this moment is to search everywhere to check everything to see where the missile was fired from. For us it's a chase. We won't give up until we get our hands on these people. We kept looking everywhere in the alleys and the thickets under the trees and finally we spotted the marks of another missile fired from the same building a few seconds later. What could you see? The firing trail. When you fire an RPG for example there are flashes that are visible so we've been trained to know how to respond to this type of situations in a few seconds and to respond immediately. You saved your fellow soldiers? Yes we try. It gives a good feeling doesn't it? Yes it's fantastic. We feel that they feel safer. We feel that the mothers of these soldiers are a little more reassured. We follow one another in Khan Yunus. We must not forget that two of these young women who are here were very lucky on October 7th. That day some of the fighters from the Sapir units found themselves stranded in Nakhaloz where they had only been stationed for two days. When did you understand that you were fighting to save your life? Right away I believe. A terrorist intrusion alert I had never heard or experienced it. Did you think that this was the end? I tried not to think about it but of course we think about it at the time and we comfort each other all the time. The head of their unit Lieutenant Eda Nimri fell while protecting her soldiers. Since the start of the war and the fateful day on October 7th these fighters have not had a single minute of respite including to mourn the loss of their officer and here in the middle of fighting in Gaza they do not forget the memory of courageous Aydan their leader. For Aydan Nimri peace be to her soul. Sapir team fighters forget nothing of the events of October 7th during the fights either. This is precisely what they experienced on that black Saturday these 20 year old female fighters wanted to be there and take part in the fighting. It's a state of mind someone who will always try to find a way out and that's really what we do. This is also what I demand from my soldiers that they stay independent and that they are able to carry their gear however heavy it may be and that they may also maintain sanitary and hygienic conditions all of which are not obvious for young women. And how do you do it without taking a shower? We do without. Some people think we're princesses. Are you okay? Do you feel safe? How do you manage without washing? We have everything we need along with everything that people send us. I have plenty of sanitary supplies. Another spy plane takes off in the skies and the young women of the Sapir team continue their fight and boy or girl it doesn't matter to them. They must for now continue to be the eyes of their comrades on the Gaza front. This is their mission and no one will take it from them. Being in a unit of fighting girls is something awesome and any girl who wants to do it can do it. There's no difference. Do you feel comfortable? Do you feel comfortable? I think you're human. I don't know if I should tell you but we're all like in the middle of it. And we're all like in the middle of it. And we're all like in the middle of it. For over 100 days Adi Negev, a resident of Kibbutz near Oz has stayed at her home. Sometimes she was almost the only civilian in the Kibbutz, even in the days following October 7 when her friends around her were burned and destroyed. On television I heard a lot of people talking about the Arab world. They were here in the neighborhood that was really 10 meters from here. I received the television, I locked the house, I went to the house, I went to the house, I went to the house, I went to the house, I went to the house, I went to see my female friends in her Oz on social media. Runnoon, she went out to help her neighbor, Benny. She helped him with his children while he went out to save members of the Kibbutz whose lives were in danger. that all of them were created in their lives. But really, as soon as they were given the opportunity, their dream was not to open, and they had to get rid of it from the beginning. I think that when I left, I realized that there was no country. I knew that there was Israel, I knew that I talked to people, but I realized that there was no country, so I was not interested. The army did not come, and if they were not, then I would. At this point, perhaps the most interesting part of Adiz's story emerges. In the evening, IDF forces arrived at the Kibbutz to evacuate the people there. Even Adiz's father, Shraga Negev, one of the founders of near Oz, was evacuated. But Adi refused to live. The army arrived at 8am, and the army came to... to get rid of the army. To tell them, yes, to get rid of it, not to get rid of it, but to get rid of it, to get rid of my friends. Here were they, when we were in Hamal. They try to take all of us, to the children's houses, which are built to protect the army. It was already the army, and I was told here, where the army was, there was a church, and then I went to the church, I went to the church, I took a bath at my house, and I saw the culture. In the days after October 7, Adi was one of the last residents who stayed in near Oz. Although some of the corpses were still lying on the ground, the fence was still broken, and the IDF was deployed around the area. Well, there is a concept, there is an IDF here, which helps to get rid of the IDF, there is no IDF. It is to preserve the abundance of evidence of the horrific Hamas onslaught. On our way to the local cemetery, we bumped into Raz Pauker, the son of Gidon Pauker, who was murdered on October 7. The meeting between them, like many others in near Oz, is full of sarcasm and inside humor. Voila! Perhaps the closest person to Adi is Aviv Atsili, who was murdered on October 7 until November 30, was listed as missing. Adi claims she knew about the death of Aviv even on October 7. Adi's house is surrounded by memories and destruction, but inside it, there is a feeling of sanity and home. Adi continues to take care of the streetcats of the Kibbutz and tries to live her daily life as much as possible. Aviva Siegel is sharing the chilling truth of what is really happening to the women in captivity in Gaza. Aviva, who was released, was a key witness in the Knesset caucus for victims of sexual and gender violence, in the Knesset area. Aviva, who was released, was a key witness in the Knesset caucus for victims of sexual and gender violence, in light of October 7. We didn't kill them. We were forced to go to jail and do everything they said. If it was to stop, to think, to rest, and it would be a crime. I am a mother and I have no place to live. I have no place. I don't have the right to think here and continue to talk about sexual violence. We need to stop. But female Knesset members are listening. We had rapes. We had mutilation. We had women that were bleeding from their groins. They were shut. Different organs. They cut off organs. They did horrific things that no human can imagine. Led by parliament member Shelly Talmerone, who, after October 7, established a lobby for sexual assault. The emotional meeting also included testimony from doctors and first responders. A few weeks ago, these gut-wrenching pictures that emerged of female hostages bleeding sent shockwaves throughout Israeli society and beyond. There are no more people there. There are no more women there. There are no more women there. And we know that just what happens to us is the power of our power. The power of our power. The power of our power. They want us to know that we also belong to ourselves. But I think that everyone of you will die.   We also heard from the aunt of hostage Noah Argimani, who was seen in a released video that announced the death of Yossi Sharabi and Itai Svirsky. Noah was arrested by the federal government and he has been charged with every crime committed.  And time goes on. The deafening silence of women's groups around the world, including the U.N., has only made matters worse. They could be pregnant right now.  It's unbelievable. And we are like also calling our colleagues in Hollywood, where are you?  Parliament Member Panina Tamano-Shata has been traveling the world, including the recent economic forum in Davos. Before I am a member of Knesset, I am a mother, I am a woman, and I am a daughter. We are fighting against these monster terrorists in Gaza. And for me as a woman and the head of the committee of women's status and gender equality, first of all, first of all, I put all my power and all my activities to bring this woman and children home. At the beginning of the war, we were taken to more than 200 European countries, but there was no relief. Every time, it is harder and harder to find a place to prepare for it. Our viewers around the world, I'm Albert Lewitson, reporting from the I-24 News Headquarters in Tel Aviv. We begin with breaking news. American B-1 bombers have bombed at least seven locations, at least 85 targets in both Syria and Western Iraq. There are three areas in Iraq and four areas in Syria. More than 125 precision munitions have been dropped. Iran has responded, saying the U.S. strike violates Syrian and Iraqi sovereignty and there are reports. U.S. bases have been attacked by drones, but the Pentagon has not yet confirmed these reports. Now as for the war in Israel, there is a report in the Wall Street Journal that there is internal strife within Hamas about accepting a cease-fire deal. Yahya Sinwar is said to want a six-week halt so that they can regroup. While Pulup Yura head Ismail Hainea is pushing for a permanent cease-fire with international guarantees and a plan for rebuilding Gaza. This all comes as Hamas and Islamic Jihad issued a joint statement last night saying that any hostage deal must include complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and a permanent cease-fire. Meanwhile, Algeria has pushed the United Nations Resolution inside the United Nations in New York to call for an immediate cease-fire. The Americans say this resolution could put sensitive negotiations in jeopardy. The United States could veto any resolution. So now let's go back to our top story. American forces bombed 85 targets overnight. Live team coverage begins with I-24 news correspondent Jonathan Regev with the latest. Jonathan, the president says the United States says it's the first action of many. But a lot of people are saying it had no effect. It had no effect because I think the United States practically advised the whole world that this is beginning. There was word of B1 bombers taking off from Britain, I believe, hours before they reached their destination. There's also reports that the Iraqi government got an early warning saying where and when the attack will come. That is why, despite the fact that we're speaking of what, 85 different strikes, seven different locations, 125 precise munitions, we're speaking of six terrorists killed in those locations. That is because they were well aware of when and where the attack will come and they had the time to leave. There was material damage and we should not underestimate that. We saw in the images, a lot of those places, once they were attacked, we actually saw rockets coming, firing themselves to the air, showing that these places had a lot of munitions in there. These are important targets. But as a fact, as terrorists getting killed, that did not happen, at least not in big amounts. This, as you mentioned, is the first American response. Will there be others we would have to see? And one other important thing to mention, nothing happening in Iran itself. Iranian proxies in Syria, in Iraq, yes. In Iran itself, no. Great, Jonathan, while you're there, you're in the southern part of Israel on the border with Gaza. About 30 minutes ago, there were some air raid sirens that went off. This is day 120 of the war. Yes. And don't expect them to end any time soon. Hamas is, we're not seeing a lot of these red alert sirens, very few of them. And because Hamas is saving its rockets, they understand that, yes, we're speaking of a ceasefire deal that may happen soon. But that doesn't mean that the war is over. And even if a deal will come into effect right before it will come into effect, we'll see rockets being fired. And let's remember, it was earlier this week when we saw rockets being fired as far as Tel Aviv. I believe it was Monday. So the ability is still there. Of course, Hamas cannot fire the hundreds and hundreds of rockets per day that we saw in the beginning. But a rocket here, a rocket there, far enough for us to speak about it. And to disturb anyone living there, that still exists. Final question to you, Jonathan. There are some stories that are going around that the IDF has dropped leaflets to try to get some of the residents of Gaza to rebel against Hamas. That's not unlike that's the tactic that's been used many times before. Yes, absolutely. Trying. Let's remember this war is a word of a war of perception, a war of propaganda. And Israel wants to perhaps persuade the Gaza population to rebel against Hamas, which is the one responsible for this situation that the Gazans are living. No one I think in Israel is doubting the fact that the Gazan population is the one suffering. And Hamas is responsible for that. Will that achieve its goal? I'm not so sure. There are so many opportunities for the Gazan population to rebel against Hamas. They never did. I'm not sure they will do it this time. Jonathan Regev, studio defense correspondent for I-24 News reporting live from the southern part of Israel on the border with Gaza. Thanks so much. Let's go back to our top story, the American bombing in Iraq and Syria. Iran's President Ibrahim Reisi has responded. Take a listen. Before, whenever the Americans wanted to talk to Iran, like any other country, they said that the military option is on the table. Now, you do not hear these words anymore. They even say we have no intention of any conflict with Iran. This is the power of our religious people who are always present, which are considered so important for our country. Armed forces are powerful and are always present. We've said many times we will not initiate any war, but if anyone wants to bully us, Iran will respond firmly. I'm joined in studio by Dan Perry, international affairs analyst and the former Europe and Middle East editor for the Associated Press. Dan, thanks so much for coming in. Dan, a tweet by the President of the United States says that the United States doesn't want war. Iran says they don't want war. So what are we, what's happening here? Both of them can't be right. Iran doesn't want them being placated in the war that it, in fact, carries out through proxies. And the question is whether the world has the ability and the willingness to call that bluff. The Americans are calibrating between their two needs, one to deliver a message that is effective and the other to not cause a massive escalation that they genuinely don't want. The thing about Israel's war in Gaza, by the way, that Israel no longer is calibrating. October 7th changed many things, including the notion of avoiding catastrophe. Israel's willing to risk catastrophe in order to achieve its goals. I don't think America is quite yet after the deaths of three soldiers in Jordan, which it blames on Iran. But what this clearly is, is the potential for escalation. I would, I would take Iranian denials at, not at face value. I would say that their protestations of innocence have, it's a question of implausible deniability. And that's, that's the case. Let's talk about the fact that the Iraqis have asked the Shorjad affair, the American Shorjad affair to come in. But meanwhile, they were told in advance that this was going to happen. The Iraq is not occupied by Iran, but it's very much under the influence of Iran. It's a Shiite government. They allow Shiite militias to run riot. They don't have control over a third of their country. And I mean, whatever Iraq says basically is always with a view to not upsetting Iran. And with the need of the Shiite-led government to be aligned with Iran, it's a little bit rich to hear Iran talking about the sovereignty of Syrian Iraq when, I mean, good Lord, their interference around the entire region from Yemen to Lebanon is legion shameless and sadly affected. But there's a, there's also, let's go back to the United States for a moment, because there was a lot of pushback. There was a lot of screening from the Republicans at both in the Senate, the Senate Armed Services Committee in the, on the Congress from the Republicans saying two things. One, too late, that it should have been done long ago. And then also, you're not doing enough. There is one senator from Mississippi who basically said what you're giving the Iranians is more of a slap on the wrist than on a punch in the nose. I think that's undeniable. The hope on the administration side is that the slap in the wrist will somehow suffice, both to modify the demands in the U.S. for some kind of response and to cause the Iranians to step back a little bit. I have doubt whether that will be effective, frankly. But I have sympathy also for the reluctance to engage in a full-scale and direct war with Iran. But there's also this notion that maybe the best way for the Americans to handle it is much the way that the Trump administration did back a few years back where they did surgical strikes. They killed Soleimani in just as a one-drop bomb and then walked away as opposed to a bombing of many different areas far away, not even on Iranian territory. The assassination of Soleimani certainly was a high point in America's war against Iranian malfeasance in the region. But was it effective? Has Iran really been deterred? So far, I think it's reasonable to conclude that the only thing that will genuinely change the equation in the Middle East is the collapse of the Islamic Republic. But that's the only way to do that is by force. Or by true diplomatic and commercial and financial and strategic isolation. For that, the U.S. would have to organize a coalition that would include India and China and make it impossible for a rant to function.  