Gaza and a 14 of the war humanitarian aid still has not come through the border. Civilians are desperately awaiting water, food, medicine and fuel. But in negotiations that U.S. President Joe Biden let with Egypt and Israel, both agreed to let 20 trucks with aid from the Sinai Peninsula through the Rafah crossing into Gaza, wherever footage from the crossing suggesting that about 200 trucks are lined up there and experts say that in fact hundreds of trucks are needed to enter the strip every day to attend to the basic needs of the civilian population there. Now when the crossing will be opening for the first 20 trucks, is not clear yet is it expected for today or tomorrow? Israel too said that first of all they want to see that these goods do not fall into the hands of Hamas but get to the civilian population really. Israel for now too opposes fuel deliveries as it fears fuel would be used to foster Hamas's infrastructure in the strip. The World Health Organization says that fuel is desperately needed though to run the generators for the hospitals, desalination plants and also ambulances and warnings have been issued by humanitarian organizations and hospitals that they might not be able to operate and care for the thousands of injured anymore as soon. In Israel the sentiment is that big parts of the public and parts of the Israeli security establishment are against letting aid into Gaza as long as Hamas does not release the Israeli hostages. It is sold in the enclave. Hamas is believed to be holding at least 203 hostages according to the Israeli military. Hamas has put the number even higher and the looming ground offensive that is clear to everyone here might as well further endanger the hostages in Gaza but preparations for that are continuing here and Israeli officials are saying that it will be long and intense. This is Piaz Stekelbach reporting from Stirot for I-24 News. We're going to return back to Grisha here in the studio to understand a little bit more about the situation in Gaza. Ultimately we've seen some nightmarish images over the course of the past. We can have two weeks now since that massacre and Israel has a delicate balancing act going ahead of destroy Hamas to make sure they are broken once and for all and not cross any of these sort of vague red lines that the West has put behind their support for Israel. What's the balancing act that Israel is going to have to thread the needle here? How is Israel going to also placate its own citizens who have seen these nightmarish images and are demanding blood? I think that the demand of blood is something that we are forced to put aside because we are a different nation. We are a democracy. We are a Western country. I know we are all in pain and I know that there are voices in Israel that call for revenge but this is not who we are. And as we see, the IDF and the government, the actions, the operation is not like we would expect to see when people want to get revenge on somebody. We need to draw a very thick line between what we've seen in the past four rounds of escalation between Israel and Hamas and three rounds between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Israel implemented or lessons learned after each operation and I think that we've seen the operation at May 2021 Israel bombed Hamas headquarters, tunnels as we understand unsuccessfully now but the number of casualties was something like if I'm not wrong 200 and something people. It's like working with a needle. It's like you have an F-16 in the air or F-35 and you throw a missile.  In a war, the rules of engagement change so you throw you don't shoot a needle, you throw a bomb or bombs and new bombs with new technologies because you understand that you are forced to eliminate the enemy who from his point of view defeated you, okay? This is a victory and to delete this victory or to make sure that the other side understand that it is not our defeat it their defeat you need to eliminate the enemy and you eliminate the enemy with big bombs and then you enter to this dilemma of why should the innocent people so called of Gaza pay the price? So first of all let's be clear about it the ones who brought it on their heads are Hamas. There is a card that Hamas pulled the humanitarian crisis but this is also their fault okay? Now let's let's make a very fast calculation Hamas with an Egyptian company called Abna Isina, the son of Sinai imported goods, 75% of the goods from Egypt into Gaza and they taxed those goods making an income of $700 million a year. One two, Hamas taxed all the goods that entered through Kerem Shalom crossing. From Israel I'm talking about 1000 trucks a day it's big money. Do you want to know how I know it? I used to sell the biggest cement as a consultant to the biggest cement company in Israel. My clients in Gaza showed me the receipts that they had to pay 8 checkers per a ton that entered to Gaza and it's only 1000 tons a day so if it's 1000 tons a day and 8 checkers per a ton we just do the calculation what about the rest of the goods? Let's move to the northern part the pedestrian crossing areas 17,000 workers who work in Israel do it Hamas, May 2021 and they made an income, let's not enter into the detailed calculations but you can check me 17,000 people each one of them made approximately 450 checkers a day it's close to half a billion dollars a year of money that they brought into Gaza for the wheels of the economy but somebody taxed it and then by the fact that workers worked in Gaza and they brought way more than what people in Gaza get when they get the job it's Hamas responsibility for the economy and prosperity of the people actually Israel backed them so it's big money that Hamas could actually invest in infrastructure in pipes, in water, in electricity they could fix the power plant long time ago and they could have way more diesel to operate it but they prefer to use it to build tunnels underground factories to build weapons to buy ammunition smuggler to pay salaries to those terrorists etc and all the things that Israel supplied to Gaza they even didn't pay about it, they are not the ones who paid for those services it's the PM, Mahmoud Abbas that paid for the electricity and the water that we supplied to Gaza so I want to jump in because what I'm hearing described is that without Hamas you do have the foundations for a viable Palestinian territory but the issue is Hamas still enjoyed as of the last polling majority support even if you get rid of Hamas what's stopping another Hamas with a different name from just taking their place nothing is stopping as I said we can eliminate and the idea for probably eliminate Hamas, the actual terrorists, the leaders you cannot eliminate ideology so we all need to be smart and to think already for the day after it means Israel will probably clean the Gaza Strip from terrorists as we did in the past at the wars, the 6 days war, 70 67 and then we will need together with the moderate Arab countries with the coalition of the Arab countries with the PA, yes or no, if they want to jump on the train or they want to stay behind and with the western countries to build new leadership that will implement the new vision for maybe a possible Palestinian, I don't know state entity let's not enter the definitions but it must be done not only top down but also bottom up you know to grow a new generation with stopping incitement educating to accept the other, educating with values of the western world and not with the values that Hamas educated those kids you know to hate, to kill, to murder and we've seen the results at October 7th it's definitely a challenging question thank you Grisha, we are going to look now at that much awaited Israeli ground offensive and still being awaited, our defense correspondent Jonathan Reghev is asking why that has been delayed and when it can begin, well let's take a quick look for nearly two weeks Israelis have been waiting to see the promises of their leaders to crush Hamas come true, there is a clear understanding it cannot happen without a ground offensive which has so far been delayed, why for various reasons people in every corner of Israel are moved by the unwavering support expressed by the president of the United States Joe Biden as well as all the other western leaders touching down here but that support comes with a price Palestinian people are suffering greatly as well we mourn the loss of innocent Palestinian lives like the entire world the last thing Israel needed is a global leader landing here as images of a catastrophe emerge from Gaza, Hamas almost achieved that with manipulative reports about the Gaza hospital bombing just ahead of Biden's visit, Israel exposing that lie just on time based on the information we've seen today it appears a result of an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group on Gaza international legitimacy is one reason the combat readiness of the troops is another for years the warnings about the poor condition of the ground forces were ignored like so many other things it all crashed down on that terrible Saturday morning the time since then was used to close the very big gaps that were in the needed equipment the gap is now almost closed the constant shelling of areas in the northern Gaza Strip along with a call to residents to head south are meant to create a safer passage for ground forces entering that is also a process taking time by the weekend the equipment will be in the field the northern Gaza Strip will be empty here and the foreign leaders will be back home will this be the time for the ground offensive to begin maybe so now the maneuver will bring the war to the enemies territory we will defeat them in their territory we will end back in the studio let's talk about the readiness question that Jonathan Regev was looking at reports soldiers never called up simply don't have the right equipment to begin a ground operation it takes time to equip everybody let's not forget that during the years the IDF actually has become a very small army and a very professional army many units in the reserve were actually closed or somebody said sometimes we will call them and after you have an army now that from 140,000 people jumped to half a million it takes time to equip everybody not everybody will have the same equipment the best of the best so the ones who will be there fighting Hamas on the ground will be fully equipped and as you go back you will have less and less and less proper equipment until it will be completed and it takes time eventually everybody will get everything so definitely preparations ahead to do thank you very much Grisha for explaining the situation on the ground as well for everyone else we are out of time at least for now but there will be updates at the top of each hour on this channel as Israel fights a war on multiple fronts Israel is officially in a state of war this is a very active scene and we need to get in the car as we're talking within 100 soldiers and civilians have been kidnapped we just don't know anything entire families including babies and children and elderly were butchered in their beds awaken the giant and we are ready and we are strong everyone is showing up this is the unity and more than 3,000 injured and the war with Hamas first-hand testimonies from the front lines from those who survived and all the records of the atrocities says Israel fights terror from the south and north get the inside scoop on what's going on only on i24 news rd access our website www.recargas.altis.com.b select the charges and type the number you want to place the charges they also receive the double balance in charges of 8 dollars more Altis the global network of the dominicans i4 news is ongoing coverage of Israel at war this war has entered its 14th day now and the government has authorized the regulation of Qatari media outlet Al Jazeera that outlet published outright lies Hamas propaganda and the positions even of Israeli soldiers on the northern front an Israeli drone took out a terrorist in Lebanese territory as Israel's government declares the evacuation of Karyat Shmona that's the biggest city in Israel's north after Hamas fired 30 rockets into the city and Hezbollah has increased the firing of anti-tank missiles at Israeli positions along the north on the southern front the IDF and the internal security forces have eliminated Mahmoud Shai Al-Aviya a terrorist leader of the special forces branch of the naval arm of Hamas but a new front is risking opening up as Iranian Houthi militia in Yemen launched an air attack using three ground attack missiles cruise missiles in fact and eight drones that was intercepted by the United States Navy warships in the Middle East the US says they cannot ascertain the exact targets but the missiles were heading north towards Israel the IDF has said they do have the capabilities to intercept those the IDF has details as well on the people abducted by Hamas hostages include 30 children at least 10 people over the age of 60 most of the abductees are alive but there are also bodies that were stolen by the Hamas terrorists we're going to open on the northern border where our correspondent Hamda Salhu is standing by Hamda what is the latest along that front well Ariel good morning there have been planes and helicopters circling overhead there was a small fire here but not clear if it was an exchange of fire by the Israelis or Hezbollah at this time but overnight the Israeli military killing one Hezbollah operative with a UAV after the largest exchange of fire yesterday the Israeli military saying they are prepared on the northern front sending heavy reinforcements armored vehicles tanks military equipment since last week the Israeli military is also relaying messages to Hezbollah saying that they will meet them with deadly force should they strike first the United States has been urging the Israelis not to strike Hezbollah first preemptively out of fear of another front breaking out in this war however at this time Hezbollah according to sources is moving around military equipment they are preparing to perhaps get involved in this conflict factions operating in the south of the country have been eager to join the fight however Hezbollah needs to take the lead as they are responsible and will give the go ahead for any sort of rocket fire or small arms that come out of Lebanon now the Lebanese government has been saying they do not want this conflict but they are unable to control Hezbollah as we've seen in the past several countries including the United States the United Kingdom Saudi Arabia the Netherlands even Germany all urging their citizens to leave Lebanon immediately the United States also urging caution around the world as there have been demonstrations at US consulates all around the world the globe because of the conflict that is continuing so the Israeli military on high alert for what's next thank you Hamdan we'll be back with you over the course of the day as the front develops now the IDF did give a briefing this morning Spokesman Daniel Higari giving that morning latest updates let's take a listen to exactly the latest on all fronts is the chief of staff has visited the Air Force this week it is operating at the pace of strikes that we have not seen in dozens of years in two arenas the turnout of reservists is over 100% the Air Force is operating with a perfect coordination with air defense systems the war machine of the Air Force is operating smoothly in coordination with the southern command with intelligence and that is remarkable and before anything else breaking as we speak there have been rockets fired at the cities of Ashkelon and Ashadoud along the southern border now we are going to continue with our analysis of what's going on with Colonel Grisha Yukubovich former civilian head of Kogat and