This is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the United States and all around the world. Im laila harrak. Its 7 00 in the morning in israel. Youre looking at live pictures where the military says it is keeping up its strikes on gaza and on hamas militants after the groups large scale Surprise Attack over the weekend. Hamas also claiming to have launched a major Missile Attack on the southern israeli city of escalon hours ago, targeting their safe houses. And Israeli Police say the target attack made a direct hit on an apartment building. This all comes as hamas claims to be hold mortgage than 100 hostages in gaza, including highranking israeli officers. Inside israel, the death toll from hamas Multipronged Attack now climbing past 700. Since then Israeli Forces clashed on the ground with hamas fighters and responded by Pounding Gaza with their strikes. The Ministry Of Health says at least 413 palestinians have been killed, including 78 children. More disturbing images are emerging after hamas attack, the bodies of victims from a Music Festival near the israelgaza border seen under a tent. Emergency responders say at least 260 people there were killed. That site just one of several targeted by militants on saturday. Cnns nada bashir is following developments closely and joins me from london. People are bracing for what more is to come . Absolutely. The real question is what we can expect to happen next. At this stage, the priority for the Israel Defense forces for the Israeli Government continues to be on trying to secure the areas around the gaza strip where we have seen hamas fighters infiltrating israeli territory. Weve heard from the liz territories. They say the gun battles have continued overnight between idf soldiers and hamas fighters on the ground. Weve heard in fact from our teams on the ground who have witnessed some of these firefighters. Of course, overnight we have continued to see rockets being launched from gaza into israel. Many of them of course intercepted by israels air and dome defense shield. In ashkelon being hit by a rocket overnight. In response we have also seen continued strikes in gaza by the idf. They say they are targeting hamas positions. They say they have been successful in targeting a Hamas Command Center in gaza, but this has also raised concern over what could be next, and the potential for an escalation of those strikes in gaza as is anticipated. Now while that remains the priority at this stage, and of course as you mentioned, being able to rescue those Israeli Citizens and soldiers taken hostage and captive by hamas and taken into gaza, there are questions around the next phase. And of course Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has spoken on this. In the coming day, moving on to a Military Response. And it is anticipated that there will be a severe Military Response by israel, of course, we are anticipating that could well be a Ground Incursion into gaza. Now of course it isnt clear that this is imminent at this stage. There is no telling when this could take place. But it is appearing to be at this stage a question of when, if not if this will take place. And of course there are several complexities at hand, particularly with with regards to the fact that there are Israeli Settlers who have been held captive in gaza. It will be almost imperative for the Israeli Forces to have some sort of Ground Presence in order to extricate these citizens. But of course, the continued air strikes also poses some difficulty because it is anticipated that some of these Israeli Citizens, as well as Palestinian Civilians in gaza will fall victim in the crossfire. This is a tiny and densely populated, and as we have seen on multiple occasions in the past, these strikes on gaza have devastating civilian toll on them. This is a huge concern game. Will continue to be the focus at this stage. We know of course that israel israel has been in touch with its allies, particularly in the u. S. , calling for further military support on that front. But all eyes will be on what this next phase of israels response will look like. Cnns nada bashir reporting. Thank you so much. And as we mentioned, hamas says it is holding more than 100 hostages in gaza, including highranking israeli officers. Families of those captives say theyre desperate and are pleading for their safe return. Cnns Becky Anderson spoke with some of them. Reporter the unspeakable anguish of a father describing the moment he saw a video posted on social media of his daughter pleading for her life. It was noa, frightened and threatens, he says. Im so sorry. Its okay. Im so, so, sorry. Its okay. You dont want to believe it, even though you can clearly see its your daughter. He i know wants this video to be seen widely. 