the the, this is dw news life in berlin. israel steps up its been part man of gaza. war plains have been carrying out air strikes over night in response to the attack by her boss on saturday. the militants are also still firing rockets into israel, and fighting with is really forces at several sites outside cause. the palestinian militants abducted at least 100 people as part of their soul. we talked to one man waiting in agony for news of family members. taken by costs plus a wake up call in germany,

results from regional elections deal blow to the countries governing coalition as far right parties to make strong gains. the michael look welcome. these really military says it has struck more than a 1000 targets in the gaza strip. overnight as rockets continue to be fired at israel from garza, the army added it was still babbling homeless gunman in several locations inside israel. more than 1000 people are confirmed dead on both sides sense of loss launched a surprise attack on israel on saturday. israel says it is targeting sites belonging to palestinian militant as long as groups, moss and palestinian islamic jihad in gaza. both are regarded as terrorist organizations by the e. u. the us and others, since saturday's massive,

unexpected assault, buying a moss within $700.00 is re lease, have died, and dozens are being held hostage. well, over 400 palestinians have been killed. the. i'm joined now by our correspondent rebecca raters, who joins us from the city of echelon in southern israel. rebecca, what can you tell us about the fighting that's still going on going inside israel, between the army and a most gun michael were actually outside the city of africa. long close to to the guns. a border were about 8 kilometers from the guys and bought a fine thing has been continuing or even not behind me. you can probably see some claims of smoke that is inside don's that from what was either an air strike or not hillary strike. well, pretty much it for most of the night. this is randy military has been continuing its strikes on how most targets inside the gaza strip. you mentioned that number of

a 1000 targets, but when i spoke to the military this morning, they said it's really not much point to talk about those numbers at this stage. this the scale and so of this conflict is like nothing that we've seen before when it comes to gaza. and israel was that this is a change the paradigm. so i'm standing in this field from here around the perimeter of gallons, a, as for about an 80 coleman radius there at a tanks, a station around the whole perimeter. and they've firing artillery rounds also it onto most targets in the gaza strip. now also you can probably say behind me, there's positioning some true carriers and other military hardware here. these are for preparation purposes. uh, the military trying to get on the front foot off to the surprise attack and, and being caught off guard the now preparing for what benjamin netanyahu is wound

could be very, very tough weeks ahead. rebecca were hearing the us is providing support. what can you tell us about that? yeah, the us is sending a, an aircraft carrier to be stationed in the mediterranean sea in support, a show of support and also an active deterrence sense and a preparatory measure, as well as the military did confirm that this morning was state department, the us state department has also confirm that and that should be coming within the next few days or within the next week. a. now that's to support the military said this morning also that they would be more focused on, on all the threats and by other threats that he vaguely somebody that comment made that statement but, but referring to threats from the new world, from his blah. uh oh, hops even around is there more as a deterrent measure. and of course, if this does escalate, then they'll be able to assist me. do stay with us rebecca. we want to give our

viewers a closer look at another topic. as we've heard the homeless miller trends abducted dozens of people during their incursion, they were mainly is railways, but also included a number of foreign nationals and also women, children, and the elderly. yoni asher is living a nightmare. his wife and 2 young daughters are among those, kidnapped by him mazda militants, and taken 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 terrorist inside the house. that was the last time they spoke. he doesn't want these to be the last images. he has the goose family. not simply to know that to your 2 babies and your wife and your

