the the, this is dw news life from bill. that is why the forces spend whole, how most militants in southern causes. main city is being heavy showing on, on you to some ground forces they're engaged in what the, as one of the military, coal, some of the most intense come back yet. and russian president vladimir putin visits the middle east. first, stop the united alabama it's. it's a red trip abroad who faces an international arrest? florence and has cancelled previous trips. the

i've been visible and woke up. israel says its troops have surrounded and entered southern gauze as largest city. the military says its forces have now reached the center of hon. units commanded, say that troops are engaged in some of the most intense biking so far as well. says it same is to eliminate homeless, which is regarded a terrorist organization by the you. when you west hundreds of thousands of people have been told to evacuate to jim that harry ends or spots that you when says nowhere and kaiser is 6 survivors sift through the rubble of the destroyed home, struck by his riley marseilles in the early hours of the morning the commander with her 2 people inside the house. 20 of them were children. that's true. we don't know what happened to us since i live in the fire. here's an all of it collapsed on top of us. none of us made it that completely. okay. everyone is hard to that. let me look for united nations and says almost 1900000 thousands have slid the

homes since the war began. many wound up here in hon. eunice now goes to the 2nd largest city is a battle ground. israel says it is operating against homeless strongholds in the south and both sides report that the slicing is 5th, leaving civilians with no with to go. all my senior colleagues have been very clear, including the secretary general saying there is no, there is no, there are no safe places in jobs. so the main hospital in hong eunice is overwhelmed. the un says delivering vital ada supplies is impossible amid the fighting and still the injured keep coming. as through the bodies the devastation in hon. unice has left many palestinians with

a sense that the world has abandoned some have been, we need someone to stand by all side. we need someone to find a solution. we are devastated. but despite a brief ceasefire between israel and from us, the renewed fighting is as intense as ever by us. they don't use funny china about the a movie as well as military campaigned in hon units. is there a didn't change that is from the beginning, telling me from us, but when it comes to hun units being the 2nd biggest city in the gaza strip. israel believes that this is basically the main 2nd stronghold as the guy is the city, the how most many things, and a lot of homeless fighters to believe to be, especially the presumed masterminds behind the terrorist attacks of october 7th here in israel. and that is sitting by and he's believes to be hiding somewhere in the city. but as i'm saying this is of course, very clear as well, that it's not just the militants, but the a lot of civilians who have been actually told weeks ago to evacuate from northern

gauze and go to the southern part of this trip to seek some safety and now as ease rise pushing in more and more into the city, the civilians, cl, that's they have to obviously leave and, and, but then the question is where they are going to go to and, and who can actually find safety because they've been promised this once but now once again, they have to go on and see another way, try to find some safety and they don't many spots left really according to do yet. in fact, these new support. last but it comes to safety full civilians in gaza right now. besides, the israel is and visions and trying to track down. yeah, yeah, seen why and also the dismantling. how about is how is it responding to the growing international pressure to reduce the number of civilian casualties somebody is really in perspective. i mean, they keep saying that they're not fighting civilians, but that they fighting the homeless minutes and say,

also saying that given this interactive map that's been divided, this been dividing gaza strip into a 2300 blogs warning people depending on which book they are in that they're going to be won by flyers out online radio, etc, that they should leave when they get a warning to them. the seems to be up basically, you know what they could do given the circumstances. they say that homeless is misusing civilians as human shields. and uh, they happened to be a from, from their intelligence in using the residential infrastructure basically of, of, of civilians. but yes, if you are listening into that growing international calls for limits in the casualties you comp so, but wondering just really how intense, how more intense is fighting is going to be. and just how the humanitarian international law can be upheld. given the circumstances as the fighting on the ground intensifies bed and funny, what about the political situation at home?

does prime minister benjamin netanyahu still have political ambitions? the premises. i mean, it's really everyone's guess what's going to happen to problem new stuff. nothing. yeah. once this was it will while it's on to you, but it's going to be over what is clear to be send this on you out is fighting for put it, it goes to bible. in fact, just been a lot of criticism from the beginning. the way has been handling this entire situation for 1st and foremost, why uh, october 7th, even had to take place that uh, there's a lot of criticism that he has under estimated what, how much is able to do a group that's being classified to terrorist organizations by multiple countries and there is increasing tension building up as well because a lot of relatives of the hostages are remaining in gaza strip. about $130.00 people out believe to be still inside gaza strip. the relatives of those people say that a permanent fitness in y'all is not doing, you know, so clearly out what as off mission to tell y'all is, is,

is doing is not just on the scrutiny here domestically, but also on the stronger scrutiny internationally. the main question is there what the united states is going to do? that is extremely supporting a extra automatic around the supporting ease around just how they are going to use their leverage, how these always scores should be conducted moving forward from here. i think i've taught in jerusalem for us. thank you. is, well, protesters have been gathering outside of government buildings again this week demanding a permanent ceasefire and the release of the remaining hostages. israel's is a $138.00 of them is still being held in the cost of the strip and it's now being over $60.00 days. i've just returned from tel aviv where i interviewed a film student, she will have ron, whose family is among those effect. it's really hard killed or kidnapped, the unimaginable face that the field 12 of she will have runs relatives. it's been

