we are just getting news that the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and the national unity party leader of the opposition, benny gantz, we understand they have agreed to form a national emergency government. this had been called for bison of the opposition parties some time. benny gantz is the former defence minister and this has been speculated on for the last few days, that this would happen. we understand benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz have agreed to form an emergency government, that is what is happening in terms of leadership in israel around the war. the other news line to bring you as we understand a hospital in ashkelon has been hit by rocket fire from gaza, although we also understand that i have been no casualties. the iron dome usually protects the city of ashkelon but occasionally buckets get through and we are hearing a hospital has been hit in ashkelon. we see pictures here of smoke in the air in ashkelon outside that hospital, i think i am being told. this is the scene outside the hospital right now. we are also being told there are no casualties but rocket fire from

productive meetings with a whole range of israeli leaders, including prime minister netanyahu, national unity party minister, chairman benny gandz. defense minister gallant. opposition leader. but the most memorable meeting is with 12 families of the hostages. there they were, sitting there, wondering what was happening to their mother, their sister, their brother, their baby in the hands of these brutal terrorists. nothing prepared us for the overwhelming grief we felt talking to the families of the hostages and sharing their deep pain. there was not a dry eye in the room. many of these people didn't know if their relatives were dead or alive. some of them said, i wondered which is better. they just knew that they were missing and taken by wretched hamas fighters. it breaks your heart. we saw footage they showed us of their loved ones being led away by the hamas terrorists. an elderly woman being dragged away from her family. a 12-year-old boy being pushed along by these terrorists. terrorists. families in sheer agony wondering what was happening to their loved ones in the captivity of these bruta

national unity government. benny gantz�*s national unity party has said he would be prepared to join a national unity governmenters of the current coalition — thinking of mr ben—gvir and mr smotrich — are thrown out of the cabinet. you're a loyal likud member. do you want to see a national unity government? are you prepared to see those far right—wing elements jettisoned? well, i think in general today, we need a national unity government. i think it is the right decision and i call my colleagues from the opposition to put politics aside and to join the government. in 1967, menachem beginjoined a left—wing government for a limited period of time of the six—day war, and i think we should do the same now. i don't think we should start to negotiate about the conditions and who will be in that government, but i think those people that you mentioned can add to the efforts that we are going to conduct in the next few weeks, and i think it will be the right decision to have a unity government today. let me ask you this — it's a difficult question, i understand, because of the trauma, the collective grief, shock and an

in the country, the national unity party. so these 5 ministers which include the leader of the, of the national unity party, benny ganz, will be sworn in in front of the expenses. and then at some point, we should be also hearing from the prime minister himself. but i have to tell you just a short while ago we heard about it from roger. the year left, the do is the leader of the main office vision part in this country. the largest one. and he was actually quite critical about this emergency unity government. he said that now instead of having one, you have to government, i think it's, he's referring to the fact that we've been this emergency unity government. they will be it as a smaller war cabinet which will be made is made rather by the prime minister. the current defense submitted search you, i've got land, and benny gans who was afloat were defense minister and chief of staff who has extensive military knowledge. when yeah, here let people says that is not going to work because as long as they of these to fall, right. and

that government, which will include benny gantz, leader of one of the opposition parties, the national unity partymplete siege, the defence minister says, of gaza. no electricity, no food, no water, no fuel allowed into that territory of 2.3 million people. is that acceptable? for the time being, it's acceptable. i don't think that's a policy to the end of time. and every statement, every operation during such a war, which has both tactical and somewhat more strategic intentions, and a lot to do with the perception of the situation. at this stage, i fully back this step, facing the atrocities of these crimes against humanity. what happened is unbelievable, i don't even want to dive into it right now. for the time being, it's ok. and time will tell how it continues, dependent on other things. we in the outside world, we have seen the extent of the brutality, the nature of the atrocities committed by hamas on israeli soil. we have seen that. but what we also see and hear now, and it has to be said, and i'm sure you see it and think about it, too, is that gaza's hospitals are already running out of v

