the, the, this is the, the news why, from berlin, israel, carriage and rage inside. gotcha. the military says its troops search for rocket crews and hostages being held by him. us guardians, have begun leaving their homes after he's real ordered more than a 1000000 residents to evacuate. to the south, also on the program, america's top diplomat in gauges and shuttle diplomacy across the middle east. antony blinking says the us is working with partners to prevent the conflict from spreading and families of german citizens kidnapped by him off. tell their story.

the government promises to do everything possible to bring them home the and greetings to a viewers around the world. unlike loco, a week after the unprecedented come off terror attacks. and israel is really troops have been carrying out raids inside garza, the military says infantry and tank units entered the territory to track down rocket crews, destroy weapons answered for hostages. it says it found the bodies of missing is release, which it brought to is really territory. it describes these actions as a localized rage and suggest a broader ground defensive will follow ahead of that assault. israel has set a deadline for residents to leave their homes. the u. n is warning of a humanitarian disaster in the territory, but his real says it wants to separate civilians from militants as it vows to

destroy hormones. another night lit up by explosions. israel's military earlier ordered more than a 1000000 people living in the north of gaza to move to the south. there were given 24 hours to clear the area. we've told people they need to evacuate, we expect them to evacuate. we are operating to restore the safety and security to the people of israel. but the un says it's impossible for everyone to follow the order. moving more than 1000000 people across a densely populated water zone, place with no foods. what to what accommodation, when the entire territory is under siege, is extremely dangerous. and in some cases, simply not possible. hundreds of families head south in cars and trucks was really or strikes level buildings. the fear nowhere is safe caught between staying

and their homes under bombardment, or risking the dangerous room journey the costume on that would be good enough suffering and killing. i mean we wake up to death under the bones. we don't know where to go. where is safe? well, i do not handle them as with gaza under the heaviest, as really bombardment it has ever seen. hospitals are overwhelmed. israel is unrepentant on the whole name, but we are striking out enemies with an unprecedented power. i emphasize it's just the beginning, volt lot our enemies have just begun to pay the price. so even a lot, i can't divulge what comes next. but i can tell you it's just the beginning must be a whole bunch of causes to monetary and crisis is deepening by the day. as well as

the air strikes. israel is locating food and water. fuel and power. price groups are calling for secure record or to bring in desperately needed supplies. a short while ago i spoke to a correspond antonia kramer. she's in asheville, north of the gaza strip. i'd begin by asking for more details on the is really rate . well, what we know is basically what the army told us here. so they breached also the security of friends around garza, the puerto area with tags and infantry from the northern areas as it appears. and so they calling it rates or limited incursions. they didn't apparently go very far, they're saying they went in to eliminate and to look for weapons and infrastructure there, but also to locate evidence, you know, for when it comes to hostages. and so basically this is

a limited encourage them. you've seen this before, that could prepare a large a incursion at some point. is there still this instead, israel's full scale ground? defensive is internet as well. we don't know the exact timing of that. the army won't share this with us. this will be still, although everybody's expecting this, having an element of surprise would be seen, for example, in 2014, during the war then was a very, very heavy campaign of strikes a for 2 weeks. and then the army moved in with the ground forces and that's a bit which we are seeing right now, this heavy barrages of extra existing also rockets coming out from gaza. but, but we also see, of course, the naval forces from the mediterranean, received the artillery from the east. so basically does that sound bars from all

sides at the moment? and if you have the troops, hundreds of thousands troops announced around jobs. are you seeing this in the cells, the tangs around the all the equipment is that so they could be ready ready at any time. but of course, we don't know the exact timing, but we've heard prime minister opinion mean that's and you know, again saying this is just the beginning of this, of this campaign. speaking of those from boardman to there are reports from palestinian authorities that dozens of guardians have been killed by is really air ridge, well heating israel's directive and trying to flee from northern godsa. what can you tell us about the ongoing humanitarian crisis there? well, it's an extremely doris situation for people. the if you imagine 1100000 people are approximately all of cause a city that's the heart of, of the gaza strip. basically having to, to move down south of towards by the advisor and this is in the middle,

it would basically caught the gaza strip into hoff. i've been trying also to, to get a hold of some people out there that i know the thing. some of them are now moving towards the center of causative. beyond that point, you know, they staying with relatives in different areas there, but not everybody also has relative. so places to stay. so, um, and the same uh, there a lot of questions as well because as you say, as strikes are going on, people are not safe when they're on the move. because also in the cells they are as choice. so it wasn't declared that this is actually a safe zone. so people of course, very worried when you're on the move, it's extremely dangerous. communication is extremely difficult. now. we're not getting all the information. maybe because um, you know, the, the internet is run has said that the cutting the internet services as well. the internet was no and, and very light any way. there's no electricity. so people have to see how they charge their phones. and for them it's very,

