the the this is dw news, a live member land is real step. so it's fun, parchment of gaza. warplanes have been carrying out air strikes overnight in response to the attack by a moss on saturday. the militants are also still firing rockets into israel. israel says it has re taking control of towns outside of gaza, but that's fighting with militants continues in some areas. and fears are growing for the dozens of people taken hostage by mazda military. you will speak with one woman whose mother and daughter are both missing the

sarah kelly. welcome to the program. is really forced to say that they have regained control of towns outside of gaza. but that clashes with palestinian militants are still going on in some places. israel has also ordered a complete blockade on cost cutting off electricity, food, and fuel. a mazda militant staged, a surprise attack on saturday, killing more than 700 people, and abducted thousands of hostages. israel is pressing ahead with air strikes on gaza. the health ministry and gaza says that more than 500 people have been killed so far, and nearly 3000 injured billows of smoke across garza, the

this is really defense for us to say. the striking hundreds of targets belonging to militant is miss group hamas and islamic jihad, terrorist groups. and the goal is to strip a response to the unprecedented dudley assault by him. us on southern israel, inside today, an idea spokesman said it was the worst day and is really history. never before have so many is rubies, be killed by ones seem to be let alone. and then you give it to you one day. if you're americans that want to compare this to something in american history, and this would be a $911.00 that a pro halmar, wrapped into one trucks carrying tanks and military equipment lining up in southern israel, near the buddha. our job is to make sure the ends of this war from us no longer have any military capabilities. smithton is really civilians. and in

addition to that, we also have to make sure of how most not to be able to govern because this is riley minute tree footage shows, strikes across gaza missiles, hit tunnels, apartment buildings and mosque residents of the territory of surveying the smouldering debris on the dozens of rockets fell on people while they were sleeping. there was no alarm or anything like that. so we ran out into the streets and we weren't prepared cuz we had been home and that there were so many rock a little bit of these attacks and not likely to relent soon. israel's army chief says they are ready for a long bottle and has them position as a journalist based in gaza. here's what he told me about the situation there. this

is andrews. i'm going to all the time since the one that is well started. uh to uh to nathan to call me back and ask tweets folding. ready is additionally building a blue shield. um i have the heart uh excuse me. um if it where it is, there is the, the environment and many street talk shop. i can see in the street some people are carrying small back backs or their 10 bags and, and, and leaving their places. and from some of them to go to the, on the schools taking it as a show to someone like this place. then going to some of the kids where they think that it's safe here at the state. i know i looked to us a key mostly 2 hours or maybe one hour

a day. some people didn't. ready leave it for more than their t i words and when it's just city, which i think that that's, that's the other aspects like water, supply and, and other things. and there was a couple of things in that many areas. they have no engine that was there because the lines are tough or because back of electricity, we are here in some reports that they use really defense forces are refusing to let even food into gaza. first of all, are you hearing anything about that? and is this now a seed, or are you prepared for that as well that was under siege for more than 50 years and all that good stuff used to come together on a very limited a for a long time. i'm. i'm not sure there's no official number on that, but how far goes i can cancel why we've got available goods and already there is shortages. then there is shortage of with your and shall teach a or

a food the because farmers are not able to go to their farm to hong this. there is some, some stuff available on the market at very small number of stores are open and easily some areas, but even the price is way. ready as bob because of, of, of. ready mix with all of that. um it's, it's not easy and medical stuff. and then mr. tell talking about shortages of medical supplies as well as we are see thousands of things you. ready to see and elias to dallas. ready to be okay to the. ready on the bottom it okay as in pollution, giving us a sense of what you're seeing in in the round garza thank you. and earlier i spoke with our corresponded rebecca readers in southern israel near the cause of border. i asked her about the situation there. was there is really military currently conducting

a wide scale strike on gaza from here you can see pots of over the board of the that's the northern todd of gauze, the an area around the state head noun. or you can see the smoke rising. we've been hearing pretty tungsten air strikes. i'm artillery as well, but pretty loud, pretty constant bombardment from the sky have mass spokes person a little while ago said that for is rarely hostages, were killed by is riley strikes, but it's almost impossible to verify that information at the moment. but if true, you know, that's something that is really military doesn't have to take into account. now, the sirens has been sounding around the country, mainly in the center of the country, a little earlier a barrel. several kids were fired here. many of the above, above, above us really we had to take cover flying overhead where we were standing. a few have made impact. one actually made it to the new the airport. i don't have any