they think would be a better prime minister, 49 percent of people vote for benny guns of the national unity party who is currently involved in that national unity government and only 28 percent support benjamin netanyahu what is interesting as well as the in this pull, the asked to, would you support it a growing defensive in guise at 65 percent of people gave their support. and of course, many think that growing defensive could well start in the next couple of days. what is also interesting is a majority of people, 57 percent support operation on the northern border against has bola. so it's, this is not great reading for benjamin netanyahu and certainly in line with pools that were taken not long after october the 7th. so it would suggest that even though he's trying to protect this image of being the global statesman, we thing with the british prime minister on thursday meeting with joe biden and hugging him on wednesday that he is in control of what is happening. that may well be true, but the public key and it fail think that it's time for benjamin netanyahu to go really appreciate that upda

reached between 5 minutes and it took me a whole and benny gans who's the leader of the national unity opposition party is to for what is called an emergency unity government. now within that emergency, do you need the government? there are 2 different forms of committees. there's what is could be referred to as the war cabinet and that is. busy a restricted committee, it is a prime minister between the whole benny guns, the opposition leader, the defense minister. you are god, and then you have 2 more people. who are danny izing colt and a former is radian, bassett, or to do us will also sitting on that committee. but as a observers now, i think why the formation of that gives prime minister and it doesn't. you know, 3 people will actually have extensive military knowledge because whether it's benny gas or danny, as in code, both of them were former chief of staff, ad benny gas as well was defense minister. they will be in charge of the war or the, the important decisions of the war. the every they planning of do you have then a larger, a larger for which is called the political security cabinet, whic

this newly formed emergency unity government among them. benny gets the leader of the 2nd largest opposition party in this country, the national unity party. now benny guys is also part of this war cabinet, which is a small move form with the national unity government. and he will be sitting on that cabinet with, along with the prime minister and the defense minister. and they will be in charge of the ongoing military of operations in any decisions they can around that. it has to be said that the largest opposition party and its leader. yeah. yeah. yeah. you're let the bid know join this a new emergency unity government. yeah. you're lucky to have it over said that you would only join is benjamin that then you know, gets rid of 2 of his ministers are too far right. ministers. yeah, yeah. let me say that you cannot take this country forward as long as these 2 men are part of the government. there's a lot of daycare for benjamin netanyahu. a recent bull shows that 94 percent of the country puts the blame on his government for the lack of security in the south of the country and of the 56 percent. so far think that he should resi

know, one of his main political opponents been against the head of the opposition party, the national unity party, and the defense minister. you are god who was at odds with his own prime minister just a few weeks ago during those protests, those weekly protests around did you do some overhaul? and at the time, it was reported that the defense ministry in b and that is military and intelligence establishment was warning of the prime minister. that all these political divisions of all these domestic issues, what actually distracting the country from its main problem and that they were given a gap really for the enemies of the country to uh, to carry out. so some sort of action and his words somehow can shoot now be, is really why the public has been very angry at those political divisions for quite a while. so just see that they manage the crisis to at least for now, put aside all of their divisions and look at the task ahead is something that would satisfy wouldn't bode well with is re lease at this particular time. i mean, this is something is really good at when the is a crisis when that is a s

we saw it against, the leader of the opposition national unity party, agreeing to form an emergency government with prime minister netanyahu ahead of a possible ground invasion. the ground taking to cameras yesterday to say why he was joining the government, and how hamas is in store. >> we are indicating to our enemies, very clearly, there will be -- to pay. we promised to the people of israel, when we say never again, we mean it. never again. >> to make good on their promise, it was another combat soldiers it was called up in israel, and we've seen equipment heading south as well. i should point out with the idf spokesman, richard hacked, it is emphasizing that no decision has been taken by the political leadership in israel, as to whether there will be a ground incursion. they could be from the sea, the, air combined, it was no decision being made yet. the spokesman said that there are still skirmishes, gunfights, going on with hamas militants and inside of israel. they say they have done their best to seal the border with gaza, but in his words, it is not hermetic. there is still attempts

national unity or emergency government. it is with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, national unity party leader bennie gans. correct me if i'm wrong, but in practical terms, does this mean the end of the benjamin netanyahu government? >> no, i think you're accurate about the cabinet. i urged him to join the government. without no intention to stay in gaza, we hope to finish the war as soon as we can. then we'll go back to regular politics to the argument, come together as a nation and to see the amount of support that we have in israel for our troops. my own son is out there. we are behind you. go do what you have to do to bring security to the people of israel. fight evil. i can tell you that we know it's not going to be easy. it's complicated to go into gaza and attack hamas, but we have no other choice. >> if i'm hearing this in the united states, i know that you are hearing there in israel, particularly as an elected official there, real frustration among israelis, even through the deep pain. frustration from civilians who feel that the benjamin netanyahu government was unprepared and failed its people.

