Netanyahu is about to address his nation. Were going to go there live once he begins. The situation in israel is changing by the hour. Here is a look at the gaza skyline right now. You can see smoke even though its very dark, and flames out there in the distance, from near continuous israeli strikes. The idf says thousands of targets have already been hit. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised that this is only the start with more than 700 israelis dead, he says what is coming next will be painful. But what exactly can come next . There are those within the Israeli Government, including the former Defense Minister who told the bbc that the only choice is to eliminate hamas period, and there are others who say the only way to do that is to flatten gaza. But how do you do that without incurring major civilian losses. There are roughly 2 million civilians trapped in gaza, blockaded by both israel and egypt. The Israeli Government has told them to get out. Where exactly can they go . The Palestinian Health authority is already reporting at least 560 have been killed in gaza. There is also the issue of israeli hostages. By now, you have seen the truly horrific videos of families, children, young people, and the elderly, kidnapped. Some at a dance party. Otherwise inside their own homes, and taken prisoner back to gaza. Historically, israel has gone to incredible lengths to get their own back, trading 1,027 prisoners for one soldier in 2011. Hamas says it is 130 israeli captives, and a moment ago, a hamas spokesperson said they will begin executing an israeli captive in return for any new israeli bombing of Civilian Houses Inside Gaza without prewarning. In israel, there are about 4,500 Palestinian Security prisoners, according to bet sa lem, an israeli human rights group. Do they get traded . Do the old rules even apply anymore . And adding to all of this, the complicated fact that the Israeli Government was caught completely unaware and is being criticized for putting too much focus on the west bank and failing to watch the gaza strip. Egypt says it warned netanyahu. Were going to get insight on that. First let us get on the ground to the reporters in israel. Joining me from ashkelon is raf sanchez. Tell us more about the threat from hamas. Reporter we can hear the rockets booming behind us, seeing the night sky lit up by these Iron Dome Intercepter missiles. As you mentioned, we are waiting to hear, perhaps, any minute now from israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There are two Big Questions in israel, questions that may not be answered when he addresses his country shortly. One of them is israel preparing to move ahead with the Ground Offensive into gaza, an all out invasion of the densely populated gaza strip. I can tell you from what were seeing on the ground, all indications, we are heading for a Ground Offensive and potentially very very soon. We spent most of the day on one of the main north South Highways in israel. And every few minutes, katy, Heavy Trailer Trucks Rumbling Past with tanks, with armored personnel carriers, with artillery loaded on the back. All of it surging south to the gaza border. Israel has called out 300,000 reservists, a mobilization we have not seen in generations. That is 300,000 people out of the work force, and into uniform. It is only a decision that you take if you need the manpower because it is potentially devastating to the israeli economy to have that many people not at work. The other big question which we may hear from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about is whether israel is going to form an emergency unity government in the face of this unprecedented Surprise Attack. You and i have talked many times in recently months about the deep, deep divisions in israel over Prime Minister netanyahus plans to weaken the supreme court, divisions that have brought israeli protesters into the streets in hundreds of thousands for months now. Tonight there is a real possibility that israels Opposition Parties will enter into an Emergency Government alongside Prime Minister netanyahu and his right wing coalition. We have heard Opposition Leaders saying that they are open to that, that they feel that this is a moment of crisis, and that it is their patriotic duty to join a government. Israels Defense Minister also today imposing what he called a state of siege on gaza. He says no food, no fuel, and no electricity will go into the gaza strip. He says that israel is fighting what he calls Human Animals and they will fight according to those terms. As you said, katy, no one knows at this point whether the old rules apply. Human Rights Groups are saying this is collective punishment. There are 2 million civilians inside of gaza. And as much as israel ma want to put pressure on hamas to choke off gaza is to choke off the 2 million civilians under israeli air strikes. Israel goes to Great Lengths to avoid civilian casualties inside gaza. I met palestinians who have been called by israeli officers who made sure the buildings are evacuated before they strike them. Its just simply a fact that if you drop heavy explosives in the crowded streets of gaza city or in a refugee camp as you are inevitably going to kill civilians, the death toll stands at more than 700 inside israel, more than 500 inside gaza. I think it stands to mention that the blockade of gaza is on