Why were Native Americans called Indians when we are nowhere near India? The answer to that is kind of dumb. Nowadays they're mostly referred to by the much more accurate term of Native Americans, except by the US government they take a little longer to catch up. But you know who tried to stay ahead of the curve? GI Joe. When they tried to make a Native American a symbol of American ruggedness and freedom. Hello everybody hooded Cobra Commander 788 here. This is the show where we review every vintage GI Joe toy from 1982 to 1994. The United States has had a difficult and complicated relationship with its indigenous population. A lot of that history has been quite ugly. There was war and forced migration and overt attempts to eradicate entire cultures. Native American tribal customs have been vilified. The people have been viewed as villains, as childish jokes, as cartoonish mascots, as uneasy allies. Even now as we try to move into a new era, we drag with us the baggage of past generations. And the subject of this week's review must be viewed through that lens to be fully understood. Spirit, GI Joe's Native American tracker from 1984 was very much of his time. He includes a lot of the stereotypes and tropes that were common of that era and before. Is spirit an attempt to honor the Native American troops who served in the US armed forces? Is spirit a caricature that belongs in a bygone era? I don't know if we can answer all those questions but let's take a look at the figure and see what we can learn. HCC788 presents Spirit. This is Spirit, the GI Joe tracker from 1984. This figure was introduced in 1984 and was also available in 1985. It was discontinued for 1986. This is the first version of Spirit in the vintage line. This figure was designed by Ron Rudat for Hasbro. In Canada, he had a different codename. He was called Shaman. There were three later vintage versions of Spirit. Version two from 1982 was from the Slaughter's Marauder's subset. It used the same mold as version one. Version three from 1992 was from the Air Commando's set. It had a new mold and a new look for Spirit. I think the figure was changed to make it look more like Billy from the movie Predator. Version four from 1993 was from the International Action Force Mail Away set. It had the same mold as version three just updated colors. Ron Rudat has said the inspiration for Spirit was the Native American Code Talkers of World War II. The Code Talkers were US soldiers and marines that used their first languages to transmit coded messages. The Native American languages were used by few people and the enemy did not have access to anyone who could decipher them. Code Talkers were used as far back as World War I, but they were used more extensively in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Before World War II, Germany attempted to learn Native American languages in preparation for their use in the war. They failed, but the attempt prompted the US military to use them in the Pacific Theater rather than in Europe. Spirit was inspired by the Code Talkers, but he doesn't look like one. The Code Talkers wore standard uniforms. Spirit does look like a G.I. Joe, though. The team often wore non-standard uniforms. Spirit was not the first Native American in G.I. Joe. That honor goes to Airborne from 1983. Spirit includes an animal companion, an eagle. Starting in 1984, some G.I. Joe figures included animal companions such as Mutt in 1984 had a dog junkyard. Let's take a look at Spirit's accessory and let's start with his primary weapon. There is a variation on these green accessories. Some of them are very slightly darker. The card contents call this an auto arrow launcher. It is in light green. It looks like a rifle with a dart magazine. It looks really cool and it is a well-remember G.I. Joe accessory. It does seem a little like a modernized bow and arrow, which Native Americans were stereotypically depicted as using. I would prefer a regular firearm, but this still has a good look to it. Do be cautious. This light green plastic can become very brittle over time. There is a tan version of this rifle that came with a battle gear accessory pack. Next, let's look at his backpack. The card contents call this an arrow cassette pack. It is in the same light green color as the rifle. The backpack has a pouch and a couple small smoke grenades on one side and it has a couple magazines for the rifle. The dart magazines on the backpack match up pretty well with what's on the rifle and I like that. There's some coordination between accessories. These accessories go together. There is also a tan version of this backpack from a battle gear accessory pack. Next, let's look at Spirit's belt and this belt is not listed on the card contents. It wraps around the figure and it buckles. It can be removed, so let's take it off and take a closer look at it. This belt is made of a soft, flexible plastic with a simple buckle so it can attach to the figure. The belt is green and it has brown pouches on it and it has a red flap in the front and in the back. This seems to be combining military equipment with traditional native garb. This is a special accessory. It was rare to get paint on GI Joe accessories and this has not one but two paint applications. The figure doesn't have a belt sculpted on, so this belt accessory is really needed to complete the look of the figure. Now we get to what may be the best accessory, the eagle. This eagle is in brown plastic. It's very well detailed, very nicely sculpted feathers. There is white paint on the head and on the edges of the wings and on the tail and just above the feet. The feet of the eagle will clip on to the arm of the action figure, so you can hold them that way and that looks really good. This is a separate piece for the feet and that piece is often missing. This is a bald eagle which has long been a symbol of the United States. It was once an endangered species, but the population in North America has recovered and it is no longer considered endangered. The bald eagle has a role in some Native American tribal traditions. Certain tribes are legally allowed to collect feathers for ceremonial use. Although the name for this eagle is not given from other media, we know his name is freedom. Let's look at Spirit's articulation. He had the articulation that was standard for a GI Joe figure by 1984, so he could turn his head from left to right. He could not look up and down. The ball jointed neck was not introduced until 1985. He could lift his arm up at the shoulder and swivel at the shoulder all the way around. He had a hinge at the elbow so he could bend his arm at the elbow about 90 degrees. He had a swivel at the bicep so he could swivel his arm all the way around. This was an o-ring figure, meaning the figure was held together with a rubber o-ring that looped around the inside that allowed him to move the torso a bit. He could move his legs apart about so far. He could bend his leg at the hip about 90 degrees and bend at the knee about 90 degrees. Let's look at the sculpted design and color of Spirit starting with his head. On his head he has a red headband that goes all the way around. He has black hair with long braids on each side. That looks really good and that's a separate piece and that's out of softer plastic so that hair will move a bit. He has a Caucasian skin tone, which is a little odd. Other figures had skin color that made sense for the character, but not this one. Later vintage versions of Spirit maintained this. They all have Caucasian skin tone. Long hair for Native Americans has become an important point of pride. The Indian boarding schools that operated right up to the early 20th century attempted to erase tribal traditions.  Native American soldiers and the U.S. armed forces are still required to receive the usual haircut administered to new recruits. G.I. Joe though allows non-regulation dress and grooming. On his chest he has a red undershirt and a light blue over shirt. Unfortunately this light blue plastic has a tendency to discolor over time, which will give it a slight green tint. That has happened to mine a bit. You can really see it if you compare the front to the back, which still has a very vibrant blue. On his chest he has a pocket and a couple small unpainted grenades. He has a feather and claw necklace. He has a white bone-handled knife in a tan sheath and that sheath has a fringe. He has an unpainted strap that goes up to the left shoulder. The back piece is the same back piece that was used for 1983 dock. It's just in a different color. That same back piece was also used for 1983 and 1984 Duke. Spirit has the same problem as Duke and that is the strap detail from the front of the figure does not continue around to the back. His arms feature light blue sleeves that are rolled up. On the right sleeve there is a patch. It is a red circle with a feather. There has been some speculation about what real unit patch this may be, but I'm not certain about it. There is a variation on this patch. Some spirit action figures have a patch that is smaller.  On his left sleeve he has sergeant's chevrons in red, but they are upside down for some reason. His forearms are bare and his hands are bare. He has a small bronze bracelet on his right wrist. He has a wider bronze bracelet on his left wrist. Since the eagle is often clipped to this bracelet, the paint is usually worn off as it is on mine. There's just one little patch of bronze paint left on the inside. His waist piece is in tan plastic. He has a couple pockets in the back, but no belt and minimal detail. His legs feature tan trousers with a fringe that go down the outside of the leg. On the left leg he has a white handled knife with a dark brown sheath and an unpainted strap that goes around the leg. He has dark brown fur lined moccasin boots that are tied off with a bit of rope that is wrapped around the top. Spirit looks more like a stereotypical Indian archetype from a 1950s western than a soldier. My preference would be for him to wear a more combat ready uniform like the Code Talkers from which he drew inspiration. I like the idea of him having his traditional long braided hair though. Taking a step back from personal preferences, this figure is amazing. It has great color and details. It's one of the best looking figures of 1984. I have a modern version of Spirit so we can take a look at a more recent iteration of this character. This is Spirit Iron Knife from 2008. This is the third version of the figure to use that specific name, but the seventh version of Spirit. This is a fully modern figure with updated sculpting and articulation and accessories all inspired by the vintage figure but also quite different as you can see. This figure does have a more realistic skin tone than the vintage figure. That's one update. The dart firing rifle has been updated. Instead of green it is in a tan color and instead of having a pistol grip it's more like a hunting rifle. The