Welcome to I-24 News, I'm Sivana Rave, and these are the latest developments coming to you live from Tel Aviv. Today is day 94 of Israel's war with Hamas, as fighting continues in southern Gaza. Families of hostages held in captivity by Hamas returned from a meeting with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammad Attani and Doha in an effort to revive talks to return their loved ones from the Gaza Strip. Then he told the family's talks with Hamas were now more complicated following last week's killing of Hamas' deputy leader Salih al-Aroori in a strike that has widely been attributed to Israel. Following the assassination, Hamas reportedly froze negotiations via Qatar and Egypt, though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed to the relatives of hostages that talks for their return were still ongoing. The idea responded to reports of the deaths of two Palestinian journalists working for Al Jazeera and an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip earlier Sunday, saying that the two were traveling in a vehicle with a terror operative who was operating a drone. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is currently on a diplomatic mission across the Middle East, holding talks in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia before heading to Israel later today. The primary focus of the trip is addressing the aftermath of the Gaza conflict and trying to prevent a broader regional escalation. As tensions rise between Israel and Hezbollah and Lebanon, Blinken emphasizes the urgency of averting further conflict. Blinken also stressed that the conflict in Gaza could easily metastasize. Let's take a listen to part of what he had to say. They cannot. They must not be pressed to leave Gaza. We reject the statements by some Israeli ministers and lawmakers calling for a resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza. These statements are irresponsible, they're inflammatory, and they only make it harder to secure a future of Palestinian-led Gaza, with Hamas no longer in control and with terrorist groups no longer able to threaten Israel's security. Joining us now from Israel's southern border is our I-24 news correspondent, Pierre Klochendler. Pierre, an Israeli woman was lightly wounded yesterday as a result of a rocket hit in one of the communities near the Gaza border. You're there right now. What can you tell us about that? Right. This is an agricultural village, a farming community village of 500 inhabitants, but only 70 now remain after the October 7th massacre. Yesterday at 6.15 p.m., a rocket hit and wounded a woman who was on her way to the protective room that you see as an addition to the house. And you can maybe distinguish the shrapnel that flew over that house. The woman was basically lightly wounded, she's 73, she was lightly wounded by a stone shrapnel. Because actually the house wasn't hit, the house that was hit, I'm going to show you behind that police red tape that you see here, this house wasn't hit either. But this is the house that was hit and you can see the hole in the house that was hit here by the rocket. The shrapnels flew quite far, as you can see, and wounded that woman. The inhabitants of that house were in their protective shelter, and that's why they were in hit. But we'll show you the extent of the damage. Now you can see the extent of the damage that Dean Barenboim is showing you. The family of that 73-year-old woman that was wounded are here, you can see them. And we'll show you the damage inside the house. And you can see the destruction from one rocket. Now only 70 people remain here. During the October 7th massacre, seven people were butchered here. And one border police woman was also killed in the fighting trying to repel the terrorists. And now the Ministry of Education and the government are considering allowing the return of the people that live in the communities on the Israeli Gaza border by February 4th and reopen the schools to the anger of the residents because they say that nobody is prepared for a return in less than a month from now, especially regarding the security of the community villages here and the community towns here, especially that there's still rockets flying, although it's facing the northern sector of the Gaza Strip which is under full Israeli operational control, yet rockets are still flying from time to time. Sivan? Thank you, Pierre. We do know that residents of the south are upset and opposed to this decision. We'll keep up with you a bit later. Thank you, Pierre. Okay. Joining us now is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies and former Deputy Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs, Professor Kobe Michael. Thank you for joining. Good morning. Good morning. We are three months to this war, the war that began on October 7th after Israel was attacked by Hamas, and now three months in. What can you tell us that the IDF has accomplished so far? I think that we saw in Herod yesterday the IDF spokesman who explained what actually has happened there in the Gaza Strip since three months ago, how complex is the battle zone, and I think that the tactical and operational achievements of the IDF are pretty impressive and the accumulation of these achievements eventually will create a strategic impact. We have to be patient. We have to understand that it takes time, and I think that Hamas is losing its military capacities although from time to time we can see that they are still able to launch a rocket here and there, but generally speaking they are losing their command and control capacities, which means that they cannot operate anymore in a big frames of battalions or even companies, and I think that we are getting closer and closer to the main center of gravity in Hanoones, and we will remain with the last challenge, which is the Philadelphia corridor on the border with Egypt, but I assume that we are in our way towards the accomplishment of the main goals of this war with regard to Hamas capacities. Now the IDF says it's shifting into a third stage of fighting, moving towards a more strategic kind of fighting. What does that mean exactly? It means that it will be something which is similar in a way to the reality that we are witnessing in the West Bank, which means that most of the IDF forces will be outside of the Gaza Strip, and we will see raids and incursions based on accurate intelligence, and some forces will remain in the Gaza Strip in order to continue cleaning Hamas compounds and Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip, but it will be in a much lower intensity in comparison to the intensity of the first two phases in the north and in the center areas of the Gaza Strip, including Hanoones. But we have to understand, and it's very important to emphasize it, that the terror will not be finalized as well as the terror was not finalized in the West Bank after five years of the Second IDF, but it will be contained in a level that it will be tolerated and it will enable the residents of the south to come back to their communities and to live safely there. Now you mentioned that terror will not go away, certainly not overnight. We also know that Hamas is not just their operatives, it's an ideology. So how is it that the IDF aims to abolish, to eliminate Hamas? The IDF doesn't intend to eliminate Hamas as an ideological movement, okay? The ideology is deeply embedded and rooted in the minds and the hearts of the people, and you cannot eliminate ideology by using kinetic means, okay? But you are talking actually about the Hamasification effort. This is something that will last years, and it requires other means. Part of that might be achieved by the reconstruction process of the Gaza Strip and by running the Gaza Strip by a different government or authority that will deal with the educational system and with the poisoning process that the Gazels went through for the last three decades and in a more intensified manner since 2007 when Hamas actually gained the full control over the Gaza Strip. This is the responsibility, first of all, of the Palestinian society, the new Palestinian leadership. But this is as well the responsibility of the international community, including the regional players, that will have to have the responsibility with regard to the educational system, incitement, the delegitization, and all the things that characterize the poisoning process that this constituency went through over the years. Now, there was mention of the return of Gazels to the northern part of the Strip. Will Israel allow this, and how can this even be achieved during war? I think that Israel has to prevent that, and I think that the IDF makes efforts in order to prevent the returning of people from the south and the north, because we are still in war in the northern parts, although it is in a different level of intensity, but we are at war, and there is also an option that some of the people that were abducted, the hostages are still there. And I think that citizens are not allowed or should not be allowed to return. First of all, it's something that risks their life, and secondly, it's something that complicates the situation, the war situation in the northern part, and I think that Israel has all the authorities, even according to the international law of warfare, to prevent them from returning to these areas, and I assume that this is what is done. Professor Kobe Michael, stay with us. It was a deadly day in the West Bank after a roadside bomb killed an Israeli police officer and injured three others during an overnight raid in Janine. Seven Palestinians were killed in a retaliatory airstrike, not long after an East Jerusalem man was killed in a terror attack in Ramallah, and in the evening a Palestinian toddler was accidentally shot and killed during attempts to shoot a terrorist who rammed into Israeli border police officers at a checkpoint. Our correspondent, Nicole Zedek, breaks down the turbulent developments unfolding on Israel's third border. The border police can be seen nearly every night conducting counterterrorism operations in the northern West Bank city of Janine, but Saturday night it turned deadly as a roadside explosive hit one of their vehicles, killing 19-year-old Shai Grimai and injuring three others. The wounded were air evac to the hospital, while the IDF carried out an airstrike killing seven Palestinian gunmen who hurled explosives at troops, four of them brothers, according to family members. I never imagined that they would die all at once. I was thinking that maybe Hazar and Rami were the most likely to be killed, but Allah and Ahmed, I never thought that they would be martyred, especially all together at one time. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the deadly roadside bomb, near hours after the attack in Janine, an Arab-Israeli man was shot dead near Ramallah. 33-year-old Ammar Mansour was killed in his car. The woman driving behind him also injured in serious condition. It's the first deadly shooting attack in the West Bank since November, showing terrorism is still boiling over in the area. Even as Israel has arrested more than 2,600 Palestinians in the West Bank since October 7th, trying to gain a stronghold on the third front of the war. And still with us is Professor Kobi Michael. Kobi, we're seeing what is happening now in the West Bank. We see the things are heating up. Is this indeed a third front for Israel? Yes, of course. Israel is already engaged in six active fronts where the West Bank is one of them. And actually, we are in a war of terror in the West Bank since March 22. This war was intensified because of the events of October 7th, but it is not something new. And the Iranians and Hezbollah are making their utmost efforts in order to continue igniting and fueling this terror campaign or terror war by smuggling weapons. Fortunately, we are succeeding in preventing most of the smuggling efforts, but in some cases we are failing to prevent it and the weapons continue entering the West Bank. And this is the reason that we see the level of the collisions and the events in the Jenin area in Kukarev, where laboratories for production of standard explosives are there. And we have to understand that the standard explosives reach to the West Bank mostly from Syria, from Lebanon through Syria, Jordan, and then to Jenin area and to the other districts in the West Bank. So this is a third war. This is another front. And we have to understand that it will continue, but fortunately, our presence there and our good intelligence there enable us to twirl most of the threats. And from time to time, we see that we have also some casualties, unfortunately. Now should we be expecting more lone wolf attacks or perhaps something more organized? First of all, it's very well organized. Secondly, I don't think that the idea of lone wolves is a valid idea these days, because even when individuals are committing a terror attack, they do it under the inspiration of the terror organizations in the West Bank, and with weapons and money that are provided by the terror organizations. So therefore, I think that we are talking about a very organized campaign of terrorism, which is run mostly by Hamas in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, but by Al-Aqsa Brigade that belongs to the FATA as well, and from time to time, even the official personnel of the Palestinian security apparatus in the West Bank. Professor Kobe Michayev, thank you very much for joining us. As the tensions intensify between Hezbollah and Israel, the IDF says it struck numerous Hezbollah targets in Lebanon overnight, with Israeli fighter jets hitting a Hezbollah military compound, along with a rocket launcher and terror infrastructure. Over the weekend, Hezbollah launched over 40 rockets and missiles at a sensitive Israeli air traffic control base near the Lebanon border, causing damage to two radar domes. The IDF stated that the base's damage would be repaired and investigations are ongoing to prevent similar attacks. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for nine attacks on northern Israel yesterday, as daily cross-border clashes continue. The situation remains highly volatile, with fears of a broader conflict in sight. Here's some of what IDF chief Hritya Levy said on this. In the north, Hezbollah decided to enter this war. We are exerting an increasing cost from Hezbollah all the time. They paid yesterday with seven killed. They paid yesterday with two very, very important targets struck, and we are increasing the price that they are paying. It will end with us having a responsibility, a duty, to return the residents of the north in security, not under duress, safely to their homes. It will come either by the pressure we are now applying, which is rising, and will do the job, and we will create a completely different reality, or we will get to another war. We will do it. We will do it with excellency. Even though we are after a long battle already, and have had challenges in many arenas, we will know how to do it properly. To achieve the war goals, we have a long way to go, and therefore this will take time. Joining us in studio is our I-24 News senior editor, Guy Azriel. Guy, thank you for joining. We're hearing IDF chief Hritya Levy is saying that if Israel should begin, or if Israel should engage in war or intensifying conflict with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, they are ready, and they will excel. Is that so? Look, Israel, not just the IDF, of course, is the operational branch of the Israeli government, is not looking for full-scale war with Hezbollah, Israel, and Lebanon know very well what would be the consequences of such a war, complete devastation both in Lebanon and very heavy damage in Israel as well. This is something that Israel is not looking to see. However, should Hezbollah continue its strikes on the border and continue to pose a threat to the citizens of Israel, continue to create a situation in which dozens of thousands of Israelis are displaced from their homes, Israel will not have any other choice but to engage in a wider conflict with Hezbollah that would enable to push the radical forces of Hezbollah away from the border with Israel over the Littani River in Lebanon. And of course, Secretary Blinken is here, among other things, also to try and find a diplomatic solution to this conflict. Obviously, both Israel and Lebanon are concerned about the prospect of such a wide conflict, but so are the Americans and other nations in the region with interest here. Like in many other wars we see in the world sometimes, it's a war that nobody wants, but it could still be inevitable unless things change dramatically and for now they're not changing. The IDF chief, Herzi Alevi, saying that the whole of 2024 will be a war, a year of fighting. And he's referring to the fact that not only in Gaza will IDF forces will continue to be stationed but also the threat of Hezbollah is still imminent and the forces are ready for it. And when we speak about a war or fighting that goes on for a whole year, obviously that concerns the IDF because the amount of troops that you have engaged in fighting is immense when it comes to the fighting in Gaza. And this is why we already saw many of the reservists being sent home so they can get their proper rest, perhaps ahead of more challenges that await them in the north. Getting rest is perhaps the quiet before the storm. We hope not, but that is certainly one of the possibilities. Now we know Hezbollah said that one of their reactions or retaliations for the Al-Arouri assassination was hitting the compound in Miron, the IDF Air Force base. What can you tell us about that? Right, so on Saturday morning Hezbollah launched over 40 projectiles towards Israel. The most significant hit was that air traffic control base in Mount Miron, that base is just under 10 kilometers away from the Lebanon border, a very strategic point for the Israeli Air Force. The interesting or perhaps warring part for Israel was the fact that this site was struck despite its relative distance from the border. And what the IDF assesses now is that it was struck actually by anti-tank missiles, the Kornet EM type that is the most advanced anti-tank missile at the hands of Hezbollah that is able to reach that distance. It is laser guided and we saw those very precise hits on those two radar domes. The IDF says the base is still operational, but that hit is significant both because it is a strategic point for Israel and beyond that because Hezbollah is concerned about the freedom of aerial activity of Israel in Lebanon that concerns both intelligence, of course Israeli fighter jets, but also drones fly over southern Lebanon on a regular basis to collect information, intelligence about the forces of Hezbollah also in terms of operational means. As we saw, someone, maybe Israel, maybe someone else, has struck Salah al-Rouri in the heart of Beirut last week. That is a major concern for Hezbollah, of course. Families of hostages held in Gaza just returned from Qatar where they met with officials. Speaking out on their meetings there, they said they found the Qataris to be very attentive and sympathetic. Speaking at a presser with US Secretary of State Blinken, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdul-Rahman al-Thani said that despite the challenges faced regarding hostage talks and humanitarian truce, they were not giving up. Of course, having one of the senior leader of Hamas being killed is something that can affect such a complicated process. Yet, we are not giving up. We are moving forward. We are continuing our discussions with the parties and trying to achieve as soon as possible an agreement that can bring a ceasefire and humanitarian relief and the release of hostages. Guy, what is the stance right now on the hostage talks? Unfortunately, we don't hear much new about possible hostage release deal. And that is because Hamas still stands to his gun. The IDF continues its attempts to put pressure on Hamas, trying to reach the heads of Hamas in Hanyunas in order for them to go ahead with another future deal. We saw in previous cases Israel only halted the war for several weeks. In this case, Hamas wants the war to end altogether. This is something that Israel, of course, will not be able to accept. So it operates both in terms of intelligence, trying to locate the heads of Hamas and also the Israeli hostages underground also to exhort as much pressure as possible on them so that they would come to the front themselves and offer some sort of a deal that would see the Israeli hostages being released. Guys, thank you very much for your input. That's all for this edition of I-24 News. We have rolling coverage, providing you with the latest from Israel. We'll be back at the top of the hour for more news and updates. Be sure to follow us on our website, i-24news.tv, and across our social media platforms. I'm Steve Underaviv. Thank you for watching. Israel is in a state of war. Families completely gunned down in their beds. We have no idea where we see us. Our soldiers are fighting on the front lines. But the general perception is something that certainly needs to be fought as well. News 24 en español trae el análisis y la información de los acontecimientos de la guerra, espadas de hierro. Entrevistas exclusivas reportes desde la zona de guerra. La reacción de los países hispanoparlantes. News 24, el único medio en español que te mantiene informado y conectado con la comunidad latina en Israel. News 24, únicamente en I-24 News. Welcome to I-24 News. I'm Steve Underaviv. And these are the latest developments coming to you live from Tel Aviv. Today is Day 94 of Israel's war with Hamas, as fighting continues in southern Gaza. Families of hostages held in captivity by Hamas returned from a meeting with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammad Attani and Doha in an effort to revive talks to return their loved ones from the Gaza Strip. Then he told the family's talks with Hamas were now more complicated following last week's killing of Hamas' deputy leader Salih al-Aroori in a strike that has widely been attributed to Israel. Following the assassination, Hamas reportedly froze negotiations via Qatar and Egypt, though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed to the relatives of hostages that talks for the return were still ongoing. The IDF responded to reports of the deaths of two Palestinian journalists working for al-Jazeera and an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip earlier Sunday, saying that the two were traveling in a vehicle with a terror operative who was operating a drone. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is currently on a diplomatic mission across the Middle East, holding talks in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia before heading to Israel later today. The primary focus of the trip is addressing the aftermath of the Gaza conflict and trying to prevent a broader regional escalation. As tensions rise between Israel and Hezbollah and Lebanon, Blinken emphasizes the urgency of averting further conflict. Blinken also stressed that the conflict in Gaza could easily metastasize. Let's take a listen to part of what he had to say. They cannot. They must not be pressed to leave Gaza. We reject the statements by some Israeli ministers and lawmakers calling for a resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza. These statements are irresponsible, they're inflammatory, and they only make it harder to secure a future of Palestinian-led Gaza with Hamas no longer in control and with terrorist groups no longer able to threaten Israel's security. Joining us now from Israel's southern border is our I-24 news correspondent, Pierre Kloschendler. Pierre, an Israeli woman was lightly wounded yesterday as a result of a rocket hit in one of the communities near the Gaza border. You're there right now, what can you tell us about that? Right, this is an agricultural village, a farming community village of 500 inhabitants, but only 17 now remain after the October 7th massacre. Yesterday at 6.15 p.m., a rocket hit and wounded a woman who was on her way to the protective room that you see as an addition to the house. And you can maybe distinguish the shrapnel that flew over that house. The woman was basically lightly wounded, she's 73, she was lightly wounded by a stone shrapnel because actually the house wasn't hit the house that was hit, I'm gonna show you, behind that police red tape that you see here. This house wasn't hit either, but this is the house that was hit and you can see the hole in the house that was hit here by the rocket. The shrapnels flew quite far as you can see and wounded that woman, the inhabitants of that house were in their protective shelter and that's why they were in hit, but we'll show you the extent of the damage. Now you can see the extent of the damage that Dean Barenboim is showing you. The family of that 73-year-old woman that was wounded are here, you can see them and we'll show you the damage inside the house. Now you can see the destruction from one rocket. Now only 70 people remain here. During the October 7th massacre, seven people were butchered here and one border police woman was also killed in the fighting trying to repel the terrorists. And now the Ministry of Education and the government are considering allowing the return of the people that live in the communities on the Israeli Gaza border by February 4th and reopen the schools to the anger of the residents because they say that nobody is prepared for a return in less than a month from now, especially regarding the security of the community villages here and the community towns here, especially that there's still rockets flying, although it's facing the northern sector of the Gaza Strip which is under full Israeli operational control, yet rockets are still flying from time to time. Sivan. Thank you, Pierre. Yes, we do know that residents of the South are upset and opposed to this decision. We'll keep up with you a bit later. Thank you, Pierre. Okay. Joining us now is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies and former Deputy Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs, Professor Kobe Mikhail. Thank you for joining. Good morning. Good morning. We are three months to this war, the war that began on October 7th after Israel was attacked by Hamas and now three months and what can you tell us that the IDF has accomplished so far? I think that we saw in her yesterday the IDF spokesman who explained what actually has happened there in the Gaza Strip since three months ago. How complex is the battle zone? And I think that the tactical and the operational achievements of the IDF are pretty impressive and the accumulation of these achievements eventually will create a strategic impact. We have to be patient. We have to understand that it takes time. And I think that Hamas is losing its military capacities although from time to time we can see that they are still able to launch a rocket here and there, but generally speaking, they are losing their command and control capacities, which means that they cannot operate anymore in a big frames of battalions or even companies. And I think that we are getting closer and closer to the main center of gravity in Chalunis and we will remain with the last challenge, which is the Philadelphia corridor on the border with Egypt. But I assume that we are in our way towards the accomplishment of the main goals of this war with regard to Hamas capacities. Now the IDF says it's shifting into a third stage of fighting, moving towards a more strategic kind of fighting. What does that mean exactly? It means that it will be something which is similar in a way to the reality that we are witnessing in the West Bank, which means that most of the IDF forces will be outside of the Gaza Strip and we will see raids and incursions based on accurate intelligence and some forces will remain in the Gaza Strip in order to continue cleaning Hamas compounds and Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip, but it will be in a much lower intensity in comparison to the intensity of the first two phases in the north and in the center areas of the Gaza Strip, including Chalunis. But we have to understand, and it's very important to emphasize it, that the terror will not be finalized, okay, as well as the terror was not finalized in the West Bank after five years of the Second Intifada, but it will be contained in a level that it will be tolerated and it will enable the residents of the south to come back to their communities and to live safely there. Now you mentioned that terror will not go away, certainly not overnight. We also know that Hamas is not just their operatives, it's an ideology. So how is it that the IDF aims to abolish, to eliminate Hamas? The IDF doesn't intend to eliminate Hamas as a ideological movement, okay? The ideology is deeply embedded and rooted in the minds and the hearts of the people and you cannot eliminate ideology by using a kinetic means, okay? But you are talking actually about the Hamasification, the Hamasification effort. This is something that will last years and it requires other means. Part of that might be achieved by the reconstruction process of the Gaza Strip and by running the Gaza Strip by a different government or authority that will deal with the educational system and with the poisoning process that the Gazels went through for the last three decades and in a more intensified manner since 2007 when Hamas actually gained the full control over the Gaza Strip. This is the responsibility, first of all, of the Palestinian society, the new Palestinian leadership, but this is as well the responsibility of the international community, including the regional players that will have to have the responsibility with regard to the educational system, incitement, the delegitization and all the things that characterize the poisoning process that this constituency went through over the years. Now there was mention of the return of Gazels to the northern part of the Strip. Will Israel allow this and how can this even be achieved during war? I think that Israel has to prevent that and I think that the IDF makes efforts in order to prevent the returning of people from the south and the north because we are still in war in the northern parts, although it is in a different level of intensity about that we are at war and that there is also an option that some of the people that were abducted, the hostages are still there and I think that citizens are not allowed or should not be allowed to return. First of all, it's something that risks their life and secondly, it's something that complicates the situation, the war situation in the northern part and I think that Israel has all the authorities even according to the international law of warfare to prevent them from returning to these areas and I assume that this is what is done. Professor Kobe Michael, stay with us. It was a deadly day in the West Bank after a roadside bomb killed an Israeli police officer and injured three others during an overnight raid in Jenin. Seven Palestinians were killed in a retaliatory airstrike not long after an East Jerusalem man was killed in a terror attack in Ramallah and in the evening, a Palestinian toddler was accidentally shot and killed during attempts to shoot a terrorist who rammed into Israeli border police officers at a checkpoint. Our correspondent, Nicole Cedric, breaks down the turbulent developments unfolding on Israel's third border. Israeli border police can be seen nearly every night conducting counterterrorism operations in the northern West Bank city of Jenin but Saturday night, it turned deadly as a roadside explosive hit one of their vehicles killing 19 year old Shai Grimai and injuring three others. The wounded were air evac to the hospital while the IDF carried out an airstrike killing seven Palestinian gunmen who hurled explosives at troops, four of them brothers, according to family members. I never imagined that they would die all at once. I was thinking that maybe Haza and Rami were the most likely to be killed but Allah and Ahmed, I never thought that they would be martyred, especially all together at one time. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the deadly roadside bomb. After the attack in Jenin, an Arab-Israeli man was shot dead near Ramallah. 33 year old Ammar Mansour was killed in his car. The woman driving behind him also injured in serious condition. It's the first deadly shooting attack in the West Bank since November, showing terrorism is still boiling over in the area. Even as Israel has arrested more than 2,600 Palestinians in the West Bank since October 7th, trying to gain a stronghold on the third front of the war. And still with us is Professor Kobe Michael. Kobe, we're seeing what is happening now in the West Bank. We see the things are heating up. Is this indeed a third front for Israel? Yes, of course. Israel is already engaged in six active fronts where the West Bank is one of them. And actually we are in a war of terror in the West Bank since March 22. This war was intensified because of the events of October 7th, but it is not something new. And the Iranians and Hezbollah are making their efforts in order to continue igniting and fueling this terror campaign or terror war by smuggling weapons. Fortunately, we are succeeding in preventing most of the smuggling efforts, but in some cases we are failing to prevent it and the weapons continue entering the West Bank. And this is the reason that we see the level of the collisions and the events in Jenin area, in Kukarev, where laboratories for production of standard explosives are there. And we have to understand that the standard explosives reach to the West Bank mostly from Syria, from Lebanon through Syria, Jordan, and then to Jenin area and to the other districts in the West Bank. So this is a third war. This is another front. And we have to understand that it will continue, but fortunately our presence there and our good intelligence there enable us to twirl most of the threats and from time to time, we see that we have also some casualties, unfortunately. Now should we be expecting more lone wolf attacks or perhaps something more organized? First of all, it's very well organized. Secondly, I don't think that the idea of lone wolves is a valid idea these days because even when individuals are committing a terror attack, they do it under the inspiration of the terror organizations in the West Bank and with weapons and money that are provided by the terror organizations. So therefore, I think that we are talking about a very organized campaign of terrorism, which is run mostly by Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic jihad, but by a lack of a brigade that belongs to the Fatah as well. And from time to time, even the official personnel of the Palestinian security apparatus in the West Bank. Professor Kobe Michayo, thank you very much for joining us. Thank you. As the tensions intensify between Hezbollah and Israel, the IDF says it struck numerous Hezbollah targets in Lebanon overnight with Israeli fighter jets hitting a Hezbollah military compound, along with a rocket launcher and terror infrastructure. Over the weekend, Hezbollah launched over 40 rockets and missiles at a sensitive Israeli air traffic control base near the Lebanon border, causing damage to two radar domes. The IDF stated that the base's damage would be repaired and investigations are ongoing to prevent similar attacks. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for nine attacks on northern Israel yesterday, as daily cross-border clashes continue. The situation remains highly volatile with fears of a broader conflict in sight. Here's some of what IDF Chief Hrtsialevi said on this. In the North, Hezbollah decided to enter this war. We are exerting an increasing cost from Hezbollah all the time. They paid yesterday with seven killed. They paid yesterday with two very, very important targets struck, and we are increasing the price that they are paying. It will end with us having a responsibility, a duty, to return the residents of the North in security, not under duress, safely to their homes. It will come either by the pressure we are now applying, which is rising, and will do the job, and we will create a completely different reality, or we will get to another war. We will do it. We will do it with excellency, even though we're after a long battle already and have had challenges in many arenas, we will know how to do it properly. To achieve the war goals, we have a long way to go, and therefore this will take time. Joining us in studio is our I-24 News senior editor, Guy Azriel. Guy, thank you for joining. We're hearing IDF Chief Hrtsialevi is saying that if Israel should begin, or if Israel should engage in war or intensifying conflict with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, they are ready, and they will excel. Is that so? Look, Israel, not just the IDF, of course, is the operational branch of the Israeli government, is not looking for full-scale war with Hezbollah, Israel, and Lebanon know very well what would be the consequences of such a war, complete devastation, both in Lebanon and very heavy damage in Israel as well. This is something that Israel is not looking to see. However, should Hezbollah continue its strikes on the border and continue to pose a threat to the citizens of Israel, continue to create a situation in which dozens of thousands of Israelis are displaced from their homes, Israel will not have any other choice but to engage in a wider conflict with Hezbollah that would enable to push the radical forces of Hezbollah away from the border with Israel over the Littani River in Lebanon. And of course, Secretary Blinken is here, among other things, also to try and find a diplomatic solution to this conflict, obviously, both Israel and Lebanon are concerned about the prospect of such a wide conflict but so are the Americans and other nations in the region with interest here. Like in many other wars that we see in the world, sometimes it's a war that nobody wants but it could still be inevitable unless things change dramatically and for now they're not changing. The IDF chief Herzi Alevi saying that the whole of 2024 will be a year of fighting and he's referring to the fact that not only in Gaza will IDF forces will continue to be stationed but also the threat of Hezbollah is still imminent and the forces are ready for it. And when we speak about a war or fighting that goes on for a whole year, obviously that concerns the IDF because the amount of troops that you have engaged in fighting is immense when it comes to the fighting in Gaza and this is why we already saw many of the reservists being sent home so they can get their proper rest, perhaps ahead of more challenges that await them in the north. Getting rest is perhaps the quiet before the storm. We hope not but that is certainly one of the possibilities. Now we know Hezbollah said that one of their reactions or retaliations for the Al-Arouri assassination was hitting the compound in Mehron, the IDF air force base. What can you tell us about that? Right, so on Saturday morning Hezbollah launched over 40 projectiles towards Israel. The most significant hit was that air traffic control base in Mount Mehron, that base is just under 10 kilometers away from the Lebanon border, a very strategic point for the Israeli air force. The interesting or perhaps warring part for Israel was the fact that this site was struck despite its relative distance from the border and what the IDF assesses now is that it was struck actually by anti-tank missiles, the Kornet EM type that is the most advanced anti-tank missile at the hands of Hezbollah that is able to reach that distance. It is laser guided and we saw this very precise hits on those two radar domes. The IDF says the base is still operational but that hit is significant both because it is a strategic point for Israel and beyond that because Hezbollah is concerned about the freedom of aerial activity of Israel in Lebanon. That concerns both intelligence, of course Israeli fighter jets, but also drones fly over southern Lebanon on a regular basis to collect information, intelligence about the forces of Hezbollah, also in terms of operational means. As we saw someone, maybe Israel, maybe someone else has struck Salah al-Rurri in the heart of Beirut last week. That is a major concern for Hezbollah, of course. Families of hostages held in Gaza just returned from Qatar where they met with officials. Speaking out on their meetings there, they said they found the Qataris to be very attentive and sympathetic. Speaking at a presser with US Secretary of State, Blinken, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani said that despite the challenges faced regarding hostage talks and humanitarian truce, they were not giving up. Of course, having one of the senior leader of Hamas being killed is something that can affect such a complicated process. Yet, we are not giving up. We are moving forward. We are continuing our discussions with the parties and trying to achieve as soon as possible an agreement that can bring a ceasefire and humanitarian relief and the release of hostages. Guy, what is the stance right now on the hostage talks? Unfortunately, we don't hear much new about possible hostage release deal. And that is because Hamas still stands to his gun. The IDF continues its attempts to put pressure on Hamas trying to reach the heads of Hamas in hanunas in order for them to go ahead with another future deal. We saw in previous cases Israel only halted the war for several weeks. In this case, Hamas wants the war to end altogether. This is something that Israel, of course, will not be able to accept. So it operates both in terms of intelligence trying to locate the heads of Hamas and also the Israeli hostages underground also to exhort as much pressure as possible on them so that they would come to the front themselves and offer some sort of a deal that would see the Israeli hostages being released. Guy Azriel, thank you very much for your input. That's all for this edition of I-24 News. We have rolling coverage providing you with the latest from Israel. We'll be back at the top of the hour for more news and updates. Be sure to follow us on our website, i-24news.tv and across our social media platforms. I'm Sivan Rafeev. Thank you for watching. Luther King's famous 1968 mountaintop speech was based on his trip to the Promised Land. Well, now, 55 years later, his prophetic words are coming true. Hundreds of African-American women took a journey of a lifetime to the Holy Land. We'll introduce you to the amazing female spiritual and religious leaders who are infusing new energy into the next generation of African-Americans. I-24 News. I'm Sivan Rafeev. And these are the latest developments coming to you live from Tel Aviv. Today is day 94 of Israel's war with Hamas as fighting continues in southern Gaza. Families of hostages held in captivity by Hamas returned from a meeting with Qatari Prime Minister Mohamed Adhani and Doha in an effort to revive talks to return their loved ones from the Gaza Strip. Then he told the families talks with Hamas were more complicated now following last week's killing of Hamas deputy leader Salih al-Arruwi in a strike that has widely been attributed to Israel. Following the assassination, Hamas reportedly froze negotiations via Qatar and Egypt, though Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Tuesday claimed to the relatives of hostages that talks for their return were still ongoing. The IDF responded to reports of the deaths of two Palestinian journalists working for al-Jazeera and an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip earlier Sunday saying the two were traveling in a vehicle with a terror operative who was operating a drone. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is currently on a diplomatic mission across the Middle East holding talks between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia before heading to Israel later today. The primary focus of the trip is addressing the aftermath of the Gaza conflict and trying to prevent a broader regional escalation. As tensions rise between Israel and Hezbollah and Lebanon, Blinken emphasizes the urgency of averting further conflict. Blinken also stressed that the conflict in Gaza could easily metastasize. Let's take a listen to part of what he had to say. They cannot. They must not be pressed to leave Gaza. We reject the statements by some Israeli ministers and lawmakers calling for a resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza. These statements are irresponsible. They're inflammatory, and they only make it harder to secure a future of Palestinian-led Gaza with Hamas no longer in control and with terrorist groups no longer able to threaten Israel's security. Joining us now in studio is former Israeli ambassador to France and director of diplomacy at the hostage and missing families of former U.S. Foreign Minister Daniel Schick. Thank you for joining us. We're seeing Anthony Blinken coming in later today. What are the objectives of this visit? Well, since the United States is so heavily involved in what is happening here, there is, how should I put it, sort of a maintenance to be done over time with regular visits by the Secretary of State, by the National Security Advisor, American personalities. In this case, this is probably the regular objective, but there is one main issue, and that is the growing fragility of what is happening on the northern border of Israel and the very, how should I put it, very determined efforts by the United States to avoid a widening of the war in Gaza into a full-fledged war on the northern side with Hezbollah, transforming this into something that is, I beg your pardon, something much closer to what you would call a regional war, something that the United States from day one has made very clear that it is trying to avoid. They're absolutely not interested in this escalation. We're seeing them make commentary about that, and they are trying to halt this further escalation of the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, but we are seeing a lot of crossfire between the two. Correct, so obviously they don't control everything that's happening on the ground. They can just go through serious military presence and mostly very strong diplomatic and political presence with other allies, by the way, other Western allies like France and other European powers. None of them would like to see this escalate into a regional war, so the efforts continue, but things get out of hand in these kinds of exchanges, and although even despite the small escalation of the last few days after the targeted killing of the Hamas operative, Al-Aroori, it's still contained. It's still under control on both sides, and clearly still both Hezbollah and Israel have not done this major step forward into a real war, but the closer you get to this boundary, the more difficult it is to keep on the right side of it, so things can easily escalate, things can get out of hand, a little mistake from one side or the other, and suddenly you find yourself in the middle of the war that nobody really wanted. Now, families of hostages held in Gaza just returned from Qatar, where they met with officials speaking out on their meetings there. They said they found the Qataris to be very attentive and sympathetic. Speaking at a presser with US Secretary of State Blinken, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohamed Attani said that despite the challenges faced regarding hostage talks and humanitarian truce, they were not giving up. Of course, having one of the senior readers of Hamas being killed is something that can affect such a complicated process, yet we are not giving up. We are moving forward. We are continuing our discussions with the parties and trying to achieve as soon as possible an agreement that can bring a ceasefire and humanitarian relief and the release of hostages.  