the the business day that we knew is long from berlin. last political leader is mile. mia is killed in iran, a mazda, and around sweeter se her new year was assassinated and found his desk will not go on punished both flame israel. but the is really government has not commented for years now. grow of a major escalation as palestinians and world leaders react to me is that israel, se silence as other nations condemn the killing or on says it is duty bound to avenge the hum us leaders down the

call for at least welcome to the show us political leader is mail him, media has been killed in the a rainy and capital tear on a loss has accused israel of an assassination. iran, revolutionary guard, says hernia and his body guard were killed as he was entire on for the swearing in the newer rainy and president. so far there has been no claim of responsibility. however, israel has in the past, vowed to kill him. a and other amongst leaders for the very latest we can bring in our corresponded rebecca rivers in jerusalem. rebecca, has there been any statements yet from the is really government on honey as though no. nicole, the short answer is definitely not. and that is not uncommon. is ready to governments generally do not comment on targeted assassinations. that is general policy. that is something that we've seen many times over the years and it looks

like that is in keeping everything indeed was israel, as is largely thought. so across the board is around definitely blaming israel for this attack and suddenly around looking back. it has to carry out, so it's an attack. but of course, it's very likely that we will now not hear an official statement from the as ray, the government at any stage about this attack. in fact as being addict. that from the prime minister's office to, to uh, cabinet ministers, uh, and other members of the government not to talk about this assassination. but we have been saying on social media, some comments from certain members praising, hailing this, made a tree achievement. but it's very unlikely that we will hear anything official from the government. how does any is killing expected to affect the already fragile cease fire talks? well, that is a really big question that is on everybody's lips here. and of course, particularly the families of the hostages, the forum hostages, that mrs. missing family member form has acknowledge military achievements. they

put out a statement saying that they acknowledge the military achievement treatments of the last 10 months. but the true achievement they say is going to be when a hosted, if it is a host, is dealing with family members can come home. they are urging the government, as they always have been doing this entire time to put the hostages. first, the head of the military ahead of a military, and that's what a lot of the individual family members of the hostages say they worry about. they say that they, that the government and not putting the family, ma'am, the service that they are putting in the military and 1st of many have express. so since this assassination of honey is it's definitely they believe that it is going to hurt the totes, and that certainly won't come that. and all the people across social media and people that you talk to here in israel say that they are, they think that the healthy folks over there. now, beyond that, israel did strike targets in the capitals of iran and living on, on the same day. how nervous are people in israel about what might come next?

i would be speaking to people all day uh, nervous. of course, we've been seeing the international community refrain, seeing, you know, members of all the governments saying that they all know that they all wiring diplomats very much trying to keep a lid on these products. trying to keep a lead on the size of the reactions and the retaliation. but you know, people all worried people think it's inevitable. i think the general should have received wisdom of it. and whether you, whether it's people on the street or experts, is that it's not a matter of ease. but when it has been, i will respond to an impact. iran to and around have come out saying that they are certainly going to events beginning of honey as it happened on the soil. so i think we can expect some kind of retaliation. how big those retaliations will be. a cost remains to be seen and that will determine just what happens next. rebecca rivers in jerusalem, many things of uranium government says

a funeral service for is melania will be held entire on before his body is taken to a guitar for burial. he was one of the best known figures in homos, forging ties with the groups allies in the region. it is male hon. you agree? c. ron's new president. and what would be one of his last meetings? just hours after routine during the presidency in the ration he and his body, dad, we killed in a strike on his residence in tears. at the time of his days, i knew was the political face of him. of the militant is the miss group that carried out to be october. stevens terror attacks on israel from us spies is killed around 1200 people and took more than 250 of its hostage, nearly half of whom i still held in johnson. i knew i had not lived in gaza for several years, but ran home us from kata where he lived in exile bone near

a guys the city of refugee camp. the 62 year old was a child of palestinian refugees from the village of alger. yeah, ash cologne, he joined him us when it was founded in 1980 stephen and was arrested in jail by israel during the 1st intifada. the uprising against is randy occupation. a new was exiled to live and on. but he returned to guns of following the 1993 also piece the code. he became the palestinian prime minister in 2006, and continued to rise through homos as rang eventually becoming its political chief and 2017. mazda is guys a lead to, yes, yes, and what is believed to have been the mazda mind of the october 7th attacks. and mia was seen as a more moderate force and home us of his last several of his own family members. and is really a tax on gaza,