25yearold noa argamani, seen here on the back of a Motorcycle Being driven away. Her boyfriend, avinatan or is seen with two men holding his hands behind his back. A dark plume of smoke has been seen in the background. Theyd been among the more than one thousand people partying at an allnight Music Festival in israel at the gaza border when it was raided by armed militants early on saturday morning. Her father says noa and avinatan were kidnapped. Their well be right backs are unknown, but are assumed to be held in gaza. Im so sad at this moment. Shes my only daughter. And yaayaakovs pain mirrored bo many others. Parent, family members, wives, husbands filled with horror and despair thinking about the fate of their loved ones. In this video thats been circulating widely online, a woman is seen in the back of the truck as a militant puts a scarf over her head. Cnn has not been able to independently verify it. But yani asher, a resident of the Sharon Region told cnn his wife and two daughter, aged 5 and 3 were visiting their grandmother near the gaza border. He lost contact with them on saturday morning and suspected they may have been abducted. Later that day, his suspicions confirmed when he saw the video. The woman was his wife. He told cnn he wants the video to be shown in the hopes of getting them home safely. There was no doubt in my mind. I recognize them surely. My wife, my two daughter, my two little daughters that were on this cart. So i know for sure that they were taken. Reporter the Israel Defense forces told cnn its taking pains to establish the exact number of hostages taken, emphasizing the complicated nature of the situation. So far they estimate there are dozens, possibly more in captivity. Yaakov has a message to whoever is holding his daughter. You have casualties, just like we do. This is an opportunity to connect between the two nations to reach an honest peace. For now, yaakov sits at home and waiting for news, taking comfort from his family and noas friends. Shes a very special kid, so loving, so giving. I miss her so much. Its only been two and a half days. I cannot believe she is gone, he says. She made this house so alive. It felt like this house is empty without her. Becky anderson, cnn, tel aviv. Joining me now is uria sakim, Deputy Director and Chief Of Staff live from israel. Thank you, sir for your time. It is difficult i dont know if you were able to listen to that testimony. The anguish that that parent has, still waiting to hear about his daughter, which has been taken hostage. Talk to us about the human toll these indiscriminate attacks have caused. What have you seen . What kind of injuries . What are you and your teams confronted with on the ground . Well, ive been serving for more than 30 years. And during my entire life, i havent seen this kind of brutal attack on people. The dome mp was killed while he was driving an ambulance to assist those innocent civilians that were targeted by Mortar Shells, by rockets, and by gunfire. Actually shot a humanitarian ambulance going to assist others. Weve never seen this kind of thing. One of the ambulances was taken to gaza without the team member. Its hard to imagine that when you go to save lives, you actually encounter something that endangers your life. And this is something that the dome teams has been dealing with for more than 48 hours. This is something that was almost unheard of. Can you explain for our International Viewers who might not be familiar, what is the dome . Israels Emergency Response system. We provide paramedic and ambulance services. We are the National Blood services. We supply blood to the entire country, and we are also the Red Cross National society. That means that we deal with the entire aspect of humanitarian and Emergency Response to the state of israel. For after this brutal attack, after taking care of thousands of injure d hundreds of people people that unfortunately were killed during this brutal attack, g and asked people to donate blood. We contacted more than 4,000 units of blood each day. This is to supply blood for the more than 2,000 people that were injured. This is a huge operation, but its something that weve never encountered before. And how are the local hospitals coping . In the southern part of israel, the area under immediate danger, there are two hospitals. And those hospitals were overrun with the amount of injured that were arriving. So what we did, besides sending ambulances to scenes where keeping civilian population, we sent ambulances to the hospitals to transfer injured persons to the Central Office israel. We sent helicopters to the surrounding villages to take them to a more secure and less overwhelmed hospital. But this is a National Effort today. Everyone are involved. There is not a single hospital or a single emt in israel that is not responding to the people, the people that are affected by this war. I just have 30 seconds left. In a few words, what kind of injuries are you seeing . Two kinds of injuries. First of all, shrapnel from Mortar Shells and rockets that are falling, and Gunshot Wounds from ak47 shots that terrorists are shooting civilians. All right, thank you so much for join uh. Thank you so much. And if you want to support the response for the population, please go to redstar. Org. Thats star. Org. Thank you so much. All the best with your work. Thank you. Well be right back. Israel had been working on