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

around. she was lucky to make it out of the desert party a life. 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 adopted at the rave, or the more money to her mother is still holding out. hope she's a life happens and we were sent a video in which i clearly recognized my daughter. she said, unconscious 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 to thank you. intel of these parents of abducted is rarely held a 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,

back with our correspondent rebecca readers and ask alon, rebecca, what can israel do to liberate the hostages? abducted by palestinian militants as well. that is certainly going to be a priority for the as riley military for the government. they are going to be working, doing everything that they've can at the moment. they've set up a kind of a, come on, sent a headed up by a major general ad to collect information and to work out the next steps. they haven't released obviously, any information just to as to how they going to do that. i mentioned before that they were really caught on the back foot and the surprise attack at the moment their priority is to try and clear the areas around the guys and border, the communities they that are still finding. they're still finding ongoing and 7 to 8 places, and some hostages still being held there. so that is the main priority as we move into the next phase of the school, which will include the retrying the c attempt to release those prisoners. many,

many thanks to rebecca raters. husband pollution is a journalist base and gaza. here's what he told me about the situation there overnight as well. last night was like. ready the whole old unifying was like the most intense. so for a compartment across the golden stress in my area, we couldn't leave that. he could squeeze at that. ready like garden and all the time, very high and 30 and very strong. we could hear the smash windows from michigan. that being said, some time scheduled events drunk. there was a fire. we could see example rainbow off all the way to get down the strength, drones all the time. nasal a,

me science from the sea and from the shovel back like the sea seems like is great. sometimes people might interest rate to the sea. and according to the ports they can be was shooting at the main harbor in many places where they're destroyed over night. and the most important to me, it was weird. in 2 cases. one is a big fan of the office tread and the other one is to try you on the eastern part of the city of that many, many i'm a need, some houses that are destroyed as well as some mosques, wherever people were destroyed as well. and the number off of schedule apiece is rising. technician number, according to the mystery of health. like over night 22,

a police were killed. dozens were injured to rate the difficult to over at least $456.00. i some is there. is there any place at all that goes and feel relatively safe at the moment? to unfortunately not it goes on is an all is like, it's a very small case field from the border control. i mean, we have see in the west as well for this, from the east and north egypt from the south. a huge existence calling on the gate as well as the or the to the at the end crossing is closed. and dallas is like a very beginning table that'd be too late in places to point to me in the living goza and motional trends as conditions had been dire for years in gaza. and i

imagine most residents could only anticipate things getting worse after facing is really retaliation for the events on saturday. how or palestinians in guns of feeling about i'm us right now. it's this is not, it is, it is very air lead to judge and that, but um, what i can say is like i hear from people when people, origin, the people, they are a 5, they are afraid they don't want war. it was outside in now old thousands where in shock as like everybody else, adult swear. i mean, they were no hands on that. i caught say that if we brought anything down that you know, angry at how much. but maybe, you know, how much is part of the community they have to, if you nation be, have supporters here some, i'm sure that they are happy for ordinary people who are suffering and they are in, in, in, in a, you know, exposed to these things and that the to the apartment,

they are to 5 and they are angry and they want this order and long in the same time they want the stage to be lifted and to move. normally i would like elsewhere in the world we have seen lately, like thousands of philippines, hopefully before the sea, now like an from jones out by your menu boards wherever we're talking about that because they were not happy and dealer, you know, like looking for a good life okay, that is a husband below shot in guns and many things for more and this continuing conflict, i'd like to welcome my web design shine middle east expert at the international crisis group who joins us now from tel aviv there or dozens of is relays as we've just seen there held hostage in gaza. what do you believe is how much is it intention here? and how likely is it that israel will try to free them by 4?

it's as well. i believe this is the harshest post indeed offensive on his row in history. um as far as the ability of how much militants to penetrate is really ideas basis. and it's really communities . we've never seen anything like it. um and i believe it is. so there are several factors involved, primarily the continued siege of guys a, the, a bad edmund of much of the arab world of the palestinian issue. and the notion by israel that it can continue to maintain this kind of status quote in both the west bank and gaza without any kind of negotiated solution. so, you know, desperation is certainly a big factor here. as far as you know, going forward, it's pretty clear that is relevant to everything in his power to retrieve the captives. and it's still an unfolding situation. and we don't even know exactly how many, how many are civilians, although it seems like quite a, quite

