richard black, former republican member of virginia state senate, from ashman. gentlemen, welcome to press tv uh, first of all, starting with mr. larudi, mr. larudi, obviously, the new report by new york times revealed that the israeli army was disorganized, out of position and surprisingly relied on so... media like telegram and whatsapp to choose their targets following the alaxa flood, your your thoughts on that sir, well senator black is more qualified than i am on this, but but my what i'm - what i what we saw was that um in any military situation you prefer to fight the enemy on your own soil and in a prepared battle area? and that's uh that's exactly what uh what hamas did, they they brought the israelis to their own area, the the israelis are strong in fighting by land and sea and sea and air, but when it comes to fighting an enemy that a gorilla warfare, which is actually being waged largely from underneath the ground, an entire city there and... and with weapons that have been adapted to the particular circumstances, they found themselves in a totally unprepared, whereas ha