dart magazine is removable. The backpack is also inspired by the original butt updated. It has a tan pack with a lot more detail. It has a silver rack and on that silver rack it has some removable dart magazines. The eagle is updated. It's larger. It's in soft plastic so it is flexible. It is now in a base black color and it has a yellow beak and feet. It's okay but I prefer the original to this one. The vintage freedom eagle will not fit on the modern figure without overstraining those feet. The belt with the red flaps and the grenades and the necklace and the knife on the chest are all part of this separate piece. It's not really intended to be removed but you probably could remove it. It's a nice idea but it's all just a bit too chunky. This knife is way up too high. It sticks up over his shoulder. The knife on the chest is not removable but the knife on the leg is removable. As with most modern figures he has a figure stand with his name on it. I like some of the changes on this modern figure. I like the removable magazine for the rifle. I like the backpack but some of the changes don't work for me. I don't like the eagle. The belt and strap piece are just too clunky. Overall I still prefer the vintage figure over the modern. There is another modern spirit figure. Very modern. This is the GI Joe classified series six inch spirit iron knife figure. This was sent to me by Hasbro. I did not pay for this but the timing is perfect so I can include it with this review. This six inch action figure copies a lot of the design elements from the three and three quarter inch figure. I will eventually do a full review on this classified spirit but let's just take a look at it for now. Classified spirit includes his eagle freedom but this eagle has a lot more features than either the vintage or the 25th anniversary eagle. First the feet peg onto the figure with these pegs that go into these holes on the arm so it doesn't just clasp on and so it fits a lot more securely. The backpack has a perch for the eagle so you can also peg the eagle onto the backpack if you want to hold the eagle that way. This eagle is articulated. It can move at the head. It can also move at the wings a bit and it can move at the legs. The legs will move and these wings pop off because it has an alternate set of wings. You can pop off these wings. They are on ball joints and then you can pop on these open wings so you can have the wings in two different positions. You can have the eagle in a flying pose. I would counsel caution with these flying wings and the ball joint because the plastic is a little bit thin just before the ball and that could bend or break so I do have caution with that but I do like that you have a choice. You can have a flying eagle or you can have a resting eagle on the figure's arm or the backpack. The classified figure copies a lot of elements over from the vintage figure so we're not being super creative here but the classified figure fixes some problems the vintage figure had. Classified spirit has a more realistic skin tone. That's very good. The shirt is in a darker color blue that looks really nice. He has a lot more military equipment and I approve of that. I think that's great. The main weapon he comes with is not a copy of his aero launcher. It's a more realistic sniper rifle and I do approve of that. Nice detail on the backpack. The knife on the chest strap is removable and it has some wicked detail. The figure does not have the red cloth panels on the belt and that could have been a problem if they hadn't added additional equipment on the legs which they did. He has a removable pistol on the right leg. On the left leg he has a removable knife. The colors are mostly the same as the vintage figure so he has the dark brown boots but they're not moccasin style boots. They're like modern army boots that looks really good. I think that's a much better choice than the lighter color brown on the 25th anniversary figure. I'm not going to go into too much detail on this figure right now. I will eventually do a full review on it but I just wanted to touch on the highlights. I think this is a worthy update to the vintage spirit figure. Let's look at Spirit's file card. There is a variation on this file card. We will talk about that in a minute. This file card has his factionist G.I. Joe. It has a portrait of Spirit here. This is some excellent artwork and this looks more like a Native American character than the figure. His specialty is tracker. His codename is spirit. His file name is Charlie Iron Knife. His primary military specialty is infantry. Secondary military specialty is social services and this is sort of explained by the text. His birthplace is Taos, New Mexico and his grade is E4. A small coincidence. I was near Taos, New Mexico last week. I was just about an hour's drive away and I could have popped up and seen the place for myself but I didn't because I am the worst G.I. Joe reviewer. Why are you even still watching? This paragraph says, Spirit comes from a family so far below the poverty line they never realized they were poor. This may be a commentary on the very real poverty problem on some Native American reservations. Was a hunting guide through high school. Served in Southeast Asia. That's code for Vietnam. Then as a civilian completed his education. It doesn't say what his education was but the prototype file card suggests it was psychology. Return to the service for reasons inexplicable to anyone but a Native American mystic warrior. Qualified expert M16. M1911A1 autopistol. Remington sniper rifle. The figure could have come with any of those weapons that would have been fine with me. This bottom paragraph has a quote. It says, Charlie is a shaman. A medicine man. A shaman is like a spiritual guide. A shaman has special access to the spirit world. It says he's not a healer or a priest or a witch doctor. There isn't any equivalent in our culture for what he is unless we had shrinks that could actually help people. That's an unnecessary shot at psychiatry. Larry Hama, who wrote these file cards, seemed to have a distrust of the professions and that tends to be my biggest problem with these cards. There is a variant of this file card. Some file cards have a rewritten second paragraph which says, Charlie is a spirit. A medicine man. He's not a healer or a priest or a witch doctor. Spirit's mysterious powers of the mind extend the limits of the most advanced psychiatric procedures known in our culture. I have to assume this is the early file card and it was changed to the other one. The other file card is a bit more elegantly written but the first file card doesn't have the unnecessary shot at psychiatry. Spirit is an example of the magical Native American trope. It is an unfortunate caricature of Native people. It is difficult for a non-Native writer to effectively convey an unfamiliar culture. The Code Talker inspiration is not mentioned on the file card, which is a missed opportunity to connect the character with his lineage. Looking at how Spirit was used in G.I. Joe Media, he appeared extensively in the animated series. His first appearance was in Revenge of Cobra Part 3. In that miniseries, he has a rivalry with the Cobra Ninja Storm Shadow. Snake Eyes was Storm Shadow's rival in the comic book, but the silent character was used less in the animated series. They gave Storm Shadow a rival who could actually speak to him. Spirit has his pet eagle, Freedom. The bird seems to be intelligent and does Spirit's bidding. Spirit made it all the way to the Deke era of the animated series as he appeared in Operation Dragonfire. His Slaughter's Marauder's figure was on the pegs at the time, so he was in the cartoon. The animated series really leaned in on the Native American tropes. In the G.I. Joe comic book series published by Marvel Comics, his first appearance was in issue number 31, where he and Airborne surveilled Snake Eyes in his cabin and intervened when Cobra attacked. In issue number 32, he enlists the aid of an eagle. It is a wild eagle, not a trained bird. In later issues, the eagle is named Freedom and he is a constant companion for Spirit. Spirit had some uses beyond the Native American tropes. He was part of the recon team that infiltrated Cobra Island before the outbreak of the Cobra Civil War. He was present with Mutt when Cobra tried to take over the town of Millville in issue number 100 and again in issue number 140. That story had transformers in it. His final appearance in the Marvel series as far as I can tell was in issue number 145, when he and Mutt had their criminal charges dropped after the events in Millville. Looking at Spirit overall, this is a great figure. It's not just good, it's great. The figure is not flawless. The grenades on the chest are a little undersized and they are unpainted. The strap is also unpainted. Having these details unpainted makes them weaker and less noticeable and these are not minor unpainted details. Even so, the amount of painted details we got is exceptional. The feathers on the chest, the knives, the wristbands, not one but two patched tempos on the arms. Obviously the uniform is not realistic. It looks more like a costume from an old western movie than a military uniform. There are some elements on here that are throwbacks to a time when Native American caricatures were more acceptable. My preference would be for Spirit to look more like the soldier he is. Nonetheless, I have to give credit for how good this figure looks. A lot of effort went into Spirit. The colors go very well together. The red adds some vibrance to the lighter blues and tans but not too much. There's a little dark brown to add some depth. The accessories are pretty good too. The arrow launcher is unique and recognizable. I would prefer that he carry a firearm but it still looks really good and the green adds another dimension to the figure. The backpack matches up very well. The belt is very unusual. It has multiple paint applications and exceptional detail. Let's not forget the animal companion, Freedom, the eagle. The eagle completes the image of Spirit as an American icon. The character as portrayed in media is a mixed bag. Often, he was just a Native American stereotype. His depiction in the comic book series improved a bit as time went on. My feelings about this figure are complicated. My country's history with its indigenous population is dark. Its current relationship with them is complicated. Native Americans have been portrayed as savage villains, then as cartoonish buffoons, then as mystical sidekicks. They are rarely portrayed as fully rounded human beings. G.I. Joe's Spirit doesn't really break free from those old tropes. He can, though, be a foundation for change and improvement. The way we see Spirit in 2022 has to be different from how we saw him in 1984. At least I hope it's different because if it isn't then we haven't grown very much. I hope we have. That was my review of Spirit. I hope you enjoyed it. 