the, the, this is the, the news coming to learn it from berlin. the ram bows, revenge for the killing of how much chief is male hon. the thousands gather in tehran to honor amend listed as a terrorist in the west. but he, many palestinians saw as a fighter for their calls is written is widely believed to be behind the assassination. plus israel confirms that killed him off as military leader in the strike and gaza in july. mohammed day is thought to be one of the planners, but the october 7th terrorist attacks and the plea deal for the man accused coordinating the september 11th terrorist attacks on the us khalid shaikh mohammed

and 2 accomplices held in guantanamo bay will be spared the death penalty the hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. rand says the israel will pay for the assassination of from us as pop political leader is maya on the he was killed in an air strike in tehran. thousands gathered in the reigning capital for a funeral, honoring the leader of the palestinian party and militant groups from us. anita was also the chief negotiator in talks aimed reaching a ceasefire with his real randy and supreme leader until a feminine spoke out the ceremony. ran holds is real, responsible for the killing, and has said they will make israel regret, then move. well, these realtors can now confirmed that it killed him. maces' military leader,

hama dave in an arrow strike in gauze of last month. is really military says dave was killed on the 13th of july, and a strike on the outskirts of hon. unice day is considered one of the planners of the october 7th attacks last year. israel's military had been hunting the extremely secretive, 57 year old for decades. but let's get more on this now with the w is middle east analysts. johnny was on his here in the studio and dw corresponded rebecca richards, who is following developments from jerusalem. rebecca, the israeli military is now confirmed that strike is conducted in southern gaza in mid july, did indeed kill him off as military commander mohammed dave. what do we know of that this moment about the success and nation as well? mohammed davis, you rightly pointed out, was a very senior figure of how mossey was the leader of the alika, some brigades,

the military, we all, tomas and he was long wanting the wanted list by israel. they had made several attempts on his life more than 7 times. they tried to take out dice. but as you just pointed out, 3 weeks ago, nearly 3 weeks ago on july 13th, they targeted, they with another senior figure, a rough asylum may actually at his compound leader of the my forces in hon. eunice, in an as try can. but it's taken some weeks for them to be able to ascertain the, to get the intelligence to prove that he was actually killed in this extract. they now say that they can, you know, some the say that he was assassinated. now, shortly afterwards. i'm must, as off of the strike in july, i should say how much came out saying he wasn't, he hadn't been killed. we haven't heard from her, from her most in the wake of this most recent development. but, you know, as we are reporting is really military now believes that they have killed mohammed dave. and they also, although not consent, also potentially assassinated or he has been assassinated,

of course is male honey. and now the key from us, fig. i. so a very big blow to him. us. shawnee, do you think the killing of dave will affect him? us is military capability. no doubt. he wasn't very pivotal of character when it came to come up with operation on the ground. and he was very close also with his son. why? who's the leader of the military? a branch of commerce was still in gaza, probably somewhere hiding in the tunnels between honey and etc. rough off of the palestinians. any dogs i know already, you know, but people in thomasville for a while that this is probably a, was assassinated, but it took time for israel to get the confirmation for that. you know, he was living in sacred for a long time, and there was very little information about him and even when he was alive. and we've seen, you know, from us after a know here yesterday and conformation investigates, we don't see a, a, any response from her was mentioned y'all, value to eliminate, come,

us are bringing to its knees. i don't think that that would be reasonable to expect each and every member of commercial, you know, or active as you know, militant connected to help us to be eliminated, but definitely the higher ranks. the operational, you know, structure of commerce has been severely damaged. and we also need to remember when talking about come off and israel's respiration to eliminate come us. how much is also an ideology? it's an idea. and as many people who believe in it, you know, and that's going to be much harder for israel to medicaid. now it appears that israel has carried out 3 assassinations and relatively quick succession to augusta . i'm us leaders and when it gets to has full of liter, does this indicate a shift in israel strategy? what do you say? oh, i think it's definitely a, it's a good observation. very few also connected to, to y'all in the, in the congress last week. if we connected to israel's attack on the, and who data on the port in the admin where the, who these are controlling israel is taking much more at initiative. and

