cursion into lebanon this is not this is not going to happen at least in the beginning that you mentioned the hostages this the twin goals the two goals that were stated repeatedly from the prime minister and other members of the war cabinet there was recently as two days ago to destroy khamas some ministers use different phrases destroy eliminate conquer khamas and to bring home the hostages there are things that hit a complete deadlock in negotiations with the hostages the decision to have targeted assassinations abroad of khamas leaders does that make it more likely or perhaps less likely that there will be some kind of negotiated settlement for the release of hostages at this point there will be more unlikely because the khamas has already declared that that they are freezing all negotiations they're freezing all contacts concerning the the hostages and they will wait until there's a real ceasefire established between the israel and khamas otherwise they will not begin any negotiations even though that there were some beginnings of negotiations with khamas concerning the option do you think the decision to target the olivrory might spark a psychological impact in hania or senwar that may lead them to think that they know where i am i may be targeted next in the in the days to come maybe a limited another limited hostage deal may be worthwhile to spare me and my family well you know they are they are living under the the stress of being being killed by by israel targeted by israel this is not new i mean even aruri on several occasions that he was ready to die as a martyr and on his way to jerusalem and so on and so so this is this is this is not an argument for for khamas leaders they know that they are targeted the chief of the shabak the internal service has said it very plainly that we they are on his list of and so there is no no link between that and the actual negotiation with them they know that they can hurt israel by not negotiating because the internal internal pressure inside israel with the families and the public asking for the more concessions in order to reach a deal concerning the the hostages the fact that we have that that the action against al-aruri is attributed to israel has stopped all those negotiations and in fact has said put that on another agenda so speaking of negotiations the nasralis speaking tonight in the days to come u.s. envoy almost hoax dean expected again to come to israel and to lebanon to pursue again diplomatic talks on a way of a diplomatic solution to end the border battles in light of this attack do you think that that diplomacy can still provide results to push khazbalah away from the border perhaps as far away as the latani or no you know hoax dean is trying to treat the cancer with aspirin this is this is more or less i mean he thinks he believes that if we solve the problem of the border with 13 points of content that application that we have with lebanon then khazbalah will be the will count down and say okay we can withdraw but this is not the case khazbalah says very plainly that more than the more than the 13 points there are seven villages inside israel inside upper galilee that are lebanese and they want them back they want also the the the shiba farms back so this is not something that the americans can give and if we can reach an agreement concerning the 13 points okay who is going to sign it there's no president in lebanon according to constitution in lebanon the president is the only one that is allowed to sign there's such an agreement there's no prime the prime minister says in interim the government is a transitional government so what sort of a deal are we going to to discuss with whom in fact we don't have a partner in lebanon i want to ask them about the us role here it's important to note of course the what in the wake of the gerald fort aircraft carrier the world's largest worship the strike group leaving the mediterranean uh two days ago the very next day the strike on aurora last night uh there are reports multiple reports citing anonymous officials that uh netanyahu did not give advance warning to president biden of this attack a plan for aurora allegedly uh that only providing updates in real time but not an advance heads up if there is going to be an escalation if there are going to be a series of escalating growing attacks that may end up in a regional war what role if any would the u.s have given the contention in the uh difficulties between the netanyahu war time government and the biden administration you know the u.s administration has to decide whether they want to be present in the middle east or just uh there be uh another page in history i mean with all the bases the american bases in in syria and in iraq are under attack by the pro iranian militias more than 150 attacks have been there have been recorded since the beginning of this war and the and the scores of americans have been been injured and then the american are being targeted by the hooties they have to understand they cannot evade they cannot evade the war this is unavoidable from their point of view and they have to decide if to strike not only to send two planes you know to to hit one or two bases of the iranian militias but to just wage war against all those who are threatening the american interests in the area now that we have seen how iran has managed at the beginning of the war in order to disrupt the whole process of normalization between us and saudi arabia now iran is has sent even a destroyer inside the babel mandib entered babel mandib in saying that we are here so it's the iranians are defying all the time the americans the americans have no response and they have to decide whether they are answering iran the threats and and answer answer answer iran in kind or just evade that and forget i mean as you said the is the the general ford is is going back to to united states maybe the isan how also will be will turn and and go back to the united states if this is so that the americans have just decided to just to to leave the whole area and all this the influence the american influence will wane and just disappear but without continued us support would the war look different with hezbollah from israel well you know it is essential that we get american support the even i mean on the ammunition the field on weapons field on equipment field on financial field that's 14 billion dollars waiting for for congress to to to agree i think this is very important i mean we have ministers who say that we are not another another star on the american flag but we are very much dependent on on on the us and we have to remember to remember that all the time whenever and what we do on on the ground shock thank you so much for being with us giving us your analysis the zaka volunteer organization just held a special ceremony to honor their members who have handled scenes of unimaginable devastation over the last few months as the i-24 news team shows us the families of victims came out to say thank you only three months of war zaka one of the organizations most identified with civilian aid in israel is holding a special ceremony it's an opportunity for us to pay tribute to and honor our volunteers who risk their lives in this hard work we want to thank our volunteers this is not the time for celebrations but this is what gives the volunteers the power to continue we want to strengthen them and to show them that they have public support zaka is one of the main organizations responsible for collecting and identifying body parts of corpses this issue became crucial in the hamas onslaught of october 7th and later on this is my humble place to thank the people who are doing the job that none of us is willing to do they do it with such dedication and modesty we want to say we are the people of israel everyone who lost someone and needs assistance can see the spark in their eyes you can't ignore it this is the people of israel in its best the ceremony also paid tribute to some of the victims of october 7th such as sharon charabi whose two brothers yosi and ellie were abducted to gaza from kibbutz baeri along with his greetings to zaka sharon has a strong message for the israeli leadership my brothers who were abducted to gaza are not just my private tragedy it's a national tragedy i think that after 87 days of fighting we need to come to a conclusion about the military operation the military operation in gaza brought us 172 fallen soldiers and only one hostage or he may be dish who got released alive perhaps it's time to think and to concentrate on the political aspect during the ceasefire we returned 86 living hostages and we had zero casualties another participant was iris haim mother of yotam haim who was also abducted to gaza and found his tragic death several weeks ago haim said in the ceremony quote i feel that i lost my kid but i won back my country i feel that since the 7th of october i really understood who are the israeli people i see it in the army the soldiers the parents that are sending the children to fight the people that are cooking for the soldiers for us people that came to comfort us in the shiva and calling me and all the time just want to know and that i know that my son yotam he he's in the heart of every israeli person it was a bittersweet evening with special features but also a feeling of gloom in the air which perhaps also symbolizes israel today as well as the work of zaka between morbidity and the sense of urgency and grace thanks for watching i24 news at this hour more live coverage straight ahead more updates from the field on this incredibly tense day as we await hasan israeli's speech later today in beirut in the wake of this targeted assassination of a top kamas commander in a precision strike on an apartment the war goes on in gaza with more obvious casualties overnight stay with us for more updates we'll see you soon israel is in a state of war families completely done down in their beds we have no idea where she has our soldiers are fighting on the front lines but the general perception is something that certainly needs to to be fought as well i24 news at this hour for the latest live updates from israel israel on the brink northern front with lebanon in the wake of a targeted assassination last night of a high profile hamas leader in the heart of beirut and hezbollah leader hasan israeli is given a prime time speech tonight to possibly lay out his retaliatory plans seven people including hamas's deputy deputy leader abroad salah al-arori were killed in the precision strike that literally shook the streets of an upscale beirut residential neighborhood a rory is the highest ranked hamas leader killed in an assassination and more than a decade six other internationally based hamas commanders were also killed in this precision drone strike and now both hamas and hezbollah vowing revenge israel is on high alert for an escalation that may engulf the entire country this is clearly a watershed moment in the months long war to destroy hamas the israeli ground offensive continues in gaza and now idea generals are also preparing for an expanded operation in the north as well salah al-arori was a terror mastermind and one of the most wanted criminals in the world with a big bounty on his head i24 news correspondent robert swift has a profile of a rory's long history of terrorism until his death and what is alleged to be an israeli assassination salah al-arori was a senior hamas official living in exile in beirut he mixed political and military responsibilities acting as the deputy chairman of the organization's politic bureau and as the commander for west bank operations a founding member of the ease ad din al-qasam brigades a bounty of five million dollars was placed on information leading to his capture by us officials al-arori acted as a spokesperson for hamas on prisoner affairs as shown here speaking in 2010 the rising level of capturing and torturing in the last few months has pushed this issue up the agenda if there is a way for prisoners to be released other than through a