United States has once again struck against Houthi rebels in Yemen. I'm Albert Lewigin reporting from the I-24 News headquarters in Tel Aviv.  We continue our live rolling coverage of the war, day 99, 14 weeks to the day. Lots of late breaking developments. First, breaking news. The Pentagon says that the United States has struck a Houthi military site in Yemen with a barrage of Tomahawk cruise missiles. A radar site was hit. Houthi rebels have attempted to attack and harass ships traveling in international waters. That's important here. International waters, some 28 times. Moving now here in Israel, the IDF responded this evening last night to two anti-tank missiles that were fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel earlier yesterday. No casualties were reported. And in Gaza, fighting continues. The IDF continues to push further south. Now while Israeli forces say they've knocked out hundreds of rocket missile launch sites, there were rocket attacks last night along the border. Cities like Ashdod had sirens. Now the Israeli prime minister's office says a deal has been reached to get vital medicines to the hostages being held at gunpoint by Hamas. This deal, brokered by the Qataris, seems to sidestep the international Red Cross. A job that Red Cross has been trying to do since 1849, and billions of dollars of aid and donations to the Red Cross. To do just that, it's been sidestep. Now moving on to the West Bank, three armed Palestinian men broke into the settlement of Adora near Hebron and shot and wounded a 34-year-old Jewish man. Israeli security forces raced to the scene. They shot and killed the three assailants. Israel has made its case in the International Court of Justice fighting back South Africa's charge that Israel conducted genocidal acts. Now, Germany says it'll come to Israel's defense, Germany, saying, quote, Hamas terrorists brutally attacked, tortured, killed, kidnapped Israeli innocents. Hamas's goal is to wipe out Israel. Israel has been defending itself. We have lots to get to this afternoon this morning. First now, let's go to Jonathan Regev, I-24, a new senior defense correspondent. He's at the Israel-Gaza border. Jonathan, there was a deal overnight that we got worried of a deal to give medicines to the hostages. Tell us more about this deal and how will it be done? Yes, three months into this crisis, more than three months. Finally, there seems to be some horizon for these people, these hostages. Many of them, elderly, many of them, ill, many of them injured during that terror attack to finally get some medicine. The deal brokered by Qatar should facilitate the entry of medicine for those hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. In return, Israel will also provide medicine to Gazans. The big question is how exactly Israel can be sure that the medicine, those medicines, vital medicines given to Hamas, will actually be delivered to the hostages, needing them. Of course, we've not seen a lot of images of hostages. We don't know exactly where they are. And unfortunately, we have to rely on the words of Hamas. Have we seen the Red Cross so far deliver any medicine to the hostages? The answer is no. It is probably up to the Red Cross to deliver these medicines to Hamas. What will happen with those vital medicines once they're delivered to Hamas is not exactly clear. How can Israel be sure that they're given to the right people? Not exactly clear. This is the one point standing now in this reported deal. Jonathan, in fact, there was no mention of the Red Cross. I remember that the Red Cross since 1849, their job as part of the Geneva Conventions, which by the way, the US and Palestine both subscribed to, was to be the intermediary in situations like this. And they haven't been mentioned at all. I mean, one of the things, correct me if I'm wrong, Jonathan, is that one of the family members went to the Red Cross and asked them for help. The Red Cross says, well, what about the people in Gaza? That was their response. You know, so here, for the people in Gaza, is humanitarian assistance coming in? The answer is yes. Part of this deal is to provide medicine to Gazans as well. The answer is yes. Before the war, have there been tons and tons and tons of assistance coming from Israel through the Karim Shalom crossing? Has this been happening? The answer is yes. All this has been happening. So this is the question for the Red Cross. Now it's time for the Red Cross also to provide to Israeli hostages. There are 136 Israeli hostages in Gaza. We know that many of them are alive. Not everybody, unfortunately, but many of them are alive and they need medicine. This is the time to provide that medicine. Someone should do it. The Red Cross, I would love to say that we count on it. I personally don't because we've seen how they have acted towards the Israeli hostages for the past three months. I would say that the only thing they really did for the hostages was they worked as a shuttle company for the hostages who were brought out, nothing apart from that. For the hostages, now it's time for them to do that. I hope they do. I hope someone does, at least, and provide that medicine to the hostages because many of them desperately, desperately need them. John, let's move on to the actual war in Gaza right now. Last night, there were some rocket attacks coming to the south of Israel from Gaza. The IDF has said that there's been hundreds of rocket launch sites that have been destroyed. But that doesn't mean that everything is done in terms of rocket launches from Gaza. We heard the IDF spokesperson, Daniel Agari, speaking this week, and he said that take, for example, Jabalia. Jabalia right here, behind us, right over there, could be clearly seen today. This is an area that has been taken over by the IDF, but there's still sporadic action by Hamas, meaning there's perhaps no order or an orderly warfare by Hamas, but have all the terrorists been killed? The answer is no. Have all the tunnels been taken care of? The answer is no. There's still terrorists. There's still rocket launchers. There's still tunnels. They're operating perhaps without an ordered command chain, but they're still there and they're still able to fire rockets, such as the ones fired last night to Ashdod. They were fired from this area right here behind me, taking care of all of this All across the Gaza Strip is something that will take months, maybe years. It's a very long campaign. Obviously, we're not in the place that we were three months ago. There's no ability to fire tens or hundreds of rockets per day, but the sporadic, the ability to fire sporadic rockets here and there is still there. Obviously, it's true also for the Southern West Bank, but also for this area, Jabalia, Sajaya and so on, taking care of all of that will take months and months and months. Jonathan Rega joining us live now from the southern part of Israel on the border with Gaza. Thanks again for joining us. I want to continue on with Colonel Dr. Jockneria, the former deputy head of assessment for Israeli military intelligence. He's also the former foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Yusuf Corbine. Thanks again for coming in. Let me, before we talk Houthis, we're going to talk about Houthis and what happened overnight. Let's go back a little bit to what Jonathan was talking about with the hostages and this deal that's been brokered. So the idea now is that the Prime Minister worked out a deal with the Qataris to provide medicine for these hostages. Is that, will we be seeing a lot of these kind of sort of side step deals? This is the maximum at the time that we can reach with the Hamas because of the contradictory positions of the Hamas and Israel. Hamas says you have to stop completely the war and then we will negotiate the hostages deal. And Israel says, no, we have to discuss the hostages deal now on the fire. And this is, I see that it's not bridgeable, not at all. So, I mean, in the meantime, so we have to find some avenues in order to keep the hostages alive, first of all. I mean, we know that they are in very dark conditions that some of them are in cages and some of them are in the dark, but it's been for a long time. And we know that because of the people who have been released. Exactly, sir. That's why I want to make everyone sure that everyone here they have told us that they have told the public.  And this is a very difficult situation. So we have, I mean, the government cannot stop. I mean, the government Israel cannot stop the war now because it would mean that the total total victory of Hamas. And this is and Hamas is just waiting. He sees what's happening inside Israel, the discussions, the debate about the continuation of the war. Yes, no, the different parties, the fighting one another day says, OK, let's sit, sit tight and wait and see what's happening. Run the clock out. Exactly. Let's see what's happening. And why should we rush? I mean, we have a very good card in our hands. This is the hostages. This is our survival. This is, I mean, we are not going to abide to the Israeli conditions that they want us to, I mean, to exile from Gaza. No, we are going to stay there. And as long as the war lasts, it would mean that Israel is just deepening its feet in the swamp. And this would be the, if we don't accomplish in the coming months, a sizable, say, victory. Or, I mean, the steps, the vis-a-vis Hamas, then this would definitely reflect on the domestic scene here, the more and more you have protests that we cannot continue like this. We have to stop. We have to, the first priority has to be the release of the hostages. And you know that this is an ongoing circle that the government cannot get out of it. Let's move on to Houthis for a second. Overnight, the US struck another radar site in Yemen, southern Yemen. I want to, first, I want to show you a little bit of what US President Joe Biden said. US President Biden sent a warning to Iran and his proxies, especially to Houthis. He did this last night. Let's take a listen. I've already delivered the message to Iran. They know we're not going to do anything. No, Iran does not want to war us. We will make sure that we respond to Houthis and they continue this outrageous behavior. Let's follow it up now. We're going to hear from Stefan Zujaric, who's the United Nations spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kutiatis. Take a listen. The Secretary-General reiterates that attacks against international shipping in the Red Sea are not acceptable and they endanger the safety and security of global supply chains and have a negative impact on the economic and humanitarian situation around the world. The Security Council demands in that resolution 2722 that Houthis immediately cease all such attacks on commercial shipping. We are just extremely worried about the risks and the greater risks of escalation of this and with the impact on the wider region. The risks that on Yemen itself, which as we've said before, Mr. Grunberg and his team had worked hard to get parties together.  Join back in studio with Jack Naria. Jack, the president of the United States said that he gave a warning, the audio was a little muffled there, but that he basically gave around the warning. Is this the way to give around the warning? Well, you should begin by something, by a declaration. So I mean, and then he said also that the Houthis are a terror organization, which means that sanctions can be applied to it on the Houthis and on the part of Yemen where they rule. And I think by proxy, it can hit also Iran. But I mean, what's happening right now is that it's a widening of the conflict that the United States wanted to evade from. I mean, they've been pushing Israel and pressing Israel not to widen the conflict with Hezbollah and not to reach a regional conflict. And now with the second attack on the Houthis, it's quite obvious that there is an enlargement of a widening of the conflict. But Jacques, so a lot of the people who are watching, especially we're on the air right now on the American West Coast, right? And so Los Angeles, San Francisco, they've taken to the streets, denouncing the American strike, saying that, oh, how dare the Americans get involved in this?  They don't understand that. Whatever, I don't understand. American interests are being jeopardized. You know, the fact that there are two straits right now that are almost in total control of Iran, the Straits of Hamas and the Straits of Babelmandib. And these are the two key points that have great influence on the global economy and thus an impact on American economy.  And the Houthis have not limited their attacks only on ships going to Israel. No, they have been hitting 28 ships. But there's something more striking here, which I find is that the American left feels that because they're commercial in nature that all America cares about is the American economy. And therefore, that's why they're striking. It's such a filter. Well, you know, they can think whatever they want. The problem is that if America is policing the world, I mean, we have to understand that America is a superpower. And the war here is not limited to the Houthis. It's behind the Houthis, Iran. And behind Iran is Putin. Putin is waiting behind the scenes and manipulating both Iran and the Houthis. And he's on the war with Ukraine. I mean, this is the big game. And if we don't understand that, then we don't understand politics at all. But it's naive. It's naive to think that it's just about economics. Yeah, it is naive because here it's more than if you don't have an influence, if you're not present and your will is not fulfilled, then you are in the weak position and you are the one that is not administering where the strikes are, getting the strikes home and hitting ships. How would they feel if a ballistic missile would hit the USS Skarni? And you have 1,500 men just drowning in the sea. How would they feel? No, they would applaud and say, OK, that's wonderful.  This is terrorism. And against terrorism, you have to fight back. Now, also, this is something that people should know, this is an international war. This isn't in Yemeni territorial waters. It's not any territorial waters of anybody. This is all occurring in international waters. And in a lot of ways, America, like you mentioned, aside from being the police of the world, everyone has to abide by international law. I mean, that's one of the reasons why the United Nations, I think, we would hope, is getting a little bit more involved in this because they see the danger. The United Nations has not decided to be on which side of the barricade. This is the problem. When you hear the declaration of the UN concerning that they are worried, so what? What are the actions that they are taking? You have convened a security council? OK, what are the sanctions that you are applying on Yemen, on the Houthis, on Iran, who is just manipulating all things? This is what we expect from the UN, to be a very active, in an active role, and not just express its sorrow and worryness about what's happening in the world. Sympathy is not enough. Because Yemen has a seat at the United Nations, but they're not in control of their own country. Talk to a little bit about, for people who are unfamiliar, Yemen is struck in a civil war right now. Yemen is struck in a civil war, the Houthis. I mean, the head by Abdul Malik Al-Houthi, this is a Shiite faction of, I mean, almost 35% of the population has taken over Yemen a few years ago. In the mid, I think it's around the 2015, something of the sort. And the Saudis came to the rescue. And in order to restore order, they organized a coalition. And unfortunately, the Saudis with the coalition did not succeed in defeating the Houthis. And the Houthis are still in hold of half of Yemen. And the second half is what is called the official Yemen, the one that is conducting its affair. The one is represented at the UN. Houthis are not represented, totally not. And then the other day, yesterday, there were hundreds of thousands of people in the streets of Sana'a that they were protesting Israel, protesting US. That is something to be concerning.  