normalizing relations with the arab nations in the region, including saudi arabia when hamas militants launched their Surprise Attack. Now the future of that normalization is in question. And Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is facing new critics of his governance. The founder and president of the Israeli Institute for regional foreign policy, also the cofounder of diplomats, a policy group which promotes Regional Cooperation in the mediterranean and he joins me now from tel aviv. Sir, a warm welcome. The liz daily, i believe one of the oldest publications in the country had an extraordinary editorial saying that mr. Internet bears responsibility for israel gaza war. Now obviously i want to preempt this question by saying that the horrific attacks, the massacres, the adoptions are unequivocally hamas responsibility. But are people asking why this happened on this governments watch . Or is everyone rallying around the flag right now . And what are the conversations taking place right now . Thank you for having me. At first, as you mentioned, this is an unprecedented attack that has caused immense damage and loss of lives. The names are coming out. Is it exposed to the stories about what happened to different villages and kibbutzs. This is really horrible and affects all secs of the society and the events are still unfolding. So as we speak, there are still attempts to stop the hostilities within the territorials to help those in need to get eventually the upper hand and avoid confrontation that is one. United jointly acting and supporting those those at the front and those at the back. Weve been experiencing an unheralded Political Development the last year with the government going up against democracy and putting its priorities in a different direction where Israeli National interest is. And there is a lot of anger about where the government put itself, and whether it failed to protect its citizens as it should be. This calculation will be more and more vocalize as we finalize the military operation. But i guess those Will Public Debate later. Lets focus on what this crisis might mean for the region. What could it mean for the normalization with a lot of people are talking about that right now. What do you make of the statement that the kingdom issued in response to these attacks . Was that a statement that a partner makes . So in general, we see tensions between israel and palestinians as slow down but did not dramatically shift the trend of events. Of course when there is such warfare, talks about but in general, the countries in the middle east were decided to establish relation with israel. Both the countries have signed Peace Treaties in the past. Those were normalized a few years ago. So now eventually that is a strategic decision. It is based on their calculation, their assessment, and i dont think they support a type of action hamas did. They may be critical of israel reactions in the days to come, especially when the military steps up its actions in gaza. But eventually once the dust settles, my attempt it may take time, eventually the growing acceptance of israel in the region will increase of how to advance to a twostate solution and not advance those who were wishing for increased conflict. Now in a few words, if you can, politically, what is the focus right now . How much of the current response, and especially in the days to come, the weeks the months is framed by Domestic Politics . And how might that spill over in terms of regionally . Its less dominated by Domestic Politics, about personal experiences, its about families who are worried for their loved ones or mourning their losses. The military is fighting. So this is the discourse. A the moment, i think the political calculations will come later. Of course we are looking on whether there will be some change of composition, negotiations between the more centrist party and netanyahu to perform some kind of emergency. Currently somewhere else on the immediate and personal implications of this war. Nimrod goren in tel aviv, thank you so much for joining us. Thank you very much. Much of the world is reacting to the hamas attacks which shock and outrage. One notable ally is celebrating the militant groups actions. Ebrahim raisi says his country supports the palestinian nations legitimate defense against what he calls the Zionist Regime of israel. As Speculation Swirls over what role iran may have played in the elaborately coordinated attacks on israel, and iran state media quotes mr. Raisi and his supporters are responsible for endangering the countries in the middle east. Translator it is a manifestation of resistance and standing up against the fake Zionist Regime. Palestinian people, palestinian soldiers, all palestinian groups and the islamic uma really should be congratulated for this victory. Sources tell cnn that members of congress were told sunday evening that four american deaths have been confirmed in israel, and the toll is expected to rise. Earlier u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken told cnn that washington is working overtime