someone with 36 years of experience in the Gaza Strip Grisha thank you again for being with us what did you make of this briefing from Higari about what the latest developments are from what I understand the IDF is continuing the preparations for the ground entry to the Gaza Strip it's not a question if it's a question of how and when there are also preparations to pass another arena from the north after giving the it's not an order but it's a network to whoever wants to leave Kiryat Mona or places 5 kilometers from the border that they can actually participate the program it provides that whoever wants to be in the hotel or somewhere else the government will actually back him it looks like many things are also happening around us that we need also to be with an open eye we have the Hutz that launched yesterday drones and rockets and the fifth fleet this is what the spokesperson of the IDF said were stopped by them actually we see a major major power at the Red Sea and at the Mediterranean actually some sort of umbrella that Israel and the United States actually created a built above Israel and above the U.S. bases also American troops that landed in the American bases in the Middle East in Iraq and in Syria to back the soldiers that were already there I'm talking about about thousands we have people from Iraq but with buses already reached to the border with Israel and Jordan and we there is an abnormal movement in Syria many pro-Iranian forces are moving from the area of the Azor continue the movement to the border so it opens the questions it opens many many many questions are we going to the situation is going to be escalated so are we going to deal with another two fronts because we are actually already dealing with three fronts if I'll put it right we have Gaza that the IDF did not stop for a minute to bomb the Gaza Strip that in a minute if you don't mind we have the West Bank we only had a huge operation in Tulkarem in Noura Shams refugee camp that 13 terrorists were killed in Israeli border police soldiers also got killed but it was an operation led by Brigade it means it's also a huge force in the West Bank let's see if that will also lead to an escalation I believe it will not and we have the two possible northern fronts that one is Lebanon and the other one forces and then we have from Syria let's see what will happen then in Gaza I think that if I can conclude what is the picture that was burned in the mind of the people in Gaza is two major events one is the city of tents in Hanyunis it's the third catastrophe if I'll go back to history so 1948 when the state of Israel it's called the Nakba for the Arab world and then 1967 when we won the 6th day's war it's a Naksa and now it's the third catastrophe where our Palestinians are again in tents but this time Hamas made the hands of Hamas Hamas is the one who actually created this catastrophe and brought it on them of course they will continue blaming us this is the only way that they do any successfully if I'll be unpolite they're doing a good job using also international pro-Palestinian support and pro-Palestinian media as we've seen for example with CNN, BBC and the New York Times also just admitted I think two hours ago that yes it was too early to accept what Hamas said about the public hospital event and the second event that is already burned in the minds of the Palestinians is 25 high school buildings in Arabic and Gaza it's called Madinat al-Zahra the neighborhood of al-Zahra that the air force actually flooded 25 huge buildings that are all detected with Hamas with terrorism so there's no neighborhood anymore I want to jump in here because we're talking about all the fronts and Yemen was I guess for many military planners not an unexpected angle given where Iran has moved their assets and their stated goals to destroy Israel but outside of Israel was not an arena anybody expected it's very far away and maybe the Iranian assets in the region are confident that Israel does not have the resources in 660 kilometers exactly and the Quds in Yemen have this ability to launch their rockets or ballistic missiles the Quds in Yemen are a proxy, a clear proxy of Iran supported by Iran the war between Saudi Arabia and the Quds in Yemen lasted for a few years and it was one of Saudi's achievements to reconstruct the diplomatic relations with Iran to stop that war but it's well known that the Quds in Yemen have those abilities we know that, we knew that we see that, we are aware of their abilities the United States is also aware of that that's why we have in a way two fleets to create this umbrella of defense three layers of air defense we say knock wood doing a good job for now it will continue like that and we will see more and more proxy Iranians that will that are ready for the guy there in Iran to push the button and they will start sacrificing them one after the other and there is a plan also of who will be sacrificed first so first of all they will sacrifice the Sunnis in Gaza Hamas, they are the first ones we see that after that they will sacrifice Hezbollah, Shia yes but it's Arabs they are not partians, okay and then they will sacrifice the guys that joined the fitama yuns in Abiyun and all other proxy pro-Iranian organizations in Syria but there are also some sort of expensive expendable, okay people as they use them to fight ISIS and only at the last, okay at the last level it will reach to them if at all and before we continue the tactical and how the fight again discussing why we fight, the IDF has released some extremely graphic footage of the October 7th Hamas massacre hey everyone excellent we're not going to show you the worst of it but the YouTube video 10 minutes long posted on the IDF channel is very graphic and describing it captures the scenes of Israeli civilians being murdered and then burnt alive in some cases featuring more than 10 minutes of footage captured by the local cameras, the dash cams and the body cams retrieved from Hamas terrorists themselves the evidence on that channel Hamas methodically forced their way into homes and southern communities and perpetrated acts of torture and murder against residents the video generated 5.5 million views in less than 24 hours it's worth noting that the video is a part of Israel's informational campaign to respond to now widespread attempts around the world to deny the atrocity and the crimes against humanity committed by Hamas terrorists in Israel south we're going to move now to our correspondent P.S. Stechelbach who is standing by at the southern border now well actually with updates from the southern border from just a little while ago everything is pointing at the announced ground invasion into Gaza to begin as soon Israeli defense minister Joav Galand yesterday said to soldiers at a base here at the Gaza border that they will soon see the strip from the inside throughout the night here the Gaza strip has continuously been targeted and a number of Hamas targets were hit according to the Israeli military but according to reports from Gaza a Greek Orthodox Christian church was struck as well saying to Porphyos one of the oldest churches in the world those inside were Muslims and Christians reportedly seeking shelter inside as it was considered a relatively safe place their casualties as the debris is still being cleaned up and this comes as the humanitarian crisis intensifies for the civilian population for 2 million people in Gaza and a 14 of the war humanitarian aid still has not come through the border civilians are desperately awaiting water food medicine and fuel but in negotiations that U.S. President Joe Biden let with Egypt and Israel both agreed to let 20 trucks with aid from the Sinai peninsula through the Rafah crossing into Gaza however footage from the crossing suggesting that about 200 trucks are lined up there and experts say that in fact hundreds of trucks are needed to enter the strip every day to attend to the basic needs of the civilian population there now when the crossing will be opening for the first 20 trucks is not clear yet it is expected for today or tomorrow Israel too said that first of all they want to see that these goods do not fall into the hands of Hamas but get to the civilian population really Israel for now opposes fuel deliveries fuel would be used to foster Hamas infrastructure in the strip the World Health Organization says that fuel is desperately needed though to run the generators for the hospitals desalination plans and also ambulances and warnings have been issued by humanitarian organizations and hospitals that they might not be able to operate and care for the thousands of injured anymore as soon in Israel the sentiment is that big parts of the public and parts of the Israeli security establishment are being aid into Gaza as long as Hamas does not release the Israeli hostages it is sold in the enclave Hamas is believed to be holding at least 203 hostages according to the Israeli military Hamas has put the number even higher and the looming ground offensive that is clear to everyone here might as well further endanger the lives of the hostages in Gaza but preparations for that are continuing here and Israeli officials are saying that it will be long and intense this is piaz tekelbach reporting from sterot for i-24 news we're going to return back to Grisha here in the studio to understand a little bit more about the situation in Gaza ultimately we've seen some nightmarish images over the course of the past we can have two weeks now since that massacre and Israel has a delicate balancing act going ahead of destroy Hamas make sure they are broken once and for all and not cross any of these sort of vague red lines that the west has put behind their support for Israel what's the balancing act that Israel is going to have to thread the needle here how is Israel going to also placate its own citizens who have seen these nightmarish images and are demanding blood I think that the demand of blood is something that we are forced to put aside because we are a different nation we are a democracy we are a western country I know we are all in pain and I know that there are voices in Israel that call for revenge but this is not who we are and as we see the IDF and the government the actions the operation is not like we would expect to see when people want to get revenge on somebody we need to draw a very thick line between what we've seen in the past four rounds of escalation between Israel and Hamas and three rounds between Israel and Jihad and Israel implemented or lessons learned after each operation and I think that we've seen the operation at May 2021 Israel bombed Hamas headquarters tunnels as we understand unsuccessfully now but the number of casualties was something like I don't know if I'm not wrong 200 and something people it's like working with a needle it's like you have an F-16 in the air or F-35 and you throw a missile it's like you launch a needle that will hit only the target that you wanted to hit and kill only whoever you wanted to kill in a war the rules of engagement change so you throw you don't throw, you don't shoot a needle you throw a bomb or bombs and new bombs with new technologies because you understand you are forced to eliminate the enemy who from his point of view defeated you okay this is a victory and to delete this victory or to make sure that the other side understand that it is not our defeat it their defeat you need to eliminate the enemy and you eliminate the enemy with big bombs and then you enter to this dilemma of why should the innocent people so called of Gaza pay the price so first of all let's be clear about it the ones who brought it on their heads are Hamas there is a card that Hamas pulled the humanitarian crisis but this is also their fault okay now let's let's make a very fast calculation Hamas with an Egyptian company called Abna Isina the son of Sinai imported goods 75% of the goods from Egypt into Gaza and they taxed those goods making an income of $700 million a year one two Hamas taxed all the goods that entered through Kerim Shalom crossing from Israel I'm talking about 1000 trucks a day it's big money do you want to know how I know it I used to sell cement as a consultant to the biggest event in Israel my clients in Gaza showed me the receipts that they had to check as per a ton that entered together and it's only 1000 tons a day so if it's 1000 tons a day and they check as per a ton we just do the calculation what about the rest of the goods let's move to the northern part the pedestrian crossing areas 17,000 workers who work in Israel after the last operation with Hamas May 2021 and they made a broken income okay let's not enter into the detailed 17,000 people each one of them made approximately 450 acres a day it's close to half a billion dollars a year of money that they brought into Gaza for the wealth of the economy but somebody taxed it and then by the fact that workers worked in Gaza and they brought way more than what people in Gaza get when they get the job it's Hamas responsibility for the economy and prosperity of the people actually Israel backed them with the money that Hamas could actually invest in infrastructure in pipes in water, in electricity they could fix the power plant long time ago and they could have way more diesel to operate it but they prefer to use it to build tunnels underground factories to build weapons to buy ammunition smuggler to pay salaries so those salaries etc etc okay and all the things that Israel supplied to Gaza they even didn't pay about it they are not the ones who paid for those services it's the PM Hamoud Abbas that paid for the electricity and the water that we supplied to Gaza so I want to jump in what I'm hearing described is that without Hamas you do have the foundations for a viable Palestinian territory but the issue is Hamas still enjoyed as of the last polling majority support even if you get rid of Hamas what's stopping another Hamas with a different name from just taking their place nothing is stopping as I said we can eliminate and the idea for probably eliminate Hamas okay the actual terrorists okay the leaders you cannot eliminate ideology so we all need to be smart and to think on ready for the day after it means Israel will probably clean the Gaza Strip from terrorists as we did in the past at the wars the six days war 70-67 and then we will need together with the moderate Arab countries with the coalition of the Arab countries with the PA yes or no if they want to jump on the train or they want to stay behind and with the western countries to build new leadership that will implement the new vision for maybe a possible Palestinian I don't know state entity let's not enter the definitions but it must be done not only top down but also bottom up you know to grow a new generation with stopping incitement educating to accept the other educating with values of the western world and not with the values that Hamas educated those kids you know to hate to kill to murder and we've seen the results at October 7th it's definitely a challenging question thank you Grisha we are going to look now at that much awaited Israeli ground offensive and still being awaited our defense correspondent Jonathan Regev is asking why that has been delayed and when it can begin well let's take a quick look for nearly two weeks Israelis have been waiting to see the promises of their leaders to crush Hamas come true there is a clear understanding it cannot happen without a ground offensive which has so far been delayed why for various reasons people in every corner of Israel are moved by the unwavering support expressed by the president of the United States Joe Biden as well as all the other western leaders touching down here but that support comes with a price Palestinian people are suffering