news the, you're watching the, the news going to live from berlin is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the war in gaza is exacting a very heavy price on israel. israel's military says 15 soldiers have been killed since friday. this as gauze as health ministry says thousands have been killed in an error. sprague warner refuge account, also on the show on christmas eve, and normally bottling streets of best, will have largely deserted with celebrations, cancelled due to the war and casa. and here wes says, an oil tanker struck their india is coast on saturday was hit by

a drone fire from iran is comes after a series of attacks on ship fire, run back, who's the raffles the empire richards and welcome israel says 15 of it. soldiers have been killed in gaza this weekend, marking some of it's heavy as troop law. so since it's ground operations again, this is the most run gaza health industry says at least 60 people were killed and then is really airstrikes that hit houses and a refugee camp. israel has also announced that it is planning to shift its campaign to gauze as south where most displays, palestinians have fled there doing what they can to for anyone alive from under the debris. every day people across the gaza strip wake up to new scenes of devastation,

off and all they find is dead bodies. but sometimes they're lucky alone with the job to take me to the matter of hospital. they treated me that may god protect them. it's the destruction of the children with screaming children's mental health as affected the injured were on the street, me, me and for others will retrieve from on the idea of the following in the southern city of rafa and is rarely extract destroyed a house and damage several others and a refugee camp in nearby con eunice. the attacks also flatt and several buildings the month that almost one device area is designated safe, and there are thousands of displaced and a few meters away from us as an office. full own rather, go and there are more than 40000, displaced to the east of us at the agencies clinic and schools and the shuttle with

me to school housing. no less than 6 or $7000.00 displays that have to be out there in general, is designated to say that this is the safety and security that israel claimants of a minute or the whole. i mean, when the day is what i as calls for a cease fire grove is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu says there will be no let up in the fighting as a case man, citizens of israel. we are at the beginning of the war and the gaza. strip and i wonder if we will continue to fight until total victory over him us, and that is the only way to return our hostages. eliminate hmos. and then sir, that goes, i will no longer be a threat to israel. look you up the money for his comments coming after israel last or more soldiers and gaza in the past 2 days. as the fighting continues, the house run, guys at house ministry and there's more than 20000 people have been killed. the i spoke earlier to the buyer,

him from the norwegian refugee council and asked him if israel's plan to focus on the south will affect his organization's humanitarian operation. yes, of course. they have been for a while now because they have been displaced, 4 or 5 times. remember, the original load is where to move the seller of central casa, and we kept getting these orders on. so, you know, here we are, and you just reported on that rough on the southern lowest area where the majority of a workers are with the majority of a is to do for that 1st points where the majority of people have been displaced by specie, from online it's very, very cold and it's very windy, very rainy. and it has been a, a couple of rainy, not people have spent these nights intends that, you know, i'll build on august, you know, now pools of months. there's no way for people to go. this which we know where to

go to it is, you know, the corners have closed on the walls have closed on them and they is very tank. so getting closer and closer, that's still not the the way to go about this for us as human retainer would, cuz we need to see a cease fire. we need to see a ceasefire now. and as the temperatures continue to drop, as it is getting colder, there are your staff making special considerations, looking ahead to what winter might bring. i know there's not much she can do this to be to be frank, going to get these questions and also is with there's not much else we can do. we have had a couple 1000 trucks, the roads, some, some food, some water and some tens for people to stay in. but people are now running everything they can get hold of plastic cheese, plastic bags, you know, the window frames just to pick or keep warm. anything rate if they can,

they can. uh, you know, find um to the guys that has been set back decades century is really, i mean its been stopped as to it is a good clean walter its being stuffed as connectivity of technology. you know, neighborhoods have been trying to open the craters. this is 2023. this is a 2 days and is the splits of tax on too many and people who have nothing to do with this. and again, i say again, i have been speaking to another as police agent phase for the 100 interviews and every single time i appeals to everyone, please prussia all sides to equity. jo, ceasefire. thank you. that is, i've made a fire, i'm us in our region and refugee council. we appreciate your time. thank you. as well as bombardment of gaza has forced the cancellation of christmas festivities in nearby bethlehem

a biblical birthplace of jesus. the city and the is rarely occupied. westbank would usually be full of tourists and pilgrims, but the crowds are absent this year. as is the traditional large christmas tree. many of bucklin dress events are in mourning over the devastation and gaza, just 50 kilometers away. we have her correspondent yon phillip shots reporting from bethlehem and he's described for us how different things feel there this here a very different no big celebration this year. it's an incredibly set up. let's see a here in bethlehem. as you can see behind me, no big christmas tree, no street vendor southern tended to the children, no music. the official sierra said it's impossible to celebrate christmas this year . i know those circumstances of big churches setup presents yours. that's uh that is so no moments enjoy when soul of joy, when so many people are suffering as son say, maybe it's also

