was 11 and the entire region i, it's interesting how will kind of bring people together. i was speaking to someone there in israel, who and we were talking about the fraction is regular governments and how this will i'm not everyone pulling in the same direction as i might be said for the president from the chancellor relations between a balance and powers. have of late being quite fractious, but that both speaking from the same book look, it's the joints of strings and the joint weakness. the reason that you're always refers to the fund through time and engine is the underlying assumption that germany and funds always approach problems. fund diametrically opposed angles so if they to both of them can find a common approach. everybody else can rally behind one or the other. and so is this is, is not a germany in front of sincerity. overcoming the points of friction. there are many,

are they over details they range from how they define the dispute is suffering t of europe, whether it's strategic, whether it is aligned with the united states or more independent from united states as will kind of differential approach it towards things to how to struck to the defense industry where the supply equipment from israel and the us term use doing whether you want to focus completely on developing your own, which takes a little longer than the french approach to whether to subsidize an energy prices for your own industries. something fonts has done for very long time, something that is being hotly debated into many and also on nuclear power. most power produced in front is nuclear, and germany dropped nuclear power even in times of climate change. and it trying to get independent from russia and gas. so they both said common challenges, but seem to almost always have very different approaches to things. all the more important that these 2 cabinets tools,

that's what we're hearing from the german government. and of course there's so many question marks of, of whether that will finally be some chemistry between all i've sold, who has a very kind of moderates, temper and in monroe mccall, who is much more outgoing, much more aware of how he projects power to the outside world that's something where the germans houses to seems to be very new to dry as people up seems to be here in hamburg. thank you so much. the fact that mikaela mikaela come from the 8, how we watching dw, and use us reach out that top story, israel's response to the through sat today's attacks by her boss. these are life pictures of the sky above the dogs. the way israel has been kind of god and strikes on military targets, 5 minutes depending index and yahoo is that these countries punishment will change the middle east. well, the 7 hundreds, right? these have been killed by how much attack is involving 500 policy needs. and is

really strikes on gaza. israel has denied reports of negotiations to secure the release of hostages, abducted by how much benefits. while americans, deputy ambassadors to the united nations, says, reiterated his country support for israel. robert would also point about the risk of escalating the conflict describing the situation of tragic and cooling on the international community to condemn policies, actions. just take you to the us and the special correspondent to abraham in washington or welcome a tell us more than about the us response as well. we know that president joe biden and the administration have been in cost close contact with their just really counterparts. really, since the early hours of this, this crisis, this unprecedented terror attack on is really civilians. president joe

biden has unequivocally condemned that how much his actions and as described as the care organization, how much is designated by the us, you in germany and others as a tear organization. and with the actions that we've seen, that designation is perhaps more uh, more of a pointed a in, in these past 2 days, the united states through its secretary of state anthony blinking has warned the actors in the region not to take advantage of the current crisis. in it is real and by that he means, of course, whether it's actors in the west bank, whether it's in at 11 on or also perhaps you run, which had been suspected of a collaborating with how much to, to, to execute this attack. but united states has said that there is no evidence of that. um, united states has also moved some ships,

some aircraft carriers and an extra aircraft to the eastern mediterranean, a no doubt in the move to deter some of those actors. and in that case, that actor would be wrong, the republicans, huh. laid at least some of the blame full of his situation on president biden store . how so as well, we have to go back to a couple of weeks ago where the biden administration a ended approved a, a prisoner exchange deal with iran. the united states agreed to release $6000000000.00 of frozen iranian funds. and we have to emphasize that these are frozen iranian funds. and in exchange, the united states received 5 of us citizens who had been held in you run in a torres prison, wrongfully, but had been wrongfully a detained. now, at the time the biden administration emphasized that this, these funds are not tax spare. it is not taxpayer money,

and that they would only be used for humanitarian purposes. now, fast forward to this crisis, we're hearing from republicans, including former president donald trump. he's blaming a, you know, this emboldened action on that prisoner exchange agreement. but as we know, there's no evidence that you're on uh, was involved. and at the same time, to bite and administration has emphasized that these funds have actually yet to be released. but republicans are using that prisoner exchange program to say that it has perhaps, emboldened a how much as allies in the region. but it got no evidence yet that iran is behind this or involved in any capacity. strong ties. of course, that between the us, both politically and interpersonal, a, what is being said about to us citizens in each man at this time. we know that 9 of us citizens have been killed in this most recent flare up of

