and to quote yair lapid, this is an enormously complex situation.scribed by the idf spokesperson to me this time yesterday on cnn, this is early days. >> it is. it is just the beginning. let's bring in democratic senator chris coons to help us understand more of this. he's a member of the foreign relations committee. senator, thank you very much for being with us. i want to start by asking eye about the briefing that senators received from the administration. i know you received a readout. what did you learn in particular about the role that iran may have played in this? >> well, kasie, we should be all be mindful of the fact that hamas publicly thanked iran for their funding, their training, their contributions for this horrific attack on israeli civilians. iran is russia's partner in their brutal war in ukraine. it is iran providing the drones carrying out deadly attacks on ukrainian civilians. and it's iran that has trained and armed hezbollah, the shia milt in lebanon that has rained rockets down on northern israel. it's iran that has sent their

lapid accused netanyahu's cabinet of what he called unpardonable failure.owing the palestinian's operation. 94% of respondents blamed the government for the collapse of defense systems while 56% called the resignation of netanyahu. ivan has dismissed the american media claim about an agreement between the united states and qatar to block the country's recently on frozen assets in a doha bank. iran's payment and mission to the united nations said in a statement that the washington post bank. mission government are well aware that they cannot back out of their previous agreement with iran to unfreeze. the funds, the mission noted that the money in the qatari bank rightfully belongs to the iranian nation and government to be used to meet the iranian nation's essential needs. the washington post had claimed that the us and qatar have agreed to block iran's access to 6 billion dollars of his funds which are now in a qatari bank over palestinian resistance groups ongoing anti-israeli operation. the funds had been frozen in south korea due to us sanctions. they we

joining us now is yair lapid, a former israeli prime minister. thank you so much for joining us. i want to get your reaction to last week's horrific attack by hamas and your message to the israeli people and the world right now. what is your bottom-line message right now? >> well, my bottom-line message, i'm the son of a local survivor. last saturday was one single day in which most jews were killed since the holocaust, since 1945. this is not going to happen again. the bottom line is we're not going to rest until hamas is out of gaza. we will not rest until the last hamas fighter is out. they butchered kids and raped women and kidnapped 1300 israelis and thousands are wounded and because i have to go every three hours to the bomb shelter with my daughter with special needs and she doesn't have words and i have no way of explaining to her why is it terrorists are trying to kill her the same way people were trying to kill her grandfather 75 years ago. >> we're going to show our viewers a video of prime minister netanyahu visiting with israeli troops near the gaza border today, ask

this is why yer lapid refused to join the emergency government.ia where we saw sarcastic comments. here are few. what will gance do exactly? will he give up on the golani soldiers? the government a failure, how can we depend on these cursed traiters? you sold us, i will not join the left, but i tell you to go to hell. these sarcastic comments on social media obviously reflect the state of mistrust amongst israelis, these comments show suspicions towards the intentions of netanyahu and benny gants. want both netanyahu and ganz to be careful from one another. it is true that leped and liberman did not enter the government, but they supported emergency government. but there are doubts, yes, doubts concerning what, concerning disagreements between the army leadership, ganz, bengavir, smortrich and netanyahu. we're talking about an extremist far right, that is not related whatsoever to the army. however, gance is an army general. there's also an existing disagreement between the army leadership and ben gave, because ben gaver wanted to establish what h

have good intentions towards each other or not. this will impede decision making. this is why yer lapid reflected in israeli social media where we saw sarcastic comments. here are few. what will gance do exactly? will he give up on the goloni sold? why give him authority in a security cabinet, have you gone nuts? netanyahu, you sold us, i will not join the left, but tell you to go to hell, these sarcastic comments on social media obviously reflect the state of mistrust amongst israelis, these comments show suspicions towards the intention did not enter the government, but they supported emergency government, but there are doubts, yes, doubts concerning what, concerning disagreements between the army leadership, ganz, bengavir, smortrid, and netanyahu, we're talking about an extremist far right, that is not related whatsoever to the... however, ganz is an army general, there's also an existing disagreement between the army leadership and ben gavier, because ben gavier wanted to establish what he called a national guard that has role in approving the cabinet. israel declared emergency gov