What do you think about this? First of all, I have to say that this visit is a really big deal. It's the fruit of a very long effort by families, with the support, obviously, of the professionals volunteering at the forum. But this has been ongoing for weeks, these efforts, in order to finally achieve this visit to Qatar and the very high-level meetings that these families had. There, it's really not a given for the Qatari officials and dignitaries to agree, to meet face-to-face with the people who are directly concerned by the tragedy that the Qataris are trying to be helpful in resolving. Now, clearly, the families can negotiate with Qatar or with Hamas through Qatar. But they can sort of hate the level of motivation that the Qataris will have in trying to mediate the next exchange. I think it's very important that they heard directly from these people who are living a tragic period of their lives and speak up for their loved ones who are still held in Gaza. We're nearing the 100th day of their detention. So that is really a big achievement. I can only hope that it will achieve some kind of tangible goal, meaning the renewal of a serious negotiation in order to reach an exchange very fast. Daniel Shah, please stay with us. We'll be back to you shortly. Joining us now from Israel's southern border is our I-24 news correspondent, Pierre Klischendler. Pierre and Israeli woman was lightly wounded yesterday as a result of a rocket that hid in one of the communities near the Gaza border. You're there right now. What can you tell us about what happened? Right. We're in Moshev-Yakhine, which used to number about 500 residents before the massacres of October 7. Now only 70 of those residents have returned. And Rebecca Maccabiah, Reibi, 72-year-old, was lightly wounded from a stone shrapnel. You can see the addition to the house, which is the protected shelter. You can see also maybe an impact of some of the shrapnels that hid the external wall of their living room. And she was going toward the shelter when suddenly she felt something war on her chest. Let's hear how she explains what happened to her yesterday at 6.15 PM. We heard the alarm. And my daughter called me to enter the security room. We all ran, and I was behind. It was very fast. It hid very fast. I didn't have time to get there. And then we heard the boom. The shrapnel hit me right here. I said, oh, I got burned. I felt the shard. I threw it out the window. Then I saw my neighbor's house was on fire. We left the protected space and saw all the damage. I'll show you now where the impact occurred, because it's across the street, actually. And she got a stone shrapnel. These are the ribbons that the police have set up here. I let Dean Byron Boymore, cameraman, pass. And you will see the direct impact that provoked a fire on the external wall of this house. You can see the hole in the house. And people usually think that rockets is nothing. There's no casualties. It's easy to intercept with the iron dome, but not always, as you can see. And we'll show you the extent of the damage inside the living room of this house, which has been hit. Luckily, the residents of this house were in their protective shelter or were out of the house.  Now, there's no electricity, and the electricians are already repairing the electricity that was hit by a shrapnel. Now, this is a moshaw that endured the massacre here. Seven of the residents were killed by terror squads that came to this village. One border police female soldier was killed as well, trying to defend the village. And Rebekah Raibi decided to return to the village a month ago with her family, because as an elderly woman, she felt uncomfortable being in a hotel far away from her house. So she decided to come back. And as a result, her family was dragged here with her, because they didn't want to leave her alone here in the moshaw. A double trauma for this woman, October 7, and then January 7, three months after. And yet this woman is very strong.  And she's already back home today, barely 12 hours or a bit more after she was hospitalized for very, for a short and brief moment. And she's back home. She won't leave. Do we know what happened to this family on October 7? They were in a private shelter of one of her sons. There were 15 people altogether crammed into a private shelter, because her shelter, the window, does not close properly. And she called the Homefront Command many times, telling her you've got to fix that window before October 7. And the Homefront Command said it's not our responsibility. One of those red tape problems that Israel has been facing for a long, long time, especially the residents of the south. So they crammed themselves into the son's shelter. Luckily, the shelter was new and there was a locker inside the shelter. So when the terrorists came, they tried to open the shelter. They didn't manage. So they left and killed all the residents. Now, they stayed for over 12 hours in that shelter from October 7 at 6.30 or 7 AM when the rockets started falling like a flood. And then, until the next morning. Pierre Kloschendler, thank you very much. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced yesterday that Germany is prepared to permit the sale of Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia, signaling a shift from years of blocking arms deals with the Gulf's Kingdom. The Eurofighter is a collaborative effort among Germany, Britain, Italy, and Spain. And each country holds the power to veto such transactions. The German Foreign Minister highlighted that Saudi Arabia and Israel had not renounced their policy of normalization since the outbreak of the war with Hamas on October 7, when thousands of terrorists killed 1,200 people across southern Israel amid shocking atrocities and took 240 hostages. And back with us. Ria's effort for a better future for the region are a significant contribution by Saudi Arabia towards Israel's security. It also contributes towards limiting the danger of a large-scale escalation of the situation. For that reason, we did not see the German government opposing British considerations for more Eurofighters for Saudi Arabia. And back with us in studio is Daniel Scheck. Daniel, we just heard the German Foreign Minister on her visit to Israel stating their agreement to sell the Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia. Could this be part of a still ongoing and larger normalization agreement between Israel and the Saudis? Well, I don't know. By the way, incidentally, she's going to meet with families of hostages this afternoon. But that has to do with our previous discussion. But it's important to say that foreign dignitaries continue to show interest in the plight of these people. Now, I'm not sure that this is part of the greater deal that was discussed before the October 7th massacre. But it's sort of in the wake of it, in the sense that it seems that Israel is not opposed to providing a highly sophisticated weaponry to Saudi Arabia in the general idea of normalization. If Israel has agreed, in principle, for the United States to deliver F-35s and possibly nuclear capabilities to Saudi Arabia, then obviously Israel should not be opposed to this deal. It has to be said, though, that the German veto had nothing to do with Israel. The German veto was around the assassination of Mr. Khashoggi on human rights issues. That was the main reason. But she did care to mention the change of heart here in Israel just to make sure that Israelis understand that this is not something that will create opposition in Israel. And it's sort of in the general spirit of normalization between Israel and the Gulf states. Now, is there hope for this normalization to go back? We know Blinken was in Saudi Arabia. Could this be one of the talking points that they are discussing? Well, I'm sure the fact that it's still on the table and everybody, even if it's sort of on hold and in sort of a deep freezer for the moment, nobody has taken it off the table. And that is very encouraging. And it might have an importance also in this famous discussion about the day after. The day after is not just what will happen in Chanyunas and in this or that refugee camp. The day after in the Gaza Strip. The day after has to do with much broader vision of the Middle East, including the involvement of the United States and certainly the involvement of Saudi Arabia. So the fact that the normalization deal is not off the table means that we will be able to resume these talks once things calm down. Obviously, what might sort of take it off the table is a serious escalation in this region, which we all hope will not happen. I want to go back to the hostages. We discussed before that the families returned from Qatar and they've met with the Qatari prime minister. Netanyahu said the talks are still ongoing. Do we know what the status of the talks are? No, I mean, I don't know more than you do. The forum is not involved in the talks. It is not our impression that there is a serious discussion going on for the moment. It doesn't mean that talks have broken off. There might be some kind of contact. But there doesn't seem to be a serious deal in reaching distance. And that is something extremely frustrating. We are, as I mentioned earlier, we are very close to the 100th day. By the way, I'm sure I24 News will cover this extensively. Around the world, there will be events to mark the 100th day of captivity. And Israel obviously will be the center point of it. But we all hope that we will reach that day. It's difficult to imagine that we won't reach it. But we will reach that day with a clear option of a exchange deal, a serious exchange deal for a large number of hostages already at hand. Hopefully so. We hear the hostage forum is meant to up the pressure on the government as we near the 100 days. Well, you know, we have the voice of the families. We work for the families, not the other way around. And the families, yes, they feel more and more frustrated and helpless. And if there needs to be pressure on the Israeli government, there will be pressure on the Israeli government. And if there needs to be pressure on international figures, there will be pressure on international figures, or international media, or international public opinion. We're here to help them have a voice, both in Israel and worldwide. OK, Danielle Shek, thank you very much for coming in and discussing this with us. Many hostages still in Gaza were taken from the Nova Music Festival, Nira'im. The hostages in missing family form arranged an event at the site of the massacre. And our correspondent, Ariel Osaran, was there and spoke with family members, some still hoping for their loved ones to return, others grieving their death, but fighting on for the return of those still alive. Take a look. I tried to imagine the feeling that I'll have when I'll be here. I thought it would be different. I thought it would be easier because I feel like I know everything here. I saw so many videos and so many pictures and had so many stories that it almost felt like I know everything. But the second I just stepped into this area felt different. For Michail Levi, visiting this beautiful wood outside Kibbutzra'im near the Gaza border is an emotional rollercoaster. It's the site of the deadly Nova Music Festival. And on October 7, his brother Ol and sister-in-law Enav arrived just minutes before it was stormed by dozens of Hamas terrorists. Part of his need to know everything as he describes it led him to find a video that depicts Ol and Enav's last moments together. They stood close to the wall inside a bomb shelter. I didn't see what happened inside when those monsters threw their grenades and sprayed bullets into the shelter. But I can imagine. I can understand from the stories. He was, she was in front of him. They saw it. He saw his wife being murdered in front of him. And then taken to Gaza. And then taken to Gaza. Michail has not heard a word regarding his brother's condition since that day exactly three months ago. All he knows is that Ol was taken alive and uninjured. The reason Ol and Enav arrived in the morning of the party and not the night before when it began was because they wanted to spend the night with their two-year-old son, Almog, who they left at his grandparents before heading out to Ra'im at dawn. Now, Almog is essentially an orphan, not knowing if and when his father will return. He misses them. He calls them all the time. He wants to go home. He starts crying when someone mentioned the word, the words, dad or mom. It's as simple as that. He can understand that they are not here. I'm not sure how much of this he can understand, but he understands that they are not here with him. Michail is just one sibling of a kidnapped hostage who came to this now hollowed ground for an event arranged by the Hostage Family Forum. This was the dance floor at the Nova Music Festival where 364 partygoers were murdered, raped, and mutilated by Hamas terrorists and Gaza locals on a dreadful October 7th. The area here is thicker. It's genuinely harder to breathe walking through here now. These are their faces. Most of them are gone for good, but for some, there's still hope to return home, but time is running out. Besides a mock bar, bullet shells on the ground, and the playlist from that day blaring in the background, the event also included a speech by 18-year-old Itai Regan, who was taken hostage with his sister Maya from the festival. Both were freed after more than 50 days in the tunnels of Gaza. Some of his friends who were taken from the party remain in captivity. I was in captivity for 45 days, and every day there is like forever. The conditions there are very, very hard to survive, very hard. The hostages cannot stay there for one more second. They all have to return home now. A soft-posniac lost two of his relatives at the Nova Festival. His sister-in-law's two sisters, Hodaya and Tahir, were initially believed missing following October 7th. Their burnt bodies were found six days later in the nearby woods. Since then, Asaf has been very active in the family's forum. From the first week, I've been working like crazy to try and bring Hodaya and Tahir. They were at my wedding in June, and I remember thinking how amazing it would be to attend their weddings. Unfortunately, that dream has died. With negotiations over a second phase of hostage release faltering, both Asaf and Mikhail remain optimistic that the hostages will return and soon. I'm hopeful I wake up every morning with that hope, even when there are more difficult days in which we hear the terrible news of another hostage killed in captivity. Close to 20 hostages murdered by Hamas and the brave soldiers who risked their lives to bring back the hostages. We expect from the government to present an Israeli initiative to bring back all of the hostages and not to play by Hamas' dune. It's not hope. I know he will be back. It's just a matter of time. That's it. I know he'll be back, and like I said on stage, I will do everything to bring him back, even if it means to turn the world upside down. Thank you very much. Thank you. That's all for this edition of I-24 News. We have rolling coverage providing you with the latest from Israel. We'll be back at the top of the hour for more news and updates. Be sure to follow us on our website i-24news.tv and across our social media platforms. I'm Sivana Rave. Thank you for watching. Luther King's famous 1968 mountaintop speech was based on his trip to the Promised Land. Well now, 55 years later, his prophetic words are coming true. Hundreds of African American women took a journey of a lifetime to the Holy Land. We'll introduce you to the amazing female spiritual and religious leaders who are infusing new energy into the next generation of African Americans. 