id it will be provided there and that is where they're instructing the residents of Gaza to go to avoid any civilian casualties in its continuous strikes Thank you so much live from Storot our correspondent Ariel Osaran we will be coming back to Ariel of course throughout the coming hours and now we go back to Washington and Ben and Ben Teliblu senior fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies is still with us and Ben and your thoughts on the sentiment in the United States right now about this trip by Joe Biden two carriers are in the region we just heard right now the U.S. president has taken to Twitter to say America is grieving with the people of Israel and obviously reiterating throughout the afternoon his support for Israel difficult to assess in a developing situation but your take on the sentiment across the U.S. right now about what is unfolding in Tel Aviv Well certainly as you may know large swaths of Washington if not all of the official Washington's continues to stand with Israel and agree with Israel many people in Washington do have friends family acquaintances people they've met over the years working on foreign policy matters affected by the Gaza the Hamas terror attack just over a week ago but beyond Washington of course unfortunately there are many things that are political many do support the trip but many do had concerns about the timing the safety some of the optics of the trip and this is more of a partisan framing that you may have seen kind of a contrasting of the Israel theater with the Ukraine theater this factors into certainly U.S. domestic debates where there's a rising tide of isolationism both on the left flank and on the right flank they can look different they feel different and then there's something I personally find to be the most important which is this rising anti-Israel tide in American campuses simply sealing off for closing the door on the atrocious terror attack by Hamas and then opening the door to you know overt criticism Israel for any kind of military response against that terror entity in Gaza and the instrumental use of evolving headlines like the attack on the hospital that you had mentioned which in early reporting was misinformed as an Israeli strike and then continues that continues to factor into U.S. domestic debates but nonetheless official Washington and you know mainstream conventional American opinion continues to support the trip and can use to see it through an important measure or see the trip as an important measure of the evolving important U.S.-Israel relationship that being said there are some including yours truly who do support the trip but have concerns concerns for example that today October 18th the day President Biden touched down on Israel is also the day the Biden administration permitted U.N. sanctions on Iran's ballistic missile program to last just prior to coming on this show I was looking at Iranian headlines bragging about the legal ability to test and transfer ballistic missiles and sell and receive related technology you cannot disconnect the dots you cannot disconnect Iran from a mosque you cannot disconnect the conflict in the Levant in the eastern Mediterranean to what is going on in the Persian Gulf and across the heart of the Middle East you cannot have one policy towards the terror proxy and a fundamentally different policy towards the terror patron so if there is a certain kind of frustration this is one angle for it certainly a concern shared by many on this day thank you so much appreciate your insight Benham Bentelablu live from Washington and if you're just joining us now these are live images on our screen out of Lebanon protests erupting right now these are live images out of Lebanon right now now as we were just discussing with Benham the idea of releasing footage and aerial photographs that's after that blast overnight that hit a hospital inside Gaza there is a recording of a phone call between Hamas operatives showing that the hospital explosion was immediately identified as actually being caused by a misfired Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket let's take a listen to more from the IDF so for more our correspondent guy Israel is here in studio and guy obviously a hospital being hit an explosion happening reports out of the Hamas health ministry on the amount of people who have died and then we get the evidence the IDF displaying the evidence the aerial photographs the footage this telephone call saying it was Palestinian Islamic Jihad this is nothing new we've seen so many attacks so many stories like this of misfiring of terrorists out of Gaza hitting Gaza residents civilian population time after time this incident really stands out but we've seen others in previous years this is part of the operation of Hamas Hamas just hours sorry just minutes before this failed launch announced that it's going to strike Israel with new missiles these may be the new missiles that were misfired just another example of the cynical use of Hamas of the civilian population in Gaza these are the victims of Hamas and when Israel wishes to eliminate Hamas's military capabilities it does so eventually also for the people of Gaza I can remind our viewers Israel disengaged from the Gaza Strip many years ago living thousands of Israeli settlers out of their homes in hope for a better future the result was they elected the residents elected Hamas Hamas's remaining power and invested all of its resources into building its military capabilities now is the time that Israel says no more to that and we showed images a little bit earlier of protest action in Lebanon we also know a general strike announced in the West Bank and again we will keep bringing new developments as they emerge here on our breaking news edition but right now a personal account on their killing rampage that unfolded on the 7th of October we welcome Chaim Arias a pediatrician who works in Nativot and he joins us from Kibbutz Almog Chaim thank you so much for speaking to us you're living in Moshev Shuvah I understand you were called to a field hospital where you help people wounded from Barry take us back if you will to the 7th of October it's been a long a long few days but you know for me my personal account has started in the morning we heard a a red alert which unfortunately was sort of you know not so uncommon and does not bother us at all we got the kids got my mom odd but then I started hearing live gunfire gunfire like machine gunfire so I knew something was wrong turned my phone on and we didn't know exact in situation but we knew something really bad was happening the guys in my Moshev were very quick to quickly try to put up some patrols and guys got on roofs we try to organize and basically we were just sitting there hearing awful things for many hours and then around 1 or 2 p.m I forget exactly I was called to the front of the Moshev if you look at the map Shuva is just right behind like Saad and maybe right behind the Alameen so they were bringing all the casualties back to the intersection of Shuva so out in the gate there the Militia had put like a like a field triage center basically and right now there was little to no resources we had one army doctor myself there was another nurse in the Moshev that came out to help me another doctor with what we had and then we just saw wave after wave after wave of injured people the majority were soldiers that were fighting terrorists but we also had civilians you know we sorry it's difficult to speak about I haven't really spoken about this so much yet but we did we're putting people in private cars sort of coming in with you know stable gunshot wounds and limbs whatnot we would just put them in private cars other people in Moshev were driving them to Soroka the hospital we were putting people in a military that they'd ride along with a young mother who had a blip wound to the chest and I took her to Nativo to switch her out with a more advanced ambulance that could take her to Soroka and she just kept asking you know where are my kids and I don't know and came back and it just it went on and on and on until the finally in the evening we had a little bit more support we had a Hatsala and Mada and more army support or in real resources but it took a while to get things under control and then in the evening time it was too much we had to step away and the as I understand it it went further into the night and and then they also had in the same area recovery for a lot of the bodies a lot of the bodies were brought back to Shuva as well and just to say one thing about the community the the folks that stayed back a lot of the men stayed back in the Moshev the the the following week to help help out the the army based the idea moved in and sort of made that a forward base so a lot of guys stayed back and helped to to care the soldiers and it was and it was such a beautiful thing that the community come together like that unbelievable so it's such a yeah such a situation Chaim I can hear the trauma in your voice I cannot imagine what you have seen an experience but you are one of many here who responded to this traumatic and tragic day in the history of this country thank you for sharing your account thank you for speaking to us we appreciate it and we wish you strength and your community strength Chaim Arias from Kibbutz Almog in the south thank you for being here on i24 news take care thank you and with that we end this breaking news edition our rolling coverage continues shortly I'm Benita Levine in Tel Aviv thank you for watching let's take you live to Tel Aviv there stands that better no one feels that more than President of the United States Mr. President folks there's a an Irish poet that what creates the longest suffering makes the stone of the heart the longest suffering makes the stone of the heart and that's this real quick meeting with all of you as none of your hearts have turned to hands she was telling me it was which it was she kept flipping the maps up and down behind her and all of a sudden she looked at me and she said would you like a photograph and I thought if that's unusual and I guess she just cut up and walked out there to her outside her office without looking at me she turned she liked it and she said you look worried so I said I am and she said don't worry we Jews have a secret weapon in our place else to go well the truth of the matter I think the security and safety of Jews worldwide is anchored in the great continued violence of the state of Israel that's what I think it's about and it's core and so watching live images right now U.S. President Joe Biden U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and the U.S. Charged Affairs Stephanie Hallett all meeting soon with relatives who are waiting for word on the hostages who are being held by the Hamas terror group in Gaza the U.S. President touching down in Tel Aviv in recent hours Air Force One on the tarmac of Ben-Gurion International Airport on day 12 of the war this is the moment the American leader and Israeli Prime Minister hugged on the tarmac there a similar embrace for the President it's an historic show of solidarity during wartime Benjamin Netanyahu thanking him for the unprecedented U.S. support and that meeting with the families is about to happen shortly and when it dies we will bring you details but right now let's find out what is happening on the ground we go live to our correspondent Pierce Steckelbach she's in the North near the Israel-Lebanon border so Joe Biden assuring Benjamin Netanyahu a little earlier quote we will continue to have Israel's back as you continue to defend your people the whole world is watching Hezbollah is watching Iran is watching talk to us about the latest developments in the North Pier well Bonita Hezbollah and Irana certainly watching and this week alone they have reiterated time and time again that they are specifically observing the events in Gaza and they will make their involvement in this war dependent on Israeli actions in Gaza now after the strike on the Gaza hospital the Al-Ahli hospital leaving an estimated number of 800 people dead a strike that is attributed to Israel in the Arab world Hezbollah might be forced to react and actually a few moments ago an IDF statement said that shots were fired on to an Israeli observation post here very close to the Lebanese border now I want to step out of the frame for you to see which outpost which post we are actually talking about we can still see some of the remaining smoke which has been caused by Hezbollah fire into Israel Israel is retaliating to the origin of the fire of course Bonita the northern border remains to be tense fractions like Hezbollah and Iran have said that they are willing to intervene once Israeli atrocities increase in Gaza of course Joe Biden and the U.S. displaying their solidarity with another aircraft carrier being placed in the Mediterranean Sea but also the Israeli government reacting and now deciding to enable the evacuation of residents that are living as close as five kilometers to the border here to Lebanon that comes after the area that is as close as close as two kilometers to the border has been evacuated already earlier this week this really shows how vigilant also Israeli authorities are here in the north to make sure that the area that has constantly come under Hezbollah fire will be cleared of civilians of course it is very difficult and here we see or we hear booms as well here coming from right behind us we are here about 10 kilometers away from the Lebanese border but Israeli authorities making sure that the area that is as close to up to five kilometers to the border will be as void as possible of citizens as the skirmishers between Israel and Hezbollah are continuing Bonita stay safe live from the Israel-Lebanon border that's our correspondent Pierce Deckelbach thank you for that update and now for more we welcome from Washington Benham Ben-Talablu senior fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies thank you so much for joining us from DC Benham to start your insights the show of support unprecedented the US president here during a war we saw the images of Air Force One on the tarmac and Tel Aviv the hugs with Benjamin Netanyahu and the president as well your thoughts on what is unfolding right now between these two close allies well it's a pleasure to be with you and I hope you and all your staff and associates at I-24 are safe and will remain safe here in Washington we've been watching the conflict unfold and do think about our friends and acquaintances abroad at this time nonetheless to your question it's essential for Joe Biden to continue to communicate the message that he just did deliver in that earlier segment publicly and privately to audiences government and non-government across Israel which is a show of unwavering non-partisan American support this is in the US moral interest this is the US strategic interest and actually it can help prevent the war from spreading and spreading in the worst possible ways Iran and its proxies as your previous correspondent mentioned are watching waiting trying to respond to the onset of the war in Gaza by trying to threaten the multi-front campaign or multi-front war against the state of Israel trying to prevent Israeli officials from achieving their stated aims as to retaliating or potentially even destroying Hamas and having this strong US show of resolve not just the carrier but the US president actually meeting with the Israeli prime minister can help bridge that gap can help send that strong signal or resolve which can potentially have deterrent dividends both against Iran's proxies as well as against the terror patron itself the Islamic Republic of Iran So Benim help with the pieces of the puzzle together when we look at