to declare an emergency government, and the participation of opposition leaders, benny, ganz and lapide are us military experts and leaders inside the israeli operation room now, mistrust in the israeli cabinet has not only spread among the israeli settlers, even israel's allies do not trust the cabinet anymore, as if saying, you cannot take control of what we handed you, and now we have to personally interview. between netanyahu and gans, there are fears that the disagreements between the two sides might affect the cabinet's decision. once again, we see a coalition signed between beni gants and netanyahu. this raises questions in israel, this means that legally through signing on paper things might get out of control. all depends on whether the two sides have good intentions towards each other or not. this will impeed decision making. this is why yer lapid refused to join the emergency government. of course, this suspicion was also reflected in israeli social media where we saw sarcastic comments. here are few. what will ganz do exactly? will he give up on the golani soldiers? let all

yayer lapid accused netanyahu's cabinet of what he called unpardonable failure. shows more than 90% of israelis suffer from fear and panic attacks following palestinian operation. 94% of respondents blame the government for the collapse of the defense systems, while 56% called for the resignation of netanyahu. iran has dismissed american media claim about an agreement between the us and qatar to block the country's recently unfrozen assets in a doha bank. iran's permanent mission to the united nations said in a statement that... washington post claim was untrue, it stress us officials and the government are well aware that they cannot back out of their previous agreement with iran to freeze its funds. the mission noted that money in the qatari bank rightfully belongs to the iranian nation and government to be used to meet iranian nation's essential needs. the washington post had claimed us and qatar have agreed to block iran's access to over 6 billion dollars in funds which are now in a qatari bank overpows. resistance groups ongoing anti-israeli operation, funds

this is why year lapid refused to join the emergency government.e saw sarcastic comments. here are few. you exactly, will he give up on the golani soldiers? let all government officials look for attornies so that their prosecution starts after all this ends. finally, sarah netanyahu agreed, thank you. gants, be aware netan. be aware of gants. the government a failure, how can we depend on these cursed traiters? do not bet on ganz, why give him authority in a security cabinet? have you got nuts? netanyahu, you sold us, i will not join the left, but i tell you to go to hell. these sarcastic comments on social media obviously reflect the state of mistrust amongst israelis, comments show suspitions towards the intentions of netanyahu and benny gants, and want both netanyahu and gants to be careful from one another. it is true that leped and liberman did not enter the government, but they supported emergency government. but there are doubts, yes, doubts concerning what? concerning disagreements between the army leadership, ganz, bengavir, smortrich and

but in a statement this evening, opposition leader yair lapid announced an offer to form an emergency government with benjamin netanyahu. lapid saying the prime minister knows that with the current extreme and dysfunctional government, he says heannot manage a war. men yahoo! indicated he is open to an emergency government, but not without those far-right ministers. and that is likely a no-go. john: i know you told us that you are still hearing sirens, still hearing explosions. you are in tel aviv. what is it like in israel tonight? nurit: it is hard to overstate the shock and terror that this coordinated surprise attack has caused, shaping up to be clearly the worst ever terror attack on israeli civilians and the bigges intelligence failure since the yom kippur war a half a century ago. the rocket fire, we have been hearing that late into this evening. rockets landing in four different locations in central israel, including in tel aviv with injuries reported. one of the surreal parts of this day has been listening to israeli television and radio news. that is a good baromet of how is

on the other hand, lapid refuses to appear in the emergency cabinet even in war conditions, and now , even though he has included benny gund and some of his party members in the emergency cabinet, we see that there are still very serious differences in the security cabinet . that verbal conflict and even reports of a physical conflict between one of the ministers was reported with the minister of security and the chief of general staff. inside the meeting , anyway, a person like eisenkot, who considers himself the architect of the new israeli army, and in his era, is very much in the era. he has changed many structures of the army, now he practically blames all of these failures on himself and it is completely natural because all the changes he made caused this to happen, so probably tomorrow, as i am on saturday, i think the israelis are sleeping tonight. it will not be happy, and the anniversary is actually after a week that israelis have a tradition called outbreaks for those people who killed they can mourn for 7 days. on this seventh day, they will probably expect that they will

