october 28th on d. w. the . this is dw news life from the land, the death toll climes in israel as the full extent of set of days, terrorist attacks comes to lights. the ministry phase, the number of people killed, has reached 1200 and that most of them were civilians. gun down in their homes on the street. and then guys, the whole neighborhoods are being flashing the as israel steps up. it's a stripes on the territory with more than $900.00 people at the reports it did. and

your brains president, a lot of me is the landscape visits brussels. it's nationwide countries to provide more support to health gift country through the winter. the hello, i'm presuming to welcome to the program. israel is calling the dental office at a day's terrorist attack. staggering, it is now known that how must militants killed at least 1200 people, and that most were civilians. the new number has come to life. as the ministry discovers, more bodies, israel has intensified as a strikes on gaza invitation palestinian officials say at least 900 people there has been killed and thousands more wounded. israel is massing troops on the border and is widely expected to sort of ground defensive into gaza soon. i'll d w 's. rebecca research reports from the is really town upstart that's close to

the gaza strip. a. this is just a rock police station or what's left of it. and it's the scene of one of the biggest vassals during this audio. how mouse militants will hold up inside. i'm use riley military will caught up in a 20 hour gun battle local residents left terrified and angry, horrifying because we saw them running around here everywhere. we were pretty much innocent and we didn't have anything to do in this entire situation. no, us weapons to, you know, protect ourselves. nothing to actually do in this situation. i've been this for both, but not nothing like this, nothing like and the most and those sort of and, and which of our kids and systems and uh, photos and the children to the babies and everything. such

a cool israel is responding to the attacks with massive air strikes on the gaza strip. these randy government has told guns to evacuate the territories trapped between israel, egypt and the mediterranean sea. most residents have no way to go to escape the bombs. one woman said her brother died while trying to follow his rounds instructions to relocate. we'd fled to escape death. there were continuous air strikes. the israelis told us to come down to con eunice, but we only found duster if we stay home. we die. if we go in the streets, we die. my beloved brother fled from one place to another. my beloved brother, may your soul rest in peace. this guy's guns are filled with rockets and me solve flying in both directions. incoming and outgoing for me is randy town of ash come on. most of the gaza strip. most rockets continue to cause destruction. israel has

cooled up hundreds of thousands of reservists as it prepares the next stage of its retaliation. by at least one government administer has joined the troops to avenge what he calls these rails 911. this is not going to be another circuit you're going to chase enhance each and every militant of from us. you're going to change chase and honda data meters. and we would fights and to be in against him, and will be victorious, not just for us, but for the sake of the civilized world. a ground defensive bias, riley forces looks likely. prime minister benjamin netanyahu told his country to prepare for a long and difficult role that he says will reshape the middle east. i'm now joined by our corresponding teneo kramer in jerusalem at sonya. it's good to see is really official. say it is likely that there are still how must minutes

since in israel, what more can you tell us about this? well, that's why this assumption that they're still militants in the area. and i think we're seeing that parts of the south reno around because of the strip where the attack happens. uh the, the, the, or the attack on saturday morning is still in parts coast office. well, um, uh, to 2 people. we kind of really access it to the army, took some during this the, in some areas because more, more details now are emerging. what actually happened and some of the keep it seem and some of the village is there like in the us or in busy where over a 100 a bodies had been discovered. so they were also some, i've done a batch was in a 2 locations. uh yesterday, and ulta infiltration attends again. yes, the team as far as we understand. so the situation is not under control in this

area at the moment, tanya, we're now anticipating israel's ground operation. tell us about the preparations for this. and is there any indication as to when it will starts well, we wouldn't know when it would start because this will be also by surprise and may be seen in previous 4 in 2014. there was a period of a heavy, bombardments, heavy strikes by the is really army enough to, to reach the ground. forces started to move in, but the preparations have begun to be heard in the report. and they said that the troops messing a lot of is really tough, being all calls for reserves and the so we see a lot of movements around the border area around the golf and strip. and of course, the also has a defense minister. you are going to was touring the, the, for the envelope as a, to your cold. and you said we're is, was on the way to, to a full scale of war operation on garza,

we just got a, a statement by the, it's really ami a, the attacks, of course, as strikes on guys, i continue the, it's not me one of the targets was it is um, it's university university where many palestinians a students are going to come on, tend to a military center of for how mazda is also the sense that more hamas leaders are being targeted at the moment. and of course the desktop is rising as well. yet and just staying on that point, tanya, that that statement about the strikes we have seen israel stay a pop. it's a a strikes in in garza, we've seen images of what looks like in ty enable it's being bombed residential buildings. you've just folks about that. it university, what all is rails states of goals in this regard? as well as think the no stage of goals is where as in shock and, and over this a talk over over this, you know, what happened on such

a date because you have to understand that the death toll in is right is rising. we also talked about a number of hostages that have been taken from the communities civilians among them. elderly children are young people from the festival. they've been taken to a to gaza by the militants. and you know, we don't know exactly the number yes, but we understand the army has know confirmed a 260 families that their relatives are a being held hostage in gaza. so this complicates, this is something, nothing seem you seen more sea between garza and between our mazda and the minutes, infections and israel budge. we didn't see this on this on presidents and scale of what happened. so basically we don't know what, what is the goal, but we'll as well try to retake cause of re occupied a gaza in that sense. we did have to administer gaza at that. we don't know yet at