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Hey guys! Welcome back to my channel! So for this video, we're going to be talking about five shocking meals from the 1950s that we no longer eat. Now if you guys haven't checked out my other two 50s fun fact videos, I'm going to link them down below, so make sure you go check them out. But in this video, we're going to be talking about meals that are outdated, strange, and some that kind of sound delicious and wish they were still around today. So let's go ahead and get started. So the first shocking meal on the list is called a Green Bean Pizzerino, and I'm going to explain what that is with my notes. So Green Bean Pizzerino involves a big ring of meat that has been seasoned with artificial pizza flavoring and catsup. This is draped with American cheese, salami slices, and is filled in the middle with cooked green beans. Now I don't know about you, but that kind of doesn't sound all that great. You kind of lost me at the artificial pizza flavoring. But I don't know. Maybe I should do a video trying all this stuff. Should I do it? If you guys think I should try the meals that I'm going to be talking about today, comment down below. Now the Green Bean Pizzerino was often prepared for evening events like dinner parties, just people coming over, whether it's family, friends, business people. It was often made because it was very presentable in the 50s. They would love to make really, really presentable looking food. So this was like in a shape of a ring and it had the green in the middle and it looks very fancy. So that was what they used it for. Now the second one on the list is the Jell-O mold meals. Now I've already mentioned this a little bit in the Christmas tradition video because they often would bring it to Christmas parties, but the Jell-O mold meals were year-round. Now I know what you're thinking. I know you're thinking, that sounds amazing. We get lime Jell-O for lunch or we get watermelon Jell-O for lunch or dinner, but no. Let me read to you the kind of stuff that they would make with the Jell-O. They would make Jell-O veggie salad, Jell-O shrimp salad, Jell-O chili, Jell-O tomato refreshers, Jell-O tuna, lime and cheese Jell-O salad and more strange, savory flavors like that. Now I'm pretty sure there's a small percentage of the population that still eats Jell-O molds to this day due to like family tradition and stuff.  So yeah. So number three on the list is vitamin bread. Now vitamin bread sounds normal because bread comes with vitamins on its own naturally but back in the 50s they would manufacture the bread in a way to serve as a multi vitamin and what they would do in that process is like extract the vitamins out and then they would put it back in and then add more and like just scientifically remake the bread to serve as a multi vitamin and the brand that was commonly known for serving and advertising vitamin bread was Wonder Bread. A sandwich daily in two slices of wonder bread every meal give you eight elements you need as much muscle building protein as roast beef as much calcium for bones and teeth as cottage cheese as much phosphorus for cell metabolism as this egg as much iron for red blood as three lamb chops as much vitamin B1 for appetite as fried liver as much vitamin B2 for growth as this much cheese as much niacin for mental health as six sardines as much energy as two glasses of milk that's why you can help yourself grow bigger and stronger eight ways with Wonder Bread. I mean grow bigger and stronger eight ways. So be sure to wait Wonder Bread. Get Wonder Bread fresh at your grocers today. Now vitamin bread was often advertised by huge celebrities like Superman and Howdy Doody so a lot of kids would often eat vitamin bread for lunch for dinner pretty much anytime that they need a meal it's packed in vitamin bread. Now of course vitamin bread does still exist today it's sold by a few companies out there but it's not necessarily a popular product anymore and it's not something that we naturally reach for we think of eating our nutrition nowadays we depend on multivitamins like the sponsor of our video today. Now the kind sponsor of this video is called Care Of Care Of is a multivitamin company that customizes your vitamin regime based on your body and your needs. Now they make you take a little quiz where you pretty much say what you want to improve in your body what problems that you have what are your allergies they pretty much customize it perfectly to suit your body so this is what my daily vitamins look like this is for one day this is for another so they come with your full pack and mine comes with 10 vitamins looks like that and they also have really cool stuff like the dream team on the go sleep support and this one is the extra batteries because I often run out of energy Now Care Of is completely transparent they do have vegan options they have stuff based on certain allergies so if you guys are interested all you have to do is go onto the Care Of website you have to take a 5 minute quiz on there and of course if you guys want 25% off use my code which I'll link all down below so number 4 on the list is Frosted Ribbon Loaf now I know that sounds like a really good dessert but it's not so this is a meal that consists of ham eggs tomato and wait for it cake frosting but that is definitely a wild combination and I'm curious was it good, was it not it just doesn't sound like it would be but then again sweet and salty like that can work sometimes so again if you guys want me to try these meals in a different video I might do it I might do it now number 5 on the Shocking Meals from the 1950s list is Bologna Cake now this one actually sounds pretty good though this is a party appetizer that calls for bologna, cream cheese onions, Worcestershire sauce crackers and spray canned cheese as decor tell me that doesn't sound amazing the name the name puts you off but the recipes puts you on you know what I'm saying so that concludes the end of this video if you guys want me to do more 1950s fun fact videos make sure you comment down below I love how I'm telling you to comment so many things down below but I want to know all these things so if you guys want me to do more make sure you comment down below and let me know if you guys liked this video make sure you give it a little thumbs up before you leave make sure to subscribe and turn on the notification bell if you guys want to see more vintage videos from me and I'll see you guys on the next video


n the upper east and Geli Lee were requested to remain close to their shelters even inside of their shelters we do know that the gates to those communities were closed off as well as roads in that area were closed off there now a new message was issued there that the residents can leave their shelters but should still stay close to their homes there now that area received a similar message yesterday evening Lebanon we're talking about an area that has gotten under constant shelling of anti-tank missiles and mortar shells as well yesterday two barrages of rockets fired from southern Lebanon by his bala towards that area also including the city of Kiryat Shmoona where 12 rockets in total came down not causing any injuries but of course causing damage to property there to infrastructure we've seen images of cars being torched as a result of those direct rocket impacts but that is one of those cities that have been evacuated so they're really only a small number of civilians remaining there that barrages of rockets fired towards northern Israel as a result of an airstrike in southern Lebanon that is attributed to Israel by his bala an airstrike in which four people four civilians were killed three children and their grandmother there reportedly a family of a journalist but we do not have received any statement of the Israeli military on that incident yet it is apparently under an investigation there but that comes after yesterday afternoon another Israeli civilian was killed on the Israeli side here in the community of Yiftah which is located right underneath the area of Kiryat Shmone again where we're talking about the Upper Eastern Galilee area very close to the Lebanese border as well a civilian that was killed while an anti-tank missile launched by his bala hit his truck that was announced yesterday evening by the Israeli military then that really shows you how these scumishes between Israel and his bala and also other proxies than southern Lebanon do increase in their pace and also in their intensity Sivan now the British Embassy in Lebanon announced it's evacuating some of their staff in Lebanon and advised its citizens to leave as well what is the significance of all this well the British Embassy is not the only one where we've also been receiving these messages at the very beginning of the war from the American Embassy that also called upon its citizens to leave Lebanon immediately we do know that the atmosphere towards international organizations such as embassies when it comes to western countries is quite dangerous than these countries as of course the United States and also countries such as Britain, Rishi Sunak the British Prime Minister showing a large amount of solidarity with Israel there which makes these institutions they're representing them come under attack by Iranian proxies there by militias there on the ground and this is of course a precautious measure that the British Embassy as one of those countries that represented in Lebanon are taking not only Lebanon but also in other countries there that we know of have Iranian proxy militia station there on the ground that are not making it a secret that they do see the United States as and also these other western countries such as now Britain as the helpers of Israel as those who also responsibility the responsible for Israel's war there in Gaza and that they are also as well as Israel responsible for what is going on now and that they should also pay the price P. H. Tekelbacher I-24 news correspondent in northern Israel thank you back in studio here we have Jonathan Regev and Shiri I'd like to ask you Shiri about what's going on now with the border with Lebanon we see that embassies are evacuating have called to before and now we see with the British embassy what does this mean we're seeing an escalation it's very it's very clear assessment is that Hezbollah is trying to keep things under the threshold of an out an out war but that an escalation we're seeing firing of more rockets we're seeing the fire intensify and this is what we fear that we spoke a few days ago about this we worried from Nasrallah speech that many in Israel viewed as not not a very clear message that is going in all in for in the war but it's definitely we're seeing an escalation so yes we did hear Nasrallah speech on Friday people were afraid of that speech what's he gonna say in the end it didn't seem as bad or as awful as as Israeli is expected and and yet still