on the other hand, lapid even in war conditions he is not willing to appear in the emergency cabinet, now even though he has included benigant and several members of his party in the emergency cabinet , we still see that there are very serious differences in the security cabinet to the point of verbal conflict and even reports of a physical conflict between one of the ministers with the minister of security and the chief of general staff was reported inside the meeting. well, anyway, a person like eisenkot, who considers himself the architect of the new israeli army, and during his tenure, many army structures were changed during his tenure as the general staff, now he practically blames all of these failures on himself, and it is completely natural. because all the developments that he did caused this to happen, and therefore, probably tomorrow, which is saturday, i think the israelis will not have a good night's sleep tonight, and the anniversary is actually after a week that israelis have a tradition for those people. those who are killed mourn for 7 days , on this seventh day they

message that we got from israeli leadership, from the prime minister to the opposition leader, yair lapid, they are united, dana. as difficult as the last few months have been since the coalition government took power here, universally israelis are united on the ground, their leadership is standing side-by-side, they're pulling together an emergency coalition government so that they can -- or cabinet so that they can work together and fight this evil. it was so important to come as a member of congress but also as a zionist and a jew for me. >> congresswoman, thank you so much for coming on with us and telling us about your experience today in israel. appreciate it. safe trip back. >> thank you. >> erin, again, you're going to be there all night until, you know, who knows when, but the idea of what we just heard, i fear we're going to hear a lot more of the brutal, brutal details. >> reporter: the brutal details. i do think it was interesting, dana, and i know, you know, obviously the congresswoman and many others hope very much for the saudi deal to continue, but -- with normalization. i

not there, obviously. >> you know the players. >> i know the former prime minister and that would be lapid has suggested a coalition government. i know the former defense minister benny gantz has suggested and worked toward that, again, at a time of cries i not dissimilar to what happened to us in 9/11, countries come together, people come together, israelis come together and it's time to get out of politics and get it out of the way and the security of the state of israel and the security of those people who are now captive by these lunatics in gaza, get them out and get them home. >> how worried are you, you mentioned this about the north, for example, hezbollah and the organizations like hezbollah. we had mike mccaul on earlier wondering about whether the taliban is going to somehow find a way to take advantage of this inside israel? how worried are you about this expanding in an even more dangerous way? >> listen, i'm not going to speculate at this point. clearly hezbollah has decided not to engage in a full-force way. i don't believe they will. i think ultimately they know the costs t

israeli reaction asking for his resignation and this is why we hear the former israeli prime minister lapida speaks the truth, it means they are supporting hamas, and if they say what's happening on both side, it means they are supporting hamas, because he understands that the mainstream media cannot pretend to be blind all the time, particularly with this large number of civilianan killed and the violation of international law by cutting water, electricity, bombing hospitals, churches, most and all the civilian residential area flattering completely neighborhood, all that cannot continue to be not mentioned by the mainstream media, this is why the israelis are starting to lose the control over the media, where information is coming out, and this is extremely upsetting the israels and i think now they're looking for solution not to be further embarrassed and not in all of gaza because they understand they walking into their own cemetry. well, you have uh, what's been said by even the us special military advisors who are on the ground, in the occupied territories. that have said that israel

former israeli prime minister yayi lapid launched deadly military strikes in the occupied west bank. these attacks intensified in the far-right cabinet of benjamin netanyahu. since the beginning of this year , more than 20 palestinians have been killed in the attacks of the zionist forces , and israel launched airstrikes in the occupied west bank for the first time since the second era. from on the other hand, more than 30 israelis were killed by palestinians in 2023, which is the highest number of casualties since the second intifase. analysts say that the situation in the occupied west bank is getting worse every day. the existing resistance of the occupiers' concern for urban development in the west bank. there is a possibility that another intifase is coming, and the palestinians still hope for the end of the occupation. hello, this is gilnas publications, which has been with you for years, at any point of time and at any moment you want to receive from the sources of these publications completely free of charge right now. the number five faces 30085 in the name of allah, the mos

