israeli military. home front command in the presence of israeli minister for military affairs, yoav galant and other senior officials offered a candid assessment. we failed in guarding the southern front. the recent war has also showcased the resilience of the resistance forces. their ability to respond proportionally to the actions of israel has reached a critical juncture. notably deep-seated political divisions in israeli politics triggered extensive public protests. lasting for months, reflecting a deep rift among the israelis. also, reports of soldiers from the elite golani brigade engaging in rioting during a training session, indicated growing discontent within the israeli military with prospects of resolution appearing uncertain. the story takes a turn as the enormous defeat suffered by israel emboldens the palestinian people and other nations and resistance groups in the region. a... the surge of energy inspired by israel's vulnerability further undermines its position in the complex geopolitical landscape. for israel, the journey towards building a reputation and security infrast

with growing rifts within netanyahu's coalition government. the regime's military affairs minister yoav galanthas raised alarm bells regarding the economic fallout from the ongoing conflict between october 7th and july 2024. during this period, approximately 46,00 companies declared bankruptcy with projections suggesting that this number could exceed 60,000, by year's end, government spending has surged to $89 billion dollars, a significant increase given the circumstances. meanwhile, investments across all sectors have plummeted by 60%, with the technology sector alone experiencing a decline of 37%, or roughly $15 billion dollars. the tourism sector has also faced an unprecedented collapse with visitor numbers plumeting from 5 million to just 2007. and the decline continues. a report by the organization for economic cooperation and development shows that israel's economy underwent the biggest slowdown of all member states from april to june. according to the report, the israeli gdp was projected to grow 3% in 2024. the bank of israel now predicts. growth rate of 1.5%, and that's if the war en

the regime's military affairs minister yoav galant struggles to maintain a presence in the same roomael's agricultural land, further destabilizing industry already in crisis, with its workforce shrinking by 40%. additionally, international flights to israel have diminished significantly with the number of flights down by third since the war began, and daily flight volumes decreasing by 40%. data from the israeli central bank has raised alarm bells regarding the economic fallout from the ongoing. conflict between october 7th and july 2024. during this period, approximately 46 thousand companies declared bankruptcy with projections suggesting that this number could exceed 60,000 by year's end. government spending has surged to $89 billion dollars, a significant increase given the circumstances. meanwhile, investments across all sectors have plummeted by 60%. with the technology sector alone, experience. a decline of 37% or roughly $15 billion. the tourism sector has also faced an unprecedented collapse with visitor numbers plumeting from 5 million to just 2777 and the decline continues

defense secretary, yoav galant's. so that close us is really partnership, still very much happening. but also galant's making clear to me that israel will ultimately make its own decision about how and when it will strike iran. >> and look, i mean, we are now one year since the october 7 attack. do you have a sense of how israel is planning on marking that anniversary? >> well, events throughout the country tomorrow. it's going to begin in the morning on the site of that nova music festival at the time of the attack, which was around six in the morning, a commemoration ceremony there for the roughly 1,200 israelis who were killed killed in that hamas attack on october 7, here in tel aviv, there will be events during the day and in the evening at higher cone park. those ceremonies though, are being scaled down somewhat because of restrictions on the numbers of people who can gather as israel is currently in a multi-front war, the israeli military also to telling me that they are preparing for the possibility of hamas fi

the israeli defense minister, yoav galant's now heading to washington to meet with the secretary of defenseoyd austin tomorrow. so those close consultations will continue and make no mistake, but there will certainly be questions as well about the kind of law long-term strategy that israel and the united states are looking at in the region as well. >> kasie, jeremy, the question here really seems to be, will israel hit some of the iran nuclear sites? that's focus of the conversation here in washington i'm curious your perspective? the israeli side is their political pressure on netanyahu from people that he cares about at home to hit those sites. how does how is that playing out and how does it interact with the u.s. ability or not to convince him to not hit those sites? >> well, there's no question that the israeli prime minister is under pressure to go bigger than israel has gone before in terms of striking iran very, publicly. and in a way that will actually do some real damage to iranian facilities. unlike the retaliation for iran's april attacks, when israel merely showed iran that it

yoav gallant, the country's defense minister, was on the border with lebanon, just the other day speaking to israeli troops saying in this were these were his words that goal is to clear, again, galant's words, to clear the areas of southern lebanon to allow people in northern israel to return home. yoav gallant saying that hezbollah is not just being defeated, it is actively being destroyed by israel's military. but as you can imagine, the consequences of this are absolute the massive some 1,800 people have been killed in lebanon since the start of this recent offensive, more than 9,000 wounded. and again, those hopes of any talks, peace, progress, of any attempts to cease fire. all of those still stalled. there are some attempts, some backdoors. i know that egypt you intelligence chief was meeting with israel's intelligence chief just the other day. so there are some new attempts to restart these peace talks, to restart any attempts at a ceasefire, the u.s. continues to push for red lines, but you have to remember, this is only going to escalate max because we're still awaiting israel's response to iran's ballistic missile barrage raj so in terms of, i mean, we were talking about th