the role that Tehran is playing right now on the one hand we're talking about Hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad inside Gaza there is a strike right now as we speak in the West Bank Syrian never mind Syria the Iranian entrenchment which has been going on with proxies for months and months now and of course in Lebanon we are looking at live images on our screen right now out of Lebanon where Hezbollah is watching as well and watching what is unfolding as we speak in Tel Aviv talk to us about the pieces of this puzzle how they all fit together Well across the heartland of the Middle East and in particular in conflict zones the Islamic Republic has tried for over four decades to violently export its revolution in places where it did not have ideological resonance in places where it did have ideological resonance it was where there were marginalized folks it was downtrod in dispossessed peoples where the Islamic Republic's message of violence carried some kind of resonance Iran over the years has been able to create or co-opt different proxy groups that it controls ultimately and it can control the cycle of violence they can control this kind of cycle of hatred and in every one of those jurisdictions you mentioned Syria there's the Assad regime Iraq there's the Shia militias Yemen there's the Houthis Lebanon as you know there is Hezbollah in the Gaza Strip there is certainly Hamas and Palestine in the Islamic jihad and then of course there's the individual or lone wolf acts of terror that the Islamic Republic has been able to be behind and support to help get weapons traffic to in the West Bank so trying to create a multi-dimensional circle of fire against the Jewish state while also of course trying to watch and wait to see what events are going on on the ground between Israel and Gaza to threaten to open up a different domain but right now the Islamic Republic is benefiting from the way the issue the way that conflict is being covered in the air press and it's trying to push back on what you've seen over the past few years which is this wave positivity of Israel in the Arab world this wave of normalization agreements that you've seen and actually one reason that I personally believe that the pale green light was given from Tehran to its proxies even though there is more of a diffuse mechanism of control here is simply because of the positive signs and the news you were seeing about the potential Saudi-Israeli repulsion which as you know that is on hold the Islamic Republic is hoping that's not a temporary hold it's hoping that it's a hold as long as possible but Iran is trying to divide America from its regional partners and America's regional partners from one another using the scenes from the current conflict and talking about nations in the region Joe Biden was supposed to go later on in the day to Jordan and meet with King Abdullah also Egypt Abdel Fattahal Sisi and Mahmoud Abbas from the Palestinian Authority that meeting not happening any more reports that they might be speaking on the telephone later but talk to us about the significance of that meeting if it was in fact to have happened and now the fact that it's being pushed out The fact that it can't happen is certainly a setback for U.S. foreign policy in particular the diplomatic element one remembers deconfliction agreements after other Arab-Israeli wars and in particular Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy but the inability to have the U.S. president land or even speak overtly directly and publicly with other pro-American or at least moderate Arab leaders in the heartland of the Middle East is again I would say a setback for U.S. diplomacy in the region and is a piece of news and is or something that Iran and its self-styled axis of resistance benefits from again Iran is trying to get everyone to disconnect the dots Iran is trying to separate America from its regional partners it's trying to make sure that America's message is quarantined even though the U.S. president as you mentioned may be able to deliver the same message over the phone the lack of that public image the lack of that embrace between America and an Arab leader while the conflict is going on and while Arab media is covering the conflict the way that it is ultimately redounds to the Islamic Republic's interest Thank you so much Ben and Ben Tel Aviv please stay with us we may be coming back to you a little bit later on for now live from the Washington DC that is Ben and Ben Tel Aviv senior fellow at the foundation for the defense of democracies and we go from Washington to Tel Aviv let's go back to our correspondent Balir Sladin so we know we just saw a short while ago the president of the United States the U.S. secretary of the United States all standing there talking about the next plan of action and going to meet with families who are waiting for word on the hostages being held captive by Hamas in Gaza what update can you share right now thank you Yes and also about two minutes ago the president of the United States tweeted on platform X that his brow to be in Israel and he is here to honor the courage commitment and bravery of the Israeli people he said that the American people are grieving with the following of the last week's attack so that's what the U.S. president is actually tweeting at the last few minutes he came here of course to show solidarity but also to discuss many issues that are in concern of the American people of his administration in particular the president of the United States while he is meeting with the families of the people that were kidnapped to Gaza and the hostages he of course discussed with the Israeli leaders the concerns that he has about this war he is of course is not interested in expanding this war to come to Hezbollah or maybe Iran to be intervening in this whole thing because he doesn't want a regional war during an election year that's what we understand from sources close to him and of course the humanitarian crisis the humanitarian situation in Gaza that is a huge issue for the Biden administration but maybe most importantly the day after what will happen in the future he is against occupation of Gaza he is planning to discuss with the leaders of Israel the course of actions and of course the plan to the future what will happen will the Palestinian Authority take over Gaza will other players in the region such as Jordan or maybe Egypt will take over Gaza and deal with the 2.3 million Palestinians there he is here to show solidarity on one hand but on the other hand he wants to show also the Israeli leaders that he needs his hand also on the wheel of this war he doesn't want the extremist as would some people say to lead this toward regional war or religious war or even occupation of Gaza so that's why he is here right now we're waiting of course for an official statement after these meetings after meeting also with the Israeli President his counterpart Yitzhak Herzog and then we will understand more about what has been discussed and what may be understand also some of the solutions that were suggested to regarding this whole war that is going on Correspondent Baleas Ladin live from Tel Aviv we will be coming back to you for more details as they emerge out of those meetings thank you so much for now and now we go from Tel Aviv to Storot in the South we're joined by our correspondent Ariel Osoran so we just heard their President Joe Biden taking to Twitter to say he is proud to be in Israel to honor the courage commitment and bravery of the Israeli people and perhaps none so brave as those in the Southern communities what is the latest there where you are right now Ariel Ray Benita those living in the Southern communities who have stayed but also the mass majority of them who have already evacuated and that is because this area continues to be under constant rocket fire from the Gaza Strip about 10 minutes ago rocket a barrage of rockets launched towards Kibbutzoufa that is right in this area here surrounding the Gaza Strip there has been no indications of any injuries or damage caused by this now regarding Biden's visit apparently he referred to the reason why he adopted Israel's stance on the explosion that occurred at the Ahli hospital in the Gaza Strip yesterday he said that one of the reasons that he adopted the Israeli position that it was a failed rocket launched by Palestine Islamic jihad is because he received similar information that corroborated that from his own Pentagon from the from the DoD and so that indicates is another indication as to why the Biden administration is supporting the fact that it is in fact Hamas or PIJ terrorists that launched the rocket that hit the Ahli hospital now while the rocket launches towards southern Israel continue there is also haven't been reports of Israeli strikes in the recent hours but earlier today the IDF reiterating its call to the residents of Gaza City and the northern part of the Gaza Strip to continue to make their way down south saying that indicating the area of El Mawasi which is in West Chanyounis where they which is in the southern part of the Gaza Strip they're saying that that area is will be for international humanitarian aid it will be provided there and that is where they're instructing the residents of Gaza to go to avoid any civilian casualties in its continuous strikes thank you so much live from Storot our correspondent Ariel Osaran we will be coming back to Ariel of course throughout the coming hours and now we go back to Washington and Ben and Ben Taliblu senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies is still with us and Ben and your thoughts on the sentiment in the United States right now about this trip by Joe Biden two carriers are in the region we just heard right now the US President has taken to Twitter to say America is grieving with the people of Israel and obviously reiterating throughout the afternoon his support for Israel difficult to assess in a developing situation but your take on the sentiment across the US right now about what is unfolding in Tel Aviv well certainly as you may know large swaths of Washington if not all of the official Washington's continues to stand with Israel agree with Israel many people in Washington do have friends family acquaintances people they've met over the years working on foreign policy matters affected by the Gaza the Hamas terror attack just over a week ago but beyond Washington of course unfortunately there are many things that are political many do support the trip but many do had concerns about the timing the safety some of the optics of the trip and this is more of a partisan framing that you may have seen kind of a contrasting of the Israel theater with the Ukraine theater this factors into certainly US domestic debates where there's a rising tide of isolationism both on the left flank and on the right flank they can look different they feel different and then there's something I personally find to be the most important which is this rising anti-Israel tide in American campuses simply sealing off for closing the door on the atrocious terror attack by Hamas and then opening the door to over criticism Israel for any kind of military response against that terror entity in Gaza and the instrumental use of evolving headlines like the attack on the hospital that you had mentioned which in early reporting was misinformed as an Israeli strike and then continues that continues to factor into US domestic debates but nonetheless official Washington and mainstream conventional American opinion continues to support the trip and can use to see it through an important measure or see the trip as an important measure of the evolving important US-Israel relationship that being said there are some including yours truly who do support the trip but have concerns concerns for example that today October 18th the day President Biden touched down in Israel is also the day the Biden administration permitted UN sanctions on Iran's ballistic missile program to last just prior to coming on this show I was looking at Iranian headlines bragging about the legal ability to test and transfer ballistic missiles and sell and receive related technology you cannot disconnect the dots you cannot disconnect Iran from Hamas you cannot disconnect the conflict and the Levant and the Eastern Mediterranean to what is going on in the Persian Gulf and across the heart of the Middle East you cannot have one policy towards the terror proxy and a fundamentally different policy towards the terror patron so if there is a certain kind of frustration this is one angle for it certainly a concern shared by many on this day thank you so much appreciate your insight Ben and Ben Tellerbleu live from Washington and if you're just joining us now these are live images on our screen out of Lebanon protests erupting right now these are live images out of Lebanon right now now as we were just discussing with Ben and the IDF releasing footage and aerial photographs that's after that blast overnight that hit a hospital inside Gaza there is a recording of a phone call between Hamas operatives showing that the hospital explosion was immediately identified as actually being caused by a misfired Palestinian Islamic jihad rocket let's take a listen to more from the IDF and so for more our correspondent guy Israel is here in studio and guy obviously a hospital being hit an explosion happening reports out of the Hamas health ministry of the amount of people who have died and then we get the evidence the IDF displaying the evidence the aerial photographs the footage this telephone call saying it was Palestinian Islamic jihad this is nothing new we've seen so many attacks so many stories like this of misfiring of terrorists out of Gaza hitting a Ghazan resident civilian population time after time this incident really stands out but we've seen others in previous years this is part of the operation of Hamas Hamas just hours sorry just minutes before this failed launch announced that it's going to strike Israel with new missiles these may be the new missiles that were misfired just another example of the cynical use of Hamas of the civilian population in Gaza these are the victims of Hamas and when Israel wishes to eliminate Hamas's military capabilities it does so eventually also for the people of Gaza I can remind our viewers Israel disengaged from the Gaza Strip many years ago living thousands of Israeli settlers out of their homes in hope for a better future the result was they elected the residents elected Hamas Hamas has remained in power and invested all of its resources into building its military capabilities now is the time that Israel says no more to that and we showed images a little bit earlier of protest action in Lebanon we also know a general strike announced in the West Bank and again we will keep bringing new developments as they emerge here on our breaking news edition but right now a personal account on that killing rampage that unfolded on the 7th of October we welcome Chaim Arias a pediatrician who works in Niti Fort and he joins us from Kibbutz, Almog Chaim thank you so much for speaking to us you're living in Moshav Shuvah I understand you were called to a field hospital where you help people wounded from Bari take us back if you will to the 7th of October it's been a long a long few days but it's for me my personal account has started in the morning we heard a red alert which unfortunately was sort of you know not so uncommon and it does not bother us at all we got the kids got my mamad but then I started hearing live gunfire gunfire like machine gunfire so I knew something was wrong turned my phone on and we didn't know exacting situation but we knew something really bad was happening the guys in my Moshav were very quick to quickly