two sides, israel and egypt, and the question is does egypt do anything about the civilians that are going to be caught up in what will be perhaps the ugliest retaliation we have seen from israel on the gaza strip. Let me talk to you about the hostages, a complicating factor are these 130 israeli civilians that hamas says its holding. Now with this execution threat, as youve reported multiple times in the past israel has gone to Great Lengths to get their people out, trading a thousand plus prisoners for one israeli soldier. After five years. There are 4,500 Israeli Security prisoners right now. Is there any talk about what might be done with them . Reporter well, katy, we are already starting to hear murmurings of negotiations in an early stage, via a third party. We expect that to be qatar, the wealthy persian gulf state that so often acts as an intermediary. It sound like these negotiations are nowhere near reaching any kind of deal. And israels government really facing kind of an agonizing choice here, can they be seen to negotiate with the very same people who launched this unprecedented Surprise Attack, who are responsible for the deaths of so many civilians. Could the israeli population tolerate the idea that hamas might be as it were rewarded for the violence that its inflicted. You can hear those booms overhead, katy. I suspect thats probably one of the Iron Dome Intercepters. There are no sirens going off, so well continue to talk here. The other option, katy, is to try to mount some kind of hostage rescue. The world might remember the near Miraculous Israeli Hostage Rescue Mission in uganda back in 1976. That was seen as just an absolute triumph for this country. No one thinks that Something Like that is going to be possible in this situation. Gaza has an underground city of tunnels beneath it, and you can bet that the hostages are being held in those tunnels, that they are spread out, that hamas is doing absolutely everything it can to make it difficult for a rescue to happen. Israels military would have to fight its way into gaza, fight its way into those tunnels, and somehow get those people out alive before hamas carries out its threats execute them. That would be just on unspeakably complex rescue operation. It is not one that we are hearing a lot of optimism about right now. But these are the plans that are being drawn out by israels political leaders right now, and you can bet thats what theyre studying, what theyre deciding on. And when you talk about the civilians dead in israel, 700, a lot of them slaughtered at close range. Raf sanchez, thank you very much. Joining me from beirut is nbc news Foreign Correspondent matt bradley. The other side of this is what happens if israel does end up incurring on to gaza territory, into the gaza strip, what does hezbollah do, they have attacked a contested region in the north in the golan heights, whats the word there . We have confirmation that two hezbollah fighters have been killed. Hezbollah themselves have said this, my extraordinarily brave colleague, raf sanchez, he was mentioning the Big Questions around this conflict. This is another one i could add, whether or not this conflict becomes internationalized, and were getting an answer. Were starting to see a lot of fighting, not as much, nearly as much as what were seeing in israel and the gaza strip. Quite a bit of an escalation on the border, the blue line between lebanon and israel, we could see hezbollah become part of the fighting and that could bring in another nation, another fighting group. Hezbollah is backed by iran, into this already blistering conflict, and that would be bad news not just for israel and the gazans, and the palestinians but the entire region if hezbollah were to throw its weight into the fight as welg. And were seeing that escalation happening in the last few hours, katy. And hezbollah has found themselves in a draw with israel a few years back, they called it a win. Really more like a draw. Theyre the ones that have done some of the most successful fighting against israel, is my best way of putting it . Reporter yeah, i mean, theyve done some of the most successful fighting. That was back in 2006. That was a essentially a large war. We can call it that. It wasnt a border skirmish, it was a mass conflict, and lots of people died, including civilians here in lebanon, the issue is hezbollah is backed by iran. Theres reporting that iran gave the green light for the operation. I spoke with a hamas official just a little while ago here in beirut. Hes a major spokesperson and kind of an international representative. I asked him directly whether or not iran was involved, and he, like Israeli Intelligence and a lot of american intelligence, said that iran was just as surprised as everybody else. Heres what he told me. Translator this was a Palestinian Operation 100 . Hamas determined the zero hour and did not inform anyone. Because of that, israel was surprised. America was surprised. Arab security apparatuses were shocked, and palestinians did not know that hamas was going to carry out a large operation on october 7th. Reporter now, its within hamass interest to say it, they are the sole executors of this operation that they consider to be hugely successful and that a lot of their supporters consider to be hugely successful, but the sophistication of it, the weapons that were brought to bear, the