well, the w corresponded yon phillip schultz in jerusalem early it gave us this update about the s, drank on the refuge account of the reports that more than 70 people killed in the air. a tech on the oh, my god, the refugee camp and people are still searching for dead bodies. and the rabo about israel has also intensified its military companion in other parts of the guy. the strip look as far as i say, more than 100. 60 people have died in recent attacks, but it has also been one of the deadliest faces for his threat alias soldiers. and there are reports about the killing of 5 more hostages. so all of this is putting lots of pressure on that is really governance. but from this burnett's on the, our has not indicated that he's pending any changes in the military strategy. okay . young philip, i also hearing reports of a new sci fi, a proposal by agent. what can you tell us about that? so yes, the local media reports about proposal of from egypt that is being discussed by the israeli government. uh, it seems to mention several steps. the 1st step would be a temporary cease fire of at least

and phillip schultz was in bethlehem. he describes how different things feel there this year. very different snow big celebration this year. it's an incredibly set up. let's see a here in bethlehem, as you can see behind me, no big christmas tree, no street vendors selling pending to the children. no music. the official sierra said it's impossible to celebrate christmas this year. i know those circumstances of big charges the fed up presents yours. that's uh, that is no moment to enjoy when so of joy, when so many people are suffering, it's done say, maybe it's also a moment to reflect on what christmas is also about the hope of a more peaceful it was with war raging and does a pope francis has appealed for peace in a solemn christmas eve mass at the vatican. the closer to the pontiff made numerous references to violence and war during his address and st. peter's basilica without directly naming israel for gas on francis said hearts around the world. we're in bethlehem. he'll lead traditional christmas day prayers later on monday morning. and she's going to kind of be to the p

mourning over the devastation in gaza, which is just 50 kilometers away. wherever correspondent yon phillip schultz reporting from bethlehem and he's described for us how different the atmosphere there is this year. it's very different. it's no big celebration this year. it's an incredibly set up. let's see a here in bethlehem, as you can see behind me, no big christmas tree. no street vendors setting tended to the children. no music, uh the official sierra said it's impossible to celebrate christmas this year. i know those circumstances of big churches setup presents. euro said that it's no moments enjoy when so of joy. when so many people are suffering, it's done say, maybe it's also a moment to reflect on what christmas is also about the hope of a more peaceful. it was kind of short shots reporting there. let's turn now to some other news. the pentagon says an oil tanker attacked off india's coast on saturday was targeted by a drone and fired from iran. the strikes caused a fire on the vessel, but there were no casualties, reported the indian governments as the tanker was carrying crude oil in b

you know, when you're john phillip schultz is telling me look at some of the stories now making headlines. you guys probably have enjoy biden's administration has bypass congress to approve an emergency on sale to we as well. the 2nd time this bon components for auxilary shelves are included in the nearly $150000000.00 transfer. the state department said the decision was just defined by the urgency of these rails needs. hundreds of dodge climate activists have blocked a major highway. it adds to them, the protesters are demanding an end to fossil fuel projects financed by the netherlands largest bank i n g. the active is to go to band on the demonstration, climbing onto the highway and forcing police to shop down the road. flash flooding in south africa has killed at least 21 people and left hundreds of homes and roots . so dramatically, teams have been scoured the area around the town of lane smith to the floods trunk on christmas day. and another number of people are still missing, or thousands of people are protesting in the study and capital belgrade over alleged forward in this month

all right, dw cn, phillip schultz in jerusalem terminal to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world with some 300 indeed. nationals who have been stranded at our regional airport in france for 4 days are expected to be allowed to fly home on monday. their charter plane bound for nicaragua was ordered a grounded during refueling stop on thursday on suspicion of human trafficking reports. the police detained 2 people and that several others requested asylum. a caravan of around 6000 migrants from central america, cuba, venezuela, and other regions, has left the southern mexican city of temper trula to make its way to the us border . it comes just days before the us secretary of state anthony blinking travels to mexico to discuss efforts to control the search of migrants trying to enter the us thousands of anti government protesters have gathered again outside belgrade city hall to demand services. recent elections be an old international observers say last weekend's election results were tainted by irregularities. government opponents, a ledge, voter fraud, servi