information as to whether the airport is closed, but i believe it hasn't already that it will be. it might impact not in the airport exactly, but me the airport and we've had to all the direct tapes in cities, nicki one and ash dog, another in ash cologne. the not too far up the road he injuries have been reported there at least 3 people were injured in those attacks. uh too seriously. we don't have any more information on those at the moment, but we have some videos circulating from those strikes showing cause on finance. pretty serious and strong kids are right direct hit. i just as we were coming to a coming onto a sarah, the air sirens were going off in northern 11 on i don't have any more information on that at the moment. but if that information is accurate, it could mean the activity is picking it again up from the northern border from lab and on the death toll on both sides has been rising. i won't give you any numbers because it looks set to continue to rise quite drastically. today,

particularly on the guards inside, but they is rarely signed. it's also raising as the miller tree go through these towns and cities and discover more bodies. and, and rebecca, israel has announced this, refer to full scale siege on, on the gaza strip. you know, we saw earlier the, the tanks that were passing behind you as you were speaking with us. what more can you tell us about what's going on on the ground right now? well, yeah, i know one of the point there is out. we've been seeing over night in this morning a quite a large military build up personnel and hardware here along the border. and when not, of course, entirely show what's happening in the military have not said that they're going to start a ground invasion at this stage. there's nothing official on that front, but from what we're seeing here, it certainly looks like they preparing for what could be a very big offense saves. you can see the tanks of personnel, terriers and other equipment being taken closer to the border. so the situation on

the ground is certainly not de escalate to you. in fact quite the opposite. dw is rebecca rivers, they're in israel for us along the southern border. thank you. and cut side is reported to be leading, talk to secure the release of dozens of as well as abducted by him aust militants on saturday rest. reuters news agency says that the mediators are negotiating the freedom of a number of is really women and children in exchange for 36, palestinian women and children allegedly held in his rarely jails. some of those taken hostage by him off were at an outdoor music festival in the south. the country, hundreds of bodies were covered at that site. you may find the following report distressing themes of terror at a rave in the desert. come off, gunman open fire on the crowds and chase people down. taking hostages. one woman

said she hid in a citrus grove to stay alive, let us. 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 the people were dying like all around loops. this video shows the distraught young woman driven away on a motorbike by fighters. while her partner is marched away, his hands tied behind his back because they are just 2 of the many hostages. israel says had been taken into gaza this man's wife and 2 young daughters were visiting his mother in law near the gauze and border when they were taken by militants. during the morning. ready context, my wife and then she told me on the phone that the service inside the house. 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 foreign nationals were also taken one hostages mother made an appeal from germany and 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 got this trip. i am asking for any news or help to please be sent to us in tel aviv parents of abducted as railways, held a press conference, demanding a meeting with the government to help find their children. diane join now by gully, done her home near the border with gauze and southern israel was attacked by her most fighters on saturday. she was rescued, but her 12 year old daughter and her 80 year old mother who were staying in a house nearby are missing, feared, kidnapped, delete. first of all, thank you so much for speaking with us during these incredibly difficult

circumstances. and i just like to begin by asking you, can you describe with up to us what happened on saturday morning? i can start describing what happened to it so complicated. we were attacked as it started with the red color alone and which is kind of regular. we run into the room, back to 6 from back to very fast. we heard a shooting. this is the 1st time in my life. i heard shooting from the sofa, so close. and then i heard the site going on and seem to keyboards. i was the in keyboards case of fame. we've my 9 years old daughter and my boyfriend, my big girl. she was in the nearby keyboards where my mother lived and in meal or the same thing happened there. only they

couldn't close. lock the door of the safe room. we locked it with the i didn't know we the kind of the bar. mm hm. and we could lock the door. so we heard someone trying to open our dog, but the couldn't do it. my mom i i so did you lock the door, did you lock the door? and she said yes, but i know she called them because there's no way to lock the door. the safe room in the office and it's 12 in the afternoon. i lost contact with them and we were locked in in to say from, from 6 in the morning at 3 am when the army came and took us and we have no food,

no work. there is no toilet. and and, or at a certain moment there was no um and then electricity and, and we lost contact and no wi fi. and only at the 4 o'clock in the morning, i understood that to my home land the my home keyboards was the completely destroyed. and you were on the phone and i understand with, with your, with your mother and, and your 12 year old daughter. no way i can. can you just walk us through the conversations that were happening during that time period? and what you last heard from them is my mom wrote they are entering this house.