try to put up some patrols and guys got unroofed we tried to organize and basically we were just sitting there hearing awful things for many hours and then around 1 or 2 p.m I forget exactly I was called to the front of the Moshav if you look at the map Shuvah is just right behind like Saad and maybe right behind Almogh so they were bringing all the casualties back to the intersection of Shuvah so out in the gate there the militia had put like a like a field triage center basically and right now there was little to no resources we had one army doctor myself there was another nurse in the Moshav that came out to help me another doctor and we basically did what we could with what we had and then we just saw wave after wave after wave of injured people the majority were soldiers that were fighting terrorists but we also had civilians you know we sorry it's difficult to speak about I haven't really spoken about this so much yet but we did we're putting people in private cars sort of coming in with you know stable gunshot wounds and limbs or whatnot we would just put them in private cars other people in the last 10 years I've been in many areas of conflict one kilometer just from the south of Mosul for me the most intense mission but also certainly the most exciting and the one that led me to Mosul in June 2017 to cover the Feroz battle between the Iraqi armed forces with whom we were embarked and the terrorists of the Islamic State Organization who had made of this city their caliphate in Iraq a few years earlier after having crossed a Mosul in ruin we finally found ourselves in the middle of Casbah in the west part of the city at the nearest combats and bombardments of the international coalition we are here a few hundred meters away from the Mosque nourished it is the same we went from house to house to stay covered Daesh snipers before arriving on a roof at the level of the front line where the young Iraqi soldiers were able to spread their arsenal and their power of fire in front of our cameras it is only after having left this war theater that I took the measure of what I came to live when the information fell according to which a French television team had been killed by an explosive machine a mine in the same place where we found ourselves a few days earlier thirteen hundred people murdered and more than three thousand injured and the war with Hamas continues we bring you first-hand testimonies from the front lines from those who survived and all the records of the atrocities by Hamas follow us as Israel fights terror from the south and north get the inside scoop on what's going on only on I-24 News this is breaking news edition I'm Bernice Levine coming to you live from Tel Aviv on an historic day at an historic time US President Joe Biden is about to deliver remarks from Tel Aviv from that podium on your screen after he's held discussions with Israel's newly formed war cabinet just a short while ago Air Force One touching down on Wednesday morning on day 12 of the war this is the moment the American leader and Israeli Prime Minister hugged on the tarmac at Ben-Gurion International Airport a similar embrace for the President and historic show of solidarity during wartime Benjamin Netanyahu thanking him for the unprecedented US support later the US leader met with families whose relatives are still being held captive by the Hamas terror group inside Gaza the US has already dispatched two aircraft carrier groups to the region the death toll from the Hamas killing rampage in southern parts of Israel on Saturday the 7th of October is at more than 1400 in response the IDF continuing to target Hamas sites in Gaza earlier in the day the IDF providing evidence that the overnight blast at a hospital inside Gaza was in fact a misfire by the Palestinian Islamic jihad and that a call has been recorded in which Hamas operatives acknowledge as much Israeli Channel 12 caught the exact moment that rocket launched from inside Gaza hitting the hospital yet the terror groups immediately blamed Israel as did many Arab nations Biden saying earlier he has been shown footage and it appears that blast quote may have been paused by quote the other team also a short while ago reports that he said that he has had info from the Pentagon supporting what Israel is saying in terms of that strike it was in fact at the hands of Palestinian Islamic jihad something we will unpack a little bit later on in this broadcast and obviously when the president does speak from Tel Aviv we will take you there live right now though we go to the south our correspondent Ariel Osaran is in Storot Ariel what update can you share this hour as we wait to hear the closing remarks from President Joe Biden at the end of this Blitz historic trip Right Benita so over the past hour there have not been any sirens sounded in the community surrounding the Gaza Strip or here in Storot all the while though we've been hearing as Israeli Air Force jets whether they're attack jets or fighter jets or surveillance drones flying overhead all the while now as as the days progress from last Saturday more and more details but also more and more bodies have been identified and Israeli police releasing a statement just a short while ago announcing that 732 bodies of civilians have been identified so far that consists 80% of all the dead civilians since last Saturday and of them just over 600 have already been buried and so earlier this week we reported on the around the clock efforts by Israeli forensic officials to try and identify as many of the bodies so now we're getting the latest update 732 Israelis dead Israelis have been identified since last week but obviously they're that they're still 20% of dead Israelis that have not yet been identified and their families are still waiting for final confirmation as to what happened to their loved ones difficult to imagine what those families are going through something no doubt President Joe Biden will address when he does make his closing remarks until after that for now thank you very much to our correspondent Ariel Osaran live from Storot now in Studio we're joined by correspondent Guy Azrael and our senior diplomatic correspondent Owen Ultiman so many developments unfolding at the same time thank you both for being here Owen you have been tracking developments throughout the day since touchdown Air Force One arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport we saw that embrace between Benjamin Netanyahu and Joe Biden and as well with the president Isaac Herzog talk us through the optics of this day as we wait to hear the closing remarks from the president the US president here in Tel Aviv on day 12 of a war right and those closing remarks are going to be very important Benita and we're going to be looking there for the substance but to start actually where you started and I think you're right with the optics and with the symbolism look the emotional peak came at the start the emotional peak came at the start we saw the video I think just a few moments ago of Joe Biden walking down those steps embracing Prime Minister Netanyahu also President Isaac Herzog there as well that's the picture that was important for the president to get out to the world that he is here that as Prime Minister Netanyahu said the only thing better than standing with Israel is standing in Israel because the physical presence in all that involves sends an invaluable message and a message that that can't be replicated by any other means to the Israeli public to the rest of the region to Israel's enemies and to America's allies around the world which I think is no less important and I think front in front of mind for the U.S. president this is certainly beyond the geopolitics this is obviously and we've seen this over the past 12 days this is an issue he feels this is an issue he feels we saw that of course with his speeches in the opening days of the war with his emotions on the tarmac with the families of the hostages and those who have been killed and throughout the course of this visit as well he has had some better performances speaking and some worse over the course today we're about to see his closing remarks which are going to be especially important as for the substance too I believe the president is coming to the podium President Joe Biden let's take a listen live from Tel Aviv single message you're not alone you are not alone as long as you're forever we'll not let you ever be alone most importantly I know the recent terrorist assault on the people of this nation has left a deep deep wound more than 1,300 innocent Israelis killed including at least 31 American citizens by the terrorist group Hamas hundreds hundreds of young people at a music festival the festival was for peace for peace gun down as they ran for their lives scores of innocence from infants to elderly grandparents Israelis and Americans taken hostage children slaughtered babies slaughtered entire families massacred rape beheadings bodies burned alive Hamas committed atrocities that recall the worst ravages of ISIS unleashing pure unadulterated evil upon the world there's no rationalizing it no excusing it period the brutality we saw would have cut deep anywhere in the world but it cuts deeper here in Israel October 7th which was sacred to a sacred Jewish holiday became the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust it was brought to the surface painful memories and scars let by millennium anti-Semitism and the genocide of the Jewish people the world watched then it knew and the world did nothing we will not stand by and do nothing again not today not tomorrow not ever to those who are living in limbo waiting desperately to learn the fate of a loved one especially to families of the hostages you're not alone we're working with partners throughout the region pursuing every avenue to bring home those who are being helped captive by Hamas I can't speak publicly about all the details but let me assure you for me as the American president there's no higher priority than the release and safe return of all these hostages to those who are grieving a child a parent a spouse a sibling a friend I know you feel like there's that black hole in the middle of your chest you feel like you're being sucked into it the survivors remorse the anger the questions of faith in your soul starting at staring at that empty chair sitting in Shiva the first Sabbath without them they're the everyday things and small things that you miss the most the scent when you open the closet door the morning coffee you share together the bend of a smile the perfect picture of a laugh the giggle every little boy the baby for those who have lost loved ones this is what I know they'll never be truly gone there's something that's never fully lost your love for them and their love for you and I promise you we'll be walking along some days and say what would she or he want me to do you smile when you pass a place that reminds you of them that's when you know when a smile comes to your lips before a tear to your eye that's when you know you're gonna fully make it that's what will give you the fortitude to find light in the darkest hours and when terrorists believe they could bring down bring you down bend your will break your resolve but they never did and they never will instead we saw incredible stories of heroism and courage the Israelis taking care of one another neighbors forming watch groups protect their kibbutz opening their homes to shelter survivors retired soldiers running into danger once again civilian medics flying across rescue flying rescue missions and off duty medics at the music festival caring for the wounded before coming victim before becoming a victim himself volunteers retrieving bodies of the dead so families could bury their loved ones in accordance with Jewish tradition reservists leaving behind their families their honeymoon their studies abroad without hesitation and so much more the state of Israel was born to be a safe place for the Jewish people of the world that's why I was born the long said if Israel didn't exist we'd have to invent it while it may not feel that way today Israel must again be a safe place for the Jewish people and I promise you we're going to do everything on our power to make sure there will be 75 years ago just 11 minutes after its founding President Harry S. Truman and the United States of America became the first nation to recognize Israel we stood by your side ever since we're going to stand by your side now my administration was in close touch with your leadership from the first moment to this attack we're going to make sure we have what you have what you need to protect your people to defend your nation for decades we've ensured Israel's qualitative military edge and later this week I'm going to ask the United States Congress for unprecedented support package for Israel's defense we're going to keep iron dome fully supplied so we can continue standing sentinel over Israeli skies saving Israeli lives we've moved U.S. military assets to the region including positioning the USS Ford carrier strike group in Eastern Mediterranean with the USS Eisenhower on the way to deter to defer further aggression against Israel and to prevent this conflict from spreading the world will know that Israel is Israel is stronger than ever and my message to any state or any other hostile actor thinking about attacking Israel means the same as it was a week ago don't don't don't since this terrorist terrorist attack took place we've seen it described as Israel's 9-11 but for a nation the size of Israel was like 15 9-11's the scale may be different but I'm sure those horrors have tapped into so some kind of primal feeling in Israel just like it didn't felt in the United States shock pain rage an all consuming rage I understand and many Americans understand you can't look at what has happened here to your mothers your fathers your grandparents sons daughters children even babies and not scream out for justice justice must be done but I caution this while you feel that rage don't be consumed by it after 9-11 we were in rage in the United States while we saw justice and God justice we also made mistakes I'm the first dress president to visit Israel in time of war I've made wartime decisions I know the choices are never clear or easy for the leadership there's always cost but it requires being deliberate it requires asking very hard questions it requires clarity about the objectives and an honest assessment about whether the path you're on will achieve those objectives the vast majority of Palestinians are not Hamas Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people Hamas uses innocent families in Gaza as human shields putting their command centers their weapons their communications tunnels in residential areas Palestinian people are suffering greatly as well we mourn the loss of innocent Palestinian lives like the entire world I was outraged and saddened by the enormous loss of life yesterday in the hospital in Gaza based on the information we've seen today that it appears as a result of an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group in Gaza the United States unequivocally stands for the protection of civilian life during conflict and I grieve I truly grieve for the families who were killed or wounded by this tragedy and the people of Gaza need food water medicine, shelter I asked the Israeli cabinet who I met with for some time this morning to agree to the delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza based on the understanding that there will be inspections and that the age should go to civilians not to Hamas is to agree the humanitarian assistance can begin to move from Egypt to Gaza but let me be clear and if Hamas diverts or steals the assistance they will