And this is an alarm. On the flag. On the flag. This is their flag. We have to understand that these people, that these protests are the Shiites that are being manipulated by the Houthis. I mean, they are themselves Shiites. And the only thing that they have is just hatred against Jews and hatred against Israel. Even after the strikes, they were emboldened. They said, bring it on, America. You want to fight with us? Well, we have to be able to understand this is the kind of mentality. I mean, the one that receives a slap, say, oh, that doesn't hurt me. Give me another slap. OK, so we'll give you another slap so you'll feel the slap. Does it help to get Saudi Arabia back involved? Well, the problem is here, the impact of the retaliation. What sort of retaliation the Houthis are going to do? Are they going to attack the oil installation in Saudi Arabia? This is what worries Biden. He says, I mean, he's worried about the prices of oil. And they can hit also the Emirates. They did it in the past. They did that. They both hit with ballistic missiles, the Emirates, and then hit also all the oil installations for a whole day. All the production was stopped. It would have presumed that you want Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, to get back together, get that alliance and say, well, we'll take care of this problem. We should expect that the Saudis would just sign with the Americans, say, OK, we are part of the coalition. But they are afraid. Why? They don't want to be associated with America because it would mean that they are associated with Israel. And this is, according to the Arab opinion, not acceptable. So they have chosen to be neutral. And helping, of course, the Americans behind the scenes in the corridors and do whatever they don't want to be in the front. Amazing. This chess game that we have to play all the time. Jacques Nairia, thank you, as always, for your insight. Thanks for coming in. I want to bring you an important story here. I want you to meet the resilient heroes, the IDF soldiers who were seriously wounded in Gaza. They've refused demobilization. They refused to come back from the front line. They want to go back to the front line. Take a listen.  He's the bravest commander in the IDF.  He fought like a lion with us. He had 50 men behind him in a really crazy situation. And this man sends only good energy. But he's a bit crazy to go back into battle after losing his eye, isn't he? What can I say to him? He's completely nuts. You paid a high price, didn't you?  All my children were here waiting for me. In civilian life, Yossi is the father of a one-and-a-half-year-old child, lives in Ziron Yaakov, and is in his fourth year of automotive engineering studies. On October 7th, like many others, Yossi was abroad. As soon as he knew what was happening, he immediately went back to Israel. A month ago, a bullet fragment penetrated his cornea, and he lost use of his eye. I felt very bad at home. I really feel better here. Even under enemy fire when they're firing missiles at us. But I prefer to be here with my soldiers. They need me, and I need them. The trouble with doing a story about real heroes is that they usually don't see it that way. How are you? You remember him from the first time. I felt like his face was familiar. But the truth is, he recognized me first. He said to me, we know each other. The only answer I could come up with was that we'd been seeing too much of each other lately. Yes, that's what you told me. Have you ever had a soldier wounded twice? No, never. And do you remember the first thing you asked me? No. You asked me when you could go back to combat. Major Uri is a reservist in a special parachute commando unit, and has found himself in this department twice in the course of six days, both times after explosive devices were detonated as they went through Gaza. And the two attacks, 18 of his soldiers, were wounded. Some were hospitalized with him, including Elon, who he met today for the first time. Until recently, they were kept in an induced coma. Hi, my brother. You're looking better.  Yes, that's what they say. How do you feel? Better. I can't believe my eyes. Yes, I've been told it's a miracle. They've managed to put me back together again. I can even move my hand a little. When you wake up and hear that Uri has gone back into combat, is it something you understand or? For him, it's the obvious thing to do. And I knew that's what he would do. I have an image stuck in my head. I'm on the ground, completely stunned. When I look up, I see our friend with a bloody face. He was bleeding from his nose, eyes, and mouth. And still, he managed to shout, it's all right. It's going to be OK. Call me ever said it. Any officer who had been wounded instead of me would have reacted in the same way. There's nothing extraordinary about this situation. And all the strength and courage is shown by the families who support us, the medical teams who take care of us, and our comrades who are in there fighting bravely. During the two attacks against the terrorists, Uri lost three of his officers, Jolev Zaltzman, Alex Spitz, and Shai Trumin. Losing so many comrades reinforces your sense of responsibility and our obligation to see through what we've started. You also look at the world differently and it puts life's values in their rightful place. It's something else. That's enough. You've risked your life enough already. I'm no hero. I think you are. And I understand that you are hyper-motivated, full of courage, but that's enough. You've given enough. Your whole future is ahead of you. You've got to let it go now. I don't think I can do it. It's too difficult for me. We meet Sharaf, commander of the Nahal Commando Unit, in a hotel in central Israel, where his parents, residents of Mefal-Sim, on the edge of the Gaza Strip, are being temporarily rehoused. The famous Sabbath morning of October 7th, he was at home and immediately went out with three other officer friends from the Kibbutz to position themselves on the fence and protect his house. He was wounded in the hand by a grenade thrown at him. As soon as he was healed, he joined his men in Gaza, leading them in an operation against terrorists. He was wounded when a large explosive was detonated as they passed. Don't you ever wonder why fate has already struck twice? Don't you ever say to yourself, why us? Of course, it was very devastating when it happened. What are the odds of something like that happening? I tried to get on with life in a more or less normal way, but when I was alone with myself, I told myself that after two injuries, Sharaf had given enough of himself. I don't think I can stay cooped up at home knowing that my team, my men, are still fighting in Gaza since the war isn't over. When you give your child this kind of education for so many years and the moment of truth arrives, how can you tell him right now not to go? You've played with your fate once, then again. These people have all the right qualities, everything that makes these people so proud to be Israeli. But as we expect them to listen to what we have to say, they expect the same from us. The only thing that will tell us if everything we're doing was worth it is if we stay united as a people, as a nation, and we'll come out of this hardship even stronger, more united, and we'll defeat our enemies. There's no doubt about it. We have no other choice. Not all superheroes wear capes. Those of you on social media who think, like, oh, we're warriors. You're not warriors. Those are warriors. I'm Albert Lewitson, reporting from Tel Aviv. Stay up to date on the I-24 News app. I-24 News continues after the break. This is day 99 of the war. This is Saturday, the January 13th, 14 weeks to the day. Days since the trauma that rocked Israel. More than 1,200 dead. More than 5,000 wounded. Over 160,000 displaced. Join I-24 News for our special coverage on January 14th, marking 100 days since the massacre of October 7th. Follow us on the border with Gaza for firsthand accounts of eye witnesses, survivors, and fighters. 100 days of war, January 14th, 9 p.m. local, only on I-24 News. United States has once again struck against Houthi rebels in Yemen. I'm Albert Lewitson, reporting from the I-24 News headquarters in Tel Aviv.  We continue our live rolling coverage of the war, day 99, 14 weeks to the day. Lots of late-breaking developments that have been going on for the past few weeks. We're going to continue our live coverage of the war, day 99, 14 weeks to the day. Lots of late-breaking developments. First, breaking news. The Pentagon says that the United States has struck a Houthi military site in Yemen with a barrage of Tomahawk cruise missiles. A radar site was hit. Houthi rebels have attempted to attack and harass ships traveling in international waters. That's important here. International waters, some 28 times. Moving now here in Israel, the IDF responded this evening last night to two anti-tank missiles that were fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel earlier yesterday. No casualties were reported. And in Gaza, fighting continues. The IDF continues to push further south. Now, while Israeli forces say they've knocked out hundreds of rocket missile launch sites, there were rocket attacks last night along the border. Cities like Ashdod had sirens. Now, the Israeli Prime Minister's office says a deal has been reached to get vital medicines to the hostages being held at gunpoint by Hamas. This deal, brokered by the Qataris, seems to sidestep the international Red Cross. A job that Red Cross has been trying to do since 1849 and billions of dollars of aid and donations to the Red Cross to do just that. It's been sidestep. Now, moving on to the West Bank. Three armed Palestinian men broke into the settlement of Adora near Hebron and shot and wounded a 34-year-old Jewish man. Israeli security forces raced to the scene. They shot and killed the three assailants. Israel has made its case in the International Court of Justice fighting back South Africa's charge to Israel-conducted genocidal acts. Now, Germany says it will come to Israel's defense. Germany saying, quote, Hamas terrorists brutally attacked, tortured, killed, kidnapped Israeli innocents. Hamas's goal is to wipe out Israel. Israel has been defending itself. We have lots to get to this afternoon this morning. First, now let's go to Jonathan Regev, I-24, new senior defense correspondent. He's at the Israel-Gaza border. Jonathan, there was a deal overnight that we got word of a deal with the terrorists and to the hostages. Tell us more about this deal and how will it be done? Yes, three months into this crisis, more than three months. Finally, there seems to be some horizon for these people, these hostages, many of them elderly, many of them ill, many of them injured during that terror attack to finally get some medicine. The deal brokered by Qatar should facilitate the entry of medicine for those hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. In return, Israel will also provide medicine to Gazans. The big question is how exactly Israel can be sure that the medicine, those medicines, vital medicines given to Hamas will actually be delivered to the hostages needing them. Of course, we've not seen a lot of images of hostages. We don't know exactly where they are and unfortunately we have to rely on the words of Hamas. Have we seen the Red Cross so far deliver any medicine to the hostages? The answer is no. It is probably up to the Red Cross to deliver these medicines to Hamas. What will happen with those vital medicines once they're delivered to Hamas is not exactly clear. How can Israel be sure that they're given to the right people? Not exactly clear. This is the one-point standing now in this reported deal. Jonathan, in fact, there was no mention of the Red Cross. I remember that the Red Cross since 1849, their job as part of the Geneva Conventions, which, by the way, the U.S. and Palestine, both subscribed to, was to be the intermediary in situations like this. And they haven't been mentioned at all. I mean, one of the things, correct me if I'm wrong, Jonathan, is that one of the family members went to the Red Cross and asked them for help. The Red Cross says, well, what about the people in Gaza? That was their response. So here, for the people in Gaza is humanitarian assistance coming in? The answer is yes. Part of this deal is to provide medicine to Gazans as well. The answer is yes. Before the war, have there been tons and tons and tons of assistance coming from Israel through the Karam Shalom crossing? Has this been happening? The answer is yes. All this has been happening. So this is the question for the Red Cross. Now it's time for the Red Cross also to provide to Israeli hostages. There are 136 Israeli hostages in Gaza. We know that many of them are alive, not everybody unfortunately, but many of them are alive and they need medicine. This is the time to provide that medicine. Someone should do it. The Red Cross, I would love to say that we count on it. I personally don't because we've seen how they have acted towards the Israeli hostages for the past three months. I would say that the only thing they really did for the hostages was they worked as a shuttle company for the hostages who were brought out, nothing apart from that. For the hostages, now it's time for them to do that. I hope they do, I hope someone does at least and provide that medicine to the hostages because many of them desperately, desperately need them. Jon, let's move on to the actual war in Gaza right now. Last night, there were some rocket attacks coming to the south of Israel from Gaza. The IDF has said that there's been hundreds of rocket launch sites that have been destroyed, but that doesn't mean that everything is done in terms of rocket launches from Gaza. We heard the IDF spokesperson, Daniel Agar, speaking this week and he said that, take for example, Jibalia. Jibalia right here, behind us, right over there, could be clearly seen today. This is an area that has been taken over by the IDF, but there's still sporadic action by Hamas. Meaning there's perhaps no orderly warfare by Hamas, but have all the terrorists been killed? The answer is no. Have all the tunnels been taken care of? The answer is no. There are still terrorists. There are still rocket launchers. There are still tunnels. They're operating perhaps without an ordered command chain, but they're still there and they're still able to fire rockets such as the ones fired last night. They were fired from this area right here behind me. Taking care of all of this, all across the Gaza Strip is something that will take months, maybe years. It's a very long campaign. Obviously, we're not in the place that we were three months ago. There's no ability to fire tens or hundreds of rockets per day, but the sporadic, the ability to fire sporadic rockets here and there is still there. Obviously, it's true also for the Southern West Bank, but also for this area, Jabalia, Sadzahiyah, and so on. Taking care of all of that will take months and months and months. Jonathan Rega have joined us live now from the southern part of Israel on the border with Gaza. Thanks again for joining us. I want to continue on with Colonel Dr. Jacques Nairia, the former deputy head of assessment for Israeli military intelligence. He's also the former foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Yusuf Kourabin. Thanks again for coming in. Let me, before we talk Houthis, we're going to talk about Houthis and what happened overnight. Let's go back a little bit to what Jonathan was talking about with the hostages and this deal that's been brokered. So, the idea now is that the prime minister worked out a deal with the Qataris to provide medicine for these hostages. Will we be seeing a lot of these kind of sort of side step deals? This is the maximum at the time that we can reach with the Hamas because of the contradictory positions of the Hamas and Israel. Hamas says you have to stop completely the war and then we will negotiate the hostages deal. And Israel says no, we have to discuss the hostages deal now under fire. And this is, I see, it's not bridgeable, not at all. So, I mean, in the meantime, so we have to find some avenues in order to keep the hostages alive, first of all. I mean, we know that they are in very dark conditions. Some of them are in cages and some of them are in the dark. It's been a long time. We know that because of the people who have been released. Exactly. That's right. One about everyone's short. Yeah, they have told us, they have told the public.  