training that clearly was involved in all of this, it does look a lot like iran might have been part of it. But still, we dont have much confirmation beyond that Wall Street Journal article that quoted officials from hamas, and hezbollah. They were unnamed, but they said that operation, the green light happened in several meetings right here in beirut as recently as the monday before the attack. The american authorities are saying they cant confirm that as of now. Matt bradley, thank you very much. And of the more than 700 people in killed in israel, 260 of the victims were found at the site of a Music Festival where young people had spent the night dancing. Here is new video from one concert goer who was forced to dodge the gunfire. Joining me now from telaviv is msnbc anchor, and chief correspondent, ali velshi. Its good to have you. 260 people slaughtered at this festival. What more are we learning about what happened, and how others managed to escape . Reporter and first, katy, i want to thank you for taking over the show on sunday while i was able to travel here. Those people were killed. Others escaped by utilizing, by running, by hiding. Yet others were taken and captured by hamas and maybe part of that group of hostages that hamas is holding and may be negotiating for their release. I actually spoke to Somebody Just a couple of hours ago whose daughter was supposed to go to that party and decided not to fairly late in the day. She had, in fact, not only planned to go but was looking for a bottle of wine to take to the event. Its a common occurrence in israel. Its sort of a let off steam kind of thing. And it is the central focus of those 700 people you say were killed, 260 were killed at that event. Those are different from the Missile Attacks that we continue to see. Since then, by the way, the retaliation has continued. Around this time every night, we start to hear rockets coming in from gaza, and as you heard with raf sanchez, you heard some of that. You also start to see the attacks coming from israel. Last night, they hit 500 targets in gaza. They say there are still maybe dozens of hamas fighters still in israel. Theyve mostly secured the area around the border, but as you were discussing, the main issue becomes where are the hostages, how do we get them out. Theres been a lot of talk about whos going to go in, and how theyre going to do that. That is a very complicated issue. A city that would normally be busy or at least have people around. Its empty. These are buses that are not going anywhere. The streets are empty. This is a country in fear tonight, and the stakes are high. Were waiting for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak very shortly and address the country. Katy. The iron dome is usually so effective, very few rockets get through, but some did land on the city of telaviv. Reporter yeah, look, this is a its a capital city. Its a city thats usually very busy. There are thoroughfares around me. Its late at night. You wouldnt normally see too much traffic. Were seeing buses that are still running. Theyre empty, nobody at all on any of these buses. Mostly i have seen police cars around here. There have been, not getting a lot of Rocket Strikes here. We got one on saturday night. The airport is not far from here, and that has been hit, so this is the way things are going. At night it starts to escalate, and you start getting these rockets still flying in both directions. For all of the attacks that the israelis have leveled on what they say are hamas, and operational and military targets in gaza, somewhere there are still rockets being sent into israel. The home front, the Civil Defense in israel has reminded people across this country to store up food. They say that he should have at least three days of Nonperishable Food and water in case this escalates, and the escalation, you talked to matt bradley could be coming from hezbollah in the north. It doesnt seem to be serious at the moment. Theres a possibility the Southern Front with gaza has called up 300,000 reservists, never in this country have you heard of such a thing. We have been talking about the tension in the west bank thats been escalating. That is also escalating tonight. In fact, two Police Officers have been killed in skirmishes in the west bank. Theres no army in the west bank. Its not going to be a Military Operation in that way. Thats where israel has been putting its troops and reserves for the last ten months. This is a very big country wise issue in israel. People i have talked to have said they have not experienced this level of threat or fear in this country in a very long time. The nations airline is adding to the number of flights that are bringing reservists back to israel so that they can partake, they can participate in the effort to fight. And families in israel across the entire country sleeping in bomb shelters each night with the fear of more rockets coming. Ali velshi, thank you very much. And new video showing a 12yearold being kidnapped by hamas militants. His family spoke to nbc news. Youre watching our special coverage. Stay with us after this quick break. Break. vo if your Thyroid Eye Disease was diagnosed a long, long time ago you may think your eyes will be bulging forever. Like a neverending curse that cant be broken. 