minister benjamin netanyahu, the former defense minister, chief of the general staff, taking his national unity party into government to form this emergency government, went before the cameras yesterday to say why he had done this, and what hamas had done in score. >> there are seeing, very clearly, that they will be to pay. we promise, to the people of israel, when we say never again, we mean it. never again. >> to make good on his promise, of course, we have seen these airstrikes in the last few hours. it is a wave of strikes on the nakba elite forces of hamas, and their operational centers, according to the idf. the idf saying, it was this division that participated, with others, in this mass terror attack on israel, that began in the early hours of saturday morning. everyone, now expecting this ground invasion to be imminent from israel. we do not know precisely, when or, how it will happen. a spokesperson for the idf, saying, in his words, i think it is enough to show pictures, and pair it with what we've said. that the end results we are aspiring to. put simply, john, is really to not just deci

benjamin netanyahu and national unity party leader jointly made the announcement wednesday. but again what we see on the ground is still a lot of fighting going on, even here in tel aviv, we've heard multiple blasts over the last several occasions. >> and it was just announced a few hours ago the plo says that the secretary of state antony blinken will meet on friday with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. and of course the palestinian authority runs the west bank but they't hold power in gaza. what will that meeting be about? >> reporter: based on what secretary blinken said before departing, he is trying to approach anybody he can really to try to solve the crisis. he also mentioned that yi gipt, another country in the region that he has been holding talks with and also we know the country of qatar is involved in negotiating to try to find a solution to liberate as many as 150 hostages still being held by hamas. so different approaches that the secretary is trying to go through to try to bring a solution to this very, very complicated problem here in israel. >> rafael ro

unity now in a coalition government in a car cabinet with benny gantz who is the leader of the national unity party opposition leader and former defense minister, of course, and the defense minister gallantthis is an emergency situation that is being addressed now by those who have experience of war in government here. what isn't clear is what the makeup of this wider group will be and sources have been telling me that there has been much discussion and demands made by those in opposition that the right wing ministers, the finance and security ministers beng veer, will not be part of it. all we know at this time is that benjamin netanyahu is now in unity with benny gantz and the defense minister here gallant to to address what happens next and the sense is here that what you didn't have in the cabinet, in the government until saturday morning was experience. and what you need is spencer and authority of characters in position who reflect the unity of -- of the israelis. i am being told now, i am just getting reporting on this. this is an emergency cabinet, a war cabinet at this point. >> becky, for

and we had good and productive meetings with prime minister netanyahu, national unity party chairman gantz. we met with some of the families of these hostages today. as a parent or grandparent, it is truly heart-wrenching. we wept as they told their stories. it was such a beautiful, brave people. and every second seems like a day as they are wondering what has happened to their child, to their parent, to their brother, to their sister. we also experienced what israelis experience almost every day. we are having a lunch up in the hotel, and the sirens went off. we heard them, and we were all rushed into a shelter and had to say stay there until it was clear. and then a few minutes ago, this press conference was delayed for the same reason. so, israelis are effective all the time by hamas's warlike attitudes. look, there are no words for the horror that happened last saturday. it shook me to my core. i think about it all the time. i see the pictures of the little children, and i think, what if this happened to my four year old grandson? most jews killed in a single day since the holoca