greatly as well we mourn the loss of innocent Palestinian lives like the entire world the last thing Israel needed is a global leader landing here as images of a catastrophe emerge from Gaza Hamas almost achieved that with the manipulative reports about the Gaza hospital bombing just ahead of Biden's visit Israel exposing that lie just on time based on the information we've seen today it appears a result of an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group on Gaza international legitimacy is one reason the combat readiness of the troops is another for years the warnings about the poor condition of the forces were ignored like so many other things it all crashed down on that terrible Saturday morning the times is then was used to close the very big gaps that were in the needed equipment the gap is now almost closed the constant shelling of areas in the northern Gaza Strip along with a call for residents to head south are meant to create a safer passage for ground forces entering but that is also a process taking time by the weekend the equipment will be in the field the northern Gaza Strip will be emptier and the foreign leaders will be back home will this be the time for the ground offensive to begin maybe so now the maneuver will bring the war to the enemies territory we will defeat them in that territory and we're going to end back in the studio with Grisha Okubovits here let's just talk about that readiness question that Jonathan Regev was looking at hearing reports that is really soldiers because they've never been called up in these numbers simply don't have the right equipment to begin a ground operation well it takes time to equip everybody let's not forget that during the years the IDF actually has become a very small army and a very professional army means many units in the reserve were actually closed or you know somebody said sometime sometime we will call them and after you know you have an army now that from 140,000 people joined to half a million it takes time to equip everybody and not everybody will have the same equipment the best of the best so the ones who will be there fighting Hamas on the ground the first waves will be fully equipped and as you go back you will have less and less and less let's say proper equipment until it will be completed and it takes time okay it takes time but eventually everybody will get everything so definitely preparations ahead to do thank you very much Grisha for explaining the situation on the ground as well for everyone else we are out of time at least for now but there will be updates at the top of each hour on this channel as Israel fights a war on multiple fronts over 1300 people murdered and more than 3000 injured and the war with Hamas continues we bring you first-hand testimonies from the front lines from those who survived and all the records of the atrocities by Hamas follow us as Israel fights terror from the south and north yet the inside school on what's going on only on i24 news no thank you war this is a very active scene and we need to get in the car as we're talking within a hundred soldiers and civilians have been kidnapped help us we don't want to do it we just don't know anything our families including babies and children and elderly were butchered in their beds awaken the giant and we are ready and we are strong everyone is showing up this is the unity this is i24 news coming to you live from Tel Aviv it is day 14 of Israel's war with Hamas some breaking news in the last hour Israeli police say they've arrested four gardens who were found hiding in an apartment in an Israeli city of Beersheva police say they don't know if the four were already in Israel when the war broke out and were stuck or if they infiltrated Israel on October 7th when terrorists massacred some 1400 people and took more than 200 hostages well in Gaza the IDF says it has struck more than 100 targets in the Gaza Strip in operations overnight and in the last hour a barrage of rockets hit the southern cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod the IDF says it's also ready to thwart any potential attacks from Yemen's Iranian backed Houthi rebels this after a US navy ship shot down missiles apparently headed for Israel last night the air force this week it is operating at the pace of strikes that we have not seen in dozens of years in two arenas the the turnout of reservists is over 100% the air force is operating with a perfect coordination with air defense systems the war machine of the air force is operating smoothly in coordination with the southern command with the intelligence and that's remarkable well the United Nations says that the first aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip via the RAFA border crossing with Egypt should take place in the next day or so it had been expected to open today aid convoys are lining up on the Egyptian side of the border waiting to bring in food water and medicine to guards and civilians US Bank including an 18 year old from Ramallah who was in Israel illegally and is accused of planning to ram soldiers with a stolen car more than 500 Palestinians have been arrested since October 7th well let's head to the north of Israel now because the IDF is on high alert amid the threat from the Iranian back to terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon the town of Kiryat Shmona population 20,000 has been evacuated to our correspondent Hamda Salhout joins us now Hamda some reports of a potential infiltration in the north right Laura good afternoon reports of an infiltration in the city of Margaliyot a shooting carried out there reportedly one person injured those are the details we have at this time the authorities have advised residents inside of that city to stay indoors to shelter in place this is a city that is right out the border really just a couple of feet away and it's near Kiryat Shmona the Israeli military and the defense ministry have both ordered the evacuation of today because of the intense activity at the border and also the increase in that same activity yesterday we saw rockets that were launched from southern Lebanon one of them making a direct hit in Kiryat Shmona injuring three people so the Israeli military on high alert in these border communities remember earlier in the week they issued evacuations for 28 communities that were two kilometers from the border they have since extended it to five kilometers trying to get everybody out of harm's way putting them in state funded guest houses in case there is an uptick of violence at the border in the last 24 hours it has been the most violent the most booms the most artillery we've heard since we've been covering this since the beginning of the war proving that it's an escalation that is bound to explode Laura thank you very much our next speaker is at the northern border with Lebanon where as you can see the situation is heating up while the Israeli government said that it is taking steps to close down the Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera in Israel for security reasons we'll hear with me in the studio to talk about all the latest developments is Lieutenant Colonel Doron Abutal former commander of the Special Forces for the IDF thanks for being with us Doron let's start with potential infiltrations in the north gunfire in Margaleod we heard it in the last hour a single terrorist attempt I think he was so everybody is on alert now and I think I'm not sure he was captured already only identified and we also had this Beersheva incident of four for people from Gaza it's not clear exactly what's the context of their apprehension but it adds to the sense of tension also in the cities of Israel in terms of the idea that somebody can infiltrate and a lot of those border communities as we heard Hamda saying there including Kiryat Shmoner which is a large town of 20,000 people have been evacuated of civilians it's a decision that the government and the IDF has made I think it's a right decision that Hamza said that the escalation is bound to explode maybe nobody knows the future but I think this percussion had to be taken and they are taken taking the citizens from to a safe distance of the border though of course the abilities of Hezbollah are far can reach farther than of course Kiryat Shmoner and other places which are near the border Remind us of Hezbollah's capabilities I think they hit Haifa if you remember I mean but what do they have in terms of rockets they have an Arsalan which is the magnitude is hundreds of thousands and I hope if there will be some escalation we can target some of those locations but they have an ability in terms of the question is not sometimes the number but the machinery of accuracy that was highly improved since the last Lebanon war in 2006 if you remember so it's a different kind of technology the accuracy and this is where Iran was playing its hand in terms of the technology and this is of course frightening because they can hit targets that are vital to our economy of course citizens and so on and military infrastructure and so on but we just heard the idea of spokesman saying Israel has some of the best air defences on earth of course and Kela David and others the only problem is that when you when you attack on a multitude of targets and it's hard for those systems to really identify the sources and then the interception is not complete interception is not airtight but of course if there would be an attempt to escalate the situation I'm sure we are prepared in terms of the location of those missiles and then the blow that the idea would deliver would be dramatic but it would limit the ability to hurt us and the United States has been clear President Joe Biden warning other actors in the region who are thinking about taking advantage of the situation don't the famous don't exactly he's deployed aircraft carrier significant military aid to the region there is evidence that Iran is trying to pull the United States into this conflict most clearly last night US Navy intercepted missiles that were reportedly fired at Israel they were intercepted by the US Navy just talk us through your position on that on the Houthis this specific incident has to be investigated and to have the clear picture and I'm sure our intelligence American intelligence are doing it but it's a proof that the US presence in the area can help us intercepting such abilities there's no question that this conflict can go original and if it goes original who knows where it can go next so the attempt I think what the US wants is of course to try to limit it to limit it to Gaza to deter Hezbollah but things can go wrong in every moment all right Doran thank you very much indeed Doran stay with us for a second we're going to go to our correspondent Pierce Deckelback now who a moment ago filed this report from the southern border with Gaza everything is pointing at the announced ground invasion into Gaza to begin as soon Israeli Defense Minister Joav Galand yesterday said to soldiers at a base here at the Gaza border that they will soon see the strip from the inside throughout the night here the Gaza strip has continuously been targeted and number of Hamas targets were hit according to the Israeli military but according to reports from Gaza a Greek Orthodox Christian church was struck as well St. Porphyos one of the oldest churches in the world those inside were Muslims and Christians reportedly seeking shelter inside as it was considered a relatively safe place their casualties as the debris is still being cleaned up and this comes as the humanitarian crisis intensifies for the civilian population for two million people in Gaza and a 14 of the war humanitarian aid still has not come through the border civilians are desperately awaiting water food medicine and fuel but in negotiations that US President Joe Biden led with Egypt and Israel both agreed to let 20 trucks with aid from the Sinai Peninsula through the Rafah crossing into Gaza where every footage from the crossing suggesting that about 200 trucks are lined up there and experts say that in fact hundreds of trucks are needed to enter the strip every day to attend to the basic needs of the civilian population there now the opening for the first 20 trucks is not clear yet is it is expected for today or tomorrow Israel too said that first of all they want to see that these goods do not fall into the hands of Hamas but get to the civilian population really Israel for now too opposes fuel deliveries as it fears fuel would be used to foster Hamas's infrastructure in the strip the World Health Organization says that fuel is desperately needed though to run the generators for the U.S. military and also ambulances and warnings have been issued by humanitarian organizations and hospitals that they might not be able to operate and care for the thousands of injured anymore as soon in Israel the sentiment is that big parts of the public and parts of the Israeli security establishment are against letting aid into Gaza as long as Hamas does not release the Israeli hostages it is sold in the enclave Hamas is believed to be holding to the Israeli military Hamas has put the number even higher and the looming ground offensive that is clear to everyone here might as well further endanger the lives of the hostages in a Gaza but preparations for that are continuing here and Israeli officials are saying that it will be long and intense this is Piaz Tekelbach reporting from Stirot for I-24 News Piaz Tekelbach there at the border with Gaza and pictures coming into us from the Rafa crossing the U.N. says it is expected to open in the next couple of days to allow some 20 trucks full of humanitarian aid to go into Gaza in the hope that it will reach Gaza civilians many hundreds of thousands of Gaza civilians gathering in southern Gaza to get away from the fighting between the IDF and Hamas in the north so all eyes on Egypt today no sign yet that that crossing is opening any time soon it is not expected to open today but in the next day or two and as you heard there Israel has concerns that the aid will go not to the civilians but will fall into the hands of Hamas terrorists while the U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres is in Egypt today he is expected to speak later but earlier he met with the U.N. Secretary General Guterres to say No solution is possible without the creation of independent Palestine state side by side with Israel with neutral security guaranteed and in line with the international resolutions and in line with the agreements that were established between the two parties The U.N. Secretary General Guterres is in a situation for Gaza Doron Avital, I'm still with me in the studio Doron from a military perspective talk to me about the aid it's going to be very difficult for Israel to protest about aid getting in that a lot of civilians in need in Gaza right now but what are the risks that this could harm Israel's operations against Hamas? I think Israel's concerns are highly justified and of course we want to monitor it very carefully on the other hand though the shock and the rage following this horrendous raid of Hamas really cost some of our decision makers to think that we can block this humanitarian aid I don't think it serves our case or our cause even not in the context of the hostage dilemma which is the maybe the greatest dilemma that our decision makers are facing right now also in the context of ground incursion when and if it happens in humanitarian aid we had to play along with the US and with the UN we would have to allow it but it has to be monitored and with the Egyptians because they made it clear they would not let civilians into Sinai to receive aid there the aid has to go into Gaza and we have to play with the Egyptian we have this close ties intelligence wise and