israeli iron _ parachuting in... air, land and sea. there is this israeli iron dome. - there is this israeli iron dome.y everyone�*s been talking about, the 50th anniversary of the yom kippur war, which is very significant. and it also comes as israel is trying to normalise with its arab neighbours, particularly the deal with saudi arabia, and hamas is saying, listen, you want to make a deal with the saudis? you can�*t deal with the palestinian government, you need to deal with us, we are still here and we can still make trouble. not necessarily so happy with the money they are getting from arab neighbours. this was kind of a prestige attack. they can also, as others have said, it could be something as simple as they want 1000 of their soldiers back. all these things in hamas�* calculation saying this has been planned for a long time, right? this is not something theyjust picked out of their pocket. they�*ve been planning this. relatively quiet, there have been a lot of lone wolf attacks by palestinians over the past few years, but this is a very long term, carefully planned the attack. maybe they have

meanwhile, the white house reported that they had replenished the supply of missiles for the israeli iron dometems. they also confirmed that a second american aircraft carrier is being deployed to the mediterranean. however , the us authorities have not yet made a final decision on its deployment off the coast of israel. with such actions, the americans are clearly trying to take revenge and regain their influence in the middle east, believes farhad ibragimov, an expert at the valdai international discussion club. there are a number of actors in the system of international relations, a number of participants in the middle east region, who are haunted by this whole story. and of course, there are also a number of regional books players, represented by the united states of america and the west, who are constantly heating up the situation. there are several reasons for this. first, the middle east region is collapsing and these are not our words, these are what the americans themselves say, american political scientists and even american politicians in the person of us secretary of state blinken

we hear the sound in the sky of the israeli iron dome missile _ in the sky of the israeli iron dome mi55ilee system, springing into life. _ missile defence system, springing into life, and everybody that you can see — into life, and everybody that you can see around me, they turned and ran inside _ can see around me, they turned and ran inside the building. it has happened twice in the last half an hour _ happened twice in the last half an hour it _ happened twice in the last half an hour it is — happened twice in the last half an hour. it is something which is happening up and down this area of southern _ happening up and down this area of southern israel. less than five kilometres from the perimeter fence around _ kilometres from the perimeter fence around gaza. people are coming here at the _ around gaza. people are coming here at the moment. they are registering and being _ at the moment. they are registering and being given food, provisions if they need — and being given food, provisions if they need it, and later this afternoon they will put the over 605 on buses— afternoon they will

the israeli iron dome obviously can't cope.ning houses and cars in the south of the country are, however, not only the result of an air strike, but also attacks by militants from several directions at once. and looking at these shots, it’s hard to get rid of the feeling that the palestinian-israeli confrontation has reached a fundamentally new level, much more serious and bloody than in many decades of conflict. we are in a state of war, this is not an operation, not a clash, just a war. this morning hamas launched a murderous surprise attack on the state of israel and its citizens. i convened the heads of the security services and instructed them to first clear the populated areas of the terrorists who had penetrated there. this is happening right now. in addition, i announced a wide call for reservists to fight back with such power and scope, which the enemy did not yet know. the enemy will pay a price he cannot even imagine. the statement of the israeli prime minister, however, contains the phrase surprise attack, and judgin

robin alexander, who was flying with chancellor scholz along with other reporters, said that the israeli iron dometwo missiles shot down over the airport. the chancellor did not lie down on the asphalt, but ran to a nearby container, and from there to the shelter; after a few minutes, the passengers were able to board the plane again. in addition, there had already been several rocket alarms in the israeli capital, so scholz had to take refuge in the german embassy several times. according to witnesses, he had to stay there for several minutes, since several muffled explosions were heard over the city center about the work of the iron dome, for chancellor scholz of the entire german delegation everything ended well enough, dome destroyed all approaching threats. such an attack is a good example of the fact that there are no safe places either in israel or in the gaza strip. against the background of the monstrous terrorist attack in gaza , the world media does not stop closely monitoring the events in china. the belt and road forum has united 130 world powers and, according to foreign analysts, th

came under fire, now tel aviv came under fire twice volleys of kasam missiles shot down the israeli iron dome system over the city, but there was one hit in the israeli fiorentine region in the southern tel aviv region, there was a hit in the city of batyam, adjacent to tel aviv to the central city, the city was decided to liceon, only one was wounded during the last raid, this is an hour ago, eight people, three of them are in serious condition, and in general there are 150 people in critical and serious condition in israeli hospitals, so the marterola, unfortunately, will expand, we have already said that in israel there are about 150 dead as of this hour at the end of saturday , more than a thousand wounded, by the way, in gas the losses among the military and civilian population are close, there are 200 dead and about 2,000 wounded, in any case, this is reported... the ministry of health of the palestinian enclave, fighting, fierce fighting in the south continues, shelling continues, against this background, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that now we are no longer talking

