Looking a lot drier, and we remain in the warm conditions. I will have all the details later in the programme. Its monday the 9th of october. Good morning. More than 1,000 people have now been killed in israel and gaza after a Massive Attack by hamas militants that began at dawn on saturday. There are reports that israel has struck more than 500 targets in gaza overnight, my more than 125,000 palestinians i displace. President biden has ordered extra military assistance for the israelis, promising them rock solid and unwavering support. Israeli troops are still hunting down insurgents after one of the bloodiest attacks. 0ne down insurgents after one of the bloodiest attacks. One of the worlds most advanced military is taken by surprise by hamas, a military group kept behind barriers that were supposed to stop this happening. Their attack as brutal as it was brazen. Hundreds killed. For israel that has included scores of unarmed civilians as well as soldiers. Already the largest loss of
The hamas fighters broke through the border fence from gaza at these points marked in green, and then reached these areas in red. Israel says 700 of its citizens have been killed, with many others taken hostage. Israel has compared it to the 9 11 attacks and in retaliation, its launched a wave of air strikes on gaza, where nearly 500 palestinians have died. Live now to my colleague anna foster, whos in ashkelon, close to the gaza border. We are only a few kilometres from the border and i can hear an israeli plane overhead and the regular sound of explosions, which have continued notjust of explosions, which have continued not just through the of explosions, which have continued notjust through the night but through the morning. We were in ashkelon this morning as people they are dived for cover, the Commander A Barrage of missiles that had been fired in from gaza. It is something the people here are used to, but sites like this feel very different. You can see Israeli Military vehicle
On what station you look at you could be looking at a very different country and im looking at like fox versus like c. N. N. Very different views of the world its getting to a critical point it didnt happen in two thousand and seventeen i think its going to happen in two thousand and eighteen what your major takeaway picture so in two thousand and seventeen is dictated by a russia syria and their allies against terrorist organizations that period for years against isis aghast and mostly against other others and this is really a game changer not just for syria but for the middle east as a whole but i dont think its over yet two thousand and over again by the severity very major step and its a major setback for the United States and their allies mark if you take away from the viewpoint of. Living in russia the Russian Media and perhaps the media the left in the us this is been a year under siege a year of. Constantly having to battle back Neil Mccarthy narrative that not only intends to
In the year that was im joined by my guest mark sloboda hes an International Affairs and security analyst we also have he is a political analyst as well as a leading expert at the center for actual politics and we have dmitri bob it is a political analyst with Sputnik International or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciated before we go to our our viewers questions id like each one of you maybe i will start here to kind of sum up some of the most important things that happened in the last twelve months and i think im going to kind of end the year in kind of a dramatic note i think we face in the United States a constitutional crisis its really very much coming to a head we have a congress that is not answering demands. And we have Good Department of justice and the f. B. I. There are not answering demands from congress we see an outright media war depending on what station you look at you could be looking at a very diff
A leading expert at the center for actual politics and we have dimitri bob which is a political analyst with Sputnik International all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate before we go to war our viewers questions id like each one of you maybe i will start here to kind of sum up some of the most important things that happened in the last twelve months and i think im going to kind of end the year in kind of a dramatic note i think we face in the United States a constitutional crisis its really very much coming to a head we have a congress that is not answering demands. And we have Good Department of justice and the f. B. I. There are not answering demands from congress we see an outright media war depending on what station you look at you could be looking at a very different country and im looking at like fox versus like c. N. N. Very different views of the world its getting to a critical point it didnt happen in t