there is a threat and there is an escalation in the violence on that board yeah Nasrallah left all options on the table and and the fact that he's not throwing a whole on an entire escalation and a threshold of war is probably due to the fact that still in Gaza we have to remember there are 40,000 50,000 a terrace of Hamas and when we're seeing an intensification in in the Gaza front we're probably going to see Hezbollah intensify its efforts as well so he's waiting for for for the escalation in Gaza to be even worse now with the embassies in Lebanon evacuating some of its embassies and telling its citizens to also leave the country should Israel be evacuating more villages more towns close to the border right now I don't think so if it's an immense toll on people's life so I think right now the evacuation is is enough but you know we have to listen to what the IDF tells us and and this is the situation right now Jonathan what do you think about that I think that those those communities right on the border fence including the city of Kierachmuna which is quite a big city that they've been evacuated so you don't need to evacuate more you can't evacuate half the country Israel has already evacuated enough people who are who are immigrants in their country refugees we're constantly speaking about Palestinian refugees that's what the the global community is constantly speaking about let's see if anyone brings up the fact that there are Israeli refugees at the moment for more than a month now so that's something that has to be said should we clear more people I think no regarding Hasan Asrallah first if if if I'm aware of his intentions the answer is no he has not consulted me I don't know what he's going to do I don't know if he knows what he's going to do but what I do know is that Hasan Asrallah had enough options to go all in so far there was the October 7th attack if if you want to catch Israel by surprise that was the time because things may escalate now but Israel will not be caught by surprise because Israel is is on a very high alert yesterday allegedly a woman and three and three of her kids were killed in an Israeli strike that's also perhaps a reason to go in and it has not happened does that mean that it will not happen that Hizballah will not go all in I don't know it might happen everything might happen the only thing that I am sure of is that if it happens Israel will not be caught by surprise which would have happened on October 7th thank you Israel's Druze citizens are stuck between a rock in a hard place they are among most motivated fighters to join the IDF while not always being treated with the deserved respect and equality more in this report in the heart of this valley daily life for the 7,000 inhabitants of the Druze village of Khorfesh seems unchanged despite the war stores are open places of worship are still active and restaurants are full yet the village is in the heart of a military zone the border with Lebanon is less than three kilometers away opposite us are all the villages whose names you've heard of on the news from which Hizballah launches missiles into Israel is just a few hundred meters as the crow flies and from here to Khorfesh it must be 500 meters as the crow flies while all the surrounding villages have been evacuated on army orders the Druze of Khorfesh refuse to leave local officials have carried out a survey of residents the vast majority prefer to stay a few words with the villagers are all it takes to understand their determination there's nothing to be afraid of in the past the head of Hizballah wanted to attack the Galilee our message is that we are waiting for him in Khorfesh all the inhabitants of the region are together just let him come we're not afraid we're here protecting our northern border I will not move or evacuate we're staying right here I was born here I'm staying here and I will fight here we're keeping our land those who want to live we're not going anywhere Shaqib Shanaan lives in Khorfesh and was a member of the Israeli parliament for him too leaving is out of the question this is not the first time there have been attacks and rockets in the region we've been through a dozen wars already but our roots are deep here we are not moving we protect our land and our lives with the army we are an integral part of this country if Israel is in danger we are in danger when Israel wins we win too the village of Khorfesh is also known as the city of commanders because it has produced proportionally the most commanders in the Israeli army since 1948 the Druze community of Galilee has been fully integrated into Israeli society many girls do civilian service at the age of 18 and boys do compulsory military service Arabs speaking the Druze have their own religion beliefs that reinforce their decision not to leave their homeland Khorfesh lies below a hill on which the tomb of the Druze prophet Sabalan we believe it protects us Khorfesh remains at the heart of the Israeli army's northern front soldiers go there to buy supplies and regain their strength they are welcomed by the local population since I've retired I've opened a business at home I host workshops and events focusing on Druze food for almost 10 years now people have been coming here every day Druze, Druze, Muslims now I cook for the soldiers who are in the area despite their determination the people of Khorfesh remain realistic they know they won't all be able to stay if the situation becomes more difficult on the northern front local officials are preparing for an emergency situation in a situation where we are in danger or the army tells us there's a real emergency we evacuate everyone who can fight usually the men and the medical staff stay behind to help defend the village women and children and the elderly will leave but once again only under certain conditions we refuse to let them be housed in poor conditions if that's the case I don't think they'll leave having lived in this village for several hundred years the inhabitants are proud of their attachment to their land and their resilience in times of crisis one thing's for sure the Khorfesh Druze aren't going anywhere and in studio with us are still like 24 news correspondent Jonathan Legev and Shiri Fine-Golsmann foreign policy and national security expert Shiri we're seeing that Jordan over the last 24 hours parachuted in medical assistance into Gaza into a field hospital what does this mean? yeah it says Jordanian field hospital and Jordan is very concerned of the humanitarian situation and it's efforts to stand with its brothers and sisters and it's coordinated with the IDF which tells us a lot about the security relationship that is still cooperation that is still ongoing with the IDF and the Jordanian army which is crucial for Israel's security Jonathan what do you see? Jordan of course is there's the official Jordan and the under the ground Jordan of course above the ground the Jordanians they need to show their support and their solidarity for the Palestinians and here they can come and say and the message the message this morning from Jordan was our courageous air force our courageous air force parachuted materials and medicine and food and assistance for our Palestinian brothers that message did not say this operation was coordinated with the Israelis that remains underground Jordan is I'll say as concerned is from Hamas Israel Jordan and the same side for Egypt they do not need a strong Hamas so on the ground they support their Palestinian brothers but under the ground they're keeping close ties with Israel thank you to the both of you that's all for this latest edition of I-24 News be sure to follow us on our website I-24 news.tv and across our social media platforms I'm Sivan Raveev thank you for watching 1300 people murdered and more than 3000 injured and the war with Hamas continues we bring you first-hand testimonies from the front lines from those who survived and all the records of the atrocities by Hamas follow us as Israel fights terror from the south and north get the inside scoop on what's going on only on I-24 News come to I-24 News I'm Sivan Raveev and this is our latest edition coming to you live from Tel Aviv today is day 31 of Israel's war with Hamas a war which began with a horrific massacre of innocent Israeli civilians as 1400 women men children and elderly were brutally tortured and murdered on October 7th in southern Israel earlier today a terror attack was reported in the old city of Jerusalem according to police the suspects stabbed two border police officers they are both injured in critical and light conditions we will continue to update about this developing story a surprising announcement by the U.S. the U.S. Central Command said Sunday that one of its nuclear capable submarines was deployed to the Middle East meanwhile the CIA chief reportedly arrived in Israel and will meet his Israeli counterparts later today this follows the U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's visit to the region including a trip to Israel Jordan the Palestinian Authority Turkey and Iraq there are 241 hostages currently held in captivity by Hamas and Gaza over 30 of them are children and babies following the humanitarian corridor which was provided for citizens of Gaza yesterday and today the IDF resumed operations and airstrikes and Gaza striking more than 450 targets in Gaza overnight yesterday the IDF spokesperson announced into north and south urging again all citizens to evacuate safely to the south meanwhile a short while ago rocket fire resumed on Israel's southern cities and the Gaza border communities earlier the IDF announced the name of yet another Israeli soldier killed in battle for Sergeant Shachar Cohen in the north Hisvala launched a barrage of rockets last night into the city of Kiryat Shmona killing one Israeli civilian this followed an IDF strike on a vehicle on the Lebanese side of the border killing three people and Jordan has airdropped medical assistant to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza a move which was reportedly coordinated with Israel we move to our I-24 news correspondent in northern Israel P.S. Dekalbach we're hearing Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei met with Iraq's foreign minister Pia what do you make of this well this is definitely a meeting that wants to send a message that it comes a day after Blinken the U.S. Secretary of State was in Baghdad to meet with the Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Jia Sudani talking about those threats U.S. bases there U.S. presence in Iraq is facing now a day later representative there visiting Khamenei the Iranian Supreme Leader there in a meeting that was announced on Khamenei's own Twitter account there that comes also after two or three days later that the Hamas political leader Ismail Hania has had a meeting with Khamenei as well there that was announced over the weekend by an Iranian-affiliated channel Khamenei