berlin. tonight, israel watching airstrikes across the gaza strip. the heaviest barrage in days. more than 5000 people in gaza have now been killed. hamas has released two more hostages but israel is warning the war could go on for months if not longer. coming up tonight, doctors in gaza say newborn babies are among the most vulnerable

patients as gaza hospitals struggle. short of staff, medicine and beds. and argentina presidential election delivers a big surprise. economy minister their geo masa defying expectations by coming out on top in the opening round. he faces a populist candidate with -- compare with donald trump in a runoff next month. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. our viewers watching in the united states and for all of the around the world, welcome. israel has stepped up airstrikes in gaza saying it has hit hamas militant targets. they said over 5000 people have now been killed in the bombardment. hamas has just freed two more hostages. both elderly women, both

residents. the red cross as it was involved in transporting the women out of gaza. their husbands were not released. israel is warning that the finding could last -- fighting could last for months. >> huge explosions in the gaza strip. the israel defense forces say they hit hundreds of militant targets belonging to the militant group hamas within 24 hours. the aim is to eliminate their fighters. another top priority is to rescue hostages. israel says there's now at least 222 people still being held captive by the group. according to a military spokesperson, some ground troops into the gaza strip during the night. when israeli soldier was killed in the operation. >> [speaking another language] >> the terrorist are getting

organized in anticipation of the next stage of the war. our goal is to reduce the threats. we are exploiting what is available to us in our ability to carry out the ground offensive in the best possible way. >> [speaking another language] >> the israeli army does not have a north of gaza in its sights, but also the south because it is also from here that how must fires its rockets -- they fire their rockets at israel. and this is the start of a large ground scale ground offensive of the gaza strip. israeli soldiers say they are ready from a next stage of the war. >> if i am here to fight it is for my country and my safety. and i do know that a lot of people look at what we do and see it is barbaric, but personally, to me, i do not know what else there is to do when your country is facing such war and such atrocities.

>> while israel appears determined to -- the call for humanitarian cease-fire is going around the world. brent: i want to pull in journalist. joining us from cairo. we have reports that two more hostages have been released, what more do we know? reporter: there was a short statement by thomas --hamas saying they released two senior israeli citizens. and then there was a confirmation by the red cross. and one of the curious things in the hamas statement is that they wanted to release them already on friday, but the statement from hamas says the israeli government refused. and now, shortly ago, there was a confirmation from the red cross that took the two refugees and now they seem to be on the

border and coming through egypt out of the gaza strip. brent: and we are getting reports that their husbands who are also hostages were not released. do we know who brokered the steel? reporter: it says it was a combination of the continent of egypt, and -- they are for center road in this. and they already had the release of the last two hostages -- and they are -- the political leadership of hamas and this particular leadership has contacted us in the military wing. and that is the line of talks i guess they are. and then through egyptian mediation through coming out, it looks like they are coming out through egypt the border. brent: based on your reporting, what you think? do you think we could see more

civilian hostages released in the coming days? reporter: well, i had an interview with one of the spokespersons in hamas a few days ago. he distinguished between two kinds of hostages. he said we have a military and then we have a soldiers. he said those -- the war is over. and those that are going into it will be exchanged for palestinian prisoners. we have more than 5000 prisoners in israeli prisons. but he says the civilians we can talk now about. and also at that time he said that some of them, lie on the table of the mediators. he probably meant in that case that this is probably what we are seeing here right now. brent: our journalist, karim boot the latest from cairo. thank you. karim: you are welcome.

brent: our senior international correspondent in charge told me how the next phase of the war, conflict could possibly unfold. >> it is interesting because since i've been covering this the past few weeks, there were various momentum building up and shortly after the terrorist attack by hamas militants october 7. it seemed as if major ground offensive visit -- is imminent. but then there appeared to be a delay when a lot of diplomats came to visit israel be at u.s. diplomats or from jersey for example. -- germany for example. and it seems to be there will be a delay but it is unclear when a ground offensive will take place or if it will take place or if it will be something out. and i we hear with this morning by israel that people should evacuate from northern gaza and go toward the south.

they are likely going to intensify that airstrikes. it again it appears that there is momentum building up that the truths that have amassed along the border of gaza strip, the israeli attacks and everything, they are ready to go in. it is unclear when this is going to happen. we are hearing if it will start, it will probably -- it will probably be a battle that takes months. the question here is obviously wide the violence is clearly -- flaring up. not only in gaza strip but older parts of -- other parts of the region. and it will be linked and what it will mean for ordinary citizens in the violence. brent: that was fanny reporting from jerusalem. earlier i spoke with the director of the middle east and north africa program at the international crisis group. i asked him how long does he think this war will last. >> it is impossible to tell. frankly, it could go on for a

very long time. if it spreads, when it spreads. but it does not have to go that way. it could also look at a possible cease-fire at some point not so long from now. if western friends of israel who swayed it that a military offensive in gaza will be very costly for israeli soldiers. especially for the civilian population in gaza. and it may not end up with the defeat of hamas. so, the wiser course forward would be a diplomatic one. i think the negotiations could, could form a solid base for them. brent: hamas released two more hostages. what we know about the role of regional powers as mediators here? >> well, we are talking mostly about -- in the case of the hostages. but in the past, other countries