deal with israel to force fatah's hand that option may be raised and as a senior official he acted in a diplomatic capacity closely linked to the west bank he was born in ramallah and studied at hebron university where his activity with hamas began his home in the west bank was demolished by israel following the 7th of october attacks having spent 15 years in israeli prisons at times being held on administrative detention al-arori was exiled in 2007 he spent the following years living in syria turkey and finally lebanon pictured here with other hamas officials including ismail hania following the 7th of october attack al-arori is the most significant palestinian assassinated in nearly 20 years with me in studios former idf senior intelligence officer rafael urashalame and i've never used senior editor guy as real thank you both so much for being with me in studio guy i want to note that in the last few minutes there are new details new reports coming to light on how exactly this precision drone assassination was carried out the level of complexity required to carry out an assassination like this yes extreme precision they're very impressive by whoever was responsible for this operation according to lebanese paper nadah al-watan when salah al-arori exited his offices in beirut he entered his car and he was directly hit by that drone attack another attack was on his office so whoever was responsible for his elimination made sure that whether he's still in his office or in his car there'll be nothing left of him and of course we know that other hamas officials were also killed in that strike in the building that we see this is what's left of that very precise hit last night in the dark intelligence to know uh exactly where this was that the rory was either in the office or on his way to the car and no other civilians no other families in this apartment building or in the neighborhood were injured or killed in any way incredibly impressive both in terms of the intelligence and the execution of being able to execute this attack and i'm not hurting everyone else and i think also a very strong message to hasan astrali the head of khizbala we know where you guys are we are there our eyes are open and our drones our fighter jets are ready for any uh any need that may be this is a warning both for him and for other uh terror groups in the region a strong message from israel or wherever else executed this attack before we continue our analysis here on this attack and the repercussions let's go live to our correspondent pierre clochenler who is in haifa in the north of israel pierre hasan astrali said to give a speech tonight the last time he gave a speech like this a prime time address was at the end of the summer where he specifically said that any targeted assassinations on lebanese soil regardless of if it was a hezbollah member or not any assassinations would be a red line for him would necessitate an overwhelming response this is his first speech since he made those remarks what might we expect in the hours to come well he made that speech in august prior to the war that hamas waged on israel on october 7 but since then i think he made another speech with which was more or less meaningless but it's true the red lines that hasan nasser ala established prior to the war have long been trespassed israel is sending its fighter jets flying over beru that was a red line israel at least sources attributing it to israel have already eliminated a major hamas operative inside lebanon the deputy head of the armed branch of hamas in lebanon a few weeks ago he was driving in a car that was also left as a red line but red line with no consequences and now this targeted killing attributed to israel although israel does not confirm nor deny another red line and the question is whether tonight during his speech at 6 p.m local time he will define other red lines or we will take action now this is a big dilemma for hasan nasser ala because he sees the results of israel's operation in gaza he sees that between 60 and 70 percent of the buildings in gaza have been destroyed that the total military infrastructure of hamas has been destroyed is being destroyed and israel has said times and again that if hezbollah was going to cross red lines israel would transform beiruts into a new gaza strip so at this point of time everyone is looking at each other daggers and everyone is on a waiting mode everyone is waiting what nasser hasan hasan nasser ala will say in his pronouncement israeli citizens and on a waiting mode but you don't feel any sense of tension here in haifa which could be a target of hezbollah missile it has a lot of sensitive sites such as the harbor behind me or the petrochemical industry which is established north of haifa all that creates some sort of waiting period and at this point there's been no activity on the northern border since the latest incident at around midnight when an anti-tank guided missile was fired at an IDF outpost on the border with lebanon near manara in the galile panhandle provoking the wounds of two soldiers two soldiers were lightly wounded but that was part of the rules of the game that have been established already since october 8 when hezbollah entered that hostility ballet with israel provoking the death of nine soldiers of the idf for israeli civilians as well as 138 terrorists i want to ask about the resources of the idf in case there are multiple arenas here guy i mean as you know multiple brigades being withdrawn out of gaza as the fighting intensifies in the southern part of the strip could idf resources be redirected from gaza to the northern front with lebanon if need be can the idf fight on multiple fronts that's what israeli officials are saying defense minister you have gallanta said that the amount of air force jets and gunship activated on the gaza front is only a small fraction of what israel can deploy over the lebanese skies there are tens of thousands if not more of soldiers both conscript and reserve that have been mobilized on the northern front and that state of alert has started already on october 7 and has gone unabated so yes in theory israel can open a second front is israel interested into a second front no and it has said that repeatedly yesterday we read mural uh daniel agari the idf chief spokesman said that israel is focusing in fighting hamas not hezbollah and this has been the mantra that israeli officials both military and political have repeated all the time we are not interested in a war with hezbollah but given that israel has demands to implement the un security council resolution 1701 that was voted in following the second lebanon war against hezbollah in 2006 a resolution which hasn't been implemented and respected by hezbollah and if israel can achieve the implementation of that resolution by diplomatic means all the best if not it has said also repeatedly that it will use military means yeah thank you for that report for us in the northern city of haifa back here in studio rafael do you think is your assessment that hezbollah will launch a significant escalatory attack on israel today or in the days to come or might they try to avoid that so-called escalation ladder with israel normally and rationally no there is no interest there was no interest yesterday for the hezbollah to go into a larger conflict against the israelis there is no more reason today the person that was eliminated first of all is not from the hezbollah it's from the hamas even though this person was eliminated on hezbollah ground the nobody has already claimed responsibility for this event so that mr. nasrallah can decide to accuse the israelis or not to accuse the israelis and to leave that fog as it is i think if he will react it will be in those way because he has to do something he can just keep his arms crossed after something has happened on his turf but it's up to him so until tonight we will probably see nothing happening we have to remember that he's not the only one who's asking himself questions today mr. sinwar in gaza will he like last night i was thinking maybe we will get missiles shot out from gaza towards israel as a signal from the hamas in gaza we also have and that's more worrisome everybody in the jenny samaria in the west bank mr. aruri was the direct commander of the terrorist cells of hamas in the west bank in jenny in naples they might want to avenge their leader and they are not obeying mr. nasrallah or mr. anybody we have to remember that mr. aruri was a wild card actually in the card games that the intelligent services prepared he was a joker because he was not controllable even mr. annie and mashaal in doha couldn't control the laruri he had his own agenda he was not that friendly with mr. sinwar by the way he was really a wild card doing what he wanted and his troops his most faithful troops are the terrorist cells of hamas in the west bank followed by the terrorist cells of hamas in south lebanon in south lebanon they will not move unless his bala gives them the authorization but in the west bank they will probably try to perpetrate some kind of action against israel and if they cannot succeed like the iranians when they cannot succeed they will also try maybe abroad separate from aruri is his biographical details you know not a member of hezbollah not a hezbollah leader a member of hamas not lebanese you know sunni muslim here there is the there's the psychological impact on hezbollah correct on the deterrence factor nisrael's own words specifically on an incident like this said and any assassination in lebanon would warrant a dramatic response you know using a very colorful language to explain how can he not respond even if he didn't want to and expect to still have a deterrence factor amongst when it comes to this ongoing war here so he cannot respond by the like i said before by not accusing the israelis by not leaving the fog and that's okay yeah he could because otherwise he has to prove i mean he has to say i mean israelis can deny but also you're right he has to do something and also the problem with what happened on his turf is that they are very busy right now in berut looking at each other's eyes in the from the corner because who helped the israelis who helped whoever i'm sorry you see how dangerous it is someone certainly linked something someone has had to have they had to have an accomplice on the ground because the surgical shooting benefited for many many many things even the even the weather was uh with those who perpetrated the elimination the angle of the shooting was ideal even though it's a densely built area even though it's a guided missile or the missile at a certain point will go to its target in a guided way but you still need what you would call a pointer somebody has to point the place the time and this is usually a local accomplice it could be an opponent to the khizballa a rival of the khizballa but it could be also someone inside the khizballa because mr already didn't have only friends even inside the khama as i mentioned earlier because he was a wild card he had quite a few arrivals inside the khamas in the khizballa not everybody blesses this collaboration with khamas which sometimes when we see that from south lebanon the khamas is shooting at israeli troops or israeli villages it's not always in sync with the doctrine of the the khizballa with the boss so i think then right now it's very unpleasant to be a khizballa member in beirut because nobody knows who and from where came that little thing that you need that extra human intelligence that you do need to have such a surgical success god khizballa is um is a iranian proxy militia considered i mean the crown jewel of uh terror proxy militias in the middle east there are many others the houthis and militias in syria uh the islamic jihad elsewhere however khizballa is the the main one but does khizballa have its own calculations this will have his own considerations regarding the lebanese country the state of affairs domestically in lebanon before he would have to consider how what his next