the the, this is dw news line from berlin. the us launch is air strikes on targets in syria and the rack. the rates and a pro, he run militia. com and response to the killing of 3 us soldiers in a drone attack on a base in georgia last week. also on the show, israel's military prepares to move its casa offensive, further south towards rough up, and some off of leadership ways. the terms of a propos, 6 weeks, these fire the

mariana evans, dean is good to have you with us. the us military has launched air strikes on targets in syria and iraq. the pentagon says more than $85.00 sites were hit on verifying videos, circulating on social media appeared to show a weapons depot being hit, and once thought to be ranked. the videos also show secondary destinations of missiles flying out of the site that's been struck. presidential biden says the operation is in response to the killing of 3 american soldiers in a drone attack on a base in jordan last week. the bodies of the soldiers returned to the us on friday at a military ceremony, which by and attended us. national security council spokesman john kirby says the us response targeted science linked to iran, revolutionary guard, or i, r g c, and the militias. it supports, he said that more attacks could be expected as to the signal is the guy

r t c and do these goods. and the attacks have got to stop. this wasn't just the message sending routine tonight. this was about the grading capability to taking away capabilities by the agency and, and, and, and the militant groups. these responses began tonight. they're not going to end tonight. so more than 85 targets for hips by the u. s. and earlier i asked militant middle east analyst and military expert, roger shanahan and sidney for more details. but we're still working off the information that they've been given by the us government. but i said that she said, i thought the targets at 7 separate sides sent multiple targets at particular facilities. and they were designed to target amount of control facilities, logistics support, elements within stop house, as you saw in the, in the video. and it was not

a move from the us announcement that it was designed to minimize possibility is vision civilian casualties. but also what wasn't mentioned in there is the fact that to dana across those. so i took part in this attack. so from what the us to say, this is the start of a campaign of retaliatory strikes. and yeah, we should mention that the united states announced their plans to carry out these strikes ahead of time. so just how effective could they be? wouldn't you think that there had been preparations for these us strikes? it was added to the best buy since probably 2 elements to the, to establish. we have to evaluate the effectiveness of the us strikes at the end of the campaign, not at the start of it. and it's obviously pain kilograms, to some degree, to minimize the possibility of a should be in that probably senior writing in casualties as well. um,

so it was and the other, the 3rd element is there might be also other parts of the response. non committee elements that we're not privy to, that might have been targeting other elements. so i think we'll have to wait for a little while until we evaluate tell affected that get in touch out and not just based on this. it is nice response. well, it appears that at least one of the main targets was the crews force of the rainy and revolutionary guard. why was this group a target? the previous kind of responsibility can detect that killed the 3 us service personnel was use. i mean, i mean rock resistance, iraq, which is an umbrella organization that includes the number, is actually a militia groups who are supported logistically in terms of training and

financially by a rodney. in particular, the gc could source, which is obviously these we of the a revolutionary god. cool. and so that's why these targets were selected. washington is being quite can fully and it's justifications to selecting tag is to make sure there's a causal link between the attack that occurred in jordan and the targets that there's like being. so that's why these particular targets have been chosen. in the 1st instance, you mentioned that this is only the beginning of the u. s. response, and yet the us government says it does not want of a war with iran, but how real is the threat of a serious escalation? yeah, listen, i mean that's a good question and it is very difficult policy line to how for washington,

you're going to have a campaign of responses that are targeting, writing and affiliated organizations in syria and 2 other countries and hoping that by reinforcing your response geographically that you're not going to take care of a direct response from around which is by there's not going to be any kinetic strikes in iran. so i don't want of water in wine in the country around itself would've understood that the dish. so the 3 us service personnel from these kind of a tech can't go unanswered. so it's a very delicate dance that washington is playing, the trying to have a substances multiple level, multi dying response against or writing an interest. so writing back groups in the region without triggering a why to response, particularly from ryan, but from other groups as well it's, it's