sounds like the noise of an intercept, but perhaps from the israeli iron dome defense system. >> but this morning, new hope for a possible way forward. reuters reports the gulf nation of qatar is in talks with both sides to potentially swap israeli hostages held by hamas for the release of palestinian women and children currently held in israeli prisons. as for the intelligence failure before saturday's attack, prime minister netanyahu denied a report that egypt warned israel about the attack. >> the white house was lit up in the colors of the israeli flag overnight as president biden prepares to address the nation this afternoon about the war and the us response. abc's justin finch is here with details. justin good morning, andrea good morning. >> the crisis in israel has created an unprecedented challenge for the biden administration, with americans also missing in the conflict. this morning, the white house confirms americans are likely among the hostages taken by hamas militants. sorry. white house spokesperson john kirby getting emotional during an interview discussing the images

syria; by the way, the palestinian groups have so many missiles that they can even overload the israeli iron domeo believed to have received the technology to create drones and effectively use them in battle... from iyran, it is reported that hamas even has its own portable air defense systems, this is mukhabar-1. due to mass protests, support for palestine has temporarily suspended its work of the american embassy in turkey . a wave of violent rallies swept across the country. in istanbul , protesters tried to attack the israeli consulate general and burned flags. our correspondent leila alnazava is in direct contact with us. leila, i greet you. tell us how the situation is in turkish cities and how the degree of discontent is growing? tatyana , hello, protest sentiments are not abating, just half an hour ago, here in the square, there was no place for an apple to fall, thousands of people came here to straighten out their support to the palestinian people to condemn military actions in the gaza strip. we have gathered here today to reach out to the world , to stop the genocide that is happening

conflict in the middle east... that night, dozens of palestinian rockets tried to penetrate israeli iron domety of ashkelon. the footage that appeared on social networks shows the work of the israeli air defense forces. since yesterday, air raid alarms sounded in several israeli cities at once, in haifa people en masse asked took shelter in bomb shelters, british foreign minister james cleverly had to take shelter in ifakime under the wail of air sirens. here are the cynical ones. people? well, it's one-sided, it's from the point of view of russian propaganda, it's told that it's somehow bad, you know, to fire rockets at israel, it's somehow bad to break into houses, kill children, there, that's called one-sided, if you say so, if you you say, well, you know, we can't understand, and in general there are both sides, then it's good, this is good, and it is in this vein that russian propaganda tells all this. yes, but this is such a new turn, even, well, it is globally, maybe not new, but now it is so new for this very thing, it is literally, russian propagandists are somehow so immersed in the

military assistance to the jewish state, but in the meantime the american media they admit that the israeli iron domesile defense system , which was developed, by the way, with the support of the united states, contrary to expectations, could not protect the country's population, showed its ineffectiveness in the event of a massive missile attack from the gaza strip. the western press, in the context of the worsening palestinian-israeli conflict, recalls the statement of joe biden's national security adviser, which he made just a week ago. the truce in yemen has lasted for 19 months, but has now ceased iranian attacks on american forces, our presence in iraq is unshakable, i emphasize now, because everything can change, the middle east is calmer today than at any time in the last 20 years. the american magazine atlantic notes that such statements show how little understanding there was in washington regarding the real state of affairs. the publication writes: the united states seems to have been taken by surprise, and with reports of success , the biden administration wanted to strengthen its positio

conflict in the middle east, this night dozens of palestinian rockets tried to break through the israeli iron domer the city of ashkelon, in the footage that appeared on social networks , the work of the israeli air defenses is visible since yesterday: the air raid alert sounded in several israeli cities at once, in haifa people sought refuge in bomb shelters en masse, in ifakim they had to flee to the wail of air sirens the shelter of the british foreign minister james cleverly, well, yes, cynical people, well, on the one hand, this is from the point of view of russian propaganda, it is told that it is somehow bad, you know, to fire rockets at israel, it is somehow bad to break in, to kill in houses children, there, this is called odnobuko, if you say so, if you say, well, you know, we can’t understand, and in general there are both sides, then it’s good, it’s good, and it is in this vein that the russian tells all this propaganda, but that's it a new turn even, well, it may not be new globally, but now it is so new for exactly this, it is literally russian propagandists somehow, everyone is imme

the israeli iron dome air defense system is overloaded and does not have time to shoot down all thesemensurable. such protection: each launch of an iron dome is 30-400 dollars, one hail is a maximum of 1,500 dollars, and kossam is even less. recently, missile launches have been supplemented by strikes from zuaari loitering munitions and kamikaze sayad drones. the first is named after the tunisian designer of hamas, who was eliminated by an air strike, the second, probably iranian-made, is "more difficult targets to intercept. there is also a badr-3 missile. according to some sources, it is made in iran, according to others, it is made directly in gas. but another thing is important: it can deliver up to 350 kg of explosives at a distance of 160 km to explode in the air. judging by the footage distributed by hamas, they have their own air defense. this is the iranian anti-aircraft complex motobar 1.3 for remote use. how effective it is is not yet clear, but it is obvious that the new tactics of hamas fighters work well in combination with surprise. small groups of militants operated on