claimed that this was indeed the case yesterday so we are seeing that those visits that those meetings are taking place despite the U.S. trying to establish their presence and trying to establish talks there this is the axis of resistance as the Iranian approaches are often called or calling themselves as well showcasing that talks are continuing even beyond the presence of the U.S. or even despite the U.S. attempts to negotiate or to calm down the atmosphere there and this is really showcasing how the Iranians are involved and again keep in mind that this comes right after it was announced that the U.S. have deployed a nuclear capable submarine there this might also have been the topic of their conversation although there are not a lot of details about what the two have spoken about it was just that announcement there on Twitter but of course sending a message that talks are continuing between Iran-friendly nations then the region and also militias as we've seen also over the weekend with Hamas political leader himself traveling to Iran and speaking with Khamenei Any updates on the security incident which drove Israelis in the north to see it to into their shelters we see roads have been closed any updates on this? Right Sivan well early in the morning those communities then the Upper East and Galilee received a message to remain in their shelters then several different communities we did not receive any update on what that security incident entailed but there was a warning that residents should remain close to their homes close to their houses we do also know that roads were blocked there also gates leading towards these communities there we have seen this yesterday as well these alerts are triggered when there is an imminent threat of either anti-tank missiles on water shells or even rockets being launched from southern Lebanon as we've seen yesterday that was the case right before those two barrages of rockets were sent towards the Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona that was also the case after or before the anti-tank missile was launched towards the community of Yiftah killing that one Israeli citizen there and we do know that the tensions are very high after that a strike attributed to Israel yesterday evening killing four Lebanese citizens at the Lebanese side of the border there three children and one woman and Hezbollah after that has warned that it would escalate the situation further so the situation here indeed is very volatile and these warnings are issued quite a lot when Israeli forces do see and launch attempt or do see some suspicious movement there on the Lebanese side of the border because we're speaking about those communities there are only a few kilometers away from the border so in case anything happens in case a rocket or an anti-tank missile or a mortar shell is being fired there's really no time to get into shelter to get into a safe zone there that is why also these communities have been widely evacuated also one of the reasons why there was no reports of injuries of casualties yesterday after these rockets have been fired onto the city of Kiryat Shmona 12 rockets hitting also impacting in the city no casualties there as these areas and under constant fire from Saddle Lebanon have been widely evacuated there thank you Pia on our northern border here with us in studio we have Rafael Yerushalmi former senior intelligence officer in the IDF thank you for joining us what do you make of this security incident in the north that we just heard about from our correspondent well it might be an infiltration of terrorists in any case whatever is happening now is just showing us how impossible the situation has become in the north how it's not possible to expect from 70 000 displaced Israeli citizens to come back to their homes if the Hezbollah will still be sitting on the fence meaning we have to strike that is the only solution we are being held hostage by the Hezbollah in the north but really if we do not strike now with the whole of Israel will be held hostage of the Hezbollah because they have missiles that can reach any place in Israel so the fact that we are not striking is I hope is because we are preparing to strike otherwise it will be to commit the same mistake as was committed in the south in the south we let go we let the Hamas strengthen itself Hamas threaten our borders the inhabitants of the south of Israel wear the hostages of the Hamas for 20 years so are we going to make the same mistake up north I sincerely hope not I do not see any other solution the minimum we should obtain is for the Hezbollah to withdraw a few kilometers back inside Lebanon and let the UNIFIL the blue helmet peacekeepers of UNIFIL have like a zone and demilitarized zone as is the job to do there are sirens currently in southern Israel citizens are advised to take shelter going on with the northern border there are so many communities which have already been evacuated in the north and obviously in the south and so in an earlier interview that we mentioned there are Israeli refugees as well people who are not in their homes for quite some time now you feel like an attack on the north in the north is inevitable not inevitable but it's every day that passes by makes it more and more possible because the tension is mounting up and even though the parties at stake might not want it the situation might just explode because it's so explosive and the spark might just start this way yesterday where the person killed an innocent civilian just killed for nothing this could have been more than one it could have been a few it could have been a school bus it could have been so the situation is extremely urgent that's why we should have the initiative and as you rightly mentioned we have our own refugees we have our own humanitarian crisis here in Israel not to speak of the hundreds and thousands of people who are traumatized mentally, psychologically but what is happening here and we forget you know we always speak about the refugees the Palestinian refugees in in Jebelia or in the south of Lebanon the biggest refugee camp in the world is Israel we've got here six million refugees one million and a half from the programs of the 19th century one million and a half from the Holocaust one million and a half from the Arabic nation that expelled them and one million and a half from former USSR you're talking six million refugees here that's a little more than in Jebelia camp and if we do not now take the security in our hands and strike Hezbollah we will regret it bitterly afterwards the Americans are asking us not to extend the conflict not to destabilize the region I think by striking Hezbollah we can only stabilize the region by doing so and I also think that if we strike it's our own decision and the Americans will not let us down they have no choice they need us and if they want stability in the Middle East they cannot have it without Israel thank you Raphael Yerushalmi please keep with us while we turn to the field for some updates this morning with us in southern Israel is our I-24 news correspondent Pierre Klochendler Pierre we're hearing some rocket fire into Israel can you tell me about this yes just a few moments ago rocket fire was launched toward the community of Netiva Asara which is a couple of kilometers away by bird eye view from where we are we don't know yet of reports of damage or casualties but we know that Netiva Asara has been abandoned by its residents after the October 7 massacre in which many of the residents were killed now I want to show you with Oren Schmeiser our cameraman what's going on right now in the Gaza Strip the northern Gaza Strip is pounded relentlessly by the Israeli Air Force what you can see right now is the result of one of the bombings toward I would say in the direction of the Jebalia refugee camp and Beth Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip and now you can see Beth Hanun and on the right toward Netiva Asara you'll see maybe some black smoke emanating from the ground it's probably also another target because as the Israeli armies progressing southward the terrain in the northern Gaza Strip is not completely cleansed of terrorists and the IDF is working in a very measured way but also methodically to try and neutralize all the launching pads of rockets all the launching pads of anti-tank guided missiles the tunnels the warehouses the ammunition and weapons depot the command outposts etc etc and this is what they've been doing for already 31 days but there is a very dense line of defense protecting Gaza City and although Gaza City has been totally encircled now according to the IDF there are still many pockets of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad's resistance in the territories in which the Israeli army has been progressing since October 27 Here yesterday there was a humanitarian corridor and now we're hearing there is currently an additional one please tell us about this Yes there's been three consecutive days of an opening for four hours of a humanitarian corridor installed by the Israeli army along the Salahadin access road which cuts the central east of the Gaza Strip from north to south the problem is this is a unilateral measure by the IDF in order probably also to deflect international pressure for a humanitarian pose while Israel argues that there can't be any humanitarian pose without the release of the 241 hostages that the IDF knows about now this is going to be the third day from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. already an hour and a quarter of past urging the residents of the northern Gaza Strip to move south of Wadi Raza which is the river that cuts from west to east south of Gaza city but not so many people are moving southwards yesterday the estimate was about a few thousand of people and probably maybe a few hundred thousand people still remain on the battleground thank you Pierre Kloschendler in our southern border joining us now is Dr. Haril Khorev Palestinian Affairs Expert in the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University what are the relations between Palestinians in the West Bank and in Gaza right now as all of this is happening well I would say relatively it's under control I would say they are quite reserved it's not that you don't see here and there all sorts of violence and attempts to you know to show solidarity but generally speaking and by the ways if I'm not at the first time you don't see any participant on a large scale of the West Bankers with the Gaza Strip it's not surprising to I would say Palestinian researchers who knows the differences in terms of identity and regional identity and it's also derived from the measures that Israel and the IDF are taking and the ISA of course are taking these days in order to prevent any spread of violence or turbulent in the West Bank we're seeing several nightly raids and arrests and Janine and Nabilis is this the right approach to be