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These are pictures of the family, they range in age from 12 to 80 years old. Joining us is the editor and chief of the post, aby mayer. Its unthinkable whats happened in the last 48 hours. The Intelligence Failure alone, is something that will be scrutinized and learned from going forward, but whats going to happen right now. Benjamin netanyahu, the Prime Minister, is supposed to speak in just a few minutes, what is he going to tell the nation . Well, katy, this is a country in trauma. Theres no other way to describe it. This is by far the worst incident in israels history, over 900 people have been confirmed dead, 2,600 wounded. That is totally without parallel. Its the equivalent when taking israels population into account, of nine September 11th Attacks in one day. That is what this country has been through. There are people who dont know whether their relatives are alive or dead, whether its lying on a kibbutz or in gaza. Theres a lot of anticipation about what he might say. Hes anticipated to say that there will be a very strong response to hamas. One that they will never forget. Theres a great deal of support in israel for that kind of response at this time. This is something that caught israel as you noted, completely unaware, which is of course a tremendous military and Intelligence Failure, which of course will have to be dealt with at some point in the future. But right New York City israelis want to see their people brought home, their civilians, their elderly men and women, their children brought back to israel safely, and they want to see hamas dealt a devastating blow. Lets talk about that, 130 hostages, according to hamas. Have you gotten any word from any officials about the hamas threat that they will start executing hostages if the israelis continue to bomb gaza, apartment buildings, they say, without warning . I mean, look, the notion that hamas actions are somehow related to israels, and if israel were to quote, unquote, behave itself hamas would too is completely preposterous. We see what happened on saturday. That was not provoked, yet you see 900 israelis dead. That had nothing to do with israeli action or provocation. If hamas wants to start executing prisoners, they certainly will. Were talking about elderly men and women. The videos circulating on the internet, we have seen children like the young boy you showed earlier on, who had been taunted by palestinians in the streets of gaza, these are the hostages were talking about, and of course we certainly hope and pray that hamas will not do that, but i certainly wouldnt put it past them, and i think it shouldnt be connected to israelis action. Let me ask you about what happens after this. Israel is going to retaliate, maybe its a ground incursion, what happens after the dust settles . Can israel live side by side with a territory controlled by hamas . Well, israel has tried to do that for quite a few years now, as you know, israel withdrew from the gaza strip in 2005 with the effort of handing over that territory to palestinian selfrule. Hamas rose immediately and has used it as a Launching Pad for murderous activities since that time. That is not a situation any country in the world could tolerate. Not one israel could tolerate. There are many voices calling on the Israeli Military and government to bring down hamas, to engage in a Regime Change that would enable the Palestinian Authority that controls the west bank to take over the gaza strip and be moderate force in that region. Whether thats possible remains to be seen, but i can tell you that what is currently being talked about in israel is an unprecedented response that could topple hamas, and bring about a different situation in the region. We have been watching multiple explosions in gaza as we have been speaking, retaliatory strikes from the israelis. Let me ask you about the Palestinian Authority, is it Strong Enough . Is it Strong Enough to be put back in charge if there was Regime Change, if it was possible to root out hamas . Well, the Palestinian Authority is deeply unpopular in the palestinian street. It is corrupt. It is run by abbas, that is not a recipe for a peaceful democratic neighbor, and yet, virtually anything would be better than hamas, which abuses not only israelis but its own people, embedding Military Structure in residential areas as it has done now. I cant imagine that a palestinian civilian living in gaza would be any better off under hamas than the Palestinian Authority. Its not for me to say who the palestinians should have as their ruler. I can tell you, i dont want hamas to be there. The criticism is they put a lot of focus on to the west bank and protecting the settlers that have moved in. Has there been any talk of the government rethinking their support of settlers . Which by the way, the International Community condemns. Im not exactly sure what the connection is to the events on the ground right now. The west bank is a totally separate story. It is true that there are israelis who live there in areas that are referred to as settlements, but also the areas closest to israeli Population Centers. You can essentially walk from the west bank to telaviv. You can literally walk from the east part of jerusalem to the west part of jerusalem. These are israels largest Population Centers and the fact that israel has a Military Presence is to keep its people safe. Thats also why theres a Security Fence to secure the