now we're seeing that clearly to the congress. i want to finish the war. i need more support, i need my weapons, i'm going all in. so anybody hope, you know, a ceasefire will come for some sort of it has to do we bring some sort of, you know, is relative to, you know, the aim towards finishing wrapping up, you know, operations and gaza. it seems that and that's when you always exactly the opposite direction. rebecca, israel's strategy if that's what it is, a is controversial to to say the least. how is all of this playing out for benjamin netanyahu? so these assassinations, though, as we've been saying, is real, hasn't claimed responsibility for the assassination of israel honey. a though it is loudly expected that they did carry out the the strike. so it's definitely being sold as a win here at stephanie bang st as a win militarily. benjamin netanyahu. his popularity is probably at its best. now that, and has been since october 7, though that is insane. a hell of

a lot. so you know, the benjamin and now he's talking of the military achievements of israel, of his government, of the military. and that's certainly something he's trying to sell to the public in israel and also to his allies outside. i mean, we saw him yesterday address the nation, talking up those achievements saying that he, they wouldn't have been possible, had he bowed to public pressure to take this hostage to take one of the hostage deals. it has been on the table or 2 through you to come to some kind of peace agreement. he has said all along that the main i am the, the military is to eliminate him us for a total victory. they do not want him us to be military capable, to attack israel in any way, shape and pull. but there are analysts now saying that these assassinations, particularly of the, the top bras of how mass could be used as a potential of front phone didn't. and y'all hoof to be able to, in this for in guns of he might maybe able to sell that as you know what johnny was

talking about. total victory. although, you know, as she was saying, you know, 8 is an ideology. so total victory many say is, is almost impossible. dw rebecca correspond rebecca rivers in jerusalem there and a middle east dental of shawnee rosanne is here in the studio. thank you very much . the bye. as well as mile honey is killing, and the assassination of the top has bullet commander have prompted please from world leaders for restraint. and while the motivation for killing the hum us leader may stem from the groups. october some terror attacks. and his realty animosity towards honey, a stretches back much further. is man nia, greet surrounds new president. and what would be one of his last meetings? just i was off to attending the president's integration. he and his body guard would killed in the strike on his residence in t. ron nia was the political face of hamas. the

militant islam is carried out via october 7th terror attacks on israel nea had not lived in guns or for several years. but ron, how must from cut to where he lived in exile, he became the palestinian prime minister in 2006, and continued to rise through how mazda is ranks, eventually becoming its political chief in 2017. how mazda is gone and lead. yeah, he, us in law is believed to be the most in mind of the october 7th. the tax was near represented. how much internationally and moved around the region for diplomatic meetings. he was a key player in negotiations to stop the fighting in gaza. some via he's killing will be a may just set back to achieving peace in the region. near death came just i was off to israel said it cube, see me, a hezbollah?

come on, the ford screwed in, they went of the attack also kills at least one woman and 2 children. and we did thousands. israel says it targeted shopping in retaliation for a rookie to attack on a soccer field in the is really occupied golan heights, the cube 12 children and teenagers. isabel blamed his beloved and wound the military boot. it would pay a heavy price. so crude had been one of his beloved, needing military figures since it was established by iran. revolutionary god, move in 4 decades ago. off to the israel. how must will broke out on october 7th shall code was accused by his right of being behind many of the drone. and he saw the attacks that his blood launched against israel. so crude is the most senior, his black commander to be 2 since 2016. when most of about reading the groups,

minute 3 come on, the in syria died in an explosion in damascus. i believe is via the depth of to see me and he does of is around the greatest enemies when tensions were ready at boiling point could now from an all out regional bowl for more, let's bring in middle east catalyst gator steinberg. here he's at the german institute for international and security affairs. that's a think tank here in berlin. good to have you with us again. you know, you've seen the huge turn out into run for the honey. a funeral emotions are running extremely high there. do you think emotions will dictate what happens next in terms of retaliation or will cooler heads prevail? you know, i do expect that the emotions entered wrong. i didn't very rude. we have an influence on, on decision making, especially the fact that funny uh, was uh, cute in the heart of the wrong and capital. and on the occasion of the swearing in