handling threats on this front? Yes but you need to keep in mind that it's not only this it's also because it is an opportunity we should say it loud and clear it is an opportunity to to take advantage of the the attention that is given to the Gaza Strip in terms of dealing with some continuous threats coming from the West Bank like the Irons Den and other militants groups of course Hamas as well which is of course also relevant to what is happening in Gaza but it is an opportunity to to take or to deal with with those threats which did not started yesterday I remind all our viewers that before October 7th the West Bank took the major force or and and men power and from the IDF including dozens of battalions that were stationed there so it it didn't go anywhere the threats didn't go anywhere it's just that it's it's a good opportunity to take care of it now Now let me ask you Muhammad Dahlan is known to be a political rival of Palestinian president Abbas and he's widely involved in relief efforts in Gaza Is he looking to eventually take over after Abbas? My feeling is that definitely I think that what happens in the Gaza Strip as far as Israel will conclude it with the full occupation of the Gaza Strip eventually including the Southern part I think Dahlan would be a a key person there you know Israelis you know you know the Americans is highly supported by the the United Arab Emirates which we should say is currently is the best friends of Israel in the Arab world and showing a much more balanced approach to what is happening so he has I think all the you know the advantages to take a key role in the reconstruction of the post Hamas era hopefully that's what will happen I don't want to to sound too optimistic but I think this is definitely something that we should strive on no no stop at the middle will serve justified cause of this war after what we went through Thank you very much for this important input joining us in Jerusalem near the site of today's terrorist attack is our I-24 news correspondent Nicole Zedek Nicole what do we know about what happened in this terror attack today well Sivan right here where I'm standing behind me is a police station and we know that two officers were stabbed right here now the suspect was shot dead at the scene turns out he's a 16-year-old boy from east Jerusalem now I'm going to step out of the frame so you can see exactly what we're talking about right here you can see some of these officers standing in front of the entrance this is exactly where those two officers were stabbed earlier today one of them is in critical condition the other in light to moderate condition both of them being treated for their injuries now along with the suspect who was shot dead here there's also another suspect who was detained not far from here and is currently being questioned as far as his involvement in today's attack as well now this is not the first attack to happen at this exact police station within the past month just last month there was a shooting attack right here also injuring two police officers and so following this increase this uptake and attacks were right across from the old city of Jerusalem now officers are coming in and bringing some of these concrete barriers to to add some increased security to the area surrounding this police station east Jerusalem unfortunately is a hot spot for many of these tensions that we're seeing this comes even before the October 7th massacre and the ensuing the ensuing war that has followed but east Jerusalem has always been a hot spot for some of these tensions so police officers border officers they've always been on high alert I want to note that even within since October 7th these daily nightly arrest raids within the west bank continue throughout this this area IDF continuing to tackle the the terror cells that continue to pop up since October 7th about 2,000 Palestinians in the west bank have been arrested more than 700 of them affiliated with Hamas now along with those nightly arrest raids that we're seeing we also know that just recently Israel has arrested 23 suspects in east Jerusalem there's suspects for inciting different violent activities for protests and even the inciting violence on social media as well one of them had posted on his social media that he wanted to see settler blood on his hands so this this is some of the the tensions that we're seeing in the area and unfortunately the the terror attack that we saw earlier today is just just a continuation of some of the the attacks that we've seen on these officers within the past months so far now about this specific attack from today do we know anything about the terrorists who perpetrated this attack well the terrorists who perpetrated this attack is a 16 year old boy from east Jerusalem we don't know much other than that as far as his motives as far as his involvement but we do know as I said he was shot dead at the scene as far as the other suspect who is involved we don't have a name or an age on him he's currently being detained right now and questioned as far as if he had any involvement into planning the attack as well or planning other attacks but even as I'm talking now we continue to see more of these concrete barriers brought in this is still a closed area because they they really do want to increase the security for these officers so that they're not at risk for something like this happening again a 16 year old boy coming up to the entrance of this police officer stabbing two border police officers right here while they were at their job so they're trying to do everything they can to monitor the situation there is a very heavy police presence in the area as well monitoring who's allowed in who's allowed out and there is a red tape blocking everyone who can come in and so that that's the latest that we're seeing on the ground thank you very much Nicole Cedek in Jerusalem near the site of the terrorist attack from today in studio with us is Raphael Roussalmi former senior intelligence officer in the IDF this terrorist attack was perpetrated by a 16 year old boy you can say who is a terrorist and who is probably a lone wolf and if not him there will probably be other lone wolves coming out coming out and trying to target Israelis what can be done about this not much I'm afraid it is the result of years of propaganda and brainwashing aiming mostly at youngsters some of them are influenceable you can manipulate their souls if you will easily especially when the propaganda is of a religious nature a mystical nature calling to martyrdom this kind of incident of course was easy to perpetrate because from East Jerusalem into modern Jerusalem and West Jerusalem it's very easy to to go it's a few minutes walk you don't need a car you don't need that so it's not the same as a terrorist who has to infiltrate from the West Bank into Jerusalem you have to understand that this kind of lone wolf attack we had one the day before yesterday in France meaning this propaganda is worldwide it's on the net everywhere influencing mostly young Muslims but sometimes not even Muslims imprecisers to the cause I would say and this could happen anywhere in the world with this flow of hatred that's being that's being put on the web it could happen in any other capital of the world that a young person takes a knife and goes and kill a Jew because today killing a Jew is sexy today to be pro-Palestinian is to think that the Hamas people were entitled because of the occupation because of God knows what all the cliches that we are not going to come back upon it was okay and justified to kill babies and rape women so that's it and this is something that with all our best will and our best means we cannot fight we're fighting it the way we can one way of fighting it would be a dilemma because we should show the world what I personally and some journalists have seen so far we should show these pictures to the world unfortunately we have to do it in a secure environment because the big fright and that's why I think we shouldn't do it is children children shouldn't be exposed but would we show what's going be going on we will understand exactly what we're dealing with here a big dilemma that is Dr. Haril Khorev Palestinian affairs expert we see Itamar Ben-Gvir has visited the site in Jerusalem of this terrorist attack from today does this does this whole incident does it does it increase motivation on behalf of Palestinians to go out as lone walls and to perpetrate more attacks like this first of all I fully agree with the analysis of Mr. Hirushalmi I think he gave a very detailed explanation of this phenomena which is not regular phenomena I would just add one thing which is usually lone wolf attacks and I'm following all the lone wolves attacks I wrote several research about it are a combination of both personal motivations namely mainly suicidal usually you find that they suffer from some sort of personal issue whether it is social family personal all kinds of things that are basically personal and has nothing to do with the Israeli Palestinian conflict and the other side of it that the other side of the combination is of course the circumstances or the framework of the Palestinian Israeli conflict and they are opportunitist okay we can put it this way they are opportunitist do you have a certain circumstances Dr. Khalib we have to wrap up last line so that's it basically we need to understand it is a combination of personal and and political circumstances thank you very much to the both of you for I-24 news this is our latest edition keep watching 1,300 people murdered and more than 3,000 injured and the war with Hamas continues we bring you first-hand testimonies from the front lines from those who survive 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 for news I'm Sivan Raviv and this is our latest edition coming to you live from Tel Aviv today is day 31 of Israel's war with Hamas a war which began with a horrific massacre of innocent Israeli civilians as 1,400 women men children and elderly were brutally tortured and murdered on October 7th in southern Israel earlier today a terror attack was reported in the old city of Jerusalem according to police the suspects stabbed two border police officers they are both injured in critical and light conditions we will continue to update about this developing story a surprising surprising announcement by the U.S. the U.S. Central Command said Sunday that one of its nuclear-capable submarines was deployed to the Middle East meanwhile the CIA chief reportedly arrived in Israel and will meet his Israeli counterparts later today this follows the U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's visit to the region including a trip to Israel Jordan the Palestinian Authority Turkey and Iraq there are 241 hostages currently held in captivity by Hamas and Gaza over 30 of them are children and babies following the humanitarian corridor which was provided for citizens of Gaza yesterday