steps might be obviously he does and nonetheless that doesn't mean that the priority of nasrallah is the well-being of the people of lebanon if that was the case there will be no khizballa on israel's uh northern border and uh and we even heard uh the sort of even crazy uh statements uh just uh six months ago when there was talk about normalization with saudi arabia that that could perhaps also linger to to lebanon obviously that is impossible as long as the khizballa is such a stronghold uh over uh that country um nasrallah has his own interests his own personal ambitions as an islamist radical terror organization with the aim of destroying israel and not caring about what is good for the people of lebanon we even before this war started which speak about 80 000 israelis uh that were displaced from their homes in the north a very similar number has been displaced also from southern lebanon uh during this conflict i can assure you that they're not getting getting the same treatment as israel gives its own displaced people and and these people are uh are suffering the the fact that khizballa is in control uh there now whether aruri is a joker or a spade those terrorists are playing a dangerous game i think what israel has made very clear here is that the warning sent by israel after october 7th that all of those responsible for the massacre will be dealt with well now israel has settled that account it also showed that those threats were not empty uh they it executed this exact goal right now and um they're are playing a dangerous game and and and there is more to come i'm sure just wanted to add that this message is very clear to whoever gives heaven to terrorists anywhere in the world the fact that this elimination could lead to an escalation to a full fledged war and that those who perpetrated perpetrated it anyway shows that even if you are really accounting on katar to help us with liberating the hostages this doesn't mean we will not strike uh hamas people in katar we will certainly strike them in istanbul uh we have been a bit more careful with egypt when the mr ania goes to cairo he's more or less safe but that's because we do really want to keep our good relationship with mr cc but most places in the world who think that they can provide haven uh to the hamas people and not to suffer the consequences now understand uh with that kind of action that they should think twice uh about that i want to ask rafael your assessment here of the hostage situation they're clearly the talks had already kind of uh been at a stalemate no real progress uh then this targeted assassination internationally of a hamas leader uh does this mean that there is no longer a realistic hope anymore for any kind of negotiated ceasefire that will release hostages or is it the contrary perhaps israel's willingness to be aggressive here and target uh and perhaps allegedly israel responsible for these targeted assassinations abroad will maybe bring sinwar or other hamas leaders back to the table so it will for for sure cause a delay this is delaying the problem of the hostages but it's not blocking it completely on the country i do believe that mr sinwar he's the next one on the card game after the joker i know i think mr sinwar is the queen of hearts if i can remember he's next he's starting to think about this very seriously i think he puts a little extra pressure on him uh the fact that uh you show strength and determination is always a good thing in negotiations when you negotiate especially with islamist terrorists if you negotiate with normal people you can be nice you can be diplomatic about it you can try all kinds of if you negotiate with these kind of people only might and determination will lead to something they have to feel they are in danger they have to feel they've got something to lose uh to continue negotiating we have seen that since the beginning of the war mr sinwan only started saying he's willing to speak about this or that or ask for a truth when he felt that he needed the truth that he needed some breathing for him and his troops and fuel back and fuel and so that's it so i think it might actually contribute uh even though there will be a delay it will contribute what is also interesting to note is that two very important american figures have delayed their trip here mr blinken and mr orstein who are you know due to come here and puts maybe some order in the geostrategic where the war is looking right now and it's interesting to know that the americans are also marking a pose and to see what is going to develop and they're not applying any pressure they're not saying anything i think everybody is like waiting i want to ask about the americans here guy as as rafael mentioned uh anthony blinken secretary of state delaying his uh trip saying it's not connected to the assassination however it was only announced after the assassination hoax dean the us presidential envoy delayed his trip and he is coming this week uh we had a previous guest say that at this point diplomatic endeavors it's like treating cancer with aspirin it's i mean just at this point clearly diplomacy is not going to work however he's coming is there still a chance of a diplomatic solution to push his bowl away do you think and allow safely 80 000 families to return home in the north yeah in the north and those uh residents of of lebanon uh in south lebanon look uh hoax dean has been involved in these negotiations for quite a while and the americans are not alone there we know the french are obviously very closely related to lebanon are also trying to put their weight uh into that uh at the end of the day it is up to nasralla to make this decision however he's impacted or not by external pressures not clear i can remind our viewers that at the end of the previous year israel signed the maritime uh agreement with lebanon that enabled lebanon rights for naval gas shores and the thinking back then was at least what we heard from then prime minister yaya lapid is that that that will distant hezbollah from the possibility of an escalation we saw nothing of that kind at all hezbollah does what's good for its radical intentions like to keep israel at bay um and the americans can try as much as they want at the end of the day israel will do what is good for israel and very importantly when we speak about the americans uh it was revealed yesterday that the americans did not know in advance about this assassination in fact they were informed as this operation uh was already on the go on the go um but that's that is it uh that is also not a new thing in terms of the cooperation between whoever did this and the americans uh rafael a guy thank you so much for being with us again all eyes on the north of israel today but we should note of course the war continues in gaza multiple brigades a total of five brigades have begun their withdrawal we're talking more than five thousand combat soldiers leaving the north part of the gaza strip but the fighting is intensifying in the central part of the strip and especially in the south where displaced palestinian families have been told to move even further south combat against hamas terror cells is intensifying unfortunately uh tragically another idea of soldier has been killed in combat overnight battles intensifying in gaza as well as the preparedness level on high alert in the north waiting for her song this royal speech in just a few hours following the targeted assassination in the heart of beirut of a senior khamas not has blown up a khamas commander who was one of the most wanted terrorists in the world we're going out for a break but when we come back more live coverage and more updates on this developing story stay with us and thanks for watching i try for new israel is in a state of war families completely done down in their beds we have no idea where is she as our soldiers are fighting on the front line but the general perception is something that certainly needs to to be fought as well i try for news at this hour for the latest live updates from israel israel on the brink of war on the northern front with lebanon in the wake of a targeted assassination last night of a high-profile khamas leader in the heart of beirut and hezbollah leader hasa nasrallah is given a prime time speech tonight to possibly lay out his retaliatory plans seven people including khamas's deputy deputy leader abroad salah al-arori were killed in the precision strike that literally shook the streets of an upscale beirut residential neighborhood al-arori is the highest ranked khamas leader killed in an assassination and more than a decade six other internationally based khamas commanders were also killed in this precision drone strike and now both khamas and hezbollah vowing revenge israel is on high alert for an escalation that may engulf the entire country this is clearly a watershed moment in the months long war to destroy khamas the israeli ground offensive continues in gaza and now idea generals are also preparing for an expanded operation in the north as well salah al-arori was a terror mastermind and one of the most wanted criminals in the world with a big bounty on his head i-20 news correspondent robert swift has a profile of arori's long history of terrorism until his death and what is alleged to be an israeli assassination salah al-arori was a senior khamas official living in exile in beirut he mixed political and military responsibilities acting as the deputy chairman of the organization's politic bureau and as the commander for west bank operations a founding member of the is adin al-kasam brigades a bounty of five million dollars was placed on information leading to his capture by us officials al-arori acted as a spokesperson for khamas on prisoner affairs as shown here speaking in 2010 the rising level of capturing and torturing in the last few months has pushed this issue up the agenda if there is a way for prisoners to be released other than through a deal with israel to force fatah's hand that option may be raised and as a senior official he acted in a diplomatic capacity closely linked to the west bank he was born in ramallah and studied at hebron university where his activity with khamas began his home in the west bank was demolished by israel following the seventh of october attacks having spent 15 years in israeli prisons at times being held on administrative detention al-arori was exiled in 2007 he spent the following years living in syria turkey and finally lebanon pictured here with other khamas officials including ismail hania following the seventh of october attack al-arori is the most significant palestinian assassinated in nearly 20 years with me in studio is former idf senior intelligence officer rafael urashalmi and i can for news senior editor guy as real thank you both so much for being with me in studio guy i want to note that in the last few minutes there are new details new reports coming to light on how exactly this precision drone assassination was carried out the level of complexity required to carry out an assassination like this yes extreme precision they're very impressive by whoever was responsible for this operation according to lebanese paper another al-watan when salah al-arori exited his offices in beirut he entered his car and he was directly hit by that drone attack another attack was on his office so whoever was responsible for his elimination made sure that whether he's still in his office or in his car there'll be nothing left of him and of course we know that other khamas officials were also killed in that strike in the building that we see this is what's left of that very precise hit last night in the intelligence to know exactly where this was that the rory was either in the office or on his way to the car and no other civilians no other families in this apartment building or in the neighborhood were injured or killed in any way incredibly impressive both in terms of the intelligence and the execution of being able to execute this attack and i'm not hurting everyone else and i think also a very strong