ok well thank you for sharing your thoughts and views with ghazi hamad that joining us from southern gaza. we can now speak to. some more on this story and just some reports coming in that these ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu is cutting short his visit to paris he is returning home tonight jus to events in gaza what. might we get a reaction and official reaction on this from these writings quite soon. well i mean they would you know you'd expect they would have to say something at some point relatively soon given the fact that this news this very significant news is now out there that there is this military operation going on inside gaza they have said what really is the bare minimum so far in terms of concerning some of the details of it. but what we're hearing more really is from the gaza side from the hamas side i've just been speaking to our producer there inside gaza and he says that as far as the brigades concerned the military wing of hamas this was an intrusion somes three kilometers inside gaza territory so that would put it very differently from what we see relativ

prime minister benjamin netanyahu has cut short an official visit to france to return to israel ghazi hamad is a senior hamas official in the gaza strip he told al-jazeera that an israeli unit escaped to the border after the operation. we know that there is a special unit. went. to the baraka and there are also some of the one and after that. the car which carried the special unit or some collaborators tried to escape to go to this very borders but they are surrounded by full. brigades. and after that tried to cover. the sky all the cars the present all the soldiers. so i think it was. actually launched now we have about six people there were killed. some was. one of them is they one of the permanent. brigades. i think of it will not be easy will not become very fast that has only this from west jerusalem. a significant military confrontation in gaza a deadly one which raises the prospect at least the risk of more to follow israel has now confirmed that one of its officers was killed in this military operation and another wounded it said that it did carry out a military operation inside gaz

ghazi hamad is a senior hamas official in the southern gaza strip and he told us that an israeli unit escaped to the border after the operation. well you know. there are also some of the one. which. you had or some collaborators tried to escape to go to these reporters but they are surrounded by full. brigades. that tried to cover. this guy the president or the soldiers. striking. so i think it was. actually we have about six people were killed. some was. one of them is one of the few minutes ago. i think of it was a. because. it's going to talk costs wanted to washington d.c. is joining us live. the attack coming at a time like that the u.s. was close to revealing its so-called peace plan for israel and hamas in palestine. indeed yes there have been indications in recent days that president trump is going to unveil his long awaited peace initiative as he would put it back in september after a meeting with benjamin netanyahu at the united nations president trump said that he would have the plan ready within two to four months now that would put it around the beginning of december we a

us in washington we're joined on the line now by a senior hamas official in the south gaza strip ghazi hamad can you describe the situation there for us please. the. situation is very whole. thing someplace in gaza it's. like a war. because people think for something. so. collision more uprising more tension i think to destroy all the. time. we have. on the ground. people are surprised by. accident i think israel will. miss how much can you tell us can you give us any more details on what killed because the report. commander has been identified as. along with four of the hamas members was reportedly killed in clashes is that correct. there are also some. which. or some collaborators tried to escape to go to the. full. tried to cover. the president or the soldiers. striking. so i think it was. actually sent we have about six people were killed. some was. one of them is one of the permanent. brigades. i think of. become and so then. there are the is as always. why did the confrontation between israel and hamas and of course whenever this happens it is always the people the civilians that. bad

over this is here now from ghazi hamad he's a senior hamas official in the southern gaza strip and he told us that an israeli unit escaped to the border the operation. well you know there is a special. when. there are also some of the one. which. you had or some collaborators tried to escape to go to this very old. brigade. that tried to cover. all the cars the president all the soldiers. striking. so i think it was. actually that we have about six people with. some or some one of them is one of the few minutes ago. i think of it was. because. it's got more on this now we're joined by moin rabbani senior fellow at the institute for palestine studies and he's joining us live from new york bonnie thank you for staying with us on al-jazeera what do you make not just of the attack and the timing what was israel trying to do here do you think. well it seems fairly clear that this was a premeditated assess a nation of a senior hamas military command right at the christian though of egyptian and united nations mediated talks to try to reach a long term cease fire between israel and hamas the