. >> that was tonya kramer. thank you so much. among the communities attacked by hamas october seventh -- one of the families torn apart on that day was their home in the agricultural community burned to the ground. most of the family members went missing. 11 were kidnapped by hamas including three young children and an elderly man. they are still being held in gaza. for members of the family have since been found dead. they have been campaigning for their lease. quick thank you for having me. we have no further new information. we are waiting for them to come back home. as you said, we know that for armored and seven artificially kidnapped. >> and israeli national security advisor said there is no deal in sight for the release of the hostages. how concerned are you about that? >> i am a medical student. i am not a security specialist. the family and friends are concerned every day. you can imagine how it feels. when your best friend, mother or child is a hostage and held by hamas. every day that goes by, every minute, every hour,

the tonya, tonya kramer, and nancy village in israel. a massive explained that such a and that's those hostages have been killed by his writing missiles fired into gaza. wisconsin journalist has him pollution about those claims and about these randy evacuation order. that statement official statement was issued by the miniature legal come on, not december gates, saying that carol to use the case where the department and to govern they to know turned over me and, and they weren't killed into other areas in, in that to her date and at the 6 were killed there and that was that 7 were killed in y'all's the city and in 3 locations. um this is that what we, we know about this. so that only from that statement of the people who receive a recorded messages from the, from these way the army didn't then that, that does or is it been smoked and no one picked up her name, the cd to evacuate, not to be without them. and the time for, for them to leave, and then they have to go in the south direction without giving the directions to, to the people whe

ringback once cross over to dw tonya kramer in jerusalem, tanya, the as really government is getting a lot of pressure from the families of the hostages and the general public. can we say whether that's affecting israel's military strategy of the flood? that's right. there is a lot of pressure here um, uh, from the hostage companies, but also in the general public to deal with this hosted crisis. the per m. d, relative of the hostages is saying the government is not doing enough to get them back. and also interesting enough. there's some polls that are usually coming out towards the weekend and is really news papers saying that there is a trend that the public opinion says maybe to hold off of the this ground operation . and to see whether, you know, they can be something done about their negotiations. now we've heard from cut one of the main, maybe h, as in this hostage crisis that our mitigating in directly between our mazda is read and also egypt as in goals. that there might be some kind of break. so, but that is very much on people's mind. vide no, never the last fair hearing al

for reporting that is our correspondent, tonya kramer, near the border with us us and china low is with the norwegian refugee council, which has people working in gaza. i asked her what she was hearing from her colleagues were in the territory. so we have 52 palestinian staff who are from and live and work in gaza. uh, i mean the stories that they are telling us of what they are experiencing, what they are seeing. we have no capacity right now to even be able to, to uh, give a humana to provide humanitarian response because our staff needs to focus on themselves giving to safety. we've heard stories from staff that challenges after this order to, to lead to the south in finding vehicles fuel in order to make that way. some of our staff are trying to get to the southern part of god, just by on foot. and the situation is dire, there's no electricity there, except for what people can muster from either the unlimited fuel that remains for generators or solar panels. connectivity is difficult, in terms of people communicating each day. it seems that our ability to even do something as simple

dw correspondent, tonya kramer told us what they are, is really, authorities are and aren't saying about the next phase of the war as well. and all . this is a very volatile situation. so we have an increase of air strikes on garza, the army officials told us, you know, this will be increasing so that could be seen as a preparation as well. again, of, of potential uh ground offensive. um, but we also seen incidents today again uh where a boarded post uh on the addiction side and then tips and board post was shelves. but it's really showing which also shows you know, how difficult it is. all this is coming in so far from this. so the is really ami, apologize for that. um uh, it was not intended, but to see how the volatile, the situation actually is. the. this also state of war could fly or coming out of from garza to what, southern israel and other cities in central israel. but we also heard the, it's really defense minister us calling saying to tube. so saying basically that, you know, this needs to be the last ground offensive will ground operation as you put it. he said this could las

it's funny how most well i imagine right now by dw corresponding tonya kramer in st. dodge at southern is real close to the gaza strip board, or tanya, great to see. so the is really military site there, air i'm land operations in guys are continuing. tell us what's the latest have from there? well, i can tell you what we're seeing from this point and are just gone. so the noise of cause is actually behind a several kilometers away and we could see over the course of the day is still heavy bombardment as also artillery as strikes are going down there. we also had some rockets fire on is really communities and city. so it's really military seems to move step by step further inside a garza, we also heard the radio recording the voice release for the heads of the southern come on to. so the command of the is really military is taking care of this area here, including the gaza strip of telling the troops that they will fight and others and tunnels. so some were taking this as a hint that they might come closer to the urban areas in that way. but again, we also don't know that's much becaus