security wise and we have to in some strange way our partners in this case they won't let the refugees cross the borders we have to let the humanitarian aid do other problems and how do we monitor its humanitarian aid as in the past wouldn't be used in the wrong way so and there seems to be some kind of delay it was supposed to be opening today it now looks as though it will be happening in the next couple of days yeah I'm sure the question of negotiation the question is how severe the situation of the civilians in terms of humanitarian aid is I'm talking about medicine, food, water and I think in the end there is no other way but to allow it in but we have to really monitor it carefully and is there any way for Israel to prevent it falling into the hands of Hamas I mean what kind of monitoring might there be will we have to rely on the UN for that we have to trust somebody here the UN and also because we know how other organizations have been manipulated by Hamas but of course we can follow it afterwards and when we see that it's misused we can also stop the delivery of other humanitarian aid because we have the intelligence and the supervision of Gaza right now what we lacked in the days before this raid right now we are on oh let's take a listen, sorry Don the UN Secretary General oh it's just finished speaking we missed it Antonio Gutierrez the UN Secretary General we'll bring that to you in just a moment Adon I mean you say the intelligence has been restored in Gaza is there any intelligence? the proof was that we could verify the fact that the bombing wasn't us by accepting a phone call it's like it's an amazing and showing to the world it's not us it's the Islamic jihad we would be in a different and terrible position yeah the world media has walked back so it gives us time to take action here we are we're looking at Rafa crossing on the Egyptian side so these presumably Egyptian civilians this is on the Egyptian side of the border you can see the Egyptian flag there people marching in solidarity with the civilians in Gaza see some Egyptian soldiers there a lot of Palestinian flags so this is where Antonio Gutierrez the UN Secretary General was speaking just a short while ago and this whole situation has put Egypt in a really tight spot hasn't it? sure I mean they can't allow those refugees entering their domain they don't trust that they would be returning to the Gaza Strip but on the other hand also they have we're inside the country don't forget the Islamic Brotherhood which is an enemy of the Muslim Brotherhood the Muslim Brotherhood President Al-Sisi had to suppress otherwise it would not had been elected well it looks like quite a small organised protest this is nothing like the kind of spontaneous scenes that we saw on the streets of Arab cities in recent days I think this is a very firm regime that Al-Sisi is conducting in Egypt and in this respect we can trust him as a player that when he can deliver on what he promises us we have to really work with him in the context of the Gaza Strip the Egyptians have no interest in importing any volatility into their own houses so just to bring you up to it with what we're looking at this is on the Egyptian side into Gaza a smallish but angry protest going on people expressing solidarity with the civilians inside Gaza this just a short while after the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres spoke we'll try and get his comments for you in a moment so that's the situation as Rafa crossing remains closed it is supposed to be opened in the next couple of days to allow a limited convoy into the Strip but that's what we're hearing from the UN well let's talk about how the United States fits into all of this US President Joe Biden said last night that he is sending to Congress an urgent budget request for military assistance for both Israel and Ukraine the number is expected to be in the region of $100 billion last night President Biden linked the two conflicts together take a listen Iran is supporting Russia in Ukraine and it's supporting Hamas and other terrorist groups in the region and we'll continue to hold them accountable I might add American leadership is what holds the world together American alliance is what keep us America safe American values are what make us a partner that other nations want to work with to put all that at risk if we walk away from Ukraine we turn our backs on Israel it's just not worth it that's why tomorrow I'm going to send to Congress an urgent budget request to fund America's national security needs to support our critical partners including Israel and Ukraine alright there you are the US President Joe Biden linking together the conflicts here in Israel the fight with Hamas and the Russian invasion of Ukraine as well and asking Congress to stump up something in the region of $100 billion Dawn that's very important isn't it that association between the war with Ukraine and the war we shouldn't forget that the war was in the context of the Saudi initiative it was a sort of an answer to the the axis of China, Iran going the Beltway, Russia, the Ukraine issue so in this context Hamas was trying to intercept or to break up this initiative and I think he says well the battle lines are now drawn we have to be with our allies and our allies is of course Israel, Ukraine Europe and in this context and I think Saudi Arabia and Egypt will be also part of this of this group that he refers to and Iran of course represents the greatest demon in the north but of course it's supported in a regional system also with Russia and China we have to admit the scale of the conflict can be even bigger than what we see now let's hope it's contained but it can go I wonder if you saw an interview with the Hamas leader Ismail Haniye on the Saudi network Al Arabiya in which he was he was criticised the host likened Hamas to ISIS he said the world now sees that Hamas is like ISIS I think that's right which is quite an interesting perspective from the Saudi they're trying to draw a line and to put the blame to the atrocities that we have seen on some mob that entered the border following the Hamas Hamas did, yeah, they tried to blame the ISIS I'm not sure they would succeed also we'll have to see how they will play their hand with the host issue so they have a way to go in this context but I think Hamas is clearly supported by the Shiite of Iran but of course it's a Sunni organisation the Muslim Brotherhood Association and it's a terror organisation that will have to dismantle in order to work out any possible solution we heard the UN Secretary talking about Palestinian state Hamas is not doesn't favour a Palestinian state he did favour something else the annihilation of Israel it should be the elimination of Israel quite and yeah I mean the Saudis of course have been fighting the Iranian backed hosties in Yemen for seven years you see that the whole map reorganises and have themselves suffered attacks on their infrastructure it's true, major blow and I think the whole axis are aligned right now but we still hope that the conflict won't go ballistic and stay original I hope it will be contained in Gaza I hope the northern border doesn't blow up but everything can go wrong or escalate quite I mean do you think that this is evidence that we're seeing right now of Iran trying to implement its three point plan attacks on Israel from the south from the north and the east you know the question how much it was orchestrated carefully monitored from Iran I can't acknowledge though their expert to say completely they see an orchestrated campaign but it's clearly they are behind those there's certainly a lot more to investigate isn't it we're going to go back to the north our correspondent is there mass evacuations potential infiltrations exchange of fire what's going on up there right Laura so the Israeli military is saying that following an initial report there was a shootout carried out towards the Israeli military in that area of Margilot the Israeli military responding with live fire and now scanning the area for suspects we have been afraid of infiltration since the beginning of this war remember the initial infiltration of four individuals from Palestinian Islamic jihad happening right after the war broke out and actually ended up killing a bunch of Israeli soldiers the and wounding civilians as well so the situation here is quite volatile the Israeli military is evacuating these communities not just because of the cross-border fire not just because of the rockets that are launched but also such a threat when people from the other side of the border are coming into these communities it is a larger unknown because they now have to scan the area on foot to look for suspects people are being ordered to shelter in place to lock their doors and it's a situation that the military has found itself in since the beginning of this war now a lot of these communities have been evacuated since last week and a lot of people before the mass evacuations actually chose to leave themselves you drive up to the northern part of the country it is the ghost town because of the mass evacuations that have been put in place we're talking about tens of thousands of people that have relocated to either the center or southern part of the country into state-funded guest houses or staying with family or other friends out of fears of escalation here on the northern border and of course Hamda it's not just Hezbollah that's based across Israel's northern border Hamas is also there it has also taken responsibility for rocket fire from there just give us an idea of how the various groups work together or side by side right so you have Palestinian factions operating out of southern Lebanon like Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad the PFLP but they all need permission so to speak from Hezbollah to launch any weapons to get involved in any conflict they have been calling on Hezbollah to get involved saying that they are eager to join the fight since two weeks ago however Hezbollah is the one who is responsible for all of the weapons that will come in and out of its territory the Israeli military saying they will retaliate against Hezbollah for any weapons that do cross the border anything that comes into Israeli territory Hezbollah will pay the price now Hezbollah's weapons arsenal is quite large it is advanced it is sophisticated we're talking about a completely different beast here than what we're seeing coming out of the Gaza Strip so these factions operating in the southern part of the country want Hezbollah to take the lead because they understand the type of force and power that they have now countries like the United States have been urging Israel both publicly and privately that they don't want them to preemptively strike they don't want them to start something to light the match that will ignite the larger flame on the northern border however they are telling them if Hezbollah were to be the aggressor first they will assist them militarily via land via air via sea to help fight them but as of now Israel's eyes are on the northern border as the front of the war expands Laura Thank you very much You can see the smoke in the air there have been skirmishes there has been gunfire in the community reports of suspected infiltrators and the northern border very much on high alert amid fears that Hezbollah might seek to join the fight we'll be back with you in a few minutes stay tuned this is I-24 news live from Tel Aviv over 1300 people murdered and more than 3000 injured and the war with Hamas continues we bring you first-hand testimonies from the front lines from those who survived and all the records of the atrocities by Hamas follow us as Israel fights terror from the south and north get the inside school on what's going on only on I-24 news this is I-24 news coming to you live from Tel Aviv it is day 14 of Israel's war with Hamas some breaking news in the last hour Israeli police say they've arrested four Gazans who were found hiding in an apartment in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva police say they don't know if the four were already in Israel when the war broke out and was stuck or if they infiltrated Israel on October 7th massacred some 1400 people and took more than 200 hostages well in Gaza the IDF says it has struck more than 100 targets in the Gaza Strip in operations overnight and in the last hour a barrage of rockets fired at the southern cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod the IDF says it's also ready to thwart any potential attacks from Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels this after a US Navy ship shot down missiles apparently headed for Israel last night the war machine of the air force is operating smoothly in coordination with the southern command with the intelligence and that is remarkable well the United Nations says that the first aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip via the RAF border crossing with Egypt should take place in the next day or so it had been expected to open today aid convoys are lining up on the Egyptian side of the border waiting to bring in food, water and medicine to guards and civilians well meanwhile there have been more arrests in the West Bank including an 18 year old from Ramallah who was in Israel illegally and is accused of planning to ram soldiers with a stolen car more than 500 Palestinians have been arrested since October 7th well let's head to the north of Israel now because the IDF is on high alert amid the threat from the Iranian backed terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon the town of Kiryat Shmona population 20,000 has been evacuated our correspondent Hamda Salhout joins us now Hamda some reports of a potential infiltration in the north right Laura good afternoon reports of an infiltration in the city of Margariyot a shooting carried out there reportedly one person injured at the time the authorities have advised residents inside of that city to stay indoors to shelter in place this is a city that is right out the border really just a couple of feet away and it's near Kiryat Shmona where the Israeli military and the defense ministry have both ordered the evacuation of today because of the intense activity at the border and the also the increase in that same activity yesterday we saw rockets that were launched from southern Lebanon one of them making a direct hit in Kiryat Shmona injuring three people so the Israeli military on high alert in these border communities remember earlier in the week they issued evacuations for 28 communities that were two kilometers from the border they have since extended it to five kilometers trying to get everybody out of harm's way putting them in state funded guest houses in case there is an uptick of violence at the border in the last 24 hours and the most booms the most artillery we've heard since we've been covering this since the beginning of the war proving that it's an escalation that is bound to explode Laura all right Hamda thank you very much Hamda Salhout there is at the northern border with Lebanon where as you can see the situation is heating up well the Israeli government said that it is taking steps to close down the Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera security reasons we'll hear with me in the studio to talk about all the latest developments is Lieutenant Colonel Doron Avital former commander of the special forces for the IDF thanks for being with us Doron let's start with potential infiltrations in the north gunfire in Margaleod we've heard it in the last hour a single terrorist it seems some kind of an attempt I think so everybody's on alert now and I think I'm not sure he was captured already or only identified and we also had this Beersheva incident of four for people