to verify reports of missing and dead americans. And that follows comments from the israeli ministers Strategic Affairs who told cnn that americans are among the scores of hostages being held in gaza. And u. S. President joe biden has pledged his full support to israel in the wake of the attacks. He told israel Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu during a call sunday that additional assistance from the u. S. Is on its way. Sources tell cnn that israel is requesting precision guided bombs, more iron dome interceptor, and other items from the u. S. And President Biden has promised to ramp up support for israel in the coming days. U. S. Officials say the purpose of these military deployments is to deter any expansion of the fighting beyond israels border. Oren liebermann has more now from washington. Reporter the u. S. Is sending a Carrier Strike group, the uss gerald ford Carrier Strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean sea as it watches the beginnings of a war unfold, and israel promising to carry it a Widespread Campaign in gaza. The purpose of the Group Includes the carrier itself as well as a guided cruiser and several Guided Missile Destroyers is not toe get involved or take part in any way. Instead, it is a message to others in the region outside of israel. President joe biden said on saturday warning other actors in the region without specifically naming whom, but telling them not to get involved or trying to exploit this opportunity. Without naming them. That was clear lay a message to iranbacked hezbollah in lebanon and iranbacked in syria. A message of deterrence to them, not only the strike Group Heading from the western med to the eastern med, but several more fighter groups heading to the region as a message of deterrence to iran. They wont go to israel, but other areas where u. S. Fighters are based against a warning to iran not to carry out any more aggression or take advantage of the situation. Israel, weve also learned from a u. S. Official and a israeli official has requested certain arms from the United States. In particular, precision guided emissions. And those are the two israel has used at this point. Israel has carried out air strikes in gaza uses precision guided munitions. So it makes sense theyre requesting more of that. And then israels iron dome has been incredibly busy intercepting barrages of rockets from gaza pretty much since the moment began with an opening salvo of rocket fire. Iron dome has played a Critical Role there, and israel look fogger more of the iron dome interceptor missiles. Israel of course has its own stocks, and it uses those. But there is also an understanding that israel can tap into u. S. Stocks, some of which are in israel in the event of an emergency. And certainly this qualifies as one. Meanwhile, defense secretary lloyd austin and his liz counterpart, Defense Minister gala spoke for a second day on sunday. It seems theyll be keeping up a pretty steady cadence of Communications Just to make sure that the u. S. Is giving israel what it has, what it wants. And what it needs. President joe biden and many in the Biden Administration promising full support for israel. Oren liebermann, cnn in washington. For the civilians living inside gaza, the carnage their leaders has unleashed is leading to displacement and desperation. Coming up, a look inside the gaza strip, now under heavy attack by israel, and the ordeal of the gazans caught in the middle. The lor barista coffee and espresso system. Now brewing peets coffee. Welcome back. Deadly fighting continues between israel and hamas. More than 700 people are dead in israel after hamas launched unprecedented Surprise Strikes on saturday, prompting Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to declare outright war on hamas. Israels own attacks on gaza have killed more than 400 people with the idea of claiming to have, quote, severely degraded the capabilities of hamas in a series of airstrikes. Meanwhile, inside gaza, israel is unleashing air strikes on numerous sites it says are tied to hamas. While the militant leaders are hiding out, the civilians are trapped in the stripped narrow confines with nowhere to run. Cnns Salma Abdelaziz takes us inside. Reporter these are the first moments of what Prime Minister warned will be a long and different war, air strikes on the densely populated gaza strip that the Palestinian Health minute strip said left hundreds dead and thousands wounded. Israels military says it is targeting headquarters belonging to hamas and Islamic Jihad and released this video. Netanyahu vowing to avenge the hundreds of israeli lives lost with more ferocious firepower to come. Translator all the places which hamas is deployed, hiding and operating, that wicked city, we will turn it into an island of ruins. I am telling gazas people to leave those places now because we will take action everywhere. But destroying hamas is extremely challenge for israels army. A significant and unprecedented number of Israeli Citizens who capture. This disturbing social media video joio located by cnn