bombers arent able to enter. That may be, were talking about a murderous Terror Campaign being undertaken by the hamas Terror Regime In Gaza that has nothing to do with what is or is not going on in the west bank. The notion that anything is going on between the two should be rejected by anybody of conscience. The criticism of the government of those watching, and those in israel is that there has been too much focus on the Security Situation in the west bank, and they let their guard down on the gaza strip. Avi mayer, thank you. Thats certainly let me just add, i agree that there has been a serious intelligence and military failure, there will be a commission of inquiry, but the notion that thats somehow connected to the west bank is completely preposterous. Avi mayer, i appreciate your time, thank you, sir. Its unclear if duel israeli citizens, the country is home to multiple nationalities with 10 of the nation holding two passports. Duel citizens from england, france, russia, mexico, australia and more. Joining me now is eli benjamin, Deputy Chief Of Mission at the ambassador of israel in washington, d. C. Theres so many nations that are affected by whats happening now in israel. What is your expectation . What is your hope for the International Response . Hello, katy, and thank you for this. Indeed, israel is first and foremost known for the gathering of people from all over the world, especially jews who have come to the jewish homeland in israel. The only jewish homeland for jews around the world, and yes, we have nations from all over the world, living in israel. Some of them with duel citizenships, some of them without. Were in close contact with the International Community with countries like the United States first and foremost. Our strongest ally which has been supporting us day in and day out for years and now in particular, other countries, whether its in europe, asia, whether its latin america, and all over the place, and were in close contact with them, and getting a very very strong message of support in every way possible. What is the message youre getting directly from the United States . I know were moving military assets to the region. What can you tell us about the coordination . Yeah, so its unequivocal support, really from walltowall. Its a bipartisan thing a nonpartisan thing when we look at the United States. From the president who has already spoken, i believe, a couple of times with the Prime Minister through the Secretary Of State and Secretary Of Defense and Secretary Of Transportation and others. Talking about the support, the right for israel to defend itself. Of course condemning hamas, which is a designated terrorist organization here in the United States as it is in the European Union and other countries around the world. And were working very closely on Material Support and assistance as well as much as needed between the channels. There are 130 according to hamas, hostages, can you tell us about any of the efforts to get them back . Look, at this point in time, we are first and foremost m first and foremost, for israelis, especially those around gaza, and making sure that hamas gets the message loud and clear with everything that we are doing now to hit it as hard as possible. And to understand that it is not something that we will take lightly in any way, shape or form, and at the same time, yes, we are concerned about our hostages, the hostages that are being held, that have been kidnapped, not just israelis, by the way, who are held by them. And we hold hamas responsible for every single one of them. The blood of every Single Person whos been killed, and those who, unfortunately, may be killed or so in the future is on the hands of hamas. Do you expect to get them back, any of them . We expect to get every single one of them back, and hopefully god willing also safe and sound. Will you be Trading Israeli held Palestinian Security prisoners for these hostages . Katy, i dont think were at the stage of talking about that now, with all due respect. Were now in the middle of the war, and we are now putting most of our efforts on Fighting Hamas left, right and center. And i think thats where the focus of all of us should be at this time. And any other talks or whispers about other things i think should be kept separate. Lets talk about civilians, obviously the civilians that have been taken hostage in gaza but also the civilians that were killed, slaughtered in israel itself. There are also a lot of innocent civilians in gaza. The Israeli Government has told them to leave. Its not exactly easy to leave anywhere in gaza. Its a very densely populated city. How does the Israeli Government make sure that they dont kill a giant number of civilians in gaza . Is that possible . Is care on that regard being taken by the Israeli Government right now . Were at war. Let me remind us all. Were at war, and we are at war that we did not declare. We did not start. The hamas organization, which is a terrorist organization, which i am reminded, it was said earlier, designated in the United States chose this battle, and it has taken its own people, if you want, as hostage, also in this regard, using them as human shields, firing and storing ammunition, firing from mosques, from schools, from medical facilities. How do the civilians get to safety . How do they get out . That is up to them with the hamas leadership. We have given warns. We will give warnings. But this is war, and we will do everything we need to do to make sure that hamas itself suffers. And this is the focus as far as were concerned. Of course we are interested in the number of casualties as possible from the civilian side. And we will do what we can. But at the end of the day, this is war. We need to be very clear about that. Deputy chief admission at the ambassador of israel in washington, d. C. Sir, thank you very much for joining me. Thank you, katy. 