But it is in a nature of dictatorial regimes that they seem invulnerable until they collapse in a very big noise in a day after known amidst ever having supported them. So that's one of the reasons why there's some in Congress in the U.S. who are basically sanctions on the oil industry is the way to go. Sanctions on business is the way to go as opposed to military strike. Sure, but in the past sanctions didn't work because they weren't airtight, partly because of China. So you can't make war with everyone and have a coalition that's effective. If the U.S. wants to take on Iran, they have to do more to find a modus vivendi with China. And of course, that has its own challenges that could involve sacrificing Taiwan. It's a very messy landscape in the world in 2024. I mean, they got to have to ever quote Nile Ferguson, but I'm going to quote Nile Ferguson because he says that we are living in a pre-war era right now, not a post-war era right now. He's of the notion that the only way to have peace is through arms, through war. That's his notion. I didn't think I'd ever quote Samuel Huntington, but I fear that it looks like we are indeed in the clash of civilizations as well. Yeah. Or they're run up to me. So the idea that Biden is sort of this Neville Chamberlain idea of like we're just appeasing Iran just to make sure that we don't want to have a war. We don't want to have a war. Whatever we do, we don't want war and this is the way to do it. Let me just say one thing about Chamberlain who gets a lot of bad press. The actual acquiescence came from his predecessors. He was not the only force behind the Munich agreement. He was trying to fix something created by predecessors. When it comes to Iran, when it comes to the many things about the Middle East that basically need a complete revision, re-think, it's not Biden and it isn't even Trump. I fear that we got it wrong in the Middle East for the past 80 years or so. While we're talking about Biden, it's election season in America and an increasing proportion of American adults believe that Israel's military response in Gaza has gone too far. That was part of the quote in the poll. And that's a poll that was, it's conducted by Associated Press that came out yesterday. This comes at a time when the coalition that helped President Joe Biden with Michigan in 2020 could be showing some cracks. He visited that key battleground state on Thursday to pitch his campaign to a room full of United Arab workers. Michigan also has a very large Arab American population, some of whom showed up to protest Biden's support of Israel's action in Gaza. But between the enthusiasm of the members of the labor union and the anger of the Muslim community, there's a lack of enthusiasm about the idea of a rematch between Biden and Donald Trump. Let's get more from CNN's Jeff Zellani, who talks to those on the ground and who say the biggest challenge facing the Biden campaign is rebuilding his coalition. As pastor of King Solomon Baptist Church in Detroit, Williams was on the front lines of soaring turnout among black voters four years ago. He believes Biden can't win re-election through fear of Trump alone. It's almost like your big brother and your big sister saying the bookie man is under the bed, the bookie man is under the bed.  You realize maybe this guy ain't the bookie man. One of the biggest tests facing the president is piecing together a vast fraying coalition, particularly in Michigan. Trump carried the state in 2016, along with Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. But Biden flipped all three in 2020, a blue wall that led to victory. His challenges are complicated by anger among Muslims and Arab Americans over the Israel-Hamas war, made clear by relentless protests, including as the president visited Michigan. Adam Abu-Salah worked as a field organizer for the Biden campaign four years ago. He said he will not vote for the president again, seeing him as complicit in deaths of innocent Palestinians. By taking this stand, do you wonder if it will help elect Donald Trump? It probably will. We have seen four years of Trump, we have seen four years of Biden, and people don't really see a difference between their presidency. It was nearly four years ago when Biden pointedly presented himself as a bridge to the future. Look, I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else. There's an entire generation of leaders you saw stand behind me. They are the future of this country. They're the people we're going to. Those cheers rang out in the gymnasium of Detroit's Renaissance High, where these students are now following the presidential race. I don't feel like he represents the young voter demographic at all. It's the first time Imani Williams and her friends can vote. Dante Parker set a vote for Biden is hardly guaranteed. We've been stuck in this system for part too long. Maybe we need to venture outside of it to really make some progress now. The Biden campaign tells CNN it will draw sharp distinctions with Trump and earn the support of voters concerned about their rights, their pocketbooks, and our democracy. I'm rejoined by Dan Perry in studio. Dan, the polling that came out basically showed that most Americans, one out of two Americans feels that what the American administration is doing is not right with Israel. What Israel is doing is not right. Well, yes, but that goes in both directions. Some feel he's not supporting Israel enough. Biden, others more, I think, feel the opposite. The U.S., like most countries, is split on the question of the Gaza war. Indeed, Israel itself is split. But whether to prioritize hostages and do a deal now, perhaps leaving Hamas and power in parts of Gaza or vice versa. But Biden's problem is that in the swing states that he needs to carry, the margin last time was a few tens of thousands of votes. He can't lose any votes. And he needs both the opponents of the war in his coalition, which are the minorities, the Muslims, and the youth. And those who want to see continuous support for Israel, which is a Jews. So this has split his coalition in the Democratic Party in a way that could easily cause Trump to return to power. Clearly a problem not just for Biden, but whoever feels like that would be a global calamity. And there's a lot of people in that camp as well. But there's an issue also in terms of Israel's PR. And this is the point. Last night there were thousands of demonstrators out front of Columbia University. Nine people were arrested. It doesn't seem like the American government is able to or because they feel like the youth have bought into the idea that Israel has done wrong. Yeah, and the main problem indeed is the youth. Other polls showed that Biden's, what was a 10-point advantage for Biden in July with the youth of the U.S., registered voters, turned into a six-point deficit. That's a 16-point swing among key demographic that will only get larger as the years go by. Huge problem for Biden. The PR problem is dual. One, the 18 to 24 demographic really is distinct from everyone else, including the millennials are only slightly older. Every indication shows their tremendous skepticism about, well, democracy even, capitalism, liberalism, which includes free thought of an expression, and a near total buy-in to the narrative of a clash between the developed world and the global south, a need to make amends, a dislike of Western civilization to the point where the very idea is ridiculed and Israel slots into that. It's seen as a Western outpost in something approaching the global south, and with the youth, that is a really tough slog that a lot of smart people are going to have to think about in coming years. The other PR problem attaches to Israel's own actions in a broader sense because of what Israel does in West Bank, because of the perceptions about the right-wing government of Israel, even reasonable people find themselves being skeptical about Israel's motivations and actions, even as they support the Golan Gaza, which is the removal of a genuinely violent genocidal terrorist group that has taken hostage not just a couple of hundred people in Israel, but two and a half million Palestinians. What is Israel supposed to do? Say, okay, what we'll do is we'll build a wall. We'll build a wall, complete wall, and we'll shut everyone out. We'll repatriate the 50,000 Israelis that are there. I mean, is that going to change the minds, 500,000, sorry? If you want, we can certainly talk about a reasonable way to reboot the Middle East. October 7th, while it changed a lot of things, didn't change the essence, which is Israel plus West Bank plus Gaza is less than half Jewish. And if Israel wishes to be a Jewish state, then it must, must partition. The problem is that these areas are also too close to Israeli population centers. There is too much hostility among Palestinians. They have been in the thrall of their radical elements. They've allowed militias to flower, and the result is a genuine danger on a security front. So the question is, for Israel, how do you square the circle? I'm afraid the Israelis have gotten used to their security drug, which is the occupation, but that drug is also killing them in the long term. So absolutely, there needs to be a partition. It can't be overnight because of the security problem, but it isn't 500,000 settlers that need to be moved. If you make the security fence line, the future border, then only about 80,000 settlers are deep inside. And that is a problem that can probably be resolved. By the way, so many things need to change. There are not 5 million Palestinian refugees or descendants of refugees. That problem is fixable. Israel certainly has to insist on an educational system in Palestine that doesn't educate the youth to jihad. Israel also has to accept that it cannot settle lands with Jews and its towns for Jews only, that it hasn't annexed and doesn't really claim. So many things have to change in this region, but primarily, I think, the militias have to go. A future Palestine will need to be demilitarized and cannot possibly have Islamic jihad and Hamas militias. Same in Lebanon with his bowl, by the way. Dan Perry, always a pleasure to have you come in with your insight. Dan Perry, International Affairs Analyst and former Middle East editor for the AP. Thank you again. It's been exactly 17 weeks since October the 7th. 15-year-old Daphne and her eight-year-old sister, Eli Akeem, spent 51 days in captivity. After they were kidnapped by Hamas and Kibbutz Nahal Oz 17 weeks ago, now Daphne is recounting what happened to her family on that fateful day. She's trying to get back to normal, but she's a teenager. So trying to get back to normal, just dealing with life, has become a challenge. Take a look. It's 65 days that they've been here, adapting to life's new reality since their release from captivity in Gaza. 15-year-old Daphne and eight-year-old Ella getting used to a new house in the city, to a reality without Daddy Noam, without his partner, Dickler, and their step-brother, Tomer, who were all murdered on that dark Sabbath. I brought my backpack from Nahal Oz.  It was Tomer's backpack. Now it's with me. It's pretty, right?  Two sisters kidnapped from their beds to Gaza alone, without mom, without dad, forced to leave behind all that ever made them feel safe. Now they have to try to relearn how to live. What's the hardest part of going back to a routine? That I don't have my father, who used to wake me up for school, so him not being here for that. Tomer and I used to walk to school together every day. Hence the backpack. It's like keeping him with me. I can't talk about it. I'll cry. It's hard. Is it okay if we talk about that Sabbath? Yes. It started in the morning with the sirens, a lot of red alerts, and then a half an hour later, I think maybe an hour, they entered the kibbutz. Then my father came into my room with Diklah and Tomer and put the three of us, myself Tomer and Ella, under the bed and told us to be quiet. They came in the house and started shooting, shot the door and hit my dad in the leg. Then they pulled us from under the bed. They were live streaming it. One of the most memorable videos from the 7th of October is a wicked Facebook live, the terrorists filmed in Daphne and Ella's home. The video shows father Noam wounded in the leg with a shocked and scared Daphne at his side. Ella is sitting on Diklah's knees, Noam's partner. Her son Tomer is taken outside by the terrorists. Only a few days later will the full video come out, showing them taking Tomer out for him to knock on neighbors doors to lure them out. Did you understand where they took him? They said they need a Tomer to go open the doors to the houses so that people would come out. They said he'd be okay that they wouldn't harm him as long as he didn't try anything.  