lapid, the head of one of the parliamentary parties of this regime , asked segheko of social networks such as ikmeta and telegram to remove the contents related to hamas in these networks. due to the spread of false information on american social networks, according to the evidence , fatemeh sharifi, sedavasima's reporter, turned a blind eye to him. in the name of god, color, in the name of god, color, in the name of god, light, light, in the name of god, light upon light , in the name of god, light upon light , in the name of god, light upon light, in the name of god, light. al-nur is from al-nur and the light has come down on allah, the great, allah is the great , allah is the great, god is the great, i testify that there is no god but allah. i testify that there is no god but god. i testify that muhammad is the messenger of god. i testify that muhammad is the messenger of god i bear witness that allah is the most high. i bear witness that god is the most high. may god bless you. may god bless you . may god bless you. may god bless you. good work, good work, god is great, god is gre

former israeli prime minister yayi lapid launched deadly military attacks in the occupied west bank.se attacks intensified in the far-right cabinet of benjamin netanyahu. from the beginning. so far this year , more than 20 palestinians have been killed in the attacks of the zionist forces , and israel launched airstrikes in the occupied west bank for the first time since the second intifase. on the other hand, more than 30 israelis in they were killed by palestinians in 2023, which is the highest number of casualties since the second intifase . analysts say that the situation in the occupied west bank is getting worse every day. to build a settlement in the west bank, the entire region was occupied. extremist ministers like itmar benguirre are following in the footsteps of ariel sharon. the issue that it is possible that another interphase is on the way is somewhat relevant. and the palestinians still hope for the end of the occupation. the next part of the news at 6 o'clock: we are at your service from mashhad, the holy news studio, and at your service with the first international e

benjamin netanyahu is reading in the times that lapid, central head of the opposition, was saying thatready to form a unity government with benjamin netanyahu, allowing him to shake off the far-right. >> you are bringing up something that is just astonishing. and i have to say, as much as i feel personally, even, a sense of shock over the magnitude of this catastrophe, clearly, the death toll that you and i are discussing now is still rising sharply. so, this is a massive loss of life that few israelis can even relate to. but politically, this is an earthquake too, and the opposition leader, lapid, gave netanyahu an astonishing lifeline last night. netanyahu, remember, is a believer prime minister. he has a narrow coalition majority in the israeli parliament of 64 out of 120 seats. he is on trial. he's on a very serious trial for corruption charges. he proposed this judicial overhaul when he returned to power, you know, in early january. and that has caused an uprising inside israel, millions of people protesting against him. so, he's kind of besieged on all sides. he has turned the ar

lapid added that he will not join the premier's emergency cabinet, which includes extremist figures likes operation. 94% of respondents blamed authorities for the collapse of the defense system, while 56% are calling for netanyahu's resignation. iran's dismissed american media claim about an agreement between the us and qatar to block the country's recently unfrozen assets in a doha bank. iran's permanent mission to the united nations said in a statement, the washington post claim was untrue, stressing, us officials and government are well-aware they cannot back out of their previous agreement with iran to unfreeze its funds. mission noted money in the qatari bank rightfully belongs to the iranian nation to be used to meet iranian nation's essential needs. washington post had claimed us and qatar have agreed to block iran's access to over 6 billion dollars of funds which are now in a qatari bank over the palestinian resistance groups ongoing anti-israeli operation. now funds have been frozen in south korea due to us sanctions. they were transferred to qatar last month after washington is

lapid, the head of one of the parliamentary parties of this regime , asked social networking platformsh as ikmeta and telegram to remove content related to hamas in these networks. because of spreading false information on social networks according to the evidence, the americans also looked at him, fatemeh sharifi , negev sedavasima news agency, hiyel, احد المحبليل على هكتفيميه هو كل شماء رك سراح هوا وريق. come down, when they took me out of the tomb, they dressed me in three skirts so that i would be modest, and then we reach the border , i see another group of terrorists, they saw me, i took the children, we hid behind a hill of sand, they did not hurt us, and they continued to fight. at the beginning of the attack, the children are still sleeping when my children were sleeping, i went to them in the shelter and closed the door. i told the children that it is dangerous outside and there are bad people there. i heard the sound of attacking the door of the house they speak arabic, you heart של הביט שלי נפרצט ואני שומעת דיבורים בארבים את הביט שלי אני מנעסה להחז that i tried to hold the