shows one of the victims. Hands appear to be bund and in captivity. And hamas claims the hostages are distributed across the strip israel believes to be used as human shields. Still, israels military is pressing on, with air assaults already under way, the idf says it is preparing for a potential Ground Incursion, and that all options are on the table. Thousands of israeli reservists have been called up israels army telling gazans to clear the way for operations, ordering families to leave their homes and providing locations for evacuation. But with the conflict sure to engulf the whole of the strip, for most, there is no way out. Gaza is largely isolated from the world by an israeli air, land, and sea blockade and egypts southern border closure. Electricity, which is mostly provided by israel,was cut off to the enclave and internet disrupted. Unclear how Long Services will be severed. And with hamas leadership reportedly going underground, the go Million People living in the 140 square mile territory have nowhere to turn. Fear thats an unprecedented attack on israel could yield unprecedented bloodshed in gaza. Salma abdelaziz, london. The u. N. Security council took no actions sunday following an Emergency Meeting over the fierce fighting between israel and hamas. Israels ambassador to the u. N. Called saturdays assault ruthless terror attacks likening them to israels 9 11. Cnns richard roth has more now from the United Nations. Reporter the u. N. Security council failed to agree on a statement following hamas attacks against israel, which has killed hundreds of people. However, the u. S. Deputy ambassador robert wood told reporters the u. S. Was not really expecting that, and was pleased that several members of the council did speak out about hamas attacks. When you say protecting civilians, we are very much concerned about the impact of this invasion by hamas. Not just on civilians right in that immediate area, but in the region. This conflict could grow, and we dont want to see that happen. And obviously, our thoughts are with all civilians that are hurt. But what we need to focus on is this ongoing Terrorist Violence being committed by hamas. Reporter earlier in the day, the israeli ambassador said hamas was guilty of war crimes, while the palestinian envoy to the United Nations said only now does the world an history care when israelis are killed. The united arab emirates, the sold arab country on the Security Council thought some progress had been made, but the ambassador thought there would be many more meetings ahead. I think the situation is stark, and the councilmembers are highly concerned. But we understand that right now were in a very dynamic situation and a complex situation in a state of flux, and that all councilmembers have to use both their International Rules or their bilateral channels to try to call for calm and deescalation. Reporter the Security Council received a remote briefing from the u. N. Special envoy for the middle east. Every month the Security Council holds a session on the palestinian question. Things may be changing now on the agenda. Richard roth, cnn, the united nation. A church group from knoxville, tennessee was in tel aviv this weekend when the rockets started falling. And they told Cnns Abby Phillip they are supposed to stay a few more days, but they worry things could escalate further. It all started the first day when we flew in to tel aviv, and the next morning i got up usual, went down to the restaurant just to have a cup of coffee, and all of the sudden i hear a boom. And that boom kind of sounds like in a Construction Site or something going on. But it was a lot louder. And about a minute later, the server comes over and says sir, youre going to have to come to our safe place in the hotel. And i said why a safe place . Well, thats when it all started. That was when a rocket hit in the middle of tel aviv, and it was about a mile and a half or two miles from our home. Did you see anyone get injured or worries while you were there . Have been also a lot of reports of kidnappings a as well. What have you seen since youve been there . Well, we have heard all of those as well, but we feel like weve been going to some places with our guides that they know the area pretty well. And were trusting their judgment. Weve seen a is it possible my network could take my business to the next level . It is with comcast business. Powering all your devices with gigspeed wifi. And you get fast downloads and uploads. Pick it up pick it up oh we got this because its powered by The Next Generation 10g network. More speed for your business . Its not just possible. Its happening. Get started for 59. 