message to hasan astrala the head of khizbala we know where you guys are we are there our eyes are open and our drones are fighter jets are ready for any uh any need that may be this is a warning both for him and for other terror groups in the region a strong message from israel ho or whatever else executed this attack and before we continue our analysis here on this attack and the repercussions let's go live to our correspondent pierre clauschenler who is in haifa in the north of israel pierre hasan astrala set to give a speech tonight the last time he gave a speech like this a prime time address was at the end of the summer where he specifically said that any targeted assassinations on lebanese soil regardless of if it was a khizbala member or not any assassinations would be a red line for him would necessitate an overwhelming response this is his first speech since he made those remarks what might we expect in the hours to come well he made that speech in august prior to the war that hamas waged on israel on october seven but since then i think he made another speech which which was more or less meaningless but it's true the red lines that hasan naserala established prior to the war have long been trespass israel is sending its fighter jet flying over berut that was a red line israel at least sources attributing it to israel have already eliminated a major hamas operative inside lebanon the deputy head of the armed branch of hamas in lebanon a few weeks ago he was driving in a car that was also left as a red line but a red line with no consequences and now this targeted killing attributed to israel although israel does not confirm nor deny another red line and the question is whether tonight during his speech at 6 p.m local time he will define other red lines or we will take action now this is a big dilemma for hasan aserala because he sees the results of israel's operation in gaza he sees that between 60 and 70 percent of the buildings in gaza have been destroyed that the total military infrastructure of hamas has been destroyed is being destroyed and israel has said times and again that if hezbollah was going to cross red lines israel would transform berut into a new gaza strip so at this point of time everyone is looking at each other daggers and everyone is on a waiting mode everyone is waiting what nasser hasan will say in his pronouncement israeli citizens and on a waiting mode but you don't feel any sense of tension here in haifa which could be a target of hezbollah missile it has a lot of sensitive sites such as the harbor behind me or the petrochemical industry which is established north of haifa all that creates some sort of waiting period and at this point there's been no activity on the northern border since the latest incident at around midnight when an anti-tank guided missile was fired at an idf outpost on the border with lebanon near manara in the galilep and handle provoking the wounds of two soldiers two soldiers were lightly wounded but that was part of the rules of the game that have been established already since october eight when hezbollah entered that hostility ballet with israel provoking the death of nine soldiers of the idf for israeli civilians as well as 138 terrorists i want to ask about the resources of the idf in case there are multiple arenas here guy i mean as you know multiple brigades being withdrawn out of gaza as the fighting intensifies in the southern part of the strip could idf resources be redirected from gaza to the northern front with lebanon if need be can the idf a on multiple fronts that's what israeli officials are saying defense minister you have gallant has said that the amount of air force jets and gunship of what israel can deploy over the lebanese skies there are tens of thousands if not more of soldiers both conscript and reserve that have been mobilized on the northern front and that state of alert has started already on october seven and has gone unabated so yes in theory israel can open a second front is israel interested into a second front no and it has said that repeatedly uh yesterday we read mirroled uh daniel agari the idf chief spokesman said that israel is focusing in fighting hamas not hezbollah and this has been the mantra that israeli officials both military and political have repeated all the time we are not interested in a war with hezbollah but given that israel as demands uh to implement the un security council resolution 1701 that was voted in uh following the second lebanon war against hezbollah in 2006 a resolution which hasn't been uh implemented and respected by hezbollah and if israel can achieve the implementation of that resolution by diplomatic means all the best if not it has said also repeatedly that it will use military means yeah thank you for that report for us in the northern city of haifa back here in studio rafael do you think do you as your assessment that hezbollah will launch a significant escalatory attack on israel today or in the days to come or might they try to avoid that so-called escalation ladder with israel normally and rationally no there is no interest there was no interest yesterday for the hezbollah to go into a larger conflict against the israelis there is no more reason today the person that was eliminated first of all is not from the hezbollah it's from the hamas even though this person was eliminated on hezbollah ground the nobody has already claimed responsibility for this event so that mr nasrallah can decide to accuse the israelis or not to accuse the israelis and to leave that fog as is as it is i think you if you will react it will be in those way uh because he has to do something you can just keep his arms crossed after something has happened on his turf but it's up to him so until tonight we will probably see nothing happening we have to remember that he's not the only one who's asking himself questions today mr sinwar in gaza will he like last night i was thinking maybe we will get a missile shot at from gaza towards israel as a signal from the hamas in gaza we also have and that's more worrisome everybody in the jedi samaria in the west bank mr aruri was the direct commander of the terrorist cells of hamas in the west bank in jenin in naples they might want to avenge their leader and they are not obeying mr nasrallah or mr anybody we have to remember that mr laruri was a wild card uh actually in the card games that the intelligent services prepared uh he was a joker because he was not controllable even mr anil mashal in doha couldn't control the laruri he had his own agenda he was not that friendly with mr sinwar by the way he was really a wild card doing what he wanted and his troops his most faithful troops are the terrorist cells of hamas in the west bank followed by the terrorist cells of hamas in south lebanon in south lebanon they will not move unless his bala gives them the authorization but in the west bank they will probably try to perpetrate some kind of action against israel and if they cannot succeed like the iranians when they cannot succeed they will also try maybe abroad separate from orori is his biographical details you're not a member of hezbollah not a hezbollah leader a member of hamas not lebanese you know sunni muslim here uh there is the there's the psychological impact of on hezbollah correct on the deterrence factor nisrael's own words specifically on an incident like they said and any assassination in lebanon would warrant a dramatic response you using a very colorful language to explain how can he not respond even if he didn't want to and expect to still have a deterrence factor amongst when it comes to this ongoing war here so he cannot respond by the like i said before by not accusing the israelis by not leaving the fog and that's okay yeah he could because otherwise he has to prove i mean he has to say i mean the israelis can deny but also you're right he has to do something and also the problem with what happened on his turf is that they are very busy right now in berut looking at each other's eyes in the from the corner because who helped the israelis who helped whoever i'm sorry you see how dangerous it is well someone certainly leaked something someone has they had to have they had to have an accomplice on the ground uh because the the surgical shooting benefited for many many many things even even the weather was uh with those who perpetrated the immunization the angle of the shooting was ideal even though it's a densely built area uh even though it's a guided missile all right the missile at the certain point will go to its target uh in a guided way but you still need what you would call a pointer somebody has to point the place the time and this is usually a local accomplice it could be an opponent uh to the khizballa a rival of the khizballa but he could be also someone inside the khizballa because mr already didn't have only friends even inside the hamas as we mentioned earlier because he was a wild card he had quite a few arrivals inside the hamas in the khizballa not everybody blesses this collaboration with hamas which sometimes when we see that from south lebanon the hamas is shooting at israeli troops or israeli villages it's not always in sync with the doctrine of the the khizballa with the boss so i think then right now it's very unpleasant to be a khizballa member in beirut uh because nobody knows who and from where came that little thing that you need that extra human intelligence that you do need to have such a surgical success god khizballa is um as a iranian proxy militia considered i mean the crown jewel of terror proxy militias in the middle east there are many others the houthis and militias in syria the islamic jihad elsewhere however khizballa is the the main one but does khizballa have its own calculations israeli have his own considerations regarding the lebanese country the state of affairs domestically in lebanon before he would have to consider how what his next steps might be obviously he does and nonetheless that doesn't mean that the priority of nasrallah is the well-being of the people of lebanon if that was the case there will be no khizballa on israel's northern border and we even heard the sort of even crazy statements just six months ago when there was talk about normalization with saudi arabia that that could perhaps also linger to to lebanon obviously that is impossible as long as the khizballa is such a stronghold over that country nasrallah has his own interests his own personal ambitions as an islamist radical terror organization with the aim of destroying israel and not caring about what is good for the people of lebanon we even before this war started which speak about 80 000 israelis that were displaced from their homes in the north a very similar number has been displaced also from southern lebanon during this conflict i can assure you that they're not getting getting the same treatment as israel gives its own displaced people and these people are are suffering the defect that khizballa is in control there now whether aruri is a joker or a spade those terrorists are playing a dangerous game i think what israel has made it very clear here is that the warning sent by israel after october 7th that all of those responsible for the massacre will be dealt with well now israel has settled that account it also showed that those threats were not empty uh they it executed this exact goal right now and um they're are playing a dangerous game and and and there is more to come i'm sure just wanted to add that this message is very clear to whoever gives heaven to terrorists anywhere in the world the fact that this elimination could lead to an escalation to a full fledged war and that those who perpetrated perpetrated it anyway shows that even if you are really accounting on katar to help us with liberating the hostages this doesn't mean we will not strike hamas people in katar we will certainly strike them in istanbul we have been a bit more careful with egypt when the mr ania goes to cairo is more or less safe but that's because we do really