related to the mental state of netanyahu and his wife sarasat, a member of the lapid party presented the case to the supreme court of the zionist regime in order to determine that netanyahu does not deserve to be the prime minister. may it can endanger the security of the regime . the zionists reacted to this news on their social pages about benjamin netanyahu, or as they say baby , they wrote, baby safar iran, a baby is the best thing that has happened to iran. iranians do not need nuclear weapons to destroy israel. baby does it for them from the inside without the need for an atom bomb. if this couple is really psycho they should be sent home so that the security of israel is not compromised. iranians read the comments here and rub their hands together happily. informed sources to tehran times they said that these secrets are only related to the medical and judicial file of the family. it is not netanyahu, all the archival and current files of the zionist judicial system are in the possession of iran. tonsil under investigation. i want to buy in installments. do you know a place wh

former israeli prime minister yayi lapid condemned the deadly military attacks in the west bank occupiedt began. these attacks intensified in benjamin netanyahu's extreme right cabinet from the beginning. so far this year , more than 200 palestinians have been killed in the attacks of the zionist forces, and israel launched airstrikes in the occupied west bank for the first time since the second intifase. on the other hand, more than 30 israelis were killed by palestinians in 2023, which is the highest number of casualties since the second intifase . analysts say that the situation in the occupied west bank is getting worse every day. extremist ministers such as itmar benguir follow the path of ariel sharon, this issue is likely another intifase is on the way , it is said to some extent, and the palestinians still hope for the end of the occupation. palestine book is the only iranian book that was accepted in the united nations general assembly. a book translated into english and arabic. the electronic version of this book can be downloaded for free in the cyber space until what happened

former israeli prime minister yayi lapid launched deadly military strikes in the occupied west bank.ttacks intensified in the far-right cabinet of benjamin netanyahu. from the beginning of this year until now in attacks zionist soldiers have killed more than 20 palestinians. and israel launched airstrikes in the occupied west bank for the first time since the intifada. on the other hand, more than 30 israelis were killed by palestinians in 2023, which is the highest number of casualties since the second intifase. analysts say that the situation in the occupied west bank is getting worse every day. the existing resistance became the concern of the occupiers for urban development in the occupied west bank and around this region. extremist ministers like itamar benguirer are following in the footsteps of ariel sharon. this issue is likely another intifase is on the way , it is said to some extent, and the palestinians still hope for the end of the occupation. i want to buy parts. do you know a place where you can buy a large carpet, a single bed, a good gas, a bed and a mattress, only a

israeli reaction asking for his resignation, and this is why we hear the former israeli prime minister lapide saying if the mainstream media speaks the truth, it means they are supporting hamas, and if they say what's happening on both side, it means they are supporting hamas, because he understands that the mainstream media cannot pretend to be blind all the time. particularly with this large number of civilian killed and the violation of international law by cutting water electricity, bombing hospitals, churches, most and all the civilian residential area, flattering completely neighborhood, all that cannot continue to be not mentioned by the mainstream media, this is why the israelis are starting to lose the control over the media. where information is coming out and this is extremely upsetting the israelis and i think now they're looking for a solution not to be further embarrassed and not invade all of gaza because they understand they walking into their own symmetry. well you have uh what's been said by the even the us special military advisors who are on the ground in the occupied terr

and ganses to waste, probably leaning towards lapid there will be more. netanyahu is forced to make a gambling-like decision here. the set of conditions that you are describing is that the zionist regime, in addition to the crisis that it has faced militarily after the al-ahsa storm, is still undergoing a political crisis, and these decisions are necessary in order to the decisions that are in favor of the zionist regime on the battlefield cannot be taken against us, despite the fact that in the weeks before the war we saw protests regarding judicial reforms, now the protests from within the movement that supported netanyahu have not only added to it, but not decreased. but also escalation thank you, mr. turabi, the question i wanted to ask you at the beginning, now this was the internal situation of the regime, the external situation is that anyway, the killing and heavy bombing of gaza is still going on. continuing in this situation, there is an expectation that this regime should be stopped. yes , i was asking you to see that there are five important p

lapid, the head of one of the parliamentary parties of this regime , asked social networking platformsh as x, meta and telegram to remove the content related to hamas in these networks. according to the evidence, the american social networks also paid attention to him. fatemeh sharifi, a reporter for radio and television. the most important focus and goal setting of the parliament with the cooperation of the government in the public meeting on saturday evening is the construction of housing using energy public and private sectors were in the seventh five-year plan, from the allocation of about 330 thousand hectares of land for housing construction in different regions of the country to the annual construction of 200 thousand residential units. rural areas and giving incentives to the owners of residential units in dilapidated areas was one of the most important causes of the parliamentarians. the first step is to increase the capacity of the country's settlements to produce housing and prevent the migration of villagers to cities and residents of small towns to big cities, along with i