And this is a very difficult situation. So, we have, I mean, the government cannot stop. I mean, the government, Israel cannot stop the war now because it would mean that the total victory of Hamas and Hamas is just waiting. He sees what's happening inside Israel. The discussions, the debate about the continuation of the war. Yes, no, the different parties, the fighting one another. He says, okay, let's sit tight and wait and see what's happening. Yeah, let's run the clock out. Exactly. Let's see what's happening. And why should we rush? I mean, we have a very good card in our hands. This is the hostages. This is our survival. This is, I mean, we are not going to abide to the Israeli conditions that they want us to, I mean, to exile from Gaza. No, we are going to stay there. And as long as the war lasts, it would mean that Israel is just deepening its feet in the swamp. And this would be the, if we don't accomplish in the coming months a sizable victory or, I mean, the steps, the vis-a-vis Hamas. Then this would definitely reflect on the domestic scene here. The more and more you'll have protests that we cannot continue like this. We have to stop. We have to, the first priority has to be the release of the hostages. And, you know, this is an ongoing circle that the government cannot get out of it. Let's move on to Houthis for a second. Overnight, the U.S. struck another radar site in Yemen, southern Yemen. I want to, first, I want to show you a little bit of what U.S. President Joe Biden said. U.S. President Biden sent a warning to Iran and his proxies, especially to Houthis, he did this last night. Let's take a listen. Let's follow it up now. We're going to hear from Stefan Zujaric, who's the United Nations spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Koutaida. Let's take a listen. The Secretary-General reiterates that attacks against international shipping in the Red Sea are not acceptable and they endanger the safety and security of global supply chains and have a negative impact on the economic and humanitarian situation around the world. The Security Council demands in that Resolution 2722 that Houthis immediately cease all such attacks on commercial shipping. We are just extremely worried about the risks and the greater risks of escalation of this with the impact on the wider region. The risks that on Yemen itself, which as we've said before, Mr. Grunberg and his team had worked hard to get parties together.  I'm joined back in studio with Jack Naria. Jack, the president of the United States said that he gave a warning that audio was a little muffled there, but that he basically gave around the warning. Is this the way to give around the warning? Well, you should begin by something, by a declaration. And then he said also that the Houthis are a terror organization, which means that sanctions can be applied on the Houthis and on the part of Yemen where they rule. And I think by proxy, it can hit also Iran. But I mean, what's happening right now is that it's a widening of the conflict that the United States wanted to evade from. I mean, they've been pushing Israel and pressing Israel not to widen the conflict with Hezbollah and not to reach a regional conflict. And now with the second attack on the Houthis, it's quite obvious that there is an enlargement of a widening of the conflict. But Jack, so a lot of the people who are watching, especially, we're on the air right now on the American West Coast, right? And so Los Angeles, San Francisco, they've taken to the streets denouncing the American strikes and saying that, oh, how dare the Americans get involved in this?  They don't understand that. Whatever, I don't understand. American interests are being jeopardized. You know, the fact that the strait, there are two straits right now that are almost in total control of Iran, the Straits of Homs and the Straits of Bevelmandib. And these are the two key points that have great influence on the global economy and thus an impact on the American economy. I mean, more than 40% of total commerce goes through Bevelmandib. 1,000 ships go there every day and the Houthis have not limited their attacks only on ships going to Israel. No, they have been hitting 28 ships. But there's something more striking here, I find, is that the American left feels that because they're commercial in nature that all America cares about is the American economy and therefore that's why they're striking. It's such a filter. Well, you know, they can think whatever they want. The problem is that if America is policing the world. I mean, we have to understand that America is a superpower and the war here is not limited to the Houthis. It's behind the Houthis, Iran. And behind Iran is Putin. Putin is waiting behind the scenes and manipulating both Iran and the Houthis and he's on the war with Ukraine. I mean, this is the big game. And if we don't understand that, then we don't understand politics at all. But it's naive. It's naive to think that it's just about economics. Yeah, it is naive because here it's more than... I mean, if you don't have an influence, if you're not present and your will is not fulfilled, then you are in the weak position and you are the one that is not administering the strikes, getting the strikes at home and, you know, hitting ships. How would they feel if a ballistic missile would hit for the USS Skarni? And you have 1,500 Navy men just drowning in the sea. How would they feel? No, they would applaud and say, okay, that's wonderful.  This is terrorism. And against terrorism, you have to fight back. Now, also, this is something that people should know, that this is an international war. This isn't in Yemeni territorial waters. This isn't in any territorial waters of anybody. This is all occurring in international waters. And in a lot of ways, America, like you mentioned, aside from being the police of the world, everyone has to abide by international law. I mean, that's one of the reasons why the United Nations, I think, we would have hoped, is getting a little bit more involved in this because they see the danger. The United Nations has not decided to be on which side of the barricade. This is the problem. When you hear the declaration of the UN concerning, they are worried. So what? What are the actions that you are taking? You have convened a security council? Okay. What are the sanctions that you are applying on Yemen, on the Houthis, on Iran, who is just manipulating all things? This is what we expect from the UN, to be a very active, in an active role and not just to express its sorrow and worriedness about what's happening in the world. The sympathy is not enough. Because Yemen has a seat at the United Nations, but they're not in control of their own country. Talk to a little bit about, for people who are unfamiliar, Yemen is struck in a civil war right now. Yemen is struck in a civil war, the Houthis.  This is a Shiite faction of, I mean, almost 35% of the population has taken over Yemen a few years ago. In the mid, I think it's around the 2015, something of the sort. And the Saudis came to the rescue, and in order to restore order, they organized a coalition. And unfortunately, the Saudis with the coalition did not succeed in defeating the Houthis. The Houthis are still an hold of half of Yemen. And the second half is what is called the official Yemen, the one that is conducting that affair. The one is represented at the UN. Houthis are not represented at the UN, totally not. And then the other day, yesterday, there were hundreds of thousands of people in the streets of Sana'a that they were protesting, Israel protesting US. These are, I mean, that is something to be concerning.   On the flag. On the flag. On the flag. This is their flag. We have to understand that these people, that these protests are the Shiites that are being manipulated by the Houthis. I mean, they are themselves Shiites. And the only thing that they have is just hatred against Jews and hatred against Israel. Even after the strikes, they were emboldened. They said, bring it on, America. You want to fight with us?  I mean, to understand this is the kind of mentality. I mean, the one that receives a slap, say, oh, that didn't hurt me. Give me another slap. Okay, so we'll give you another slap so you'll feel the slap. Does it help to get Saudi Arabia back involved? Well, you know, the problem is here. The impact of the retaliation. What sort of retaliation the Houthis are going to do? Are they going to attack the oil installation in Saudi Arabia? This is what worries Biden, he says. He's worried about the prices of oil. And they can hit also the Emirates. They did it in the past. They both hit with ballistic missiles, the Emirates, and then hit also all the oil installations for a whole day, all the production was stopped. But it would mean that it would presume that you want Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, to get back together, get that alliance and say, you know, we'll take care of this problem. We should expect that the Saudis would just sign with the Americans and say, OK, we are part of the coalition. But they're afraid. Why? They don't want to be associated with America because it would mean that they're associated with Israel. And this is, according to the Arab opinion, not acceptable. So they have chosen to be neutral. And helping, of course, the Americans behind the scenes in the corridors and do whatever they don't want to be in the front. Amazing. This chess game that we have to play all the time. Jacques Neria, thank you as always for your insight. Thanks for coming in. I want to bring you an important story here. I want you to meet the resilient heroes, the IDF soldiers who were seriously wounded in Gaza. They've refused demobilization. They refused to come back from the frontline. They want to go back to the frontline. Take a listen.  He's the bravest commander in the IDF.  He fought like a lion with us. He had 50 men behind him in a really crazy situation. And this man sends only good energy. But he's a bit crazy to go back into battle after losing his eye, isn't he? What can I say to him? He's completely nuts. You paid a high price, didn't you?  All my children were here waiting for me. In civilian life, Yossi is the father of a one-and-a-half-year-old child. He lives in Ziron Yakov and is in his fourth year of automotive engineering studies. On October 7th, like many others, Yossi was abroad. As soon as he knew what was happening, he immediately went back to Israel. A month ago, a bullet fragment penetrated his cornea, and he lost use of his eye. I felt very bad at home. I really feel better here, even under enemy fire when they're firing missiles at us. But I prefer to be here with my soldiers. They need me and I need them. The trouble with doing a story about real heroes is that they usually don't see it that way. How are you? You remember him from the first time? I felt like his face was familiar, but the truth is, he recognized me first. He said to me, we know each other. The only answer I could come up with was that we'd been seeing too much of each other lately. Yes, that's what you told me. Have you ever had a soldier wounded twice? No, never. And do you remember the first thing you asked me? No. You asked me when you could go back to combat. Major Uri is a reservist in a special parachute commando unit, and has found himself in this department twice in the course of six days. Both times, after explosive devices were detonated as they went through Gaza. In the two attacks, 18 of his soldiers were wounded. They were hospitalized with him, including Elon, who he met today for the first time. Until recently, they were kept in an induced coma. Hi, my brother. You're looking better.  Yes, that's what they say. How do you feel? Better. I can't believe my eyes. Yes, I've been told it's a miracle they've managed to put me back together again. I can even move my hand a little. When you wake up and hear that Uri has gone back into combat, is it something you understand or...? For him, it's the obvious thing to do, and I knew that's what he would do. I have an image stuck in my head. I'm on the ground, completely stunned. When I look up, I see our friend with a bloody face. He was bleeding from his nose, eyes, and mouth. And still, he managed to shout, It's all right. It's going to be okay. Call him and pay. Any officer who had been wounded instead of me would have reacted in the same way. There's nothing extraordinary about this situation. And all the strength and courage is shown by the families who support us, the medical teams who take care of us, and our comrades who are in there, fighting bravely. During the two attacks against the terrorists, Uri lost three of his officers, Jolev Zaltzman, Alex Spitz, and Shai Tormin. Losing so many comrades reinforces your sense of responsibility and our obligation to see through what we've started. You also look at the world differently, and it puts life's values in their rightful place. It's something else. That's enough. You've risked your life enough already. I'm no hero. I think you are, and I understand that you are hyper-motivated, and you have courage, but that's enough. You've given enough. Your whole future is ahead of you. You've got to let it go now. I don't think I can do it. It's too difficult for me. We meet Sharaf, commander of the Nahal Commando Unit, in a hotel in central Israel, where his parents, residents of Methalsim, on the edge of the Gaza Strip, are being temporarily re-housed. The famous Sabbath morning of October 7th, he was at home and immediately went out with three other officer friends from the Kibbutz to position themselves on the fence and protect his house. He was wounded in the hand by a grenade thrown at him. As soon as he was healed, he joined his men in Gaza, leading them in an operation against terrorists. He was wounded when a large explosive was detonated as they passed. Don't you ever wonder why fate has already struck twice? Don't you ever say to yourself, why us? Of course, it was very devastating when it happened. What are the odds of something like that happening? I tried to get on with life in a more or less normal way, but when I was alone with myself, I told myself that after two injuries, Sharaf had given enough of himself. I don't think I can stay cooped up at home knowing that my team, my men, are still fighting in Gaza since the war isn't over. When you give your child this kind of education, for so many years, and the moment of truth arrives, how can you tell him right now not to go? You've played with your fate once, then again. These people have all the right qualities, everything that makes these people so proud to be Israeli. But as we expect them to listen to what we have to say, they expect the same from us. The only thing that will tell us if everything we're doing was worth it is that we stay united as a people, as a nation, and we'll come out of this hardship even stronger, more united, and we'll defeat our enemies. There is no doubt about it. We have no other choice. Not all superheroes wear capes. Those of you on social media who think, like, oh, we're warriors. You're not warriors. Those are warriors. I'm Albert Lewitson reporting from Tel Aviv. Stay up to date on the I-24 News app. I-24 News continues after the break. This is day 99 of the war. It's Saturday to generate the 13th, 14 weeks to the day. Draw story to the world. If the plastic particles break up, it does not stop at the micron size. It can actually go even smaller. So once the size goes below one micron, people call it nanoplastics, because now its size is in the nano range. These tusks belong to elephants. They are most beautiful on the elephants, and we should leave them on the elephant. Every tusk you see today represents an animal that has been killed. United States has once again struck against Huchi rebels in Yemen. I'm Albert Lewitson reporting from the I-24 News headquarters in Tel Aviv.  