want to keep our good relationship with mr sissy but most places in the world who think that they can provide haven to the hamas people and not suffer the consequences now understand with that kind of action that they should think twice about that i want to ask our fellow your assessment here of the hostage situation they're clearly the talks had already kind of uh been at a stalemate no real progress uh then this target this targeted assassination internationally of a hamas leader uh does this mean that there is no longer a realistic hope anymore for any kind of negotiated ceasefire that will release hostages or is it the contrary perhaps israel's willingness to be aggressive here and target and perhaps allegedly israel responsible for these targeted assassinations abroad will maybe bring sin war or other hamas leaders back to the table so it will for co for sure cause a delay this is delaying the problem of the hostages but it's not blocking it completely on the country i do believe that mr sin war he's the next one on the card game after the joker i think mr sin war is the queen of hearts if i can't remember he's next he's starting to think about this very seriously i think he puts a little extra pressure on him the fact that you show strength and determination is always a good thing in negotiations when you negotiate especially with islamist terrorists if you negotiate with normal people you can be nice you can be diplomatic about it you can try all kinds of if you negotiate with these kind of people only might and determination will lead to something they have to feel uh they are in danger they have to feel they've got something to lose uh to continue negotiating we have seen that since the beginning of the war mr sin one only started saying he's willing to speak about this or that uh or ask for a truth when he was felt that he needed the truth that he needed some breathing for him and his troops and fuel back and fuel and so that's it so i think it might actually contribute uh even though there will be a delay it will contribute what is also interesting to note is that two very important american figures have delayed their trip here mr blinkin and mr orstein who are you know due to come here and puts maybe some order in the geostrategic way the war is looking right now and it's interesting to know that the americans are also marking a pose and to see what is going to develop they are not applying any pressure they're not saying anything i think everybody is like waiting i want to ask about the americans here guy as as a rafael mentioned uh antony blinkin secretary of state delaying his uh trip saying it's not connected to the assassination however it was only announced after the assassination hoax dean the us presidential envoy delayed his trip and he is coming this week uh we had a previous guest say that at this point diplomatic endeavors it's like treating cancer with aspirin it's i mean just at this point clearly diplomacy is not going to work however he's coming is there still a chance for the diplomatic solution to push his below away do you think and allow safely 80 000 families to return home in the north yeah in the north and those uh residents of lebanon uh in south lebanon look uh hoax dean has been involved in these negotiations for quite a while and the americans are not alone there we know the french are obviously very closely related to lebanon are also trying to put their weight in into that at the end of the day it is up to nasralla to make this decision however he's impacted or not by external pressures not clear i can remind our viewers that at the end of the previous year israel signed the maritime uh agreement with uh lebanon that enabled lebanon rides for uh naval gas shores and the thinking back then was at least what we heard from then prime minister yaya lapid is that that that will distant hezbollah from the possibility of an escalation we saw nothing of that kind at all hezbollah does what's good for its radical intentions like to keep israel at bay um and the americans can try as much as they want at the end of the day israel will do what is good for israel and very importantly when we speak about the americans it was revealed yesterday that the americans did not know in advance about this assassination in fact they were informed as this operation was already on the go on the go um but that's is it that is also not a new thing in terms of the cooperation between whoever did this and the americans uh rafael a guy thank you so much for being with us again all eyes on the north of israel today but we should note of course the war continues in gaza multiple brigades a total of five brigades have begun their withdrawal we're talking more than 5 000 combat soldiers leaving the north part of the gaza strip but the fighting is intensifying in the central part of the strip and especially in the south where displaced palestinian families have been told to move even further south combat against hamas terror cells is intensifying unfortunately tragically another idea of soldier has been killed in combat overnight battles intensifying in gaza as well as the preparedness level on high alert in the north waiting for his son miss rala's speech in just a few hours following the targeted assassination in the heart of beirut of a senior hamas not possible up a hamas commander who was one of the most wanted terrorists in the world we're going out for a break but when we come back more live coverage and more updates on this developing story stay with us and thanks for watching i-24 news israel is in a state of war families completely gunned down in their beds we have no idea where is she as our soldiers are fighting on the front lines but the general perception is something that certainly needs to to be fought as well hostages are still not anti-israel protests going on all around the world it can all feel pretty hopeless so it is reassuring that israel's good friends are showing up to lend support among them the american actor and comedian michael raffer for he's been here almost two weeks and he does seem very much at home in this place and to know the story and to hear the story and you know we've seen so much on social media and on the news but when you're actually in here and you know that people were hiding in these safe rooms which are for bombs while i'm hearing explosions and this is like takes your fucking breath away and to just know like the the horror and the fear that these are like regular regular joe schmo regular people hiding for their lives in this whole little neighborhood like this is like a small little like the only thing i could compare is like something like northern california neighborhood or upstate new york type of neighborhood to be just terrorized by motherfuckers who came in here with the intent to kill and i'm delighted to say michael is with me in the studio now welcome thank you for being with us glad to be here and i appreciate you having me and uh you know i told you i watched the uh the channel so that's good that's great now um we just saw footage of you there um visiting the the carnage in kibbutz berry um you've been visiting the kibbutz you've also been with the the families of some of the hostages it seems as though this atrocity has really affected you personally is that right it has affected me personally um the entire situation the massacre the um the fact that it's 75 days and there's still so many hostages and there's still many people so many people dealing with the heartbreak of what what what's already happened the soldiers that are um you know fighting and the soldiers that are going down um and just the whole the whole incident and all the aftermath of it is is upsetting and and of course to me it's a separate situation but the the sort of anti not the sort of the anti jewish sentiment the anti-israel sentiment um i could just say in my country and in my city is very very upsetting well right yeah i want to ask you about that because you you grew up jewish yeah in new york new york city yeah i mean did you ever experience anti-semitism growing up and how do you feel about the scenes that we're seeing in the city now i mean in penn station yesterday we've seen um jewish businesses uh being targeting between people who are visibly jewish being physically attacked i mean how has the city changed well i never experienced anti-semitism in my life growing up in new york spending a lot of time in brooklyn and you know went to high you know my whole young adult until i was 19 um and uh i never had face to face to be to be honest with you i i really started to hear and see a lot of anti semitism on social media in the last i say nine years blatant you know uh anti semitism um i don't like the anti semitism in new york i don't like uh a jewish people feeling uncomfortable i don't like jewish businesses being harassed and attacked and vandalized um and i don't like the uh the poster rippers this whole sort of un um um it was like a like a it was this adding insult to injury the incident itself was one thing and then you're like this unimaginable anti- jewish sentiment the moment the same day and certainly the eighth october eighth celebrating and you know invigorating and all these words and quotes and these rallies it's it's been i think a surprising to a lot of people it's very been been surprising to me and i i don't like it i'm not comfortable with it i don't like it i don't support it and um not it makes me um angry makes me upset it makes me scared um for for for all jewish people i don't like it especially in manhattan i mean and it's young people isn't it a lot of the time we've just had this poll out um that says you know the majority of young people see jews as an oppressive class um and a lot of people also saying the best solution to the conflict here would be to just hand the country over to i mean what's happening to the young people in america they're so uneducated and so misinformed and um a all the participation trophies trophies that we've been talking about the jokes the gen z the um you know interviewing their feelings the bathrooms the pronouns all of that all of that the kanye west the all of it it has been a stew uh and now we're eating that stew with the young people it's turned into anti-jewishness anti-semitism anti-israel and it's blatant and it's in the open and only with jewish people would it be accepted it wouldn't be accepted with black people chinese people porto rican people uh uh asian people gay lesbian uh any any other to be openly like that is only with jewish people um kind of a blind spot for progressive politics yeah it is and and and you know i have my thoughts as to why uh but only would it would only be accepted so openly again with jewish people in israel well i mean you're a successful comedian let's talk a bit about hollywood um because this issue seems to have kind of divided hollywood a little bit we early on we had this letter 700 uh artists signed it condemning her mass very strongly and then there was a bit of a scuffle with the the writer's guild wasn't there and they didn't want to condemn her mass and someone else pointed out what you you know you've stood with me too and you stood with black lives matter why can't you stand with jews i mean what do you think is the future for hollywood and do you think a lot of relationships are going to be broken by how do you say i mean i can't say i can say i think some relationships will be broken i think hollywood will eventually figure out what makes money at the end of the day you know like it's a business and it's my business and it's a great business it's a flawed business like any other business um but they'll they'll figure out what makes money what sells um you know they have been sort of pushing agendas and stereotypes of best friends and you know all these kinds of sort of they being these stereotypical characters for the last four or five years um they'll figure out what needs to happen what sells what doesn't sell and um you know as far as the support you know people are