a clip of the statement made by prime minister benjamin netanyahu last night in his address to the nation. it's cold on the commode of the places which a mass is deployed in hiding in an operating from that we could city now we will turn them into rubble. i saves the residence of gaza leave now because we will operate forcefully every way home to the holo tomorrow. that clip, by the way, is from benjamin netanyahu. official website. those english subtitles are from the

israeli government. these, these really prime minister really telling all the residents of gauze or to leave? that's 2300000 people. you know i, i don't speak on behalf of the prime minister. what i can talk about is what the idea of has done with the idea is doing. and again to focus right now, 1st and foremost on secure our borders following an invasion that, that is our focus out of now. what could potentially happen down the road or other types of scenarios? you know, we're, we're not very yes, but of course, again contests. what we've been seeing there is no way to kind of to target civilians in any way within. the goal is to start. it's not something that we have ever done in the past, but certainly come off have to understand that when they invade a country, when they take hostages, when they slaughter women and children and the elderly on the streets, there will be a response. and i think that any person living any reasonable person living in any country would understand that it would expect the same thing from their military.