have also presented themselves as mediators between hamas and israel. and egypt is the border country and turkey as well. and they posted hamas people. and they are also hosting hamas and having a relationship with israel also. in the past that meant that contact -- they've been able to support and provide humanitarian aid to the gaza strip, for example. so it is that kind of basis, it is much easier to start negotiations about such a difficult question as to the release of hostages. brent: never reports today of it is really military striking. what do you see as a possible redline for this? what might prompt them or iran to open up another front in the war? joost: no, the exchange between -- and israel have been going on since the war in 2006 on the

border. so they are used to it, each side, and they each have their red lines, these red lines are not published, so they leave it -- to each other to guess. but in the past two weeks, the exchanges of fire have escalated. now it seems that they both have sort of settled on an area of about two kilometers from the border on each side. whatever happens in those two zones is ok. if something goes on eons that then we may enter into big -- into a different game. i would expect that escalation and not be too worried about the exchange of fire in this limited area for the moment. brent: your organization crisis group has called for a cease-fire. how would that work considering israel says it's ultimate goal here is to destroy hamas. and the cease and destruction of hamas, that dashcam those two things coexist?

joost: probably not. but, israel has said it wants to achieve this. i think israeli leadership is deeply divided for a number of reasons. one is because it is not clear that they believe that hamas can be defeated militarily. secondly, because if they proceed with a military campaign with the ground offensive aimed at defeating hamas and destroying at they may destroy all of gaza in the process and that would probably lead, i hope so, to push back from western fronts. and finally, going for hamas may also mean losing the lives of all the hostages that hamas holds. and i'm not sure there is unity in israel about that particular strategy. brent: that is from the international crisis group. we appreciate your time and analysis tonight. thank you. joost: thank you so much. brent: another convoy carrying

desperately needed supplies has crossed into gaza. the third in many days and the united nations as 100 truckloads are needed every day to avert a humanitarian catastrophe. convoys carrying international aid to -- are finally rolling over the egyptian border into gaza. >> here at this warehouse in the central gaza strip the boxes are sorted out. before being distributed to the areas where they are needed most. boxes of food and water from japan are arriving in this school that is now a shelter, but amongst the relief here there is also frustration. >> [speaking another language] >> i left home without taking anything except shirt and pants i had on.

the aid they brought us is just a small amount of what is needed. >> [speaking another language] >> we don't want aid, we want to return to our home. stop killing our children and slaughtering us. we do not sleep during the day or night due to the shelling and misery we are living in. enough. we did not have any more patients, we are drained. we don't feel human anymore. >> it seems unlikely that these residents will be able to leave the shelter and return home soon. brent: some humanitarian aid is now getting into the gaza strip. we ask journalists if it is making much of a difference. journalist: we are talking about 54 track scheme in three days early. they -- are conversing for the war. 500 is coming daily with

different items. mainly these trucks they are talking about three main things, food, medical supplies, water. and they need more of those things and at least aid to comfort israel. -- still, these aids go into some of the hospitals and to the -- refugee on the west coast. and where you are taking it at the shelter. but other people in their houses are not receiving this aid plus and the fuel is not coming here. and the fuel affects the function of the hospitals, the transportation, the water to the houses and termination -- to the nation. the treatment of wastewater. all these things need you'll and still these things we will not get.

so we have not seen actually a huge difference on this regard. brent: that was our reporter. gaza hospitals have been overwhelmed by the number of casualties brought him because of israeli airstrikes. clinics are short of staff, medicine, and beds. among the most vulnerable patients are newborn babies. >> a tiny child struggling to breathe. without life-support it would not stand a chance and at gaza's largest hospital, the intensive care unit for premature work says the time is running out for its patients. >> [speaking another language] >> recall on everyone to send the necessary medical supplies for this critical department or else we will face a huge catastrophe. especially if the electricity is out in this department.

whether our 55 babies, we will lose all those whose need electricity in five minutes. >> says the deadly attacks in october 7, israel has forced a vacate of the gaza strip. fuel for generators are fast running out. all the while, israeli air force pounds gaza relentlessly. the bombings have flooded gaza's hospitals with casualties. some are women who are pregnant or have just given birth. >> [speaking another language] >> we have a baby who was delivered at 26 weeks. he weighed 880 grams. the mother was referred from the north in an ambulance after the house next to her was hit by an airstrike. the mother was referred to the

delivery room as she was panicking with dust and fear on her face. realize that she was in the the livery phase, she delivered this baby and she -- she was delivered to the intensive care unit. the hospital is in gaza's north where israel is inspected to launch a ground invasion soon. and that has peril for the hospital's patients. the hostile brother south is also struggling to cope. mothers are despairing over their newborns. >> [speaking another language] >> there a shortage of capabilities in hospitals and we are afraid things will get worse and we will not find treatment for our children. >> the world health organizations has at least 50,000 pregnant women in gaza are not receiving the necessary health care. over 5000 are due to give birth soon in a life-threatening environment. brent: let's take a look at some