together a government of national unity, which would involve members of the opposition, particularly yair lapidi think his reason for doing that is that he knows that in order to send troops into gaza, is going to be fraught with danger, there will inevitably be a lot of israeli lives lost, and he wantsjoint ownership of that. he wants to be to be sure that all political representatives in the parliament are agreeing and behind such a decision, so that if there are repercussions because of the numbers of israeli soldiers who are killed or harmed, it will be a joint responsibility. i have no doubt that israel, and i'm sure with american help, will be using every intelligence resource within gaza at their disposal to try to pinpoint the locations of these hostages. that, of course, is part of the danger of going in by land and also part of the danger of air bombardments. coming up at 11:40am bst, we'll bejoined by a our middle east analyst, sebastian usher, and from jerusalem by our correspondent, tom bateman. they'll be here to answer your questions live. so get in touch using the hashtag #bbcyo

yair lapid's talking about a unity government.e flag and the government is going to occur, but as in 1973, there will be a reckoning. there is going to be a commission, and if it's done honestly, i suspect they can only reach the conclusion that this was a major intelligence as well as tactical failure. major intelligence as well as tacticalfailure. notjust on major intelligence as well as tactical failure. notjust on the part of the security chiefs. it would be wrong to place the blame solely on them as they did in 1973, but on the political leadership. the debt is going to come due. thank you so much for— debt is going to come due. thank you so much for being _ debt is going to come due. thank you so much for being with _ debt is going to come due. thank you so much for being with us _ debt is going to come due. thank you so much for being with us tonight. . so much for being with us tonight. you are welcome. we so much for being with us tonight. you are welcome.— so much for being with us tonight. you are welcome. we can go liv

important discussion with the former is really prime minister leading the opposition party in israel, p a lapideask about the hostage negotiations and the rhetoric out of the us. in the past couple days we've heard more vocally administration officials calling for a humanitarian pause in fighting to get the hostages out if that can be achieved. we've seen somewhat of a delay in getting this ground operation fully underway. is there any daylight between the israelis and the us in terms of an appetite for a humanitarian pause. do you think it's possible to get the hostages out and that you are dealing with anyone from the hamas side acting in good faith in these negotiations. >> no one and hamas is acting in good faith about anything. they are just using the hostages has the way they are using their own people as human shields. among people who were kidnapped, 9-month-old girl, do you think someone who wouldn't kidnap and abduct a 9-month-old baby is someone you can negotiate with reason with? no. what they are trying to do is be able to delay what we are doing in order to make sure hamas loses it

him alongside israel's defense minister, and he meeting with the country's opposition leader, pierre lapidand what will they get out of israel today? it is capping off a trip that he has made through the middle east in half a dozen countries, and he is trying to get aid to flow in, an allowing american citizens and others to exit southward from the rafah crossing eastward. and also, he is trying to avoid the israel-hamas conflict from blowing up into a larger regional conflict, and beyond that, the issue of the 199 hostages that we know that are being held in the gaza strip, and 20 of those are going to be american citizens as well. all of the issues are top of mind for the secretary of state as we await a possibility of the visit of president joe biden. we know that he has been invited by the israeli prime minister, but it has not been confirmed if he is going to be making trip this week, sara. >> that is going to be if it happens a significant moment in the relationship between israel and the united states. jeremy diamond, thank you so much for that. i am going to go to david who is a fo

and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has invited opposition leaders like yair lapid to joinnow? they may have to, and it seems there are _ to, and it seems there are preparations for them to take military action that they had not taken before. we have seen another flare—up in hospitality hostilities, they did not want to have a reoccupation, they did not want a full scale ground invasion, we are now getting signals that in fact there may be preparation for that, we haven't heard that the signal was given but if they are going to take dramatic action, if all options are on the table, then prime minister netanyahu will want to be sure that he has the whole nation, that he has a mandate from both his political allies as well as his enemies. even his fiercest critics will say we are up his fiercest critics will say we are up against our enemy, we have a common enemy now, and however deep our divisions are, this is not the moment. it is israel that matters more than anything else. ii moment. it is israel that matters more than anything else.- moment. it is israel that matters mor