a lot of them are civilians. for israel, this is a huge blow, and it is now going to have to deal tactically and strategically with how to retrieve them. it's, there are no, there are no clear or easy options right now. indeed, more of the israel says its goal is to ensure that hamas ceases to exist after this . it's mobilizing a $100000.00 reserve is so israel preparing for urban warfare in gaza. and what will that mean for the local population as well for all the populations right now this looks very, very dire. um, you know, there are tops of ground and vision. it will be very hard to see how it is, or i will be able to retrieve those who are captive without some kind of ground invasion the, the, the air strikes. for example, it's not clear to me how those are going to health, retrieve the captive. i believe they're probably under ground at this point. i don't think israel is, is yet the able to assess exactly what, what, what,

how it's going to do this. i think it's still, you know, there's, there's still people who are stuck in their shelters on the border communities that just rarely troops are trying to save. so they have several friends here to deal with. and i think technically they are trying to respond. what will happen as far as negotiating a prisoner release or how to go forward that has yet to be seen. but the but one thing is clear is that it seems like fighting will continue for for days, for sure. and is on middle east x rayed my love is on shine in tell of the many thanks for your time. think in lebanon, hundreds of hezbollah supporters have rallied and be rude to show their backing for a mazda is attack on israel. people at the rally, including young children, chanted death to israel as they waved palestinian and has the flex a senior has the official told the crowd that the wrong back party pledged its support to the palestinian militants. after hezbollah is released,

forces exchanged motor and artillery fire close to israel's northern border on sunday, raising fears of a wider conflict. for more, i am now joined by dw bailey, the bureau chief of mohammed tray, to welcome mohammed. uh, what's the situation at the lebanon? is rarely border at this point. i was looking for a call this morning on the bidding is really the folders the latest significant development goes back to yesterday afternoon when hezbollah induced by you the army exchanged across florida. shelley, no escalation has been recorded since done. now the question really is mike of how long the existing started school will last on the east front and how what has been . 1 react to what the co inc escalation in in casa what or libby needs official

saying about the conflict at the border and any signs that hezbollah will get involved again with the caretaker government has been totally silent about the situation. no official statement has been issued. so far, as you may know, living and has been through presidential vacuum for nearly a year now the parliament doesn't meet and the can't take a government's ability to make decisions will take decisions is very limited. nevertheless, sources close to has the last set that at the message that the has been a lot wanted to send to the is what he needs. it was a limited message. this explains the cautious call situation on the borders. the escalation was very calculated and precise. it is so far within the establish tools that often engagements, however, then he has a position for goes express fee is office collation and have more. that has beloved from dragging live on into

a world with as right. as the country is reading from financial and economic attract on, our thanks a dw baby would view a chief mohammed tray to steering germany. there's been a public show of support for israel, with berlin's brandon brigade, late in the colors of the is really flag on saturday. night and on sunday, more than 1000 people gathered at the gate in the heart of the german capital to show their solidarity. israel's ambassador to germany, as well as berlin's mayor, have spoken after you. that is just one of several rallies across germany intended to show support for israel. the german 4 and ministry has confirmed that there are german is really nationals among the hostages taken by him. a chancellor, all of schultz says berlin has increased security at is really and jewish institutions within germany following the attacks. and he said that germany stands

firmly by israel side, not feeling that goes to the news that reached us from israel yesterday has shaken us deeply. under the site of the hundreds of us release up in kill caitlin terrace, fired versions of rockets from the gaza strip. into israel, up to 4 side thanks the same time. heavily armed fighters infiltrated israel, is it did the high, is that 140 good to enter the houses of innocent civilians. find those english coming at the murdering man. women and children of the guys and the ducting dozens of hostages into the gaza strip. is the titans and by these are by bike access when they are shocking, and they kind of in any way be justified on this. so when i saw that chapter, hard to the talking with, i spoke on the phone this afternoon with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu funding position. i assured him in light of this terrible attack by the germany stein steadfastly, by isabel's side. and as i take the security of israel is