And then some other terrorists shot at our car, thinking we were civilians trying to escape. They shot and killed Diklah. She died instantly. They took us to Gaza. So many people tried to reach us and harm us, so the terrorists took us up to an apartment and kept us there until an ambulance came. What were the days like over there? Difficult. All I could think of was how my family was, my friends, what's happening in Israel, if they got to the whole country, if they destroyed Israel, if they had conquered it. Two weeks before their release, they were moved to the tunnels there. They met five kidnapped young women who remain in captivity. This is Liri, Nama, this is Romi, Agam. You were with the four of them together? Yeah, and Emily Damari as well. It was on the third day of releases that their names showed up on the list. Around six o'clock in the evening, wearing long braids, Daphna and Ella could suddenly be seen walking towards the Red Cross's White Cheap. Do you remember the moment of your return? Not really. I thought it was, I thought maybe it was a bluff that I was still in Gaza. Israel is in a state of war. Families completely done down in their beds. We have no idea where is she as our soldiers are fighting on the front lines, but the general perception is something that certainly needs to be fought as well. At the beginning of the war, we were captured by the Kurds of Europe. Now we already have more than 200 of them, and there are also not many of them in Liri. This time, we will find the places to prepare for them. This week, on News 24, Israel under attack. News 24 in Spanish brings the analysis and the information of the events of the war, Iron Spades, exclusive interviews and reports from the war zone, the reaction of Spanish-speaking countries. News 24, the only Spanish medium that keeps you informed and connected with the Latin community in Israel. News 24, only on I-24 News. News headquarters in Tel Aviv, we begin with breaking news. American B-1 bombers have bombed at least seven locations, at least 85 targets in both Syria and Western Iraq, the three areas in Iraq and four areas in Syria. More than 125 precision munitions have been dropped. Iran has responded, saying the U.S. strike violates Syrian and Iraqi sovereignty, and there are reports. U.S. bases have been attacked by drones, but the Pentagon has not yet confirmed these reports. Now as for the war in Israel, there is a report in the Wall Street Journal that there is internal strife within Hamas about accepting a ceasefire deal. Yahya Sinwar is said to want a six-week halt so that they can regroup, while Politburo head Ismail Hainea is pushing for a permanent ceasefire, with international guarantees and a plan for rebuilding Gaza. This all comes as Hamas and Islamic Jihad issued a joint statement last night, saying that any hostage deal must include complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and a permanent ceasefire. Meanwhile, Algeria has pushed the United Nations Resolution inside the United Nations in New York to call for an immediate ceasefire. The Americans say this resolution could put sensitive negotiations in jeopardy. The United States could veto any resolution. So now let's go back to our top story. American forces bomb 85 targets overnight. Live team coverage begins with I-24 news correspondent Jonathan Reagan with the latest. Jonathan, the president says the United States says it's the first action of many, but a lot of people are saying it had no effect. It had no effect because I think the United States practically advised the whole world that this is a beginning. There was word of B-1 bombers taking off from Britain, I believe, hours before they reached their destination. There's also reports that the Iraqi government got an early warning saying where and when the attack will come. That is why, despite the fact that we're speaking of what, 85 different strikes, seven different locations, 125 precise munitions, we're speaking of six terrorists killed in those locations. That is because they were well aware of when and where the attack will come, and they had the time to leave. There was material damage, and we should not underestimate that. We saw in the images a lot of those places, once they were attacked, we actually saw rockets coming, firing themselves to the air, showing that these places had a lot of munitions in there. These are important targets, but as terrorists getting killed, that did not happen, at least not in big amounts. This, as you mentioned, is the first American response. Will there be others we would have to see? One other important thing to mention, nothing happening in Iran itself. Iranian proxies in Syria, in Iraq, yes, in Iran itself, no. Great, Jonathan, while you're there, you're in the southern part of Israel on the border with Gaza. There were about 30 minutes ago, there were some air raid sirens that went off. This is day 120 of the war. Yes, and don't expect them to end any time soon. Hamas is, we're not seeing a lot of these red alert sirens, very few of them, and because Hamas is saving its rockets, they understand that. Yes, we're speaking of a ceasefire deal that may happen soon, but that doesn't mean that the war is over, and even if a deal will come into effect right before it will come into effect, we'll see rockets being fired. And let's remember, it was earlier this week when we saw rockets being fired as far as Tel Aviv, I believe it was Monday. So the ability is still there. Of course, Hamas cannot fire the hundreds and hundreds of rockets per day that we saw in the beginning, but a rocket here, a rocket there, far enough for us to speak about it and to disturb anyone living there, that still exists. Final question to you, Jonathan. There's some stories that are going around that the IDF has dropped leaflets to try to get some of the residents of Gaza to rebel against Hamas. That's not, that's the tactic that's been used many times before. Yes, absolutely. Trying, let's remember this war is a word of a war, of perception, a war of propaganda, and Israel wants to perhaps persuade the Gazan population to rebel against Hamas, which is the one responsible for this situation that the Gazans are living. No one, I think, in Israel has any, is doubting the fact that the Gazan population is the one suffering, and Hamas is responsible for that. Will that achieve its goal? I'm not so sure. There are so many opportunities for the Gazan population to rebel against Hamas. They never did. I'm not sure they will do it this time. Jonathan Regev, studio defense correspondent for I-24 News, reporting live from the southern part of Israel on the border with Gaza. Thanks so much. Let's go back to our top story, the American bombing in Iraq and Syria. Iran's President Ibrahim Reesey has responded. Take a listen. Before, whenever the Americans wanted to talk to Iran, like any other country, they said that the military option is on the table. Now, you do not hear these words anymore. They even say we have no intention of any conflict with Iran. This is the power of our religious people who are always present, which are considered so important for our country. Our armed forces are powerful and are always present. We have said many times we will not initiate any war, but if anyone wants to bully us, Iran will respond firmly. I'm joined in the studio by Dan Perry, international affairs analyst and the former Europe and Middle East editor for the Associated Press. Dan, thanks so much for coming in. Dan, a tweet by the President of the United States says that the United States doesn't want war. Iran says they don't want war. So what are we, what's happening here? Well, both of them can't be right. Iran doesn't want them being implicated in the war that it in fact carries out through proxies. And the question is whether the world has the ability and the willingness to call that bluff. The Americans are calibrating between their two needs, one to deliver a message that is effective and the other to not cause a massive escalation that they genuinely don't want. The thing about Israel's war on Gaza, by the way, that Israel no longer is calibrating. October 7th changed many things, including the notion of avoiding catastrophe. Israel's willing to risk catastrophe in order to achieve its goals. I don't think America is quite yet after the deaths of three soldiers in Jordan, which it blames on Iran. But what this clearly is, is the potential for escalation. I would take Iranian denials at not at face value. I would say that their protestations of innocence have, it's a question of implausible deniability. And that's the case. Let's talk about the fact that the Iraqis have asked the Shorjad Affair, the American Shorjad Affair to come in. But meanwhile they were told in advance that this was going to happen. The Iraq is not occupied by Iran, but it's very much under the influence of Iran. It's a Shiite government. They allow Shiite militias to run riot. They don't have control over a third of their country. And I mean, whatever Iraq says basically is always with a view to not upsetting Iran and with the need of the Shiite-led government to be aligned with Iran. It's a little bit rich to hear Iran talking about the sovereignty of Syrian Iraq when, I mean, good lord, their interference around the entire region from Yemen to Lebanon is legion shameless and sadly affected. But there's also, let's go back to the United States for a moment because there was a lot of pushback. There was a lot of screaming from the Republicans, both in the Senate, the Senate Armed Services Committee and Congress from the Republicans saying two things. One, too late. It should have been done long ago. And then also, you're not doing enough. There is one senator from Mississippi who basically said what you're giving the Iranians is more of a slap on the wrist than on a punch in the nose. I think that's undeniable. The hope on the administration side is that the slap in the wrist will somehow suffice both to mollify the demands in the US for some kind of response and to cause the Iranians to step back a little bit. I have doubt whether that will be effective, frankly. But I have sympathy also for the reluctance to engage in a full-scale and direct war with Iran. But there's also this notion that maybe the best way for the Americans to handle it is much the way that the Trump administration did back a few years back where they did surgical strikes. They killed Soleimani in just as a one-drop bomb and then walked away as opposed to a bombing of many different areas far away, not even on Iranian territory. The assassination of Soleimani certainly was a high point in America's war against Iranian malfeasance in the region. But was it effective? Has Iran really been deterred? So far, I think it's reasonable to conclude that the only thing that will genuinely change the equation in the Middle East is the collapse of the Islamic Republic. But that's the only way to do that is by force. Or by true diplomatic and commercial and financial and strategic isolation. For that, the US would have to organize a coalition that would include India and China and make it impossible for a rant to function.  But it is in a nature of dictatorial regimes that they seem invulnerable until they collapse in a very big noise in a day after known amidst ever having supported them. So that's one of the reasons why there's some in Congress in the US who are basically saying sanctions on the oil industry is the way to go. Sanctions on business is the way to go as opposed to military strike. Sure, but in the past sanctions didn't work because they weren't airtight, partly because of China. So you can't make war with everyone and have a coalition that's effective. If the US wants to take on Iran, they have to do more to find a modus vivendi with China. And of course that has its own challenges that could involve sacrificing Taiwan. It's a very messy landscape in the world in 2024. I don't think I have to ever quote Niall Ferguson, but I'm going to quote Niall Ferguson because he says that we are living in a pre-war era right now, not a post-war era right now. He's of the notion that the only way to have peace is through arms, through war. That's his notion. I didn't think I'd ever quote Samuel Huntington, but I fear that it looks like we are indeed in a clash of civilizations as well. We are. Or the run up to. So the idea that Biden is sort of this Neville Chamberlain idea, like we're just appeasing Iran just to make sure that we don't want to have a war. We don't want to have a war. Whatever we do, we don't want war. And this is the way to do it. Let me just say one thing about Chamberlain who gets a lot of bad press. The actual acquiescence came from his predecessors. He was not the only force behind the Munich agreement. He was trying to fix something created by predecessors. When it comes to Iran, when it comes to the many things about the Middle East that basically need a complete revision, re-think, it's not Biden and it isn't even Trump. I fear that we got it wrong in the Middle East for the past 80 years or so. While we're talking about Biden, its election season in America and an increasing proportion of American adults believe that Israel's military response in Gaza has gone too far. That was part of the quote in the poll. And that's a poll that was conducted by Associated Press that came out yesterday. This comes at a time when the coalition that helped President Joe Biden with Michigan in 2020 could be showing some cracks. He visited that key battleground state on Thursday to pitch his campaign to a room full of the United Auto Workers. Michigan also has a very large Arab American population, some of whom showed up to protest Biden's support of Israel's action in Gaza. But between the enthusiasm of the members of the labor union and the anger of the Muslim community, there's a lack of enthusiasm about the idea of a rematch between Biden and Donald Trump. Let's get more from CNN's Jeff Zellani, who talks to those on the ground and who say the biggest challenge facing the Biden campaign is rebuilding his coalition. It's like two, just the two old white guys duking it out. Reverend Charles Williams is bracing for a rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, exhausted at the notion of a nine-month battle for the White House. Some may feel I don't have any hope in a Donald Trump or I don't have a hope in a Joe Biden. As pastor of King Solomon Baptist Church in Detroit, Williams was on the front lines of soaring turnout among black voters four years ago. He believes Biden can't win re-election through fear of Trump alone.   