meanwhile, temporary military experts are finding out why the israeli iron dome air defense system, developedhe way, with the support of the united states, was unable to protect the country's population from massive rocket attacks. evgeniy nipot monitors the reactions of other countries to the escalation of the palestinian-israeli conflict. machine guns, machine guns, grenade launchers. in these images , hamas militant groups are preparing for an attack, which the world's largest media have been writing about for the second day. british guardian analysts report that the attack will forever go down in history as an israeli intelligence failure. mentioning that the state spent more than a billion dollars to build a defense system on the border with the gas sector. it is clear that israeli intelligence lost sight of hamas's preparations for the attack at several stages: at the planning stage, the accumulation of material supplies, and most importantly at the moment immediately before the hamas attack, when groups gathered and approached the border areas controlled by regular patrols cameras, gro

but in the meantime , the american media recognizes that the israeli iron dome missile defense systemeloped with support. just contrary to expectations, it was unable to protect the population of the country and showed its ineffectiveness in the event of a missile attack from the outside gas sector. details from evgeniy nipet. machine guns, machine guns, grenade launchers. in these images, hamas militant groups are preparing for an attack, which the world's largest media have been writing about for the second day. analysts at the british guardian report that this attack will forever go down in history as a failure of israeli intelligence. mentioning that the state spent more than a billion dollars to build a defense system on the border with the gas sector. it is clear that israeli intelligence missed hamas's preparations for an attack on several stages: at the planning stage, accumulation of material reserves , and most importantly at the moment immediately before the hamas attack, when groups gathered and approached the border areas, which are controlled by regular patrols, cameras,

robin alexander, who was flying with chancellor scholz along with other reporters, said that the israeli iron domedetected two missiles shot down over the airport. the chancellor did not lie down on the asphalt, but ran to a nearby container, and from there to the shelter, after a few minutes the passengers were able to board the plane again. in addition, there had already been several missile scares in the capital of israel, so scholz had to go to shelter in the german embassy several times; according to witnesses, he had to stay there for several minutes, since several muffled explosions from work were heard over the city center iron dome, the board is parked at the airport, ladies and gentlemen, nemsab has a sense of humor, preparations for the third are in full swing, biden has asked the us congress immediately 100 billion dollars to help ukraine and israel. the white house officially confirmed the supply of long-range missiles, atakoms, to ukraine, that is, another red line has predictably been passed. if you believe the new york times, we don’t believe this newspaper, then the pentagon secre

sounds like the noise of an intercept, perhaps from the israeli iron dome defense system. and that's what people here have to live with, all the time now. it turns out, hamas had been planning its shock attack on israel in secret for months. now releasing this video, showing fighters training on motorized paragliders, practicing their descent into israel. how this all began 48 hours ago. but the hell hamas unleashed for so many may only just have begun, now spilling back over into gaza. >> reporter: david, large swaths of the south now look like a staging area for a major military operation. we may now only just be seeing the start of a much bigger war. david? >> david: ian pannell with us here in israel tonight. ian, thank you. and there was a horrific discovery here today. 100 bodies found in just one small town in southern israel. abc's matt gutman traveling to the region, to the towns and villages where hamas militants swept right through. and yet another code red was declared just as matt was there today. >> reporter: tonight, the haunting discovery in a small israeli

conflict in the middle east, this night dozens of palestinian rockets tried to break through the israeli iron domety of ashkelon, in the footage that appeared on social networks, the work of the israeli air defense is visible. since yesterday, the air raid alarm sounded in several israeli cities at once, in haifa, people en masse asked... to take shelter in bomb shelters , in ifakim, under the wail of air sirens , the british foreign minister james cleverly had to run for shelter, so cynical people, well, one-sidedly, it is from the point of view of russian propaganda, it is told that it is somehow bad, you know, to fire rockets at israel, it is somehow bad to break into houses, kill children, that is what it is called there one way, if you say so, if you say, well, you know, we cannot understand, and in general there are both sides, then it is good, it is good, and it is in this vein that russian propaganda tells all this, but here is such a new at the gate even, well, it may not be new globally, but now it is so new for exactly this, it is literally, the russian propagandists are somehow so imme

trying to accumulate missiles, so we saw that even the glorified, propagandized, very powerful israeli iron domeould not withstand such a number of not too complex, primitive, but cruise missiles that were released by palestinian militants on the territory of israel, and now we also we can assume that maybe the enemy is trying to consecrate some of the missiles in order to strike several blows at our energy infrastructure, maybe not only at it, so share, be kind with your premonitions, your visions, well, premonitions are the only and most important, we have to fight back, we don't have much choice, so you know, it always reassures me and always allows me to look optimistically into the future, because it's either us or them, everything is clear here, we're better than them, and that's how it will be, as far as of the strategic aviation of the enemy, it is being prepared, you see, it is not actively working now, of course, we understand that certain regular technical works have taken place and are taking place, by the way, now we have, if i am not mistaken, the anniversary when the enemy... firs