We are continuing our live rolling coverage of the war. Day 99, 14 weeks to the day. There's been lots of late breaking developments. Let's start with this. First, breaking news. The Pentagon says the United States has struck a Huti military site in Yemen with a barrage of Tomahawk cruise missiles. A radar site was hit. Huchi rebels have attempted to attack and harass ships traveling in international waters. That's important here. International waters. Some 28 times. Moving now here in Israel, the IDF struck Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon, responding to two anti-tank missiles that were fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel earlier Friday. No casualties have been reported. Moving now to Gaza, the fighting continues. The IDF continues to push further south. While Israeli forces say they have knocked out hundreds of rocket missile launch sites, there were rocket attacks last night along the border. Cities like Ashdod had sirens. The Israeli Prime Minister's office says that a deal has been reached to get vital medicines to the hostages being held at gunpoint by Hamas. This deal, brokered by the Qataris, seems to sidestep the International Red Cross. Now remember, the International Red Cross's job has been since 1849 to do just that, and billions of dollars have been sent to the International Red Cross to do just that. Now moving on to the West Bank, three armed Palestinian men broke into the settlement of Adora near Hebron and shot and wounded a 34-year-old Jewish man. Israeli security forces raced to the scene. They shot and killed the three assailants. Moving now, the Israel has made its case in the International Court of Justice fighting back South Africa's charge of Israel-conducted genocidal acts. Now, Germany says it will come to Israel's defense. Germany, saying, quote, Hamas' terrorist, brutally attacked, tortured, killed, kidnapped Israeli innocents. Hamas' goal is to wipe out Israel. Israel has been defending itself. We have lots to get to right now. Let's first now go to Jonathan Regif. I-24 news senior correspondent. He's joining us now from the southern part of Israel on the border with Gaza. Jonathan, it seems like right now seems to be quiet but all quiet on the southern front, but that doesn't mean that it will remain quiet. No, no, it's probably not the case, actually. We have been hearing some artillery and we know that a bit to the south from the place where we are and what is known as the refugee camps of the Central Gaza Strip, there is activity going on. And we also know that also in the areas that haven't taken over by the army, such as Jebalia, which is right behind me, there's still ability of the Hamas' terrorist to fire rockets such as those fired to Ashdod last night. We heard the IDF spokesperson, Daniel Agari, saying over the past week that yes, Hamas perhaps has been defeated in those areas, but it doesn't mean that there are no terrorists at all, no tunnels at all, perhaps with no central chain of command, but those still, let's call it small enclaves, especially underground still exist, still able to operate and to take care of all of them, it's going to take months and months and months. Well, now move on to the northern front. If we can, Jonathan, in the north, there were some artillery, there were some rocket fire from Hezbollah that ended up into northern Israel yesterday. It was responded by IDF forces. Tell us more. Yes, this is pretty much the case over the past few weeks, especially anti-tank fire coming from Lebanon also along with UAVs and Israel responding. We know that there is an American attempt to try and find some kind of solution. Israel is not willing whatsoever to remain in a situation where Hezbollah forces, especially the RAD-1 forces are on the border fence. Israel wants to go back to the Resolution 1701 drafted by the United Nations Security Council back in 2006, which calls for all Hezbollah forces to be located to the north of the Litany River. At least for now, this is not happening and we're seeing constant crossfire between Israel and Hezbollah. Jonathan, if it wasn't just enough for the north and the south, there's now the east, where it has to do with the border with the West Bank, where there was an infiltration overnight. Tell us more about that and what the IDF is doing to secure the areas in the West Bank as well. Yes, we're speaking of the settlement of Adora in the southern part of the West Bank. Three terrorists trying to infiltrate into the community. The settlement they actually did. And we know that they had plenty of ammunition, guns, bullets, axes. You name it. They were able to injure one person before all three of them were shot and killed by IDF forces operating in the area. IDF forces are on very high alert on all fronts, Gaza, of course, Lebanon, of course, but also in the West Bank, constant activity night after night after night all across the West Bank. This area of the southern West Bank has been relatively quiet when compared with Nablus, Tulkarem and Jenin, which are further to the north, but as we see all across the West Bank, terrorism is raging. Jonathan Raga, thanks so much for giving us enough to date on what's going on in the south, the north and the east. And there's still one more front to deal with, and that's the Houthi rebels firing rockets not only into southern Israel but also to ships on the Red Sea and the Sea of Oman. I'm joined now by Professor Chuck Freilich, the former Israeli Deputy National Security Advisor. He's also a senior fellow for the INSS. Thanks so much for joining us. Chuck, you know, overnight the U.S. struck the Houthis. It harkens back to the Clinton era. There was a time when President Clinton was upset that not enough was being done. What I want to do first, if I can, is to play a little as a sound bite from U.S. President Joe Biden, who responded to a reporter's question about the Houthis. Go ahead, let's play it. Oh, we don't have it, all right. So basically what President Biden said is that he was making a message to Iran. And I wonder whether or not... Oh, now we have it, all right, so let's play it. I'm sorry, go ahead. I've already delivered the message to man. Can they know who that Houthis is? No. Iran does not want to war with us. We will make sure that we respond to the Houthis if they continue this outrageous behavior. Chuck, in case the audio was really muffled, so I'm going to read what he said. He said, I've already delivered the message to Iran. They know not to do anything. Iran does not want to war with us. We will make sure that we respond to the Houthis if they continue this outrageous behavior. Is the message received by Iran or has this sort of not even bothered? Well, I think the message is received and they have played very carefully since the war began not to go to a level, to escalate to a level that would require a major American response. But what we've seen in the last couple of weeks and this week explicitly with the Houthis saying, well, they actually don't care, bring it on. They want the U.S. to attack them. And to a certain extent, I think Iran does. They don't want a full fledged war with the U.S. but to get the U.S. involved in some sort of ongoing conflict would be a major success for them. The U.S. has said for years now that it does not want another Middle Eastern war. They've tried to stay out of this on the one hand to provide Israel with really remarkable support but to make it clear that the United States isn't going to get involved and actually the prospects are increasing. Chuck, if you remember the book, The 48 Laws of Power, there was always that one, there's a story it comes from Asia about the cat's paw. So the Houthis, the cat's paw for Iran? Well, I'm not sure what the illusion is. The idea being is that they're an agent and they're just pushing it. They're just trying to see. Well, the Houthis aren't a complete agent of Iran. They, for example, are more independent of Hezbollah is by far. But in this case, their interests meet Iran's interests and they do have a close relationship. They're certainly fully armed by Iran and they get some both operational and strategic direction from Iran. So Iran is certainly supportive of this and I think they're supportive of the escalation, the ongoing escalation with Hezbollah in the north. Again, they want it to be at a certain level because that serves their purposes. It keeps Israel in a situation of strife and long term maybe it weakens our military position and certainly weakens us diplomatically. So far, things are actually going pretty well for so-called resistance from. Now, Chuck, if you go online right now, especially to many of our viewers who are watching from the west coast of America right now, there are a lot of them are taken to the streets of New York LA, Washington say that how dare the Americans do this to Yemen? What do you say to those people? Look, there's a position to everything that's happening, of course excuse me, most of it is to what Israel is doing and we face a problem here because there's the potential is already an escalation with the Houthis and there's something of one with Hezbollah in the north and of course there's pressure in Israel and understandable pressure to expand the war to the northern front. We're already at war we're mobilized and this is an opportunity to take care of Hezbollah as well and they are a much bigger threat than even Hamas has become and at the same time I think there's a limit to what the traffic can bear and if the situation arises where the war the various places really escalate Israel's going to be a blame for this and the anti-Israel atmosphere in much of the US today certainly the liberal wing of the United States is it will reach levels that we haven't seen in the past and dangerous levels and there are already people in congress questioning arms supply to Israel this isn't good for us and so as someone who has been the national security advisor deputy national security advisor thank you I'm sure that you've had to put papers where you would try to figure out how does Israel respond or not respond to this is this a case where Israel steps out of the Yemen situation completely and say that this is not us we're not getting involved well I don't think we can do that because our shipping is threatened a lot the ports has basically been shut down and that means that a very significant part of our overall commerce and especially our commerce with the far east with China Japan Korea etc has been disrupted and so if you want to order major products from the east today it months delay in delivery so we can't allow that and it's a precedent for shipping in the Mediterranean as well and at the same time we don't want this to be an Israeli issue and the problem is the Houthis say that they are doing it just because of the war in Hamas and this is part of their support for Hamas and they'll stop the disruptions of shipping if and when the war ends the U.S. is trying to push it deflected from the Middle East war from our war and saying that this is an international problem and we're talking this isn't an economic situation here in the sense that this is international waters these are not Yemeni waters these are not Omani waters these are not Djibouti waters these are international waters isn't really what the U.S. and U.K. I should say as well basically just trying to lay the law down and say this is the law well yes of course they're trying to do that but the problem is that the Houthis repeatedly say that they're linking it to the war in Gaza so whether we like it or not if you read into the international press the linkage is there and it feeds into this the general international and especially from our point of view especially important opposition in the U.S. and that's why I don't know that there's a great deal that we can do about it because the Houthis are creating the link but we should try to minimize our own role in it and at the same time the Navy and the Air Force may have to operate there to ensure our own freedom of shipping maybe to protect Israeli vessel Chuck let's talk to them at the southern front with Gaza right now there's a report overnight that there was a deal between the Prime Minister's office but between the Israelis and the Qatar with the Qataris to try to get medicine into the into the hostages is this does it legitimize the the idea that the hostages are used as bargaining chips no I don't think it does that I think it's a humanitarian move I hope very much that this really was agreed and it wasn't another let's say precipitous link on the part of the Prime Minister's office that's happened in the past and let's hope very much that this happens and even more so let's hope that the hostages are released 136 hostages remain day 99 of the war since 14 weeks ago today this all happened Chuck Freilich thanks so much for joining us former Israeli deputy national security advisor thanks again for joining us this morning thank you in a court hearing that was seen by millions around the world Israel made its case to the International Court of Justice at the Hague responding back against South Africa's accusation that Israel was conducting genocidal acts in Gaza in case you missed it here are a couple of clips from yesterday's discussion South Africa purports to come to this court in the lofty position of a guardian of the interest of humanity but in delegitimizing Israel's 75-year existence in its opening presentation yesterday that broad commitment to humanity rang hollow and in its sweeping counterfactual description of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict it seemed to erase both Jewish history and any Palestinian agency or responsibility it is respectfully submitted that the application and request should be dismissed for what they are a libel designed to deny Israel the right to defend itself according to the law from the unprecedented terrorist onslaught it continues to face and to free the 136 hostages Hamas still holds I thank you for your kind attention this case concerns a large-scale armed conflict with tragic consequences for civilians on both sides yes there is a heart-reaching armed conflict but the attempt to classify it as genocide and trigger provisional measures is not just unfounded in law it has far-reaching and negative implications that extend well beyond the case before you ultimately entertaining the applicant's request will not strengthen the