You realize maybe this guy ain't the bookie man. One of the biggest tests facing the president is piecing together a vast fraying coalition, particularly in Michigan. Trump carried the state in 2016 along with Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, but Biden flipped all three in 2020, a blue wall that led to victory. His challenges are complicated by anger among Muslims and Arab Americans over the Israel Hamas war, made clear by relentless protests, including as the president visited Michigan. Adam Abu Salah worked as a field organizer for the Biden campaign four years ago. He said he will not vote for the president again, seeing him as complicit in deaths of innocent Palestinians. By taking this stand, do you wonder if it will help elect Donald Trump? It probably will. We have seen four years of Trump. We have seen four years of Biden, and people don't really see a difference between their presidency. It was nearly four years ago when Biden pointedly presented himself as a bridge to the future. Look, I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else. There's an entire generation of leaders you saw stand behind me. They are the future of this country. They're the people we're going to. Those cheers rang out in the gymnasium of Detroit's Renaissance High, where these students are now following the presidential race. I don't feel like he represents the young voter demographic at all. It's the first time Imani Williams and her friends can vote. Dante Parker set a vote for Biden is hardly guaranteed. We've been stuck in this system for part of too long. Maybe we need to venture outside of it to really make some progress now. The Biden campaign tells CNN it will draw sharp distinctions with Trump and earn the support of voters concerned about their rights, their pocketbooks and our democracy. I'm rejoined by Dan Perry in studio. Dan, the polling that came out basically showed that most Americans, one out of two Americans feels that what the American administration is doing is not right with Israel. What Israel is doing is not right. Well, yes, but that goes in both directions. Some feel he's not supporting Israel enough. Biden, others more, I think, feel the opposite. The U.S., like most countries, is split on the question of the Gaza War. Indeed, Israel itself is split. But whether to prioritize the hostages and do a deal now, perhaps leaving Hamas and power in parts of Gaza or vice versa. But Biden's problem is that in the swing states that he needs to carry, the margin last time was a few tens of thousands of votes. He can't lose any votes. And he needs both the opponents of the war in his coalition, which are the minorities, the Muslims and the youth, and those who want to see continued support for Israel, which is the Jews. So this has split his coalition in the Democratic Party in a way that could easily cause Trump to return to power. Clearly, a problem not just for Biden, but whoever feels like that would be a global calamity. And there's a lot of people in that camp as well. But there's an issue also in terms of Israel's PR. And this is the point, last night there were thousands of demonstrators out front of Columbia University, nine people were arrested. It doesn't seem like the American government is able to or because they feel like the youth have bought into the idea that Israel has done wrong. Yeah. And the main problem indeed is the youth. Other polls showed that Biden's, what was a 10-point advantage for Biden in July with the youth of the U.S. registered voters turned into a six-point deficit. That's a 16-point swing. I'm going to key demographic that will only get larger as the years go by. Huge problem for Biden. The PR problem is dual. One, the 18 to 24 demographic really is distinct from everyone else, including the millennials are only slightly older. Every indication shows there are tremendous skepticism about, well, democracy even, capitalism, liberalism, which includes free thought of an expression and a near total buy-in to the narrative of a clash between the developed world and the global south. A need to make amends, a dislike of Western civilization to the point where the very idea is ridiculed. And Israel slots into that. It's seen as a Western outpost in something approaching the global south. And with the youth, that is a really tough slog that a lot of smart people are going to have to think about in coming years. The other PR problem attaches to Israel's own actions in a broader sense, because of what Israel does in West Bank, because of the perceptions about the right-wing government of Israel, even reasonable people find themselves being skeptical about Israel's motivations and actions, even as they support the Golan Gaza, which is the removal of a genuinely vile and genocidal terrorist group that has taken hostage not just a couple of hundred people in Israel, but two and a half million Palestinians. But what is Israel supposed to do? Say, okay, what we'll do is we'll build a wall. We'll build a wall, complete wall, and we'll shut everyone out. We'll repatriate the 50,000 Israelis that are there. I mean, is that going to change minds? 500,000, sorry. If you want, we can certainly talk about a reasonable way to reboot the Middle East. October 7th, while it changed a lot of things, didn't change the essence, which is Israel plus West Bank plus Gaza is less than half Jewish. And if Israel wishes to be a Jewish state, then it must, must partition. The problem is that these areas are also too close to Israeli population centers. There is too much hostility among Palestinians. They have been in the thrall of their radical elements. They've allowed militias to flower, and the result is a genuine danger on a security front. So the question is, for Israel, how do you square the circle? I'm afraid the Israelis have gotten used to their security drug, which is the occupation, but that drug is also killing them in the long term. So absolutely, there needs to be a partition. It can't be overnight because of the security problem, but it isn't 500,000 settlers that need to be moved. If you make the security fence line, the future border, then only about 80,000 settlers are deep inside. And that is a problem that can probably be resolved. By the way, so many things need to change. There are not 5 million Palestinian refugees. There are descendants of refugees. That problem is fixable. Israel certainly has to insist on an educational system in Palestine that doesn't educate the youth at Jihad. Israel also has to accept that it cannot settle lands with Jews and as towns for Jews only, that it hasn't annexed and doesn't really claim. So many things have to change in this region, but primarily I think the militias have to go. A future Palestine will need to be demilitarized and cannot possibly have Islamic Jihad and Hamas militias. Same in Lebanon with Hezbollah, by the way. Dan Perry, always a pleasure to have you come in with your insight. Dan Perry, International Affairs Analyst and former Middle East editor for the AP. Thank you again. You know, it's been exactly 17 weeks since October the 7th, 15-year-old Daphne and her eight-year-old sister Eli Akeem spent 51 days in captivity. After they were kidnapped by Hamas and Kibbutz Nahal Oz 17 weeks ago, now Daphne is recounting what happened to her family on that fateful day. She's trying to get back to normal, but you know she's a teenager, so trying to get back to normal and just dealing with life has become a challenge. Take a look. It's 65 days that they've been here, adapting to life's new reality since their release from captivity in Gaza. 15-year-old Daphne and eight-year-old Ella getting used to a new house in the city, to a reality without Daddy Noam, without his partner Dikler and their step-brother Tomer, who were all murdered on that dark Sabbath. I brought my backpack from Nahal Oz. There's blood on it. My father's blood here and on my pencil case. It was Tomer's backpack. Now it's with me. It's pretty, right?  Two sisters kidnapped from their beds to Gaza alone, without mom, without dad, forced to leave behind all that ever made them feel safe. Now they have to try to relearn how to live. What's the hardest part of going back to a routine? I said I don't have my father, who used to wake me up for school, so him not being here for that. Tomer and I used to walk to school together every day. Hence the backpack. It's like keeping him with me. I can't talk about it. I'll cry. It's hard. Is it okay if we talk about that Sabbath? Yes. It started in the morning with the sirens, a lot of red alerts, and then a half an hour later, I think, maybe an hour, they entered the kibbutz. Then my father came into my room with Diklah and Tomer, and put the three of us, myself, Tomer and Ella, under the bed and told us to be quiet. They came in the house and started shooting. Shot the door and hit my dad in the leg. Then they pulled us from under the bed. They were live streaming it. One of the most memorable videos from the 7th of October is a wicked Facebook Live, the terrorists filmed in Daphne and Ella's home. The video shows father, Noam, wounded in the leg with a shocked and scared Daphne at his side. Ella is sitting on Diklah's knees, Noam's partner. Her son, Tomer, is taken outside by the terrorists. Only a few days later will the full video come out, showing them taking Tomer out for him to knock on neighbors' doors to lure them out. Did you understand where they took him? They said they need Tomer to go open the doors to the houses so that people would come out. They said he'd be okay that they wouldn't harm him as long as he didn't try anything.  And then some other terrorists shot at our car. Thinking we were civilians trying to escape. They shot and killed Diklah. She died instantly. They took us to Gaza. So many people tried to reach us and harm us, so the terrorists took us up to an apartment and kept us there until an ambulance came. What were the days like over there? Difficult. All I could think of was how my family was, my friends, what's happening in Israel, if they got to the whole country, if they destroyed Israel, if they had conquered it. Two weeks before their release, they were moved to the tunnels. There, they met five kidnapped young women who remain in captivity. This is Liri. This is Romi. Agam. You were with the four of them together? It was on the third day of releases that their names showed up on the list. Around six o'clock in the evening, wearing long braids, Daphna and Ella could suddenly be seen walking towards the Red Crosses White Cheap. Do you remember the moment of your return? Not really. I thought it was, I thought maybe it was a bluff that I was still in Gaza. I'm Albert Lewits and you're watching I2P. Is in a state of war. Families completely done down in their beds. We have no idea where she is. Our soldiers are fighting on the front lines, but the general perception is something that certainly needs to be fought as well. See what's going on today. It's starting from October 7th. Like everyone begins, because what happened before that, it looked like something that was created in the back of the Red Cross from the beginning. And like every time we, when there's a situation like this of the Red Crosses White Cheap and the rockets that we see, we get out of the Red Crosses. And we're all going to the Red Crosses White Cheap, which is actually really something like half an hour later, and we've already received a message from the Red Crosses White Cheap to the Red Crosses White Cheap. The Red Crosses White Cheap and it goes on and on. Everything is happening at the moment. Because you hear the voices in Arabic, you hear all the voices in Arabic and you say, I don't know, I understand. And then the Red Crosses White Cheap begins, with loops that don't know anything. And you still don't understand what's happening. The hour that I'm staying at home was something called the 11th, 11.30. I received a message from the Red Crosses White Cheap to the Red Crosses White Cheap, which was written in the Red Crosses White Cheap. I see the Red Crosses White Cheap here at home. I heard the voices. I saw the Red Crosses White Cheap and asked them to leave, they're here. We're at home, at school, and the Red Crosses White Cheaps are in the building. We heard them at the beginning of the Red Crosses White Cheap, with two girls, Emily and Hila. And then we heard them here at the end. They said to the girls, get dressed, get dressed, get dressed, get dressed, get dressed, and get dressed. And then we heard the voices at home. And the Red Crosses White Cheap, we were at the Red Crosses White Cheap. And we heard the voices at home. And Yossi says, I'm from the back, I'm from the back. So I heard the Red Crosses White Cheaps. And you know, it's really hard for them not to open the Red Crosses White Cheaps. So we gave them a surprise. And then it's the same thing, I saw this advice in person and was like, there's no way we could get it. What does it mean? And it feels like a scene where members join the Red Crosses WangOUT in a big시 where movement particulates. The Red Crosses White Cheaps And they said to the Red Crosses, she tells us all, Yossi, Annee and Hofer. And we say, don't hurt us and ask for it. Don't hurt us. Don't cut the yarn and put it in another layer. And then they start cutting it, cut it really big, like this, with scissors. And then they start making a moose cut on the threads. And I tell him, don't hurt them. My children, we are like this, we are still doing it. And that's what makes us stronger. With the scissors. No one is angry, no one is talking, everyone is silent. And we are walking like this in the house. We are going to the forest. We are sitting here in this forest. There. There are people. The soldier is standing here with the flag. Even if you see the flag's flag here, he will carry it with him. And he will throw the flag. And he will cry. A Jewish soldier, one of the Palestinians, Nadea Israel, Mephish Israel, in the wild, all the time. All the time, the wilds, and the Arabs, and the terrorists want. And we are standing there, and waiting to see what... They bring us here. And they take us from here, like this. You don't think, you come here, all of us together. And there, in the wild, a little bit like this, two soldiers enter the forest, and the car was open. It was a joke. They enter the Yossi, the Yossi from this side, and Yubal comes to enter with him, he goes to the forest, and then he goes in. And then he comes out, and he calls his mother, he always comes here, he says to her, enter the forest, enter this direction, this is the last point that I saw the Yossi. We are here, we stayed here, we are standing here, standing with two soldiers, who just wanted to this side of the... of all the soldiers, and to the forest, we stayed here. And then I told them, okay, come, we have to, we have to get to the forest, it's impossible to stay here, in the middle, in the middle of the forest. And we came from here. I left the tent, and it's a house that the soldiers were already in, because all the soldiers there, all over, went into the tent, and we are standing in the middle of the house, and I went to see where there is a sign, the sign of the sign was the sign, so we just went back to the area. And then, we just went there, to the house, with my hands on the... with my hands on the head, and all the time we thought that there would be other signs, and it was the first time that everyone in Helm tried to understand who was there, who wasn't there, that everything was in one big order. So we got a sign that says, Yossi is dead, and he is alive and dead, and after a while we realized that he is also dead. Look, I'm standing on the tent, I know what's going on there. Every moment that passes and we are there, it's time to die. It's time for everyone to be there. Few other people can currently be identified more with the word Kibbutz than Dr. Alon Parker. He is a historian who researched the history of this unique Israeli socialist phenomenon. He's also a member of Kibbutz Bayeri, the son of one of the founders of Kibbutz near Oz, two of the main sites which were attacked in the Hamas onslaught on October 7th. We know everybody. I mean, 94 members and children and all people from our, eldest from our community were murdered. I know them all. Think about the 9-11 in the United States. Nobody knows 94 of the people that were killed. Parker himself managed to survive since the terrorist didn't attack his home, but he's still broken at the devastation of Bayeri. Nonetheless, he sees this event as a turning point which may change the image of the Kibbutz movement among Israelis. The government in the 19th decided that there is no need to build anymore rural settlements. And now, are we old these points of settlement until all the feminists will be able to come back? Maybe we have to do a semi-armist soldiers like it was, you know, we call it in Hebrew, the history of the Kibbutz movement goes back to the early 20th century. Jewish pioneers who fled the pogroms in Eastern Europe came to the land of Israel with a revolutionary idea. A socialist village where everyone is equal. There is no private income or possession and most of the decisions are taken by all members. This utopian society flourished in the years to come. People all over the world came to see how pure socialism was accomplished in the land of Israel. But Dr. Pauker says that the independence of Israel in 1948 also worked against the Kibbutz movement. Kibbutz is one of the 11 point operation and it was the