very volatile situation also in the light that there might be a ground invasion looming soon. tonya kramer before the, for us, from jerusalem, thinking well with this war, entering it's 3rd week is real, has stepped up. it's bombardment of gaza saying it's hitting him off. militant targets. isolated garza health ministry. he says over 5000 people have now been killed in the air strikes because his hospitals have been overwhelmed by the number of casualties. clinics are short of staff medicines and beds among the most vulnerable patients. our newborn babies the tiny child struggling to brave life support. it wouldn't stand a chance of god as large as hospital the head of the intensive care unit for pretty much your best. where is that time is running out for his patients? well, when i see them here, we call on every one to send the necessary medical supplies for this critical department for the total or else we will face a huge catastrophe with less unaccompanied, you know, to think of, you know, and that's especially if the electricity is out in this department's auto body, whether off $55

very volatile situation also in the light that there might be a ground invasion looming soon. tonya kramer before the, for us from jerusalem. thank you. know as this we're interest. it's 3rd week is real, has stepped up as bombardment of gaza saying it hit him off militant targets. the how must lead. garza health ministry says over 5000 people have now been killed in the air strikes. israel's military is warning the fighting to go on for months, perhaps even longer. huge explosions in the gaza strip. the israel defense forces say the hit hundreds of military targets belong to the militant group home us. within 24 hours, the aim is to eliminate their fighters. another top priority is to rescue hostages . israel say's there are now at least 222 people still being held captive by the federal group. according to a military spokesperson, some ground troops entered the gaza strip during the night. one is really soldier was killed in the operation. a yes with us associates, i have dozens of points where the terrorists are assembling by the terrorist. so getting organizing, anticipation of the nex

so tonya tonya kramer in jerusalem on this. now i'm from our middle east analyst shawnee design is that well can show any let's start. so with this notion of a, a ground attack and all but at this stage any indication as to when, oh, when? oh, no. today i was frustrated on was political, he wanted to have a wider support. this has been removed. if you are hearing about the official announcement this finally, we reach an agreement with a centrist parties entering his government. so that's one thing out out of the out of sight. and now we need to see some of the political put petitions joining him or our have a fast military experience. they both have been heads of the military chief of staff, so they might change around some of what his plan. i don't think israel is gonna rush into that. on the one hand, they know the clock is ticking, cuz the world is looking at the crisis building up in gaza. but on the other hand, they feel quite strong with the support they have for now from do up and definitely be from america. and they don

how this looks like that at the moment you'll get, we'll be seeing more from dw corresponding tonya kramer. many sex israel's military escalation in garza has come as pressure grows on the government to secure the release of almost 240 hostages, captured by a mouse. among them, the german is really national shawnee luke who has been confirmed dead by israel's foreign ministry. and the last hours she was among those kidnapped at a music festival on october 7th. when her most militant storm to cross into is really territory showing you luke was last seen in a video where she appeared to be unconscious while being paraded through the streets of garza and the pickup truck. gilbert yano is chief executive of the is really institute for regional foreign policies. i asked him how these developments affect israel's strategy going forward as well. and i think that's what they use, what it's supposed to do. the moment is basically an adaptive balance between 3 impossible to conference, the same goals. basically. first the state of going on or bringing to the collapse of come us is the military clips

so in our corresponding, tonya kramer is in ashton, southern israel, near the guns of border. she told us more about the situation on the ground there. whereby to know in southern is ro it's quiet this morning, but it's also attends morning because of course everybody here also is waiting what's happening next. lot of the towns and villages and keep would seem around the, the, the cause of border area. i've seen it back here, it is a small, a lot of people are here also in the move thing was relatives for the upper north. um, last night that has been uh, has been several rockets barrages into israel, also to start and also to tell a beef. but as you said, as of the air strikes and the bone being bombardments of causal, also continuing. and this time are indications any clearer today that israel may soon launch its ground defensive on gaza. i mean, this is what everybody is, of course, waiting for the timing is unclear. there will be an element of surprise still though everybody's expecting. it's um, it seems to be rather imminent, but we don't know. the army said that the plan

that was our corresponded tonya kramer in a store in southern israel. it's tanya mentioned the dire situation facing the people of gaza. it's particularly difficult for children that's been laid there at an emergency meeting of the un security council, the head of the united nations children's funds. unicef, catherine russell said, more than $400.00 children are being killed or injured in gaza every day, claiming that that number should shake each of us to our core. of a meeting at the security council was also told that more than 3400 children have been killed in 3 weeks of fighting. that's more than the total number of children killed annually across the world. conflicts owns since 2019. well, joining me now for morris toby frick, or he's a spokesperson for the united nations childrens funds, eunice up and joins me from amman. jordan toby, these numbers that i was just quoting there, the numbers of killed children injured children in guys are extraordinary. how reliable are they in? yeah, you're right. the numbers of children killed, the number of chi