which have killed nearly $40000.00 people since being 3 of him use sums and 4 of his grand children were killed in a pro. at the time, nea insisted that this would not affect ongoing ceasefire and hostage towards a me, a represented home us internationally and moved around the region for diplomatic meetings. he was a key player in negotiations to stop the fighting and gaza. some fear his killing will be a major sit back in achieving pace in the region and our middle establish on arrows on his joins me now for more sounding. we just heard from a high ranking hamas official. what did you say? you don't see a he is considered to be the deputy of yes, yes and more as a leader have come us. that is the mastermind down october 7 attacks and he's in gauze i. he's supposed to be his long gone outside of gaza. he's talking into iran, saying they're very much looking forward to hear the official or, you know,

results of the investigation to the wrong and starting but then at the same time saying, you know, we see is read only, understands a power and resistance and then violent fight but interestingly, most interesting thing he said was about which to be expected. the most interesting set about the deal, the hospital was that we can uh see no, no progress coming anytime soon. but that was very close to both sides of close that he feels he puts the blame on it to me always doesn't to the i was trying to stop the deal from happening. and so this is where we stand now on the hostages and nothing too surprising, but of course, hearing it officially coming from a from us official that's of course, another blow to the families were very much concerned and devastated to say of, of the hostages 115 to left and this is a real of course, and just to make sure our viewers know israel is not claimed responsibility of this attack. and what do you make of the timing of honey is gone? it seems like, you know, there's no doubt the israelis following many targets that include officials of how

mosque was dollar and so on all the time. but on this particular chance where he's not in caught our where israel would not operate because of contracts, you know, key a l i as an, as a mediator. he's not in turkey, which would put israel and completely different grounds, you know, working there in nato ally. so if all of a sudden he came, you know, to add to the evaluation of the new president of iran. and that was a, you know, an amazing opportunity. the weight is really see it, not only to target honey, i'm self, but also to send a clear message to home us. if you can add to your own story, if you keep harboring home us, if you keep supporting you know, uh ads, the excess of evil israel cause you know, the proxy forces working really the wrong against israel. we will show you, we're not deterred, we will act as a widow. quit is and even on your own soil, in the very capital off your on it is still fairly early days. but do we know anything more about how this attack came about? how it was carried out, but we've been hearing a lot of rooms back and forth, but for now it seems like there must have been in is really me suckle the spike

missile that was shot into the room where neo was staying with his body guard into a compound, a sort of secured compound officer, yvonne revolutionary guards in the northern part of the around, which is supposed to be more of a need to score quarter a. we don't know exactly the details of, of where it was shot from this is we're not sure whether it was shot from a nearby uh, building or maybe a bit more further uh, destination. but the very fact that he's real, assuming we managed to execute such an operation with such precision with such short time of, of, you know, responding and planning. i think it shows you the depth of, of you know, of knowledge. israel has an operatives, has probably on the ground in iran, something that i'm sure he rang is, i'm not happy to wake up and reckon with a to, to this this morning. and they about to avenge honey is death which happened on their soil. how do you expect here on to react? well, i think the, the humiliation is immensely, i mean, anybody, you know,

who's thought yvonne, you know, would not respond. was probably misled in this thinking. and this is part of sometimes we need to think about when we think about israel assessments. you know, the intelligence of israel has many flaws as october 7th, have proven, you know, so if the, you know, if the assumption was it wrong or not retaliated, guess it was a wrong assumption. how and when it will vitalia. that's exactly the question. now, the civil option is, can further use its proxy that it's been doing, you know, but maybe escalate further in it could choose maybe is really targets outside of israel. you know, in europe, some delegations, embassies, or maybe even the olympic games and in paris. this is something also israel is a very much concerned about happening these days. or we will see, like we've seen in april, a direct attack coming from iran to israel, which was significant to run. you know, this is sort of a, a battle that we've never seen, you know, up until this year before, despite the many years of facility between iran and israel, the world kept in the shadows of all this time. and all of

a sudden it started in april, once this red line was costs of direct attacks on soil on a ring, as well as real as well. then, you know, we never know how quick escalation can be. israel has this rule that it responds according to the results, not the intention, and that's why it was very tame that response to the wrong attack in april. but if this might be a different case, this time, we might see a very wide escalation with, with the range you know, of, of direct results for the whole region. yeah. an israel knows that, and israel presumably, you know, talking to, to experts from all around the globe. israel has no interest in a wider war. iran has no interest, no wide or has the has no interest come us on the floor. how. how do we get here and what is israel's and so this is a very good question. i mean, if you ask the hostages, you know, the as impressive as this is as a, as a boost for the, you know, national morales, this might be the springs, the hostages. no, not one inch closer to being home. maybe even push them far for the deep into the thomas stalls and gaza. if you try to think about there is rarely as were had to