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Citizens and duel citizens to get out of the country, when you talk about that, whenever there is an outbreak or some sort of a crisis, even and when theres a potential humanitarian disaster, the pentagon will be ready when theyre called upon for an evacuation. In this case, were not hearing about any order in that direction. The pentagon will be ready for it. Thats where this Aircraft Carrier and the associated chips you mentioned, katy, thats where they could serve a duel purpose. If there is some sort of an evacuation that goes into effect its possible some of the american citizens could be brought to the ships to get them to safety quickly. I have to say it would be an enormous logistical undertaking. Were talking about tens of thousands, probably more americans and duel citizens who are in israel right now. But the Carrier Strike group, the real point of it is to project power in the region, and according to a number of officials who weve spoken with, both current and former, theyre saying its not just to project power against hamas, but its also two groups that may be supporting hamas including iran, who has been known to back hamas in the past with training and equipment, katy. Courtney kube, courtney, thank you very much. And Benjamin Netanyahu is now addressing his nation. Let us listen in. Young people who were shot in the back, executed, and other horrors that i will not describe. Now the whole world knows, hamas is done. Isis, and we will beat it like the Western World has isis. This terrible enemy wanted the war and it will receive a war. At the beginning of the war, i instructed to do five immediate things, the first action was to clear and stop the entrance of any enemy. These battles are still taking place. Several terrorists are still within us and our forces are working around the clock to eliminate them. The second action that is currently being done is to start a Massive Attack against hamas with a force it has never seen before. The third action was to fortify the rest of the borders inside the country and all the Security People that have been working endlessly and all of these fronts risking their lives in order to protect the country. The fourth action was to continue the International Report that i started meaning with the start of the war, saturday to help us fight against our enemies. The final action, which for me is to solidify the unity in the country. We are now all united and when we are united, the country is united and now the management is to reunite. Im calling the Opposition Leaders to immediately form a National Unity government without any, just like happened at the start of the sixday work. Citizens of israel were started and now i emphasize, we just started to hit the hamas. There are images of hamas, its just the beginning. We have many terrorists, and this is not going to stop. Any place from which hamas operates, this is already happening today, and it will continue happening even more so. I am in constant communication with president biden, and i would like to thank him on behalf of all citizens of israel. The usa supporting israel in every way the enemies of israel understand what that means, i would also like to thank many leaders in the world for their support of israel. Citizens of israel, i have to tell you, theres also fake news and propaganda that is trying to separate us and scare us such as the information that there is lots of tunnels or the fake news that their official has warned us about this, which has never happened before. Do not believe this propaganda. And the one thing that is most important in war is i know we all want results right here right now, but it will take some time. I promise citizens at the end of the war, all our enemies will know it was a terrible mistake to attack israel. What we will do to our enemy in these next few days will echo for generations. Already the battlefield is filled with heroic stories of our people, from citizens and soldiers, i saw video of standing with his people after killing the terrorist. This is our spirit. Standing strong together. I also watched a video of david, an army soldier whose chant, he was out on the field, and he saw the ceremony of the brit on video, and when he heard the words on the ceremony, his eyes filled with tears. Yesterday i pointed to be in charge of those abducted and missing. The authority began his work, and we will do everything for them. Our heart is with the families of those abducted and the families of those who have died. We have lost entire families. Boys, girls, men, women, young and old, police and security, jews and nonjews. We are all sharing this. This is the deepest thing that connects us together. Together were going to overcome it. Together we will win. Only together. Prime minister of israel, im telling you, honestly, we are heard of