have demonstrated once again that they have no concern for the welfare of the Palestinian people and on one end as a practical matter it will stop the international community from being able to provide this aid we're working in close cooperation with the Governor of Egypt the United Nations and its agencies like the World Program and other partners in the region to get trucks moving across the border as soon as possible separately I ask Israel that the global community demand that the international Red Cross be able to visit hostages I just demanded that the United States fully adjust demand that the United States fully supports today I'm also announcing 100 million dollars of new U.S. funding for humanitarian assistance in both Gaza and the West Bank this money will support more than one million displaced and conflict affected Palestinians including emergency needs in Gaza you are a Jewish state you are a Jewish state but you're also a democracy and like the United States you don't live by the rules of terrorist you live by the rule of law and when conflicts flare you live by the rule law of wars what sets us apart from the terrorist is we believe in the fundamental dignity of every human life Israeli Palestinian Arab Jew Muslim Christian everyone it can't give up what makes you who you are if you give that up then the terrorists win and we can never let them win you know Israel is a miracle a triumph of faith and resolve and resilience over impossible pain and loss think about October 7th the Jewish holiday when you read about the death of Moses a tragic story of a profound loss to an entire nation a death that could have left helpless hopelessness in the hearts of an entire nation but though Moses died his memory, his messages, his lessons have lived on for generations of the Jewish people as well as many others and just as the memory of your loved ones will live on as well after reading the story of Moses' death those who observed the holiday began reading the Torah from the very beginning a story of creation reminds us of two things first that when we get knocked down we get back up again and we begin anew and second and when we're faced with tragedy and loss we must go back to the beginning and remember who we are we are all human beings creating an image of God with dignity humanity and purpose in the darkness to be the light unto the world is what we're about you inspire hope and light for so many around the world that's what the terrorists seek to destroy that's what they seek to destroy because they live in darkness but not you not Israel nations of conscience like the United States and Israel are not measured solely by the example or power and we're measured by the power of our example and that's why as hard as it is we must keep pursuing peace must keep pursuing a path so that Israel and the Palestinian people can both live safely in security and dignity and in peace for me that means a two-state solution must keep working for Israel's greater integration with its neighbors these attacks have only strengthened my commitment and determination and my will to get that done I'm here to tell you the terrorist will not win freedom will win so let me end where I began Israel you're not alone the United States stands with you I've told the story before and I'll tell it again of my first meeting with an Israeli Prime Minister 50 years ago as a young senator I was sitting across from Golda Meir at her desk in her office and she had a guy named a guy who later became Prime Minister sitting next to me just before the 1973 Yom Kippur War and she flipped the maps up and down telling me how bad things were and how terrible they were all of a sudden she looked at me she said would you like a photograph I looked at her she got up from her desk and walked out into that hallway I think it's marble flooring walked out in the hallway and walked out in there a bunch of photographers standing in front of us we're standing shoulder to shoulder without her looking at me she said to me knowing I'd hear her why do you look so worried Senator Biden and I said worried like of course I'm worried and she looked at me and she didn't look she said we don't worry Senator we Israelis have a secret weapon we have nowhere else to go but today I say to all of Israel the United States isn't going anywhere either we're going to stand with you we'll walk beside you in those dark days and we'll walk beside you in the good days to come and they will come as you say in Hebrew which I'm not going to attempt to just do because I'm such a terrible linguist I'll say in English the people of Israel live the people of Israel live Israel will be safe, secure, Jewish, and democratic state today tomorrow forever and God protect all those who work for peace God save those who are still in harm's way thank you very much US President Joe Biden delivering a strong passionate message right now live in Tel Aviv telling the people of Israel you are not alone saying in English the people of Israel live the Hebrew words would be I'm Israel Chai the US President speaking after his discussions with Israel's newly formed war cabinet in Tel Aviv and he had a strong message saying Israel must again be a safe place for the Jewish people you are looking at images on your screen from earlier on in the day as he arrived as Air Force One touched down and he embraced the Prime Minister and the President to unpack what we just heard I'm joined in studio still by our correspondents Owen Ultiman and Guy Israel so Guy let's start with you a strong message coming from the US President lots to unpack but let's start with that main message and again he said any hostile actor thinking of getting involved don't this is the message that really reassures a lot of Israeli citizens today such a strong message from Israel's greatest ally which just happens also to be the world's greatest power so no better entity to have by your side other than the US and in your soil on Israeli soil President Joe Biden no stronger message than that a lot in that speech by Biden speaking among other things about humanitarian aid to Gaza saying that he discussed this with Israeli officials in this cabinet and we did hear from an Israeli official just a short while ago just moments before Biden took to the podium saying that Israel refuses any humanitarian aid to Gaza from its territory we know that aid will come out of Egypt and saying also in light of the American demand Israel discussed with the US on alternatives that would only guarantee minimal supply of food medicine and water to ensure life as long as this supply does not reach Hamas Israel says it refuses humanitarian aid until the kidnapped are not returned also vowing unprecedented aid to Israel replenishing iron dome batteries it's a good thing that he is delivering the message quote you are not alone because as he ended those remarks siren sounding in the Gaza border communities once again Owen Ultiman the compassion the empathy of Joe Biden was clear to see your takeaways wonderful performance another wonderful performance by this by this US president and it again at a poignant moment obviously did a covering ground he'd already covered including of course the Golden Ears story at the end not the first time maybe a bit of a like the grandpa always tells the joke because he likes the punchline so much and the whole family but at any rate look another wonderful performance showing emotion showing empathy connecting to the Jewish tradition which I think is so important to so many people in this country connecting to the American tradition connecting to his own personal history of loss so many of us have experienced loss in our own families and we can connect to that a message to the families directly affected all of that there those are the things we had also seen of course a stronger emphasis here on if you will the but on the other side on the issue of the civilians in Gaza the humanitarian situation and there yes as Guy said there seems to be a deal here and the Israel is not official Israel hasn't acknowledged it we have a senior Israeli official going on background and just about acknowledging it Israel saying no no humanitarian need but yes to life sustaining humanitarian need as long as it's not used by Hamas that's consistent with but Joe Biden said look the reality is this was had this had to happen sooner or later Israel is not going to want to or be able to allow two million Gazans to serve medicine this is the pill that Israel had to swallow Guy Israel Owen Altman thank you both for being part of this breaking news edition if you're just joining us now that quote again from Joe Biden remembering his discussion with Golden Mayer when she said we Jews have a secret weapon we have nowhere else to go this is breaking news edition I'm Benita Levine stay tuned Israel is at war make an investment in Israel bonds it is the most powerful and direct way to stand with Israel visit israelbonds.com and invest now 1500 people murdered and more than 3000 injured and the war with Hamas continues we bring you first-hand testimonies from the front lines from those who survived and all the records of the atrocities by Hamas follow us as Israel fights terror from the south and north get the inside scoop on what's going on only on i24 news the news edition I'm Benita Levine coming to you live from Tel Aviv on an historic day at an historic time US President Joe Biden is about to deliver remarks from Tel Aviv from net podium on your screen after he's held discussions with Israel's newly formed war cabinet just a short while ago Air Force One touching down on Wednesday morning on day 12 of the war this is the moment the American leader and Israeli Prime Minister hugged on the tarmac at Ben-Gurion International Airport a similar embrace for the President an historic show of solidarity during war time Benjamin Netanyahu thanking him for the unprecedented US support later the US leader met with families whose relatives are still being held captive by the Hamas terror group inside Gaza the US has already dispatched two aircraft carrier groups to the region the death toll from the Hamas killing rampage in southern parts of Israel on Saturday the 7th of October is at more than 1400 in response the IDF continuing to target Hamas sites in Gaza earlier in the day the IDF providing evidence that the overnight blast at a hospital inside Gaza was in fact a misfire by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and that a call has been recorded in which Hamas operatives acknowledge as much Israeli Channel 12 caught the exact moment that rocket launched from inside Gaza hitting the hospital yet the terror groups immediately blamed Israel as did many Arab nations Biden saying earlier he has been shown footage and it appears that blast quote may have been paused by quote the other team also a short while ago reports that he said that he has had info from the Pentagon supporting what Israel is saying in terms of that strike it was in fact at the hands of Palestinian Islamic Jihad something we will unpack a little bit later on in this broadcast and obviously when the president does speak from Tel Aviv we will take you there live right now though we go to the south our correspondent Ariel Osaran is in Storot Ariel what update can you share this hour as we wait to hear the closing remarks from President Joe Biden at the end of this Blitz historic trip Right Benita so over the past hour there have not been any sirens sounded in the community surrounding the Gaza Strip or here in Storot all the while though we've been hearing as Israeli Air Force jets whether they're attack jets or fighter jets or surveillance drones flying overhead all the while now as the days progress from last Saturday more and more details but also more and more bodies have been identified and Israeli police releasing a statement just a short while ago announcing that 732 bodies of civilians have been identified so far that consists 80 percent of all the dead civilians since last Saturday and of them just over 600 have already been buried and so earlier this week we reported on the around the clock efforts by Israeli forensic officials to try and identify as many of the bodies so now we're getting the latest update 732 Israelis dead Israelis have been identified since last week but obviously they're that they're still 20 percent of dead Israelis that have not yet been identified and their families are still waiting for final confirmation as to what happened to their loved ones difficult to imagine what those families are going through something no doubt President Joe Biden will address when he does make his closing remarks until at the end for now thank you very much to our correspondent Ariel Oceran live from Storot now in studio we're joined by correspondent Guy Azrael and our senior diplomatic correspondent Owen Altman so many developments unfolding at the same time thank you both for being here Owen you have been tracking developments throughout the day since touchdown Air Force One arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport we saw that embrace between Benjamin Netanyahu and Joe Biden and as well with the president Isaac Herzog talk us through the optics of this day as we wait to hear the closing remarks from the president the US president here in Tel Aviv on day 12 of a war right and those closing remarks are going to be very important Benita and we're going to be looking there for the substance but to start actually where you started and I think you're right with the optics and with the symbolism look the emotional peak came at the start the emotional peak came at the start we saw the video I think just a few moments ago of Joe Biden walking down those steps embracing Prime Minister Netanyahu also President Isaac Herzog there as well that's the picture that was important for the president to get out to the world that he is here that as Prime Minister Netanyahu said the only thing better than standing with Israel is standing in Israel because the physical presence in all that that involves sends an invaluable message and a message that that can't be replicated by any other means to the Israeli public to the rest of the region to Israel's enemies and to America's allies around the world which I think is no less important than I think front and front of mind for the US president this is certainly beyond the geopolitics this is obviously and we've seen this over the past 12 days this is an issue he feels this is an issue he feels we saw that of course with his speeches in the opening days of the war with his emotions on the tarmac with the families of the hostages and those who have been killed and throughout the course of this visit as well he has had some better performances speaking and some worse over the course today we're about to see his closing remarks which are going to be especially important as for the substance too I believe the president is coming to the podium President Joe Biden let's take a listen live from Tel Aviv single message you're not alone you're not alone as long as you're forever will not let you ever be alone most importantly the uh I know the recent terrorist assault on the people of this nation has left a deep deep wound more than 1,300 innocent Israelis killed including at least 31 American citizens by the terrorist group of Moss hundreds hundreds of young people at a music festival the festival was for peace for peace gun down as they ran for their lives scores of innocents from infants to elderly grandparents Israelis and Americans taken hostage children slaughtered babies slaughtered an entire family's massacre rape beheadings bodies burned alive a mosque committed atrocities that recall the worst ravages of ISIS unleashing pure unadulterated evil upon the