from Gaza it's not clear exactly what's the context of their apprehension but it adds to the sense of tension also in the cities of Israel in terms of the idea that somebody can infiltrate and and a lot of those border communities as we heard Hamda saying there including Kiria Chmona which is a large town of 20,000 people have been evacuated of civilians yeah it's a decision the government and the IDF has made I think it's a right decision I'm not sure Hamza said that the escalation is bound to explode maybe nobody knows the future but I think this percussion has to be had to be taken and they are taken taking the citizen to a safe distance of the border though of course the abilities of Hezbollah are far can reach further than of course Kiria Chmona and other places which are near the border Remind us of Hezbollah's capabilities I think they hit Haifa if you remember I mean but what do they have in terms of rockets? Well they have an Arsalan which is the magnitude is hundreds of thousand and we I hope if there will be some escalation some of those locations but they have an ability in terms of the question is not sometimes the number but the machinery of accuracy that was a highly improved since the last Lebanon war in 2006 if you remember so it's a different kind of technology the accuracy is something and this is where Iran was playing its hand in terms of the technology and this is of course frightening because they can hit targets that are vital to our economy of course citizens and so on and military infrastructure and so on. But we just heard the idea of spokesman saying Israel has some of the best air defences on earth Of course but you know of course of course we have the Iran Dome for sure and Kela David and others the only problem is that when you when you attack on a multitude of targets and it's hard for those systems to really identify of course if there would be an attempt to escalate the situation I'm sure we are prepared in terms of the location of those missiles and then the blow that the IDF would deliver would be dramatic and this would limit the ability to hurt us. And the United States has been clear President Joe Biden warning other actors in the region who were thinking about taking advantage of the situation don't yeah the famous don't exactly he's deployed aircraft carrier significant military aid to the region there is evidence that Iran is trying to pull the United States into this conflict most clearly last night we US Navy intercepted missiles that were reportedly fired at Israel they were intercepted by the US Navy just talk us through your position on that on the on the Houthis you know this specific incident has to be investigated and to have the clear picture and I'm sure that our intelligence are doing it but it's a proof that the US presence in the area can help us intercepting such abilities there's no question that this conflict can go original and if it goes original who knows where it can go next so the attempt I think what the US wants is of course to try to limit it to limit it to Gaza to deter Hezbollah but things can go wrong in every moment all right thank you very much indeed stay with us for a second we're going to go to our correspondent Pierre Stechelback now who a moment ago filed this report from the southern border with Gaza everything is pointing at the announced ground invasion into Gaza to begin as soon Israeli defense minister Joav Galan yesterday said to soldiers at a base here at the Gaza border that they will soon see the strip from the inside throughout the night here the Gaza strip has continuously been targeted and number of Hamas targets were hit according to the Israeli military but according to reports from Gaza a Greek Orthodox Christian church was struck as well saying to Porphyus one of the oldest churches in the world those inside were Muslims and Christians reportedly seeking shelter inside as it was considered a relatively safe place their casualties as the debris is still being cleaned up and this comes as the humanitarian crisis intensifies for the civilian population for two million people in Gaza and a 14 of the war humanitarian aid still has not come through the border civilians are desperately awaiting water, food, medicine and fuel but in negotiations that US President Joe Biden let with Egypt and Israel both agreed to let 20 trucks with aid from the Sinai peninsula through the Rafah crossing into Gaza however footage from the crossing suggesting that about 200 trucks are lined up there and experts say that in fact hundreds of trucks are needed to enter the strip every day to attend to the basic needs of the civilian population there now and the crossing will be opening for the first 20 trucks is not clear yet as it is expected for today or tomorrow Israel too said that first of all they want to see that these goods do not fall into the hands of Hamas but get to the civilian population really Israel for now to opposes fuel deliveries as it fears fuel would be used to foster infrastructure in the strip the World Health Organization says that fuel is desperately needed though to run the generators for the hospitals desalination plants and also ambulances and warnings have been issued by humanitarian organizations and hospitals that they might not be able to operate and care for the thousands of injured anymore as soon and Israel the sentiment is that big parts of the public and parts of the Israeli security establishment are again still letting aid into Gaza Hamas does not release the Israeli hostages it is sold in the enclave Hamas is believed to be holding at least 203 hostages according to the Israeli military Hamas has put the number even higher and the looming ground offensive that is clear to everyone here might as well further endanger the lives of the hostages in a Gaza but preparations for that are continuing here and Israeli officials are saying that it will be long and intense this is Piaz Tekelbach reporting from for I-24 News Piaz Tekelbach there at the border with Gaza and pictures coming in to us from the Rafa crossing which is still closed the UN says it is expected to open in the next couple of days to allow some 20 trucks full of humanitarian aid to go into Gaza in the hope that it will reach Gaza civilians many hundreds of thousands of Gaza civilians in southern Gaza to get away from the fighting between the IDF and Hamas in the north so all eyes on Egypt today no sign yet that that crossing is opening any time soon it is not expected to open today but in the next day or two and as you heard there Israel has concerns that the aid will go not to the civilians but will fall into the hands of Hamas terrorists while the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is in Egypt today he is expected to speak later but earlier he met with the Egyptian Foreign Minister Samesh Shukri and he had this to say No solution is possible without the creation of an independent Palestine state side by side with Israel with mutual security guaranteed and in line with the international resolutions in line with the agreements that were established between the two parties the UN Secretary General they're talking about the long-term situation for Gaza Dohan Avital, I'm still with me in the studio Dohan from a military perspective talk to me about the aid it's going to be very difficult for Israel to protest about aid getting in that a lot of civilians in need in Gaza right now what are the risks that this could harm Israel's operations against Hamas? I think Israel's concerns are highly justified that this unitarian aid wouldn't be used in the wrong way and of course we want to monitor it very carefully on the other hand though the shock and the rage following this horrendous raid of Hamas really cost some of our decision makers to think that we can block this unitarian aid I don't think it serves our case or our cause even not in the context of the hostage with the greatest dilemma that our decision makers are facing right now also in the context of ground incursion when and if it happens so I think in unitarian aid we had to play along with the US and with the UN and we would have to allow it but it has to be monitored and with the Egyptians because they made it clear they would not let civilians into Sinai to receive aid there the aid has to go into Gaza and we have to play with the Egyptian I mean we have these close ties intelligence wise and security wise and we have to strange way there are our partners in this case they won't let the refugees cross the borders we have to let the unitarian aid but we have to think how do we solve the other problems and how do we monitor the unitarian aid as in the past wouldn't be used in the wrong way so and there seems to be some kind of delay it was supposed to be opening today it now looks as though it will be happening in the next couple of days yeah I'm sure the question of negotiation the question is how severe the situation of the civilians in terms of unitarian aid is I'm talking about medicine food and water and I think in the end there is no other way but to allow it in but we have to really monitor it carefully and is there any way for Israel to prevent it falling into the hands of Hamas I mean what kind of monitoring might there be will we have to rely on the UN for that or we'd have to trust somebody here the UN and also because we know how UNRA and other organizations have been manipulated by Hamas of course we can follow it afterwards and when we see that it's misused to stop the delivery of other unitarian aid because we have the intelligence and the supervision of Gaza right now what we lacked in the days before this raid right now we are on oh let's take a listen sorry Don the UN Secretary General oh he's just finished speaking we missed him Antonio Guterres the UN Secretary General will bring that to you in just a moment I mean you say the intelligence has been restored in Gaza is there any intelligence and the proof was that we could verify the fact that the bombing wasn't us by accepting a phone call it's like it's an amazing if we didn't have this factual evidence showing to the world it's not us it's the Islamic jihad we would be in a different and terrible position yeah the world media has walked back it gives us some integration here we are we're looking at Rafa crossing on the Egyptian side so these presumably Egyptian civilians this is on the Egyptian side of the border you can see the Egyptian flag there people marching in solidarity with the civilians in Gaza see some Egyptian soldiers there a lot of Palestinian flags so this is where Antonio Guterres the UN Secretary General was speaking just a short while ago and this whole situation has put Egypt in a really tight spot hasn't it sure they can't allow those refugees entering their domain they don't trust that they would be even returning to the Gaza Strip but on the other hand also they have the inside the country don't forget the Islamic Brotherhood which is a sort of an enemy of the Muslim Brotherhood yeah the Muslim Brotherhood President LCC had to suppress otherwise it would not have been elected well it looks like quite a small organised protest this is nothing like the kind of spontaneous scenes that we saw on the streets of Arab cities exactly this is a very firm regime that CC is conducting in Egypt and in this respect we can trust him as a player that when he can deliver on what he promises us we have to really work with him in the context of the Gaza Strip the Egyptians have no interest in supporting any volatility just to bring you up to it with what we're looking at this is on the Egyptian side of the Rafa border crossing into Gaza a smallish but angry protest going on people expressing solidarity with the civilians inside Gaza this just a short while after the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres spoke we'll try and get his comments for you so that's the situation as Rafa crossing remains closed it is supposed to be opened in the next couple of days to allow a limited aid convoy into the Strip but that's what we're hearing from the UN right now well let's talk about how the United States fits into all of this US President Joe Biden said last night that he is sending to Congress an urgent budget request for military assistance for both Israel and Ukraine the number is expected to be in the region of $100 billion last night President Biden linked the two conflicts together take a listen Iran is supporting Russia in Ukraine and it's supporting Hamas and other terrorist groups in the region and we'll continue to hold them accountable I might add American leadership is what holds the world together American alliance is what keep us America safe and the values of what make us a part of the other nations want to work with to put all that at risk if we walk away from Ukraine we turn our backs on Israel it's just not worth it that's why tomorrow I'm going to send to Congress an urgent budget request to fund America's national security needs to support our critical partners including Israel and Ukraine all right there you are the US President Joe Biden linking together the conflicts here with Israel the fight with Hamas and the Russian invasion of Ukraine as well and asking Congress to stomp up something in the region of $100 billion that's very important isn't it that association between the war and the war we shouldn't forget that the war was in the context of the Saudi initiative it was sort of an answer to the axis of China Iran going to the Beltway and the Ukraine issue so in this context Hamas was trying to intercept or to break up this initiative and I think he says well the battle lines are now drawn and we have to be with our allies and our allies is of course Israel, Ukraine, Europe and in this context and I think Saudi Arabia and Egypt will be also part of this of this group that he refers to and Iran of course represents the demon in the North but of course it's supported in the original system also with Russia and China we have to admit so the scale of the conflict can be even bigger than what we see now let's hope it's contained but it can go I wonder if you saw an interview with the Hamas leader Ismail Haniye on the Saudi network Al Arabiya in which he was the host likened Hamas to ISIS he said the world now sees that Hamas is like ISIS which is quite an interesting perspective from the Saudi they're trying to draw a line and to put the blame to the atrocities that we have seen on some mob that entered the border following the Hamas they're trying to do it I'm not sure they would succeed also we'll have to see how they will play a way to go in this context but I think Hamas is clearly supported by the Shiite of Iran but of course the Sunni organization the Muslim Brotherhood the association and it's a terror organization that will have to dismantle in order to work out any possible solution, resolution we heard the UN Secretary talking about Palestinian state Hamas is not doesn't favor a Palestinian state like us, the annihilation of Israel it should be clear and the Saudis of course have been fighting the Iranian backed Hossis in Yemen you see that the whole map reorganizes and Hamas himself suffered attacks on their infrastructure I'm major blow and I think the whole axis are aligned right now but we still hope that the conflict won't go ballistic and stay original I hope it will be contained in Gaza I hope the northern border doesn't blow up but everything can go wrong or escalate quite do you think that this is evidence that we're seeing right now of Iran trying to implement its three point plan attacks on Israel from the south from the north and the east? the question how much it was orchestrated carefully monitored from Iran I can't acknowledge the experts to say completely they see an orchestrated