lapid. from your advantage point when he is here do you have any sense of timing?s there actually going to be a ground war, is that imminent, or is there some decision that that may not happen? >> so we are prepared for the ground mobilization if instructed to do so by the government and indeed that is our role to be prepared and to respond and make the operational plans in order to implement that based on the military necessity, the principal of distinction between noncombatants and the terrorists and hamas and proportionality in warfare. i don't know if you've seen, sara, just now just within the last hour they have actually reported that some of their fuel and medical supplies have been commandeered by hamas. so when you were reporting earlier about the need for bringing foodstuff and fuel, who can guarantee that it will actually reach anyone other than hamas that will help them in their battle effort? this is of concern and we need to keep this in mind. >> yeah, and that's a u.n. agency for those who are unaware. the u.n. agency that operates in gaza and, you k

. >>> former israeli national security adviser to prime ministers bennett and lapid, eyal hulata, joins us now to discuss. thanks so much for being here. >> thank you, jake. >> historically speaking, prime minister netanyahu, has he been willing to jump into these high-risk military operations like this one that it looks like israeli forces are about to do? this is high-risk to send ground forces into gaza. i mean, hamas had to have known that that's what they were going to do. so they have to be prepared. this is really dangerous stuff. or is he typically, netanyahu, despite his bluster, is he typically more cautious? >> right. you know, first netanyahu's been prime minister for so long, of course there were events during his time as well, protective edge in 2014, netanyahu was prime minister. and israel went into gaza. we had a 40-day campaign. we didn't call it a war even though it was for 50 -- 50 days. it's true that the last campaign that israel calls a war, second lebanese war was in 2006 and -- in the north, in lebanon. netanyahu is known to be a security guy but also very risk

some of the more moderate opposition, people like garrett lapid, have indicated that they'd be willingcome to a unity government for this war. but only, if i think some of those far-right ministers are not part of that government. meanwhile, these really far-right is going to be demanding, much much more reescalation from netanyahu, flattening gossip, moving in with a major ground operation, maybe instigating it's iran. now the question about whether you choose the unity government, or whether he chooses these kind of far-right ministers, that's gonna be choice, not just about his political orientation for this war, it's going to probably tell us something about how far is going to go. is he going to do the things that the far-right wants you to do, or is he going to follow the centrist military advice that is coming from the israeli system? >> he's historically though been drawn more to the far-right coalitions, and the factions of the israeli government who want to use more military force. wouldn't you be surprised if he decided to go the other way? >> what's interesting about netany

there is expected to be a seat in the cabinet for lapid who has not joined this war government, thought what's important about this is when you look at the names of the people in this war cabinet, these are people who were former defense ministers and two former chiefs of staff of the idf and this is a message to the israeli public. we are getting a grip on this. we have the right people in charge of this bwho will be making this decision. don't worry about the other people in the cabinet. they will not beic maing decisions about this war and there is still a question here. how did it take for some long for this war cabinet to be brought together. there have been calls with ith in a few hours of saturday after that started when benjamin netanyahu started we are at war. it is amazing it took this long for it to come together. that comes to show how much divisiveness there is in israeli politics. >> hadas gold, you live there and work there and have been watching every detail of how this has unfolded and it's remarkable how long it has taken for israelis that live there. we thank you and

. >> the former prime minister of israel, yair lapid. thank you. >> thank you, to the american people for the support. >> for more on the u.s. response to israel, we're joined by the senator from tennessee and veteran affairs committees, marsha blackburn. senator, thank you for being with us. i want to start where rich touched on. this new york times report. directing some blame at iran for this attack on israel by hamas. the headline is officiallies from iran and hezbollah planned the attack and people familiar with the operation said, but the u.s. and its allies have not found any evidence directly linking tehran, that would be in line what what was above. this was based on three iranians from the revolutionary guard and the leadership. what about the messaging that there's no direct link to iran? >> jacqui, what we know is that iran is the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism. what we know is that iran uses their proxies and they supply upwards of 90% of the budget of hamas and hezbollah. those are things that we know. we know t