world there's no rationalizing it no excusing it period the brutality we saw would have cut deep anywhere in the world but it cuts deeper here in Israel October 7th which was sacred to a sacred Jewish holiday became the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust it is brought to the surface painful memories and scars left by millennium anti-Semitism and the genocide of the Jewish people the world watched then it knew and the world did nothing we will not stand by and do nothing again not today not tomorrow not ever to those who are living in limbo waiting desperately to learn the fate of a loved one especially to families of the hostages you're not alone we're working with partners throughout the region pursuing every avenue to bring home those who are being helped captive by Hamas I can't speak publicly about all the details but let me assure you for me as the American president there's no higher priority than the release and safe return of all these hostages for those who are grieving a child a parent a spouse a sibling a friend I know if you feel like there's a black hole in the middle of your chest you feel like you're being sucked into it the survivors remorse the anger the questions of faith in your soul starting there staring at that empty chair sitting in Shiva the first Sabbath without them there are the everyday things and small things that you miss the most the scent when you open the closet door the morning coffee you share together the bend of a smile the perfect picture of a laugh the giggle every little boy the baby for those who have lost loved ones this is what I know they'll never be truly gone there's something that's never fully lost your love for them and their love for you and I promise you you'll be walking along some day to say what would she or he want me to do you smile when you pass a place that reminds you of them that's when you know when a smile comes to your lips before a tear to your eye that's when you know you're going to fully make it that's what will give you the fortitude to find light in the darkest hours and when terrorists believe they could bring down bring you down bend your will break your resolve but they never did and they never will instead we saw incredible stories of heroism and courage most rarely taking care of one another neighbors forming watch groups protect their kibbutz opening their homes to shelter survivors retired soldiers running into danger once again civilian medics flying across rescue flying rescue missions and off-duty medics at the music festival caring for the wounded before coming victim before becoming a victim himself volunteers retrieving bodies of the dead so families could bury their loved ones in accordance with Jewish tradition reservists leaving behind their families their honeymoons their studies abroad without hesitation and so much more the state of Israel is born to be a safe place for the Jewish people of the world that's why I was born the long said if Israel didn't exist we'd have to invent it while it may not feel that way today Israel must again be a safe place for the Jewish people and I promise you we're going to do everything on our power to make sure there will be 75 years ago just 11 minutes after it's founded President Harry S. Truman and the United States of America became the first nation to recognize Israel we've stood by your side ever since we're going to stand by your side now my administration was in close touch with their leadership in the first moments of this attack we're going to make sure we have what you have what you need to protect your people to defend your nation for decades we've ensured Israel's qualitative military edge and later this week I'm going to ask the United States Congress for unprecedented support package for Israel's defense we're going to keep Iron Dome fully supplied so we can continue standing sentinel over Israeli skies saving Israeli lives we've moved U.S. military assets to the region including positioning the USS Ford carrier strike group in the Eastern Mediterranean with the USS Eisenhower on the way to deter to defer further aggression against Israel and to prevent this conflict from spreading the world will know that Israel is Israel is stronger than ever and my message to any state or any other hostile actor thinking about attacking Israel means the same as it was a week ago don't don't don't since this terrorist attack terrorist attack took place we've seen it described as Israel's 9-11 but for a nation the size of Israel was like 15 9-11s the scale may be different but I'm sure those horrors have tapped into so some kind of primal feeling in Israel just like it didn't felt in the United States shock pain rage an all-consuming rage I understand and many Americans understand you can't look at what has happened here to your mothers your fathers your grandparents sons daughters children even babies and not scream out for justice justice must be done but I caution this while you feel that rage don't be consumed by it after 9-11 we were in rage in the United States while we saw justice and God justice we also made mistakes I'm the first year as president to visit Israel in time of war I've made wartime decisions I know the choices are never clear or easy for the leadership there's always cost but it requires being deliberate it requires asking very hard questions it requires clarity about the objectives and an honest assessment about whether the path you're on will achieve those objectives the vast majority of Palestinians are not Hamas Hamas does not represent the Palestinian people Hamas uses innocence innocent families in Gaza as human shields putting their command centers their weapons their communications tunnels in residential areas Palestinian people are suffering greatly as well we mourn the loss of innocent Palestinian lives like the entire world I was outraged and saddened by the enormous loss of life yesterday in the hospital in Gaza based on the information we've seen to date it appears a result of an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group in Gaza the United States unisquivocally stands for the protection of civilian life during conflict and I grieve I truly grieve for the families who were killed or wounded by this tragedy and the people of Gaza need food water medicine, shelter today I asked the Israeli cabinet I met with for some time this morning to agree to the delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza based on the understanding that there will be inspections that the age and go to civilians not to Hamas is to agree the humanitarian assistance can begin to move from Egypt to Gaza let me be clear and if Hamas diverts or steals the assistance they will have demonstrated once again that they have no concern for the welfare of the Palestinian people and it will end as a practical matter it will stop the international community from being able to provide this aid we're working in close cooperation with the government of Egypt the United Nations and its agencies like the World Program and other partners in the region to get trucks moving across the border as soon as possible separately I ask Israel that the global community demand that the international Red Cross be able to visit hostages I just demanded that the United States fully adjust demand that the United States fully supports today I'm also announcing $100 million of new U.S. funding for humanitarian assistance in both Gaza and the West Bank this money will support more than 1 million displaced in conflict-affected Palestinians including emergency needs in Gaza you are a Jewish state you are a Jewish state but you're also a democracy and like the United States you don't live by the rules of terrorist you live by the rule of law and when conflicts flare you live by the rule law of wars what sets us apart from the terrorists as we believe in the fundamental dignity of every human life Israeli, Palestinian, Arab, Jew, Muslim, Christian, everyone they can't give up what makes you who you are if you give that up then the terrorists win and we can never let them win you know Israel is a miracle a triumph of faith and resolve and resilience over impossible pain and loss think about October 7th, the Jewish holiday when you read about the death of Moses a tragic story of a profound loss to an entire nation a death that could have left helplessness in the hearts of the entire nation but though Moses died his memory, his message, his lessons have lived on for generations of the Jewish people as well as many others and just as the memory of your loved ones will live on as well after reading the story of Moses' death those who observed the holiday began reading the Torah from the very beginning the story of creation reminds us of two things first, when we get knocked down we get back up again and we begin anew and second, when we're faced with tragedy and loss we must go back to the beginning to remember who we are we are all human beings creating an image of God with dignity, humanity and purpose in the darkness to be the light unto the world is what we're about you inspire hope and light for so many around the world that's what the terrorists seek to destroy that's what they seek to destroy because they live in darkness but not you not Israel nations of conscience like the United States and Israel are not measured solely by the example or power and we're measured by the power of our example and that's why as hard as it is we must keep pursuing peace must keep pursuing a path so that Israel and the Palestinian people can both live safely in security and dignity and in peace for me that means a two-state solution must keep working for Israel's greater integration with its neighbors these attacks only strengthen my commitment and determination and my will to get that done I'm here to tell you the terrorist will not win freedom will win so let me end where I began Israel you're not alone the United States stands with you I told the story before and I'll tell it again of my first meeting with an Israeli Prime Minister 50 years ago as a young senator I was sitting across from Golda Meir at her desk in her office and she had a guy named a guy who later became Prime Minister sitting next to me just before the 1973 Yom Kippur War and she flipped the maps up and down telling me how bad things were and how terrible they were all of a sudden she looked at me she said would you like a photograph I looked at her she got up from her desk and walked out into that hallway I think it's marble flooring walked out of the hallway and walked down there a bunch of photographers standing in front of us were standing shoulder to shoulder without her looking at me she said to me knowing I'd hear her why do you look so worried senator biden and I said worried like of course I'm worried and she looked at me and she didn't look she said we don't worry senator we Israelis have a secret weapon we have nowhere else to go but today I say to all of Israel the United States isn't going anywhere either we're going to stand with you we'll walk beside you in those dark days and we'll walk beside you in the good days to come and they will come as you say in Hebrew which I'm not going to attempt to do because I'm such a terrible linguist I'll say in English the people of Israel live the people of Israel live Israel will be safe, secure, Jewish and democratic state today, tomorrow, forever and God protect all those who work for peace God save those who are still in harm's way thank you very much US President Joe Biden delivering a strong passionate message right now live in Tel Aviv telling the people of Israel you are not alone saying in English the people of Israel live the Hebrew words would be I'm Israel Chai the US President speaking after his discussions with Israel's newly formed war cabinet in Tel Aviv and he had a strong message saying Israel must again be a safe place for the Jewish people you were looking at images on your screen from earlier on in the day as he arrived as Air Force One touched down and he embraced the Prime Minister and the President to unpack what we just heard I'm joined in studio still by our correspondents Owen Ultiman and Guy Israel so Guy let's start with you a strong message coming from the US President lots to unpack but let's start with that main message and again he said any hostile actor thinking of getting involved don't this is the message that really reassures a lot of Israeli citizens today such a strong message from Israel's greatest ally who just happens also to be the world's greatest power so no better entity to have by your side other than the US and in your soil on Israeli soil President Joe Biden no stronger message than that a lot in that speech by Biden speaking among other things about humanitarian aid to Gaza saying that he discussed this with Israeli officials in this cabinet and we did hear from an Israeli official just a short while ago just moments before Biden took to the podium saying that Israel refuses any humanitarian aid to Gaza from its territory we know that aid will come out of Egypt and saying also in light of the American demand Israel discussed with the US on alternatives that would only guarantee minimal supply of food medicine and water to ensure life as long as this supply does not reach Hamas Israel says it refuses humanitarian aid until the kidnapped are not returned also vowing unprecedented aid to Israel replenishing iron dome batteries it's a good thing that he is delivering the message quote you are not alone because as he ended those remarks siren sounding in the Gaza border communities once again Owen Ultiman the compassion the empathy of Joe Biden was clear to see your takeaways wonderful performance another wonderful performance by this by this US president and again at a poignant moment obviously did a covering ground he had already covered including of course the golden ear story at the end not the first time a bit of a leg like the grandpa who always tells the joke because he likes the punchline so much and the whole family but at any rate look another wonderful performance showing emotion showing empathy connecting to the Jewish tradition which I think is so important to so many people in this country connecting to the American tradition connecting to his own personal history of loss so many of us have experienced loss in our own families and we can connect to that a message to the families directly affected all of that there those are the things we had also seen of course a stronger emphasis here on if you will the but on the other side on the issue of the civilians in Gaza the humanitarian situation and there yes as Guy said there seems to be a deal here and Israel is not official Israel hasn't acknowledged it we have a senior Israeli official going on background and just about acknowledging it Israel saying no no humanitarian need but yes to life sustaining humanitarian need as long as it's not used by Hamas that's consistent with but Joe Biden said look the reality is this was this had to happen sooner or later Israel is not going to want to or be able to allow two million Gazans to start medicine this is the pill that Israel had to swallow Guy Israel Owen Altman thank you both for being part of this breaking news edition if you're just joining us now that quote again from Joe Biden remembering his discussion with Golden Mayer when she said we joys Jews have a secret weapon we have nowhere else to go this is breaking news edition I'm Vanessa Levine stay tuned El is officially in a state of war this is a very active scene and we need to get in the car as we're talking but then a hundred soldiers and civilians have been kidnapped help us we don't want to do we just don't know anything entire families including babies and children and elderly