i think what they did was first of all that they overwhelmed the israeli iron dome, which is the so-called magic, you know, iron dome that can inter. any missiles, in fact the the hamas were able to calculate as to how to overwhelm that system by firing so many missiles that that system became incapacitated. secondly, once they did that, then they used their drones to target israels, communications towers etc. so israeli military was completely blinded, and then palestinians using hand gliders and riding motorbikes, they entered into occupied palestine and went as far as 20 miles inside what is referred to as israel and they were able to carry out this brilliant operation, this has been such a massive blow to israel that it will take them decades to recover, because you know in not a single war between the arab countries and israel has israel been suffered such casualties, the palestinians have captured their tanks, they have captured their armored personnel carriers, they have taken hundreds of prisoners of war into the... strip including several generals, mean this is a massive thing, it

but in the meantime, the american media admit that the israeli iron dome missile defense system, by theay, was developed with the support of the united states, but contrary to expectations it could not to protect the population of the country showed its ineffectiveness during a massive missile attack from the gas sector. now to the situation in the special operation zone in the krasnoliman direction, the russian military destroyed the attack aircraft of the ukrainian armed forces with artillery and aviation strikes. the enemy lost about seventy fighters. during the counter-battery fight, our units suppressed up to twenty nationalist artillery crews. the press service of the center group spoke in detail about the successes. actions in the krasnolemansk direction the units of the group of forces in the center were hit by artillery fire and aviation strikes. groups of the 63rd mechanized brigade of the ukrainian armed forces and the fifth brigade of the national guard of ukraine in the areas of the torssky section and serebryansky forestry. the enemy's losses amounted to about seventy mili

we saw with our own eyes, the visibility of the israeli iron dome intercepting many if not most of thoseockets. we go right to clarissa ward who is in the israeli city of ashkelon to tell us what she has been seeing, clarissa. >> well, john, it has been an intense hour. hamas had warned via the telegram channel that ordinary residents of the city of ashkelon should leave by 5:00 p.m., and literally like clockwork at 5:00 p.m., we heard a massive sustain ed and most o those rockets intercepted by the iron dome, though we are hearing of places inside of the town where they made direct contact. then it was calm for a few minutes and another sustained barrage, and it is basically going on like that as we were discussing on air on/off for 335 minutes, and hamas say ss that d the noise is just so glaring. hardly anybody out on the street, because this is a city that has come under heavy rocket attack, but in the last few days, there is a up tick in the platform. now, what i would say is that what we witnessed in the last hour. i want to go to nic robertson who is in sderot, and nic, you are no

the night landscape, each of these explosions is a foiled missile attack, the israeli company... which developed the iron dome israeli territory. but the iron dome is not really a dome, although it is intended to create a force field effect. the radar detects a missile when it approaches at a distance of 4 to 65 km, and these are data from the american defense contractor raydon, which helps produce them. in 2025, in the first year, the united states, concerned about the possibility of attacks from china, began testing a version of the iron dome on guami, and israel expanded the missile defense system by installing missile batteries on ships, while controlling... viktorovich, there is such a popular refusal to send the system to ukraine for protection from russian missiles, oleg wisdom, that history only teaches that nothing is nothing, teaches nothing, that’s how much there have been wars in the middle east since the well-known decision of the security council on the creation of two states, israeli and palestinian, there were many of them, from a military point of view, israel won all these wars, and every ti

the israeli iron dome missile defence system in action, intercepting rockets overhead.a strip. but some lockets have indeed hit and caused enormous damage in ashkelon, and injured some people as a result. —— some lockets. we and injured some people as a result. -- some lockets.— -- some lockets. we are seeing ictures -- some lockets. we are seeing pictures of— -- some lockets. we are seeing pictures of ashkelon _ -- some lockets. we are seeing pictures of ashkelon in - -- some lockets. we are seeing pictures of ashkelon in the - pictures of ashkelon in the aftermath of the rockets hitting. how have they said they are going to counter any further attacks? certainly they say they are still in gun battles going on. small pockets where there are armed palestinians, somehow remarkably still holding out. we passed on the way here places like sderot, the road is closed off as the israeli military is going through trying to check and clear outbuildings that they were not militants hiding among homes so can go back into their homes. many areas close to the gaza strip have been e

. >> it looks like the israeli iron dome has been activated and knocking some rockets out of the sky. it brokered between israel and arab countries. is it your belief that this conflict begins to keyed up. >> others@the accords. a lot of the timing of this is related to going closer to join the accords in the proximity with israel. what i think needs to happen here is steadfast support and i would hope that our moderate reference come to support over time, to. >> you you believe the fact that saudi arabia and israel at least according to benjamin netanyahu getting closer to potential relations that was at the heart of what we are seeing right now? >> absolutely. i think that drives timing and a massive amount here. at the end of the day that is a huge front to iran and what they are are to deal. >> one of the big questions i was there in 2006 covering this. will hezbollah stay out? they fired some missiles. this area way way way up at the tippy top of israel, sandwiched between the galilee peninsula. do you think that was just hezbollah saying we are here, don't mess with us or that c