i think it's important to have lapid part of it.a coalition government that helps bring the israeli people together also. to know that we are doing the job it has to be done, without having the necessary ramifications with the whole region. because the one thing that we don't want in the whole region is to blow up. so it is key, i think right now. particularly given the fact that netanyahu is under such pressure, as well as the right wing of his government, to handle the p and others, and then the united states talking. that is what joe biden does best. to talk to others and bring them together, and i think, i know, that they've been in contact with all of the region. turkey is important, lebanon, saudi arabia, jordan, qatar. all are really important and we are having those dialogues and conversations. >> you said get a briefing this morning, is anything from that briefing the you can share this morning with us? >> i think when you put on recently, what secretary blinken talked about, some of those could be american citizens -- >> d

we've had the israeli opposition leader yair lapid calling for an emergency unity government.ter yourself, do you think that should happen? is that necessary? would it help? yes, absolutely. i support an immediate unity emergency government. you know, our enemies think that israel might be vulnerable because of our domestic issues, but they're wrong. israel is united. and the left and right, religious and secular, everyone together, we stand behind our soldiers. we stand behind our civilians. we're going to fight back. this is a hard day for israel, but ultimately, we will win. a hard day. was it avoidable? it's a huge and devastating intelligence failure, isn't it? i mean, israeli officials have been predicting since august and likely attack from either hamas or hezbolla. hamas or hezbollah. there's going to be time to learn everything. right now, the immediate thing that we need to do is get the terrorists out of israel, clean it up, release our hostages and ultimately release the israelis that are in gaza. and at the same time, hamas is going to have to pay perhaps the most

that is former president lapid, and if there is no question that there is gonna be a lot of unfit's emanations occasions and what fundamentally happened. people be held accountable, we will see ultimately through that. but right now it's not the time. right now is to get those hostages out, protect those borders and try to do as president biden is to make sure that hezbollah and iran does not get involved. because and that's what needs to be focused on, that can be planted overtime. >> you've been in so many of these rooms having a private negotiations, we are the results of them about two paragraphs long, and the conversations are hours long. i want to ask you about the hostages, because, i've experienced this as well. you don't say a lot publicly, because that can always put at risk bringing them back. but, israeli fischel's have said the last 24 hours that they are not going to negotiate with hamas. u.s. officials say they are willing to negotiate. is that a diplomatic path, here is more like the military path trying to get this? >> jen, as i said jake sullivan said, listen. the highest pri

the last unity government, the lapid government, two fine gentlemen i think who trended toward moderatione organizing principle, which was to prevent benjamin netanyahu from regaining power. and that is not a good rx, a good prescription, for governments. so they couldn't hang together. but there were unity governments. one between 1998 and '82 -- '92 that lasted and did constructive things. but you need two parties, not seven, in order to create the sort of cohesion. i think a political change is coming, but that is -- we're a ways off. right now i think that we need to really focus on how israel reconciles their commitment to the dead, to seek retribution in a positive way, to change the reality in gaza, to the 900 who have been killed and the thousands who whose injuries are life shattering, how to balance that out with their commitment to the living. 150 hostages, 100 plus held by hamas and perhaps 30 according to some reports held by a smaller palestinian group that is linked to iran. how do they reconcile avenging the dead and redeeming the living, the hostages? i can't get my mind

lapid, with all of this going on and the fact that hamas is actually the willing to allow their peoplegaza to suffer, to continue to suffer -- and there will be more suffering when the idf goes into gaza to try to root out hamas -- who should, how do you control, assuming that you're successful at rooting out hamas in gaza, how will gaza exist after that happens? that is, who will be in control of gaza if you're successful in can kicking hamas out? >> well, we should find, i assume the first will be the palestinian authority and some sort of a coalition of the more moderate arab countries who i understand and i congratulate them on this, they say that they are very worried about the destiny of the palestinians in gaza, so they're welcome to be part of any solution. we cannot have hamas in gaza. because our children will not be killed them. and as long as hamas is there, we understand that the killing will gone -- go on. the palestinian authority, to my mind, is the best solution, but it has to be strengthened by a smart coalition of the u.n., united states and the support system of the