Im here until berlin. Thank you for joining us. Is really for us to say theyre continuing to battle the most militants from 4 locations in southern israel. The hosting is limis group, which is regarded as a terrorist organization by israel, germany, the you and others launch a surprise attack saturday. Its rampaging fighters, reportedly killed at least 700 people in israel. And if you have to be fully driven out for biased airstrikes, some guys are sitting, you have killed hundreds there, and fighting is threatening to escalate further with lebanons hezbollah showing northern israel. Israel is firing back, while the full scale of a mazda is attack is only now emerging. So this is what israels nights man looks like. A Police Station inside israel. Oh, the run by him us militants. Is way the forces managed to and they stand off. But its a Security Breach that would have been unthinkable even a few days ago. 7 and it gets worse, this woman that to be in is really soldier, is just one of dozens of hostages seized by the militants after they infiltrated israel, as opposed to the multiplan, the thoughts on the country. For this israel is a filing retribution. Im not fit and it shows the atrocious act from us is a will crying for the enemy to hold women and children is concrete to International Law in this country to islam. And anyone who participates in this will be held accountable and avoid the push board. Israels response has been swift its just coming down as strikes on god the and they say this is only the stopped what will be quote, a long and difficult tool. Many in goal is to say the assaults by militant islam is thomas was launched because of anger. Is there a patient of palestinian territory and israels failure to reigning illegal is really set to him. And some people say they have now lost everything in the thought on the what have on to us is complete destruction where we are the of a web family and there was a 150 people in this building, including my uncles family. My sisters understanding the families of my 5 brothers, some of that houses were also a little destroyed, but you have a lot of different fully and belmont shut me down to 4 months ago. How much continued firing rockets over night targeting civilians and hospitals israel to set up . Its a tax from the but seeing what some fear could harold, a dangerous escalation, israel responded to fire from the militant group, has the law in lebanon after they launched guided missiles at a disputed area. Is royal is now beating up its security presence. The 2 to really we spoke to drill a sophie fund a ton. She has been reporting from the city of ashton long near garza and gave us this update here we spend the whole day in ashland, which is about 10 kilometers north of the gaza strip. The city was totally deserted. People were mostly staying at home. There is an 80 kilometer perimeter around the border of kaiser, where people are asked to stay close to shelter. A schools are closed and there is a limit of the amount of people who can gather and people who are still very afraid because the militants were still on the ground. And we could also hear the air raids by the is really military. We could hear is really fighter to, its going towards guys and we could hear designations, and weve just, there is a big number of civilian casualties as well. And the gaza strip now. And we could also see how um Armored Vehicles were moved towards the guys or border. This doesnt necessarily mean that there will be an invasion, something thats often being talked about. But there is already an intense response from the is rarely military underway. The Israeli Government has the cat today, the state of war. Were joined now by stephen a crook of the council on Foreign Relations in washington dc. So steven, how exactly put, how must have prepared and carried out these attack seemingly without warning. It is an extraordinary intelligence failure on the part of b is rarely as who were a combination of complacent, distracted by their domestic political turbulence in dealing with violence in the west bank, where they had moved forces that had previously been on the gauze and border leaving the gauze border in the mand, and almost totally dependent on the use of technology to secure it. It seems that the, in a way that homos was taking advantage of all of these things, as well as the jewish holiday of some katara. And the 50th anniversary of the october 1973 war. Now do we know in the context of this current of taking violence . Who exactly is supporting homeless as well . Theres the ample evidence already emerging that iran played a role in arming him us. And given the kind of quantum leap in, in, in how much capabilities in it extorted, changing tactics is the used. One has to surmise that the iranians were at least offering them advice in the days leading up to the attack around Supreme Leader was pretty active. And social media threatening israel and predicting that the, the design is and to be, as he called it was, was dying. So there is, there is a fair amount of indicators that suggest as the ryans do, and have played a role here, including a mazda zone admission that uh, that the iranians a help to arm them. Now with the a shot over run looming, large in the region, us officials have said a most, maybe trying to disrupt talks between is real and saudi arabia. What exactly do you make of that . Well, i think that thats right, and its Something Else that both of us any iran shares of desire to halt the normalization of israel into the region. And of course, the United States has mean