taking people are paying attention i can say jewish people um in hollywood are paying attention and people that are on you know that are that are that are understand the situation and have spent a little time to educate themselves are paying attention and again you know you can be uh uh not agree with the politics of israel you can not agree with this war you could uh not agree a bunch of things the anti jewishness and the blatant anti zionist and the blatant anti-semitism is when it it's not okay that's one of the arguments that people on the progressive side use they say oh we're not anti-semitic we have nothing against jews oh it's we just don't want israel to exist it's zionism that we don't want we that's this is all that fancy slick cute way of you're full of shit see we we stopped saying you're full of shit uh we stopped doing that and and and and this is why we're hearing too many opinions um and opinions are great uh but doesn't mean they're necessarily valid well it's bullshit it's bullshit i know you're bleeping this so that i i i i know you're bleeping i'm only i'm only i just want to say this make sure you keep this i'm only i'm only cursing because they're bleeping i know they're bleeping i'm in control of what i'm doing if this was live i wouldn't curse thank you michael we appreciate it um it's difficult to offend our audience um you have ashkenazi heritage right i think you're full your grandparents came from from eastern europe so obviously they uh escaped the holocaust no they didn't or they no they would have been targeted in the of course yeah yeah yeah yeah so you know that generation you know just two generations ago had to deal with antisemitism and now it is back rearing its ugly head again uh in a different form it it's what do you think america is safe for the jews going forward i think america is safe for the jews in the big picture do i like what's going on does it make me comfortable no am i conscious of where i'm walking in new york city yes am i aware of my surroundings more since october 7th yes but we're not going anywhere israel is not going anywhere jewish people are not going anywhere so am i saying it's saying it's the best time to be jewish in terms of you know safety in america in new york city in in cities but also it's it's a lot of what we see on the media the clips they're more frightening because when i've been you know before i was the clips of people being harassed and that it sucks it's real but it's not like you know every single corner is from you know it's we're not at that point we're far from that point and and i urge people to remind themselves especially in new york or in new york and other people that are seeing that you know we see all these horrible things in the clips and the clips are making all of us crazy in every every way shape and form but you know i could say for new york um i'm walking comfortably i'm paying attention but i'm walking comfortably you're such a strong advocate for israel i'm surprised to hear that if this is your first visit why did you never come here before well i never came here before because i haven't been to a lot of places you know my my if you went over my travel um my travel resume it's not it's not very impressive no big traveler no i've never been to london so you know it's like i'm not a big traveler um you know as far as you know israel and there's a lot of places i just i just it's just i don't know why you know i don't like flying it's what you imagined it's it's well i'm here you know in a very unique time and you know so many people talk about their trips to israel and their first trips to israel being these magical thing and although my trip my first trip to israel this trip to israel is not like the normal first trip to israel coming during a war it has been magical beyond belief and i say that um seeing everything the heartbreak the the devastation seeing the resilience seeing the sparkle that people still have in their eyes um seeing the city seeing the pride that people have in israel uh even though um people are critical um seeing the pride that people have in being jewish um seeing the people together um all sorts of people and um all those things the the emotional journey of this trip has been has been magical it hasn't been a i went to the dead sea trip i'm not going to the dead sea this trip because i mean my wife have already made a promise to come back but i'm so glad that i'm here and and you know we've extended our trip twice and i i couldn't be um just i couldn't be more happy that we came a lot of jews who come here say they they feel like they came home they feel like they're with with the family it's like being part of a big family it is like being part of a big family and the the israeli people the people that live here are so warm and so just have a spirit it's it's like this um you know people it's like a world it's like a sort of a stereotypical thing you hear about these people's spirit of israel it's a pair and as soon as you you hit the ground have you have you been to jewsland i've been to jewsland um and i just i was i did some tourist stuff i was at the market during the day i was at the market last night on a tuesday night and walking around and i was you know i made a fake reproposal to my wife just the emotion of that place and the beauty of that place and the history of of that place um took my breath away that was one of the more uh positive sort of um things from the trip because a lot of what i've seen has been horrible it's been horrible and it's take take on my breath away and not a good way it's been it's been horrible to to to see uh uh kebutz berry to to be at kefar asa um and and and talk to families that you know that are still waiting for their their kids their fathers to come home and and that's that has been horrible it's been horrible and and heartbreaking and and and and so frustrating do you feel like it's important what you're doing your bearing witness you can carry the message you can tell people what happened because there are a lot of people trying to deny that it ever happened at all 150 percent 150 percent the fact that people are trying to deny what happened is again it's only with Jewish people in Israel only would they even that would come out of their mouth you know we see a lot of terrible things uh a destruction in Gaza no one would say this is fake this isn't happening no nobody would say that only with Jewish people would you deny what happened uh 75 days ago and continue to deny it it's crazy how's your Hebrew horrible next next to nothing it's not an easy language I have a couple of words but I don't want to embarrass myself or offend anybody so I it's it's it's next to nothing it's next to nothing it's terrible any plans to learn yes we want to come back and like you know learn yeah 100 i would i would love that have you been to the north of Israel yet I've been to the north um I can't remember the name of the city but I had a great experience further than that um and I mean I can't remember it it's it's oh I don't know you know I'm not saying you got the other fight of course in the north that's coming that's concerning yeah very concerning Israel has to fight Israel has to fight and uh United States has to stand and continue to stand by are you proud of how the U.S. government has stood by Israel I love a lot of what Joe Biden has said I don't love the sort of good cop bad cop of Kamala Harris I don't like it and and we see it come out Kamala we see the good cop bad cop we're not stupid we we see you know the good the old good it's like the same name why PD blew okay we've seen that routine for years um I don't like the the squad and they're bullshit I haven't liked them to begin with I think they're totally full of shit um I like what you know Bernie has yeah that was unexpected yeah that was unexpected I like what Hillary has said yeah um and it's funny say it again Federman's good too and and the funny thing is is because Bernie and Hillary when you talk about Gen X Gen Z Gen Z they're like they have Bernie and Hillary tattooed on their body and now they're like Bernie and Hillary yeah well we're gonna we're out of time Michael but you've given a lot of people a lot of comfort coming to see us here in Israel thank you so much I came for four people Michael Rappaport thank you thank you so much thank you the lovely Michael Rappaport there now um a new initiative which is raising awareness of the plight of the 129 hostages who are still being held in Gaza 75 days after the Hamas attacks on Israel a bouquet of yellow flowers has become a new symbol of hope and resilience well with me in the studio Noah Oveney with her yellow bouquet and you're part of this new initiative to kind of bring awareness to the horrible situation of the hostages and their families and of course this is personal for you you've got two good friends who are still being held Ziv and Gali they're twin brothers tell us a bit about them what happened um so Ziv and Gali are 26 year old twin brothers who live in Khoraza they've lived their their entire lives I've known them from school and Ziv has become the closest friend to me the closest person to me and on October 7th they were both taken hostage kidnapped from their homes just innocent civilians to this day we don't know their whereabouts we know they're kidnapped we don't know their health situation um and we're very worried about them we're worried about the fact that the Red Cross hasn't visited them um any of the hostages are giving them any medical care or any medicine at all um and this initiative is a huge part of raising awareness of the fact that there are still to this day 129 people innocent civilians being held hostage in Gaza some of which are elderly men women a baby as well um people who could be my grandparents my brothers my sisters and it's been 75 days I'll repeat that number because it is a shocking number and it should shock everybody 75 days that we don't know where our loved ones are and how they're doing and in what situation they are in all we know is that they're held by a terrorist organization um and so this initiative of a bouquet of hope of yellow flowers by the Kadar Foundation of culture and education by Dr Avram Kadar is you know they've so generously donated these beautiful yellow flowers um that yellow symbolizes the symbol of the hostages and people kept in captivity um to raise this awareness and to keep this on the topic of the day that there are still hostages there as we're speaking and every single day every single second their time is running out and it's not just a slogan their time is running out we've heard that from testimonies of people who came back from captivity we we know about somewhat of what their conditions are and it's not good to say the least and this initiative is to remind us and to have some hope and to fight for them to come back to us to bring every single one of those 129 people back home are you worried people are forgetting about them yeah i'm 100 worried about it i am feeling um like they're starting to be forgotten now that a ceasefire isn't really on the table and um now that most of like the children have been released and most of the women um in israel it's still on the topic but i'll say outside in the outdoors world it's not and we've started spreading outdoors last week we also have this initiative other than in Tel Aviv in the hostage square every single friday from 10 to around 12 we also had it in new york and in florida and we're planning to continue and grow as much as we can so that people will remember every single friday i come back home with a bouquet of yellow flowers and every single week it stays on my table in my house and they die and then another week comes by another friday i come back home with another bouquet of flowers and it's been it is a symbol of hope because i do believe with all my heart we have hope we that's all we can really hold on to and you know i do believe that what we're doing and and raising awareness that's what can help to bring them