a difficult policy outcome to achieve. singleton. honestly, that was roger shanahan, a military analyst and expert. and joining us from sidney, thanks so much for all your insights. my pleasure. israel's military has suggested as planning to move. it's gone offensive, further south into the city of rough um, where than half of gauze with population has been forced to take refuge there since the start of israel's war against him off, which is considered a terrorist organization by most western countries. the fighting continues as how mosque leadership ways the terms of a proposed 6 week cease fire, or another strike on han units in southern gaza. an explosion followed by gunshots since people running for their lives. the columbia are danger, i'm apartments are coming from all directions. ton unit has again become the

focus of as rarely air strikes. its infrastructure has been severely damaged. thousands more displaced, guidance, a once more fleeting, to rough uh for the south, on the border with egypt. and already over crowded. recent days, thousands of palestinians have continued to free to the south, which is already hosting a hosp, the gas us population, or from $2300000.00 people. most are living in make shift structures tense or out in the open profit as a pressure of despair. and we feel for what comes next. then you arrivals in rough, uh, rely on food handouts provided by so many tearing groups or the nation centers like this. one. aid workers can only feed a small number of displays. and as we are doing

our best to distribute as much as we can, little so that as many of the displaced as possible can get food free on the left or so. yes, the firearms, thousands of decent place people in rafa and we can't serve them. oh, yeah, i know everyone here is helping the latest attempt to secure i seize fire. we'll pay off a short time ago, our correspondent in jerusalem, rebecca readers gave me the latest on these really offensive and gossip a home around. and we know that is really is continuing its campaign predominantly in the southern part of this trip that has been sent it around that southern city of han, eunice, that is believed by these really military to be a strong hold of miles. they believe that most militants and indeed the leadership, they're hiding on the ground. and there are many of course weapons stores and manufacturing sites. they say that they've been targeting,

we've also seen them targeting quite heavily the hospitals in the region. they say that how most use those hospitals as come out incentives enables, are being targeting those areas. now as you mentioned in that report, an annual late in the v is riley military or the defense minister yesterday came out saying that they are going to continue that campaign into the south to that southern most the city of russell. that is, of course, with most of the population more than half of gauze as population, has led to an, a sheltering trying to escape the worst of the bombardments the west of the fighting. and it's not yet clear when they have less to go and not exactly sure yet whether they'll be given access to go back for the noise. but we know the fighting continues in the central gauze area around garza city and in the northern pots as well. so it's really unclear as to the sight of those mold and 1000000 people that have sheltering in that rough in board area. and we have our hearing reports that

the rough, a area around the city was struck by strikes of a night. but it's very difficult for us to get accurate and up to date information . obviously as international john was unable to get access to gaza. and rebecca, what about efforts to reach a potential ceasefire between israel monce any movement on those negotiations? well, there has been some woods of cautious, optimism coming from, particularly that guitar, as we know the can. tom has paid a very big role in the negotiations. they play the very big role in the negotiations that were agreed on and then successfully carried out for more than a week in november the, the foreign ministry, spokes person of goods on came out yesterday saying that there was a lot of progress that had been made and the amounts were mailing or the, the, the, the deal that they had to hand is believe israel has at least if not, and in full,

agreed to terms of a particular deal. there are a couple of deal structures on the table. but that one report in us maybe the wall street journal or reporting that within the him, us leadership itself. so between the how much later in gaza you'll send well, and some of the other political latest that has been based in katasha that there is some disagreement as to which way they would like to go forward. yeah, yes and want opting for this showed a truth period of 6 weeks, allowing them to re group a to have a aid bro, in for civilians. and of course, a hostage exchange in exchange for some kind of sydney and prisoners with the, according to this report, the, the guitar e or the leadership passage ship it a bass and guitar are opting for a longer si, fi, even on a permanent se saw. so discrepancies within that month. leadership itself could lead to a delay, but the guitar is sort of signaling that within the next couple of weeks, we could say a deal. that was the delays rebecca rivers in jerusalem for us. rebecca,

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