commitment to prevent and punish genocide but weaken it it will turn an instrument adopted by the international community to prevent horrors of the kind that shocked the conscience of humanity during the holocaust into a weapon in the hands of terrorist groups who have no regard for humanity I'm joined in studio by Daniel Pomeranz, the CEO of Reality Check he's also a legal expert political analyst thanks again for coming in this morning so for those of those who didn't see the three-hour-long testimony what was the crux of Israel's case well Israel did an excellent and very solid job of responding to South Africa's allegations South Africa's case is actually from a legal point of view very weak if you take away the ideology and the rhetoric just legally it's an embarrassment to the practice of law and Israel did an excellent job of demonstrating that that South Africa had effectively acted as if the October 7th attacks had never happened as if some of the measures that Israel had taken to protect civilians were in fact a violation of law when in fact that they are a manner of implementing the law South Africa tried to make the case that Israel was intentionally trying to wipe out the Palestinian people that's what a genocide is is attempting to wipe out an entire people and Israel demonstrated very thoroughly all the extraordinary measures it has taken to protect civilians which runs absolutely counter to the idea of trying to wipe out civilians now after the testimony of Israel did yesterday the South African representative did a counter-rebuttal but outside court let's play listen let's take a listen to that the state of Israel today has failed to disprove South Africa's compelling case that was presented before the court yesterday we stand by the facts the law and all the evidence we have submitted yesterday and we believe and stand very confident that those facts the law still are in violation of the genocide convention So Jim in a world where we're all about sound bites all about TikTok videos it seems that why South Africa used emotions Israel used facts but don't let facts get in the way of a good story Well there's actually a danger that's much more severe than the battle for PR or for TikTok views and that is that while South Africa's case is very weak legally they're not in this to win that's not their goal and that's not what they need to achieve South Africa's goal is to get a temporary emergency order for a ceasefire now in a vacuum that sounds like it would make sense until we figure this out in court everybody just stop but in reality it hands Hamas a victory first of all because the International Court of Justice does not have jurisdiction over Hamas so they would be able to prevent Israel from firing meanwhile Hamas would continue firing it would be a ceasefire in which Israel ceases and Hamas fires the hostages would remain in captivity on a daily basis there was no mention of the hostages as part of the relief and the 84 page lawsuit there was no mention of the hostages being released there's no mention of the massacre itself it was effectively completely divorced from reality but it doesn't need to be all South Africa needs to show and the evidentiary threshold is very low is that there's some case that needs to be explored and Israel has to show that there's absolutely no chance of any case now if South Africa can show that there's even something to explore they're going to attempt to get that emergency order and that emergency order puts Hamas in a position where for year this litigation will take years during that time Hamas will regroup, rearm get refunded and meanwhile if Hamas launches more attacks and Israel responds to those attacks while such an order is in place Israel have violated an order of the International Court of Justice What do you make of what Israel did yesterday in court when I listened to a lot of it about the fact that if there is anybody who should be put up on genocidal charges it should be Hamas but they're not represented South Africa is acting as their agent but they're not represented What Israel is doing is making the case that it has to which is number one that there is absolutely no case against Israel and it's absurd to make the case that there is and number two that even an emergency temporary order would cause severe harm on the one hand from a public relations point of view it's saying look Hamas committed a genocide a genocide doesn't mean you've killed all the people it means that you've attempted to or had intent to well exactly that you've attempted to an attempt means you intended to do it and you carried out actions and furtherance of that attempt it doesn't mean that you succeeded in killing everybody by that definition the holocaust wouldn't be a genocide because not everybody died but Hamas intended to and attempted to carry out a genocide and therefore that does qualify as a genocide that's important not just for PR reasons because it shows that an emergency order would put Israel in danger of being once again a victim of Hamas's genocide which they've clearly said they intend to do again and again and again and the only thing literally the only thing in the world preventing that is Israel's military defense and what do you make of with Germany coming to the aid I mean that I never thought I would to see the day that Germany came to Israel's aid about genocide yeah Germany's come to the aid Canada has also stepped forward the United States has said that the accusations are baseless we're seeing a significant support from a number of quarters and and actually I'm not I'm gratified I'm not surprised Germany has for a number of years become increasingly supportive and yet I still find myself concerned that the support is is by way of saying that the claims of genocide are absurd and inappropriate which is correct but will those countries also be equally supportive of not allowing any kind of emergency temporary measure because that is in my mind even more dangerous to have Israel branded with a PR loss would be bad enough but to have the IDF's hands tied to effectively make Israel army less would mean a true military victory from for Hamas and any true but disaster for for the security of the state of Israel so should Israel not is there a way that Israel sort of feels like Israel was put in a corner like they had to appear in front of the court because if they didn't they'd be branded badly it would probably be I don't default necessarily is how it works in the ICJ as opposed to any other court I mean how it Israel really had no choice well Israel also is a signatory to the to the genocide convention so as opposed to the international criminal court where Israel never signed the hate convention in in this particular setting Israel is a party to the to this court is one of the other arguments Israel brought though is that South Africa has no case against Israel so this case on technical grounds in addition to moral grounds and logical grounds and legal grounds but also on this technical ground should be dismissed as well it it's critical for Israel to show up because if not the consequences in this case are more than just the consequence of public relations it's a consequence that could actually impact Israel's ability to function and we should be clear I think there's been sort of in Israel an attitude of the famous Ben-Gurion quote David Ben-Gurion used to say that what do we care about what some international body says we're going to defend ourselves the way we need to and in a vacuum that that's correct but if Israel were to have an order issued against it and if Israel to violate that already the international criminal court of justice would file a recommendation that the security council implement crippling sanctions against Israel I'm not talking Ben and Jerry's kind of sanctions I'm talking about the kind that really can destroy countries like the state that North Korea is in is the result of those kinds of sanctions that's what the ICJ would request at the security council and we would be hoping for an American veto but again if we're not talking about a claim of genocide but just a claim that Israel should follow an order for a ceasefire Americans may say you know what we're not a bad idea so they'll abstain I am not saying that would happen but I'm saying it is a possibility and we certainly don't want to risk our safety on the chance that America would veto a temporary order like that great Danny Pomerance legal expert political and I'll see you over reality check thanks again for coming in my pleasure thanks for having me hotel not enough you know sorry it was it's a refuge for people that were evacuated from Israel's northern border about 14 weeks ago today they're facing an uncertain future of war take a listen nestled between the mountains and surrounded by water the nof Guinness our hotel is a picturesque retreat for those who want the kibbutz hotel experience by the shores of the sea of Galilee since Israel's war with Hamas broke out the hotel has taken in refugees evacuated from kibbutz and other northern communities who are unable to stay in their homes due to the security risk posed by pro-Iranian East terror group Hezbollah we arrived in Guinness our and they received us here in an outstanding way and they are keeping us busy too it gives us a little bit of air to breathe although many hotels have welcomed evacuees with open arms some of them are struggling as they're unable to accommodate tourists hotel managers are facing mounting pressure as the war continues and they're forced to navigate through the crisis we are currently operating the hotel under the northern command meaning that the hotel is obligated to the state the hotel is full of evacuees there is not a single room available all for the benefit of the evacuees even if I want to host tourists who are still willing to come here and take a risk showing some kind of solidarity I can't I have no rooms for them it means the question mark is so big the unknown is so big that no one really knows what will happen the day after hotel nof Guinness are is not the only one facing this dilemma while offering a refuge to those in need it has to navigate the stormy waters of war and uncertainty there's still hundreds and thousands of Americans and Europeans come to Israel and they should I'm Albert Luitton reporting from Tel Aviv say today on the I-24 news app I-24 news continues after the break it's been 100 days since the trauma that rocked Israel more than 1200 dead more than 5000 wounded over 160,000 displaced join I-24 news for our special coverage on January 14 marking 100 days since the massacre of October 7 follow us on the border with Gaza for first-hand accounts of eye witnesses survivors and fighters 100 days of war January 14 only on I-24 news once again struck against Hootie rebels in Yemen I'm Albert Luitton reporting from the I-24 news headquarters in Tel Aviv welcome to our viewers around the world we are continuing our live rolling coverage of the war day 99 14 weeks to the day there's been lots of late breaking developments let's start with this first breaking news the Pentagon says the United States has struck a Hootie military site in Yemen with a barrage of Tomahawk cruise missiles a radar site was hit Hootie rebels have attempted to attack and harass ships traveling in international waters that's important here international waters some 28 times moving now here in Israel the IDF struck Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon responding to two anti-tank missiles that were fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel earlier Friday no casualties have been reported moving now to Gaza the fighting continues the IDF continues to push further south while Israeli forces say they have knocked out hundreds of rocket missile launch sites there were rocket attacks last night along the border cities like Ashtod had sirens the Israeli prime minister's office says that a deal has been reached to get vital medicines to the hostages being held at gunpoint by Hamas this deal brokered by the Qataris seems to sidestep the international Red Cross now remember the international Red Cross's job has been since 1849 to do just that and billions of dollars have been sent to the Red Cross to do just that now moving on to the West Bank three armed Palestinian men broke into the settlement of Adora near Hebron and shot and wounded a 34 year old Jewish man Israeli security forces race to the scene they shot and killed the three assailants moving now the Israel has made its case in the international court of justice fighting back South Africa's charge at Israel conducted genocidal acts now Germany says it will come to Israel's defense Hamas's terrorist brutally attacked tortured killed kidnapped Israeli innocence Hamas's goal is to wipe out Israel Israel has been defending itself we have lots to get to right now let's first now go to Jonathan reggae I 24 new senior correspondent he's joining us now from the southern part of Israel and border with Gaza Jonathan it seems like right now seems to be quiet but all quiet on the southern front but that doesn't mean that will remain quiet no no it's probably not the we have been hearing some artillery and we know that a bit to the south from the place where we are and and what is known as the refugee camps of the central Gaza Strip there is activity going on and we also know that also in the areas that haven't taken over by the army such as a jebalia which is right behind me there's still ability of the Hamas terrorists to fire rockets such as those fired to Ashdod last night we heard the IDF spokesperson Daniel Agari saying over the past week that yes Hamas perhaps has been defeated in those areas but it doesn't mean that there are no terrorists at all no tunnels at all perhaps with no central chain of command but those are still let's call it small enclaves especially underground still exist still able to operate and to take care of all of them it's going to take months and months and months well now move on to northern front if we can Jonathan in the north there were some artillery rocket fire from Hezbollah that ended up into northern Israel yesterday it was responded by IDF forces tell us more yes this is pretty much the case over the past few weeks especially anti-tank fire coming from Lebanon also along with UAVs and Israel responding we know that there is an American time to try and find some kind of solution Israel is not willing whatsoever to remain in a situation where Hezbollah forces especially the Radwan forces are on the border fence Israel wants to go back to Resolution 1701 drafted by the United Nations Security Council back in 2006 which calls for all Hezbollah forces to be located to the north of the Littani River at least for now this is not happening and we're seeing constant crossfire between Israel and Hezbollah and Jonathan if it wasn't just enough for the north and the south there's now the east where it has to do with the border with the west bank where there was an infiltration overnight tell us more about that and what the IDF is doing to secure the areas in the west bank as well yes we're speaking of the settlement of Adora and the southern part of the west bank three terrorists trying to infiltrate into the community the settlement they actually did and we know that they had plenty of ammunition guns bullets axes they were able to injure one person before all three of them were shot and killed by IDF forces operating in the area IDF forces are on very high alert on all fronts Gaza of course Lebanon of course but also in west bank constant activity night after night all across the west bank this area of the southern west bank has been relatively quiet when compared with Nablus, Tulkarem and Janine