biggest operation of the Zionist movement until the establishment of the state of Israel. After the establishment of the state of Israel you don't need basically pioneering because you have the state bureaucracy. Beginning in the 1960s people from all over the world came to Israel to volunteer at Kibbutz. Even celebrities like Italian actress Sofia Lorraine pay the visit. Pauker says that the 1977 elections which brought the right-wing liquid party under Menachem Begging to power was one of the turning points when the Kibbutz became less popular and started to fade. The Kibbutz started to be like a target for everybody to be against them. They don't work the ground and make agriculture and cultivate the desert. No, they stole or like they took the ground. Other developments such as internal conflicts and international events like the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s led to the decline of the Kibbutz movement. Today only 10 percent of the Kibbutz team remain collective communities and other features such as the collective children's house have completely disappeared. Ironically, most of the Kibbutz which kept their collective nature remained wealthy. Beiri is one of them. But October 7 returned the Kibbutz movement to the headlines in Israel and worldwide. It's one world, community. And equal community or a collective community double the meaning of community. I mean, we are not better than the people from Ophakim, from the towns, from the road. But when you see them in the hotels they are not communities. Everyone stands among this disaster, a terrible event. They stand alone. And we have the power of the togetherness. Dr. Parker also thinks the coronavirus pandemic was a turning point in the way people see what he defines as renewal Kibbutzim, a new type of semi-collective community which has some elements of privatization. I have a paper about it in the Kibbutz newspaper that they wrote. The Kibbutz movement is finished, totally. That the renewal Kibbutzim will be just pointing the way of being a totally regular settlement. And then, so again, especially after the COVID-19 crisis, that this soft social democrat way of life is working. As we walk in the broken Kibbutz we see some of the sites which became symbols of this horrific attack, such as the house of the Bachar family where two members were murdered. This place called the Founder's House is the local club where members of the Kibbutz gather and celebrate special events. The night before October 7, residents of Be'eri marked 77 years since the foundation of the Kibbutz. Among the participants was Ronny Levy, who died in the Hamas onslaught. The anniversary celebration of 77 anniversary of Be'eri from 46 to 2023. To celebrate what was childhood in the Kibbutz, where there were songs and stories, and we went to sleep at night so proud about what we are and then wake on the morning to this disaster. Looking inside the rubble raises questions about the future of Kibbutz Be'eri and its ability to rebuild this beautiful site. Other questions on the table are how to commemorate the tragedy of October 7. And we can get help and we can have discussions with others. We don't know everything but the decisions it's of very members.  Kibbutz Be'eri belongs to its members and the members will decide and we didn't have yet this discussion. Kibbutz Be'eri became one of the strongest icons of October 7 and remains a symbol not just for the many tragedies and loss but also of the resilience and strength of its members. The Kibbutz is now walking on a permanent residency for its community. It is still too soon to see the long-term impact of October 7 on the Kibbutz movement. But there is no doubt that those events will change the course of its history forever. Hundreds of children are receiving a much needed stroke of good luck. This is really important for us to let them like forget the trauma they felt before we came here and let them to try to really cure themselves. Since October 7 these kids from Skirot's religious community have been cooped up and living out of a suitcase in the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem. Here we provide three meals a day. We arrive to an extreme of between 1,500 to 1,600 guests which we have to prepare breakfast, lunch, dinner meaning about 5,000 meals a day It's a huge operation. And the dedicated staff and team of volunteers have been lifesavers. It was my career I had a school of teaching swimming. When the war started in October 7 I was thinking what can I do? Do something for the people. So I come to this hotel. How does it feel to know that you're teaching these kids how to swim? Wonderful, wonderful. It gives me a lot of confidence and satisfaction when I see the kids very happy and learn to swim. A few days a week both girls and boys have been getting free swimming lessons and the free time for moms has also been a godsend. She didn't know how to swim and she's like about 10 years old and she was really afraid of water. She feels so self-esteem that she overcome on her challenge and I think it was big wow. Also my 5 year old boy for the first time it was amazing to see that a young boy like him knows how to swim even me, I don't know how to swim. You're next mom. And the kids even have stylish colorful swimwear to boot all thanks to a Canadian-Israeli couple with generous hearts. We wanted to help Amie Israel to do what we can to help we don't know Hebrew very well we approached the hotels with the religious community because they'd be the ones who'd be concerned about wearing the proper kind of swimwear. Marcy Rapp and her husband Harold began Marcy, modest swim and casual wear when they moved to Israel over a decade ago. But since October 7th the volunteers and Ramada's events and sales manager Yaakov Kessler called and the couple went into a big year. And he wanted us to provide around 250 pieces like for 250 children of Ramada for boys and girls with the Ramada logo on it so that the Ramada could give the kids swimming lessons. And it's fitting to note that all the swimwear is manufactured in Jerusalem by an Arab-Israeli family. They're a very, very good family and they're very helpful and they seem to like working with us. You know, are accusing us of being apartheid and all of this stuff. Israel is not apartheid. They do not genocide. We have a great economic relationship with our manufacturer and he does a lot of very good thing mid-spot for us and together as a team we were able to produce this within three days. So, for this swim moment in Israel's history I think it's part of therapy for them to make them release all the negative feelings they came here. We try to make this a period of time to look and remember it is a positive experience. Time will tell when the steroid evacuees can go back home and tourism can return. When will they go home? So, first of all that has to settle. Once it settles then the next thing is the airlines. When are they going to fly back? Hopefully, from previous experience tourism comes back quite quickly. What does quickly mean? Months? We hope. In Jerusalem, Emily Francis I-24 News This is Bargivoli 25 and her partner Itamar Kaplan 27. Both were evacuated from the northern Israeli city, Kiryat Shmona to Kibbutzamiad and are living on the autism spectrum. Wow. I don't know how I'm going through this really strongly until now. It's just been crazy. On October 7th Itamar was working at famed burger joint called Kvish 90. But as panic and anxiety rose he came home and they packed up immediately. After I came down we just decided both of us that we should just leave Kiryat Shmona the same day because it looks serious for me. Like 10 seconds you need to be in a safe area, even in a bomb shelter which is like how it's even possible. It's like we forgot that kind of routine. I remember the second Lebanon war. Their intuition was correct. So you stare at this point you know it's in my mentality it's just kind of like oh they shoot they throw stuff at us we'll throw stuff at them, we'll show how tough we are and like it will be over it was not, it's still going on so it's still dealing with that building up a routine trying to make things as normal as possible but every time you keep being reminded the situation isn't quite as you're used to it's not normal. Barr says staying busy is key for her. Learning to drive and reading books is just some of what she's doing. Somehow it was easier to get used to the change this time than like for Covid for example this time I was able to jump on my feet pretty quickly but also like the whole like the news for a little bit it affects me deeply it like puts me in like a very panicked feeling like I don't really know what to do and I feel very helpless I hate when things there's things that I can't control things that I have no ability to change The autism spectrum ranges in support needs. The Avne Derich organization where Barr works serves several special needs groups helping them live independently with an initial focus on autism There are different challenges for clients but for those who are program regulars it's about helping navigate through tough changes and obstacles The main difficulty is damage to routine and in needing the community they were used to in the torn sources of string there are those in areas that were not evacuated so anxiety uncertainty things in that realm Many issues are also situation specific for example dealing with landlords amid evacuations for those who joined at the start of the war in ball lists a range of aid provided Accessing things in an emergency meaning if someone is deaf and cannot hear the rocket sirens if there is a non-accessible bomb shelter someone who's been evacuated somewhere and no longer has access to the convenience store he's used to going to exhaustion of rights around the subject of the emergency and lastly alleviating anxiety She says that during times like this people who rely on support or have limitations are often neglected Despite a large chunk of staff absent for reserve duty the organization works day and night to provide services basically it's actually critical for self-esteem that our clients feel like they matter that life hasn't halted Bar and Itamar are moving to more permanent housing in Roche Pina close to Avne Derich's wartime facilities and a place where they can better go about their daily lives create a new beginning and a routine Itamar says being close to their community makes a significant difference When some of us are alone it's like really difficult and it puts us in a really We're sticking to a spiral Yeah, we're sticking to some sort of a spiral that some of us might get out of it after like an hour or so but some of us might get out of it after a couple of days For me it's easier to talk face to face Other people on this program are completely the opposite they're better on the internet For me it's very hard for me to text or reach out to other people that are not in front of my face It's not that our suffering is greater than suffering of others we're all going through it if our story touches you specifically I'm glad I personally disagree with a lot of what the government has done and how they're handling the situation I don't think they're really seeing us as people that are struggling and are trying to live we want our normal lives back a lot of our independence has gone backwards in lots of ways and I just want to go back so I can want to go back to how things used to be even though they were difficult like it's never easy but it's just um yeah I just want to go back so I can get back I always think of how I can improve myself how I can get more independent and I feel I just want to get back to where I can work on myself and get stronger and get better Hanna Rivkin in Northern Israel for I24 News each of war families completely done down in their beds we have no idea where she is our soldiers are fighting on the front lines but the general perception to be fought as well is the truth from Israel to hundreds of millions of people in scores of countries completely done down in their beds the state of emergency and war in Israel bringing Israel's story to the world I24 News channels you have no idea who this man is standing in front of you he's the bravest commander in the IDF he saved my life he fought like a lion with us there are 50 men behind him in a really crazy situation and this man sends only good energy but he's a bit crazy to go back into battle after losing his eye isn't he? what can I say to him? he's completely nuts you paid a high price didn't you? a wounded mother goes back to her children afterwards doesn't she? all my children were here waiting for me in civilian life Yossi is the father of a one and a half year old child lives in Ziron Yakov and is in his fourth year of automotive engineering studies on October 7th, like many others Yossi was abroad as soon as he knew what was happening he immediately went back to Israel a month ago a bullet fragment penetrated his cornea and he lost use of his eye I felt very bad at home I really feel better here even under enemy fire when they're firing missiles at us but I prefer to be here with my soldiers they need me and I need them the trouble with doing a story about real heroes is that they usually don't see it that way how are you? you remember him from the first time I felt like his face was familiar but the truth is he recognized me first he said to me we know each other the only answer I could come up with was that we'd been seeing too much of each other lately yes that's what you told me have you ever had a soldier wounded twice? no never and do you remember the first thing you asked me? no you asked me when you could go back to combat Major Uri is a reservist in a special parachute commando unit and has found himself in this department twice in the course of six days both times after explosive devices were detonated as they went through Gaza and the two attacks 18 of his soldiers were wounded some were hospitalized with him including Elon who he met today for the first time until recently they were kept in an induced coma hi my brother you're looking better you're a real miracle yes that's what they say how do you feel? better I can't believe my eyes yes I've been told it's a miracle they've managed to put me back together again I can even move my hand a little when you wake up and hear that Uri has gone back into combat is it something you understand or for him it's the obvious thing to do and I knew that's what he would do I have an image stuck in my head I'm on the ground completely stunned when I look up I see our friend with a bloody face he was bleeding from his nose eyes and mouth and still he managed to shout it's alright it's going to be okay call me if you want any officer who had been wounded instead of me would have reacted in the same way there's nothing extraordinary about this situation and all the strength and courage is shown by the families who support us the medical teams who take care of us and our comrades who are in there fighting bravely during the two attacks against the terrorists Uri lost three of his officers Sholev Zaltzman Alex Spitz and Shai Trumin losing so many comrades reinforces your sense of responsibility and our obligation to see through what we've started you also look at the world differently and it puts life's values in their rightful place it's something else that's enough you've risked your life enough already I'm no hero I think you are hyper-motivated full of courage but that's enough you've given enough your whole future is ahead of you you've got to let it go now I don't think I can do it it's too difficult for me we meet Sharaf commander of the Nahal Commando Unit in a hotel in central Israel where his parents, residents of Mefalsim on the edge