campaign but clearly they are behind there's certainly a lot more to investigate isn't it Doran Steyer with us, we're going to go back to the north our correspondent Hamda Salhout is there Hamda massive vacuations potential infiltrations exchange of fire, what's going on up there? Right Laura, so the Israeli military is saying that following an initial report there was a shootout carried out towards the Israeli military in that area of Margilot the Israeli military responding with live fire and now scanning the area for suspects look, they have been afraid of infiltration since the beginning of this war remember the initial infiltration of four individuals from Palestinian Islamic jihad happening right after the war broke out and actually ended up killing a bunch of Israeli soldiers and wounding civilians as well so the situation here is quite volatile, the Israeli military is evacuating these communities not just because of the cross-border fire not just because of the rockets that are launched but also it is such a threat when people from the other side of the border are coming into these communities it is a larger unknown because they now have to scan the area on foot to look for suspects people are being ordered to shelter in place to lock their doors and it's a situation that the military has found itself in since the beginning of this war now a lot of these communities have been evacuated since last week and a lot of people before the mass evacuations actually chose to leave themselves and if you drive up to the northern part of the country it is the ghost town because of the mass evacuations that have been put in place we're talking about tens of thousands of people that have relocated to either the center or southern part of the country into state funded guest houses or staying with family or other friends out of fears of escalation here on the northern border and of course Hamda it's not just Hezbollah that's based across Israel's northern border Hamas is also there and has also taken responsibility for rocket fire from there just give us an idea of how the various groups work together side by side right so you have Palestinian factions operating out of southern Lebanon like Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad the PFLP but they all need permission so to speak from Hezbollah to launch any weapons in any conflict they have been calling on Hezbollah to get involved saying that they are eager to join the fight since two weeks ago however Hezbollah is the one who is responsible for all of the weapons that will come in and out of its territory the Israeli military saying they will retaliate against Hezbollah for any weapons that do cross the border anything that comes into Israeli territory Hezbollah will pay the price now Hezbollah's weapons arsenal is quite large it is advanced, it is sophisticated it is a completely different beast here than what we are seeing coming out of the Gaza Strip so these factions operating in the southern part of the country want Hezbollah to take the lead because they understand the type of force and power that they have now countries like the United States have been urging Israel both publicly and privately that they don't want them to preemptively strike they don't want them to start something to light the match that will ignite the larger flame on the northern border however they are telling them that they were to be the aggressor first they will assist them militarily via land, via air, via sea to help fight them but as of now really all eyes are on the northern border as the front of the war expands Laura Hamder, thank you very much Hamder, you can see the smoke in the air there have been skirmishes there have been gunfire in the community of Mar Galiad reports of suspected infiltrators and the northern border very much on high alert amid fears that Hezbollah might seek to join the fight we'll be back with you in a few minutes stay tuned, this is I-24 news live from Tel Aviv is officially in a state of war this is a very active scene and we need to get in the car as we're talking more than a hundred soldiers and civilians have been kidnapped help us, we don't want to do it we just don't know anything families including babies and children and elderly were 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fire still scanning the area for suspects who may have infiltrated into Israeli territory the town of Kiryat Shmona which has a population of some 20,000 people has been evacuated our correspondent Hamda Salhoutz at the border will be with her in just a few minutes for the very latest but meanwhile here in Israel four Ghazan residents have been arrested they were caught hiding in an apartment in the city of Beersheva police say they don't know if the four were already in Israel when the war began or if they came over on October 7 when Hamas terrorists murdered 1400 people and took more than 200 hostages we can see the pictures now from Beersheva that was earlier this morning four Ghazan residents who were here illegally in Israel they were found hiding in an apartment arrested well there have been more arrests in the West Bank an 18 year old from Ramallah who was also in Israel illegally and who is accused of planning to ram soldiers with a stolen car has been arrested more than 500 Palestinians have been arrested since October 7 well here to talk about all of that our senior correspondent Guy Azraelis with us in the studio Guy let's start with the situation then suspected infiltrators potentially still at large right and we are getting information from the IDF spokesman just a moment ago about a strike of an Israeli drone on a terrorist squad from Hezbollah has been taken down by that aerial vehicle of the IDF in addition to that IDF troops fired towards militants on the Lebanese border so obviously a very hot border there a very hot arena the IDF attempts to maintain the safety on those border communities as we already know residents have been instructed to leave the area it's a closed military zone for quite a few kilometers from the Lebanese border in fear of infiltrations like the one that we saw earlier today we know at least one Israeli that was wounded as a result of shots that were fired at him still unclear whether that was an infiltration from Lebanon as was initially thought in any case an IDF drone shoots down a squad it is still not given the information whether we did not yet hear any announcement to the residents that they can come out so for now we'll assume that we're still examining whether there are any more terrorists in Israeli territory and as we saw in the case of these communities on the Gaza border this is very complicated when you have terrorists infiltrating residential areas perhaps taking over communities as we saw taking over homes for sure this is a very different scenario because we're talking about one maybe two terrorists that have infiltrated if that is the case if potentially hand gliders or enemy aircraft coming over the border from the north when the country was still reeling from the attack on the south we're talking about something very different much smaller obviously the IDF was caught on guard on that Saturday two weeks ago completely different situation in terms of the IDF forces on the ground both in the southern and in the northern front nonetheless there are instances as we see where terrorists attempt to infiltrate Israel attempting to infiltrate Israeli communities I'm sure that bitter lesson that Israel has suffered on Saturday has also given motivation to other terrorists to attempt this sort of our deals these sort of onslaughts on Israeli civilians the IDF is there to protect them and for now the residents are asked to still remain locked up until the areas is clear of terrorists for sure and of course let's not forget the United States is here it wasn't here two weeks ago they've sent the world's largest aircraft carrier they have warned has bollock explicitly don't try to take advantage of the situation but behind the scenes it looks as though they've been putting pressure on the Israelis not to strike preemptively look the Americans obviously are very aware of what's happening here and more than that the possible consequences of an escalation that could drift the entire Middle East really into chaos not just Israel and the Palestinians and Hamas and Gaza not just Israel and Hezbollah and Lebanon but perhaps even a wider escalation that would draw in Iranian proxies from Syria and what we reported here on I-24 news just last night those launches out of Yemen by Houthis there allegedly towards Israeli territory both drones both drones and ballistic missiles fired over the US forces there intercepted both by the Americans and at least one of the interceptions by the Saudis some of those interceptions by electronic warfare no injuries, no casualties in this case but a very clear reminder for Israel about the potential threats and risks of other proxies of Iran in the region that could use the opportunity to attack Israel yeah full house Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis that's the worst case scenario for sure and that is why the Americans are here both in terms of rhetoric and with actions on the ground ready to assist Israel if it needs to and that's what I was pointing out today that Israel has some of the best missile defense systems in the world take pause Guy, thank you let's go to the southern border now our correspondent Pierce Deckelback filed this report a short while ago with updates from the border with Gaza everything is pointing at the announced ground invasion into Gaza to begin as soon as the Israeli military you are of Galan yesterday said to soldiers at a base here at the Gaza border that they will soon see the strip from the inside throughout the night here the Gaza strip has continuously been targeted and a number of Hamas targets were hit according to the Israeli military but according to reports from Gaza a Greek Orthodox Christian church was struck as well St. Porphyos one of the oldest churches in the world has been reportedly seeking shelter inside as it was considered a relatively safe place their casualties as the debris is still being cleaned up and this comes as the humanitarian crisis intensifies for the civilian population for 2 million people in Gaza and a 14 of the war humanitarian aid still has not come through the border civilians are desperately awaiting water food medicine and fuel but in negotiations that US President Joe Biden let with Egypt and Israel agreed to let 20 trucks with aid from the Sinai Peninsula through the Rafah crossing into Gaza where every footage from the crossing suggesting that about 200 trucks are lined up there and experts say that in fact hundreds of trucks are needed to enter the strip every day to attend to the basic needs of the civilian population there now in the crossing will be opening for the first 20 trucks is not clear yet is it is expected for today or tomorrow Israel too said that first of all they want to see that these goods do not fall into the hands of Hamas but get to the civilian population really Israel for now too opposes fuel deliveries as it fears fuel would be used to foster Hamas infrastructure in the strip the World Health Organization says that fuel is desperately needed though to run the generators for the hospitals desalination plans and also ambulances and warnings have been issued by humanitarian organizations and hospitals that they might not be able to operate and care for the thousands of injured anymore as soon in Israel the sentiment is that big parts of the public and parts of the Israeli security establishment are against letting aid into Gaza as long as Hamas does not release the Israeli hostages it is sold in the enclave Hamas is believed to be holding at least 203 hostages according to the Israeli military Hamas has put the number even higher and the looming ground offensive that is clear to the public in here might as well further endanger the lives of the hostages in a Gaza but preparations for that are continuing here and Israeli officials are saying that it will be long and intense this is Piaz Tekelbach reporting from Stirod for I-24 news Piaz Tekelbach there let's go to the north our correspondent Hamda Stalhouti is close to the border with Lebanon Hamda so two separate incidents today involving potential infiltrators is that's right Laura the Israeli military releasing a statement just a short while ago saying that the Israeli military attack to sell of Hezbollah just a short while ago three people were identified approaching the fence along the Lebanese border and Israeli military aircraft operating in the area targeted them we've been seeing helicopters flying overhead for some time the military saying that in addition snipers shot at armed men who were also in the area so the Israeli military on high alert all sorts of things all sorts of activity you can see actually these patchy helicopters here they've been flying in the distance along Lebanese territory in pairs for some time to kind of survey the area and perhaps these are some of the aircrafts that we're assisting in the targeting of the Hezbollah cells along the border the Israeli military has been clear that it will not allow anyone to enter its territory it will not allow any of the violence and military activity to fall through into civilian areas which is why they've been evacuating much of the civilian population here the the communities up to five kilometers from the border all evacuated the the latest community there could get shmone home to around 20,000 people has been evacuated as per request by both the Israeli military and the defense ministry so on high alert here at the northern border continuous escalations in the last 24 hours have been heating up as this conflict seems to be expanding Laura and Hamda I mean Israel is of course still reeling from the mass infiltration by Hamas terrorists nearly two weeks ago a very different terrain isn't it in the south of Israel to where you are now as we can see behind you it is mountainous you know rocky a very different situation just talk us through how you know that affects the situation when it comes to potential infiltrators well look when it comes to people coming through the fence it's incredibly difficult to scan the area you've got mountainous roads you've got forest you've got a lot of places where people could hide so the Israeli military's first action here would be to identify how many people if possible we do not his but has been targeting military surveillance posts to impede the Israeli military's efforts to try and surveil the area so a lot of these searches and scans are happening on foot they're also happening from Israel view to get a better a bird's-eye view if you will on the situation so the Israeli military is doing its best to secure the border but look there are places where people are coming through they're coming here and there are gun battles that have been going on we heard some in the distance as well so the Israeli military is doing everything it can to try and scan the area advising people to stay indoors until they get the all clear from home front command Laura Hamza thank you very much Hamza Sahoud there is northern border while the reverberations of the war here and the false accusation that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza are being felt across the world there have been massive spikes in anti-Semitic attacks in Tunisia this week hundreds of people were filmed setting fire to an historic synagogue in the city of Alhamma and police did not intervene while Morocco also has a large Jewish community here to talk about that Dr. Wabic Tatu political analysts and senior professor at the University of Rabat so thank you for being with us