a part of germany's reason to this day, let's just talk to stops. because all germany as governing coalition has been dealt a blow after its parties performed badly in t regional elections. coalition parties led by social democrat chancellor, all of salt bloss out to the center right on position, both in the state of hassle and bavaria. the far right a f d party also made strong gains, searching to 2nd place in both states. in the central german state of has the chancellor social democrats feel that the heavy weight interior i'm in has done nancy says hoping to see the ruling conservatives. but that did not work at all. instead, the conservative cd you under the sky and gained a lot of ground winning more than twice as many votes as the social democrats last significant support. unfortunately, we didn't manage to get through with our issues like at no cost daycare for all

even below 3 years of age. like a more social has that with affordable accommodation, with decent health care for everyone. and also with the question of how to ensure jobs in the future. and that is why it is a very disappointing result in bavaria to all 3 parties in the national coalition. last votes, the social democrats, the greens and the business friendly, freed democrats, well state premium, la casita, and his conservative sees you easily secured another term in office with the help of the free boats as a right wing populace party. now that does not come as a surprise, and yet both results of being hailed a victory for the conservative nationwide. with the 1000, it's totally clear that the conservatives are gaining strength. that's also true on

the national level. today is a great day, but there are still huge challenges that we need to solve in germany. and that won't be possible without us conservatives. this result gives us good reason to tell the other parties, friends, you need to respect our positions to. you can't just go on as if nothing had happened. and that's something another party claims for itself the far right ac todd, you made significant gains begging its best results ever in both states. so from now on, we'll have shorts and his government, and berlin will have to deal with a new position more confident than ever. let's cross over to our political correspondent, julie sound daily here in berlin. julia, the conservatives have come in 1st in both states, but very and has a. how does that reflect on the federal government and social democrat chancellor, all of schultz slot slip at 1st look. one would think that nothing, nothing has really changed both in bavaria and has,

the conservatives have won again and they are possibly going to be able to form the same coalition government with the same parties they were already governing with before. but a closer look, one can see that there are some trends that show that there is some change for example, and has to. the conservatives have gained quite significantly. but we've also seen that debates and issues that are very revel relevant on the federal level have impacted motors decisions in these 2 states. and for example, we've seen the 3 parties that are part of the governing coalition at the federal level, the center left, s p, d, the social democrats, the greens and the business friendly f t p. have all last votes in these 2 states and some of them quite significantly. and that points to a growing dissatisfaction with the federal government and with chancellor all of shows. and this couldn't be in trouble for them in the long run. because this is the half point of, of the government's term. we've seen the far right

a if the gaining ground in both states, which behind their rise as well. this also points to a trend that according to these results, but also looking at poles nationwide, shows a growing dissatisfaction with the federal government and people seem to be moving towards the far right as a f. d, as an alternative to the current ruling parties in the governments. but before, right. a, if the was also able to capitalize and to profit on some debates that are happening at the federal level to for example, a debate on migration and whether germany is able to handle the high influx of refugees of the country. but also debates on climate change with the ruling federal government trying to push forward a new measures to combat climate change that are appearing to be quite unpopular with the public. and this is also a signal for a, the, a f d that the party is not only popular in the eastern german states where it is

historically quite strong, but that it is also gaining, get ground in the west of the country. it's julie of south valley. many, many thanks is over. this is a reminder of our top story. this hour is rarely forces are still babbling high mos militants at several locations in southern israel and the palestinian as long as the group launched a surprise attack saturday, killing at least $700.00 people in israel and taking dozens hostage. reprisals airstrikes on the gaza strip. have killed hundreds, they're the and we will end it. they're coming up next. the 77 percent, the magazine for africa's use with their story about zambia, which is passed a mental health law in 2019 but its implementation is still patrick. don't forget, of course is more news on d w dot com, and of course you can always find the latest on things to grand an x where i'll

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