of this kind of fun, it feels like therapy, the . you're watching the news live from berlin. israel says it's at war on many fronts . defense minister you are gone, says no one who attacks israel is safe. the statement comes after a suspected is rarely air strike kills any run in general. in serious. meanwhile, israel's right wing government is under increasing pressure to crack down on violence by its settlers who target palestinians in the occupied westbank.

and ukraine's air force claims a major blow on russia's black sea fleet. cruise missiles, fired by ukrainian jets hit a warship dog at a crime near cry. me in port pressure confirms the ship was damaged in the strike. the island with rep. welcome to the program. israel's defense minister says his country is facing a war on as many as 7 fronts you'll have gone, says is really, forces are responding to many of them running and back malicious, have stepped up, attacks against israel in response to israel's efforts and gaza to wipe out him us a group also linked to iran and designated a terrorist organization by many countries. on monday, i suspect it is rarely arest right, killed

a senior iranian general in syria vision. starting to see the money array me in the state and television interrupted regular broadcasting to report the strike and the high ranking general's death security insiders say site addressing. most savvy was responsible for coordinating the military alliance between around and syria. it ran back. so network of proxy militias across the middle east to advance its interests and pressure. it's sworn enemy is real. most savvy was killed in a suburb of the capital, damascus in a building, allegedly used by has beloved and it ran back militia that has been fighting is real for decades. is real. neither confirms nor denies having killed most savvy new law because i do not comment on actions according to foreign publications, any action in the middle east. obviously the id f has a role to defend as real security. i'm sure that's not the point. implementing obviously, the uranium broadcast ended with the logo of it runs revolutionary guards with

a voice threatening retaliation on israel. for more now let's bring in then to sheller. she is the head of the middle east and north africa division at the high mission. both foundation in berlin, thank you very much for joining us on dw. first, let's talk about this error strike. what significance do you put on the killing of the ronnie in general and syria? well, apparently it has hit a really high ranking range in general. this time, but it is not that special. we have seen many is very s race in syria before. and we have seen a list of really high ranking, a ring and personal killed and syria. so it is one of the series. so to say, right, which brings me to my next question. israel and the united states have made a number of tit for tat strikes or would appear to be tit for tat strikes on a variety of targets we're talking about syria, iraq, the red sea. do you view these as isolated incidents,

or are they part of some kind of larger strategy as well? i think we can see a pattern here. first of all, of course we know that ron has expanded his role in the middle east over the past decades. and it has many axes, so we see here sites under bringing proxies. and what is up is, is that it is king ring and targets that are outside of ron. because that avoids the direct and escalated consultation to be run it. so hope that it sends messages we will get your personal wherever we find them. so you just mentioned the key word escalation deals, view of what we're seeing as a whitening or an escalation of the fighting. how big of a risk of that, do you see what we can do to be sure that there is no risk that i think that all the messages that we have seen from the other states in the region are not prone to escalate the situation. if your main look at his bullet, for example, which is maybe the might use power directly on israel's borders, may have practiced considerable restraint. there has been skirmishes. there has

been a text for florida. however, i think we cvd is strategy office, bella and ron knox. escalate, but yeah, from israel's which rhetoric we understand it sees itself in a word 7 front and that of christ mattress because confrontations are not the lateral. so we might see an escalation here also from the and from the spanish site . and what about from the iranian side, because they, i can imagine have to say, face, they are seen as the sort of powerful protector of a number of various interest across the middle east. just how much power do they have right now as well. they really have to box them for proxies to 10 act on their behalf. some of them, however, also considerably independent. his bullet, for example, is also independent upfront in many regards. so i think ron has the potential to manipulate the powers that are outside of its borders. but then can enhance the tension with israel, but i think and all competition is nothing ross,

interest. israel has the might to hit iran in a way, but reading which occurred in the time that you rang and potential. and so for i don't think the wrong wants to risk losing all that and the united states, they are also in a very delicate position, supporting israel, opposing a rod not interested in escalation either. what is the us role here and kind of balancing all of those various pieces, so to speak with us i think in the interest has been in the past years that just stay out of the middle east as far as possible. but now that basically after the october 7th master cruise is still, i'm just spread the same. they feel they need to engage. they don't want to engage in gaza, obviously. and so i think they take care of targets in the region where they also see their own interest website. and that is mainly moulton, syria, north east, syria, where they still have troops, as well as the rock, where they feel as certain responsibility off of installed, that they should keep it comp in their own interest. and this is why we're seeing

them engaged here. okay, and to show their width of you to the middle east from the highland both our nation in berlin. thanks very much. thank you. now israel's government is coming under increasing pressure to crack down on violence by its settlers that are targeting palestinians in the occupied westbank. the united states, for example, has issued travel bands on extreme. it is rarely settlers responsible for these attacks. while european governments are looking to impose similar measures, figures in the nations show a spike in incidence of settler violence in the west bank since him aust carried out its terror attacks on israel on october 7th. use abraham has more driving through, cut out with benny hudson. it's difficult to miss that. it's a town in morning at its entrance, plastered on its buildings, bus stop, even wrote signs everywhere you look posters of asked about the us see with the