which are further to the north but as we see all across the west bank terrorism is raging Jonathan Raga thanks so much for giving us enough to date on what's going on in the south the north and the east there's still one more front to deal with and that's the Huchi rebels firing rockets on Israel but also to ships on the Red Sea and the Sea of Oman I'm joined now by Professor Chuck Freilich the former Israeli deputy national security advisor he's also a senior fellow for the INSS thanks so much for joining us Chuck you know overnight the U.S. struck the Houthis it harkens back to the Clinton era there was a time when President Clinton was upset that not enough was being done what I want to do first if I can is to play a little as a sound bite from Joe Biden who responded to reporters question about the Houthis go ahead let's play it oh we don't have it alright so basically what President Biden said is that he was making a message to Iran and I wonder whether or not now we have it alright so let's play it I'm sorry go ahead I've already delivered the message to man they know no Iran does not want to warn us we will make sure that we respond to the Houthis if they continue this outrageous behavior check out in case the audio was really muffled so I'm going to read what he said he said I've already delivered the message to Iran they know not to do anything Iran does not want to war with us we will make sure that we respond to the Houthis if they continue this outrageous behavior is the message received by Iran or is this sort of not even bothered well I think the message is received and they have played very carefully since the war began not to go to a level to escalate to a level that would require a major American response but what we've seen in the last couple of weeks and this week explicitly with the Houthis saying well they actually don't care bring it on they want the US to attack them and to a certain extent I think Iran does they don't want a full fledged war with the US but to get the US involved in some sort of ongoing conflict would be a major success for them the US has said for years now that it does not want another Middle Eastern war they've tried to stay out of this on the one hand to provide Israel with really remarkable support but to make it clear that the United States isn't going to get involved and actually the prospects are increasing Chuck there's a if you remember the book the 48 laws of power there was always that one there's a story that comes from Asia about the cat's paw so the Houthis the cat's paw for Iran well I'm not sure what the illusion is but it's the idea being is that they're an agent and they're just pushing it they're just trying to see well the Houthis aren't a complete agent of Iran they for example are more independent of his Bala is by far but in this case their interests meet Iran's interests and they do have a close relationship they're certainly fully armed by Iran and they get some both operational and strategic direction from Iran so Iran is certainly supportive of this and I think they're supportive of the escalation that's the ongoing escalation with his Bala in the north again they want it to be at a certain level because that serves their purposes it keeps Israel in a situation of strife and long-term maybe it weakens our military position it certainly weakens us diplomatically so far things are actually going pretty well for this so-called resistance from. Now Chuck if you go online right now especially to many of our viewers who are watching from the west coast of America right now there a lot of them are taken to the streets of New York LA Washington say that how dare the Americans do this to Yemen what do you say well. Look there's opposition to everything that's happening of course excuse me most of it is to what Israel is doing and there's a we we face a problem here because there's the potential is already an escalation with the Houthis and there's something of one with the with the Bala in the north and of course there's pressure in Israel and understandable to expand the war to the northern front we're already at war we're mobilized and this is an opportunity to take care of his bullets as well as well and they are a much bigger threat than even Hamas has become and at the same time I think there's a limit to what the traffic can bear and if if a situation arises where the war real the various places really escalate Israel is going to be a blame for this and the anti Israel atmosphere in much of the US today certainly the liberal wing of the United States is it will reach levels that we haven't seen in the past and dangerous levels and they're already people in Congress questioning arms applied to Israel this isn't good for us and so as someone who has been the national security advisor deputy deputy national security advisor thank you I'm sure that you've you've had to put papers where you would try to figure out how does how does Israel respond or not respond to this is this a case where Israel steps out of the Yemen situation completely and say that this is not us we're not we're not getting involved well I don't think we can do that because our shipping is threatened a lot to the port has basically been shut down and that means that a very significant part of our overall commerce and especially our commerce with the far east with China Japan Korea etc has been disrupted and so if you want to order major products from the east today in months delay and delivery so we can't allow that and it's a precedent for shipping in the Mediterranean as well and at the same time we don't want this to be an Israeli issue and the problem is that who do you say that they are just because of the war in Hamas and this is part of their support for Hamas and they'll stop the disruptions of shipping if and when the war ends the US is trying to push it deflected from the the Middle East war from our war and saying that this is an international problem and because this isn't a this isn't we're talking this isn't an economic situation here in the sense of that this is international waters these are these are not Yemeni waters these are not Omani waters these are not Djibouti waters these are international waters isn't really what the US and UK I should say as well basically just trying to lay the law down and say this is the law well yes of course they're trying to do that but the problem is that the Houthis repeatedly say that they're linking it to the war in Gaza so whether we like it or not if you read into the international press there and it feeds into the general international and especially or at least from our point of view especially important opposition in the US and that's why I don't know that there's a great deal that we can do about it because the Houthis are creating the link but we should try to minimize our own role in it and at the same time the navy and the air force may have to operate there to ensure our own freedom of shipping to protect Israeli vessel Chuck let's talk to them about the southern front with Gaza right now there's a report overnight that there was a deal between the prime minister's office but between the Israelis and the Qatar with the Qataris to try to get medicine into the into the hostages is this does it legitimize the the idea that the hostages are used as bargaining chips no I don't think it does that I think I think it's a humanitarian move I hope very much that this really was agreed and it wasn't another let's say precipitous link on the part of the prime minister's office that's happened in the past and let's hope very much that this happens and even more so let's hope that the hostages are released 136 hostages remain day 99 of the war since 14 weeks ago today this all happened Chuck Freilich thanks so much for joining us former Israeli deputy national security advisor thanks again for joining us this morning thank you in a court hearing that was seen by millions around the world Israel made its case to the International Court of Justice at the Hague responding back against South Africa's accusation that Israel was conducting genocidal acts in Gaza in case you missed it here are a couple of clips from yesterday's testimony South Africa purports to come to this court in the lofty position of a guardian of the interest of humanity but in delegitimizing Israel's 75-year existence in its opening presentation yesterday that broad commitment to humanity rang hollow and in its sweeping counterfactual description of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict it seemed to erase both Jewish history and any Palestinian agency or responsibility it is respectfully submitted that the application and request should be dismissed for what they are a libel designed to deny Israel the right to defend itself according to the law from the unprecedented terrorist onslaught it continues to face and to free the 136 hostages Hamas still holds I thank you for your kind attention this case concerns a large-scale armed conflict with tragic consequences for civilians on both sides yes there is a heart-reaching armed conflict but the attempt to classify it as genocide and trigger provisional measures is not just unfounded in law it has far-reaching and negative implications that extend well beyond the case before you ultimately, entertaining the applicant's request will not strengthen the commitment to prevent and punish genocide but weaken it it will turn an instrument adopted by the international community to prevent horrors of the kind that shocked the conscience of humanity during the holocaust into a weapon in the hands of terrorist groups who have no regard for humanity I'm joined in the studio by Daniel Pomeranz he's also a legal expert political analyst thanks again for coming in this morning my pleasure for those of you who didn't see the three-hour-long testimony, what was the crux of Israel's case? well Israel did an excellent and very solid job of responding to South Africa's allegations South Africa's case is actually from a legal point of view very weak if you take away the ideology and the rhetoric just legally it's an embarrassment to the practice of law and Israel did an excellent job of demonstrating that South Africa had effectively acted as if the October 7th attacks had never happened as if some of the measures that Israel had taken to protect civilians were in fact a violation of law, when in fact that there are a manner of implementing the law they South Africa tried to make the case that Israel was intentionally trying to wipe out the Palestinian people that's what a genocide is and Israel demonstrated very thoroughly all the extraordinary measures it has taken to protect civilians which one's absolutely counter to the idea of trying to wipe out civilians after the testimony that Israel did yesterday the South African representative did a counter-rebuttal about outside court let's take a listen to that the State of Israel today has failed to disprove South Africa's compelling case that was presented before the court yesterday we stand by the facts, the law and all the evidence we have submitted yesterday and we believe and stand very confident that those facts, the law still are in violation of the genocide convention So in a world where we're all about sound bites all about TikTok videos it seems that why South Africa used emotions Israel used facts but don't let facts get in the way of a good story well there's actually a danger that's much more severe than the battle for PR or for TikTok views and that is that while South Africa's case is very weak legally they're not in this to win that's not their goal and that's not what they need to achieve South Africa's goal is to just get a temporary emergency order for a ceasefire now in a vacuum that sounds like it would make sense until we figure this out in court and everybody just stop but in reality it hands Hamas a victory first of all because the international court of justice does not have jurisdiction over Hamas so they would be able to prevent Israel from firing meanwhile Hamas would continue firing it would be a ceasefire in which Israel ceases and Hamas fires the hostages would remain in captivity being tortured and as far as we know raped on a daily basis there was no mention of the hostages as part of the relief there was no mention of the massacre itself it was it was effectively it completely divorced from reality but it doesn't need to be all South Africa needs to show and the evidentiary threshold is very low is that there's some case that needs to be explored and Israel has to show that there's absolutely no chance of any case now if South Africa can show that there's even something to explore they're going to attempt to get that emergency order and that emergency order puts Hamas in a position where this litigation will take years during that time Hamas will regroup, rearm we get refunded and meanwhile if Hamas launches more attacks and Israel responds to those attacks while such an order is in place Israel have violated an order of the international court of justice what do you make of what Israel did yesterday in court when I listened to a lot of it they talked about the fact that if there's anybody who should be put up on genocidal charges it should be Hamas South Africa is acting as their agent but they're not represented what Israel is doing is making the case that it has to which is number one that there is absolutely no case against Israel and it's absurd to make the case that there is and number two that even an emergency temporary order would cause severe harm so Israel's point on the one hand from a public relations point of view is saying look Hamas committed a genocide a genocide doesn't mean you've killed all the people it means that you've attempted to or had intent to well exactly that you've attempted to an attempt means you intended to do it and you carried out actions in furtherance of that attempt it doesn't mean that you succeeded in killing everybody by that definition the Holocaust wouldn't be a genocide because not everybody died but Hamas intended to and attempted to carry out a genocide and therefore that does qualify as a genocide that's important not just for PR reasons because it shows that an emergency order would put Israel in danger of being once again a victim of Hamas's genocide which they've clearly said they intend to do again and again and again and the only thing literally the only thing in the world preventing that is Israel's military defense and what do you make of Germany coming to the aid I never thought I would live to see the day that Germany came to Israel's aid about genocide yeah Germany's come to the aid Canada has also stepped forward the United States said that the accusations are baseless we're seeing a significant support from a number of quarters and and actually I'm not I'm gratified I'm not surprised Germany has for a number of years become increasingly supportive and yet I still find myself concerned that the support is by way of saying that the claims of genocide are absurd and inappropriate which is correct but will those countries also be equally supportive of not allowing any kind of emergency temporary measure because that is in my mind even more dangerous to have Israel branded with a PR loss would be bad enough but to have the IDF's hands tied to effectively make Israel army less would mean a true military victory from for Hamas and in a true disaster for for the security of the state of Israel so should Israel not is there a way that Israel sort of feels like Israel was in a corner like they had to appear in front of the court because if they didn't they'd be branded badly would probably be I don't default necessarily is how it works in the ICJ as opposed to any other court I mean how it's really