the well, if on schedule a meeting between prime minister netanyahu and the leader of the national unity party benny gans should happen in the next half hour or so. so we don't know exactly what the outcome of that meeting will be, but we do know that earlier in the day the coalition members of nathaniel was government gave him the green light to go ahead with this emergency unity government, which is basically a war cabinets. we did hear from a member of the good bar to the party of mister nathan, yahoo, that they were progress, may he, but he didn't elaborate. however, we also know that benny gans, who is a former chief of staff and a former minister of defense who was actually minutes of defense during the guys or in 2014. we know that he has some pre conditions for the formation or joining this emergency unity government among them. is that a that government would exclude the far right members of the ruling coalition. he also wanted to make sure that his party would have a say in any decision making of this more cabinet. and he also wanted to make sure that during that time a mess it would

that on the question of who should be the prime minister, 49 percent picked any guns of the national unity party. know someone who's also involved in the national government and only 28 percent big benjamin netanyahu. and interestingly, 65 percent of voters in this pole support a ground war and a majority, 57 percent suggest that they should also be an operation on the northern border tissue on his bowler and lebanon as well. so bad news for benjamin netanyahu, because this reinforces a pull that came out about a week ago, and the numbers haven't moved the tall. you may be presenting himself as an international statesman having met yesterday with a rash. as soon as the british prime minister, having met with joe biden and holding a number of news conferences, we expressed as being in control of the operation that is ongoing. but it seems that these really people want him to get this done. and then to go, it certainly seems that way. thank you so much. that is ellen's session for us and occupied east jerusalem as well as bring in i shall boss re, she's ever such a as the arabs seem to, for a sear

isaac called and there matter which, who is a former investigator act out from a guides of national unity party. and then you have the 2nd for that one is, is the an expanded and the political security cabinets which will include the members of the now is ruling coalition added to that of many guns and a 2 other members of his national union, the party and man and the leadership of the intelligence services and the ministry of defense. so you have these 2 for of, for nathan, jo, it gives him a expertise because you have to forward chase of staff who know very well the ministry. many guys has actually experience when it comes to gaza. that with the help of a lot, members of his routing coalition don't necessarily have that experience. and it would also give him some cloud that's at this very difficult moment for israel. well, the country at least shows that this stands united for the it's really interesting that this kind of structure that you're disagree, i being there going to be essentially 2 entities within this government. the expanded unity cabinet and then the, the, the war cabinet. that'

meeting at united between prime minister benjamin nathan, you know, and the leader of the national unity party, benny ganz. that there was a lot of speculation that, that meeting we've actually the, the outcome of that meeting rather wouldn't be the formation of this emergency. you need the government, which is basically a war cabinet. and that we have heard that that meeting has been postponed until tomorrow. morning $830.00 g m d, but that's not an indication of it is not happening for what we understand. it's simply because a prime minister was in tel aviv having a meeting with his security establishment with the military and that meeting it has gone on for hours. we're not really sure if it's over yet. we haven't heard about that yet. so there was no time to not to meet for the 2 politicians to meet, but the efforts in that way. and that is something that the prime minister, nathan, you know, would one sooner rather than later. because he, he was a very divisive figure at the moment he used to be mister security, not anymore after this. and he needs to show that he can leave the country an

did you just you read over whole and then the, the a benny gans who is the head of the national unity party. i think the 3 men had a brief statement, hopefully conveying the same message that whether you're right or left at the moment, it is real. it doesn't matter. the country stands united and they are trying to show that they will deal with the issue it with a firm, have the loved one as far as saying that if need be, and if a new front is open with lebanon, so an israel's northern border, then they would also deal with it, but as needed, the land also said that at the end of old days they would be a new security reality in this region, i think is riley's probably would be very happy to see. at least we have short to see that, you know, these bits are political divisions that have ruled this country for many years. now again, remember, 5 elections in 4 years up, put aside at the moment in this type of price is, but i think they also want to hear whether they will be a ground invasion or not. and this is something, you know, when talked about it for sure. i mean, the earlier today is arou

collision, plus 5 ministers that will be now right to fide in connected of the opposition and the national unity party. they should be the plastic needs also to give them a green light to join the via the cabinet. and then with them that you have a war cabinet which is made of the prime minister. his defense minister, you, i've got many guns, the opposition leader was 2 other people be from very guns is party being there, as observers. now these 3 people with the 2 observers will be overseeing the day today of course, of the war they can take decisions. they don't need to refer back to because they said they don't need to get an approval from the uh, from the cabinet on the, on the how to go ahead with this was how to classify. they were, they would need to refer back to the cabinet to this expanded emergency unity, a government in case they want to open a new front in case they need to take a decision that is not related to this ongoing situation in gaza. this is a please how i understand that at this stage. but remember, before all these, before this emergency unity government was with the place is