were butchered in their beds awaken the giant and we are ready and we are strong everyone is showing up this is the unity because we go subsea and we utilize the hydrostatic pressure the weight or the water above your head we are able to save energy come on from Tel Aviv on this day 12 of Israel's war with Hamas speaking from Tel Aviv just a short while ago the US President Joe Biden told Israelis they were not alone and that Israel must once again be a safe place for the Jewish people to sit I come to Israel with a single message you're not alone you're not alone as long as the United States stands and we will stand forever will not let you ever be alone we'll walk beside you in those dark days and we'll walk beside you in the good days to come and they will come as you say in Hebrew which I'm not going to attempt to do because I'm such a terrible linguist I'll say in English the people of Israel live the people of Israel live Israel will be safe, secure, Jewish and democratic state today tomorrow and forever well the president was speaking shortly after taking part in the cabinet war meeting along with Israeli leaders he also spoke about the explosion at the hospital in Gaza City last night take a listen we mourn the loss of innocent Palestinian lives like the entire world I was outraged and saddened by the enormous loss of life yesterday in the hospital in Gaza based on the information we've seen to date it appears a result of an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group in Gaza the United States unequivocally stands for the protection of civilian life during conflict and I grieve I truly grieve for the families who were killed or wounded by this tragedy and throughout the day the IDF has been releasing visual and audio evidence to prove that it was not behind the explosion at that hospital in Gaza City we'll have more on that in a moment first though let's go to our correspondent Balesh Ladin who is in Tel Aviv where that statement took place a short while ago Balesh strong support for Israel from the president of the United States and also a pledge to deliver humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza yes well we heard that the president is actually leaving right now we heard all the cars that he are coming with him and he's on his way to Ben-Gurion airport after that statement that you said that he actually said that he supports Israel he stands beside Israel but also other things that he heard from him now the prime minister's office can confirm what Biden said about the humanitarian assistance to Gaza the prime minister's office talks about letting the humanitarian aid food and water come from the Egyptian border only to the civilians in Gaza that's of course after what Biden said about giving 100 million dollars to the Palestinian civilians in Gaza alongside of course a military package huge one as he said from the congress he will ask for it for the Israeli side Biden in his speech compared what happened on the 7th of October to 9-11 he even said that it's 15 times 9-11 so that shows of course the support but on the other hand it shows that Biden actually said that we made mistakes after 9-11 maybe he intends to talk about the war in Iraq maybe he intends to talk about the 20 years of war in Afghanistan that he actually of course wasn't in support of and stopped the war in Afghanistan so he doesn't want Israel to do the same in Gaza with the revenge with the anger that is inside the Israeli people he wants to make sure that Israel responds to this decisively against Hamas against what he calls the tourist organizations there but not against civilians he doesn't want him as a president to be supportive of a country that actually at some points many pictures of civilians being killed just like what we saw yesterday are out in the world that doesn't look good for him that doesn't look good for him of course politically in the course of this election year so the president is here for that humanitarian aid and again the statement constains what all the Israelis wanted to hear a huge don't to Hezbollah and Iran on the border do not intervene in this conflict Valir, thank you very much, Valir Saladin there well throughout the day Israel has been releasing evidence to prove it was not responsible for a blast at the Ali hospital in Gaza last night in which dozens of possibly hundreds of civilians were killed the figures cannot be confirmed a misfire Palestinian Islamic jihad rocket was the cause the IDF said here's our Robert Swift resume a blast at the Ghazan hospital on Tuesday night was quickly labeled by Hamas as the work of Israel but by the following morning Israel's military responded declassifying intelligence to share with international news outlets intelligence from few sources that we have in our hands indicates that the Islamic jihad is responsible for the failed rocket launch which hit the hospital in Gaza it's not uncommon for Gaza's homemade artillery to misfire with the rocket that reportedly struck al-Hali hospital being just the most deadly example Israel says signals intelligence intercepted from a phone conversation between two Hamas operatives shortly after the blast was released as further evidence in the middle of that additionally the army said that the destruction caused at the hospital was inconsistent with an airstrike lacking an impact crater or structural damage to the buildings extensive burn damage was likely caused by the rocket's fuel which had been intended for a much longer flight Israeli media has rallied around the explanation but in the eyes of some western and Arabic media Israel has a credibility problem and information from its hands is suspect particularly after Israel's handling of the fatal shooting of the journalist Shirin Abu-Akhle last year but one key actor that Israel needed to convince buys the evidence presented and based on what I've seen it appears as though it was done by the other team not you but there's a lot of people out there not sure having been shocked into silence in the opening hours of Hamas' attack last week the IDF is eager to regain the initiative in the information war well to talk about all of that I'm joined in the studio by Colonel Grisha Yekhovich former head of the civilian department of Kogat in the IDF and our senior diplomatic correspondent Owen Altiman as well welcome to you both Grisha your initial interpretations of those comments by the US president a short while ago well it's an amazing support it's a statement it's not that we are only standing the fleet it's number one okay is here and I think that we feel as the state of Israel that we are backed by the strongest state in the world it's amazing what about what he had to say about delivering aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza how can the United States or any other power ensure that that aid goes to civilians and not to Hamas nobody can ensure something like that I've been there I did it in the past and only two days ago Hamas stole diesel and food from UNR warehouses so nobody nobody can really make sure that only the people will get it I understand the pressure I understand the needs and it's also served the operational approach that if we are asking the IDF is asking the people to move to the southern part to the Mawasi area what used to be Gush Katif in the past so an aid will not come from Israel like we did in the past from Erez or from Kerem Sharam it will come probably from Egypt it means the Egyptians will open the crossing because they close it with concrete so some of the aid will enter there and international community officials that are in Gaza will have to make sure that the people will have it and it will also encourage the people who are left in Gaza maybe to leave the north and to move south Owen a strong message of support it couldn't have been stronger could it 15 September the 11th evoking the Holocaust expressing his sheer horror what happened on October 7th but he did also seem to be telling Israel you know be cautious don't make mistakes like we did after September 11th that's right there were two parts of the speech you weren't there right the first part full of empathy and commitment to Israel and to its cause and to its people talking speaking really directly to bereaved families and families of hostages of course he met with families just a short time before he gave that speech Laura weaving into Jewish tradition American history his own personal history of loss from his own family so all of that was there this is the Biden we've come to know in the last 12 days isn't it from his past speeches but you're right there was the second part of the speech and more of an emphasis here than in his previous speeches and of course speaking to the humanitarian situation in Gaza as well into the lessons of America's post-September 11th response by the way I personally and if we have time over the course of the evening here in Israel we can speak to this I don't think that the analogy or the comparison of America's strategy and mistakes if you will after September 11th are really comparable or applicable if you will to Israel's situation now be that all as it may the humanitarian situation look as a matter of reality okay putting aside the ethical issues the legal issues as a matter of reality it was never realistic for Israel to starve 2 million people in Gaza and if you don't allow food and water and medicine for that matter in that is going to be the result not a realistic policy for Israel as I explained on Twitter you know Laura when the apple fell from the tree it didn't levitate in the air it fell on Isaac Newton's head and in that sense reminds me what I said about the judicial overhaul over the course of the year up until the war never a realistic policy it was always going to come to this where at least life-sustaining aid was going to have to go into the strip but again Joe Biden says he wants to make sure that that aid does not make its way into the hands of Hamas we saw Unra tweeting earlier this week that armed men had stolen food and medical supplies what is to stop that happening again how can Israel resolve this dilemma nothing's to stop it from happening again but that's not Israel's responsibility Israel is not responsible if Hamas goes and steals 36,000 liters of diesel or whatever it was or steals the food Israel's response I don't know if it's Israel's responsibility that's a delicate word but Israel's de facto responsibility let's put it that way is allowing the aid to go in from Egypt that's Israel's de facto responsibility aid that is life-sustaining I'm not talking about commercial goods or things that are not life-sustaining that's clearly carved out by the Israeli cabinet there is discretion on that I suspect but Israel simply cannot allow 2 million people to be starved never a realistic policy so it was always going to get to this result it got to this result during the visit of the U.S. President which has some diplomatic significance for the relationship between Israel and the United States there are many perils for people living in Gaza of course many if not most of them not of Israel's making including the fact that Hamas could well steal the food and the medicine for its own needs and leave its people to starve of course that's a possibility but Israel can't be seen either by the outside world or for that matter by itself as taking part in an episode of mass starvation which is what would happen if food and water aren't brought into the strip so this was a necessary even automatic consequence and as you were saying with Grisha it also in a way may fit into Israel's broader strategy of the war in a different sense as well Grisha and what do you think of that do you think that Israel will now soon allow humanitarian aid into Gaza is Egypt on board with that Egypt has said it will allow humanitarian aid and it will not accept any refugees we need to look at the bigger picture so first of all I disagree to the definition that Israel starts this is Hamas who starved the people Hamas were the ones who started this slaughter this raid and killed innocent people Hamas understood what are the consequences to that and they are the sovereign entity in Gaza and it's their responsibility so if people in Gaza have no food no diesel no water no nothing first of all it's their blame and it's their responsibility we need to be clear about it now I don't expect them to work according to international law or it's over western values like we do so automatically the demand is from Israel because we are the ones that are more let's say valued as a society so yes it will be unlogic to allow aid to come from Israel not from Erez not from Kerem Shalom it's logic also for the bigger picture to release a little bit pressure from Egypt because a CC declared and said no Gazans will enter to Egypt now it's an Arab country okay this is one of the biggest greatest Arab countries in the Middle East so he said no to the Palestinians the Abdullah the king of Jordan also said no to the Palestinians not because they fear that they won't be allowed to return there's a fear that they will be permanently displaced that's the fear that's being expressed there's no fear to that because the only way in and out from Gaza for years is from through Egypt so there's no fear okay it's a statement and it's a little bit to release also the pressure inside Egypt let's not forget we share 223 kilometers of a border from Kerem Shalom to Elat and with Gaza it's only 14 so there are a huge interest between us in Egypt and we also need to help the United States to empower this Sunni Western support coalition in the Middle East and this is part of it well as you know relations between Israel and the Arab world are under significant strain at the moment most notably following the explosion at the hospital in Gaza last night we saw you mean the lie well exactly I mean the foreign media outlets were very quick to run with the Hamas information and that story is quickly unfortunately Israeli media did it one retraction after another and in fact while we're on that point I'll just read out from the White House their statement this is the White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrian Watson she says while we continue to collect information our current assessment based on analysis of overhead imagery intercepts and open source information is that Israel is not responsible for the explosion at the hospital in Gaza yesterday it began with media outlets running the story that this was an Israeli airstrike on a hospital they then walked that back as Israel released video and audio evidence of a missile falling down onto the hospital we're now hearing that it hit a car park the number of casualties cannot be confirmed all of this extremely damaging for Israel's can I try and simplify it please I had a debate an hour ago with somebody from Gaza on the Arab channel and he said something very important like how if Israel failed last Saturday the October 7th with all the technology and not knowing about this terrible atrocity yeah from Gaza and Hamas so how can we know without technology that this is actually what happened so so let's simplify it I've seen I've got a video from Gaza from an Ahli hospital now it's an Ahli Ma'amadani hospital I know the place I've been there at least 100 times during my career okay inside former mayor of Gaza city yeah I've been the last time yes I've been inside it's in Palestine Palestine Square El-Omari street okay I know the place no like probably nobody else the parking is very small first of all it cannot contain 500 people okay it cannot and during the years also added buildings this is number one number two but I think the reports were that people were sheltering inside the hospital I believe the hospital has 