24 News. I'm Sivana Rave. And these are the latest developments coming to you live from Tel Aviv. Today is day 94 of Israel's war with Hamas as fighting continues in southern Gaza. Families of hostages held in captivity by Hamas returned from a meeting with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Atani and Doha in an effort to revive talks to return their loved ones from the Gaza Strip. Then he told the family's talks with Hamas were more complicated now following last week's killing of Hamas Deputy Leader Salih al-Aroui in a strike that has widely been attributed to Israel. Following the assassination, Hamas reportedly froze negotiations via Qatar in Egypt, though Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Tuesday claimed to the relatives of hostages that talks for their return were still ongoing. The IDF responded to reports of the deaths of two Palestinian journalists working for Al Jazeera and an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip earlier Sunday, saying the two were traveling in a vehicle with a terror operative who was operating a drone. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is currently on a diplomatic mission across the Middle East holding talks in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia before heading to Israel later today. The primary focus of the trip is addressing the aftermath of the Gaza conflict and trying to prevent a broader regional escalation. As tensions rise between Israel and Hezbollah and Lebanon, Blinken emphasizes the urgency of averting further conflict. Blinken also stressed that the conflict in Gaza could easily metastasize. Let's take a listen to part of what he had to say. They cannot. They must not be pressed to leave Gaza. We reject the statements by some Israeli ministers and lawmakers calling for a resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza. These statements are irresponsible. They're inflammatory, and they only make it harder to secure a future of Palestinian-led Gaza with Hamas no longer in control and with terrorist groups no longer able to threaten Israel's security. Joining us now in studio is former Israeli Ambassador to France and Director of Diplomacy at the Hostage and Missing Families Forum, Danielle Sheik. Thank you for joining us. We're seeing Anthony Blinken coming in later today. What are the objectives of this visit? Well, since the United States is so heavily involved in what is happening here, there is, how should I put it, sort of a maintenance to be done over time with regular visits by Secretary of State, by the National Security Advisor, and by other American personalities. In this case, this is probably the regular objective, but there is one main issue, and that is the growing fragility of what is happening on the northern border of Israel and the very, how should I put it, very determined efforts by the United States to avoid a widening of the war in Gaza into a full-fledged war on the northern side with the Gisbala, transforming this into something much closer to what you would call a regional war, something that the United States from day one has made very clear that it is trying to avoid. They're absolutely not interested in this escalation. We're seeing them make commentary about that, and they are trying to halt this further escalation of the conflict between Gisbala and Israel, but we are seeing a lot of crossfire between the two. Correct. Obviously, they don't control everything that's happening on the ground. They can just go through serious military presence and mostly a very strong diplomatic and political presence with other allies, by the way, other Western allies like France and other European powers. None of them would like to see this escalate into a regional war, so the efforts continue, but things get out of hand in these kinds of exchanges, and although even despite the small escalation of the last few days after the targeted killing of the Hamas operative Al-Aroori, it's still contained. It's still under control on both sides, and clearly still both Gisbala and Israel have not done this major step forward into a real war, but the closer you get to this boundary, the more difficult it is to keep on the right side of it, so things can easily escalate, so things can get out of hand, a little mistake from one side or the other, and suddenly you find yourself in the middle of the war that nobody really wanted. Now families of hostages held in Gaza just returned from Qatar, where they met with officials speaking out on their meetings there. They said they found the Qataris to be very attentive and sympathetic. Speaking at a presser with U.S. Secretary of State Blinken, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed Attani said that despite the challenges faced regarding hostage talks and humanitarian truce, they were not giving up. Of course, having one of the senior leaders of Hamas being killed is something that can affect such a complicated process, yet we are not giving up. We are moving forward. We are continuing our discussions with the parties and trying to achieve as soon as possible an agreement that can bring a ceasefire and humanitarian relief and the release of hostages. Now, Daniel, you're working with the Hostagen Missing Families Forum and you're hearing the Qatari Prime Minister speak. What do you think about this? First of all, I have to say that this visit is a really big deal. It's the fruit of a very long effort by families with the support obviously of the professionals volunteering at the forum, but this has been ongoing for weeks. These efforts in order to finally achieve this visit to Qatar and the very high-level meetings that these families had there, it's really not a given for the Qatari officials and dignitaries to agree to meet face-to-face with the people who are directly concerned by the tragedy that the Qataris are trying to be helpful in resolving. Now, clearly, the families can negotiate with Qatar with Hamas through Qatar, but they can sort of hate the level of motivation that the Qataris will have in trying to mediate the next exchange. I think it's very important that they heard directly from these people who are living a tragic period of their lives and speak up for their loved ones who are still held in Gaza. We're nearing the 100th day of their detention, so that is really a big achievement. I can only hope that it will achieve some kind of tangible goal, meaning the renewal of a serious negotiation in order to reach an exchange very fast. Daniel Shaykh, please stay with us. We'll be back to you shortly. Joining us now from Israel's southern border is our I-24 news correspondent, Pierre Kluschendler. Pierre and Israeli woman was lightly wounded yesterday as a result of a rocket that hid in one of the communities near the Gaza border. You're there right now. What can you tell us about what happened? Right, we're in Moshev-Yakhini, which used to number about 500 residents before the massacres of October 7. Now only 70 of those residents have returned. And Rebecca Maccabiah, Reibi, 72-year-old, was likely wounded from a stone shrapnel. You can see the addition to the house, which is the protected shelter. You can see also maybe an impact of some of the shrapnels that hid the external wall of their living room, and she was going toward the shelter when suddenly she felt something warm on her chest. Let's hear how she explains what happened to her yesterday at 6.15 p.m. We heard the alarm, and my daughter called to me to enter the security room. We all ran, and I was behind. It was very fast. It hid very fast. I didn't have time to get there. And then we heard the boom. The shrapnel hit me right here. I said, oh, I got burned. I felt the shard. I threw it out the window. Then I saw my neighbor's house was on fire. We left the protected space and saw all the damage. I'll show you now where the impact occurred because it's across the street actually, and she got a stone shrapnel. These are the ribbons that the police have set up here. I let Dean Barenboim, our cameraman, pass, and you will see the direct impact that provoked a fire on the external wall of this house. You can see the hole in the house, and people usually think that rockets is nothing. There's no casualties. It's easy to intercept with the iron dome, but not always, as you can see. And we'll show you the extent of the damage inside the living room of this house, which has been hit, luckily, the residents of this house were in their protective shelter or were out of the house.  Now, there's no electricity, and the electricians are already repairing the electricity that was hit by a shrapnel. Now, this is a moshaw that endured the massacre here. Seven of the residents were killed by terror squads that came to this village. One border police female soldier was killed as well, trying to defend the village. And Rebekah Raibi, Makabya Raibi, sorry, decided to return to the village a month ago with her family because, as an elderly woman, she felt uncomfortable being in a hotel far away from her house. So she decided to come back, and as a result, her family was dragged here with her because they didn't want to leave her alone here in the moshaw. So she had a double trauma for this woman, October 7th, and then January 7th, three months after.  And she's already back home today, barely 12 hours or a bit more after she was hospitalized for very, for a short and brief moment, and she's back home. She won't leave. Do we know what happened to this family on October 7th? They were in a private shelter of one of her sons. There were 15 people all together, crammed into a private shelter because her shelter, the window does not close properly. And she called the Homefront Command many times, telling her you got to fix that window before October 7th. And the Homefront Command said it sought our responsibility. One of those red tape problems that Israel has been facing for a long, long time, especially the residents of the south. So they crammed themselves into the son's shelter. Luckily, the shelter was new and there was a locker inside the shelter. So when the terrorists came, they tried to open the shelter. They didn't manage. So they left and killed all the residents. Now they stayed for over 12 hours in that shelter. From October 7th at 6.30 or 7 AM when the rockets started falling like a flood. And then until the next morning. Pierre Kluschenler, thank you very much. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced yesterday that Germany is prepared to permit the sale of Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia, signaling a shift from years of blocking arms deals with the Gulf's kingdom. The Eurofighter is a collaborative effort among Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain. And each country holds the power to veto such transactions. The German Foreign Minister highlighted that Saudi Arabia and Israel had not renounced their policy of normalization since the outbreak of the war with Hamas on October 7th, when thousands of terrorists killed 1200 people across southern Israel amid shocking atrocities and took 240 hostages. And back with us. Riyadh's effort for a better future for the region are a significant contribution by Saudi Arabia towards Israel's security. It also contributes towards limiting the danger of a large-scale escalation of the situation. For that reason, we did not see the German government opposing British considerations for more Eurofighters for Saudi Arabia. And back with us in studio is Danielle Schick. Danielle, we just heard the German Foreign Minister on her visit to Israel stating their agreement to sell the Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia. Could this be part of a still ongoing and larger normalization agreement between Israel and the Saudis? Well, I don't know. By the way, incidentally, she's going to meet with families of hostages this afternoon. But that has to do with our previous discussion. But it's important to say that foreign dignitaries continue to show interest in the plight of these people. Now, I'm not sure that this is part of the greater deal that was discussed before the October 7th massacre. But it's sort of in the wake of it, in the sense that it seems that Israel is not opposed to providing highly sophisticated weaponry to Saudi Arabia in the general idea of normalization. If Israel has agreed in principle for the United States to deliver F-35s and possibly nuclear capabilities to Saudi Arabia, then obviously Israel should not be opposed to this deal. It has to be said, though, that the German veto had nothing to do with Israel. The German veto was around the assassination of Mr. Khashoggi on human rights issues. That was the main reason. But she did care to mention the change of heart here in Israel just to make sure that Israelis understand that this is not something that will create opposition in Israel. And it's sort of in the general spirit of normalization between Israel and the Gulf States. Now, is there hope for this normalization to go back? We know Blinken was in Saudi Arabia. Could this be one of the talking points that they're discussing? Well, I'm sure, you know, the fact that it's still on the table and everybody, even if it's sort of on hold and in sort of a deep freezer for the moment, nobody has taken it off the table. And that is very encouraging. And it might have an importance also in this famous discussion about the day after. The day after is not just what will happen in Chanyunas and in this or that refugee camp. In the Gaza Strip. In the Gaza Strip. The day after has to do with much broader vision of the Middle East, including the involvement of the United States and including certainly the involvement of Saudi Arabia. So the fact that the normalization deal is not off the table means that we will be able to resume these talks once things calm down. Obviously, what might sort of take it off the table is a serious escalation in this region, which we all hope will not happen. I want to go back to the hostages. We discussed before that the families return from Qatar and they've met with the Qatari Prime Minister. Netanyahu said the talks are still ongoing. Do we know what the status of the talks are? Well, no. I mean, I don't know more than you do. The forum is not involved in the talks. It is not our impression that there is a serious discussion going on for the moment. It doesn't mean that talks have broken off. There might be some kind of contact. But there doesn't seem to be a serious deal in sort of in reaching distance. And that is something extremely frustrating. We are, as I mentioned earlier, we are very close to the 100th day. By the way, I'm sure I24 News will cover this extensively. Around the world, there will be events to mark the 100th day of captivity. And Israel obviously will be the center point of it. But we all hope that we will reach that day. It's difficult to imagine that we won't reach it. But we will reach that day with a clear option of a exchange deal, a serious exchange deal for a large number of hostages already at hand. Hopefully. So we hear the hostage forum is meant to up the pressure. On the government as we near the 100 days. Well, you know, we have the voice of the families. We work for the families, not the other way around. And the families, yes, they feel more and more frustrated and helpless. And we will, if there needs to be pressure on the Israeli government, there will be pressure on the Israeli government. And if there needs to be pressure on international figures, there will be pressure on international figures or international media or international public opinion. We're here to help them have a voice, both in Israel and worldwide. Okay, Danielle Shek. Thank you very much for coming in and discussing