engaged in intensive diplomacy to try to push forward an agreement between the israelis and the saudis. That would lead to mutual recognition. There your audience have been very open and threatening countries that would embark on normalization. So once again, it speaks to how mos are running cooperation on this issue. Now we also know that egypt is attempting to mediate between israel from us. Do you think you can actually achieve a ceasefire . So this is a traditional role for the egyptians that the United States, the israelis and others have often look the difference to mediate and, and deescalate. However, given me the number of killed and the number of casualties in israel, the, the dwayne, which this attack and pull that that has undermined israels deterrence. I think in the short run the difference. Were not going to meet with the any successes really seem intent on undertaking a very significant military operation. Listening to your leading story. I think the movement of armor into the area portends a significant Ground Invasion of the gaza strip. And it does appear that this conflict is going to be staying with us for some time to come. That was steven a cook with the council on Foreign Relations in washington dc. Thank you for your analysis. Photos of people with missing during the mazda of salt and appeals for help have flooded social media of the attackers, abducted at least 100. 00 people, including men, women, and children, and also the elderly. Many foreigners were among those were kidnapped, killed and missing. Currently in israel, youll need, i sure is living a nightmare. His wife and 2 young daughters are among those kidnapped by him ass militants, and taken over the border into gaza. He identified them in a video, widely circulated on social media. They were visiting his mother in law and a kid puts near gaza when Palestinian Militants searched across these really border on saturday during the morning. I context my wife and there she told me on the phone that the terrorist inside the house. That was the last time they spoke. He doesnt want these to be the last images. He has of his family. Not simply to know that to your 2 babies and your wife and your entire family. The most precious thing you have these captive. But the trying to be positive and im trying to, to believe that something go we, we will happen and some of my country is way in my prime minister. My government will do something to bring them back soon as possible. Another viral video shows a destruct young woman driven away on a motorbike by siders wells her partner is marched away by attacked her as his hands tied behind his back. The couple had been attending a Music Festival in the desert and both are still missing. And this woman tells bbc she hid in the citrus grove, when the government opened fire on the revellers the road. And they were just all around me and they were going 3 by 3 and shooting anywhere from 2 sides. And theres so many people like people were dying like all around. She was lucky to make it out of the desert party a lights. As were these revelers visibly exhausted, but relieved to be reunited with loved ones. Hundreds of party goers are among the kidnapped killed. Im missing an israel shiny lute a german citizen was abducted at the rave on the 19th of her mother is Still Holding out hope shes alive. Despite heart wrenching evidence to the contrary, which she talks about in this video appealing for help on the video. So we were sent a video in which i clearly recognized my daughter, she said, unconscious in a car with the palestinians who drove along the got this trip. I am asking for any news or help to please be sent to us. Thank you. The intel of these parents of abducted is rarely held the press conference pleaded for meeting with the government to help find their children. Some of those missing were also at the Music Festival in southern israel. He was President Joe Biden as about as a board is a real, as a response to the mazda attacks. Dw corresponds, you know, doing a lot on, is following the story for us from washington. And i asked her what shape that assistance might take as biden and yahoo spoke again today, sunday, and bite and said that he told that in yahoo side assistance was on its way to israel. Now we know that the aircraft carrier, the u. S. As gerald or ford is on its way to the mediterranean to the, to the east mediterranean. Now this is the navys most advanced and us aircraft carrier. It has more than 5000 sailors and a deck of war planes. Its accompanied by cruisers and destroyers. And its a major show of support for israel having this Carrier Strike group close by would be helpful in any number of things, including surveillance, including blocking more weapons from reaching home us or even evacuation operations. Theres also reporting that there is really government once more emergency funding from washington, in order to help in buying more interceptors for its iron. Dont miss silent defense system. Reportedly washington is receptive to this request. Now the us already gives israel more than 6000000000. 00 and military assistance a year with much of the equipment from that funding already in the pipeline according to be sent to israel, according to the secretary of state antony blinking. But of course, depending on how the war developed, so we could see aid to israel expand further. So strong show of support from washington directed towards israel. That was due to view washing correspond janelle dom allowing reporting for us from washington. 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