iron dome. they've asked the israelis for the iron dome, but so far, the israelis have not provided it. a different set of weapons. and, yes, we can provide them both. now, president biden pledging all of this aid is one thing, but of course, if there's no speaker installed in the us house of representatives, those deals essentially go nowhere. how does that impact the perception of the united states abroad? when people look at what's happening politically, domestically, here and how it's essentially limiting those promises? you're exactly right. in order to deliver on the weapons and the support, the assistance, the funding that the president announced last night, in order to deliver that, we need a congress that works. the senate works. the house of representatives doesn't yet work. i am confident, all americans can be confident that sooner or later, hopefully sooner, there will be a speaker of the house or at least a temporary speaker of the house that can pass legislation. it's passing that legislation, passing this supplemental appropriation bill, that will allow the united states

it was like to be immediately underneath, you can see those flashes in the sky, that is the israeli iron domesile defence system, which actually as those missiles come across from gaza, the majority of them it actually detonates in midair, they make contact and that is why you see that flash, you hear the bang, but sometimes some get through and immediately afterwards we could see smoke rising on the horizon, so we went to an apartment building where one of these missiles had fallen between two apartment blocks. there was a big dip in the ground and we sawafamily was a big dip in the ground and we saw a family they're cradling a children, breathless, the windows had been broken out, and itjust shows what people here in these communities have been experiencing for a long time now. when you hear those bangs in the background as well, a lot of that is going on in gaza. this is the israeli response towards gaza.— gaza. this is the israeli response towards gaza._ so i gaza. this is the israeli response| towards gaza._ so in gaza. this is the israeli response - towards gaza._ so in both towards gaz

the israeli iron dome obviously can't cope.ning houses and cars in the south of the country are, however, not only the result of an air strike, but also attacks by militants from several directions at once. and looking at these shots it’s hard to get away with it. from the feeling that the palestinian-israeli confrontation has reached some kind of a fundamentally new level, much more serious and bloody than in many decades of conflict. we are in a state of war, this is not an operation, not a clash, just a war. this morning hamas launched a murderous surprise attack on the state of israel and its citizens. i convened the heads of the security services and instructed them to first clear the populated areas of the terrorists who had infiltrated them. this is happening right now. in addition, i... announced a broad call for reservists to fight back with such power and scope that the enemy had not yet known. the enemy will pay a price he cannot even imagine. in the statement of the israeli prime minister, however, there is the phra

hamas militants regularly launch rockets at israel from exactly the opposite direction; the israeli iron domeannot always cope with these attacks. tel aviv missile hit a residential building, reports. o several victims, air raid signals sounded last night. in the morning , the israeli army reported a tank raid into the gaza strip. the military releases footage of what it claims is shooting at hamas targets. this is the second strike by israeli armored vehicles in recent days, and against the backdrop of daily promises to launch a large-scale ground operation, the raid looks like reconnaissance in force. both the military and politicians have more than once... talked about their complete readiness to enter the gas sector, primarily prime minister netanyahu, but it is with his position that the western press associates procrastination. military commanders have already finalized the invasion plan, but mr. netanyahu has angered senior officers by refusing to sign it in part because he wants unanimous approval from members of the military cabinet he formed after the oct. 7 attack, two sources said

millimeter artillery shells, armored vehicles and exactly we provide replacements for the iron dome system, the israeli system that is made to shoot down the thousands of rockets that hamas has been firing of civilians and is also reporting we will provide the two u.s. iron dome batteries themselves, not just interceptors back to israel to increase their air and missile defense capacity. >> host: there's a weapons stockpile the u.s. maintains in israel. what's it doing there? what is in it and what could that be you for? >> guest: great question. a lot of people not awareop of that. hehe was has maintained a stockpile of american weapons in israel for decades. it was originally established solely for our purpose. a few years later congress provided permission under certain circumstances for israel to access some ofde those weapos and that's happened at least two times in the past according to the congressional research service. my understanding is israel's have requested access to that and some equipment is starting to be provided. there is debate about whether it's the right kind of equipment or the r

israeli town of sderot. a red warning. 15 seconds to get under cover. stop the car. next to that bomb shelter over there. quickly. now. stop. iron domes raced up to intercept the incoming palestinian rockets. explosions well, we haven't been here long. but we're getting a good idea about the constant rockets and defensive fire from the israeli iron dome system that you'd have to live with if you stayed here. and not surprisingly, almost everybody in this community has left. this is sderot, a frontier town that's long been in rocket range of gaza. but all previous calculations have been overturned by what's just happened. their police station was captured and became the scene of a bloody siege with hamas gunmen. not far away, the kibbutz of kfar azar, where many more bodies of israelis murdered in homes and shelters were uncovered by the army today. it led to accusations about a slaughter of babies, not a charge that the bbcjournalist taken there could verify. we fight for our value, our culture all our life. and, you know, you faught with value and you keep your value in the same time, and i know that we will be very aggressive and v