the moment. they say they were going a full scale assault on got them. and staying on guys atanya. what do we know about how dia, the situation is full civilians and gaza right now as well. i didn't know. you know, what's the word to describe it? i talked to some people on the phone, it's increasingly more difficult to talk to them because electricity is running out . some people do have solar to recharge their phone, but it is one has said they're not going to let in any more electricity after know some parts of it. it just, it comes from israel through the electric grids. um they also would not put any fuel any more that comes to the is really crossing care them shalom and also no more food deliveries. so the fuel was also destined, of course, for it cause its own a power station. and we understand from officials and gaza, that this is running out soon too. so this will have this hex, of course, also on hospitals and with the increasing number of injured people. of course, this will have a devastating effect as well, and also in water, palms and you know,

your name. it's under situation on top of that. people cannot feel secure, they know safe rooms and guys that we put that also in the report on that point. as well, no safe rooms people feeling insecure? is it possible for people to leave guys are and where can they go to seek safety? what we're seeing right now already in the early days. know is that a israel has tools uh the, the residents on the uh, on the outskirts of golf and you the order to move a to evacuate, so to speak, to move more towards the center of cause and no cost. that is a small place for and 65 square kilometers. i mean there's not much where they can move to and also the strikes, of course, on the costs of city on the other, $0.50 as near the coast. so the border crossing, the main of or the president is really close. so that would be only the crossing or with egypt. but he's seen in previous crisis and voice. it would be very reluctant,

you know, to take in any people that wants us to cross, you cannot just put yourself at the border crossing and say, i want to process this needs to be coordinated with the might see of a creation of some far into other nationals, obviously that might be as to where you many teran corridor or perhaps, but it's very, very hard to understand at the moment. you know, where should people go in gaza because the basically, you know, was in the small, uh, within the small place. and it's, it's hard for them to move anywhere sites. all right, that is, i was curious of them correspondent atanya, pretty much. thank you, tanya, for that. israel is stepping up. it's a strike. so bombing buildings and gaza as we were just discussing with tanya now with the strikes be part of the preparation for the anticipation of the ground defense of what i put that question to the ministry analyst frank live, which the what's going happening now is preparation of the battlefield us is the

military time goes and they is right, it is a warning set to buy sector. you guys have to leave and the current through the, the strikes systematically. so this is all positive, probably up, but certainly pos of a target list. so that go through a target list prepared over a period of years because they've been planning for something they say never wants to execute it, but they've been planning for it. they know the ground, and now that plan is being executed. and, and what will that execution actually look like? what will we see when the is really ami launches that ground defensive? it's, it's difficult to say top to create the only limited number of a grass enough out the english routes in which will be heavily defended by, by hamas. they know which way these right is going to come in. when they come in and false, we'd like you to see some surprises. what for them they take, i don't know. the full that will take will be in it,

but for yourself. types uh useful in certain areas of causal. but overall, these really i'm in the core, i suspect will be staying back because thomas has very effective on the tank capabilities and the shape of russian supplied or rather brushing, make me sides. there's going to be an infantry bottle and it's going to be a risk. it's a 3 dimensional battle. anyway, it's heavily organized. the area is going to be worried about the forces from underneath, from the tunnels to behind. so in front of course ad from above, unique christine from these right perspective a relative for the 1st time is really sold. is it gonna have to be looking up? because how much that's quite a well developed a now drove force, which it's been putting together over the last decade. oh so, and that will remove these really unique advantage of surveillance. interesting point you make the, i want to look at the, the capabilities on, on the how much side given the resources that they deployed inside today's attacks

. does, how much have the numbers to resist and is really made a trade ground incursion? i'm talking boots on the ground here. the locust aid, the the foresight deployed all over the weekend and recently amounts to between probably 152500. most assessments of hamas is manpower. put it between 15 and 20000. that's just how much. so yes, they have some numbers whether that be able to resist these, right? this is another thing, but the important thing to remember here is both sides helping planning this for years and years. and how boss may have the edge on this. because for now, anyway, because they have proved themselves over the last few months to be highly dynamic. so they're going to be waiting for the, it's where it is and that somebody calls me to say, these writers are going to be fully aware of. we've got an irresistible force between a movable object that one side will have to give. i suspect it'll be have us. but once you're point, yes,

they've got the votes and numbers to to cause these really serious damage. okay, frank, believe it's a thank you. and if the end of this frankie of which, thank you. thank you. now i'm us medicines have abducted thousands of hostages, including children and the elderly. most families have had no wood on their face. one of the many missing is german is really citizen shining. look, the family has been trying to get help from the government to get in berlin, but they feel abandoned by the juvenile 4 seas. this is the last picture of shiny look on social media. the 22 year old jam. and these really was that this music festivals into neg, if that's a window tender, was struck and killed at least 260 people. then cabinets several of those 2 guys, including shawnee in this video she's displayed by the terrorists, unconscious in the back of a pickup truck. relatives recognize to so days around who lives in.