words martyr. before i became a martyr to people, here he was a carpenter, a husband, and besides a father to 6 children, a brother, and a cherished son to stay and look at him. isn't it a shame that he has now been east the ground last night? it was loved everywhere. his family loved him, his friends loved him. everyone loved him. what has his boy done wrong? but he now has to grow up without a father. what has this girl done wrong that she now has to grow up without a father? she had been by the level this makes shift memorial marks the spot where from its body was found. she'd been shot in the chest. it was hours after palestinians here see about 20 is really settlers. descended on colorado with benny has sun from a nearby hill. a local council of men who says he would this be attack, walks me through what he saw of what it is,

the military. it was with the settlers on the start. they cleared the area so the settlers can attack as they pleased and shot at anyone who approached on it. that was just all the local, subtler violence is not new in the occupied westbank. but the un says it has serge dramatically since the almost her attacks on october 7th, in nearly half of all recorded incidents. as with the attack on cut, old benny her son is really forces were reportedly seen supporting the attackers. this town is completely surrounded by is really settlements, which are considered illegal under international law. palestinians here tell me they can barely sleep at night, not knowing where the next attack could come from. just look at the devastation that these attacks usually bring in response to our inquiry about the attack on color with many hudson. these really military said there was a confrontation between residents and settlers and to break it up,

troops used life, fire, and other means. the incident is now under police investigation. the people who've cut out with benny has sent told me none of this makes them feel safe. that when there's an attack there left defend for themselves, darcy was killed. he had responded to a call that came from the speakers of the local mosque to help protect the village from the settlers. who is 2 youngest children, however, are too young to understand that sacrifice, that their beloved father is now gone for good. lemme just the head of that stuff that whenever there is a knock on the door, she says, that's dad. she's come home and brought me sweet and very frustrated with when she opens the door and he's not there on the other one tells me grandma, that's really what i want. does he my father help. i miss him to take me to my father. the take me to having problems so i can see my father. jen name is jennifer . well, crane says it's fighter jets,

have destroyed a large russian worship. dots in the port of philadelphia in occupied crimea. footage from the town shows a huge explosion overnight. russia has confirmed the ship was damaged and says one person was killed. also says that it's air defense systems destroy the ukranian fighter jets the target of the ship. several buildings in the area suffered damage, apparently by the blast wave from the explosion. let's get more now from our mathias bidding. our he's joins us in cuba. mathias another major strike. we see many of these in crimea. what more do you know? it was a landing ship that is easily used to land on the coast of the a the terry tree that is controlled by the other side. and

it's uh, it was built in the 19 seventy's, ironically, ukraine's last one ship of the same, a model in 2014, when russia sees crime, us, the ship was stationed there. and it's quite a significant blow again against the black sea fleet that ukraine has been targeting uh several times. uh, so we have the black seats fleet in premier, but of course, the major operation is in eastern ukraine, ukraine's military challenges are really there right now. so what purpose does this single attack in crimea in a different part of the, of the war serve? the british defense minister has said that they estimate that 20 percent of russia's black sea fleet has now been destroyed. that is quite significant is for example, a significant for export spice ship from ukrainian ports. russia,

as we remember, has quit, the, the great deal that allowed ships to safely say it was really simple from ukrainian port send off to that ukraine continued operating these cartridges by themselves. and one of the big issues and safety is the black sea fleet. that's due to these attacks, hot to retreat, much further than most of the ships seem to be at the russian coast now, which is of course, further from the actual crime. it is also an important to a supply route for the russians. so these attacks on cry, mia, they serve the poor purpose to destabilize the supply route. they still have to put up is also to be it's ready to craig's claims on cry. me uh that is highly symbolic code for so it's, it's the most symbolic who may be part of your trade that's put in us take. i'm glad you mentioned that keyword, symbolic because it is very symbolic,

both for russia and for ukraine. they're competing claims on crime you of course, currently you're being officially part of recognized ukraine. it's also been a point of disagreement between ukraine is western allies. how would you or whatever you're hearing about what ukraine's western allies might be thinking about another attack on russian forces in crime? yeah, we have so far north hood that these attacks were condemned by any of the west and allies. it is ukrainian, terry tree, and ukraine has the right to attack military positions. that's the official position of every body, of course. uh we also hear like sometimes through back channels that they're aware or use that. so for example, attacks on the bridge that links crimea to russia might be seen as something very as color luxury, but ukraine. it wants to get this, terry, to back,

which is by international, right? it's own and none of the western allies, i think, stand in the way so far. all right, the w as my test burning and key, thanks for that update. and that's all for now. we will have more for you at the top of the hour. don't miss the latest on our website, w. com. and on our youtube channel. see you back here soon. microsoft. excellent. the get ready for an exciting auditorium full of surprises. i'm shop number and i'm ready to dive into the house of tillman to us the coupon. we have you as a one does not do need the support of this card via included in the, on the vehicle despite this process and unexpected size of life enjoyed sun. do you know which of these free industries has the highest c o 2 emission rates which is

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