and today the IDF resumed operations and air strikes in Gaza striking more than 450 targets in Gaza overnight yesterday the IDF spokesperson announced that the Gaza Strip is now divided into north and south urging again all citizens to evacuate safely to the south meanwhile a short while ago rocket fire resumed on Israel's southern cities and the Gaza border communities earlier the IDF announced the name of yet another Israeli soldier killed in battle for Sergeant Shachar Cohen in the north Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets last night into the city of Kiryat Shmonak killing one Israeli civilian this followed an IDF strike on a vehicle on the Lebanese side of the border killing three people and Jordan has airdropped medical assistant to the Jordanian field hospital in Gaza a move which was reportedly coordinated with Israel we move to our I-24 news correspondent in northern Israel P.S. Dekalbach we're hearing Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei met with Iraq's foreign minister Pia what do you make of this well this is definitely a meeting that wants to send a message that it comes the day after Blinken the U.S. Secretary of State was in Baghdad to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Jia Sudani talking about those threats that U.S. bases their U.S. presence in Iraq is facing now a day later representative there visiting Khamenei the Iranian supreme leader there in a meeting that was announced in Khamenei's own Twitter account there that comes also after two or three days later that the Hamas political leader Ismail Hania has had a meeting with Khamenei as well there that was announced over the weekend by an Iranian affiliated channel Khamenei claimed that this was indeed the case yesterday so we are seeing that those visits that those meetings are taking place despite the U.S. trying to establish their presence and trying to establish talks there this is the axis of resistance as the Iranian proxies are often called or calling themselves as well showcasing that talks are continuing even beyond the presence of the U.S. or even despite the U.S. attempts to negotiate or to calm down the atmosphere there and this is really showcasing how the Iranians are involved and again keep in mind that this comes right after it was announced that the U.S. have deployed a nuclear capable submarine there this might also have been the topic of their conversation although there are not a lot of details about what the two have spoken about it was just that announcement there on twitter but of course sending a message that talks are continuing between Iran friendly nations then the region also militias as we've seen also over the weekend with Hamas political leader the himself traveling to Iran and speaking with Khamenei any updates on the security incident which drove Israelis in the north to see it to into their shelters we see roads have been closed any updates on this right Sivan well early in the morning those communities then the Upper East and Galilee received a message to remain in their shelters then several different communities we did not receive any update on what that security incident entailed but there was a warning that residents should remain close to their homes close to their houses we do also know that roads were blocked there also gates leading towards these communities there we have seen this yesterday as well these alerts are triggered when there is an imminent threat of either anti-tank missiles or mortar shells or even rockets being launched from said Lebanon as we've seen yesterday that was the case right before those two barrages of rockets were sent towards the Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona that was also the case after or before the anti-tank missile was launched towards the community of Yiftakh killing that one Israeli citizen there and we do know that the tensions are very high after that a strike attributed to Israel yesterday evening killing four Lebanese citizens at the Lebanese side of the border there three children and one woman and Hezbollah after that has warned that it would escalate the situation further indeed is very volatile and these warnings are issued quite a lot when Israeli forces do see and launch attempt or do see some suspicious movement there on the Lebanese side of the border because we're speaking about those communities that are the only few kilometers away from the border so in case anything happens in case a rocket or an anti-tank missile or mortar shells being fired there's really no time to get into shelter to get into a safe zone there that is why also these communities have been widely evacuated also one of the reasons why there was no reports of injuries of casualties yesterday after these rockets have been fired onto the city of Kiryat Shmona 12 rockets hitting also impacting in the city no casualties there as these areas that have gotten under constant fire from Saddle Lebanon have been widely evacuated there thank you Pia on our northern border here with us in studio we have Rafael Yerushalmi former senior intelligence officer in the IDF thank you for joining us what do you make of this security incident in the north that we just heard about from our correspondent well it might be an infiltration of terrorists in any case whatever is happening now is just showing us how impossible the situation has become in the north how it's not possible to expect from 70,000 displaced Israeli citizens to come back to their homes if the Hezbollah will still be sitting on the fence meaning we have to strike that is the only solution we are being held hostage by the Hezbollah in the north but really if we do not strike now when the whole of Israel will be held hostage of the Hezbollah because they have missiles that can reach any place in Israel so the fact that we are not striking yes is I hope is because we're preparing to strike otherwise it will be to commit the same mistake as was committed in the south in the south we let go we let the Hamas strengthen itself Hamas threaten our borders the inhabitants of the south of Israel wear the hostages of the Hamas for 20 years so are we going to make the same mistake up north I sincerely hope not I do not see any other solution the minimum we should obtain is for the Hezbollah to withdraw a few kilometers back inside Lebanon and that's the uni field the blue helmet peacekeepers of uni field have like a zone and demilitarized zone as is the job to do there are sirens currently in southern Israel citizens are advised to take shelter going on with the northern border there are so many communities which have already been evacuated in the north and obviously in the south and so in an earlier interview that we mentioned there are Israeli refugees as well people who are not in their homes for quite some time now you feel like an attack on the north in the north is inevitable not inevitable but it's every day that passes by makes it more and more possible because the tension is mounting up and even though the parties at stake might not want it the situation might just explode because it's so explosive and the spark might just start this way yesterday where the person killed an innocent civilian just killed for nothing this could have been more than one it could have been a few it could have been a school bus it could have been so the situation is extremely urgent that's why we should have the initiative and as you rightly mentioned we have our own refugees we have our own humanitarian crisis here in Israel not to speak of the hundreds and thousands of people who are traumatized mentally psychologically but what is happening here and we forget you know we always speak about the refugees the Palestinian refugees in in Jibalia or in the south of Lebanon the biggest refugee camp in the world is Israel we've got here six million refugees one million and a half from the programs of the 19th century one million and a half from the holocaust one million and a half from the Arabic nation that expelled them and one million and a half from former USSR you're talking six million refugees here that's a little more than in Jibalia camp and if we do not now take the security in our hands and strike Hezbollah we will regret it bitterly afterwards the Americans are asking us not to extend the conflict not to destabilize the region I think by striking Hezbollah we can only stabilize the region by doing so and I also think that if we strike it's our own decision and the Americans will not let us down they have no choice they need us and if they want stability in the Middle East they cannot have it without Israel thank you Raphael Yerushalmi please keep with us while we turn to the field for some updates this morning with us in southern Israel is our I-24 news correspondent Pierre Kloshendler Pierre we're hearing some rocket fire into Israel can you tell me about this yes just a few moments ago rocket fire was launched toward the community of Netiva Asara which is a couple of kilometers away by bird eye view from where we are we don't know yet of reports of damage or casualties but we know that Netiva Asara has been abandoned by its residents after the October 7 massacre in which many of the residents were killed now I want to show you with Oran Shmizer our cameraman what's going on right now in the Gaza Strip the northern Gaza Strip is pounded relentlessly by the Israeli Air Force what you can see right now is the result of one of the bombings toward I would say in the direction of the Jebalia refugee camp and Beth Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip and now you can see Beth Hanun and on the right toward Netiva Asara you'll see maybe some black smoke emanating from the ground it's probably also another target because as the Israeli armies progressing southward the terrain in the northern Gaza Strip is not completely cleansed of terrorists and the IDF is working in a very measured way but also methodically to try and neutralize all the launching pads of rockets all the launching pads of anti-tank guided missiles the tunnels the warehouses the ammunition and weapons depot the command outposts etc etc and this is what they've been doing for already 31 days but there is a very dense line of defense protecting Gaza city and although Gaza city has been totally encircled now according to the IDF there are still many pockets of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad's resistance in the territories in which the Israeli army has been progressing since October 27 here yesterday there was a humanitarian corridor and now we're hearing there is currently an additional one please tell us about this yes there's been three consecutive days of an opening for four hours of a humanitarian corridor installed by the Israeli army along the Salahadin access road which cuts the central center east of the Gaza Strip from north to south the problem is this is a unilateral measure by the IDF in order