back to us right and as you say you know some of the hostages thankfully are back with their families and we've been hearing kind of more and more about the conditions they were held in and aside from the you know the physical horrors the lack of food the physical violence um one theme that keeps you know you keep hearing is is that one of the worst things was to think that you've been forgotten that no one was trying to get you home yeah uh that that's something really heartbreaking to think about isn't it a hundred percent and i always try to put myself in their shoes as much as i can and i would want to know that my country and and my family and friends are doing everything and their power to bring me back which is what galleen zeves family is doing and all of the amazing families of the forum of the hostages and missing um that's what they're doing that's their their lives have stopped that's all they're doing is trying to bring their loved ones back um other than the amazing symbolization of the yellow flowers another thing is that all of the income from the flowers goes directly to the forum of the hostages and missing families um so that's that's another it's a horrible situation to be in isn't it because it's it's so tragic to see the funerals on the news day after day isn't it people burying their their sons day after day their loved ones you know so many people were murdered by the terrorists but these people you know they're still there's still hope there's still hope but how do you you know people can't move on as you say like their families frozen they can't get on with their lives you were telling me you're you're a student i mean how can you feel like you can ever open a book and get back to studies again like you know life is frozen isn't it it's exactly that life is frozen for me for 129 people's families behind every single person of the 129 there is family and friends and relatives there are so many people whose lives have completely stopped each person is an entire world and life can't go on until they get back to us tell us about your friends about zeven galley what kind of guys are they zeven galley are really really funny that's what everybody would say about them and they have the kindest heart i always told zeve that he has the biggest heart i've i've ever seen he's the nicest person that i know um he always puts himself before others they both do they take care of their disabled father they're very very loving towards their family and their nephews and they love playing soccer they love watching soccer they love traveling together they do everything together they work together as well they're identical twins no no but there is so much similarity in between them especially about their hobbies they like to hang out together yeah yes and they have a lot of mutual friends and they work together and just in general it's for me it's really heartbreaking to think of how such good people like how does this happen to someone that good how does it happen to anyone and that they shouldn't be there and that it's surreal for me to see them on a poster and not in real life did they grow up in the acrobats yes in kvaza wow and kvaza of course was one of the worst hit yeah specifically their neighborhood the neighborhood of the young people was one who was struck really really hard and it would mean so much to of course the families but also the communities to to have those those boys back couldn't it of course wow a yellow bouquet of flowers i can't think of a nice gesture a nicer symbol so if you want to show your support for the 129 hostages who are still being held in gaza and of course we are talking about a potential ceasefire just reports but it would be up to 40 hostages and we know that the priority would be elderly people women i mean it's it's horrible but they would be quite far down the list wouldn't they they would but at least there would be a list at least some people will get back to us and that's a start yeah we need to get that number down all right we'll know i hope that you'll be reunited with your friends very much we're hoping and praying for that as we are for all the hostages no a real viny thank you very much and thank you thank you all right and again if you want to show your support for the 129 hostages still being held by terrorists in gaza uh you can take part in this initiative remind me of the name of the zertik va it's hope yes yes zertik va all right okay we're going to take a very short break here on 924 news do stay with us we'll help all the very latest for you after this don't go away a state of war families completely done down in their beds we have no idea where is she as our soldiers are fighting on the front lines but the general perception is something that certainly needs to to be fought as well informado y conectado con la comunidad latina en israel news 24 únicamente en i-24 news drill story to the world but decisively the idf is moving deeper into gaza in practically every corner here signs of terrorism are found as the forces raided the private residence of a senior Hamas official this is what they found suitcases containing five million shekels roughly 1.5 million u.s. Dollars meant purely for terrorism as well as weapons and rocket launchers yes all this in a private residence along with a ground maneuver and the aerial activity there is a constant search for hostages following the tragic incident in which three hostages were mistakenly shot by the idf chief of staff her tia levy came to visit the forces in order to reinforce the rules of conduct in these very delicate situations if it's two gozans with the white flag coming out to surrender would we shoot them absolutely not that's not the idea even those who fought us and now lay down their arms and raise their hands we arrest them we don't shoot them it may be somewhat unfair to judge the soldiers acting in this very tense environment but even if he doesn't say directly the chief of staff believes this incident could have had a different outcome three people came out they took the risk of approaching the idf troops to minimize that risk they took off their shirts so that no one would think they have an explosive device and they held a white cloth on a pole to identify themselves the friday incident and the desperate hebrou signs found in the home where the hostages were held surveys a reminder of this tragic reality a reality that needs to be resolved well 12-year-old yagil and his 16-year-old brother or were held for weeks by Hamas terrorists before they were released on november 27th as part of a temporary ceasefire deal their father though remains at the hands of the terrorists more in this report renanna yagil and or who but you know how important it is to empower and strengthen all the children of the gaza envelope i want to invite you to light a seventh hanukkah candle our light the light of all of us is your return home let the light illuminate their way back and a great miracle will be here just before they lit the seventh kennel of hanukkah in a lot we met renanna a mother whose two boys returned home only two weeks ago their father is still in gaza in captivity my brothers came to accompany me during these difficult days and forced me to go down here and enter the sea and snorkel to pass the time so on the day when my children went through this whole process and i was waiting nervously i snorkeled i went in from here until we were there to the bridge and back we spent another hour olyn yagil were released in the fourth exchange i put crazy pressure on the members of the cabinet so that yagil was on the list because he was held by the islamic jihad he had to be transferred to hamas it was not clear if he was transferred and until there was family reunification they were not ready that was a condition right family reunification our condition so they weren't ready to release both of them and they had to transfer yagil yes everyone knows that yagil was with the jihad he was their presenter they chose the best presenter there was he said they did 50 takes they harassed him all night before that to probably get him to the studio they gave him a message sheet the first thing that was the most important for him to say bb are you listening the most important thing for him was to say that he didn't mean what he said there at all my sons were alone in my house sleeping they got into the safe room they called me scared to death they said they hear someone breaking into our home the door to the safe room is pushed open they were taken from the same house they threatened them with a knife put him up in boxers a boy in boxers with a knife to his throat they put him on an electric bicycle and after he left they took his brother ranana who until october 7th was the head of kibbutz holit on october 16th took a neuro she led the initiative for the return of the kidnapped children the discussion at that moment was about freeing foreign citizens israeli citizens with foreign passports there was no prioritization for children it took me 48 long hours to get the children's lists i turned to kfaraza i turned to berri and we started working etan stiva brought the money to the initiative professor cehanover was involved along with many other important people and the civic initiative led to four meetings of the parents of the kidnapped children with qatari representatives now the initiative is changing its face fighting for the return of men who remain captive men remained like it's okay my children's father came out injured probably seriously we don't know exactly what his condition is we haven't received any sign of life it keeps me awake and i admit that until you see my son he has to celebrate bar mitzvah we didn't even have the going up to the torah because he wants his father what did your children say there were very complex descriptions of loneliness because they were not together so one was really lonely and the other was with other people from our community to my delight the fact that you are with people who know you and care for you and you have someone to care for is something very significant the other one was really alone alone alone alone alone then he spent another 10 days with a seriously injured tie worker what does a child do alone for 30 days looks at the window learns the azan by heart watches lots and lots of al jazeera unfortunately learns arabic talks to his captors how he puts it i was without a phone so the brain started working he learned about them who they were and how many children they had and he looked and learned about the family sitting across the window he used his head the children are very very very worried about the condition of both their father and other fathers who stayed there including all those they met and were with the knowledge that he is there in the terrible place they were in they know unlike us they also know exactly what it looks like this fact is unbearable for them and how is she she is relatively okay singing is very difficult since they returned it's very difficult for her to bear the fact that her father is still there the discourse has become a discourse of another attack in kanyunis and another rocket hit in televiv in the next step in the strategy game you're playing you moved on to kanyunis and then you will move on to rafa and it is unbelievable under all this destruction there are 137 people sitting today waiting for you to get them out of there it's insane i'm not a great general the only thing i can say is that at the level of the state's contract moral agreement with its citizens you owe them you owe them get them out of there now you owe it to them these are people whose only sin was that they believed in you enough to sit there and maintain a community on the border between the lighting of the hanukkah candles and the meeting with the president the children as renana says returned to the regular thing from the past they quickly adapted their new life living in a hotel but every morning the first thing they ask is if there is a hostage deal and if dad is on the