a moment to reflect on what christmas is also about the hope of a more peaceful it was. meanwhile, the pentagon says an oil tanker attacked off india is coast on saturday, was targeted by a drone, fired from a ron. the stride caused a fire on the vessel, but no casualties were reported. the indian government says the tanker was carrying crude oil in bound from saudi arabia. no one has claimed to be attacked in recent weeks who the rebels and young men have repeatedly attacked ships in the red sea with drones. they've declared all israel affiliated vessels to be legitimate targets. you enroll v as a non resident fellow at the center for maritime strategy. and i asked him what he thought of the us military's claim that the tank or in the indian ocean was hit by a drone launch from iran. well, certainly i can verify independently, but it does indicate some of the reading and addresses and the maritime domain. we seen in the past, it certainly is consistent with the ring and both the pros and capability. and so i

have no way of refuting it, but also in the way of confirming. and indeed we've mentioned with a rebels in yemen have recently been targeting ships in the red sea is there then intelligence implicating iran directly in these attacks or yeah, over the last few days or seen more coming to life in the open domain, suggesting that iran has been providing full support and funding to the east for their attacks. it is certainly well known that the rains have been supplying the with these for many years, both in terms of military equipment and in terms of intelligence. but they did appear initially that these attacks may be independent of iranian backing. but over the last few days that had been refuted by the incense, suggests it vessels on the southern red sea. have actually been used by around to help with these identifying targets and provide them with information about the position of castles that they had subsequently. your thoughts and these attacks were in the red sea. let's talk about how significant you find it that this latest

attack we're speaking about is so far away all the way off the coast of india. is that significant? it really is. um, what has been a ritzy problem has now become a more globalized problem. i mean, this type is the type is very far afield from the bottom end up in something risky . and certainly from when he controlled the, i mean it is closer to india than is anywhere else. and we are looking at potentially a water installation of this, this ongoing prices. we've seen these have a very quickly from being a supporting of, of gaza to really uh, i've had people who are and coverage for their own right. um they have become focused on the relevant studies as dean for them. and now this would be a wire still over that there certainly transcends only israel and drop it, but the human as well. and so we pull through, this is not a, a large scale installation, but certainly the g or the geography of this

a top indicates that we have greater concerns for global, not on congress, which does transport, 90 percent of world freight. and so there's already starting to feel the impact of a closer to the red sea rewriting around advocate. and this brings into new questions of what is needed to make sure that probably our ships are seniors are safe and well afraid is able to flow freely. well, thank you very much for bringing us your insights there very much, appreciate it. that is in robbie with the center for maritime strategy. you turning now to some other world, new stories, thousands of anti government protesters have gone through again outside mountain green city hall to do ma'am survey is recent elections. the an old international observers say last weekend's election results were marked by irregularities and government. opponents of large voter fraud. serbia's populous authorities have denied freaking the votes. the german police have increased security measures. i

clung cathedral, i made warnings of a possible attack. police have brought in sniffer dogs and are planning to scream. people attending midnight nice on christmas eve reports in german media site. the heightened threat from is one mistake streams over the holidays according to solve it or has ordered the arrest of former president alfredo christiane e. for an alleged cover up related to a massacre in 1981. and the other was i'll tell you, must occur some 1000 people were murdered by us, trained and equipped soldiers for allegedly supporting left us rebels during all solved or civil war. and there, calling it a one in a 1000000 a pregnancy. a woman in the united states has given birth to 2 babies from 2 separate rooms. it's double the birthdays to the girls were even born on 2 separate days. kelsey hatches,

miracle babies arrived to choose empty is best wait. a healthy girls were born a day, a pot after 20 hours of labor the unique this is the result of the re, a congenital anomaly that gave hatcher to use horses. both babies had their own. when one born on the tuesday, one born on a wednesday, so they have different birthdays. baby is born on the 19th and baby was born on the 20th. so it was a very long day. but we made it over a typical twin, pregnancy is defined by 2 babies and one uterus. hatches position seed. it was safe to cool the goals for to know twins. they've now been named roxy and ribble, and have joining the 3 oldest siblings at home with kelsey and her husband, caleb, a and a, with

a war raging in gauze up hope. frances has appeals for place in a solemn christmas eve mass of the vatican. the pontiff made numerous references to violence and war during his address in st. peter's basilica without directly naming as round or gaza to francis, at hearts around the world for in bethlehem shall lead traditional christmas day prayers. later on monday morning. and now you may have seen some impressive christmas decorations, but here is one truly watering sight to behold. this is the world's biggest and possibly only santa claus, made out of onions and sand. you can find them reclining on the beach and india is eastern coastal city, a free. the artist says that there's 2 tons of onions went into creating his layered master piece. he's encouraging people to give to each other plans special christmas and was hoping that his mega samsung will help spread awareness about climate change. so i think the, the news quick reminder of our top stories. israel says 15 of its soldiers have

been killed in combat in cost, but this weekend, as it shifts its military campaign to southern casa, and because a health ministries has at least 60 people have been killed in an israeli air strikes on a refugee camp that she has i've changed, thank you so much for joining us. the sometimes it's hard to find what you're looking for. but we've got something for you. imagine that you're eating a hamburger. and as you're biting into this juicy murder, your dining companion says to you, actually that hamburger is not made from cows. it's made from golden retrievers.