99 a month for 12 months. Plus, ask how to get an 800 prepaid card with a qualifying internet bundle. Comcast business, powering possibilities. U. S. Officials tell cnn they have not linked iran to the attacks on israel this weekend, but theyre still trying to determine if it played any role with one senior official saying iran has clearly provided support to hamas for years. Cnns mj lee has more now from the white house. U. S. Officials tell cnn that at this moment in time, there is still no smoking gun that paints a direct connection between iran and hamas attack in israel over the weekend, though officials of course point out that there is a History Of Iran Funding and aiding hamas. As one u. S. Official put it to cnn, they said of course iran is in the picture, and they have been supporting hamas and hezbollah for a number of years. And it does appear that u. S. Officials are also more openly pointing to the possibility and the likelihood that it will soon be found that iran had played a direct role in helping to plan and execute this deadly attack. Now we are aware also of an Administration Briefing that was held with lawmakers to share information about what the Administration Knows so far. And one of the things that was shared tonight with lawmakers is that four americans at least have been confirmed dead in israel. Officials also warning that that number could rise in the coming days. This, of course, all unfolding as the u. S. Is continuing to determine what additional assistance could be offered to israel in the coming days. There have been Military Assets that have quickly mobilized in the region, and one key point of discussion in the coming days is going to be whether there could be additional assistance that is offered to israel, but, of course, one complicating factor right now is that congress is in a state of paralysis with not a permanent House Speaker in the role. So its unclear right now. And Administration Officials say they are very much in a unique situation because they dont know exactly what a nonpermanent House Speaker, what actions they might be able to take, even if there was consensus around a new Assistance Package for israel. Mj lee, cnn, the white house. Well, there is still uncertainty over how many hostages hamas is holding, but we do know who some of them are. And were seeing horrific videos of militant abusing them, parading them down the streets of gaza. A dual national was kidnapped from the israeli Music Festival on saturday. Roshanis mere has given us permission to show the disturbing images of her daughter. She spoke earlier with anderson cooper. Some scenes are disturbing. How you doing . Yeah, i dont know. Im still not understand everything whats happening. And i dont know exactly what happens with my daughter, i will not know for sure. So were kind of waiting. Waiting for news. When did you first get word that she had been taken . It started yesterday morning with the rockets early in the morning around 6 00. We had many rockets and alarms. And then i start calling her and see where she is, if she is near to a secure location. And she said she is at the festival in the south. And she was panicked a little bit. She said she is going to take the car now and go to a safe location. And then we stopped talking, and since then, i didnt hear anything from her anymore. And then she wasnt responding on her phone. And a few hours later, we got a video from a friend through social media. And we identified our daughter on a pickup truck in the back lying on the floor with the militant men around her and pushing her down, with arms. And they were driving into the gaza strip with her. So we saw that they were in the gaza strip already. I mean, the video is obviously extraordinarily disturbing. And is that the last you have seen of her . Yes. Its the last we have seen. Were always looking for more videos, more news, something that shows her in some other places. And we cannot really see anything yet. We saw that somebody tried to use her credit card in the gaza strip multiple times. And thats all. Thats all we have. No other clue. What do you want people to know about shani . Shani was such a loving and peaceloving person. It was a Music Festival. She likes to travel. She is an artist. She traveled a lot in the world, and she has many friends abroad. She was there also with a tour group with mexican and guatemalan and european people. And most of them are also still missing. They have no idea where they are. Theyre also probably kidnapped together with her. And i dont understand really how such a brutal thing can just happen in the middle of the day. It was a complete surprise. We got used to the rockets. We live here with the rockets. We have a kind of routine. You go to the safe room and to take care of ourselves. But this was completely different attack that nobody was prepared for, and nobody can ever be prepared for such a thing i guess. And there are two other families that their son and the daughterinlaw were brutally killed in their beds in their house, and they left two little children, babies alive alone the whole day there. And another family where her son is a soldier and was dead. So and its a small town of 200 families maybe. And just the three cases here, its just terrible. I dont know. And it happens in every town there are cases like this. Its just unbelievable. We cant understand it. And that was ricarda louk, mother of shani louk, a hostage, speaking to anderson cooper. The senior columnist for the jewish post