border in ashkelon, and even when these rockets are coming in from hamas toward tel aviv and the israeli iron dome anti-missile system goes up, the intercepters go in and take out the rockets and missiles, the debris that begins to fall down from these rockets, that can be very deadly as well. that's why everyone, as soon as those sirens going off, they have to go into a bomb shelter, get into an area, a stairwell, where they can be away from the outside. all that debris coming down from the intercepted rockets could potentially be very deadly. i'm glad you've got that helmet on at a minimum. it's a very dangerous situation that's unfolding. >>> jeremy diamond is joining us from jerusalem. what more are we learning from the israel defense forces about what's going on right now? >> reporter: well, wolf, the israel defense forces are being increasingly clear about what this next phase of the military response to hamas' terrorist attacks is going to look like and what the objectives are of those missions. the idf in a statement today, as well as a briefing from its chief spokesman, making clear there

wrens over the israeli lebanon border town, six rockets fired, four knocked down by the israeli iron dome defense system. two got through. where you see that smoke right there, this is an israeli village being hit by a hezbollah missile. it came over the mountain in front of us, lebanon, just about a mile and a half away, first responders, military, police, moved out fast to try to see if anybody was injured, any casualties, what damage was there. soldiers assessed no one was hurt but continued the search. the border has been hot all week and deadly on both sides. drones keep watch 24/7. in fact, trace, a drone has been overhead our location for a good part of this evening watching and waiting to move. the real fear about moving is that hezbollah and its iranian backer might move to really create a second frontier to tie up at least some of the israeli military, which is amassed here while israel focuses on the main action right now, that is down in gaza and that deals with hamas. trace. >> degree we'll get back to you as the news breaks, stay safe. thank you. >> meantime president biden

thank heavens for the israeli iron dome defense. they knocked it down. the israeli airport has been very active. the big story tonight is the word from the israeli defense force they entered gaza. commando units have intel about where certain hostages were or corpses. i hate to say that word. they went in and moved in and they had clashing with hamas militants and they came out they said with evidence about some. where the 150 hostages are in gaza strip. some reporters say more but we don't have confirmation. last night we talked about this evacuation being demanded by israel in the northern part of gaza. hamas said no way. you stay there. we need you as civilian human shields. the u.n. said that won't happen. there have been people, thousands that have left but most of them are staying put as unrest is seen throughout the country and throughout the region. the west bank. 14,000 palestinians killed and you talked about clashes in northern israel with hezbollah. the focus is on the building run up to a full-scale land incursion. look at this. what we saw a

and the israeli iron dome does not always cope with these blows. l aviv rocket hit a residential building, reports several victims. signals. air raid warnings sounded last night as well. in the morning , the israeli army reported a tank raid into the gaza strip. the military releases footage of what it claims is shooting at hamas targets. this is the second strike by israeli armored vehicles in recent days. against the backdrop of daily promises to launch a large-scale ground operation, the raid looks like reconnaissance in force. both the military and politicians have more than once declared their complete readiness for prime minister netanyahu to enter first, but it is precisely with his position that the western the press associates delay. the military command had already finalized the invasion plan, but mr. netanyahu had angered senior officers. refusing to sign in part because he wants unanimous approval from members of the war cabinet he formed after the oct. 7 attack, two sources who attended the meetings where sensitive issues were discussed

about 20 miles north ovgaza, hamas rockets have been raining down on the city and luckily the israeli iron dome defense next to our position has been knocking them down. appears no damage. for the past 24 hours we've seen the strongest set of air strikes by the ziti really air force by hamas militant targets inside gaza. 750 in the last 24 hours and, yes, as you note maybe the biggest story of the night, israeli defense forces saying small units, commando units have been going in on the ground into gaza and clashing with hamas militants going in and most significantly they've been looking for any traces of the hostages there or of any dead bodies brought from the carnage in southern israel back into gaza. that's something to keep a watch on, larry. very strange warning from israel to the people of gaza strip and leave for the northern half of the strip. 1.1 million people told to get out by 24 hours or more. hamas says no and un says difficult and it's a sign of something brewing and in fact that's what we saw on the streets of gaza today. a lot of people heading out of that northern area and w

when we crossed into israeli territory absolute remarkable of able to achieve. israel's iron dome security and intelligence apparatus, really is and has been functioning very. well the iron dome stops over 90% of rockets coming from gaza. in this case, it really, really failed to protect israeli citizens. and you're seeing there, i believe, this is from -- in israel's earlier, some of those who are wounded. there were over 1000 israeli wounded. by the, way i think what you're showing now, the skyline over gaza. it is dark for a reason. and there's a flash, i'm not sure this is live right now. but it's dark because the israeli government has cut off the electrical supply to the gaza strip. now, it's just a wait and see situation. the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu, has told dozens civilians to leave because he was going to return the last high hamas highlight into rubble. they had nowhere to go, the gaza strip is completely sealed even the exits, that the border with egypt's close. also what we're looking at to what we're looking at as well that is just totally. it is