evict their houses in north of israel because you know, it became a launching, you know, ground for his ball lot. that's nothing there, but it's what was trying to do is restore. it's the turn. so you know, this was one of is rose phillip main pillows of offense is the idea that israel is so strong and so mighty. and that was of course, crumbling completely on october 7th and ever since, as well as trying to rebuild that, this is what he's trying to signal now to her on. you're not afraid we will act wherever and when ever. and also trying to tell from us and since while off and to run, they were always assuming israel 1st finish garza and only then move on is will cannot engage in more than one front at a moment. and they're saying we're not deterred, we're not afraid. we'll do whatever it takes on arizona is always great speaking to you. thank you so much for coming and you're welcome to call and we can now bring it hasn't bullshit. he's a journalist who reported for us from inside gauze. and now he's in cairo. how's him going to see you again? what are your contacts in gaza telling you about those? how have people they are reacted to how to use this in gaza. people are

a divided and they don't have one opinion. there are some people were very shocked and sad and, and they were grieving the loss off any as the he's one of the way of leaders who was the top of him. us is from wowza and live in gauze though he's from shop the roof. indeed cam uh, but in the same time and many other people i talked to earlier today, they didn't care that the only thing that they think about and care about is the end of the war. and end of this, this i forwarded. they are living in since the beginning of the were in boston to for this is a huge blow for loss. how is honey is killing going to affect the internal structure of the group to it is um from us. uh, leaders mentioned that um and during the day off of the news came out of getting

him and, and, but in the same time, the structure of how much is very, it's most of a confirm that this is not gonna affect the movement. and it happened before, it's not the 1st leader who was estimated by as well. sure, if you've seen the founder of the movement outlet is it weren't dc, the stronghold of, of the movement. other many leaders where, where killed in garza and abroad. and the recent one before honey, it was the sign it re and the strong di abroad was stated in, in, in late by now. and so honey i was, is, is, is not the only one who was killed at the end. they have like a structural a body and they have diabetes and they can replace them easily. uh, but the, if the effect and the power would vary from

a person to another. mm hm. um, now we just heard from johnny that the families of the hostages that are being held in gauze are still are very concerned about how this could affect the seas. fired talks now from a palestinian perfect perspective. how do you think the assassination chords impact the war and cause of the situation on the ground? a definitely this a, this estimation would make um the totes, uh, suspend. it will be on hold for some time which happened before off to destination of that the beauty side of a lot will re who was killed. how much a now so at the time that that this, this and they suspended the adults for some time. but they resumed at the end, and this time, of course, the expectation that the cease fire talks will be suspended for a period of time. we don't know how long i personally,

i don't believe it's going to be long. so eventually it would be, was you and because there is no other option, but to review the totes, and other elements that might change the, the map and, and the scene is that if there is a major thing happening here and they are with, are from iran, or from his blog post journalist hasn't pollution joining us from cairo. thank you so much. thank you, ron. we heard it before has responded to the death of as well, how me and the new president muscle procession, so that iran will, quote, defend its territorial integrity, dignity honor and pride, and will make the terrorist occupiers regret their cowardly act. he's of course, referring to israel, their israel, just a reminder of yours is not claimed responsibility for this killing honey is death is already raising fears of a wider regional conflict,

global leaders or warning against any escalation that could lead to an all out war is rose i just said has not yet responded to accusations that it was behind honey is killing many palestinians, and israel is, are now nervous about what might happen next. many shop stayed closed on wednesday in jerusalem's. old town is the same, was true in ramallah and in many of the towns across the west bank palestinian groups called for a general striking demonstrations of the killing of from us as politically that is male hon the overnight into around and to strike on the has paul, come on the inmate route with us about a consider what's happened getting around to be a conspiracy he met with the reading president and diamond is really a tax cut them to nonwhite glove rob. we'd be a response to the assassination. i expect there to be a strong response window and also response from lebanon. there will also be

a response to the crime and 11 on yesterday. and today we are facing the disaster with the assassination of the martyr. commander, excuse me, is in the main, in the meanwhile, in israel, these 10 of the residents feel a further escalation. i wouldn't be surprised to say take out the talk to where it's telling me right now. and i think a lot of people are, is skeptical. would it be lead to that we don't want to prematurely be super happy and congratulating each other. see me. on the one hand, i want to be happy because tenea was the person they wanted to eliminate. and on the other hand, i completely canceled my plans for this morning. i wanted to go to the beach, but i don't feel safe. and it's a little scary to walk in the street. many here,

