an important point they're made by barbara starr. minister said this was a hard day for israel and hamas would pay the price for the attacks.— for the attacks. this is an unprovoked, _ for the attacks. this is an unprovoked, deliberate l for the attacks. this is an - unprovoked, deliberate attack on the state of israel so the state of israel is at war. we are at war with a terror state of hamas in gaza and it will continue as long as it needs to. we handed gaza over to the guy we gave the keys to 15 or more years ago. we pulled out every single soldier, we pulled out every single israeli from their and we were told we would get the singapore of the middle east. instead what we got is afghanistan and it is a bass was our responsibility as well as hamas. this thing of whining all day about israel is utter nonsense. there is an aggressor here and the aggressor is the palestinians and hamas. we will hit back. ., ., hit back. live now to ambassador - hit back. live now to ambassador david i hit back. live now to - ambassador david satterf

i'm joined by cnn for the pentagon correspondent barbara starr listening to that and listening to your barbara. iwas struck by something - your reaction, barbara. iwas struck by something elisa - your reaction, barbara. i was l struck by something elisa said. 5000 _ struck by something elisa said. 5000 rockets. part of the intelligence equation is the israelis _ intelligence equation is the israelis possibly with us assistance will need to go back through— assistance will need to go back through all the intelligence that— through all the intelligence that they do have, that they were — that they do have, that they were able to collect, electronic intelligence, radars, _ electronic intelligence, radars, anything turned on at the lime _ radars, anything turned on at the time that indicated where these — the time that indicated where these rockets were coming from. their_ these rockets were coming from. their point— these rockets were coming from. their point of origin, if you wilt — their point of origin, if you with that _ their point of origin, if you will. that could give them valuabl

, usc annenberg senior fellow barbara starr, usc annenberg seniorfellow and barbara starr, uscndent and we also havejoining us laura blummenfelt, middle east analyst atjohns hopkins school of advanced international studies. laura, to start with you, i'd love to get your reaction on what we've been seeing play out over these last couple of hours from israel and what they are calling now a second phase of the war. right, it's almost _ second phase of the war. right, it's almost a _ second phase of the war. right, it's almost a non- _ second phase of the war. right, it's almost a non- invasion - it's almost a non— invasion invasion. they are moving into the next phase but the last thing they want to do is trigger a second front on the northern border. i think that's why you see them, you know, it's a sort of a toe in the cold water, just bit by bit, and that is sort of how israel tends to succeed when they have targeted strikes, not a broad fist with a pointed finger, and i think the united states is encouraging that as well because they are trying to limit the scope of the confli

live now to barbara starr, a long—time pentagon correspondent who's now senior fellow at the usc annenbergany people obviously expressing shock at these attacks, questions turning, as we just heard, to whether or not this was a failure of intelligence. what do you make of the breadth of this attack and the relative success that we saw from hamas in carrying out not only rocket attacks but from ground, sea and air? access you know, one of the reason so many people are saying intelligence failure is you have to look at what he mentioned. is you have to look at what he mentioned-— mentioned. the breadth and de th of mentioned. the breadth and depth of the _ mentioned. the breadth and depth of the attack. - mentioned. the breadth and depth of the attack. it - mentioned. the breadth and depth of the attack. it was i depth of the attack. it was organised. 5000 rockets had to be in the works for months. to move all of that into place without israeli intelligence seeing any sign of it, communicating amongst all of those participating, developing a plan, staying off cellphones because apparently th

with me, barbara starr a senior fellow and long—time pentagon correspondent.. we saw the scene, didn't we, that press conference called by prime minister benjamin netanyahu and what seemed to be him and members of his cabinet preparing the country for what could be this drawnout conflict. how prepared do you think israel is for something that may last weeks, months, we're not sure how long it will be? . , . we're not sure how long it will be? . ,, ., be? that is a basic issue. how do ou be? that is a basic issue. how do you prepare _ be? that is a basic issue. how do you prepare for— be? that is a basic issue. how do you prepare for what - be? that is a basic issue. how do you prepare for what you . be? that is a basic issue. howl do you prepare for what you do not know it lies ahead. israel is going to need a lot of us military assistance, perhaps more us military advice. the aid that needs gaza, billions of dollars of aid, and even once the hostilities stopped, then the reconstruction. not clear what this means for the israeli economy and a mixed reception,