this with us. Many hostages still in Gaza. We're taking from the Nova Music Festival, Niraim. The hostages in missing family form arranged an event at the site of the massacre. And our correspondent, Ariel Osiron, was there and spoke with family members, some still hoping for their loved ones to return. Others grieving their death, but fighting on for the return of those still alive. Take a look. I tried to imagine the feeling that I'll have when I'll be here. I thought it would be different, but I thought it would be easier because I feel like I know everything here. I saw so many videos and so many pictures and had so many stories that it almost felt like I know everything. But the second I just stepped into this area felt different. For Michail Levi, visiting this beautiful wood outside Kibbutz Reim near the Gaza border is an emotional roller coaster. It's the site of the deadly Nova Music Festival. And on October 7th, his brother Ol and sister in La'einav arrived just minutes before it was stormed by dozens of Hamas terrorists. Part of his need to know everything as he describes it led him to find a video that depicts Ol and Inav's last moments together. They stood close to the wall inside a bomb shelter. I didn't see what happened inside when those monsters threw the grenades and sprayed bullets into the shelter, but I can imagine, I can understand from the stories. He was, she was in front of him. They saw it. He saw his wife being murdered in front of him. And then taken to Gaza. And then taken to Gaza. Michail has not heard a word regarding his brother's condition since that day exactly three months ago. All he knows is that Ol was taken alive and uninjured. The reason Ol and Inav arrived in the morning of the party and not the night before when it began was because they wanted to spend the night with their two-year-old son, Al Mugh, who they left at his grandparents before heading out to Reim at dawn. Now, Al Mugh is essentially an orphan, not knowing if and when his father will return. He misses them. He calls them all the time. He wants to go home. He starts crying when someone mentioned the words, the words, dad or mom. It's as simple as that. He can understand that they are not here. I'm not sure how much of this he can understand, but he understands that they are not here with him. Michail is just one sibling of a kidnapped hostage who came to this now hollowed ground for an event arranged by the Hostage Family Forum. This was the dance floor at the Nova Music Festival, where 364 partygoers were murdered, raped, and mutilated by Hamas terrorists and Gaza locals on that dreadful October 7th. The area here is thicker. It's genuinely harder to breathe walking through here now. These are their faces. Most of them are gone for good, but for some, there's still hope to return home, but time is running out. Besides a mock bar, bullet shells on the ground, and the playlist from that day blaring in the background, the event also included a speech by 18-year-old Itai Regev, who was taken hostage with his sister Maya from the festival. Both were freed after more than 50 days in the tunnels of Gaza. Some of his friends who were taken from the party remain in captivity. I was in captivity for 45 days, and every day there is like forever. The conditions there are very, very hard to survive, very hard. The hostages cannot stay there for one more second. They all have to return home now. Asaf Pozniak lost two of his relatives at the Nova Festival. His sister-in-law's two sisters, Hodaya and Ta'ir, were initially believed missing following October 7th. Their burnt bodies were found six days later in the nearby woods. Since then, Asaf has been very active in the family's forum. From the first week, I've been working like crazy to try and bring Hodaya and Ta'ir. They were at my wedding in June, and I remember thinking how amazing it would be to attend their weddings. Unfortunately, that dream has died. With negotiations over a second phase of hostage release faltering, both Asaf and Mikhail remain optimistic that the hostages will return and soon. I'm hopeful I wake up every morning with that hope, even when there are more difficult days in which we hear the terrible news of another hostage killed in captivity. Close to 20 hostages murdered by Hamas and the brave soldiers who risked their lives to bring back the hostages. We expect from the government to present an Israeli initiative to bring back all of the hostages and not to play by Hamas' dune. I know it will be back. It's just a matter of time. That's it. I know it will be back, and like I said on stage, I will do everything to bring him back, even if it means to turn the world upside down. Thank you. That's all for this edition of I-24 News. We have rolling coverage providing you with the latest from Israel. We'll be back at the top of the hour for more news and updates. Be sure to follow us on our website, i-24news.tv, and across our social media platforms. I'm Sivana Raviv. Thank you for watching. A state of war family is completely gone down in their beds. We have no idea where she is. Our soldiers are fighting on the front line, but the general perception is something that certainly needs to be fought as well. News, I'm Sivana Raviv, and these are the latest developments coming to you live from Tel Aviv. Today is day 94 of Israel's war with Hamas as fighting continues in southern Gaza. Families of hostages held in captivity by Hamas returned from a meeting with Qatari Prime Minister Mohamed Attani and Doha in an effort to revive talks to return their loved ones from the Gaza Strip. Tani told that the family's talks with Hamas were more complicated now, following last week's killing of Hamas deputy leader Salih Al-Arouri in a strike that has widely been attributed to Israel. Following the targeted killing, Hamas reportedly froze negotiations via Qatari in Egypt, though Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu claimed to the relatives that host the talks for their return were still ongoing. The IDF responded to reports of the deaths of two Palestinian journalists working for Al Jazeera and an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip earlier Sunday, saying the two were traveling in a vehicle with a terror operative who was operating a drone. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is currently on a diplomatic mission across the Middle East, holding talks in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia before heading to Israel later today. The primary focus of the trip is addressing the aftermath of the Gaza conflict and trying to prevent a broader regional escalation. As tensions rise between Israel and Hezbollah and Lebanon, Blinken emphasizes the urgency of averting further conflict. Blinken also stressed that the conflict in Gaza could easily metastasize. Let's take a listen to part of what he has to say. They cannot. They must not be pressed to leave Gaza. We reject the statements by some Israeli ministers and lawmakers calling for a resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza. These statements are irresponsible. They're inflammatory, and they only make it harder to secure a future of Palestinian-led Gaza, with Hamas no longer in control and with terrorist groups no longer able to threaten Israel's security. Joining us now from Israel's southern border is our I-24 News Correspondent, Pierre Kloshendler. Pierre, you're on scene at Moshev-Yikhin in southern Israel, which took a direct hit by a rocket. Could you share details or information about the incident? Sure. This is a house which has been barely hit, actually. You can see the protected room, which is an addition to the house on the right. And you can see maybe the impact of some shrapnels just underneath the window of the living room of Makkabiah Reibi, 72-year-old, who was lightly wounded by a stone shrapnel. And she told us her story. Let's listen to it. We heard the alarm, and my daughter called to me to enter the security room. We all ran, and I was behind. It was very fast. It hit very fast. I didn't have time to get there. And then we heard the boom. The shrapnel hit me right here. I said, oh, I got burned. I felt the shard. I threw it out the window. Then I saw my neighbor's house was on fire. We left the protected space and saw all the damage. She's quite a woman. You know, she was in a hotel. She was evacuated after October 7, but a month and a half ago, she decided to return because she didn't want to stay in an hotel room. She wanted to be back home. She's an elderly woman. And she even cooked some sandwiches with omelettes for us. And I'll show you now the impact of the rocket because it's across the street, actually. This is the tape of the police. Dean Barenbaum is going to enter and show you the direct impact on the house, which is just here. It provoked a small fire. You can see the impact. Luckily, the residents of this house were either in their protective shelter, and there's a few because there is also a stable for the cows, and there are two protective shelters. There came the rocket heat, and you'll see the damage inside the living room of that house, a modest living room. It was an M107, the type of rocket that was launched here. It's less than 10 minutes. After you hear the alert for the rocket launching, it's less than 10 seconds before it hits the ground. And the residents of this house told me earlier that there is no iron dome here because most of the village has been evacuated. Only 70 people remain here on enough out of a population of 500 because most have been evacuated. And thus, the iron dome is not here. It's been transferred to the northern front toward Lebanon. So this is the situation now. Makabi Araibi, she had two traumas. She had the October 7 trauma because seven people were killed here and a border police officer, a female soldier, was also killed defending the Moshev, the community village. And now the rocket and the rocket impact and the strapline, the stone strapline. She was hospitalized only for a few hours and decided to return home. That shows you the resilience of this woman. She's very tough and she endures. Pierre Kleschenler, thank you very much for this update and this special story down south. With us in studio is retired colonel and former deputy head of assessment at the Israeli military intelligence, Dr. Jacques Neria. Good morning. Good morning. Thank you for coming in. We are seeing our correspondent, Pierre, discuss the aftermath of a rocket attack, a direct hit. How is Hamas still able to launch rockets? No, this is the big surprise for the IDF. I mean, after three months of waging a war, full war in Gaza, we only have control of the northern part of Gaza, meaning from the border with Israel including Gaza city.  And even there are places where they prepare rockets in order to launch them at Israel. This is very surprising. I mean, even though we knew that there was an underground city, an underground strip under the strip, and it seems that the reality is much more bigger than we ever thought. And the fact is that Hamas, after three months, facing a huge army has not broken. And the command and control of Hamas is still working even though in the north maybe those isolated pockets who are just doing what they want independently. But basically, Hamas is still holding the ground. It's still fighting back. And I think that the more we advance, the more we know that it will cost us more casualties. And even if we will take control of the surface of Gaza, the entire surface, which is unlikely because of the fact that almost two million Palestinians are just concentrated in the Rafa, the Dir el-Balach area. What to do there? This is a big question. If Hamas is still inside those concentrations and if he is using those as a human shield, this would be a very difficult task for Israel to continue. So we are in fact reaching the third stage. The third stage that we have been talking about all the time, meaning that we are just withdrawing troops from the northern part of Gaza. Some of them are going to rest. Some of them are going to train again. They will come back two months later, three months later. Then we will concentrate on the Hanyunist area, more or less according to the scenario that the Americans have pictured us from the very beginning, meaning the punctual raids, operations, definitely on targets, and not a huge movement of armies. This is what the Americans expect us. And basically, Blinken is bringing with him a ladder. And this ladder is very simple. I mean, everybody has realized that ceasefire in Gaza draws also a ceasefire on the Lebanese border. So the offer must be the following. Let us go and try to seek, I mean, a pose in the war, not a ceasefire, a pose in the war in Gaza. We will convince Hezbollah not to shoot again, not to fire on the border. And then this is what Hezbollah has understood. He said in his last speech, there is an occasion right now, the opportunity for us to settle the border question with Israel. How come when there will be a ceasefire, then we will be ready to talk about the 13 points. This is the 13 points on the border. Israel will have to give those 13 points in order for Hezbollah to withdraw to the Litani or whatever, to just be far from the localities on the border. So to allow all the inhabitants to go back to their houses. And this is actually what IDF chief Alevi, he was saying that there's an opportunity to change the landscape here. Definitely. I mean, he believes that it should be done by the force of arms and because he doesn't believe that the diplomatic efforts would bring anything positive for Israel and that only after a campaign against Hezbollah and reducing all the positions and eliminating the presence of Hezbollah and at least in a belt of six to seven kilometers deep inside Lebanon, this would allow the inhabitants to go back. But I mean, this means for us to wage a full war with Hezbollah, which is not exactly, I mean, the kind of thing that the Americans would like. They have been asking us time and again not to begin a war with Hezbollah because they are not interested in the regional war and they are not interested to be engulfed in such a war. So they have enough on their mind with what's happening in Iraq. They have enough on their mind with what's happening in Babel Mandib with the Houthis. They don't need another conflict in the area, which will definitely draw us, draw the Americans into this conflict bearing in mind the fact that they are very much worried about the future of Lebanon and any destruction of Lebanon would just definitely be a big problem for the Americans who are trying to build up a country there based on the Lebanese army. So they don't want that. And this is what Blinken is bringing us as a present from Qatar. On his shuttle diplomacy trip in the Middle East, he's been to several countries. He's going to be arriving to Israel later today and tomorrow as well. And like you mentioned, the U.S. does not want another front in the north here. But we do see continuous crossfire between Hezbollah and Hezbollah. Well, let us analyze what happened with Hezbollah. From the 8th of October till the week ago, till the assassination of Salah Lahoury, Hezbollah had embarked on an attrition war. This was, it was enough for him, meaning that he had, and his accomplishments were several. First, he had forced the IDF to deploy, according to him, 120,000 soldiers on the border. Second, he has provoked the evacuation of, he says, 300,000 inhabitants along the border. We know about 60,000 to 70,000. This is the second accomplishment. Third accomplishment, he said, we have been firing, exchanging fire with Israel with all sorts of weapons. And this is what happened until then. And the idea was that Hezbollah, together with the Iranian militias in the Golan, and together with the Iraqi militias in Iraq, who fired at Eilat, and the Houthis, would exert pressure on Israel in order to relieve Hamas and allow Hamas to survive the war with Israel. Now, what happened is that suddenly Israel does intervene, according to them, presumably, intervene according to all the information, and hit inside the sanctuary, the stronghold of Hezbollah. He was, I mean, the situation that he could not bear, and he had to respond. And this is why we are right now on the verge of a total clash with Hezbollah. Dr. Zakneria, thank you very much for this input. Former Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, came to Israel to show his support on a tour to Kibbutz-Kvarr-Aza and the city of Zderot. Pence met with families of the hostages. He promised them he would push the Red Cross to visit those who are still being held by Hamas. He's calling on the Biden administration to always stand with Israel. Let's take a look. Sir, we're standing right very close to the camera right now. Over 90 days have passed since the terrible Black Saturday. Ever since, dozens of world leaders have arrived to show support and solidarity with Israel. But only a few of them have reached this point. Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stood here, overlooking the Gaza Strip. This is the safe room. Her brother and sister, Mithra Nanamali, were hiding inside this cupboard for 14 hours. Not far from here was the house of the Dan family. The parents, Roy and Smodar, were murdered. The older brother and sister hid in a closet, and Zlitalavi Gael was kidnapped to Gaza and later released. Pence, who received a full update about what happened that morning, has one clear message to the world regarding the abductees. I think the time has come for the United States of America to send a very clear message, not just to Hamas, but to Iran. The United States and our allies will hold Iran accountable until the hostages are released. Pence served as Vice President of Donald Trump, a conservative Republican, a great friend of Israel. He came here not only to express his support, but also to offer help. It's not a secret that there are some disagreements between the Israeli government and the Biden administration. Do you think it would have been different if it would have been a Republican administration? I'm pleased that our administration has continued to provide resources to Israel. But I think any message other than that, we will support the decisions that are made. By the elected leadership and by the military here in Israel to secure this nation, to end the terrorist threat of Hamas from Gaza. That needs to be the message from the United States. The tour in Sterot started at the destroyed police station, where the battle that took place became one of the city's symbols of heroism, penciled a candle in the memory of the victims. Accompanied by the speaker of the Israeli parliament, he met with the abductees' families. They asked him for help to put pressure on the Red Cross.  Next week we are being drugged by South Africa to the International Court of Justice, blaming us for committing genocide over Palestinian. I think Israel and the United States should denounce any action to use the International Court of Justice, the United Nations, to equate the unprovoked genocidal attack of Hamas on the Jewish people with Israel's actions in self-defense. If Israel was in the business of genocide on October 8th, there was not a single person in the Gaza Strip. So what we do now is to eradicate Hamas, eradicate Hamas's military and governmental capabilities. This is what the IDF is doing. Pence also called on the international community to stop using a double standard regarding Israel. Now, the unbelievable story of Danielle Aloni, who happened to spend the weekend with her family on October 7th in southern Israel and found herself in a horror movie along with her six-year-old daughter, Emilia. More in this next report. She wasn't supposed to be there at all, but the family insisted that she come for the holiday. And so on that black Sabbath, Danielle Aloni found herself in a safe room in Kibbutz, Niroz, together with her six-year-old daughter, Emilia, and her sister, Sharon Aloni Cuneo, and her husband, David, and their two twins, Yuli and Emma. When the terrorists closed in on their house and set it on fire, David escaped through the window together with little Yuli. Danielle, Sharon, and the two girls remained in the smoke in the safe room. In the safe room, we realized that the house was being burned down. My sister left a message that we were being burned, and we probably wouldn't make it out. We accepted our fate that we would die here by inhaling smoke or fire depending on which came first. Just an understanding? Understanding, fear, there are no words. What can you do? Will you be scared you'll be dead in a second? You won't feel anything anymore? After I covered my daughter with a blanket, I don't even know why. Maybe the smoke wouldn't penetrate or penetrate it more slowly, and they hugged her tightly and I told her, I'm sorry, we're going to die. We no longer had much strength in our bodies. We had been in the safe room for six hours. My sister helped me open the window.  I closed my eyes waiting for the barrage. We heard shots outside. Then I opened my eyes because they weren't shooting, and they just pointed at us, told us like that and signaled we should get out. And we're already exhausted. They literally pulled us out. It was a relief when you suddenly realized that you weren't being shot at, that after all you were being taken somewhere, or that it would be a lie to say otherwise. Yes, yes, because we were waiting for it. And you realized at that moment that from that point you have to live moment by moment. Absolutely. At this point we were being taken and I didn't know anything. This cart they were waiting for arrived. They picked us up, started driving. What's going on here? It's a horror that cannot be explained in words. I think there are still no words in Hebrew that can describe this horror, that new words need to be invented to describe what happened there that day. I was sure it was a lynching. They just kept giving me blows from behind, the head and the back. We arrived in Gaza, they told me to get up, and they took the girl from my hands, Emma. They took the girl from her mother's hands. It's that they didn't know that I'm not her mother. I'm just her mother for there. Do they just physically take her from you? Yes, and that was the moment I managed to open my mouth and start shouting, no, no, my daughter, my daughter, no. He made out like this, and here a curtain fell over my eyes. There's some mechanism at work, a mechanism that represses what I saw because I don't remember who the girl was handed over to. I don't know which direction they went in. I failed to protect my daughter. She's like my daughter, she's my girl. I don't wish for any mother to have to go through this test. You said it was a horror movie, imprisonment. They took us down the tunnels. They took you straight down to the tunnels. Yes, a prison anyone can understand, imagine. You saw in the movie, you saw articles in Israel about people sitting inside prison facilities. But if I were to ask you how you imagine tunnels, first of all, it's total darkness. They have infrastructure, electricity, water, in places meant to house people. The passages are total darkness. What, it's hot, it's humid, no air? It's not hot, it's insanely humid. The clothes wet all the time, smelly, no air, no air. What, is it hard to breathe? Yes, we got to the first tunnel, which was probably some sort of stopover where I saw people. There I saw adults, ties, a handcuffed boy. I think I saw a few more handcuffs there. What did you see on their faces? Shock, fear, this unknown, this situation that... This reality that we were thrown into from one moment to the next. When we entered the next tunnel and I saw the injuries, people who were so shocked, but the truth is, they were so shocked. They were so shocked, they were so shocked, they were so shocked, they were so shocked, people who were so bruised with open wounds, with bruised faces. People who had already seen their loved ones murdered outside were there. And all these things my daughter also saw. There was someone who came once that I saw to collect a list of medicines. Real medical treatment? Never. The situation is not good there. The situation is that there are, especially when many people are crammed together. What do you mean crammed together? Take me to this room. Imagine a room roughly this width, mattresses like for refugees, one next to the other, close together. That means everyone with their own breasts and their injuries and everyone is crammed next to each other, and the snoring and the voices and the diseases. What did you do there all the time? You were the mother of a six-year-old girl. What did you do? First of all, lots of dead hours. Telling stories? It beautifies the painful reality. I told her that we are here. But why are we here? I told her because they took all the most special children and put them in this place to protect them from these booms outside. You see, booms happen outside, but they don't happen here. We're safe here. I would tell her that every day we are here brings us closer to getting out. We would choose a gift for each day we were there. And I had everything. And you ate everything? Yes, all the gifts. Every day, every day, I would take a moment in the day, sit Amelia next to me, and I would start praying to God, listen to the voice of a girl, and praying for our return, for our release, for everyone's health. And I would ask my daughter to repeat every sentence after me. And when she would go to sleep, Shuli ran song, lament, would play in my head a lot. Shuli ran song? The song?  Blessed be He, be here for me. As a mother, you mobilize forces that I'm not sure were even there before. You stay in captivity. I will do everything, everything, so that my girl will get through this trauma in the most gentle way, in the most quote-unquote gentle way that a child can have. And you do everything. You beg for food sometimes. You beg to shower her. Even if we can't shower, you find the strength for her. What a test of parenthood. This is the test of my life. It was a test of my life. And I marked everything with a tick, everything. Just one of the many stories that hostages who have returned have told. That's all for this edition of I-24 News. We have rolling coverage providing you with the latest from Israel. We'll be back at the top of the hour for more news and updates. Be sure to follow us on our website, i-24news.tv, and across our social media platforms. I'm Sivan Raviv. Thank you for watching. Luther King's famous 1968 mountaintop speech was based on his trip to the Promised Land. Well now, 55 years later, his prophetic words are coming true. Hundreds of African American women took a journey of a lifetime to the holy land. We'll introduce you to the amazing female spiritual and religious leaders who are infusing new energy into the next generation of African Americans. For news, I'm Sivan Raviv. And these are the latest developments coming to you live from Tel Aviv. Today is day 94 of Israel's war with Hamas as fighting continues in southern Gaza. Families of hostages held in captivity by Hamas returned from a meeting with Qatari Prime Minister Muhammad Attani in Doha in an effort to revive talks to return their loved ones from the Gaza Strip. Attani told that the family talks with Hamas were more complicated now following last week's killing of Hamas deputy leader Salih al-Arouri in a strike that has widely been attributed to Israel. Following the targeted killing, Hamas reportedly froze negotiations via Qatari in Egypt, though Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu claimed to the relatives that host the talks for their return were still ongoing. The idea responded to reports of the deaths of two Palestinian journalists working for Al Jazeera and an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip earlier Sunday, saying the two were traveling in a vehicle with a terror operative who was operating a drone. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is currently on a diplomatic mission across the Middle East holding talks in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia before heading to Israel later today. The primary focus of the trip is addressing the aftermath of the Gaza conflict and trying to prevent a broader regional escalation. As tensions rise between Israel and Hezbollah and Lebanon, Blinken emphasizes the urgency of averting further conflict. Blinken also stressed that the conflict in Gaza could easily metastasize. Let's take a listen to part of what he has to say. They cannot. They must not be pressed to leave Gaza. We reject the statements by some Israeli ministers and lawmakers calling for a resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza. These statements are irresponsible. They're inflammatory, and they only make it harder to secure a future of Palestinian-led Gaza with Hamas no longer in control and with terrorist groups no longer able to threaten Israel's security. Joining us now from Israel's southern border is our I-24 News Correspondent, Pierre Klosendler. Pierre, you're on scene at Mosheb Yechini in southern Israel, which took a direct hit by a rocket. Could you share details or information about the incident? Sure. This is a house which has been barely hit, actually. You can see the protected room, which is an addition to the house on the right. And you can see maybe the impact of some shrapnels just underneath the window of the living room of Makabia Reibi, 72-year-old, who was lightly wounded by a stone shrapnel. And she told us her story. Let's listen to it. We heard the alarm, and my daughter called to me to enter the security room. We all ran, and I was behind. It was very fast. It hit very fast. I didn't have time to get there, and then we heard the boom. The shrapnel hit me right here. I said, oh, I got burned. I felt the shard. I threw it out the window. Then I saw my neighbor's house was on fire. We left the protected space and saw all the damage. She's quite a woman. She was in a hotel. She was evacuated after October 7, but a month and a half ago she decided to return because she didn't want to stay in a hotel room. She wanted to be back home. She's an elderly woman. And she even cooked some sandwiches with omelettes for us. And I'll show you now the impact of the rocket because it's across the street, actually. This is the tape of the police. Dean Barrenbaum is going to enter and show you the direct impact on the house, which is just here. It provoked a small fire. You can see the impact. Luckily, the residents of this house were either in their protective shelter, and there's a few because there is also a stable for the cows and their two protective shelters. They came, the rocket hit, and you'll see the damage inside the living room of that house, a modest living room. It was an M107, the type of rocket that was launched here. It's less than 10 minutes. After you hear the alert for the rocket launching, it's less than 10 seconds before it hits the ground. And the residents of this house told me earlier that there is no iron dome here because most of the village has been evacuated. Only 70 people remain here on and off out of a population of 500 because most have been evacuated. And thus, the iron dome is not here. It's been transferred to the northern front toward Lebanon. So this is the situation now. Maccabi Araibi, she had two traumas. She had the October 7 trauma because seven people were killed here. And a border police officer, a female soldier, was also killed defending the Moschad, the community village. And now the rocket and the rocket impact and the strapline, the stone strapline. She was hospitalized only for a few hours and decided to return home. That shows you the resilience of this woman. She's very tough and she endures. Pierre Kleschenler, thank you very much for this update and this special story down south. With us in studio is retired colonel and former deputy head of assessment at the Israeli military intelligence, Dr. Jacques Neria. Good morning. Good morning. Thank you for coming in. We are seeing our correspondent, Pierre, discuss the aftermath of a rocket attack, a direct hit. How is Hamas still able to launch rockets? No, this is the big surprise for the IDF. I mean, after three months of waging a war, full war in Gaza, we only have control of the northern part of Gaza, meaning from the border with Israel including Gaza city.  