did it achieve, did it bring israel's offensive against hamas in gaza closer, security expert, patrick bury, further. this operation seemed to me to be at the level of a company, or a squadron, at least that's how it looked at the base images, 8-12, maximum 16 tanks entered there. the israelis were probably most concerned about whether they could bring in tanks, how heavily and everywhere the area is mined, what anti-tank capabilities hamas has, and as far as we know, they haven't lost a single tank. so, it looks like the operation was relatively successful, they managed to penetrate some distance into the northern gas, and then retreated. it is obvious. was gathering information. it is also worth remembering that in the israeli army there are many reservists who do not have combat experience, and this is also a certain effective way to increase combat skills, morale, combat readiness and fighting capacity of the army. there is also, i think, a symbolic element: from the point of view that it was important for netanyahu to show that something was being done after the intelligence failure. i

joining me now is patrick bury, a senior lecturer in security at the university of bath.. welcome to bbc news. as you know, there was a lot of discussion that there was a lot of discussion that there will at some point be a ground attack. benjamin netanyahu made that clear. these limited ground raids must be given the israeli defence forces a better understanding of what they are likely to face on that terrain must they do go in and a much bigger way?— terrain must they do go in and a much bigger way? exactly, that's the oint of much bigger way? exactly, that's the point of them. _ much bigger way? exactly, that's the point of them. i _ much bigger way? exactly, that's the point of them, i think. _ much bigger way? exactly, that's the point of them, i think. as _ much bigger way? exactly, that's the point of them, i think. as paddy - point of them, i think. as paddy lieutenant colonel say, it looked to me like a company level, scored a level that we saw images of at least, so you're talking about it, 12, 16 tanks at most going in there. probably the biggest concern is act

patrick bury, senior lecturer in security at the university of bath.y you for coming of the programme. we don't have confirmation of exactly what is happening around the occupied crimea, but what is your understanding of what has been happening?— understanding of what has been ha enin: ? , ., happening? over the summer, and in the last month _ happening? over the summer, and in the last month especially, _ happening? over the summer, and in the last month especially, ukraine . the last month especially, ukraine has been tightening the screw on crimea, and especially on the black sea fleet. we know it has got the uk supplied storm shadow missiles. that is being used in the attack on the black sea fleet. at the end of september. we also have had an attack on sebastopol against the submarine and another ship damaging it. we have had numerous attacks against the missile defence systems on the peninsula, which are used basically to protect the black sea fleet. take for these things, and the fact that there have aerial and maritime rooms, which have also bee

patrick bury is the associate professor in security at the university of bath and hejoins me from washingtonentor reads were already under strain in the united states, the does this further complicate the picture? i united states, the does this further complicate the picture?— complicate the picture? i think it has the potential— complicate the picture? i think it has the potential to. _ complicate the picture? i think it has the potential to. it _ complicate the picture? i think it has the potential to. it is - complicate the picture? i think it has the potential to. it is not - complicate the picture? i think it| has the potential to. it is notjust the united states, logistic chains it is also those of europe and everyone is trying to ramp up production. the russians are doing it too. so there has been a move to get the factories going to produce at a much higher rates. but if the war in gaza was to intensify, last a long time or escalate especially horizontally and bring in more regional powers, i think that would be a problem in the longer term. in the short—term but we have seen with th

. —— the grand let's get more on the way the conflict has unfolded so far and go live now to patrick bury what is your view on the hamas militants under way on which they infiltrated israel, and the israeli response? infiltrated israel, and the israeli resonse? , ., , infiltrated israel, and the israeli response?_ infiltrated israel, and the israeli resonse? , ., _ , response? yes, it has obviously been a very deadly — response? yes, it has obviously been a very deadly attack, _ response? yes, it has obviously been a very deadly attack, and _ response? yes, it has obviously been a very deadly attack, and a _ response? yes, it has obviously been a very deadly attack, and a huge i a very deadly attack, and a huge human cost, from a military standpoint it is quite interesting to see how they've managed to do it. if you think about the security wall around garzo, it's an ecosystem, it has the wire, the sensors, automated guns, it has mind control points, and strong points. 0bviously guns, it has mind control points, and strong points. obviously the wall, but also the israeli signal intelligen

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patrick welch: back in 1733, there was a yellow fever epidemic that came out three or four times in savannah. over 50% of the population got wiped out. and with no place to really bury them, they would have mass graves. and they would just bury them all over the city. and then as savannah progressed, they were just building on top of all these mass graves out there. phillip calvert: man. and ever since, the city has been plagued with visitors from the beyond. you're born and raised here in savannah. i was, yes. the house that my dad had since i was a young boy, we had a lot of very creepy experiences when i was a kid . but as the years went by it, went from being creepy to terrifying. phillip calvert: oh, man. - yeah. phillip calvert: the ghost stories have even reached the silver screen with the making of the 2021 film, "a savannah haunting." i heard stories about this piece of land when i was a little girl. phillip calvert: produced by marc mccullough, the film is based on real events from his life using the actual haunted house that he grew up in. right up here is where we see the lady that's in the window a lot. phillip calvert: she goes-- patrick welch: right u