violence in israel. and among the hostages, we don't have an exact number, but it is believed that among the hostages or us citizens as well. but we don't have the details as to how many or where that where they are potentially held. and of course, as with this really citizens, this huge the complicates the potential for a ground operation in gaza and they're already reports here in the united states store unconfirmed media reports that prime minister benjamin that to me a has told by them that a ground operation is i'm, and these are reports that are yet to be confirmed. the united states and our viewers might not know. it also sends annually about $3000000000.00 us dollars of military a to israel, and the bite and ministration has said that, in addition to that annual aid, they are prepared to receive individual requests from there is really allies to make sure that they are prepared. unable to face this difficult moment,

and this move by hama, seems to have taken everyone by surprise. not just israel, just a couple of weeks ago. the us national security advisor. i've been saying the me least was coming down with calmer than ever. in fact. yeah, it's a, it's a statement so that really has not aged well at all. it was a statement by jake sullivan, who said that he spends more time on the middle east than any of his predecessors. and i imagine that after the events that we've seen unfolding the past couple of days that's about to change, he cited some successes, for example, to choose between a young man and saudi arabia. but he also cited all of the normalization agreements ortiz processes that have taken place between israel and other countries, most notably in the gulf like the u. e, for example. and there had of course book prior to this most recent flare up real hope that there would be an agreed miss on the way with between israel and saudi arabia. now that seems to have been torpedoed at this point. but it just gives you

an idea. i mean, that's what analysts, or at least are saying that even though the united states had worked very hard to bring, is real closer to some of the key players in the region. and you know, the people that had been there needs there, there was no viable solution available for the palestinian people. and at the same time there's, there seems to have been you know, how much the tear organization of how much becoming so strong and so involved. and seem to have flown completely under the radar. so already, i know sort of thing that once you know the stability is restored within israel, there's going to be a real critical look into how u. s. foreign policy may or may not have contributed to the crisis that we're seeing right now. okay, thank you for that. i dw special correspondent, i abraham in washington. as you've been hearing growing fans about the fate of dozens of people who are abducted by homicide miller since on saturday and his right,

the official has denied media reports of negotiations to secure their release in exchange for palestinians being held in is rainy jails. many of those abducted with taking while attending an outdoor music festival in these royal, near the costs of st. hundreds of bodies of being becoming the scenes of terror at a rave in the desert. come off gunmen open fire on the crowds and chase people down . taking hostages, a one woman said she hid and as little as grove to stay alive, let us and come. and there were just all around me and they were going 3 by 3 and shooting. anywhere from 2 sides. and there's so many people like people who are dying like all around salutes. 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. there are just 2 of the many hostages. israel says

have been taken into gaza this man's wife and 2 young daughters were visiting his mother in law near the gauze border when they were taken by militants. during the morning. ready the context, my wife, and then she told me on the phone that the terrorist 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, the foreign nationals were also taken. one hostages mother made an appeal from germany. 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 been down in tel aviv parents of abducted as railways, held a press conference, demanding

a meeting with the government to help find their children and to pay an interview before the event that happened a little while you're here on that d, w a gallon bands, home and 7 is right on the of the board. and with casa, was attacked by how much fights on the sides of a. she was rescued with a 12 year old daughter and 8 year old mother who was staying in a nearby house that still missing faith kidnapped mcculloch sandra county asked her to describe what happened. i can start describing what happened. it's so complicated. we were attacked. it started with the red color alone and which is kind of regular. we run into the room back to the 6 from back to very fast the we heard a shooting. this is the 1st time in my life. i heard shooting from the sofa so close. and the i heard the aside going on and seem to keyboards.

i was the in keyboards case, a fever. we've mine 9 years old daughter and my boyfriend, my big girl. she was in the nearby keyboards where my mother lives and in neil or the same thing happened there as only they couldn't close and lock the door of the safe room. we locked it with the i don't know, we the kind of the bar. mm hm. and we could lock the door, so we heard someone trying to open our doors, but the couldn't do it. my mom, i also did you lock the door, did you love the doors? she said yes. but i know she called them because there's no way to lock the door, the safe room in the laws. 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 in to guzman, and we have no food, no worker, no toilet. and, and at a certain moment there was no um in electricity and we just contact and no wi fi. and only at the 4 o'clock in the morning, i understood that to my homeland the my home keyboards was the completely destroyed and you were on the phone. and now that 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, were happening during that time period. and what you last heard from them

is my mom wrote they are entering this house. they are breaking my house that looting my house. there. take some things. i told her lock the door, she said ok, i'm locking looking and my daughter left me message a voice message on such as. 5 just as mom there's a lot of noise. there is a big noise outside, a very much afraid. yes. that's what she said. yes. as if she understood something very bad is going on well. and i think i think i hear in the background and we know you have

a younger minor down there. now.