believe israel is behind the assassination of fun. yeah. is very officials have not yet confirmed any involvement. however, they have previously threatened to kill honey and other mouse leaders over the groups of october 7th attack from his route. on wednesday morning. a picture of any blended with the wood eliminated appeared on his rail as government pressed offices, social media channels, but it was quickly deleted. internationally. several countries expressed concern that the violence could escalate throughout the region. china and russia both condemned 10 years assassination. the us do not being aware or involved in the assassination of time. us leader with one small expressed hope for diplomatic solution and a ceasefire is profoundly in the interest of, uh, trying to put things on a better path not only and gaza,

but actually throughout the region of to almost 300 days of fighting. it seems israel and how most i know closer to a deal to end facilities and bring the hostages home. so let's bring in our washington bureau chief amos pull in the us, the noise. any involvement in honey is killing. how are the events being assessed in washington? yeah, they did indeed, as we just do, a secretary of state entering the blinking said that the united states were not aware of the same. uh, it was being said by lloyd austin. uh, the defense secretary. uh so, you know, we called this is a huge topic here in the united states because there are still 8 american hostages held in gaza and binge. i mean, that's when y'all was being just visiting the united states, addressing congress and talking to joe biden as a sitting president in the form of president donald trump, promising that the close to a cease fire and close to

a hosted steel. and of course, with this breaking news this morning when america woke up to this breaking news, the hosted steel at the free of the american hostages seems further away than ever . that is, of course, reason for concern, but how much concern is there about a degree of escalation resulting that would maybe even require us intervention of the, you know, we haven't heard from the white house yet. there will be a press conference later in the day. of course, there is concern, i think the united states share the concerns with all the other countries around the world. also the ongoing olympic games of course, are debated here in this country. if this might be a possible targets. so the big question is, of course, is there a need at some point for the united states to get involved? this is well even further to defend israel even further because of to all the

united states is the closest ally with israel. but this comes at a time where this relationship, this is riley, is really discussed here because of the war and gaza. so we shall see how it involves and i'm sure that pretty cool voices. real good. even a load louder over the next couple of hours and days here in the us. the your secretary of defense, lloyd austin, and is really defense minister your kalonde had a phone call moments ago. do we know what was that there? when like austin this? i said he sticks to the point that he was involved. he wasn't involved that he didn't have any detailed information, but we don't know anything yet if there are any plans of any pro, the involvement of the united states. again, because you know, we have to be very aware of this is just like less than a 100 days away from the us presidential election. and the war in guys are,

might be defining the outcome. so i'm sure that the bite in hot white house is very aware of that, and we'll shape is comments very, very carefully. that was our washington bureau chief as paul from atlanta there, thank you so much. i, this is mail, he is dest, follows another significant development. israel says it killed a top, has block commander in an air strike on the lebanese capital beer route. the around back militia says he was in the building at the time, but as not confirmed his death. it was a question of when not if israel would retaliate after a project of his, a soccer field and my spouse, jobs in the golan heights and killed 12 children and teenagers. israel blamed has the law and warranted military group who would pay a heavy price. is around the response was a rare air strike on the outskirts of

a rouge lebanon's health ministry said the attack, killed at least one woman and 2 children and wounded dozens. these really made the tree says the strike was targeted and killed the top heads block commander, who i'd sure for a true cor, was the right hand man to cross on a swell, feasible as leader. and he's the advisor in planning and directing attacks and operations. the united states, the sugar orchestration of the 1983 bombing of the us marine barracks and bait roof, which killed $241.00 u. s. military personnel on the put a bounty of $5000000.00 on his head. he's been one of the groups leading military figures since it was established by rounds revolution regards more than the 4 decades ago after the israel. how much more broke guys in october 7 to cool was accused by israel, of being behind many of the drone and missed out of the tax that has block. how are

you that is against israel? if israel claim proves true for career will be the most senior has block commander to be killed since 2016. when most of a badger, the in the groups military commander in syria died in an explosion in damascus. of the strike is threatened to escalate hostilities between israel and has the law as a time when tensions are already running halls. the u. n. is urging come fearful that the region could be on the brink of a wider war. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you today from us has accused israel of assassinating a political leader in iran is now me and his body guard were killed while he wasn't here on for the swearing in of the newer ring. and president, no one has admitted carrying out the attack, although israel has previously found to kill a massive leadership. and that's all for now after the break eco india and meet

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