[000:00:00;00] the, this is dw news line from berlin is really forces struggle to drive a mass militants out. the country's mass of mobilization still hasn't defeated. the palestinian is with his groups fighters and some areas of southern israel. since a mazda surprise attack on saturday, more than a 1000 israelis and palestinians have been killed, the

i'm here until the ruling. thank you for joining us. is really forces said they're continuing to battle the most militants from 4 locations in southern israel. the ballasting is on this group, which is regarded as a terror organization by israel and germany, the you and others launch a surprise attack. saturday is rampaging fighters, reportedly killed at least 700 people in israel, and have yet to be fully proven out. reprisal airstrikes on. gallons of city have killed hundreds there, and fighting is threatening to escalate further with lebanon's hezbollah showing northern israel. israel is firing back while the full scale from us is attack is only now beginning to emerge. this is what is the rails nights man. looks like a police station inside israel. oh the wrong by how most militants is really forced is managed to and they stand off to the budgets a security breach that would have been unthinkable even

a few days ago. 6 and it gets worse. 7 this woman said to be in is ready. the soldier is just one of dozens of hostages seized by the militants. after they infiltrated israel. this posts of the multiplan, the sold on the country for this israel is a filing retribution. i'm not fit on the ship. the atrocious act upon us is a war crime for the enemy to hold women and children is concrete to international law. it is country to islam. and anyone who participates in this will be held accountable and avoid the push board. israel's response has been swift. it's just coming down as strikes on god the and they say this is only the stopped what will be quote,

a long and difficult tool. many in goal is to say the assaults by militant islam is thomas was launched because of anger. is there a patient of palestinian territory and israel's failure to reigning illegal is really set for monday. some people say they have now lost everything in the thought on the well have on to us as complete destruction. we are the of a web family. and there were a 150 people in this building, including my uncle's family. my sister's, i miss the families of my 5 brothers, some of the houses we're also a little destroyed. the slowness different fully, and belmont, showing me that if a month ago. how much continued firing rockets over night targeting civilians and hospitals israel to set up? it's a tax from the but seeing what some fear 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 earlier we spoke to drill a sophie from the time she has been reporting from the city of ash cool on the or garza and she gave us this update. so we spend the whole day and ask land which is about 10 kilometers north of the gaza strip. the city was totally deserted. people were mostly staying at home. there is an 80 kilometer perimeter around the border of kaiser, where people are asked to stay close to shelter. our schools are closed and there is a limit of the amount of people who can gather and people who are still very afraid because the militants were still on the ground. and we could also hear the air raids by the is rarely miller tree because here is really fighter to, it's going towards guys and we could hear designations. and we've just, there is

a big number of civilian casualties as well. and the gaza strip now. and we could also see how um armored vehicles were moved towards the guys or border. this doesn't necessarily mean that there will be an invasion, something that's often being talked about. but there is already an intense response from the is really military underway. the israeli government has the cat today, the state of war. we're joined now by stephen a crook, up the council on foreign relations in washington, dc. so steven, how exactly could almost have prepared and carried out these attack, seemingly without warning. it is an extraordinary intelligence failure on the part of b as rarely as who were a combination of complacent, distracted by their domestic political turbulence in dealing with violence in the west bank, where they had moved forces that had previously been on the cause of border leaving the cause of border in the mand and almost totally dependent on the use of

technology to secure it. it seems that the in a way that how mosse was taking advantage of all of these things as well as the jewish holidays, some katara, and the 50th anniversary of the october 1973 war. now do we know in the context of this current uptick and violence, who exactly is supporting whom us as well. there's the ample evidence already emerging that iran played a role in arming him us and given the kind of quantum leap in a, in, in how much capabilities in that extra 100 changing tactics is the used. one has to surmise that the iranians were at least offering them advice in the days leading up to the attack around supreme leader was pretty active and social media threatening israel. and predicting that the, the design is in to be, as he called it was, was dying. so there is, there is