the president, possessed young with probably the force of the rock when you need a ship to take some counter measures, possibly together with his beloved name of well, israel does now have a new, more moderate president. he was just sworn in on tuesday. does that matter in this situation? does he? does he have a say in what happens next? know the president sits on the national security council interest on a, but he doesn't have a major includes the people who we've decided because of what is happening next are the 1st and foremost the supreme data i need for many n, his most senior military intelligence advisors possess the honors, probably a voice that is stored in among these people, but he's only

a minor voice. so we should expect to the, the military into including many boons ferry. uh goes to the military in the wrong, to take the decision. aside from his war with thomas, israel is also fighting hospitalized in lab it onto the north is really admitted that it killed a top has block commander there this week as well. do you see any opportunity here data for the forces involved in this multi party conflict? to stop the cycle of retaliation as well. of course the all, all sides except the possibility not to react on one or the other pro vocation a few wrong now since especially because it doesn't have too many options, military options to, to a tight. here's where they all should suited to step,

step down and include 2 people to step down and say, oh no, we don't want to major escalation. if we don't want this for right now, we will won't treat. but there is, of course, come suitable to tricia. unplug limitations, intent on, but also it, and based on the part of the ministry on the part of the revolutionary guards, the hard liners in both the societies so that i do expect some kind of military reaction. viewed on the side of the ron on the side of to his by law or both, both together and this that this will probably provoke on to measures. again, that's the logic of the conflict in, in the middle east and all parties to the conflict. subscribe to the slaughter. given this logic, how do you see this playing up d, the, what are you expecting in the coming days and weeks as well?

i do expect some military attacks military terrorist attacks on the part of a ra hand or a he's for law on the, on the israel. many observe us now talk about it directed you wrong. you have a tags on his ro, we've cruised, move sides, ballistic missiles and drones just like the one that we have seen on the 13th of april. i'm not that convinced that iran would choose this option simply because of the last. the last actually was not, not a major success. i'm more worried about attacks again by cruise me sized drones and ballistic missiles from lab along. it's a, it's a, she's by law now decides to escalate its attack. attacks perhaps starting to tag on military targets a little bit further down, so low, so high. so for example, then we might see

a major is rarely come to the reaction and the beginning of the war. i think we should expect a more to come in the next weeks at the same time. there are those who say that this situation is creating a chance to end the war and gaza and get the hostages out. do you see that? or i don't see a major chance to get the hostages out simply because police by the neo, was the bank responsible for these negotiations on the homicide from cut the cutoff . but the fact that he would, he was queued. we probably need to these negotiations being stopped for the foreseeable future at the same time. uh, i do think that there is a slight charles to at least ease calm the conflict in gaza. but

that's not really connected to what has happened to be rude, intact on. that's mainly connected to the fact that israel now has uh cubes 2 of the 3 or 4 main responsible supports the attack on october 7th. the only one who's missing is yeah, yeah, seeing well, if these really military and intelligence services are able to to lockstep just inbox in the coming days. but what is ro the opportunity to do to declare victory and then enter a new face? it would not be a peaceful size, but perhaps a face in which the war in gaza is, is not a war anymore either. thank you very much for your insights. that was peter steinberg from the german institute for international and security affairs. but you're well with those around and the lebanese militant group of hezbollah, promising retaliation for a reason there strikes, there is

a growing fear that a larger conflict in the region is unavoidable. germany's defense ministers, folks to dw, is making a trip about the situation in the middle east and the urgency of continued diplomacy. currently there's a huge concern that i could be allows for in the middle east, after the hamas leader was killed in the wrong. and the but also editing member has pulled off your american counterparts. lloyd austin says that the will can be presented is what is your assessment of? well, of course load austin does, right? it can be prevented, but it has to be, need to be, it needs to be prevented because nobody can, lucia can, we can even imagine the escalation of the region. we don't need that. we don't want that. and we have to do to try everything add to making, floating, so available, available to all actors in the region, not to escalate and pay attention to the escalation and to do everything for