probably also to deflect international pressure for a humanitarian pose while Israel argues that there can't be any humanitarian pose without the release of the 241 hostages that the IDF knows about now this is going to be the third day from 10 am until 2 pm already an hour and a quarter of past urging the residents of the northern Gaza Strip to move south of Wadi Raza which is the river that cuts from west to east south of Gaza city but not so many people are moving southwards yesterday the estimate was about a few thousand of people and probably maybe a few hundred thousand people still remain on the battleground thank you Pierre Kloschendler in our southern border joining us now is Dr. Haril Khorev Palestinian Affairs expert in the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University what are the relations between Palestinians in the West Bank and in Gaza right now as all of this is happening well I would say relatively it's under control I would say they are quite reserved it's not that you don't see here and there all sorts of violence and attempts to you know to show solidarity but generally speaking and by the ways if I'm not at the first time you don't see any participant on a large scale of the West Bankers with the Gaza Strip it's not surprising to if I would say Palestinian researchers who knows the differences in terms of identity and regional identity and it's also derived from the measures that Israel and the IDF are taking and the ISA of course are taking these days in order to prevent any spread of violence or turbulent in the West Bank we're seeing several nightly raids and arrests and Janine and in Nablus is this the right approach to be handling threats on this front? Yes but you need to keep in mind that it's not only this it's also because it is an opportunity we should say it loud and clear it is an opportunity to take advantage of the attention that is given to the Gaza Strip in terms of dealing with some continuous threats coming from the West Bank like the Irons Den and other militants groups of course Hamas as well which is of course also relevant to what is happening in Gaza but it is an opportunity or to deal with those threats which did not start yesterday I remind all our viewers that before October 7th the West Bank took the major force or and then manpower and from the IDF including dozens of battalions that were stationed there so it didn't go anywhere the threats didn't go anywhere it's just that it's a good opportunity to take care of it now Now let me ask you Mohammed Dahlan is known to be a political rival of Palestinian president Abbas and he's widely involved in relief efforts in Gaza is he looking to eventually take over after Abbas? My feeling is that definitely I think that what happens in the Gaza Strip as far as Israel will conclude it with the full occupation of the Gaza Strip eventually including the southern part I think Dahlan would be a key person there you know Israelis you know Americans is highly supported by the United Arab Emirates which we should say is currently is the best friends of Israel in the Arab world and showing a much more balanced approach to what is happening so he has I think all the advantages to take a key role in the reconstruction of the post Hamas era hopefully that's what will happen I don't want to sound too optimistic but I think this is definitely something that we should strive on no stop at the middle will serve justified cause of this war after what we went through Thank you very much for this important input joining us in Jerusalem near the site of today's terrorist attack is our I-24 news correspondent Nikol Sedek Nikol what do we know about what happened in this terror attack today Savan right here where I'm standing behind me is a police station and we know that two officers were stabbed right here now the suspect was shot dead at the scene turns out he's a 16-year-old boy from east Jerusalem now I'm going to step out of the frame so you can see exactly what we're talking about right here you can see some of these officers standing in front of the entrance this is exactly where those two officers were stabbed earlier today one of them is in critical condition the other in light to moderate condition both of them being treated for their injuries now along with the suspect who was shot dead here there's also another suspect who was detained not far from here and is currently being questioned as far as his involvement in today's attack as well now this is not the first attack to happen at this exact police station within the past month just last month there was a shooting attack right here also injuring two police officers and so following this increase this uptick in attacks we're right across from the old city of Jerusalem now officers are coming in and bringing some of these concrete barriers to add some increased security to the area surrounding this police station east Jerusalem unfortunately is a hot spot for many of these tensions that we're seeing this comes even before the October 7th massacre and the ensuing the ensuing war that has followed but east Jerusalem has always been a hot spot for some of these tensions so police officers border officers they've always been on high alert I want to note that even within since October 7th these daily nightly arrests raids within the West Bank continue throughout this this area IDF continuing to tackle the terror cells that continue to pop up since October 7th about 2,000 Palestinians in the West Bank have been arrested more than 700 of them affiliated with Hamas now along with those nightly arrest rates that we're seeing we also know that just recently Israel has arrested 23 suspects in east Jerusalem their suspects for inciting different violent activities for protests and even in the inciting violence on social media as well one of them had posted on his social media that he wanted to see settler blood on his hands so this this is some of the the tensions that we're seeing in the area and unfortunately the the terror attack that we saw earlier today is just just a continuation of some of the the attacks that we've seen on these officers within the past months of on now about this specific attack from today do we know anything about the terrorists who perpetrated this attack well the terrorists who perpetrated this attack is a 16-year-old boy from east Jerusalem we don't know much other than that as far as his motives as far as his involvement but we do know as I said he was shot dead at the scene as far as the other suspect who is involved we don't have a name or an age on him he's currently being detained right now and questioned as far as if he had any involvement into planning the attack as well or planning other attacks but even as I'm talking now we continue to see more of these concrete barriers brain brought in this is still a closed area because they they really do want to increase the security for these officers so that they're not at risk for something like this happening again a 16-year-old boy coming up to the entrance of this police officer stabbing two border police officers right here while they were at their job so they're they're trying to do everything they can to monitor the situation there is a very heavy police presence in the area as well monitoring who's allowed in who's allowed out and there is a red tape blocking everyone who can come in and so that that's the latest that we're seeing on the ground thank you very much Nicole Cedek in Jerusalem near the site of the terrorist attack from today in studio with us is Rafaela Roshalmi former senior intelligence officer in the IDF this terrorist attack was perpetrated by a 16-year-old boy you can say who is a terrorist and who is probably a lone wolf and if not him there will probably be other lone wolves coming out coming out and trying to target Israelis what can be done about this not much I'm afraid it is the result of years of propaganda and brainwashing aiming mostly at youngsters some of them are influenceable you can manipulate their souls if you will easily especially when the propaganda is of a religious nature a mystical nature calling to martyrdom this kind of incident of course was easy to perpetrate because from East Jerusalem into modern Jerusalem and West Jerusalem it's very easy to to go it's a few minutes walk you don't need a car you don't need that so it's not the same as a terrorist who has to infiltrate from the West Bank into Jerusalem you have to understand that this kind of lone wolf attack we had one the day before yesterday in France meaning this propaganda is worldwide it's on the net everywhere influencing mostly young Muslims but sometimes not even Muslims sympathizers to the cause I would say and this could happen anywhere in the world with this flow of hatred that's being put on the web it could happen in any other capital of the world that a young person takes a knife and goes and kills a Jew because today killing a Jew is sexy today to be pro-Palestinian is to think that the Hamas people were entitled because of the occupation because of God knows what on the cliches that we are not going to come back upon it was okay and justified to kill babies and rape women so that's it and this is something with all our best will and our best means we cannot fight we are fighting it the way we can one way of fighting it would be a dilemma because we should show the world what I personally and some journalists have seen so far we should show these pictures to the world unfortunately we have to do it in a secure environment because the big fright and that's why I think we shouldn't do it is children children shouldn't be exposed to this but would we show what's going on we wouldn't understand exactly what we're doing with here a big dilemma that is Dr. Haril Khorev Palestinian affairs expert we see Itamar Ben-Gvir has visited the site in Jerusalem of this terrorist attack from today does this does this whole incident does it does it increase motivation on behalf of Palestinians to go out as lone wolves and to perpetrate more attacks like this first of all I fully agree with the analysis of Mr. Hirushalmi I think he gave a very detailed explanation of this phenomena which is not regular phenomena I would just add one thing which is usually lone wolf attacks and I'm following all the lone wolves attacks I wrote several research about it are a combination of both personal motivations namely mainly suicidal usually you find that they suffer from some sort of a personal issue whether it is social family personal all kinds of things that are basically personal and has nothing to do with the Israeli Palestinian conflict and the other side of it that the other side of the combination is of course the circumstances or the framework of the Palestinian Israeli conflict and they are opportunitist okay we can put it this way they are opportunitist you have a certain


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