Dr. Tatu and given the the level of anger at Israel across the Arab and Muslim world right now can you tell me are Morocco's Jews safe? Of course they are safe they have been safe for 2,500 years they are Moroccans before they are Jews and they have been protected by their Muslim brothers for 2,500 years and during the second world war the Vichy government tried to put pressure on the Moroccan king Mohammed 5th to put them in a concentration camps and the Moroccan king then said they are Moroccans so we have to put all the Moroccans on the concentration camps so they are very safe there might be support for the war for the Palestinian cause but that doesn't mean that the Moroccan Jews are in any danger at any time. Well as the king made any comments about the conflict so far not so far but the Moroccan government I've heard this morning that he is trying to negotiate settlement or kind of peace settlement between the two sides but this is obviously not being made official but the Moroccan play a major role in this war which we all hope it will come to an end at some point and which we all hope it will lead to some sort of settlement to some sort for the two people for the Palestinians and for the Israelis and security for everyone bearing in mind that what's happening with the civilians being killed on both sides is real human catastrophe it's a really human drama so I've heard there are attempts to do something. And of course Mohammed you and I have spoken many many times in the past haven't we about the phenomenal cooperation between Israel and Morocco since the signing of the Abraham Accords in is that cooperation do you think potentially going to be damaged by the war that's going on especially if the war drags on for a long time? No I don't think so I think the cooperation the friendship is a long term thing it's going to continue there might be moments of pose this is a moment of pose the Israeli diplomats have left the country like they did Middle Eastern countries but this is a pose this is a pose and I think things will continue in a different way in a different there will be a different momentum but I think peace and alliance between the two countries is very strong and very reliable. Thank you very much indeed Professor You are most welcome stay safe. Thank you, thank you Mohammed the UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has said in the last few minutes that he's dealing with some kind of hold up when it comes to the aid deliveries via the Egyptian controlled Rafa crossing with Gaza it is supposed to be opened within a day or two to allow in limited humanitarian aid that's food, water and medicine Israel has said that it opposes any fuel deliveries for fear that it will help fuel the Hamas war machine hundreds of thousands of Gaza civilians have moved south away from the fighting the UN secretary general himself is there and he has been holding meetings with Egyptian officials as well let's take a quick listen to what he had to say No solution is possible without the creation of independent Palestine state side by side with Israel with mutual security guaranteed and in line with the international resolutions and in line with the agreements that were established between the two parties alright so that's the situation at the Rafa crossing no aid deliveries as yet supposed to happen in a day or two well joining me now Mark Regev is the senior advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thank you for being with us Mark my pleasure first of all let's start with the war against Hamas should Israelis feel reassured at this point by the way the war is progressing so the heavy fighting is still ahead of us we should have no illusions a ground offensive will be difficult we're up against a barbaric enemy we saw his barbarism very openly on the morning of 7th of October he is fighting on his own territory he has bunkers he has all sorts of defenses we will win but we have to understand that we shouldn't underestimate the way that they are prepared for us now we will surprise them we will hit them hard and we'll win this but I think anyone who's been speaking to the soldiers who are going into battle soon knows they are brave they know why they're fighting and they know the enemy what they're up against they could be difficult fighting but we will win and every soldier going into battle knows the importance of this battle we are going to free Israel from Hamas we refuse to live in the immediate proximity next to this terrorist enclave that can inflict the sort of attack that they have the sort of brutal massacres that they've committed and when this is over the Hamas military machine will have been destroyed and the radical structure in Gaza will have been dismantled there will be a new Gaza when this is over that will be good for Israelis will be freed from this terrorist threat and it will be good also for the people of Gaza who hopefully will get a leadership that is a little more responsible and it is helpful and reassuring for Israelis that they have had iron clad military and moral support from western governments isn't it Mark the western media however has been far less sympathetic to Israel including spreading the falsehood that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday night that was swiftly debunked by numerous evidential sources but do you think that the pressure on Israel to avoid any kind of civilian casualties which is impossible for any army will affect operations is weakening Israel in some way so first of all I'll deal with the first part of your question support from the international community has been almost unprecedented the Americans have been amazing President Biden again last night in his remarks strong unequivocal support for Israel's right to defend itself and it's not just the words it's diplomatic support of the United Nations and very tangible militia support whether it's moving the two American aircraft carrier groups to the region as to show you know that they are serious and whether it's the munitions that they are supplying us with as President Biden says to give us the tools that we need to do the job American support as I said has been amazing at the same time we had yesterday the British Prime Minister here Rishi Sunak before that we had the German Chancellor we're expecting other European leaders next week there really has been very very very strong support but your question also raised the question about the Western media which has been how do I say it they have been not so unequivocal in support of Israel maybe they would say that that's not their job to be but I would urge all journalists especially after we learn from that incident with the with the death of the hospital don't believe Hamas propaganda look Hamas brutally kills people we saw that on October 7th they have no trouble in killing the truth Hamas too and all those press releases coming out of Gaza all that information is coming from a Hamas control government you know they quote the Ministry of Health in Gaza that's a Hamas controlled Ministry of Health all the information about the attack on the hospital Hamas provided that information there is no independent civil society inside Gaza Hamas has stamped that out since they've taken control there 16 years ago it's going to be skeptical about the information coming out of Gaza if you listen to their press releases those you know coming out of let's say the Hamas control Ministry of Health we've only killed civilians we haven't hit and killed a single Hamas terrorist it's obviously not not feasible not rational and people once again I think it's incumbent on every person to take any information coming out of Gaza with a grain of salt quite and I've noticed several Hamas now saying Hamas controlled health authorities so there has been a slight change in the line listen Mark I know it's far too soon to talk about politics at all but I just want to ask you there's been an incident of red paint thrown at the Likud ruling party headquarters in Tel Aviv pictures of the hostages put up clearly there's a lot of public anger hurt and anger a large number of Israelis don't have faith in the current prime minister as a person to be the commander in chief right now there's a time for politics and there's a time for unity and we're at a time for unity now the terrorists who entered Israel on sat day morning two weeks ago now they didn't care how we voted they went into Kibbutzim which are associated with the left and they went into Sterot which is seen as a Likud stronghold they didn't ask are you a dove or a hawk if you're religious or secular they murdered everyone they found they butchered everyone they found and I think we have to as a people unite as we have united clearly Mark clearly Mark but the man who was this happened on his watch is he the right person to be leading the fight back or should he apologize he hasn't apologized unlike his defense minister and other officials should he apologize should he step aside and allow a unity government to take over well we've already gotten more of a unity government since the coalition expanded and we've got the new senior war cabinet as you know which contains people who are until very recently in the opposition and so I think what we're doing is we're uniting as a country we'll win this war we didn't want this war we didn't start this war but we'll win it and we'll do so on our terms and when it's over I'm sure there'll be enough time for politics sure I want to ask you about Rafa crossing if you would it's supposed to open in the next day or two to allow limited humanitarian aid into Gaza is there any way Israel can stop that getting into the hands of Hamas that's one of the major problems and it's not just Israel that points to that problem it's the United States has done so too President Biden spoke publicly about that issue that he said if Hamas steals the aid then there'll be a whole problem with the delivery of aid and it's not a theoretical question it's a very practical question because we know a few days ago a number of tankers entered Gaza with fuel for the generators specifically it was supposed to go to the hospitals whether so they could generate electricity so the hospitals continue to function and we know for a fact that Hamas stole fuel from the UN facility that was storing it and so if we're just going to be giving supplies to Gaza and it's going to be taken by Hamas for its military terrorist machine that's unacceptable and there have to be safeguards in place it's also not just Israel's problem the whole international community people are donating for the people of Gaza for the civilian population of Gaza Israel has no problem with that whatsoever on the contrary we're happy to be part of a process that helps to alleviate the suffering of innocent civilians but no one should be in a situation where we say aid that's being given goes to Hamas that's terrible that shouldn't happen and if it does the whole aid issue is in question all right Mark we'll give senior advisor to Prime Minister Netanyahu thank you very much indeed my pleasure and in the last few minutes the Defence Minister Joav Galant has said that once Hamas is vanquished Israel will be seeking a new security regime in Gaza this is air strikes continue in Gaza the no signers yet of a ground offensive though Israeli leaders have said that is imminent and all eyes very much on the north of Israel as well which is dealing with potential terrorist infiltrations to separate incidents which the IDF has responded to with both drones and gunfire we'll keep you updated here on I-24 news do stay tuned Israel murdered and more than 3000 injured and the war with Hamas continues we bring you first-hand testimonies from the front lines from those who survived and all the records of the atrocities by Hamas follow us as Israel fights terror from the south and north get the inside scoop on what's going on only on I-24 news particular project a gross capacity of 103.5 megawatt will be producing around 230 gigawatt hour of clean renewable energy per year we've come out here to claim for the rain at this moment global warming is affecting Bolivia not only Bolivia but the whole world and we need rain for the embryos we need to reserve we have the right ingredients and we have to do the job and that if we have the right ingredients and we do the job that the Vakita can be protected official dresser of I-24 news good evening ladies and gentlemen I-24 news we're coming to you live from Tel Aviv on this day 14 of Israel's war with Hamas we're going to start with the situation in the north where Israel is on high alert amid fears Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terrorist organization is preparing to join the fight the IDF says its troops came under fire near the northern town Al-Galiot which is on the Lebanese border troops returned fire and are still scanning the area for suspects who may have infiltrated into Israeli territory the town of Kiryat Shmona which has a population of some 20,000 people has been evacuated our correspondent, Hamda Salhoutz at the border will be with her in just a few minutes for the very latest but meanwhile here in Israel four Ghazan residents have been arrested they were caught hiding in an apartment in the southern city of Beersheva police say they don't know if the four were already in Israel when the war began or if they came over on October 7th when Hamas terrorists murdered 1,400 people and took more than 200 hostages there we can see the pictures now from Beersheva that was early this morning four Ghazan residents were here illegally in Israel they were found hiding in an apartment in Beersheva, they've now been arrested well there have been more arrests in the west bank an 18 year old from Ramallah who was also in Israel illegally and who is accused of planning to ram soldiers with a stolen car has been arrested more than 500 Palestinians have been arrested since October 7th well here to talk about all of that our senior correspondent Guy Azriel is with us in the studio Guy let's start with the situation then in the north in Magaliot suspected infiltrators potentially still at large right and we are getting information from the IDF spokesman just a moment ago about a strike of an Israeli drone on a terrorist squad from Hezbollah has been taken down by that aerial vehicle of the IDF in addition to that IDF troops fired towards militants on the Lebanese border so obviously a very hot border there a very hot arena the IDF attempts to maintain the safety on those border communities as we already know residents have been instructed to leave the area it's a closed military zone for quite a few kilometers from the Lebanese border in fear of infiltrations like the one that we saw earlier today we know at least one Israeli that was wounded as a result of shots that were fired at him still unclear whether that was an infiltration from Lebanon as was initially thought in any case an IDF drone shoots down a squad it is still not given the information they still suspected infiltrators we did not hear any announcement to the residents that they can come out so for now we will assume they are still examining whether there are any more terrorists in Israeli territory as we saw in the case of these communities on the Gaza border this is very complicated when you have terrorists infiltrating residential areas perhaps taking over communities as we saw taking over homes for sure this is a very different scenario because we are talking about two terrorists that have infiltrated that was the big fear earlier on there were reports of potentially hang gliders or enemy aircraft coming over the border from the north when the country was still reeling from the attack on the south we are talking about something very different much