a fair amount of indicators that suggest that the ryans do you and have played a role here, including a mazda zone admission that uh, that the iranians helped to arm them. now with the a shout over run, looming large in the region, us officials have said a most maybe trying to disrupt talks between is real and saudi arabia. what exactly do you make of that? well, i think that that's right, and it's something else that both of us any iran shares a desire to halt the normalization of israel into the region. and of course, the united states has many engage an intensive diplomacy to try to push forward an agreement between the israelis and the saudis. that would lead to mutual recognition. there it'd be around is have been very open and threatening countries that would embark on normalization. so once again, it speaks to hum us or running cooperation on this issue. now we also know that egypt is attempting to mediate between israel and from us. do you think you can

actually achieve a ceasefire? so this is a traditional role for the egyptians that the united states, these relatives and others have often look the difference to mediate and deescalate . however, given me the number of killed and the number of casualties in israel, the, the dwayne, which this attack unfolded, that has undermined israel's deterrence. i think in the short run, the directions are not going to meet with the any successes really seem intent on undertaking a very significant military operation. listening to your leading story, i think the movement of armor into the area portends a significant ground invasion of the gaza strip. and it does appear that this conflict is going to be staying with us for some time to come. that was steven a cook with the council on foreign relations in washington dc. thank you for your analysis. photos of people who went missing during the mazda of salt and appeals for help have flooded social media of the attackers, abducted at least 100 people,

including men, women, children, and the elderly. many foreigners are also among those kidnapped, killed and missing in israel. you'll need a shirt is leaving a nightmare. his wife and 2 young daughters are among those, kidnapped by her mazda militants, and taking over the border into gaza. he identified them in a video, widely circulated on social media. they were visiting his mother in law and a kibbutz near gaza when palestinian militants searched across these really border on saturday during the morning. ready the context, my wife, and then she told me on the phone that the service inside the house. that was the last time they spoke. he doesn't want these to be the last images. he has the dis family. it's not simple to know that to your 2 babies and your wife and your entire family,

the most precious thing you have these captive the but the trying to be positive and i'm trying to, to believe that something go we will, will happen. and some of my country is way in my prime minister. my government will do something to bring them back soon as possible. another viral video shows a destruct young woman driven away on a motorbike by spiders walls. her partner is marched away by attackers, his hands tied behind his back. the couple had been attending a music festival in the desert and both are still missing. and this woman tells bbc she hid in the citrus grove. when the government opened fire on the revellers the road and they were just all around me and they were going 3 by 3 and shooting anywhere from 2 sides and a so many people like people were dying like all around. she was lucky to

make it out of the desert party. alive. as were these revelers visibly exhausted, but relieved to be reunited with loved ones. hundreds of party goers are among the kidnapped killed. i'm missing in israel. shiny lute a german citizen, was abducted at the rave, or the more money thought her mother is still holding out hope she's alive. despite heart wrenching evidence to the contrary, which she talks about in this video appealing for help from manhattan. so we were sent a video in which i clearly recognized my daughter, she said, i'm conscious in a car with the palestinians who drove along the gaza strip. i am asking for any news or help to please be sent to us and do. thank you. the intel of these parents of abducted is rarely held the press conference pleaded for meeting with the government to help find their children. some of those missing were also at the

music festival in southern israel. us president joe biden has about to support is real, as it responds to the mazda attacks. dw corresponds, janelle delilah on is following the story for us from washington. and i asked her what the shape of that assistance might take, i as biden and yahoo spoke again today, sunday, and bite and said that he told that in yahoo side assistance was on its way to israel. now we know that the aircraft carrier, the u. s. s gerald or ford is on its way to the mediterranean to the, to the east mediterranean. now this is the navy's most advanced and us aircraft carrier. it has more than 5000 sailors and a deck of war planes. it's accompanied by cruisers and destroyers. and it's a major show of support for israel having this carrier strike group close by would

be helpful in any number of things, including surveillance, including blocking more weapons from reaching home us or even evacuated sion operations. there's also reporting that is really government once more, emergency funding from washington in order to help and buy more interceptors for its iron, don't miss silent defense system. reportedly washington is receptive to this request. now the us already gives israel more than $6000000000.00 and military assistance a year with much of the equipment from that funding already in the pipeline according to, to be sent to israel, according to the secretary of state antony blinking. but of course, depending on how the war developed, so we could see aid to israel expand further. so strong show support from washington directed towards israel. that was due to view washing corresponds, you know,

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