very difficult. some people told me we're trying to see what our relatives and gaza are doing that to con, get through. and it's very difficult to know what is happening uh to uh, to family members. the moment it's a dw corresponded tonya kramer in ash dawn, as always, many things, tanya, staying in israel, let's bring in dw senior international correspondent. funding such are who's in jerusalem? funny. we see the preparations being made for a possible ground offensive. but what are you hearing at the moment about when it might start? that's exactly the big question. everybody's asking themselves so, so she industry. so there was of them the very few people that are actually still on the street. because it is there to not only because it's shut box the they are for us basically for jewish people, but it's been pretty much a ghost town ever since last week. ever since, sorry, last saturday. this week that terrorist attack was on least by how much militants

now when is it going to take place? we do not know exactly, but there is indication that it may be quite soon a, just a thinking about all the military and all the m. s. a tags the truth to hadaway, the gear and physically the soul just the a along side of the gaza strip on the is really in part is definitely q indication that it's going to likely happen very soon. and obviously also that a statement and that clear order made by israel yesterday. the people who are in northern garza should try to go towards the southern gaza, which obviously kind of makes the impression as of southern gaza would be safe, which is not the case. you have just listened to our colleague there goes to the guys a buddha, again repeating and confirming that they've been lot of rates and a lot of not just local rates, but a lot of strikes from all sides and, and gaza as well. so the situation is quite fluid and there is a lot of tension between got to this question when the ground defensive is going to

take place and what reaction is going to be as a result coming then out of guides or from homeless militants. funny, i'm curious as the relentless bombardment on guys continued prime minister benjamin netanyahu declared it's quote, only the beginning. who is he really addressing here, hamas, or his own people? or i would say both because of course you need to signal to the people here, domestic in israel, the israel, the government is strong to the average thing to what permanent spend a ton you always said to vote across from us to take out. tell us militants, on the other hand, of course it's also signaling to vote thomas minutes is to is going to be a very strong reaction to what's happened exactly one week ago, c a in a, in israel, closer and several communities close to the guys. a border which is that hundreds of people have been killed by how much submitted since and an estimated 150 people have been taken hostage. now,

many of these hostages are being believe to be an underground tunnel, which is also a deliberate system. that's how much the militants use. so that local rate, that apparently took place as id f says in a certain parts of gaza was not just a way to, to uh, try to attack from us many things. but 1st and foremost, finding information, get intelligence, get intelligence about infrastructure, trying to find the high those. but we're still kind of some of the tents, but also by that finding the place where the hostages may be. in fact, just yesterday we approved that the militant off of the home us militants. the cassandra gate claiming that 13 captives have been appearing to kill is really a start a strikes. so the people here in each route, of course, looking through the screen as to the phones, trying to find out whether they loved once what we've been missing since that today, i'm going to return what of course they also device on posting and ordinary

citizens for the students in a gaza, what's going to happen to them as panic is, is, is already evolving and draws a strip. this tends to populated area as people are trying to flee. but the question is to where funny israel has been at war for a week. now, as you mentioned, we've talked a lot about gauze or recently for good reason. but what is in the mood among the population in israel at this time, the people are still under shock. you have to imagine that this was the biggest attack, the, the biggest amount of death. in fact, when it comes to a jewish people after the whole calls. so people here in eas route are very much under a shock, but also angry. they are asking themselves, why was it even possible that so many of the old when have been killed? why wasn't these really minutes? are able to save themselves, say, save, save their people at the same time. have you also hear that there is increasing

unity that people want to just stick together and make sure, regardless of what's been happening over the past months here in israel, all the domestic problems, all the a protest revolving around of the controversial judicial reform here in east around the troy lee, there was domestic problems right now. so i've and really come together in an effort to support each other, both mentally, but also physically trying to give age to those who are being affected by the situation. why boy displaced because they can no longer go to the village just in regards to buddha. with that must have attacked, replaced by how much somebody sends on saturday. it's a dw is a funny, such are in jerusalem many things funny. the witnesses in gaza described growing panic in the coastal area. desperation is also growing as both palestinians on the move and those stay in grace for an imminent ground offensive by the israeli army. truly

a to my is director of communications at u. n. r a. the u. n. agency for palestinian refugees. she told us what's most urgently needed. we are calling for and the moment is uh for humanitarian access so that the organizations like under is able to deliver it humanitarian assistance into the gaza strip. it's almost been one week knocked one job, what their house gotten into the strip. we haven't been able to send any humanitarian supplies. our supplies, our file file dwindling. we need to get supplies and we need to humanitarian access . so that's we're able to deliver to people to civilians who need it. most of the many women, many children, many or people, many people with disabilities, we need to get access. we need to get supplies into the gall. this trip problem is running very, very pop and golf has been pushed into abas. i'd like to now welcome military expert frank language. he's a senior lecturer in strategic studies at portsmouth university and a former

u. k. military intelligence officer, who joins us now from oxford. frank is really defense, forces are preparing for a ground invasion. give us an overview of how of what that might look like. a good morning, michael. probably up to 100000 troops. a going to be involved in this. and this operation, which will be because of its nature, extremely intense and stressful because what i go to engage in primarily is that come back to the very close can find a complex environment. it's not present a huge amount of, of di limits. so it's a 3 dimensional wall for scott, you can build things above to look at these radius, of course also have to look up now for, for drugs surveillance and attack drugs. they have the.