80 beds inside it's a small hospital okay the parking is very small we've seen the cars there there's if somebody takes you know from the air the map and calculate a per square meter there is not enough room there for 500 people so how come 471 died this is part of the Hamas lie industry okay like they lied with the crisis in Gaza they said Shifa is about to stop functioning there's no electricity and I saw today videos of wounded people being entered to the emergency room and it's with full light so as I told you yesterday they pulled the humanitarian card and they are trying to use it now again let's let's go back to Ahli because this is a lie okay where is the crater when a bomb falls from F-16 or an airplane you see a crater and a big one okay let's look at the walls okay nothing they are they are standing well as I say the international media is walking back what it was reporting but this is my problem no walk back I mean this is the problem yeah this is the problem actually the international media supported Hamas narrative after failing last Friday October 13th when they called to the whole Arab world to stop an uprise against Israel in the West and to flame the borders around the world yeah around the world actually okay and and they failed and actually by this lie with an event that never happened that Jihad Islamic jihad did it they are they succeeded actually to flame in Jordan there are demonstrations against the embassy and the US embassy and in Egypt and in Lebanon and in other places we are always falling to this trap that Hamas is always using thankfully I mean the truth does seem to be getting out there now what are we nearly 24 hours later but I mean outlets like the New York Times the BBC others were very quick to seize upon the Hamas narrative you see in the media they're not saying the Hamas controls Gaza health authorities which is what they are no information comes out of of Gaza without Hamas in say so Palestinian say exactly strictly speaking that's true but when you use the word Palestinian say in a big New York Times headline you're implying this comes from the Palestinians the Palestinians legitimate government Javierine friends that's not Hamas that's the Palestinian authority that's the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people that's where you have Palestinian say it's extremely misleading not to mention the fact that as Grisha said the entire thing was one big giant lie lie this was intentional I think that's quite clear as the spoke both literally and figuratively clears and Laura you talk about retactions I haven't I've it's been a busy day I confess but I haven't seen retractions in major international media not corrections but corrected headlines I've seen a gradual walk back as more information has been released for Israel we've had a discussion I you know I've been on Twitter and had some strong words in the studio about the balance between speed and accuracy coming out of this in the IDS spokesperson's office right which was slow off its feet at least in the eyes of the audience yesterday not having anything to say for two or three long hours and leaving Israel entirely unprotected against all of this before coming out with a statement and coming out with it with a damn darn good press conference this morning Israel time presenting all the evidence in a comprehensive way and explaining and documenting and presenting what seems by all accounts to be a compelling case and of course now we have governments coming on board primarily the U.S. government again they haven't 100 percent come to their conclusion but over the course of the day are going more and more in that direction but we still see and it's troubling he said she said in international media on one hand the Israeli at this point I'm not talking about last night but at this point a military of a democracy that conducted a professional investigation presented the evidence to the world versus a terrorist group that just over a week ago slaughtered 1,300 people and is every reason to lie so it's just extremely distressing and frustrating I think from Israel's perspective to continue at this hour to see that he said she said as it's presented what I'll say is that for example the BBC they're calling it an explosion a blast rather than a strike that language is key isn't it because a blast cannot be caused by an airstrike is that right could be caused but it's not automatically caused it's ambiguous isn't it it's a more neutral more neutral choice of words and you're right that the language describing what happened that noun you're right has changed Laura but the two arguments at least as far as I checked for example the New York Times just you know shortly coming up are presented in equal measure the Gazan authorities say X and the Israeli authorities say why are we in the New York Times threw up our hands because we don't know what to do with it and our article says we can't independently verify this or that look the U.S. government is coming up with his own information significant Jewish community living in New York that actually put lives at risk last night didn't it I hope not I hope not but certainly information like this going out there when it's false of course it has the possibility and I would say even with the facts getting out the probability of at least indirectly leading to lives being lost so there's a lot of responsibility to go around and a lot of responsibilities not met and again we can only hope that the truth ultimately wins out because the truth certainly wasn't able to win out at the real hour of need okay well uh as this is all going on in Gaza Israelis on high alert on its northern border because the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah has said that it's ready to join the conflict I-24 News Defense correspondent Jonathan Regif has this report More than 150,000 rockets at least 5,000 of them covering the entire Israeli state hundreds if not more of those rockets are precision guided meaning they will head right to their target carrying amounts of explosives far bigger than anything coming from Gaza this is what awaits the Israeli home front if a full on war with Hezbollah erupts those on the battle field itself will have a major challenge of their own Hezbollah's elite units known as Rad 1 Force are made up of thousands of well-equipped fighters who also have plenty of battle experience gained on the Syrian front their plan which was just executed by Hamas in the south is to invade border communities and army bases kill and kidnap as many civilians and soldiers and create the same major panic seen on the Gaza border on that terrible Saturday morning where did all this giant arsenal come from those behind it are not doing a major effort hiding it before coming here I had the chance to meet with the leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah Hassan Nasrallah David Koleh Muhtaramah Hezbollah Estimates say Iran transfers up to 700 million dollars annually to Hezbollah mostly in highly sophisticated weapon systems these are exactly the weapons which Israel targets time and time again when they're in Syria before they head to Lebanon many of those systems are hit but many others still go through other funding methods are drug trafficking money laundering and donations the money keeps coming in and until there will be a massive global move against it that money will continue to flow and Hezbollah will continue to act as the Iranian arm right on Israel's northern border Grisha things are heating up in the north what can we expect when will has what will get involved if at all well what I can say is that the face of the events is increasing event after event event after event it's not messages anymore it's actual events cornet missiles anti-tank missiles into Metula into tanks it's tip for tap yeah so if in the morning it was only messages live pictures coming to us now the Lebanese border go on Grisha continue yeah so as it's an escalation if I can understand I I also believe that the Iran is behind it President Biden is about to leave so it's already the events who are going to escort us the moment Air Force One leave the state of Israel so we will see probably rockets launched from Gaza and I think that the border in Lebanon will get a little bit more will get warmer if I may say it that way and what might that look like what more rockets Israel evacuated this actually gave a possibility to all the settlements that are five kilometers from the border to be evacuated it means it was messages during the day and I it looks like it's gonna it's gonna be there's gonna be more action okay and this evening this night and tomorrow as the U.S. President Joe Biden departs Israel after the day by the way nobody dared launch in the rocket to adhesive yeah that doesn't get that we had a day after the Gaza envelope to the border communities but that's just about it oh yeah there's one in Bashar I think okay we're gonna take a short break thanks guys stay with us we're gonna take a short break could you stay with us back with more right after this is officially in a state of war this is a very active scene and we need to get in the car as we're talking more than a hundred soldiers and civilians have been kidnapped tell us we don't want to do it we just don't know anything entire families including babies and children and elderly were butchered in their 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very quickly released evidence to prove that it was a rocket fired by Palestinian Islamic jihad and there is still no sign of that Israeli ground offensive into Gaza let's go to Sterot in the south of Israel our Ariel Osaran is there Ariel what's happening well Laura as US President Joe Biden left Israel perhaps simultaneously a barrage of rockets launched towards Israel sirens heard in communities like Petah Tikva and Hoda Sharon we have no indication yet of any impact or casualties as a result of these barrages of rockets but we will update you when we can and following the visit moments after the speech Biden finished his speech Israel s Prime Minister s Office released a statement announcing that the wartime cabinet had decided to allow the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza through Egypt not from Israel this is going to be limited to food, water and medicine for the civilian population located in the southern Gaza Strip and as long as these supplies do not reach Hamas according to the Prime Minister s Office statement any supplies that reach Hamas will be thwarted how are they going to stop them reaching Hamas Ariel well the statement by the Prime Minister s Office did not specify that but given that the American and Israeli teams convened for many hours discussing also perhaps the each side's intent or key points for this continuation of the war I believe that has been discussed some form of supervision would is to be expected who will be carrying out this inspection that remains unclear at this point in time all right thank you Ariel Ariel Osaran there down is Stavot well the Arab world erupted in anger last night following news of an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City news of the incident also prompted Jordan s King Abdullah to cancel talks with President Joe Biden Egypt and the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Hussain Abu Bakr Al Mansour is a writer and academic he was born and raised in Egypt and he joins us now thank you very much for being with us Hussain it is clear isn't it that in the Arab world or in a large part of the Arab world perhaps whatever evidence Israel produces they will continue to say that that hospital explosion was Israel's fault it's true it's just because of the established bias among the Arab societies is strongly a pro-Palestinian and very suspicious and dismissive of usually of everything that Israel said also it's just the way that the story was initially reported as everybody knows as an Israeli strike that that attacked a hospital leading to collapse and a very large death number that initial reporting already activated a very strong emotional response among large segments of Arab populations that is very hard to restrain afterwards even if the initial reporting turns out untrue and as more reporting now on evidence is surfacing that we're refuting this initial reporting it's just there is there is no way to just restrain this emotional response you can see that in the coverage of the Arab media already yesterday for example on many networks with our Jazeera, Sky News, Arabia you had journalists discussing that even if this turns out eventually Islamic Jihad field rockets is still the fault of Israel moreover you do have the momentum on the political side in Arab states if you're talking about Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE they have always since this the war started they've always wanted to find a way to restrain Israeli action they want to contain the war and even stop it as much as possible so this is an opportunity for pressure on Israel so the momentum is sadly is out and it's really hard to bring back is there any sympathy at all do you think in the Arab world for the campaign to eliminate Hamas we know that they have made the lives of Palestinians miserable for many years the problem is that sadly and this it's not the first time that this happens the framing that this is not a war the prevalent framing is that this is not a war against Hamas it's the war against the Palestinians so it's a war between Israel and the Palestinians and once that framing takes shape then it's obviously obviously side with the Palestinians the Arab brothers a much weaker side and so on and so forth so I would say sadly and especially after last night the momentum the emotional momentum is overwhelmingly to the side of the Palestinians there were as a war started parts of Arab society is not to mention Arab governments and Arab intellectuals and Arab media figures who did sympathize who did condemn Hamas very harshly and they were sympathizing cautiously with Israel's objective to destroy Hamas many of those people will find it now much harder to express this opinion actually been talking with many friends in Arab countries since last night about all of this and it seems that it's things significantly got harder over the past a 12 hours for them to express those opinions so I would imagine that there is some number left of the people who are sympathetic especially that a lot of people don't like the Muslim Brotherhood on Hamas to begin with but it's becoming much much more difficult for them to express opinion publicly giving the as I said the overwhelming current emotion response Hussain I want to ask you about Egypt the president's in a bit of a tight spot isn't he because Egypt is the only country that controls the border into Gaza which is not Israel why is this such strong opposition to accepting refugees even if it would be temporarily there are some good reasons Egypt has some good reasons to strongly oppose this and which still doesn't mean that it's an easy problem to solve or it's the right thing to do first of all there are not much humanitarian considerations most of the considerations are political and security related since the Arab Spring has had a even before that very tense relationship with the Hamas terrorist organization that's been ruling Gaza there have been clashes directly between the Egyptian military and Gaza including for zero in the Arab Spring in 2011 in which Hamas elements crossed the borders and killed members of the Egyptian military the relationship between Hamas and the former regime of Auschwitz president Mohammed Morsi and of course the ties between the Islamic jihadist insurgency in Sinai that the Egyptian army has been fighting for quite