i've got a land prime minister, benjamin nathaniel, and benny ganz, the head of the national unity party, who is also a former chief of staff, a former minister of defense. you have other 2 people. well, also on that uh on that the booth cabinet who are uh, is that me as in called, who is a former chief of staff as what enroll on them, or who is a former a is riley basset to, to washington. they are there, as observers. now that cabinet is in charge of taking decisions on how to proceed with this world, whether it is in gaza or whether things we could expand on the northern border, then you have the larger uh, good government. and that is spelled the political security government that includes the members of the ruling ruling coalition and with the many guns and other members of his national you need the party. now their role is to, uh, from what we understand is yes to continue to be part of this emergency government to deal with all other aspects of what is that what has happened during this current war? now the emergency unity government is not allowed to legislate or to take any deci

but this is a unity that is not complete in this says that by the gods, the heads of the national unit, unity party is the end of the 2nd deposition party. the method that has about 12 seats, there is a bigger opposition party led by the former prime minister, a year let peace and it has not yet joined this emergency in unity cabinets. actually both they don't, you know, and as had said that the door is always open, should she at this side to join this company that he has been a very silent over the past few days. he hasn't made any comment after the announcement now. so a lot of people here thinking that you're yeah you left the does not made his mind yet whether you would join it, but it's certainly not gonna oppose it. up. unity, political unity is something that is elusive in this country. on any other day. the politicians are each other of all the type this country as c 45, and x is rather in the sped of full years and still have not come to find any way forward. so all of this has stopped now while this war is ongoing. why israel deals with this situation in guys, advice. there's no pressing

a joint statement from gantz's national unity party said the sides agreed to form a war cabinet, buta war cabinet, but that during the fighting with hamas in gaza they will not promote any unrelated policy or laws. so just to whiz you back through that breaking news and quite serious development coming out of israel, which is that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu defence netanyahu and former defence chief the centrist chief and the centrist opposition party leader benny gantz, have now agreed to form an emergency wartime government. >> it was a joint statement from gantz's national unity party which said that the sides agreed to form this war. >> cabinet, but that during the fighting with hamas in gaza, they will not promote any unrelated policy or laws. so there we go . now, as we've been there we go. now, as we've been saying, the king are king here is appalled by and condemns the barbaric acts of terrorism in israel . i barbaric acts of terrorism in israel. i mean, barbaric acts of terrorism in israel . i mean, it's israel. i mean, it's interesting, isn't it, because , in

parties, of course, some came without any, without any demands for themselves and joined this party. of national unityole cabinet, other parties, i don't know, we have to talk with the party members, we have to see, but the fact that there will no longer be what was before this war, and israel has officially recognized that this is a war, and that this is one hundred percent, and how they will look at putin and russia now, i think that there will be a lot, a lot of re-educated, re... translated, they will talk, maybe, maybe they will meet, but what, what was before, and what will happen after the war will no longer happen, it will be completely different from... both in the parties, and yes, by the way, in israel itself, look, now this is a very interesting question, we started with this , and i would ask you to focus again on the north of israel, the audience and the south of lebanon, that is where hezbollah is located, hezbollah is constantly, it is such a pro-iranian military organization, in fact it is much stronger. than hamas in the gaza strip, all the scouts, all we know is that hazbala is real

not even serve in the is really military, including the minister of national security, who was one of the party who delayed this unity government. so the expectancy for these, from the citizens of israel, for this government, is to make more wealth, thought decisions, more responsible decisions, and may be finally 5 days into the war. they're completely incompetent in government starting to function and give answers to the as rarely citizens didn't come forward to speaking to us or believing as well. you, as president joe biden sees his administration is working to secure with a release of americans who are among the hostages being held by home us by and said he again spike. we prime minister nathan, yahoo! an urge these round to observe the rules of war. he said to us would help make sure israel has all the help it needs. they said we're going to work closely with our partners. it is and around the world to ensure is who has what is needs to defend the citizens of cities and to respond to these attacks. as i said yesterday, my commitment is real security and the safety of jewish people is on shake. the united states