And even there are places where they prepare rockets in order to launch them at Israel. This is very surprising. I mean, even though we knew that there was an underground city, an underground strip under the strip, and it seems that the reality is much more bigger than we ever thought. And the fact is that Hamas, after three months, facing a huge army has not broken. And the command and control of Hamas is still working, even though in the north maybe those isolated pockets who are just doing what they want independently. But basically, Hamas is still holding the ground, is still fighting back. And I think that the more we advance, the more we know that it will cost us more casualties. And even if we will take control of the surface of Gaza, the entire server, which is unlikely because of the fact that almost two million Palestinians are just concentrated in the Rafah, the Dir el-Barak area, what to do there. This is a big question if Hamas is still inside those concentrations. And if he is using those as a human shield, this would be a very difficult task for Israel to continue. So we are, in fact, reaching the third stage, the third stage that we have been talking about all the time, meaning that we are just withdrawing troops from the northern part of Gaza. Some of them are going to rest. Some of them are going to train again. They will come back two months later, three months later. Then we will concentrate on the Hanunist area, more or less according to the scenario that the Americans have pictured us from the very beginning, meaning the punctual raids, operations, definitely on targets, and not a huge movement of armies. This is what the Americans expect us. And basically, Blinken is bringing with him a ladder. And this ladder is very simple. I mean, everybody has realized that a ceasefire in Gaza draws also a ceasefire on the Lebanese border. So the offer must be the following. Let us go and try to seek, I mean, a pose in the war, not a ceasefire, a pose in the war in Gaza. We will convince Hezbollah not to shoot again, not to fire on the border. And then this is what Hezbollah has understood. It's he said in his last speech, this there is an occasion right now, the opportunity for us to settle the border question with Israel. How come when there'll be a ceasefire, then we will be ready to talk about the 13 points. This is the 13 points on the border. Israel will have to give those 13 points in order for Hezbollah to withdraw to the Littani or whatever, to just be far from the localities on the border so to allow all the inhabitants to go back to their houses. And this is actually with IDF Chief Alevi. He was saying that there's an opportunity to change the landscape here. Definitely. I mean, he believes that it should be done by the by the force of arms. And because he doesn't believe that the diplomatic efforts would bring anything positive for Israel, and that only after a campaign against Hezbollah and reducing all the positions and eliminating the presence of Hezbollah at least in a belt of six to seven kilometers deep inside Lebanon, this would allow the inhabitants to go back. But I mean, this means for us to wage a full war with Hezbollah, which is not exactly, I mean, the kind of thing that the Americans would like. They have been asking us, timing and again, not to begin a war with Hezbollah because they are not interested in a regional war and they are not interested to be engulfed in such a war. So they have enough on their mind with what's happening in Iraq. They have enough on their mind with what's happening in Babel Mandib with the Houthis. They don't need another conflict in the area which will definitely draw us, draw the Americans into this conflict bearing in mind the fact that they are very much worried about how the future of Lebanon and any destruction of Lebanon would just definitely be a big problem for the Americans who are trying to build up a country there based on the Lebanese Army. So they don't want that. And this is what Blinken is bringing us as a present from Qatar. On his shuttle diplomacy trip in the Middle East, he's been to several countries. He's going to be arriving to Israel later today and tomorrow as well. And like you mentioned, the U.S. does not want another front in the north here but we do see continuous crossfire between Hezbollah and Hezbollah. Well, let us analyze what happened with Hezbollah. From the 8th of October till a week ago, till the assassination of Salah Lahouri, Hezbollah had embarked on an attrition war. This was, it was enough for him, meaning that he had, and his accomplishments were several. First, he had forced the IDF to deploy according to him, 120,000 soldiers on the border. Second, he has provoked the evacuation of, he says, 300,000 inhabitants along the border. We know about 60,000 to 70,000. This is the second accomplishment. Third accomplishment, he said, we have been firing, exchanging fire with Israel with all sorts of weapons. And this is what happened until then. And the idea was that Hezbollah, together with the Iranian militias in the Golan and together with the Iraqi militias in Iraq who found that a lot. And the Houthis would exert pressure on Israel in order to relieve, to relieve Hamas and allow Hamas to survive the war with Israel. Now what happened is that suddenly Israel does intervene according to them, presumably, intervene according to all the information and hit inside the sanctuary, the stronghold of Hezbollah. He was, I mean, the situation that he could not bear and he had to respond. And this is why we are right now on the verge of a total clash with Hezbollah. Dr. Zakneria, thank you very much for this input. Former vice president of the United States, Mike Pence, came to Israel to show his support. On a tour to Kibbutz-Kfar-Aza and the city of Zderot, Pence met with families of the hostages. He promised them he would push the Red Cross to visit those who are still being held by Hamas. He's calling on the Biden administration to always stand with Israel. Let's take a look. Sir, we're standing right very close as close as we can right now. Here's the Gaza Strip. Over 90 days have passed since the terrible Black Saturday. Ever since, dozens of world leaders have arrived to show support and solidarity with Israel. But only a few of them have reached this point. Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stood here, overlooking the Gaza Strip. This is a safe room. Her brother and sister, Mitha and Anamali, were hiding inside this cupboard for 14 hours. Not far from here was the house of the Idan family. The parents, Roy and Smodar, were murdered. The older brother and sister hid in a closet, and Zlitalavi Gael was kidnapped to Gaza and later released. Pence, who received a full update about what happened that morning, has one clear message to the world regarding the abductees. I think the time has come for the United States of America to send a very clear message, not just to Hamas, but to Iran. The United States and our allies will hold Iran accountable until the hostages are released. Pence served as Vice President of Donald Trump, a conservative Republican, a great friend of Israel. He came here not only to express his support, but also to offer help. It's not a secret that there are some disagreements between the Israeli government and the Biden administration. Do you think it would have been different if it would have been a Republican administration? I'm pleased that our administration has continued to provide resources to Israel. But I think any message other than that we will support the decisions that are made by the elected leadership and by the military here in Israel to secure this nation, to end the terrorist threat of Hamas from Gaza. That needs to be the message from the United States. It's our flag that will come back and everything will go back. What's happened before 6 October. The tour in Sterot started at the destroyed police station, where the battle that took place became one of the city's symbols of heroism, penciled a candle in the memory of the victims. Accompanied by the speaker of the Israeli parliament, he met with the abductees' families. They asked him for help to put pressure on the Red Cross. After seeing what you have seen here, does it meet the criteria of genocide? Hamas came through that fence line to kill Jews. And I know of no other definition of genocide than to target a people because of who they are. Next week we are being drugged by South Africa to the International Court of Justice, blaming us for committing genocide over Palestinian. I think Israel and the United States should denounce any action to use the International Court of Justice, the United Nations, to equate the unprovoked genocidal attack of Hamas on the Jewish people with Israel's actions in self-defense. If Israel was in the business of genocide, on October 8th, there was not a single person in the Gaza Strip. So what we do now is to eradicate Hamas, eradicate Hamas's military and governmental capabilities. This is what the IDF is doing. Pence also called on the international community to stop using a double standard regarding Israel. Now, the unbelievable story of Danielle Aloni who happened to spend the weekend with her family on October 7th in southern Israel and found herself in a horror movie along with her six-year-old daughter, Emilia. More in this next report. She wasn't supposed to be there at all, but the family insisted that she come for the holiday. And so on that black Sabbath, Danielle Aloni found herself in a safe room in Kibbutz Niroz together with her six-year-old daughter, Emilia and her sister, Sharon Aloni Cunio and her husband, David, and their two twins, Yuli and Emma. When the terrorists closed in on their house and set it on fire, David escaped through the window together with little Yuli. Danielle, Sharon and the two girls remained in the smoke in the safe room. In the safe room, we realized that the house was being burned down. My sister left a message that we were being burned and we probably wouldn't make it out. We accepted our fate that we would die here by inhaling smoke or fire depending on which came first. Just an understanding? Understanding, fear, there are no words. What can you do? Will you be scared you'll be dead in a second? You won't feel anything anymore? After I covered my daughter with a blanket, I don't even know why. Maybe the smoke wouldn't penetrate or penetrate it more slowly. And I hugged her tightly and I told her, I'm sorry, we're going to die. We no longer had much strength in our bodies. We had been in the safe room for six hours. My sister helped me open the window.  I closed my eyes waiting for the barrage. We heard shots outside. Then I opened my eyes because they weren't shooting and they just pointed at us. Told us like that and signaled we should get out. And we're already exhausted. They literally pulled us out. It was a relief when you suddenly realized that you weren't being shot at, that after all you were being taken somewhere or that... It would be a lie to say otherwise. Yes, yes, because we were waiting for it. And you realized at that moment, that from that point you have to live moment by moment. Absolutely. At this point we were being taken and I didn't know anything. This cart they were waiting for arrived. They picked us up, started driving. What's going on here? It's a horror that cannot be explained in words. I think there are still no words in Hebrew that can describe this horror that new words need to be invented to describe what happened there that day. I was sure it was a lynching. They just kept giving me blows from behind, the head and the back. We arrived in Gaza, they told me to get up and they took the girl from my hands, Emma. They took the girl from her mother's hands. It's that they didn't know that I'm not her mother. I'm just her mother for there. Do they just physically take her from you? Yes, and that was the moment I managed to open my mouth and start shouting, no, no, my daughter, my daughter, no. He made out like this and here a curtain fell over my eyes. There's some mechanism at work, a mechanism that represses what I saw because I don't remember who the girl was handed over to. I don't know which direction they went in. I failed to protect my daughter. She's like my daughter, she's my girl. I don't wish for any mother to have to go through this test. You said it was a horror movie, imprisonment. They took us down the tunnels. They took you straight down to the tunnels. Yes, a prison anyone can understand. Imagine, you saw in the movie, you saw articles in Israel about people sitting inside prison facilities. But if I were to ask you how you imagine tunnels, first of all, it's total darkness. They have infrastructure, electricity, water in places meant to house people. The passages are total darkness. What, it's hot, it's humid, no air? It's not hot, it's insanely humid. The clothes wet all the time, smelly, no air, no air. What, is it hard to breathe? Yes, we got to the first tunnel, which was probably some sort of stopover where I saw people. There I saw adults, ties, a handcuffed boy. I think I saw a few more handcuffs there. What did you see on their faces? Shock, fear, this unknown, this situation that this reality that we were thrown into from one moment to the next. When we entered the next tunnel and I saw the injuries, people who were so bruised with open wounds, with bruised faces, people who had already seen their loved ones murdered outside were there. And all these things my daughter also saw. There was someone who came once that I saw to collect a list of medicines. Real medical treatment, never. The situation is not good there. The situation is that there are, especially when many people are crammed together. What do you mean crammed together? Take me to this room. Imagine a room, roughly this width, mattresses like for refugees, one next to the other, close together. That means everyone with their own breasts and their injuries and everyone is crammed next to each other and the snoring and the voices and the diseases. What did you do there all the time?  What did you do? First of all, lots of dead hours. Telling stories, it beautifies the painful reality. I told her that we are here, but why are we here? I told her because they took all the most special children and put them in this place to protect them from these booms outside. You see, booms happen outside, but they don't happen here. We're safe here. I would tell her that every day we are here brings us closer to getting out. We would choose a gift for each day we were there, and I had everything. Yes, all the gifts. Every day, every day, I would take a moment in the day, sit Amelia next to me, and I would start praying to God, listen to the voice of a girl and praying for our return, for our release, for everyone's health. And I would ask my daughter to repeat every sentence after me. And when she would go to sleep, Shuliran's song, lament, would play in my head a lot. Which is like such a prayer, like a call to the Holy One. Blessed be He, be here for me. As a mother, you mobilize forces that I'm not sure were even there before. You stay in captivity. I will do everything, so that my girl will get through this trauma in the most gentle way, in the most quote-unquote gentle way that a child can have. And you do