of the other stories making headlines is our. foreign ministers around the union meeting in luxembourg have edge toward calling for a pause in the fighting between israel and hamas so that were aged -- aid can reach gaza but the eu fell short of reaching a consensus. the un's as crime has reached a record high in haiti as gang violence spirals there. police reported more than 1200 homicides between july and september, twice as many as in the same period last year. the u.n. approved multinational forces inspected to arrive in january to help restore order. at least 50 people were killed in scores -- and scores injured when a passenger train collided head-on with a freight service in bangladesh. this is northeast of the capital, dhaka. they fear the death toll could rise because some passengers were trapped in the wreckage. brent: the political landscape

here in germany is changing. the countries left already is said to lose significant weight in parliament. 10 of its 38 members have joined a new grouping founded by one of the parties most prominent members, you see right there in yellow, by campaigning on an anti-migration platform. zara blocking connection -- will also be supporting voters in the right party. the alternative for germany. they have also criticized current government policies on the ukraine or, climate change -- war, climate change, and social inequality. brent: our political correspondent, simon young, told us more about the woman named zara. simon: yeah zara is one of germany's most prominent political figures on the left. she -- it is fair to say it has been a controversial figure for

the years. she has tried once before to set up her political group on the left of german politics in 2018 it fizzled out quickly. going back to the 1990's, she was in the leadership there of the pds party. that was the successor party to the east german communist. and and at the time she was describing herself as a communist and she was in the european parliament for a time. and this is sits 2009. an much about time she has been in the leadership -- in the most left-wing of the party. that is the party she is now leaving with other nine other left party members. as to what she hopes to achieve, she aims to improve the lot on those with the lowest incomes in germany and limit migration and

on foreign policy, she says she wants to avoid military confrontation. i think that is with the fact that she is much more sympathetic to the idea of some sort of mediation between russia and ukraine when it comes to foreign policy. brent: she is certainly getting a lot of media attention right now. i'm wondering how much of a chance would her party have in upcoming elections. simon: well, the poster has already been out asking that -- pollster has been out asking that. 27% of people say they could imagine voting for these parties . a high number. her approach on migration could appear to -- appeal to those who support the right hand for germany. 40% of their supporters said they could imagine voting for her party. i think the socialist economic policies they may appeal to some others. if his party is founded, so far it is only been announced, it

will be launched in the coming months, but if it is, it could do well in the east of germany. there are three regional elections coming up next year. and that is a place where the afd in the past have done pretty well. she could hope to score some points they are. i think the questions do remain though, will people see this as essentially a vanity vehicle for this figure. sahra wagenknecht and could they possibly be put off as a result. brent: simon reporting with the latest in berlin. simon, thank you. from politics here in europe to politics in south america, argentina, they are headed for a presidential runoff after the first round of voting failed to produce an outright winner. the centerleft economy minister, sergio masa made a strong showing despite overseeing an inflation rate of a whopping 140%. he will face the right linger, javier millet who is often

compared to donald trump in the second round of voting next month. >> an unexpected boost. argentina's economy minister sergio massa >> i count on each one of you. thank you from the heart. >> under his watch the economy has sunk to the worst crisis in decades. some 4% of the population lives in poverty. still, the center have to candidate had a slight lead over his chief rival, javier millet, a right-wing populist. massa rob is international knowledge -- monetary fund to cut spending he announced tax cuts and social program expansions and -- in a move seen to boost votes. but his rival, has focused on

cutting back on government spending. >> [speaking another language] the election ahead of us is clear. we embrace the change and reform. it is an election between those who love us in a brutal war in teen and those asking for freedom. those who defend populism and those who defend the republic. >> but he also denies that humans are responsible for climate change and is against both abortion and x education. the highly polarized election in november 19 will determine whether argentina will continue with a center administration or elect a right-leaning leader to help the country with triple digit rising inflation and poverty. brent: m4 bilo, max won the u.s. can't -- u.s. grand prix in austin, texas for his 50th career victory. he set a new point record for a

single season as well. >>'s shah leclair started the race and he was almost immediately taken over by landon -- he -- lewis hamilton made light work of them passing and then leclair two laps later to take the italian team out of contention. behind him, that trick was soon repeated by max the who set up the lead by lap 11. over the bumping circuit of the americas track, red bull did not have its usual pace advantage over its closest rivals, hamiltons one pitstop strategy backfired leader on. the -- he outperformed mclaren and mercedes and they saw their best ways -- race wrecked when lewis hamilton was disqualified

for a technical infringement. some noris was handed set the second spot. -- and the leader untouchable yet the top. brent: you're watching dw news live from berlin. here's a reminder of a top story. israel has stepped up airstrikes across the gaza strip. hamas say 5000 people in gaza have been killed in the bombardment. hamas released two more hostages this evening. this is dw news. after a short break i will be back to take you through the day. stick around. we will be right back. ♪

anchor: welcome to live from paris. these are the headlines. hamas says it has released two more female hostages, they arrived at the rafah crossing with egypt. this follows too hostages being released last friday night. the u.s. has called for a delay to any ground invasion fearing for hostages. for the analysis and reaction, we have a guest.