uh hello nurse for our family. and it says october 7th. obviously we believe that day every day when hom, us classified a general organization by multiple countries attacked israel, including the cap board, sigbili, they killed her aunt to uncles, and one of their caregiver is they didn't till 9 of her family members hostage feeling abandoned by the use by the government, she will have her own turn to germany, where she also hold citizenship to raise awareness of her family's ordeal. and we expect germany to do it every can every child and she also traveled to brussels, to ask the european parliament to help put pressure on his rail to reach a hostage deal. the fact that we are here is a desperate act to ask for more help. age of she was family,

the women and children were released during the pause in finding deal of the late november it was and we were called to see the people coming back from like hell, you know, almost it was amazing. it was exciting. it's was moving, it was unbelievable. it was so real because it was seeing them on screen, on television, with the rest of, you know, the people of these wrote and maybe the world, you know. so it was a moment of a private moment that became very public a but to show how the father of 2 of the released children is still in gaza. read. i think the message in our, our goal now is to keep going. and even though a lot of people are back, there are still a lot of people that haven't got back in my family. got a gift, seeing some of my family back, but

a lot of families didn't. there are still sitting and waiting and crying and shouting and fighting for their loved ones. what's it like being at the mercy of the world? you mentioned public opinion and having that, that pressure on the basically i come from a very complicated the for political in me know, vision and, and we as a family we are and these to the hard part we are people of fees obviously does an occupation this country and it needs to end, but you know, worries northern ends or people are surprised when i'm saying they still believe in base and i wanted to because of what's happened to my family, but i think it's the only solution and that my family should be the last, people that are dying and murdered over this, you know, crazy politico situation. and so are the people in god and then to fight with the pain. you know, i see big families with so many names like

a raised and crossed and and it reminds you of my family because we have so many victims as well. the process, the president, a lot of imposing is in the middle east on our way a trip abroad despite facing an international arrest. lord, it's his 1st visit to the region since rusher and bated you kind. last year, he stopped 1st in the united arab emirates, where he said, relations with russia are at an unprecedented height, foot and has travelled on full multiples in saudi arabia. the average 6 i national double useful of moscow bureau chief, your eva shade have joined us from riga, as dw is banned from reporting and russia. he told me more about the focus of the strength. rational maintains close relations with both countries, united to are of interest and saudi arabia, according to the kremlin, is how do you read the food in, is going to talk with ground prince mohammed the know solomon on trade international politics and humanitarian aid. and the issue of oil trading is very

important to us, as we know, 8 old oil producing countries have reduced the oil production from may in order to maintain production and the low level until the end of the year. the civilized that the market. uh, so this is one of the topics uh today, also the conflict between israel and how most is on the agenda for both meetings to and the same time at the same time as this visit. it should be seen in the context of the russian internal politics of the upcoming presidential elections in russia next year in march next year at bolton, hasn't yet announced his candidacy. she may do so next week during his annual press conference, and of course of this visit abroad would help him improve his image in russia regardless, regardless of the results. but you are, you doesn't have to worry about that international arrest warrants, as well as it actually the president is travelling abroad only for the 5th time

since the international criminal court issued and the address to warrant for him bought it 14. doesn't the risk to be arrested because neither saudi arabia nor the united to alabama that's half rectified to the so called room 3 to you, which phone to the national criminal of course. and that means is he wouldn't have to arrest him in concert, read to south africa. for example. we remember in july this gave us the pollutants tipped assignment to their because of fi us she could be arrested. so if nothing, unforeseeable happens, booting will make this fees and then growth as opposed to titian who is not only labeled as a war i'm time president, but also who's listened to at least is our approval. the other thing is that who is in the middle east at the time of war, at a time of war and gaza, what, what role has russia played in this conference? well, it also seems to strength. and it's a geopolitical position here in the middle east and young gain influence as

a media a to moscow has good relations with him. us, which is considered a terrorist group in most western countries, but not in russia. warehouse. a regularly sense delegation stooped in the end of october this year, the founder and politically the, the, all of the group came to moscow. he met with the russian deputy for a minister before that they both had a meeting in cut off. the top is that they prefer to negotiate, so we've come off from invest in a point of view bought. it has been on the able to find a basis for another hosted exchange between israel and posting a group. so i think putting has relatively little to lose by intervening. now, do you want to use visits in, in cutoff? because the stuff there from valerie to bureau chief, you really appreciate a good talking to you as always of the watching dw, use

a reminder of our top story. this is where it says its troops advantage, southern guns, as largest city military says it's costing him us hospitals inside the something's to be with us of being overwhelmed by the number of de advantage it i've been as an invalid. so you next down the, the taste of us, we have a problem that was in the us middle class income has fairly risen in the last 20 to 30 years 6 perhaps the next week at the same time that keeps right. 300 trillion that the trap, the december 9th on dw.