had no choice well Israel also is a signatory to the to the genocide convention so as opposed to the international criminal court where Israel never signed the hate convention in this particular setting Israel is a party to to the to this court is one of the other things that Israel thought though is that South Africa has no case against Israel so this case on technical grounds in addition to moral grounds and logical grounds and legal grounds but also on this technical ground should be dismissed as well it's critical for Israel to show up because if not the consequences in this case are more than just the consequence of of public relations it's a consequence that could actually impact Israel's ability to function with the attitude of the famous Ben-Gurion quote David Ben-Gurion used to say that what do we care about what some international body says we're going to defend ourselves the way we need to and in a vacuum that that that's correct but if Israel were to have an order issued against it and if Israel were to violate that already the international criminal court of justice would file a recommendation that the security council implement crippling sanctions against Israel I'm not talking Ben and Jerry's kind of kind that really can destroy countries like the state that North Korea is in is the result of those kinds of sanctions that's what the ICJ would request at the security council and we would be hoping for an American veto but again if we're not talking about a claim of genocide but just a claim that Israel should follow an order for a ceasefire Americans may say you know what I mean not a bad idea so they'll abstain I am not saying that would happen but I'm saying it is a possibility a safety on the chance that America would veto a temporary order like that Great, Danny Pomerance, legal expert, political and I'll see you over reality check Thanks again for coming in this morning My pleasure, thanks for having me Hotel Nof Ginosar it's a refuge for people that were evacuated from Israel's northern border about 14 weeks ago today they're facing an uncertain future amidst the backdrop of war take a listen those who want the Kibbutz hotel experience by the shores of the sea of Galilee since Israel's war with Hamas broke out the hotel has taken in refugees evacuated from Kibbutz Yiftakh and other northern communities who are unable to stay in their homes due to the security risk posed by pro-Iranian Lebanese terror group Hezbollah We arrived in Ginosar and they received us here in an outstanding way It's busy too it gives us a little bit of air to breathe Although many hotels have welcomed evacuees with open arms some of them are struggling as they're unable to accommodate tourists hotel managers are facing mounting pressure as the war continues and they are forced to navigate through the crisis We are currently operating the hotel under the northern command meaning that the hotel is obligated the hotel is full of evacuees there is not a single room available all for the benefit of the evacuees even if I want to host tourists who are still willing to come here and take a risk showing some kind of solidarity I can't, I have no rooms for them it means the question mark is so big the unknown is so big that no one really knows what will happen the day after Hotel Nov Ginosar is not the only one facing this dilemma while offering a refuge to those in need it has to navigate the stormy waters of war and uncertainty But still hundreds and thousands of Americans and Europeans come to Israel and they should I'm Albert Lewerton reporting from Tel Aviv Stay up to date on the I-24 news app I-24 news continues after the break It's been 100 days since the trauma that rocked Israel more than 1200 dead more than 5000 wounded over 160,000 displaced Join I-24 news 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Houthis by airmail and F-18 I'm Albert Lewitson reporting from the I-24 news headquarters in Tel Aviv Welcome to our viewers around the world We are continuing our live rolling coverage of the war, day 99 14 weeks to the day There's lots of late breaking developments Let's start first with breaking news The Pentagon says the United States has struck a Houthi military site in Yemen with a barrage of Tomahawk missiles A radar site was hit Houthi rebels have attempted to attack and harass ships traveling in international waters That's important here, international waters some 28 times Back here in Israel, the IDF struck Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon responding to two anti-tank missiles that were fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel early Friday No casualties reported In Gaza, fighting continues The IDF continues to push further south while the Israeli forces say they've knocked out hundreds of rocket missile launch sites There were rocket attacks last night overnight along the border The Israeli Prime Minister's office says a deal has been reached to get vital medicines to the hostages that are being held at gunpoint by Hamas This deal, brokered by the Qataris seems to sidestep the international Red Cross Your donations to the Red Cross to the tune of billions was meant to do just that and help hostages with medical care but the Red Cross has not been able to do this In the West Bank three armed Palestinian men broke into the settlement of Adora near Hebron and shot and wounded a 34-year-old Jewish man Israeli security forces raced the scene They shot and killed the three assailants Israel has made its case in the International Court of Justice fighting back South Africa's charge that Israel conducted genocidal acts Now, Germany says it will come to Israel's help Germany saying, quote, Hamas terrorists brutally attacked, tortured, killed kidnapped Israeli citizens Hamas's goal is to wipe out Israel Israel has been defending itself We have lots to get to this day First, let's now get live coverage From the front lines, we go to Jonathan Regev I-24 news senior defense correspondent He's at the Israeli Gaza border right now Jonathan, it seems as though the IDF carried out raids overnight Yes, and we can still hear it We hear the sound of artillery Inside the Gaza Strip We can hear it rather loud in the last few hours And also where we are in a bit to the south we're hearing reports of Israeli strikes in Derel Balach, which is to the south of us, constant activity all along the Gaza border But it seems as though there's also a medicine deal, a deal to get the medicines to the hostages, talk to us about what that deal is and how it's going to be carried out So the deal basically says that Israel will deliver a medicine to Hamas from Qatar or from the Red Cross to Hamas and to be delivered to the hostages In return, Israel will also deliver medicine to the entire Gaza population Israel, of course, is happy with such a deal and no problem to deliver humanitarian aid including medicine to Gazans The only question is how can it be certain that the medicine provided to the hostages will actually be given to the hostages And we heard comments coming from family members saying that at least until there's visual evidence that the medicine provided to the hostages has actually been given to the hostages Israel should not go along with the second stage of that plan which is giving medicine to Gazans How will exactly Israel get that evidence is something that has not been disclosed yet There's huge criticism in Israel on the role of everybody basically regarding the hostages be it the Red Cross which you mentioned and other factors No one has provided any guarantees of the situation of the hostages their situation how exactly they're doing where exactly that medicine can be delivered Of course, a concern of Hamas is that Israel might use this information to try to carry out an operation to rescue the hostages But still, bodies like the Red Cross have done nothing for the hostages in Gaza As of now the only role of the Red Cross when it came to the hostages was to provide a transportation for the hostages that were released Apart from that, nothing has been done for them so far Because it doesn't seem like there's a place for them In other words, trying to carry this out this deal would be that you would put the medicine probably in a central location and who's to say that they're not going to be hijacked the way that aid has been hijacked the drone video of aid being hijacked by Hamas That is correct and even if that aid is provided safely to Hamas do we know for certain that it will reach the hostages that they will be given the medicine the answer is no I don't know exactly how it can be done but as far as family members are saying that at least until there's some kind of visual evidence we can actually see the hostages being given the medicine there's specific medicine that they need to be given the second stage should not be carried out let's remember among the hostages they're elderly, they're people that are sick and need constant medicine which they have not been receiving for three months they're people that are injured that were injured during the hijacking and no one really knows about their condition so family members are saying that at least until we were able to see that the hostages received their medicine the second stage which is providing medicine for Gazans should not take place Let me talk to you about now the West Bank another front that Israel is dealing with the West Bank overnight there were three assailants who broke through a fence in Adora and they were shot and killed talk a little bit about why this is now again another flare point I think it has been a flare point all the time we're speaking mostly about Gaza and the second concern is the northern border that is understandable but the West Bank is boiling and we're seeing night after night after night activities all along the West Bank it started with Janine Nablus in the last few weeks we're speaking about Noura Shams in the area of Tulkarem in the western West Bank but terror activities are ongoing all the time and all across West Bank Adora we're speaking of the area of the southern West Bank which has been relatively quiet when compared with other arenas within the West Bank we're seeing it's boiling as well and infiltration activities unfortunately there's a concern that they can take place at any time at any place across the West Bank and IDF forces have to be ready to confront that and thwart that as they did last night killing the three terrorists and you'll see on the screen right now our viewers can see that what that was in the video that we showed just a moment ago what took so long why is it only now about 12 hours afterwards that the residents of the area had been given they were given shelter and place orders and now it's been removed what took so long what took so long is actually to make sure that there are no more terrorists it was known early into the incident that three terrorists were killed that was certain what was not certain is if there are any more terrorists there are plenty of places to hide there maybe deserted houses maybe along the bushes the forces in the area and the IDF forces wanted to make sure that there are no more terrorists hiding three were killed they knew that early on but it took them just as you mentioned some 12 hours until the all clear was given and knowing that there are no more terrorists knowing that it was only three terrorists infiltrated and were killed and there were no more other terrorists around Jonathan Regev gives us the speed from the border now with Gaza thanks so much for joining us as I mentioned at the very top of the broadcast the Huchi Rebels got a delivery service from the United States government they got Tomahawk missiles launched at them joining me now from is Colonel Mary Eisen Director of the International Institute for Counterterrorism from Reckon University when we first played what President Biden had to say about those strikes so it seems as though Mary that it seems like the Americans basically did a just a follow up on this email message so why was there a need for yet another strike when we're talking about the Houtis, Albert we're talking about the same kind of military build up that Iran has used with Hezbollah it's years of supplying them with diverse weapons heavy duty weapons intercontinental ballistic missiles different types of drones UAVs that can go literally a thousand kilometers Houtis are very proud of that they used a lot of these weaponry both in the war inside Yemen there's a civil war inside Yemen against Saudi Arabia so the United States kind of gets the open check as they are a world power to be able to attack all of these different capabilities that the Houtis have inside Yemen in its own way and this sounds kind of cynical Israel does not have the same kind of leeway to be able to do something similar against what Hezbollah has in Lebanon but the United States against the Houtis against those capabilities that the Houtis have been using Yemenite Houtis against the international shipping routes they're going out against all of the different capabilities that have been attacking in these international shipping routes so they could do it again and there will still be an enormous amount of targets again an accumulation of weapons that happens over a long time period and the Houtis are so eager to use these weapons the United States is stopping it or trying to eliminate as much of those ground capabilities as possible Houtis seem emboldened almost by the attack that occurred from the United States but even twice after being hit by the US and the UK for the first time they seem really emboldened by it So it's funny when we say emboldened because we've all seen they've been showing the different videos of the amount of Yemenites who have come out into the street and who are supporting the Houtis Yemen Albert is one of the worst places on earth right now it has been for so many years most of the world does not care about Yemen horrific there's been both the deprivation the war that's going on there the starvation the international community has been trying to help this very very poor country where 60% of the population is under the age of 20 where they really have no future where what did the Houtis give them and it's such an alternate reality for me to try and describe to people the Houtis show that we're somebody the Houtis show that we mean something the Houtis are showing that younger generation that you can do acts against the world I'm not here to tell the younger generation inside Yemen boy are they wrong but in that sense it makes them feel that they're being seen right now so there's enormous support for the Houtis who are taking action taking action against those that this younger generation is growing up on a horrific type of education systems that are really showing the world in such a harsh way and so when we see them coming out to the streets they feel emboldened I want to give a different type of similarity that again breathe in deep it's not an easy one but Hamas is enjoying enormous popular youth support throughout the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip maybe less but all over the Arabic speaking world and so that goes hand in hand Houtis attack you get support Hamas attack you get support you kill Jews you get support you go against the Americans you get support it's an alternative way of looking at the world I don't think they understand that youth not the implications and not the lies that they've been growing up with talk about alternate facts and alternate reality you see demonstrations there was one in Times Square in New York there were some in Washington against the American attack by basically praising the Houtis there were pro Yemen pro Houti chance I explain it explain it to