and phillip schultz is in tel aviv or hostage families are on the streets again and see what, what's going on, right? where you are now. or despite the bed, the web are here until at least 2 nights. thousands have come to the streets. people here say it's one of the biggest protests since the beginning of the war. they demands the release of the hostages, but they also demands the resignation of these for any government, at least a lot of the protesters do. in recent weeks, they have seen a lot of political setbacks. 3 hostages were accidentally kills by the israeli army . the negotiations and then you, a possible hosted steel have not produced any results. the on use emerging events, maybe more and more hostages have been cubes. so everybody here knows with every day passing, chances are getting smaller and smaller to free the hostages. and the big international news on this story was of course, the un security council passing a resolution on friday. what are people saying that are about that? if anything since the original lucy was adopted, that has been criticism from all sides. a

this population is now a displaced don phillip schultz is at another of the demonstrations and tell of eve cooling for the release of hostages. in garza, he told us what protest is, there was a so there was just a minute of silence here, very intense moments in general. people say that they want to increase pressure on the government. they are very impatient and they don't think that the war effort loan we bring the hostages back. that has been a lot of talk and is right in the media in the past days about a possible you hosted steel about detox and media. it's, it's by cuts are, of course a lot of people here would be in it's, it's could turn eventually into a d o, a similar to what we saw some weeks ago. the release of hostages entered temporary seats by. yeah, but it's too early to say if this were really turn eligible something substantial, how much support would you say there is for the war in general? in general, i think the majority of the people here is still in favor of the war from this and it's on you all has left a lot of supports in recent weeks beds. the dramatic communit

phillip schultz, integrity for us. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories from around the world. connective us to advocated for hong kong independence as flight to the u. k. to see political asylum . tony chung was among the 1st convicted under a sweeping national security lower in post bike badging. after the 2019 pug democracy protest. a private funeral has being held for the south korean act, at least on june. it was best known for his role in the oscar pointing movie power site and he was found dead on wednesday. he was under police investigation over alleged drug use. northern and central europe is on a lot formal flooding off the heavy rains rivers of both the banks in many areas, flooding homes, prompting evacuations. full cost is $1.00 of the worst could be to come water levels on the old, the river. nearly 6 meters above normal and rising in europe got stuck with a rainy christmas and the unwanted gifts are piling up. the low lying netherlands have planned for events like this and prepared accordin

that is at the w, corresponding eon at phillip show schultz or us. intel, of the 6 of the war has also led nieto to reevaluate it security, especially on it's eastern flank with russia. that's after a full scale invasion of ukraine and germany's recent announcement of a permanent troop deployment on it's eastern flank is one such change or reporter terry schultz. how's this with the russians war on ukraine made nato take another look at moscow and in the mirror, resulting in the biggest reconfiguration of the alliance since the soviet union crumbled. more than 30 years ago. the new plans were approved at nato is building a summit in july we took major decisions, so to adopt reliance for the future. we agree, the naples most the details on robust the defense funds since the cold war. defense plans that look like those from the cold war, dividing alliance territory into regional commands, outlining extraordinary operational detail in thousands of highly classified pages . it's kind of how many ships do need to. ready how many soldiers do you need there

wasserman schultz making sure hillary clinton got the support, making sure bernie sanders didn't win and now they are saying no new hampshire, no iowa, i don't like them. we will forget about dean phillipshe's never going to win it. should have invested in new hampshire. that the state he could win in the general but he just wants the quarry in south carolina. i find it baffling. stuart: i see tonight trump with sean, that's a huge exposure. biden going back to the basement campaign is raising money in various parts of the country. very prominent republican exposure and biden not in the public eye this week. brian: i look for trump to show confidence. they are trying the best they can to say biden might be losing but donald trump is just as bad. watching other channels, that's what they are doing, show me as chris christie said, his greatest critic, don't think he's losing his staff, the pressure of these charges is getting to him and who wouldn't. everybody would be. one of those cases would get the average american, four separate indictments in 2 or 3 civil trials so maybe that's getting to him. enjoy yourself, how you would have been different in last week's debate and how much bette