not even serve in the is really military, including the minister of national security, who was one of the parties who delayed this unity government. so the expectancy for these, from the citizens of israel, for this government, is to make more wealth, thought decisions, more responsible decisions, and may be finally 5 days into the war via completely incompetent governments starting to function and give answers to the as rarely citizens. well that was during let's add a couple weights. speaking to us a little bit earlier. well, us president, joy biden's, his, he's administration is working to secure the release of americans who are among the hostages being held by how must bind and said he again, spike with prime minister netanyahu and urged his route to observe the rules of war . he said to us, we would help make sure israel has all the help it needs a day's head. we're going to work closely with our partners. it is and around the world to insure israel has what is needed to defend the citizens of cities and to respond to these attacks. as i said yesterday, my commitment is real security and the safety of jewish peopl

not even serve in the is really military, including the minister of national security, who was one of the parties who delayed this unity government. so the expectancy for these, from the citizens of israel, for this government, is to make more wealth, thought decisions, more responsible decisions. and may the find that we 5 days into the war. they're completely incompetent in government starting to function and give answers to the as rarely citizens. yeah, it took 5 days into this war before we solve this at this emergency. government takes shape. what's your explanation for why it took so long as well? this was indeed an incredibly long time the worst started on saturday morning by saturday night is rarely citizens expected. the unit of government already to be formed. at the beginning, the majority of delays had to do with the minister of national security, the mobility from the far right, insisting not to allow any more parties into the government, claiming that the current government has complete control over the situation. however, even after he agreed for more parties to join the government, after was guaranteed

televised address on monday, prime minister benjamin netanyahu called on israel's opposition parties to form a national unityovernment and said — quote — "air strikes in gaza are only the beginning". translation: hamas have made a mistake of historic _ proportions. we will exact a price that will be remembered by them and israel's other enemies for decades to come. israel's allies, including the us, have released a joint statement criticising the weekend's surprise strikes by hamas, saying: well, let's get the latest from the ground now. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen is in the southern israeli city of ashkelon, just 13km — or about eight miles — north of the gaza strip, and has this report. inside gaza, it looks every bit as if palestinians are feeling the full force of israeli military power. israel says hamas is responsible for the suffering of gaza's civilians. and its retaliation for the hamas attack has only just begun. hamas has threatened to start killing its israeli hostages. the air strikes rolled on, hour after hour. palestinian armed groups, undeterred, kept up their own barrage of israel.

had not even served in the israeli military, including the minister of national security, who was one of the parties delaying the unity government. so the expectancy for this government is to make more well thought decisions, more responsible decisions, and maybe five days into the war, see a completely incompetent government start to function and give answers to the israeli citizens. brent: it took five days into this war before resolve this emergency government take shape. what is your explanation for why it took so long? reporter: this was indeed an incredibly long time. the war started on saturday morning. by saturday night, israeli citizens expected a government already to be formed. at the beginning, the majority of delays had to do with the minister of national security from the far right insisting not to allow any more parties into the government, claiming that the current government has complete control over the situation. however, even after he agreed for more parties to join the government, after it was guaranteed that he would not be moved from his role, there were still delays, and today several senior is

they've been, benjamin netanyahu, has now made overtures to opposition parties to form a party of the national unity during war time. but if he does that and alienates the extreme right wingers, they may consider him their enemy and after the war is over, may work to bring about his downfall. so it's a very proud moment for the benjamin netanyahu. after dominating is rarely politics for 2 decades of this government will probably not fall while the war goes on. there's the rally, round the flag effect, of course. and, but that's an yahoo has been making frequent appearances on national television to promise to absolutely destroy him off and lay waste the gaza and so forth and so on . and when you look at the $600.00 dead, something that's far out of proportion to any more recent conflicts. i. i'd have to go back to 1948 to look at and see how many is really civilians died in that. but that is also probably going to raise a calls for vengeance against gaza. a rep. thank you very much indeed that that is the very latest, the from ro rentals on vacation to the border with garza, thanks very much. in dat