live now to barbara starr, a longtime pentagon correspondent who's now senior fellow at the usc annenbergall beginning to lay out somewhat as you would expect. while the israeli government is clearly, because of the disaster and terrible things that happened today and the level of attack, having the rhetoric that it's making that all—out effort, this will be it for hamas. we will have to see how that really plays out. if you are going to go after hamas and put them out of business once and for all, that is going to be a lengthy proposition, that is going to be a long time, you'll need a lot of continuing support on the world stage and history recently tells us world stage has a short attention span on matters. we will have to see how much progress the israeli government can make as fast as possible in going after the hamas targets that they have. i think what will happen likely is there will be continuing concern about the rhine's involvement behind—the—scenes. will it get more involved? —— iran's and israel could a second front in the north along the 11 non— border with hezbollah, that w

earlier i spoke to barbara starr. we were also joined spoke to barbara starr.barbara starr. we were also joined by analysts from thejohns hopkins school of the johns hopkins school of advanced thejohns hopkins school of advanced education. laura, to start with you, i'd love to get your reaction on what we've been seeing play out over these last couple of hours from israel and what they're calling now the second phase of the war. right. it's almost a non—invasion invasion. they're moving into the next phase but the last thing they want to do is trigger a second front on the northern border. i think that's why you see them — it's, you know, it's a sort of a toe in the cold water, just bit by bit, and they — that's sort of how israel tends to succeed when they have targeted strikes, not a broad fist with a pointed finger, and i think the united states is encouraging that as well because they're trying to limit the scope of the conflict. and, barbara, your reaction there? a toe in the water — potentially maybe some caution, given some of the clashes we've been seei

live now to barbara starr, a longtime pentagon correspondent.tal concerns that the united states beyond their support of israel. everyone�*s talking about the us support for israel, and that�*s very true and very, very important to the us, but the national security concerns, think of it this way. the us intelligence community, the thing they hate the most are surprises. they want to know what�*s going on everywhere they need to worry about. and what they don�*t need to worry about. they don�*t want surprises. and by all accounts, this attack came as a terrible surprise, not just to the came as a terrible surprise, notjust to the israelis but to us intelligence and intelligence services around the world indeed. so i think it is very fair to say that the us is very fair to say that the us is going to want to know what exactly happened. they are likely to go back through their own cable traffic. did they have any hints? did they miss something? you have to think they are going to want to know all of that. the us and the allies, including many of th

we will bring you more detail on that very shortly but for now, live now to barbara starr, a longtimesc annenberg center on communication leadership and policy. barbara, great to have you back with us. so many people have expressed shock at these attacks. questions invetiably turning to whether this was a failure of intelligence? your thoughts? clearly a failure of intelligence _ your thoughts? clearly a failure of intelligence of _ your thoughts? clearly a failure of intelligence of sorts _ your thoughts? clearly a failure of intelligence of sorts but _ your thoughts? clearly a failure of intelligence of sorts but i - your thoughts? clearly a failure of intelligence of sorts but i think . intelligence of sorts but i think one of the things that might be so interesting to think about is how hamas essentially won this round to date, and they did it apparently low—tech. they apparently state of electronic communications, staying away from anything they felt the israelis could use to track their movements in the build—up towards this. it didn'tjust happen over the last 2a hours or so, a

barbara starr, thank you for your analysis. you are watching bbc news. stay with us if you can.g confined to the far north of england and scotland throughout sunday. elsewhere will see sunshine and showers and winds for many will be blustery, especially eastern scotland. so here it is, this troublesome area of low pressure which has brought the showers and longer spells of rain weather front. that heavy thundery rain across southern areas lying across scotland will see some heavy rain across the far north of england, south east scotland through sunday morning. some torrential downpours here could see some localised flooding, strong, gusty east northeasterly winds with huge waves crashing up onto north sea coast. there could see some coastal inundation as well. the rain clears away from northern ireland. scattered showers and bright spells here. england and wales, a blustery day to come with sunny spells, scattered showers, most of these showers across southern and western areas. those temperatures range from around ten to 14 or 15 degrees across the country from north to south s

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