some time and radical groups in Gaza suspicion that they've been getting help from Gaza actually most probably that they've been getting a lot of help from Gaza all of this makes the Egyptian regime look at the situation very cautiously afraid of the elements that might enter Egypt from Gaza secondly there is a fear that this refugee population is going to become permanent that is this happened in the past of course with Lebanon this happened with Jordan this happened with other places other reasons have to do domestically with the situation of prison CC himself prison CC has been suffering from a very a huge decline in popularity given the harsh conditions of the Egyptian economy the brutal crackdown and civic liberties so I don't think that prison CC is in a position to be seen and to be berated by Al Jazeera and your usual suspects somebody who's collaborating with Israel or helping Israel sadly all of these security and political considerations ultimately completely overshadowed completely a sideline in a humanitarian consideration about helping the people in Gaza and that's why Egypt is still resistant to this all right Hossein Abu Bakr Mansour he's the project director at the endowment of Middle East Truth thank you very much Hossein we appreciate it thank you well let's get a reaction to what we just heard Hossein Abu Bakr Mansour there outlining Egypt's reasons for not wanting to take on refugees from Gaza well I have to say that Hossein was quite objective like he he said it from a very let's say professional angle and I can understand the tents in Egypt the president he didn't mention numbers so when Hamas attacked the Egyptians in 2011 they killed 17 Egyptian soldiers this is one of the reasons why a CC implemented a different policy toward the Gaza trip after the Muslim Brotherhood I just want to clarify one thing about the hospital okay it's not that nothing happened there okay a rocket shot there it's not there there was an explosion I know it's there was an explosion because maybe somebody could understand that I denied that something that happened it's also impossible that 400 people die because there's no room for that maybe 20 or 30 Israel cannot put the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt in jeopardy we cannot jeopardize it okay it's very important is it in jeopardy maybe it looks like but it isn't so we that's what I said previously we need to find or to release air to release pressure from the Egyptian side there are already trucks something like 200 trucks waiting there and we need to help the Egyptian president to show to the Arab world that he is the one that supports people of Gaza and it's okay and he prefers to deal with the problem inside Gaza and not inside Sinai and we also understood it's from Hossein he was quite honest about it yeah listen this is a very very sensitive issue for Egypt sensitive issue for for the Palestinian public as well because of history but it's a very sensitive issue for Egypt because of Egypt's national security the last thing that Egypt wants Laura are tens of thousands or from Egypt's perspective God forbid hundreds of thousands of random Gazans to be crossing the border without Egypt being able to know who they are the security situation in Sinai over the past two decades has been sensitive even without a flow of migrations such as that one so this is the last thing that the Egyptians want and we've heard out of Amman and both Amman and Cairo it's the expression that this is a red line this is something that they're not going to allow and from their perspective it can certainly be understood by the way the Egyptians are making an argument that it's not an Israel's interest either to have people in Sinai given the length of the Israeli Egyptian border and the fear that the Egyptians have and argue that Israel should have as well that extremism could simply spread along that border and not be contained quote unquote if you will to Gaza by the way it's also worth a footnote that we saw at least one statement from the European Union concern about the war because of the potential for migration to Europe and so of course watch this space and how sensitive that issue is to Europeans and they like all are worried about Israel's security in the Middle East but more most importantly and centrally about their own national security so it will be interesting to see how much traction that concern gets in European circles as the war goes on Jordan, Egypt they were supposed to be sitting down with Joe Biden today the king of Jordan scrapped that meeting I mean these are two countries which receive billions of dollars in US military aid what is the message that they're sending how can they they are part of the Arab world demonstrations in Jordan thousands of people charging over the embassies inside Jordan and let's not forget that 78% of the population in Jordan are actually Palestinians so what do you expect that the king do collaborate with President Biden or with us I think that he took the right decision for him but just one comment Hossein mentioned about the emotional response I didn't see the emotional response October 7th after 1300 rays were slaughtered by Hamas okay there was no emotional response of thousands of people charging over embassies that belong to the PA I think there was some criticism early on wasn't there that those actions were un-Islamic and they should not be yeah but there was no emotional response like he mentioned okay because a rumor that actually turned out as a lie created an emotional response that thousands of people are trying to destroy embassies the Israeli embassies and the United States embassies okay so I don't think it's an emotional response this is hate but that's the result of many many years of indoctrination isn't it if you look at that's a response of many years of excitement yes this is many years of peace top down and doing nothing bottom up but that's the fear here because especially in Egypt maybe less so in Jordan but especially in Egypt even more so in the Gulf States we've made so much progress I mean what did Israeli Egyptian relations used to look like right three intelligence officers in a basement some place right or or on a secured line that was that was the relationship between Israel and Egypt but it's changed in the last few years and it's changed under Sisi and very very cautiously very very gradually he's is increased the space for people to people ties and including tourism including flights and we've seen it again very cautious very slow nothing like the normalization with the UAE for example and now I think the fear is that that's we're just we've just gone backwards in the last 12 days of course this is Hamas's aim and the aim of Iran and its proxies again I continue to be optimistic for the middle of the long-term but you can't help escape the short-term conclusion of how much we've regressed do you think that this will set back Arab-Israeli ties decades if it will it means the Abraham Accord failed this is what Iran actually wants to achieve there is a meeting that was just conducted in Saudi Arabia with the two ministers of foreign affairs the Saudi one and the Iranian one this is by the way maybe the explanation why Saudi Arabia asked resident of Saudi to leave Lebanon maybe they know something that we don't know but if those relations will between Israel and the UAE Bahrain and others will actually I don't know stopped or freezes or canceled it means the Shi'i radical approach is winning and I think that this is this was actually the goal of the United States President visit here in Israel okay actually stating that we are here we are here to back you all and I believe that I got some hope from the visit that we will see a growing coalition okay the Arab Western supportive coalition growing and Biden spoke to that in his closing speech talked about the importance of continuing peacemaking in the Israeli Palestinian track and also the issue of normalization on the wider Arab-Israeli track he spoke to those and said very clearly that he intends to continue to pursue them after the war and he also did speak about the two-state solution which is perhaps something people in Israel don't want to hear right now but nobody wants to hear about it that doesn't forget that since June 2007 we are in reality of a three-state solution okay the state of Hamas town in Gaza the state of Mahmoud Abbas Fatah Fatah becoming Fatah Stan after I heard today demonstrations calling for Mahmoud Abbas to resign and support Hamas sorry to interrupt you because I want to bring someone in because the death toll in Gaza as we say is impossible to verify the figures are released by the Hamas-controlled health ministry it is indisputable though that civilians in Gaza are suffering terribly in this war my next guest is the author of Unveiled How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam her name is Yasmin Muhammad and she's with us now thank you Yasmin thank you for being with us thank you so much for having me so Yasmin your father I understand was born and raised in Gaza what did he make of Hamas yeah so yes he was born and raised in Gaza lived there his whole life until you know it was time for him to go to university and that's when he went to Egypt so when he was living there he didn't have to deal with Hamas but he did from afar from Canada have to watch how terrorists basically overtook his homeland so he would go back to Gaza every few years he had a YouTube channel where he would speak about this all the time he was always sharing videos and pictures of what Gaza looked like before Hamas and before you know the brotherhood before all of these you know Islamic extremists and he hoped that one day Gaza would somehow rid itself of all of these characters and that it could go back to being what it was when he grew up there do you believe that Hamas is controlling information coming out of the territory do you think that any journalist in Gaza can report freely knowing what you know about Hamas no absolutely not no person can even speak freely in their own homes they have to be careful what they say what neighbors might hear what people who they think are friends might hear anybody who disagrees with Hamas they are a terrorist group they are a violent terrorist group and so if you speak up against them you are it's a death sentence you know they will destroy you and they will destroy your family we've seen you know sometimes people from Gaza you know when they've tried to rise up when protesters have tried to speak up they just get mowed down there are certain campaigns like whispers from Gaza where people from Gaza try to speak up about what's going on there but of course they have to do so risking their lives and protecting their anonymity so no it's like it's like Iran or Afghanistan or any of these other states that are being controlled by extremists the people are not free absolutely not many people some people anyway are saying that Palestinians are indistinguishable from Hamas they say look they voted for them polls show they support them they support violent struggle against Israel do you agree with that I mean some people in Gaza of course do support Hamas but they're talking about voting them in 18 years ago when a lot of the people living there now weren't even born yet or weren't at voting age and once you know people could say this and people did say the same thing about Iranians under the Islamic regime they're like well they voted for them well they voted 40 years ago once you get a terrorist regime and power you can't vote them out and it is very frustrating for me to hear that kind of thing especially from Americans who are very unhappy you know under Trump for example so would they like it if people just went around saying well Trump is indistinguishable from every American no of course not sometimes people can get voted in or groups can get voted in and then people half the population don't like them or they change their mind they like the Gazans for example when they realize we don't even have clean water we don't even have functioning electricity we don't have safety for our children so they realize that they were duped by Hamas's propaganda and lies and they no longer want them in power but what can you do at that point vote them out this is not a you know they're not in a democratic nation where they're not free to just vote them out and so they're stuck but polls do show that there are a lot of people I think it was like 50-50 you know it's not that you know I wish it was higher but you know you have to also keep in minds that people are even worried when they're filling out these polls because they don't know who's going to see them and who's going to read them and is it going to get traced back to them so oftentimes you know they could just be answering what they think is is the safest answer for them and their family you've written a book about western liberals and radical Islam and how would you say that the narrative in some parts of the west in the media in academia has legitimized Hamas yeah it's really disheartening it's like you know that when I wrote my book it was criticizing what I could see was happening and I never actually imagined it would come to the point that you would find politicians and you know university leaders actually justifying terrorist acts you know it's it's sickening there's there's even even no matter what grievances the Palestinian people have or the Ghazan people have no matter how much you support them and you empathize with them there's no way that you can ever justify murdering people that are going to a music festival going into people's homes and burning entire families like the kinds of atrocities that Hamas did I honestly expected that nobody would have a single word to say I mean that was one of my first tweets is I never thought that anybody could even dare to start to try to justify their actions I'm actually really really shocked that it's not just people who are indoctrinated into extremists to slam that are justifying their actions but it's like no we've seen it it's a lecture from Harvard and all sorts of institutions I mean given all the horrific violence that we've seen in the last in the last couple of weeks do you have hope for the future do you think that Palestinians and Israelis can live alongside one another I think that that's a really difficult question because it's like asking me you know if Jewish people would be comfortable living alongside you know Germans after World War II it's a very risky question and it's one that I wouldn't even want to even ask a Jewish person at this point because we're so in the the destruction and the rawness I mean I was speaking speaking to families who's have family missing and like two three-year-old twin daughters and you know I have daughters myself and you know you just how can you even start to think about you just want to do anything you possibly can to make sure something like this never happens again and I think that's going to always be the most important goal going forward well Yasmin thank you so much for talking to us we appreciate to we appreciate your bravery Yasmin Muhammad is the author of Unveiled How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam Her father was born and raised in Gaza thank you so much Yasmin thank you well just very quickly before we go Gwisher do you want to react very quickly to what you just heard one thing she is very brave very brave very brave lady there are diversities of opinions in the Muslim world as there are in in societies everywhere and it's important for us to remember that and to remember not again not as the US president said not to wrap two million people under one flag yeah okay all right we'll leave it there we're going to take a sh