parents of the war prisoners taken by hamas, we have also objection by some parties to to accept to enter into a national unity government with benjamin netanyahu, we have a deep crisis. in the the military and service apparatus, so in case they fail, this these divisions will be will become much wider, and at the same time, the sense of security for this entity has been damaged deeply, and this was expressed in the counter immigration that happened in the past few days with t thousands of zits leaving occupied towards the west, including some national heroes of the designers such as seen leaving the leaving palestine through lidda airports and this this has a big significance that the israelis no longer feel... and occupied palestine and they will live out of their own will, even without a fight later on, so i believe that the the the zist entity is already doomed, it's in deep crisis and it's a matter of time that we see the full liberation of palestine, i'm not saying this as a rethoric, but i i i say this based on material evidence of what we are witnessing now. and what's happening right now? all thereaft

emergency after the terrorist attack. attacks on october 7, opposition parties agreed to form an expanded government of national unityeeting was held at the military headquarters in tel aviv. early ministers paid tribute to those who died as a result of terrorist attacks. netanyahu said that the main task of israel will be the complete destruction of hamas. i saw our wonderful soldiers who are now on the front lines. they know that the whole nation is behind them. they understand the enormity of the task, they are ready to act at any moment to destroy the bloody monsters that have risen against us to kill us, hamas thought they would destroy us, we will destroy hamas. parliamentary elections are held in poland, the citizens of the country have to elect 460 deputies to the diet and 100 senators. the victory is predicted by yaroslav kaczyński's law and justice party, which is the current president andrzej duda , their main opponent is the centrist civil coalition , headed by ex-prime minister and former head of the european council donald tusk, however, no political force will form the government, so it has to look acc

after the terrorist attack on october 7, opposition parties. agreed to form an extended government of national unity. the meeting was held at the military headquarters in tel aviv. at the beginning, the ministers paid tribute to those who died as a result of terrorist attacks. netanyahu said that the main task of israel will be the complete destruction of hamas. i saw our wonderful soldiers who are now on the front lines. they know that the whole nation is behind them. they understand the magnitude of the task. they are ready to act at any moment. to destroy the bloody monsters that rose up against us to kill us. hamas thought that if we were to be destroyed, we would destroy hamas. but iran called israel to stop escalating the conflict with hamas and also warned that it will be forced to intervene if the operation continues. the message to tehran sent through the un comes at a time when the biden administration is trying to get iran and lebanon's hezbollah from joining the. tegar said iran does not want the conflict to escalate into a regional war and wants to help free civilians held hostage by ha

those who lost, with the exception of some marginal or frankly hostile parties that forbid, then it would be such a national unityprove , that's how they did it in israel , then after the war, let's do it again... let's say in our cities, we will quarrel again, we will blame each other for everything, but during the war, i think that we should unite, we all, pro-government, opposition, these are the same ukrainian parties, everything, we are all for , we are all for ukraine. absolutely correct, mr. oleksii, thank you for participating in the conversation, it was oleksii hetman, a veteran of the russian-ukrainian war, a reserve major of the national guard of ukraine. friends, we are working live on the tv channel, as well as on our youtube and facebook platforms, for those who are currently watching us live on youtube, i remind you that you can vote in our poll, today we ask you about whether you think russia is involved in the hamas attack. to israel, yes, no, or your answer option, please write in the comments below this video, we are always interested in reading your comments and getting your opinion, and pleas

the face of the crisis, he has invited one of the large centrist parties to join his government and at the heart of this national unity government is going to be what is called a war management cabinet. it will have three members, the prime minister, the defense minister and the leader of one of these centrist parties and both of the defense minister and leader of the centrist party are former senior israeli generals and that will be the very small three-man committee which is expected to manage this war, and, katy, everyone is taking this as a sign, one of the final bits of preparation being put into place on the political side before what we all expect is going to be a large scale israeli ground offensive. the atmosphere in israel today is one of stunned national unity. it's a feeling that americans might remember after 9/11, and in this environment, with so much horror, such an endless stream of nightmarish news, israelis are looking for moments of inspiration, looking for moments of hope, and i want to share with you one of those stories from a house we went to earlier today. we're at the home of an elderly israel