of the Gaza Strip are being temporarily rehoused the famous Sabbath morning of October 7th immediately went out with three other officer friends from the Kibbutz to position themselves on the fence and protect his house he was wounded in the hand by a grenade thrown at him as soon as he was healed he joined his men in Gaza leading them in an operation against terrorists he was wounded when a large explosive was detonated as they passed don't you ever wonder why fate has already struck twice what do you say to yourself? why us? of course it was very devastating when it happened what are the odds of something like that happening I tried to get on with life in a more or less normal way but when I was alone with myself I told myself that after two injuries Sharaf had given enough of himself I don't think I can stay cooped up at home knowing that my team, my men are still fighting in Gaza since the war isn't over when you give your child this kind of education for so many years and the moment of truth arrives how can you tell him right now not to go you've played with your fate once then again these people have all the right qualities everything that makes these people so proud to be Israeli but as we expect them to listen to what we have to say they expect the same from us the only thing that will tell us if everything we're doing was worth it is if we stay united as a people as a nation and we'll come out of this hardship even stronger more united and we'll defeat our enemies there's no doubt about it we have no other choice it's been over 100 days since the war in Gaza began a new department has been opened at the Shiva Hospital in the central city of Ramatgan it is dedicated to rehabilitation wounded IDF soldiers its name is Khosrim Lachaim or coming back to life Shiva is a fun and wild place this particular ward so Khosrim Lachaim or returning to life is a really unique place to come and visit the atmosphere here you wouldn't expect it so it's really more positive optimistic uplifting it is a place of sadness or really hard moments to digest the rehab itself is intensive but it's mixed with also just a lot of fun and encouraging activities some of the guys which are coming here have been through really traumatic events this place like when everyone is like you it's helped you come back to reality I-24 news had the chance to meet two wounded soldiers who told their story the first is 26 year old Itamar Shapira a computer science student after maybe 30 hours of fighting terrorists from everywhere we managed to conquer a few Hamas's camps at that point they told us go aside go to this camp prepare us for the next missions the hatches after a while we're back to sleep and then again at 7.30 ish I woke up, I guess I woke up the last cause when I woke up I heard like a screaming ash smell of the blood heat, I felt that I'm injured all over my body so I started to look for blood I could see that my arm is bleeding also my thigh I looked I didn't see it, my ankle is popping for my shoe I had a killer's turn I didn't see it so one of my guys is dead he had a shrapnel in his heart and neck immediately I knew he died to his left was another injured soldier my other guy is good now he's looking for a full recovery and I'm also good the second wounded soldier we met is 33 year old Aaron Bruce he was in the middle of a business trip to Las Vegas when he heard about the Hamas attack of October 7 the next command point that we were supposed to take was a house that required us passing through a road that was in front of a school an UNRA school now this was a building of interest this was a building where we know that Hamas uses these types of building for weapons depots they use schools to launch attacks from to store weapons to pop out of their tunnels from as we're crossing that path towards the new house we're supposed to take over 20 meters from the house my officer stops his name was only David he stops to get permission to go into the house that's protocol and when he did that I felt like something was off there's someone watching me there's there's a feeling right some kind of intuition that something's going to happen so I said something it was vocal about it and I said let's go to the house let's not stop here so that's what I did I took the person with me I went to the house I got to the entrance and as I'm turning around to see where he is and you know if he had followed me or as I'm turning around I see and I hear a firefighter rupt I hear two bullets he gets hit his comms guy get hit and both of them are now on the ground I rip off my bag I start shooting towards the school so I'm shooting at the school after about two to three minutes I look over at my commander to see to see how they're doing what's their status and I look at my officer and he looks really he looks like he's in bad shape he's lying on his side I think okay he's probably lost a lot of blood he's fainted if I don't go run try to save him right now he's going to die so that's what I did little did I know he was actually already killed so he was already he had already gotten shot in the head and he was lying on his side so I didn't see that and I couldn't make that distinction so I ran 20 meters to try and lift him up I get to him I'm pulling him up I get maybe one to two feet you know on him and as I'm lifting him up I'm static he's got his bag he's got his vest he's very heavy so it's not like I'm moving fast and the sniper unfortunately clips my right leg so I get shot in my right leg it feels like a cannonball now I'm lying on the ground and I thought I had lost my right leg at this point I understood that no one was going to come out to get me because and for good reason they had all just watched me get shot and so this was now a window of either injury or death and I processed all this really fast and I started to crawl and I'm lucky that I did that knowing that I needed to save myself and again it was about 20 meters I'm crawling I get shot in my left leg too I didn't even feel it I didn't even know until two days later and I debris in my right side debris in my lower back but I just kept crawling and I willed myself to safety both soldiers who were injured during their mission in Gaza dismissed the accusations that Israel is conducting genocide in Gaza accusations which were brought to trial in the International Court of Justice in The Hague earlier this month it's so interesting that that's the world's perspective because if you ask the average soldier we'll say the opposite in fact many of the gripes of some of the soldiers in Gaza is that our lives are put more in danger because of the fact that the IDF acts with such restraint which is something we're willing to swallow being that we're one of the most ethical armies in the world one of the most moral bodies in the world and I think a lot of soldiers do take pride in that but at the same time case in point the school was left standing the school was left standing because as westerners we believe that these are places of that are more sanctuaries places of worship educational institutions like schools hospitals but they flip those and they use them as command centers battlefields and they're willing to sacrifice whoever they need to their own children in order to get that done and we don't act the same so the school where they shot at us out of that's a building that we could have easily completely annihilated we want to hurt civilians also we didn't have many civilians in my location I think that's the difference between us and them but what I'm saying what I'm really trying to say is that we are fighting a very unfair war but just this war despite the situation and the hard conditions of some of the patients here this rehabilitation department can shine a small ray of light on the visitor who stands together on its way to recovery Yoni, what's up? good we are entering Margaliot now where do we meet? here, I'm here is it better to do the drive alone? just say he who believes doesn't fear what's wrong with you? anyone entering Margaliot these days instantly realizes they are in a war zone dozens of rockets and missiles in the past months the roads are destroyed and the streets are empty every house here is in clear view of his Bola terrorists how many people are in the Moshev right now? right now the security team is 10 I think farmers are another 10 or 12 we have it logged somewhere 5 foreign workers all the rest are soldiers as you can see, it's empty complete standstill are there points where you can't drive? basically every place in Margaliot is a target in the local operations room the message is received that we have arrived and security team member Tzion Kerin invites us to his home this is my home yeah, I'm speaking now from the bottom of my heart I'll tell you the truth look what a place I've got I've put 60 years of myself into it I've given it everything I've got the house is empty my son is in Gaza I'm here and safely it gets me emotional my wife is in a hotel in Tiberias and I'm here until things cool down let's hope for the best in spite of the warm welcome the current local circumstances prevent Tzion from hosting us the way he's used to the fridge is really empty, huh? yes, the fridge is empty this is what a family fridge in Margaliot looks like it used to be bursting with stuff now it's empty the power is flaky several mortars fell here and we've had lots of outages some 56 hours some 72 the electricity company were afraid to come I can understand that I threw all the food away we hope for better days we will win together worry not, it will be okay let's have a look as soon as I leave my door and look up I see a Hezbollah outpost above us they would watch us it's a very common sight and I hope they don't return if they return, my wife will not no doubt about it she says that she's already saying it she's not keen on coming back a large part of the security team in the north much like in the south are farmers even Tzion what's kept him in Margaliot so long are all his chickens he's an egg farmer it's the only thing keeping me I was born here, this is me you've seen the house, you've seen the place I'm here for that I'm not the only one in a pinch the family egg scoops stretch from here westward all the way to the coast if we don't have that, I believe 10-20% of the residents will not return even if it becomes much safer I love this place I love my community I love my home, I have fun here but if left no choice, I won't be here I'm not threatening 11 of my siblings have left already none of them could be bothered with this the chicken coops have become a symbol in this war when several were hit by Hezbollah anti-tank missiles hundreds of thousands of chickens did not survive those hits not for nothing does Nasrallah aim at the chicken coops he knows that they are a central income source in the conflict zone if we don't have that we have nothing here to do the coops, the fields they don't care about them just because he's trying to scare off the residents the farmers whose livelihood that is where you see those pillars that's the border they stand up over there I've worked here, I've seen them I reported it to the IDF day by day we saw them growing bigger and stronger every day a few feet closer and a few more and so on until it reached the point they paved the road just parallel to our border patrol road it's not too pleasant here anymore, is it? the truth is, no we've been standing here for over 10 minutes I suggest we leave lest we become an easy moving target let's finish the interview in one piece they see us all the time? even now if we aren't hit by an anti-tank missile it's because they choose not to there's no one around so it looks like this Asi, security team member in Qfaryouval can't keep up with the great fruits rotting on the ground in normal times he sends the quality fruits to the whole country 50% of the orchards are inaccessible they're too close to the fence exposed to anti-tank missiles, mortars, rockets what we can do is very little work on the farthest orchards from the border they're even there, you'll be interrupted you can't finish a day's work? no no no, no way his bola fired the farmers are the ones in charge of security in the armoshav all people who guard this place are here because of the agriculture we have been contacted in order to do some maintenance in communities where everyone has left and if you look at those places they are the ones with no agriculture the only ones there are the ones with no agriculture the only ones there are the ones with no agriculture the only ones there are the ones with no agriculture the only ones there are soldiers backing up security teams the amazing thing here is that all the farmers are also the security team members they put themselves in danger and keep the place running all year round all year, always along with estimates that many northerners will not return the farmers are certain if it becomes safe again, they will return the agriculture must prevail how long can you do this how long will it take as long as we need as long as necessary until we solve this issue there's nowhere to go we were born here and I'll stop there we are the human shield that's why we are here that's what the Jewish agriculture is about it's also about border protection we know that since childhood I've known that my parents did it my grandfather did it we won't give up on this place so easily so look that's Louise up there with his hat and glasses look here's Fernando those are the hostages left there is there any significance of the fact that it is the 100th day or is it just another day no, it has meaning it is unimaginable that we have reached such a day it's 100 days of hell it's second after second after second it's thinking what when there were five of them the only ones kidnapped from Kibbutz near Yitzchak Clara with whom everyone was staying her partner Louise her brother and sister Fernando and Gabriela Gabriela's daughter Mia and the dog Bella when we saw that they were trying to enter I don't know how the five of us could act so normal we really embraced in one corner and the door opened in the other direction and from there from the opening they fired they started screaming go, go, go, let's go first, Mia and her mother were brought to the white van later the vehicle returned and collected all the others as well after that they were together the van was full of weapons they jumped up and down screaming, probably drugged suddenly falling out of the van they threw weapons at those coming after them at the vans that followed them we took a very long walk 40 meters deep we saw that there was light at the end of the tunnel we were very happy that we probably wouldn't stay underground and Mia who was holding Bella all the time she went up, they still thought she was holding a doll but as soon as she passed Fernando to exit the tunnel they realized Bella was wagging her tail so Mia caught on and said, my Bella my dog we spent most of the time in the tunnel we laid down most of the time there was no possibility of movement there were mattresses on the floor where old people accept Mia so we looked for a place to sit to change positions and not lay down kind of movement tried to walk a bit instead because there was nowhere else these are conditions that no human being needs I was there for 53 days and it was just an eternity they stocked up with food before that the meat we ate was that canned meat from the army which they had an abundant amount of the IDF's very own cold loof in Hebrew during these days of captivity did you feel a great responsibility for Mia? we felt a very very big responsibility to look after Mia a girl, we always had our eyes on her we tried all the time not to be alone with any of the prisoners in some moments she felt