hamas militants launch rockets exactly on the opposite side, the israeli iron dome cannot cope with theseootage of the shooting, it is alleged. on hamas targets. this is the second strike by israeli armored vehicles in recent days amid daily promises to launch a large-scale ground operation; the raid looks like reconnaissance in force. both military and politicians have more than once declared their full readiness to enter the gas sector, primarily prime minister netanyahu, but the western press associates the delay with his position. the military command had already finalized the invasion plan, but mr. netanyahu angered his elders. officers, refusing to sign it in part because he wants unanimous approval from members of the war cabinet he formed after the oct. 7 attack, two sources present at the meeting said on condition of anonymity. meetings where sensitive issues were discussed. analysts believe that netanyahu is wary of giving the go-ahead unilaterally because public trust in him is already declining and he fears blame if the operation fails. the military still promised to expand op

over the israeli-lebanon border town, six hezbollah rockets fired, four knocked down by the israeli iron dome defense system. two got through. where you see the smoke, this is an israeli village hit by a hezbollah missile. it came over the mountain in front of us. lebanon just about a mile and a half away. first responders, military, police, moved out fast to try to see if anybody was injured. any casualties, what damage was there. soldiers assess no one was hurt but continued the search. the border has been hot all week and deadly on both sides. drones keep watch 24/7. it is a drone overhead right now, guys, all of these villages along here have been evacuated. the fear is that hezbollah could open up a second front if israel goes against deeper the hamas ally and the gaza strip. we are watching and waiting. >> sandra: greg on the border there, thank you very much. greg palkot. >> hamas is a terrorist organization, it's a resistance, it's a resistance movement and we need to stand behind it. hamas sometimes does take extremist approach but we need to understand why. >> israel, what do you sa

each time the first thing we see is the israeli iron dome intercepters launch. it takes awhile for the palestinian rockets to get over here. they're intercepting them about a 1/4 mile with a tremendous bang. there's a bomb shelter here. you can see soldiers. everybody comes funneling in, we all pack in. some of the people are scared as it happens. then the threat goes away and everybody comes back. you may notice some of the soldiers are at a relaxed fighting disposition. that is due to reports of an infiltrator that was killed by an israeli tank. there's a report of a second infiltrator. they were looking for him in the general area. they haven't seen the second infiltrator. just reports that another palestinian has gotten to the israeli side of the border. martha? >> martha: thanks, mike. near the border of gaza. greg palkot joins us now. what can you tell us from where you are? >> martha, i think the hostage situation is really one of the standouts. i've been covering this region 25 years. the scale of the taking of innocent individuals, not just israelis but

just the past 12, 16 hours that don't come along with air raid sirens and that is because the israeli iron domethere is an and that you can follow. it is very specific as to where the exact risk of a hit is. so when you hear a siren, you move fast to shelter because it really could be a real risk to you. when you don't hear a siren, you may hear loud booms and thuds, it is because of that the iron dome have determined that it isn't a risk to the direct location. also military helicopters have been flying eefr. and fighter jets, low and very audible. sometimes higher up as they go into gaza for strikes, there have been lower much louder ones in the early hours of dawn this morning. and as you said, it is about 1:00 here. and as we await for the possibility of a ground invasion at anytime, keep in mind what those jets come with, 250 airstrikes alone just yesterday in gaza. so when we hear the jets, it is followed a few seconded ss late an explosion and of course the devas devastation. >> the secretary of state is in jerusalem today meeting with leaders there. all around the conflicting reports ab

the israeli iron dome air defense system cannot cope with so many missiles. western. writes that the military is already running out of ammunition supplies to repel palestinian attacks, and more and more often rockets launched by arabs are hitting residential buildings. israel's methods, however, also raise many questions; the military carried out a total blockade of the palestinian enclave, leaving 3 million of its inhabitants without water, food, electricity and fuel. along the way, israeli aircraft carry out carpet bombing of the city of gaza with a population of almost 600,000 people, a third of whom are not... of age, the death toll on both sides in less than three days is off the charts, in israel there are already thousands of dead and 3,000 wounded, and about the same number in the gas sector, and the situation is only heating up, not a single one of the parties is not ready for a truce or for any negotiations, nikita korzun will continue the topic, the ruination of the gas sector, promised by israeli prime minister netanyahu, is on schedule, the isra

now we know 60 were fired and 60 broke through dome or partially inter intercepted by the israeli iron dome. there were remnants in ashkelon. 12 people were injured and we are going to be heading over there in a few moment. we are here now in ashkelon and, as you can see, obviously, there are other people here. >> this is a city. city of more than 100,000 people. the roads are very empty but not completely empty and there are cars going by even as we heard the thudding that caused our security to ask us to move back into the stairwell on the northern side of this building in ashkelon. >> you were speaking with us last hour about the proximity and how it's so different covering this war than ukraine, for example, and the fact that you went to ashkelon in less than an hour. it just shows us exactly that. how close everything is. >> reporter: from where we were, which was in the ashkelon area, but really essentially in vast open sort of hilly fields where the israeli forces are massing near that border, from there to where we are right now, five or six-minute drive, maybe eight-minute drive. a