national unity based and supported, which is considered legitimate by the united nations. and to which foreign investigators refers to at the moment that there are no indications of that to be to party government has supported the eastern house of representatives status on the guys i also see about 12 east has the capability to physically intervene in all production and exports, and we know that it is not possible for the eastern government to unilaterally hold oil exports without launching libya into another civil war. libya is or ribbon use a more controlled by the wisdom of government. but this is a political message that also fits into the continuous depletion of libya, natural resources, premier reduce, guess libya is also calling for an immediate hold due to the brutal is really aggression against the cause of strep, saying that the is really occupation authorities must be held accountable for the a crimes against the police student people which will come to genocide. libya is not the only african country calling for is really supporting invested as to leave . so that for guy has been doing the same. but what's different with libya is that it's not on recording on these really

relatively speaking, in the gaza strip, hamas, the fatah party, and they are, all this time, trying to create a palestinian government national unity in israel they decided, and this was also an obvious mistake, that the current prime minister benjaminho, as you know, has been the prime minister for a long time, that he can somehow deal with this conflict, and that it is even profitable, in one, in one part, one, uh , er, group. governs in another, another, somehow, what kind of state, you first create some kind of government that will govern all parts of your future state, and then we will talk about the state, well, this led to what it led to, let's not take long now describing the political disturbances in israel there, the negotiations among the palestinian factions, it is long, i do not think that our viewers are interested, but here is what is important in this situation, this is what i keep saying to my palestinian colleagues and acquaintances, for the last 30 years, and this is roughly what i have been saying to my armenian colleagues and acquaintances for 30 years, regarding karabakh, well, why did you decide that time is

nation. and we have an actual unity government tonight where the principal opposition party, and blue and white of benny gantz has that and joined with the likud coalition. that is a silver lining. the terrorists have forced us to come together again and remember who we are. ambassador oren, could you stay with us across a commercial break? -- that he has known bibi netanyahu for 40 years. he has also known you for 40 years. i would love to get your assessment of how these two people, these two men, can work together in this crisis. we're just gonna take a quick commercial break here. we're going to be back with former israeli ambassador to the united states, michael oren. we'll be right back. you're replacing me? customize and save with liberty bibberty. he doesn't even have a mustache. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ my name is marie. i'm 49 years old and i'm a business owner. i own a lemonade and ice cream shop in florida, so i can feel and see that my lines have gotten deeper just from a year out in the sun. i'm still marie and i got botox® cosmetic. i di

nation. and we have an actual unity government tonight where the principal opposition party, and blue and white of benny guys has joined with the -- likud coalition. that is a silver lining. the terrorists have forced us to come together again and remember who we are. >> and mr. oren, could you stay with us across a commercial break? i have one more question. we heard the president say that he has known bibi netanyahu for 40 years. he has also known you for 40 years. i would love to get your assessment of how these two people, these two men, can work together in this crisis. we're just gonna take a quick commercial break here. we're going to be back with former israeli ambassador to the united states, michael oren. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. i brought in ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. -ahh, -here, i'll take that. woo hoo! ensure max protein 30 grams protein, one gram sugar, 25 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients for immune health. (♪♪) ♪ ♪ and nutrients for immune health. [ indistinct chatter ] [ cars unlocking

national unity. that's one of the reasons, i think, why the government has been extended. why opposition partieshave come into the government. because in this time of war, we need to work together. i think that's at the grassroots level, and it is now at the top political level as well, with benny gantz joining the coalition, and i hope others will join as well. israel his faced a terrible blow, and we will hit back. we are determined to prevail, and we will do so as a united people. >> you mentioned the attack over the weekend. it's a surprise attack. many questions right now about how hamas carried out such a horrible well coordinated attack by land, sea, and air. they said they tried to war israel week or ten days prior to the attack. president netanyahu has denied. that maybe the government did in fact know that they had this tip off and maybe it wasn't acted upon. >> as you said, there is no switch effect intelligence that we received about the upcoming attack. but obviously there was an intelligence failure. though we are now focused totally on winning this war, this war that was forced up