the viewers try to explain it to the viewers try to explain it to me why that's happening I'll believe you me we're all trying to explain it to ourselves right now so I can give you an understanding it's not going to make anybody feel happier the world today has a large portion especially of young liberal people who are growing up in democracies and take for granted democratic rights and they say everybody deserves that kind of freedom but they're talking in terms that you can get in Times Square and in Trafalgar Square and in London and in Paris and in New York you don't have these kind of freedoms anywhere in the Middle East and using that terminology of freedom is an additional level which is talking about the world being divided between the oppressors and the oppressed and sadly Albert you and I in Israel for these young people are part of the oppressors sadly for Americans worldwide and they live in the United States a lot of these people the oppressors of the United States it's a very odd way for me of looking at the world it's a different one and we all need to be more nuanced both in the way that we look at ourselves but certainly in the way that we look at the world the Yemenites are absolutely oppressed by the Houtis the Palestinians are oppressed Hamas is a genocidal terror organization but the challenge is that a lot of the people inside the West Bank and the Gaza Strip support Hamas how do you explain that I take it all back to education I want us all to look at that education of both ourselves I always ask about myself but certainly about young people who can believe these ideas Mary we're talking about what's happening in Yemen just so our viewers understand this is international waters this is not the territorial waters that belong to Yemen these are shipping channels and there's some who believe that what America and what the UK are doing is basically waging a war on behalf of Israel for economic benefit what do you say to that 1515 15% of the world's shipping goes through the strait that the Houti Yemenites right now are attacking 15% of the world's shipping they are indiscriminately attacking what it goes through and then they put the tag on it that it's either Jewish or that it's Israeli both very anti-Semitic type of ideas and saying that what they attacked is Jewish or Israeli and that's what they're doing is supporting the Gaza Strip I really in that sense when we're looking at this enormous shipping route that's being closed off for the world when you're sitting inside your houses in Europe and in the United States you're the costs of things that you buy at the supermarket stores are gonna go up because the Yemenite Houtis are attacking one of the main shipping routes of the world they're doing so and saying it's because of Gaza or because of Israel they're attacking anything that goes through they've attacked it in the past the Houtis themselves do not have any weapons all of the weaponry that they have is supplied to them by Iran and yes I am going to connect it with that dotted line also back to the Iranian Islamic regime back to that Islamic regime that supports the Houtis and wants to destabilize the area that gives those weapons to the Houtis to Shia proxies who are trying to destabilize all af all over and just to be clear the only ones who are supporting the Houtis in that sense worldwide except for really what I'm gonna call in a very derogatory way useful idiots who just don't know what they're talking about are Iran the Shiites Hezbollah Hamas I really don't think you want to be standing up for those who are standing up with the Islamic regime of Iran with the Hezbollah Shiites or with the Hamas genocidal terror organization Mary let's talk about that dotted line discussed I mean this is it seems like what is happening here is not a hot war but a similar war so I was reading somebody talking today about the fact that now this is becoming an international war it wasn't just when the Houtis started to attack the international shipping routes that this became then an international war Iran is behind everything going on but this isn't you know the octopus with the arms and that they're controlling everything the Islamic regime of Iran wants to destabilize Hezbollah is both Lebanese Shiites and it's also an Iranian backed trained armed proxy Hamas is completely Palestinian Muslim brotherhood local and also trained supplied and backed by the Iranians so when we're looking at this arena around who is the only country as opposed to the non-country is the non-state actors who at this stage along the way is enjoying almost immunity is Iran Iran uses the Houtis to destabilize and make everybody mad at Israel Iran uses Hezbollah Hamas supplies them with weapons in the international community blame Israel and in this case Iran needs to have a big shining light on what they're doing on what they're supplying on how they are from behind destabilizing all over the Middle East and that this is in the background of what is already an international war not just the United States not just Great Britain but anybody who gets supply of capabilities from Iran Iran supplies Russia with capabilities Suicide Drones Iran supplies China with oil everybody has interest here and that also very much impacts what the different countries are doing in their response Carl Mary Eisen the director of international institute of counter terrorism at Reichman University thanks again for joining us always this chess game that we have to play around the world thanks again 99 days ago today 136 babies children women elderly frail were taken hostage by Hamas at gunpoint on Friday hundreds filled the streets of New York across the street from the United Nations to demand their release and they were joined by one of the hostages who was released 13 year old Hilo Rotem Shoshani as well as family members of other freed hostages take a look life is a hostage in Gaza is not life it's hell I came all the way here to ask the whole world help us bring back all all the hostages we can't leave them there their families are waiting for them bring them home please it's very hard for us to imagine what does it mean not to have freedom Bakirdan described it very simply when we ask her she say just think that you are being watched every single moment of your life every movement every act every minute you are being suspected and subjected to the will of terrorists and you have no way to resist you have nowhere to hide this is life in captivity just to let everyone know there's 240 hostages that were taken by Hamas 136 remain one of those that remains is Liri Albag and joining us now live is Tamir Rahman the cousin of Liri Albag thanks so much for joining us this morning Tamir thank you for having me tell us a little about Liri what should we know about Liri well Liri is happy, used to be happy 18 year old kid she likes to travel we actually had a third of all her favorite things just yesterday in her in her village Matan basically I was happy to see the international attention those four scouts got recently yes Tamir let me let our viewers know get them up to speed there was a mention of four of the hostages and a picture of them that was put across international media and then some people took those pictures of what they looked like before they were held captive and what they look like now and the shock just to see that side by side must have completely shocked you as it did everyone around the world unfortunately it didn't shock to me because basically I dealt with since very raw form of every possible information you can get from the terrorist I saw all the lives on October 7th I saw pictures later I saw a lot of the capitations they published so unfortunately no I'm not surprised by those views terribly sad we still need to negotiate and deal with such animals we can't value basic human liberties and rights you know Tamir there was a discussion overnight that there's a deal being made by the Israelis to give medicines to the hostages sidestepping the international Red Cross because as you and I both know despite the fact that we give millions or we have been giving millions and billions to the Red Cross Red Cross seems to have washed their hands of your cousin of anybody else what is your reaction to the idea that the Israeli Qataris were able to work this deal to at least get some medicine to them I mean it's about time eventually my day to day business is biomedicine so I deal a lot with human body and basically when you prevent crucial injury crucial medicine to people with deficits or with some chronicle issues you can create like irreversible damages you can create a lot of deficiencies we have the case of the elderly former hostage that got lower than 30 cell use body temperature and extremely low heart rate so basically medicines are not cool vitamins to consume for better health they actually preserving your health and you know it's I don't know if it's more more ridiculous when we actually need to speak about medicines as a privilege when from one side the world at it's all basically tells us you need to provide the medicine you need to provide all the humanitarian aid but basically nobody except the Israelis are claiming the same fundamental rights to the hostages who were being kidnapped from their homes from their beds killed like near their dead relatives and families and friends and nobody sorry for my French nobody gives the shit about their rights to be healthy I'm not talking about freedom being healthy and being held in rational condition for almost 100 days now the fact we need to deal about it's it's ridiculous to me I'm going to add one thing to this if I can yesterday in the ICJ hearing the International Court of Justice if you read through the 84 page lawsuit that South Africa did against Israel there's not one mention of a relief of the hostages being released that it's not that they're asking for ceasefire against Israel but not asking for the hostages to be released your thoughts well I can't take this lawsuit seriously and unfortunately I mean as Lenin used to call them western reporters who supported the socialism and communism back then he called them useful idiots and basically South Africa current regime is insulting the founding father and Nelson Mandela who actually fought for civilian liberties everywhere and equal rights and basically how country established on the ruins of actual apartheid actual discrimination can support a genocidal terrorist organization because I'm not sure what's happened there okay I mean I have few suggestions to how it came to this situation but basically what South Africa doing in this lawsuit is insulting its own dynasty. Thank you so much for joining us 100 days don't forget 99 days of this war. I'm Albert Lutze reporting from Tel Aviv thanks so much for joining us the news continues after the break. United States sends a message to the Houthis by airmail and F-18 delivered Tomahawk missiles I'm Albert Lutze reporting from the I-24 news headquarters in Tel Aviv welcome to our viewers around the world we are continuing our live rolling coverage of the war day 99 14 weeks to the day there's lots of late breaking developments let's start first with breaking news the Pentagon says the United States has struck a Houthi military site in Yemen with a barrage of Tomahawk missiles a radar site was hit Houthi rebels have attempted to attack and harass ships traveling in international waters that's important here international waters some 28 time back here in Israel the IDF struck Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon responding to two anti-tank missiles that were fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel early Friday no casualties reported in Gaza fighting continues the IDF continues to push further south while Israeli forces say they've knocked out hundreds of rocket missile launch sites there were rocket attacks last night overnight along the border cities like Assad had sirens the Israeli prime minister's office says a deal has been reached to get vital medicines to the hostages that are being held at gunpoint by Hamas this deal brokered by the Qataris seems to sidestep the international Red Cross your donations to the Red Cross to the tune of billions was meant to do just that help hostages with medical care but the Red Cross has not been able to do this in the West Bank three armed Palestinian men broke into the settlement of Adora near Hebron and shot and wounded a 34 year old Jewish man Israeli security forces raced the scene they shot and killed the three assailants Israel has made its case in the international court of justice fighting back South Africa's charge that Israel conducted genocidal acts now in the U.S. and the U.S. will come to Israel's help Germany saying quote Hamas terrorists brutally attacked tortured killed kidnapped Israeli citizens Hamas's goal is to wipe out Israel Israel has been defending itself we have lots to get to this day 99 first let's now get live coverage on from the front lines we go to Jonathan reggae by 24 news senior defense correspondent he's at the Israeli Gaza border right now we hear the sound of artillery inside the Gaza Strip we can hear it rather loud in the last few hours and also it happens where we are in a bit to the south we're hearing reports of Israeli strikes in Deir el-Balach which is to the south of us constant activity all along the Gaza border but it seems that there's also a medicine deal a deal to get the medicines to the hostages talk to us about what that deal is going to be carried out so the deal basically says that Israel will deliver medicine to Hamas from Qatar or from the Red Cross to Hamas and to be delivered to the hostages in return Israel will also deliver medicine to the entire Gaza population Israel of course is happy with such a deal and no problem to deliver humanitarian aid including medicine to Gazans the only question is how can it be certain that the medicine provided to the hostages will actually be given to the hostages and we heard comments coming from family members saying that at least until there's visual evidence that the medicine provided to the hostages has actually been given to the hostages Israel should not go along with the second stage of that plan which is giving medicine to Gazans how will exactly Israel get that evidence is something that has not been disclosed yet there's huge criticism in Israel on the role of everybody basically regarding the hostages be it the Red Cross which you mentioned and other factors no one has provided any guarantees of the situation of the hostages their situation how exactly they're doing where exactly that medicine can be delivered of course the concern of Hamas is that Israel might use this information to try to carry out an operation to rescue the hostages but still bodies like the Red Cross have done nothing for the hostages in Gaza as of now the only role of the Red Cross when it came to the hostages was to provide a transportation for the hostages that were released apart from that nothing has been done for them so far because it doesn't seem like there's a place for them to in other words trying to carry this out this deal would be that you would put the medicine probably in a central location and who's to say that they're not going to be hijacked the way that aid has been hijacked you and I have seen video drone video of aid being hijacked by Hamas that is correct and even if that aid is provided safely to Hamas do we know for certain that it will reach the hostages that they will be given the medicine the answer is no I don't know exactly how it can be done but as far as family members are saying that at least until there's some kind of visual evidence meaning we can actually see the hostages being given the medicine t