and he is joining us now from jerusalem. Good morning, yaakov. Deeply distressing accounts weve been hearing these past two days. The human costs obviously huge. How are people processing what happened . I think israelis are still very much in a state of shock, laila. You walk down the streets, theyre empty. There is like this eerie silence outside to all of the cities ive been to talking to its like this paralysis that has gripped the nation and the state of israel as we wait to see whats coming, right . We think that the worse is behind us. But lets remember that israel came into this suffering huge losses. Almost a thousand people dead and that number is still going up. A couple hundred taken as hostages a in gaza, but there is still going to be a battle, but it is going to come. So there is more to come and israelis are with great anxiety even on this day of monday. And lets talk a little bit more about that because obviously everybody is bracing for a potential Ground Offensive. Are areas being evacuated around gaza while, you know, potential preparations are made for the incursion . Well, a lot of the residents of those communities along the border and nearby gaza already evacuating themselves as they could, right . Because they were under siege and under attack. But once they got cleared out, many and most of those places are now empty of people who have decided to move towards the center of the country and to other places with the families, staying inside the hotels. But to get out of there because many of these communities were destroyed. Homes were burned. Still terrorists that were held up there. So those people decided to leave. Just this morning, we heard of another battle that took place in one of the communities along the border with gaza where dozens of hamas Terrorist Gunmen engaged with israeli soldiers. Possibly the fear is maybe they came out after a tunnel under ground. Thats how they got there. When they crossed the border on saturday, they crossed in a bunch of spots, breached for a number of locations. But they are not there anymore and that October Fire Willens few that area. Do we know if Israeli Security forces have established total cool of the areas under siege . And as of late last night, a couple hours ago, still builting with a handful, right . If we go back to saturday, and then there were about 25 different hot spots and locations where the fighting was taken place. The other night there was just a handful. This morning, there is still a couple. Israel is first trying to clear out those areas to safeguard within before it starts to launch that offensive that everyone is kind of bracing for inside gaza whenever that might be common, today, tomorrow. Is it taking so long to gain in this area . It is complicated. We know israel was very much surprised on saturday. Took time to understand that fog of war when you dont necessarily know whats going on. Sakes time to understand the picture of whats wroting. Of course, the also yesterday on sunday, a better coordination between the air force, the ground forces, and the different elite units that are also operating. We saw already some elite forces that were able to abduct that commander as well. Israel is regaining their footing, but this will take a little bit of time and to be able to focus more on the Ground Offensive that might be coming. And a final thought from you. Has the Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu taken them it up on their offer . There was suppose to be one in place as it is one of the opposition leaders, the former Chief Of Staff and the Defense Minister. If you were to ask me, they should be sitting together to do it quickly in an hour. Its what the country needs right now. The country needs to see not only to expect the country to come together as a people, but we need to see our politicians come together. And this is what this moment in time calls for, and it is incumbent upon them to find a way to make it possible. Where are they not doing it . Politics is a tough game, a dirty game. And there is still a lot of bad blood. Israel is coming out of five elections. Its coming out of eight, nine months now of really being ripped apart from the judicial overhaul and the protests taking place. Still a lot of suspicion. These two specific people sat through the Emergency Coalition that was established during covid19. Its kind of a trade. And so there is suspicion, but i hope they can overcome it. All right, thank you very much for joining us as always. Thank you. Thank you. And there are very few commercial flights going in and out of airports in israel at the moment. Some carriers are in a wait and see mode right now. Tel avivs airports saw a number of Flights Canceled on saturday. American airlines has canceled all flights through monday. Air canada canceling all flights until further notice. Delta airlines canceled flights to and from israel through the weekend and says they will work with the u. S. Government with the repatuation of u. S. Citizens who want to return home. 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