list and here in israel citizens are increasingly furious at the international red cross for lackluster efforts to secure access to israeli hostages while the icrc says they have no power to force the issue with the hamas terror group the icrc has not even made the token effort to get hostages their necessary medications something that israelis have noticed my son is suffering from asthma he need to use his inhaler and at that time you say that you will do everything in order to help them and i'm sure i'm sure you try and you try to do your best but my son cannot wait anymore and i'm sorry i cannot wait anymore this is his inhaler please make sure that he will get it i don't know the address or is it in kaza but we need the units to get it and by the way this is your job you right this is the job of the red cross please do your job it's worth noting that the international red cross was founded with the explicit purpose of ensuring humanitarian protections and assistance for the victims of war and other situations of violence but for so many israelis the icrc is failing that mission entirely when it comes to the hostages held by hamas in gaza the red cross being quite vocal publicly about the humanitarian situation of the palestinians in gaza but when it comes down to israeli hostages not so much this has drawn ire by the families of those hostages and the loved ones of those held captive in gaza we're gonna have so much more on that in this report adapted from local channel 12 news many emotions on display at the demonstration in front of the jaffa home of alessandra menagon the red cross representative in israel these voices are from all over israel and testify to the broad feelings among the public israelis simply do not like the red cross let her move from jaffa go leaving gaza i don't think she should be here i don't think she should be sharing the same oxygen with me right now so these are some of our offices for our operations we have cooperation um some economic security this week we received permission to visit the offices of the international red cross in east jerusalem a body that acts discreetly its officials say this is the most successful way to deliver humanitarian aid to war victims around the world we do also have more teams operating in gaza and in the west bank area but the fact is for over 70 days the organization has not met any of the scores of hundreds of hostages held by hamas in gaza they have not provided any humanitarian aid or medicine the red cross says it's not that it doesn't want to is that it can't people sometimes have the idea that the red cross is an organization that can achieve anything in conflict that we can swoop in anywhere we can access anywhere and while we work so that we can do this we always need the agreement of parties in conflict one of the fundamental principles of the red cross is the fact that it is neutral it must not take sides in any conflict in order to be acceptable to both parties our neutrality means that sometimes publicly we don't say things so that behind the closed doors in the direct discussions with the people involved with the parties involved with hamas we can say what needs to be said and know that we can have that dialogue that we can engage with them but when red cross president Mirjana Spoliaric visited gaza two weeks ago she released a video that outraged many i've just visited the european gaza hospital and the things i saw there is is beyond anything that anyone should be in a position to describe it took her a minute and a half to mention the israeli abductees and then it appeared only casually we have to protect the rights of the hostages when she arrived in israel for a short visit she met the members of the families of the abductees they had harsh words for her my son is suffering from asthma this is his inhaler please make sure that he will get it i don't know the address for visiting gaza but we need to get it in recordings obtained by yulan cohen the tone of the meeting is clear i left the meeting shaken i don't know how you can sit so coldly in front of people who tell you that their loved ones are in such a difficult situation and your answer is so correct and so measured my son has a colitis disease and it's this medicine i don't want my son that will come back in a black plastic bag you've been at gaza last week at the philistine hospitals if they afford you to go inside gaza you need to ask or maybe to condition it like medicine for our kids or beloved that are injured and they are sick the members of the families also brought up spaliaric's message from gaza as i saw it i thought the iclc is going only on one side so i'm asking you if the hamas don't give you any operation to go to the hospital or to give us the sign of life go on inside gaza israel and the abductees families expect the red cross to take a clear position against hamas the organization claims it cannot do this it's not going to work because if the more public pressure we seemingly would do the more they would shut the door i'm not sure they would they would a condemnation by the red cross which has such a large platform and so many international connections can change the narrative in the entire world as soon as it condemns hamas and that will change the story here as well for the abductees about three weeks ago israel held its breath when some released abductees made their way from gaza to the egyptian rafa crossing in red cross jeeps that sparked the criticism that this is what the organization's activity is all about a shuttle service you're like a taxi cab you're an uber you should be ashamed of yourself you call it uber you call it taxi you call it not enough and i'm not even agree not enough but everything we could we have done it maybe we're only taxi but we did it nobody else did it after the disappointment of the meeting with the president the abductees families campaign headquarters decided to intensify the fight against the organization by placing a container to collect medicines and sanitary equipment in hostages square in tel aviv they intend to pass it on to the red cross offices and from there to the keram shalom crossing on the border of the gaza strip well some 800 israeli children from the city of steuart have been unable to return to their homes since the attacks on october 7th they're currently staying in the red sea city of elat these kids grew up under constant threat of hamas rockets now though they are longing to go home still no idea though when they will be able to do that we've got more in this report from child 12 okay we did not want to disrupt the class but the rumor about the camera in the school's halls spread quickly only nicole kept to herself she had something more important to do so for the last 67 days the children of sidirot are scattered in different hotels in elat even though they were born to a reality of sirens and rockets they still can't comprehend the events of that morning when they woke up to terrorists walking around their city since then they have been here between the hotel the temporary school the promenade and other attractions we came here to hear from them a little bit of what they are going through oh okay The educational staff here at Amichai School is composed of Sderot's teachers who know every child personally, along with IDF teachers and many volunteers that do everything they can to embrace the children. It's not always easy. Some of the kids lost the people they love more than anything, like Halel, whose uncle went on a morning jog on October 7th and never came back. It's true, it's true. The kids are calm, they don't see them, so it seems to me that they're here. There's a place that's with us in the room now. A feeling like this?  I'm sure of it.  Yes, but I don't feel that he's trying to make me feel. It's impossible. What do you remember from those two weeks? We were all in the classroom, and we were in the classroom, and the teachers were taking care of me and the students. At first, we thought that there were no students, and that something was wrong. And then we said to ourselves, this white jeep with the students in the classroom, we missed it. Are they close to you? Yes. We didn't enter the classroom because I really don't know anything about it. But again, it didn't happen, and it didn't affect the world. And I had to enter the classroom at home to try to understand them, but we didn't understand what it was. Because we couldn't understand. Kids in the classroom don't need to know what it's like to die. It's something that can't be fixed. And today, do you see them in the classroom? Or not in the classroom either? Not in the classroom either? It's impossible to see them in the classroom. It's not something that can be fixed. We hear that everywhere people talk about it, and it's still... They don't talk about it. It's clear that the people who come to you, the people of... People, even though we don't know families who talk on television, and talk about how difficult it is for them, and the problems they have... It's... it's a pain. It's a pain that can already be fixed. He can't eat anymore. He can eat more and more, and more, and more, and more, and more, and more, and more. It's impossible. I don't even want to talk about what's happening to you. The teachers think they're in Gaza, and what's happening to the families that... That have been fighting it, that have been fighting it. Do you think that's a lot? Do you want to go back to your home for a while? I really want to. But it's really hard to go back to the school. It's really hard to get into the classroom, and there's no way that there's a school that's closed, or that all of a sudden there's a person, or that all of a sudden it starts to look at you. You don't know what it will be, because we really don't know. I want to, but I'm afraid to go back. Before the war, I would have been friends, but now, I don't know how to do it, because they said there's a lot of problems. I told my father that I want to go back to my home, and he told me, yes, I want to go back to my home. I told him that I want to go back to my home. I want to go back to my home. I don't have anything to do with it. Now that you asked him, what did he say to you? He said that if I go back to my home, it's like I have to go back. Today, over two months after October 7, Sderot is still deserted and empty. The residents, who are perceived as tough and immune, will take a long time to recover from the images of the pickup trucks roaming the streets. Do you believe that such a thing can happen again? Yes. Really? Yes. You said that you don't want to go back to your home, because there's nothing to do with it. They've already done it. They've left, they've left, they've taken it. They've already done it. Do you believe that Sderot is going to be empty for the next day, without a truck, without a truck and a truck? Yes. I believe that today, Sderot will be a better place for us to go. I already believe that it will be empty. Why? They won't let us go. It won't, even Hamas won't be there, and it won't be Gaza, and our future won't let us go. I believe that Hamas won't be there, and so will they. What does that mean? They won't let us go. Do you think we'll make it? Of course. Because it will take a lot of time. They won't let us go, they won't let us go. How? They won't let us go. I believe that Hamas will always be empty.  Okay. And that's what they'll do. They won't let us go. They won't let us go. They won't let us go. Okay. If there is anything that crushes the heart, it is listening to children that lost their innocence, and furthermore, their optimism. Children that in one moment became adults that like all of us are still living through that morning. To this day, no one can tell them when the hands of the clock that stopped on October 7th will move again. Israel is in a state of war. They're completely gunned down in their beds. We have no idea where is she. As our soldiers are fighting on the front lines, the general perception is something that certainly needs to be fought as well.