smaller obviously the IDF was caught on guard on that Saturday two weeks ago completely different situation in terms of the IDF forces on the ground both on and in the northern front nonetheless there are instances as we see where terrorists attempt to infiltrate Israel attempting to infiltrate Israeli communities I'm sure that bitter lesson that Israel has suffered on Saturday has also given motivation to other terrorists to attempt this sort of our deals these sort of onslaughts on Israeli civilians the IDF is there to protect them and for now the residents are asked to still remain locked up until the areas is clear of terrorists for sure and of course let's not forget the United States is here it wasn't here two weeks ago they've sent the world's largest aircraft carrier they have warned Hezbollah explicitly don't try to take advantage of the situation but behind the scenes it looks as though they've been putting pressure on the Israelis not to strike preemptively look the Americans obviously are very aware of what's happening here and more than that the possible consequences of an escalation that could drift the entire Middle East really into chaos not just Israel and the Palestinians and Hamas and Gaza not just Israel and Hezbollah and Lebanon but perhaps even a wider escalation that would draw in Iranian proxies from Syria and what we reported here on i24 news just last night those launches out of Yemen by Houthis there allegedly towards Israeli territory both drones yes both drones and ballistic missiles fired over the US forces there intercepted both by the Americans and at least one of the interceptions by the Saudis some of those interceptions by electronic warfare no injuries no casualties in this case but a very clear reminder for Israel about the potential threats and risks of other proxies of Iran in the region that could use the opportunity to attack Israel yeah full house Hamas Hezbollah and the Houthis that's the worst case scenario for sure and that is why the Americans are here both in terms of rhetoric and with actions on the ground ready to assist Israel if it needs and the IDF spokesman of course pointing out today that Israel has some of the best missile defense systems in the world take pause Guy thank you let's go to the southern border now our correspondent Pierce Deckelback filed this report a short while ago with updates from the border with Gaza everything is pointing at the announced ground invasion into Gaza to begin as soon Israeli defense minister Joav Galan yesterday said to soldiers at a base here at the Gaza border that they will soon see the strip from the inside throughout the night here the Gaza strip has continuously been targeted and number of Hamas targets were hit according to the Israeli military but according to reports from Gaza a Greek Orthodox Christian church was struck as well saying to Porphyos one of the oldest churches in the world those inside were Muslims and Christians reportedly seeking shelter inside as it was considered a relatively safe place their casualties as the debris is still being cleaned up and this comes as the humanitarian crisis intensifies for the civilian population for 2 million people in Gaza and a 14 of the war humanitarian aid still has not come through the border civilians are desperately awaiting water food medicine and fuel but in negotiations that U.S. President Joe Biden let with Egypt and Israel both agreed to let 20 trucks with aid from the Sinai Peninsula through the Rafah crossing into Gaza where every footage from the crossing suggesting that about 200 trucks are lined up there and experts say that in fact hundreds of trucks are needed to enter the strip every day to attend to the basic needs of the civilian population there now when the crossing will be opening trucks is not clear yet is it it is expected for today or tomorrow Israel too said that first of all they want to see that these goods do not fall into the hands of Hamas but get to the civilian population really Israel for now to opposes fuel deliveries as it fears fuel would be used to foster Hamas infrastructure in the strip the World Health Organization says that fuel is desperately needed though to run the generators for the hospitals desalination plans and also ambulances and warnings have been issued by humanitarian organizations and hospitals that they might not be able to operate and care for the thousands of injured anymore as soon in Israel the sentiment is that big parts of the public and parts of the Israeli security establishment are against letting aid into Gaza as long as Hamas does not release the Israeli hostages it is sold in the enclave Hamas is believed to be holding at least 203 hostages according Hamas has put the number even higher and the looming ground offensive that is clear to everyone here might as well further endanger the lives of the hostages in a Gaza but preparations for that are continuing here and Israeli officials are saying that it will be long and intense this is Piaz Stekelbach reporting from Stirod for I-24 news Piaz Stekelbach well let's go to the north our correspondent Hamda Stalhouti is close to the border with Lebanon Hamda so two separate incidents today involving potential infiltrators is that right that's right Laura the Israeli military releasing a statement just a short while ago saying that the Israeli military attack to sell of Hezbollah just a short while ago three people were identified approaching the fence along the Lebanese border and an Israeli military aircraft operating in the area targeted them we've been seeing helicopters flying overhead for some time the military saying that in addition snipers shot at armed men who were also in the area so the Israeli military on high alert for all sorts of things all sorts of activity you can see actually these patchy helicopters here they've been flying in the distance along Lebanese territory in pairs for some time to kind of survey the area and perhaps these are some of the aircrafts that we're assisting in the targeting of the Hezbollah cells along the border the Israeli military has been clear that it will not allow anyone to enter and it will not allow any of the violence and military activity to fall through into civilian areas which is why they've been evacuating much of the civilian population here the the communities up to five kilometers from the border all evacuated the the latest community there could he at Shmone home to around 20,000 people has been evacuated as per request by both the Israeli military and the defense ministry so on high alert here at the northern border continuous escalations of the last 24 hours have been heating up as this conflict seems to be expanding Laura and Hamdah I mean Israel is of course still reeling from the mass infiltration by Hamas terrorists nearly two weeks ago a very different terrain isn't it in the south of Israel to where you are now as we can see behind you it is mountainous you know rocky a very different situation just talk us through how you know that affects the situation when it comes to info potential infiltrators look when it comes to people coming through the fence it's incredibly difficult to scan the area you've got mountainous roads you've got forests you've got a lot of places where people could hide so the Israeli military's first action here would be to identify how many people if possible we do not his but has been targeting military surveillance post to impede the Israeli military's efforts to try and scan the area so a lot of the searches and scans are happening on foot they're also happening from an aerial view to get a better a bird's eye view if you will on the situation so the Israeli military is doing its best to secure the border but look there are places where people are coming through there coming here and there are gun battles that have been going on we heard some in the distance as well so the Israeli military is doing everything it can to try and scan the area advising to be clear from home front command Laura Hamza thank you very much Hamza there is at Israel's northern border while the reverberations of the war here and the false accusation that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza are being felt across the world there have been massive spikes in anti-semitic attacks in Tunisia this week hundreds of people were filmed setting fire to an historic synagogue in the city of Alhamma and police did not intervene while Morocco was in a large Jewish community here to talk about that Dr. Mohamed Statou political analysts and senior professor at the University of Rabat thank you for being with us Dr. Statou given the level of anger at Israel across the Arab and Muslim world right now can you tell me are Morocco's Jews safe? Of course they are safe they have been safe for 2500 years Moroccans before they are Jews and they have been protected by their Muslim brothers for 2500 years and during the second world war the Vichy government tried to put pressure on the Moroccan king Mohamed 5th to put them in a concentration camps and the Moroccan king then said they are Moroccans so we have to put all the Moroccans on the concentration camps so they are very safe there might be support for the war for the Palestinian cause but that doesn't mean that the Moroccan Jews are in any danger at any time Well has the king made any comments about the conflict so far? Not so far but the Moroccan government have heard this morning that he is trying to negotiate settlement or kind of peace settlement between the two sides but this is obviously not being made official but the Morocco can play a major role in this war which we all hope it will come to an end at some point and which we all hope it will lead to some sort of settlement for the two people Palestinians and for the Israelis and security for everyone bearing in mind that what's happening with civilians being killed on both sides is real human catastrophe it's a really human drama so I've heard there are attempts to do something And of course Mohamed you and I have spoken many many times in the past haven't we had any formal cooperation between Israel and Morocco since the signing of the Abraham Accords I mean is that cooperation do you think potentially going to be damaged by the war that's going on especially if the war drags on for a long time? No I don't think so I think the cooperation the friendship is a long term thing it's going to continue there might be moments of the Israeli diplomats have left the country like they did in all the Middle Eastern countries but this is a pose and I think things will continue in a different way in a different there will be a different momentum but I think peace and alliance between the two countries is very strong and very reliable Thank you very much indeed Professor You are most welcome Stay safe Thank you Well the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said in the last few minutes that he's dealing with some kind of hold up when it comes to the aid deliveries via the Egyptian controlled Rafa crossing with Gaza it is supposed to be opened within a day or two to allow in limited humanitarian aid that's food water and medicine Israel has said that it opposes any fuel deliveries for fear that it will help fuel the Hamas war machine hundreds of thousands of Gaza civilians have moved south away from the fighting UN Secretary General himself is there and he has been holding meetings with Egyptian officials as well let's take a quick listen to what he had to say No solution is possible without the creation of the independent Palestine state side by side with Israel with mutual security guaranteed and in line with international resolutions and in line with the agreements that were established between the two parties Alright so that's the situation at the Rafa crossing no aid deliveries as yet supposed to happen in a day or two Well joining me now Mark Regev is the Senior Advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thank you for being with us Mark My pleasure First of all let's start with the war against Hamas Should Israelis feel reassured at this point by the way the war is progressing So the heavy fighting is still ahead of us we should have no illusions a grand offensive will be difficult we're up against a barbaric enemy we saw his barbarism very openly on the morning of the 7th of October he is fighting on his own territory he has bunkers he has all sorts of defences we will win but we have to understand we shouldn't underestimate the way that they are prepared for us now we will surprise them we will hit them hard and we'll win this but I think anyone who's been speaking to the soldiers who are going into battle soon knows they are brave they know why they're fighting and they know the enemy we're up against and they could be difficult fighting but we will win and every soldier going into battle knows the importance of this battle we are going to free Israel from Hamas we refuse to live in the immediate proximity next to this terrorist enclave that can inflict the sort of attack they have the sort of brutal massacres that they've committed and when this is over the Hamas military machine will have been destroyed and their political structure in Gaza will have been dismantled there will be a new Gaza when this is over that will be good for Israelis will be freed from this terrorist threat and it will be good also for the people of Gaza who hopefully will get a leadership that is a little more responsible and it is helpful and reassuring for Israelis that they have had iron clad military and moral support from western governments the western media however has been far less sympathetic to Israel including spreading the falsehood that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday night that was swiftly debunked by numerous evidential sources but do you think that the pressure on Israel to avoid any kind of civilian casualties which is impossible for any army will affect operations in Israel in some way so first of all I'll deal with the first part of your question the support from the international community has been almost unprecedented the Americans have been amazing President Biden again last night in his remarks a strong unequivocal support for Israel's right to defend itself and it's not just the words it's diplomatic support of the United Nations and very tangible militia support whether it's moving around the region as to show that they are serious and whether it's the munitions that they are supplying us with as President Biden says to give us the tools that we need to do the job American support as I said has been amazing at the same time we had yesterday the British Prime Minister here Rishi Sunak before that we had the German Chancellor we're expecting other European leaders next week there really has been the question about the western media which has been how do I say it they have been not so unequivocal in support of Israel maybe they would say that that's not their job to be but I would urge all journalists especially after we learn from that incident with the death of the hospital don't believe Hamas's propaganda look Hamas brutally kills people we saw that on October 7th they have no trouble in killing the truth too and all those press releases coming out of Gaza all that information is coming from a Hamas controlled government they quote the Ministry of Health in Gaza that's a Hamas controlled Ministry of Health all the information about the attack on the hospital Hamas provided that information there is no independent civil society inside Hamas has stamped that out since they have taken control there 16 years ago you have to be skeptical about the information coming out of Gaza if you listen to their press releases those coming out of let's say the Hamas controlled Ministry of