and inexpensive drones and movements were able to overcome the israeli the iron dome missile defense stem uses missiles to blow up the enemy's sophisticated equipment. the current palestinian-israeli conflict has caused a massive wave of protests far beyond the borders of these countries. moreover, not all protesters support the jewish state. a demonstration took place in london. to which activists brought palestinian flags. about 2,000 people gathered and soon riots began. numerous communities of people from the middle east in the uk have their own opinions about who is right in the long-standing arab-israeli confrontation, this opinion runs counter to the official position of london. elizabeth gerson figured it out. three were arrested, a kosher restaurant was destroyed. this is the result of the first days of protests in london. they gathered near the israeli embassy. palestinian groups just wait and don’t take to the streets, don’t scare the jewish population, they remembered the covid slogan: everyone stay at home. your colleague said that pro-palestinian activists should stay ho

escalates, and if hezbollah opens up another front in a serious way to destroy and overwhelm the israeli iron dome defenses that we would be going after the great satan. the great satan is not the united states or israel, it's iran. >> thank you, marsha, for doing this. we have a lot of people in florida that were over in israel on holiday. they've got a lot of relatives and friends there. i have one individual i talked to that his sister-in-law's family, three kids, two six-year-olds, three, and the parents were murdered, shot in the head. we've got, i talked to an indi individual, i visited with my wife in 2019. she fortunately was out of town. people that are left, every house on the street, everybody was murdered. the babies were beheaded. teenage girls were raped and brutalized. that's what we're dealing with. this is not just hamas. this is iran. what are we doing? what is the biden administration thinking, how can you ever do something with somebody that wants to destroy you and destroy your friends. so we have to make sure this money does not go to iran. but i'm in the camp with lindsey. w

exchange like this, and hamas fired thousands of rockets into israel and two years ago, the israeli iron dome system stopped almost all of them. that's why i think hamas changed tactics this time, they trained, they prepared, they put out training videos, and decided that the rockets are not that effective because the israeli missile defense systems are so precise and so plentiful, so they changed strategies and breached the fence and carried out boots on the ground murderous assaults. >> yeah. >> we're hearing it again. stay with us. there is one. there is a rocket. you can see it streaking in the sky right now. turning. there is another. this is being launched from a different site. so now you'll start to see the iron dome system taking them off. again, many rockets, many interceptions. not much damage. no damage. >> richard, this is, you know, i don't even know how to describe what we're witnessing in real time and, again, i just keep thinking about you and your crew and, of course, everybody there at ashkelon who is really under a direct mortal threat. >> reporter: they certainly are. and

luckily the israeli iron dome defenses were in place and pretty much knocked them all down but it was happening all around us. that in response, we believe, to some of the strongest series of air strikes that is real has sent towards dpaz a and hamas militant sites. the last 24 hours will something like 750 bombs dropped doing all sorts of damage, of course, to hamas but also civilians caught in the cross fire. and significant reports, the most significant news of the day, will, that small commando groups of israeli forces, could be one, could be a few, there's been a couple of versions of this, have gone into northern gaza. they have clashed with hamas militants but their main mission, it seems to be, in a small pincher movement really, is to try and find the hostages, the 150 hostages, israelis, americans, other nationalities, and there are signs, there are some reports that are not confirmed that they have dom up with some crisis, come up with some leads. this in advance of a possible full-scale land incursion. we've been seeing that build up for the past several days. tanks, artil

sounds like the noise of an intercept, perhaps from the israeli iron dome defense system. that's what people here have to live with. all the time at the now. it turns out hamas had been planning its shock attack on israel in secret for months now, releasing this video showing the fighters training on motorized paragliders, practicing their descent into israel. how this all began 48 hours ago, but the hell hamas unleashed for so many may only just have begun, now spilling back into the gaza. large swaths of the south of the country are now looking like a major staging area for a significant land operation. men munitions and logistics all moving into place. it's entirely possible that we're only just seeing the start of a much larger war. ian pannell, abc news in tel aviv, israel and here in the bay area. >> the israeli community at uc san francisco held a vigil this afternoon at the mission bay campus. people came together to mourn and to honor the victims of the hamas attacks. they joined to sing prayers, put up photos and images of those lost and condemned the ongoing vio

i keep looking over my shoulder, katy, because we are hearing continuing booms from the israeli iron dome. they were taken on the morning of october 7th. their family had been waiting desperately for news of them. and then earlier tonight, the spokesman for the so-called military wing of hamas, he goes by the name abu obdeh, that is not his real name, put out a brief update there would be important news coming and seven minutes later, simultaneously in english and arabic, he said that two american citizens, a mother and a daughter, had been released. he frames this as a humanitarian gesture and a rebuke of the comments made by president biden when he was here in israel earlier this week. the president condemned hamas as a terrorist organization. he spoke out very forcefully about the atrocities committed. this is obviously, katy, extremely good news for the ranan family. you can only image the joy at knowing that natalie and judith are home safe. it gives some hopes to the families of the other hostages. we should be clear, hamas continues to hold hundreds of people, civilians, children,