getting peace back in that region as soon as possible. what does this mean for german weapons deliveries with his commitment towards israel, but also for them in these participation in of we feel that nobody's called me. so it's a lot attached at the moment we continue, we proceed with our engagement over there. of course we, uh we assume the situation every, every day, every. busy about we so we stay there, we want to make a national decisions over the dw corresponded julia. so delhi now has more on germany's involvement in the middle east swell. germany has been trying since the start of the conflict between israel and an in gaza against when israel's repercussion, and of the conflict against how mosque there has already started

from the beginning to try to ease the tensions in the region and try to prevent the further escalation of the conflict across the region, and this is something that it continues doing. but when we talk about presence of germany on the ground, germany is part of the uni field mission and 11 on is just part of a naval task force with german ships and soldiers that are there who primarily try to stop within smuggling into 11 on and therefore, try to guarantee stability in the region, but a german forces also contribute to training lebanese forces and have also provided equipment to the lebanese forces, giving yourself to any of them. now in other news, 3 man accused applauding the september 11th terrorist attacks in the us have agreed to plead guilty to avoid a possible death sentence. among them is khalid shaikh mohammed. through the us accused of being one of the main planters of the 911 attack,

the 3 men are held at a us military prison in guantanamo bays. they were charged in 2008, but their trials were delayed after interrogation techniques. the critics say amounted to torture, were exposed, almost 3000 people were killed on 911. did police ever attack on american soil? for more on this, i'd speak to you. how does tim? he's in that always focusing on the americans that the german is to for international and security affairs. you know, what, what do we know about the background to this play deal? well, we don't know the details of this play deal. the, the american defense department has announced yesterday that the 3 defendants have agreed to the plea deal. we don't know what the details involved and slightly believed to be taking the death penalty off the table. in exchange for these 3

defendants pleading guilty to being connected to the terrorist attacks on 911. the plea deal i think, is the result of the many years of delays that we have experienced in these trials in the military tribunals on runs on of a island. and we went to a number of a cuba that were placed by difficulties. and the main difficulty, of course, is that all 3 of these dependent defendants were tortured by the ca. and that it's very unclear what kind of evidence against them has painted by this torture and what is admissible and can be used to prove their involvement. the $911.00 attacks were a watershed for the united states. the people of the united states had followed this like nothing else and have been affected by it. how is this deal this plea deal being received by the american people? well, it's very hard to say apparently the defense department lawyers and the prosecutors

reached out to some relatives of victims of 911 and informed them before hand. but we have more than or close to 3000 victims of the terrorist attacks on 911. so i expect that the echo will be very mixed among those relatives of the victims. i'm sure among the 3000 there will also be some that are not happy with the fact that the death penalty is now no longer an option for this defense. let's talk a bit about khalid shaikh mohammed. he was rested in pakistan in 2003 and then faced c interrogations. what can you tell us about him as well? he supposedly the master mind be behind 911. so he is the one with the most direct involvement other than the hijackers that were killed on 911 itself. and he was arrested in 2003 and pockets done. and then he was checked in so called black sites

and secret ca, prisons for a few years before he was brought to guantanamo. and during that time, he was tortured quite extensively. you know this from the 911 commission report that the senate intelligence committee published in 2014, where it's detail that he has been watermarked, if that he's been exposed to sleep deprivation and all kinds of other a very brutal techniques. and that's the main defendant of these 3 and the co defendants have similar stories. now, kelly shake mohammed has been in guantanamo base since 2006. it's nearly 20 years. can you or can you tell us about that facility? guantanamo, as well as the main prison camp in guantanamo hosted, close to a 100 prisoners. in the early days after 911,

the prison was opened by the george w bush administration. as a deliberate attempt to keep these prisoners from accessing us courts, the administration held that the prison was outside of us jurisdictions. so the prisoners, healthcare could not claim their rights before us courts. at some point, the supreme court decided that the prison was, in fact, under your asters dictates, and that the prisoners were entitled to some rights over the years, the number of prisoners has been reduced. so now they're only 30 prisoners, less than run to a number b, m a, and many administration starting from the obama administration for the buying and ministers and have been trying to close the prison. not least because this is insanely expensive. and because it is a stain on the reputation of the united states abroad, johan is thank you very much for talking with us. that was $210.00 of the german institute for international insecurity. fair thank you. if

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