difficult days. We are hurting for our brothers and sisters who have died, and we are i insist on winning this battle in order to our people and the country, the people of israel, the country of israel is a miracle. Says that the country of israel will not lie and during this journey, we are committed to every promise and this time also commit its promise and the people of israel will live. Okay. That was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu there, and i think there were three pieces of big news that he just mentioned. He will be calling for a National Unity government. That means he will not be as tied to the far right, at least not for the foreseeable future. He also has said that he has been in Constant Contact with president biden. He thanked the u. S. For its support. Thats a pretty big deal. And interestingly, there is an egyptian report that an egyptian leader told Benjamin Netanyahu that Something Big was being planned in gaza, and the report was that Benjamin Netanyahu said i have too much on my hands with the best bank, and kind of ignored it. He made a report right there to call that fake news. Do not believe this propaganda, if true, it is something that would deeply cut into his support and his reputation, as a strong leader who doesnt let things get past them, although they certainly let this get past them. Joining us from jerusalem is independent journalist who spent two decades covering the conflict between the israelis and palestinians. I had you on yesterday. I thought you were so insightful and plugged in. Tell me if you heard different news there or disagree with the way that i characterized that speech. Thank you, katy, no, i wouldnt characterize it differently, but i would point out for one thing, his call for a unity government is very disingenuous. When this Surprise Attack was launched, the Opposition Leader immediately reached out publicly and offered netanyahu his support, in other words, offered to allow him to remain in his job as Prime Minister as long as he got rid of two of his most extremist religious nationalist ministers who have been really kind of Consensus Breakers in israel. And what we understand here is that netanyahu is refusing to change the composition of his government at all. And what he did tonight was to call on the opposition to join him and said unconditionally, which means hes not letting go of any of his current coalition. He just wants more support, and that really complicates, you know, that call. Tell me why this makes the effort more complicated. What does this do to the unity in israel right now, the support for going after hamas . I think that israelis are unified, unifying right now among themselves. I dont think that theres any lack of consensus about going after hamas. But netanyahu has become a figure whos torn israeli apart. And for the last ten months, there have been millions of israelis on the streets protesting against him because hes trying to basically transform israels form of government into an authoritarian state, and its important to note, by the way, that in these three days of war, at no point has he said, i am suspending my judicial reform. This judicial reform, among other things would assist him with the trial hes currently on. Hes on trial for corruption, so what we see is a Prime Minister who wants support of his opposition, but really isnt willing to give them an inch. Hes still trying to save his own skin, and he needs these extremists in government to do that. So its very very very tricky. I didnt hear him mention directly any of the hostages or mention what they might do to get the hostages. Whats the word that youre hearing . You noticed something really important there. Israel is not releasing the number of the dead or the number of hostages in any fashion. Its a strange experience for israelis who have a lot of experience with terror attacks, and have a lot of experience with the government really quickly coming together and saying this is the number dead, these are the hospital lines. Theres sort of a protocol here for these things. One interpretation is that the Israeli Government is simply in chaos, and incapable of functioning even at that basic level right now. My concern is that the numbers are so terrible, were basically at a thousand dead now in a country of 10 million people. Thats the equivalent of 33,000 americans dead. And im beginning to think that the government may not be releasing the numbers of the dead and of the captives because they feel that its just too hard to take for the public right now. So he says this is just the beginning in terms of the retaliation for gaza. What does that mean . Well, theres been a call up of 300,000 reservists. There are four israeli Army Brigades down by the border, and two nights ago, he basically warned gaza and all gazans, all 2 million gazans that are not themselves terrorists that israel was about to flatten gaza over this terror attack. When he says this is just beginning, what hes doing is telling the israeli public or trying to, i know how bad youre hurting, and were going to go get the bastards who did this to you. Thats what hes trying to transmit, but hes being very vague, and its entirely possible that the Israeli Government doesnt have a coherent Military Plan in place. Noga, thank you so much for joining us again today. 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