the moment it's a dw corresponded tonya kramer in ash dawn, as always, many things, tanya, staying in israel, let's bring in dw senior international correspondent. funding such are who's in jerusalem? funny. we see the preparations being made for a possible ground offensive. but what are you hearing at the moment about when it might start? that's exactly the big question. everybody's asking themselves so, so she industry. so there was of them the very few people that are actually still on the street. because it is there to not only because it's shut box the they are for us basically for jewish people, but it's been pretty much a ghost town ever since last week. ever since, sorry, last saturday. this week that terrorist attack was on least by how much militants now when is it going to take place? we do not know exactly, but there is indication that it may be quite soon a, just a thinking about all the military and all the m. s. a tags the truth to hadaway, the gear and physically the soul just the a along side of the gaza strip on the is really in part is definitely q indication that i

with crush and destroy him, us invitation for its terrorist attacks for and all corresponding. tonya kramer is interested, am i aust to what the mood is in israel on day 5 off. it's submitted for the operation against the home us terrace network in gaza. well, i think it's a bit difficult to genuine to describe as it moved by that means you could say in jerusalem, west and east, it is unusually quiet. we also have seen this and television in the past days and also in other cities. many shops are closing early on. uh, people are very boring, basically what is there to come? and people don't seem to like to be, you know, very much outside of there's a sense of uncertainty here of what the next days and weeks of of bring tanya tell us more about the emergency war time 7 and that prime minister benjamin netanyahu has phoned with the opposition? well, i think it would have been, i'm think of a to have such a unity, a government just a few days ago. the opposition need of any guns had refused before to join benjamin netanyahu. we are coming out of the internal crisis since january thousands of is

that was the w, tonya kramer reporting there from us thought in southern israel. well, this is really tanks and troops advance on gaza city. there have been reports of fierce clashes in the northern part of the strip. israel's military says it has struck more than $600.00 military targets in the recent days in gaza. you and this morning that is really shells and air strikes are getting closer to hospitals where thousands of palestinians are sheltering. homeless rent goes a health ministry says more than $8300.00 people have been killed so far. meanwhile, from us is also launched rockets into southern israel, causing fires. the journalist has him, but lucia is in gaza. i asked him earlier what he can tell us about the ongoing fighting there. are we going to have much information about it? there's only 2 sources that we are 20 to or me, and from time, from how much difference they are 0, right? then it's supposedly true to editor, to gather spread, mainly from slee sparks. what is that? most of the, for this patient here, and there are reports that move on there to

earlier i spoke with our correspondent, tonya kramer and southern israel, and i asked her about the situation there at because of border of the, you know, we're just here between the city of oscar loan and their calls are border and this direction is actually not very far from us and you know, we can hear at tons, really intense showing on the gaza strip. and the for the down south, you drive you the m to the streets are that have been several air rates are ins going off from incoming rocket fi. it's all in some of the community here, but further away. so basically the most of the dogs and strip the, the outskirts and these really side is still a close military zone. because it is the assumption that there might be still some militants in the area. and other developments i can tell you that the military has no notified the families of 97 uh people that were taken hostage to um, the caps and taken uh to go. so uh, the exact number is still not known. how many people are ex, so many israelis and also for a nationalist are being held in gaza that is this number of about a 130 about that has not

with the palestinian president, mike with a box spring and correspond atanya kramer who is next to the border with gaza. so uh tonya, how is the situation where you are, you're in the south of israel, you know, we're just here between the city of oscar loan and their dogs are border and this direction is actually not very far from us. and you know, we can hear at tons, really intense showing on the gaza strip. and the further down south you drive to the em to the streets are that have been several air rates are ins going off from incoming vol. could fi as well and some of the community care bit further away. so basically the most of their dogs and strip the, the outskirts and these really side is still a close military zone. because it is the assumption that there might be still some americans in the area. and other developments and can tell you that the military has no notified the families of 97 uh people that were taken hostage to um, the caps and taken uh to go. so uh, the exact number is do not know how many people are ex, so many israelis and also for a nationalist are being held in gaza. that is this number

tonya, can you hear me? i've been doing to, i think we're going to have to leave that. we will try and get back to atanya kramer in israel, but we will carry on now. now as we've heard, israel has been massing troops on time, so on the border with gaza ahead of a much anticipated ground defensive. now they've been told more than 1000000 gardens to move south the head of the operation. hundreds of thousands of people in goal at the all, in a desperate situation. the supplies of water, electricity, and food run low. israel has stepped off its foaming of gauze as possible to come paint, to obliterate time. us off to it. master could move in a 1000 is riley civilians, a moment of silence for the victims of israel's deadliest terror attack. this is how the 1st amazing of israel is expanded. imagined to cabinet began the solemn mood followed by a vows to vengeance looks like the the money flew. i saw a wonderful finders who are now in the front line of the note that the whole nation is behind them being shot completely understand the magnitude of the task. they are ready to step into action at any moment to wipe out