it was hard for her to hold on then she asked for a story and especially was the night writer so we were very fond of her when the terrorists said on the morning of their liberation that only the women were leaving they didn't break down Luis was sure that soon they would meet again there's nothing to worry about he said in a little while we finished with the children and the women and then we start with the men in two or three days we'll see each other over there in two or three days with clothes that's it hug, goodbye see you soon that's how we wanted it Fernando celebrated his 61st birthday last week he's an introvert and a gentle man with golden hands Luis has four children and 10 grandchildren waiting for him without them Clara can't go on since I came out it's literally been 47 days of horrible movies in my head about what could happen to them I feel despair instead of feeling joy or gratitude that yes I am free I am here, the nightmare is over no it was a nightmare there and now the nightmare continues because they actually stay there you really can't stay even for one more moment and the dark night has already shown how hard it is come to this special broadcast here on 9 24 news we continue our rolling covers it's a 120 of the war here in Israel now the one that came and the one that still coming supposedly Hamas is saying an answer to the proposed hostage release deal will come very soon but how soon is soon only after the terror groups leadership get it together reports odds, and that's not the odd part. It's Gaza terror chief Yixinroir, who is said to back temporary truce, while the presumably more pragmatic Politburo head, Ismail Hania, is pushing for a permanency spire, a non-starter for Israel. What did come was an American answer. The U.S. striking 85 terror targets in Iraq and Syria overnight after being poked time, and again, by pro-Iranian militias, rather, since October. Our response starts today, says President Joe Biden, but is this beginning also an end? We begin this broadcast by crossing straight down south to the Israel-Gaza border, I-24 news correspondent Pierre Kloschenler standing by there with the I-24 news team. All day long, Pierre, thank you very much for joining us. We're still awaiting any order from Hamas on this deal. What can we say? What do we know? And perhaps more honestly, what don't we know? I think that we don't know much. I think that most of the information relayed by media is very sketchy and sometimes contradict itself because some of the media reports are talking about a few phases in the release of hostages in exchange for days of posing the fighting as well as release of Palestinian prisoners. We don't know exactly the numbers. We don't know the quality of the prisoners. We don't know about the proportion of the release of each hostage with the release of each Palestinian prisoner. But what we understand also, and that's also, you know, that best confirmation. We heard a few days ago already, Joav Galant, the Israeli Defense Minister, saying that Hamas abroad, the political bureau led by Ismail Aniyah in Doha, Qatar, and Yehissin Noir, the head of the political branch of Hamas in the Gaza Strip are at odds. We heard that already a week ago from Joav Galant. And it's always, I would say, positive news that you can divide in order to rule your adversary. But on the other hand, that could slow down the negotiations. Now what's going on is that Hamas hasn't given yet its formal answer to the proposal to the mediation by Qatar and Egypt. We know that the delegation of Hamas is in Cairo, meeting or has met with Abbas Kamal, the head of the Egyptian intelligence. We know that Hamas is consulting with all the Palestinian factions, be it Islamic Jihad or the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and all the small factions in the Gaza Strip that are fighting against the Israeli troops. But we don't know the conclusion of those consultations. So I think we're very far away from a deal at this moment, but at the same time it could accelerate very quickly. We just don't know. Yes, we simply do not know. What we do know, Pierre, that Hamas is saying, the American strikes in Iraq and in Syria are only fueling the fire here in the Middle East. Right, Hamas in a statement relating to the U.S. strikes over Syria and Iraq is saying that we're witnessing actually the covering up of the genocidal campaign by the Zionist Nazi enemy against our brave Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. But I think that underneath that message, what's less than subliminal, I would say, is the fact that the strategy of Hamas hasn't worked out. They have hoped that October 7 would ignite a conflict throughout the Middle East with support from Hezbollah, with support from Syrian factions, Iraqi factions that are enlisted by Iran. And that happened in a certain way, but not a full blown enlargement of the war. And as a result, Hamas has been very, very disappointed. And it stands alone against Israel, basically. And as a result, each time Hamas uses its political statements to try and gather solidarity for the Palestinians and trying again to enlist the Arab world against Israel. All right, to be continued, I-24 News correspondent, Pierre Colchandler. Thank you very much for this. And from south, we're heading now north, I-24 News correspondent, Mary McCullough with the I-24 News team on the northern front there. Mary, before we ask you about the latest when it comes to the American offensive overnight, some developments on the northern border itself with Lebanon on the IDF operating there today and also Defense Minister Joav Galanta, sending, you know, escalating the war of wards yet again. Absolutely right, Eli. So today, we once again saw attacks by the IDF, Israeli aircraft striking inside parts of southern Lebanon saying these attacks were directed after a number of launches were identified crossing over the Lebanese border and landing in northern Israeli territory, saying that these launches did not cause any damage and were believed to land in an open area. But still the IDF responding forcefully to these attacks saying they struck two different observation posts belonging to Hezbollah and also another military compound of that group based inside southern Lebanon. As you mentioned that we do have from the past few weeks or so, we continue to hear this messaging coming out from Israeli officials in the security and military infrastructure, especially Defense Minister Joav Galanta who was here on the ground yesterday, addressing also the ceasefire potential ceasefire reports that if there's going to be a ceasefire with Hamas, a temporary ceasefire to allow hostages to return, there will be no pause to the fighting up here on this northern border saying that completely depends on Hezbollah withdrawing its militants from this border area. And that is the only way any kind of these cross-border attacks will stop is once they decide to move their forces away from this border area and cease these attacks on Israeli territory. And until that ends Israel is going to continue to defend itself and its territory. And Mary, let's do a move onto the American strikes in Iraq and Syria. What are we hearing from Washington and what are we hearing from the other side? Also Tehran and disrespect. First importantly, U.S. President Joe Biden saying that these strikes are likely to continue and they will decide to continue these attacks at the time and places of their choosing. So very clearly coming out immediately after these attacks to say this is just the beginning of their response to that deadly attack that killed three American service members last week in Jordan. The U.S. national security spokesman also coming out forcibly and saying that these attacks also though, while they did mostly in the area or those who have been supported by Iran, they are not trying to start a war with Iran. So also trying to condition that message to make it clear. They will attack everybody who's attacking American forces in the region. They will continue to respond to do so. And this is just the beginning of that attack so far. Already though, we're already hearing a number of different countries coming out to condemn these attacks. Most notably Iran. Again, of course, these were the main target of the American strikes and they targeted American Iranian personnel and those supported by Iranian personnel in the region. But we do not have any direct reports yet of any Iranian personnel actually killed in these strikes. Let's take a listen to what Tehran had to say. We naturally condemn any move against the resistance front and we reject and condemn these attacks that will naturally lead to the flames of the resistance. And they must act wisely, which is very unlikely. And we do not see it in the Americans. If they act wisely, they should stop supporting the Zionist regime. I, 24 years, of course, want to marry McDonald's. Yeah. In addition to that, in addition to Tehran, we also have reports coming out from within Iraq, not just from the government, which you can definitely talk about because we did have forced response from the Iraqi government, even though they were warned ahead of time about these strikes, still calling the American action an aggression, but we are also hearing from members of the Iraqi paramilitary units, these umbrella forces who are the main source of these attacks, the main target of these American attacks so we can listen to what they had to say as well. First and foremost, we express our strong condemnation of the U.S. attacks on popular mobilization forces' units and positions. It is fortunate that, despite the severity, aggression, and the large coverage of these strikes, they failed to meet their objectives for several reasons. The targeted headquarters and sites were devoid of fighters and there wasn't any military personnel in at the time of the attack. Joining Iraq and Iran in condemning these attacks was also Syria. Some of these attacks were in Syrian territory last night, but also Hamas in the Palestinian jihad, also coming out to condemn America and condemning what they call their contribution to de-escalation in the region, saying that they are working to destabilize the region as Israel continues its military campaign. Yes, de-escalation seems to be the key word from Washington to Tehran. Thank you very much for this. I have 24 news correspondent Mary McAuliffe from the northern border there and joining us now here in studio, Mr. Amir Oran, government and defense commentator. Thank you very much, Mr. Oran, for joining us. Well, it may sound peculiar to dub a strike on 85 different targets as contained and yet or measured and yet it is simply or firstly due to the fact that in the past week or so it seems that American sources have been working tirelessly to make sure the other side is prepared for those attacks as in orchestrating this choreography with each and every side knowing exactly what to do in order, you know, to make this this dense of horror work. You know, the spokespeople for Iran and for the militias in Iraq, the world champions for Khootspa after they attack, in this case, the United States. And there is retaliation. They say, oh, it's aggression. And what about our sovereignty and all of that? So we can discount their verbal attacks. And the United States could not discard or disregard their actual attacks. Now, yes, you are right. The United States, the Biden administration, most particularly because of the various reasons, political and otherwise, did not want Iranians to be hurt, which is why no target was hit in Iran proper. Yeah. Now, but even before we talk about the Iranian soil staying out of danger zone, even these attacks, you know, we're talking a lot about the element of surprise and the context of our conflict here on the northern border with Hezbollah, with the lack of the element of surprise, the scope and scale and potential damage, even psychologically of such a strike is significantly undermined. What has happened over the last several decades is that nations and organizations have perfected the art of doing the minimum rather than the maximum. Right. They are signaling, yes, they have to go through the motions. They cannot leave such a lethal attack as the one in which three American servicemen were killed with no retaliation at all. But they will try to minimize damage. They will have to do something for their domestic audience and for deterrence region wide. Yeah. But they will try not to cause the other side to hit back and then prolong the cycle of violence. If the Iranians and the militias. And by the way, a few days ago, they already announced the Iraqi militias that they are stopping there. So if if this is the state of play now, if there are no attacks on American forces in Iraq and Syria, what we saw last night would probably be the only the last and only strike. Well, you know, again, we saw briefings of American sources at those past days saying that, you know, we do not have any clear intelligence that the Iran green gave the green light for such an attack orchestrated such an attack. And it is such a throwback. We can't he's no longer with us to be asked. But I wonder, you know, I'm thinking about a way back when Reagan administration, Walmart, Kadafi didn't need much much intelligence to act. Well, at this time, Kisinger is not around to ask what he thinks about that. Well, in the Kadafi strike, it was called El Dorado Canyon after Americans were killed in the Label discotheque in Berlin, there was clear intelligence, sighing intelligence here. What and this is similar to October the 7th. The Iranians were surprised. The Iranians not only were not directly involved, yes, they equipped, they manned, they trained, but as for the operation itself, they were not in the know. Can we really say the same about the Houthis? Can we say the same about Hezbollah? I'm not sure. But Amiri did mention, of course, the fatal attack on Tower 22 on the Jordanian border with Iraq and those airstrikes overnight came just hours after the remains of the three American soldiers who were killed in this attack returned home. Jen Sullivan looks at how these fallen troops were honored back in back in the States and how the U.S. is now responding. Under dreary skies in Delaware, the remains of three U.S. soldiers killed earlier this week returned to U.S. Soil Friday. Sergeant William Rivers and two Army specialists who were posthumously promoted to the rank of Sergeant Kennedy Sanders and Breonna Mothin were killed Sunday following a drone strike in Jordan. U.S. officials blaming Iran back militants days before the remains returned home. President Joe Biden calling the grieving families to express his deepest condolences. I wish I didn't have to make this call. Kennedy Sanders mother breaking down on the call. One percent of all these kids are the ones that they're taking at 99% of us. Friday, the three soldiers were honored in what's known as a dignified transfer. Just hours after their remains came home, the U.S. retaliating, striking more than 85 targets linked to Iran back militias in Iraq and Syria. We need to make clear coming after U.S. soldiers is unacceptable. I think this is an important first step. There are fears that any action the U.S. takes could further impact the Israel Hamas War and broad intentions that has sparked in the Middle East. What concerns me the most is how many different ways this region could completely erupt into full scale war. Earlier in the week, President Biden cautiously saying this. I don't think we need a wider war in the Middle East. Friday night, the president now saying the U.S. will continue its response at quote times and places of our choosing. I'm Jen Sullivan reporting. And as we speak in the streets of London, hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators are marching through the center of the city. As the mad police is very much in present and speculated to take a far harsher measures approach compared with previous demonstrations, some turning violent and we do want to cross now a life to London. Vahid Behashchi is joining us from there. Human rights activists, thank you very much for joining us. Well, first, what is happening on underground? What does it look like? Thank you very much for having me. It's same as the other Saturdays, you know, we didn't have that for a few Saturdays, but today, of course, you know, we are still we witnessing the same violence from the same people from the same crowd. But let me put it this way. This is the continue. This is not them. I don't call this demonstration. I don't call this peaceful rally. This is the continuous of the plan of I would say Iranian regime and its proxies, the plan that they attacking the commercial ships by who fees in Red Sea. The continuous of the plan of there was that there are seven of the October massacre, the plans of using civilians as a human ship. This is the same plan, but this is their PR war part of this barbaric, I would say plan is they are very sophisticated. And you have to know the nature of Iranian regime to be able to identify and recognize their fingerprints. I can see the fingerprints of Iranian regime everywhere in this demonstrations. As every Saturday, we are witnessing it in the streets of London and other cities in Europe, in Canada, in America. So we have, but we have to be very aware of it because they are trying by this PR war to increase the pressure on Israel in order to bring Israel the only democracy in the Middle East down on its knees. And we should not allow that. Well, how we have to educate ourselves about their plans, how they are working. Look at the, I think two weeks ago, they identified Iranian regime was creating a group on social media for the families of hostages, the Iranian regime created the group to sort and act as the families of hostages. So they are very sophisticated. When it comes to PR war, and we have to be aware of that. This is how I see the situation in London and other cities. But this is the money of Iranian people spending here to organize these huge rallies in London and different cities in Europe. Yeah, and then this is perhaps one of the tragedies of our time that we have nothing to believe in. And yet we cannot believe anything both at the same time. And yet back to what is happening in London, the Met police announcing yesterday ahead of this demonstration today that face coverings would be banned from today in the afternoon until Sunday morning in certain areas of the city. And the measure requires very clearly the removal of any item that police might believe is being worn to conceal one's identity. This is major. But they are ignoring these rules. They are absolutely ignored. If you look at the crowd today, there are many people in which they covered their face steel. So what we are expecting, police arrest them as soon as urgently. But let me bring it back in a very short way. When the only way for us, as I always claim that to queue, if we are looking for the permanent queue, we have to identify the root of the problems. This is what I have said three, four weeks ago in Israel in the Knesset where I gave a speech. I said the root of the problem is Iranian regime. And for that, we have Iranian people on the ground, a great military of 80 million Iranian people on the ground waiting for the moment to hit the head of octopus inside of Iran. So we should not be afraid to attack IRGC sites inside of Iran. Last night attacked by Biden administration, I think it was, I would say, not bad a step, but inside of Iran, only if they have to attack them inside of Iran. That's the only language they understand, force. They are testing our determination, their best determination. So we have to respond strongly and firmly back to them. That's the only way. And we have to prescribe IRGC in the UK. We haven't prescribed them yet. If IRGC is not the terrorist organization, please, I ask all the western leaders to give me the definition of terrorism. I don't know if IRGC is not terrorism, what is terrorism? Well, this is perhaps another tragedy of our times that the notions of who are we, what is the we here is also being challenged. Thank you very much, human rights activist Abahidah Beheshtia, joining us live from London. Always a pleasure speaking to you. Thank you very much. Back here in the studio with Mr. Amir Oran. Mr. Oran, let's do circle back to what we thought would be crucial hours, crucial days. And now it seems to be yet another round of a sense of urgency, the proposed hostage release deal that is reports that Ismail Hania, the leader of Hamas Foreign, is postponing his visit to Cairo in a few days. Way too familiar dynamic here, I must say. And also, perhaps another alert for us to refrain from trying to apply or attribute certain characteristics to this or that leader on the other side. Because until not so long ago, we thought that Ismail Hania was the pragmatic one, so to speak. And according to recent reports, he seems to be the less self when it comes to the inner Hamas debate. This is powerful, of course, because we know from earlier negotiations, for instance, regarding the ceasefire and then the redrawing of lines between Israel and Egypt that, first of all, the negotiations seemed to be prolonged. And then, all of a sudden, Sadat, in that case, Kachot. And his advisors changed positions, flanking each other from the other side. Now, what we see between Hania and Sinouar is a mirror image of the Israeli cabinet. In the Israeli cabinet, too, without saying who's whom, Netanyahu and Eisencourt, for instance, represent different poles in the tug-of-war regarding the deal. The positive sign is that Secretary Blinken is coming to the region tomorrow. He has a sixth time. Fifth. He says fifth. Maybe we are counting the Biden visit to the high lab. The second violin. Right. And he was supposed to come in earlier. He delayed, perhaps because of the strike, too. But also, there was no point in him coming if there was no chance of getting a deal. Maybe because there is no chance he's coming here to let everyone know that there is something going to happen. He wouldn't have bothered just for that. He's coming to try and push the side, the parties, to say yes. And it seems that, in principle, there is already a framework, an agreement. Yes, the details have to be worked out, but they are only details. And if Sinoir in Gaza says yes, Hania and Mashal and the rest outside, a brewery is no longer there because he was assassinated, they will have to take the cues from those who are fighting and suffering inside Gaza. There, Hania and Mashal are abroad. As Gallant says, they fly first class. They stay in five-star hotels. Oh, that's not. Those who are taking the burden upon themselves will probably make the decision. And interestingly enough, more or less the same time, the French Foreign Minister is also arriving here in the region and disrespect the Paris summit, the arrival here, hopefully something of raw materialism. Amior, thank you very much for joining us on this broadcast. This is it from us for now, but we'll see you again at the top of the hour. Thank you very much for watching. Israel is in a state of war. Families 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. Esta semana, News 24, Israel Bajo Ataque. 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. In the first few years of Europe, we have had hundreds of such news, but there are also many of them. It is difficult to find a place to prepare for it. From this special broadcast here in I-24 News, we continue our rolling coverage. It's day 120 of the war here in Israel. Now the one that came and the one that's still coming, supposedly Hamas is saying an answer to the proposed hostage release deal will come very soon. But how soon is soon? Only after the terror group's leadership get it together. Reports suggesting Hamas leaders are at odds, and that's not the odd part. It's Gaza terror chief Yixinroir, who is said to back temporary truce on offer while the presumably more pragmatic Politburo head Ismail Hania is pushing for a permanency spire, a non-starter for Israel. What did come was an American answer. The US striking 85 terror targets in Iraq and Syria overnight after being poked time and again by pro-Iranian militias rather, since October. Our response starts today, says President Joe Biden, but is this beginning also an end? We begin this broadcast by crossing straight down south to the Israel-Gaza border, I-24 News correspondent Pierre Kluschenler standing by there with the I-24 News team all day long. Pierre, thank you very much for joining us. Well, we're still waiting. Any word from Hamas on this deal? What can we say? What do we know? And perhaps more honestly, what don't we know? I think that we don't know much. I think that most of the information relayed by media is very sketchy and sometimes contradict itself because some of the media reports are talking about a few phases in the release of hostages in exchange for days of posing the fighting as well as release of Palestinian prisoners. We don't know exactly the numbers. We don't know the quality of the prisoners. We don't know about the proportion of the release of each hostage with the release of each Palestinian prisoner. But what we understand also, and that's also that best confirmation, we heard a few days ago already, you have gone on the Israeli Defense Minister saying that Hamas abroad, the political bureau led by Ismail Aniyah in Doha, Qatar, and Yehissinua, the head of the political branch of Hamas in the Gaza Strip are at odds. We heard that already a week ago from Joav Galant. And it's always, I would say, positive news that you can divide in order to rule your adversary. But on the other hand, that could slow down the negotiations. Now, what's going on is that Hamas hasn't given yet its formal answer to the proposal, to the mediation by Qatar and Egypt. We know that the delegation of Hamas is in Cairo, meeting or has met with Abbas Kamal, the head of the Egyptian intelligence. We know that Hamas is consulting with all the Palestinian factions, be it Islamic Jihad or the popular front for the liberation of Palestine and all the small factions in the Gaza Strip that are fighting against the Israeli troops. But we don't know the conclusion of those consultations. So I think we are very far away from a deal at this moment, but at the same time, it could accelerate very quickly. We just don't know. Yes, we simply do not know. What we do know, Pierre, that Hamas is saying the American strikes in Iraq and in Syria are only fueling the fire here in the Middle East. Right, Hamas in a statement relating to the U.S. strikes over Syria and Iraq is saying that we are witnessing actually the covering up of the genocidal campaign by the Zionist Nazi enemy against our brave Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. But I think that underneath that message what's less than subliminal, I would say, is the fact that the strategy of Hamas hasn't worked out. They have hoped that October 7th would ignite a conflict throughout the Middle East with support from Hezbollah, with support from Syrian factions, Iraqi factions that are enlisted by Iran. And that happened in a certain way, but not a full blown enlargement of the war. And as a result, Hamas has been very, very disappointed. And it stands alone against Israel basically. And as a result, each time Hamas uses its political statements to try and gather solidarity for the Palestinians and trying again to enlist the Arab world against Israel. All right, to be continued, I-24 News correspondent Pierre-Claude Schendler, thank you very much for this. And from South we're heading now. North I-24 News correspondent Mary McCollough with the I-24 News team on the northern front there. Mary, before we ask you about the latest when it comes to the American offensive overnight, some developments on the northern border itself with Lebanon, the IDF operating there today and also a defense minister, Yav Galanta, sending, you know, escalating the war of wards yet again. Absolutely right, Ellie. So today we once again saw attacks by the IDF is really aircraft striking inside parts of southern Lebanon, saying these attacks were directed after a number of launches were identified crossing over the Lebanese border and landing in northern Israeli territory, saying that these launches did not cause any damage and were believed to land in an open area, but still the IDF responding forcefully to these attacks, saying they struck two different observation posts belonging to Hezbollah and also another military compound of that group based inside southern Lebanon. As you mentioned that we do have from the past few weeks or so, we continue to hear this messaging coming out from Israeli officials in the security and military infrastructure, especially defense minister Yav Galanta who was here on the ground yesterday, addressing also the ceasefire potential ceasefire reports that if there's going to be a ceasefire with Hamas, a temporary ceasefire to allow hostages to return, there will be no pause to the fighting up here on this northern border, saying that completely depends on Hezbollah withdrawing its militants from this border area. That is the only way any kind of these cross-border attacks will stop is once they decide to move their forces away from this border area and cease these attacks on Israeli territory. And until that ends, Israel is gonna continue to defend itself and its territory. And Mary, let's do a move on to the American strikes in Iraq and Syria. What are we hearing from Washington and what are we hearing from the other side? Also Tehran and disrespect. Most importantly, US President Joe Biden saying that these strikes are likely to continue and they will decide to continue these attacks at the time and places of their choosing. So very clearly coming out immediately after these attacks say this is just the beginning of their response to that deadly attack that killed three American service members last week in Jordan. The US national security spokesman also coming out was forcibly in saying that these attacks also though, while they didn't mostly in the area or those who have been supported by Iran, they are not trying to start a war with Iran. So also trying to condition that message to make it clear, they will attack everybody who's attacking American forces in the region. They will continue to respond to do so. And this is just the beginning of that attack so far. Already though, we're already hearing a number of different countries coming out to condemn these attacks, most notably Iran. Again, of course, these were the main target of the American strikes. And they targeted Iranian personnel and those supported by Iranian personnel in the region. But we do not have any direct reports yet of any Iranian personnel actually killed in these strikes. Let's take a listen to what Tehran had to say. We naturally condemn any move against the resistance front and we reject and condemn these attacks that will naturally lead to the flames of the resistance. And they must act wisely, which is very unlikely and we do not see it in the Americans. If they act wisely, they should stop supporting the Zionist regime. We don't see much of it in the media. I have 24 news correspond, Mary McAllister. Yeah. This is in addition to that in addition to Tehran, we also have reports coming out from within Iraq, not just from the government, which you can definitely talk about because we did have forced response from the Iraqi government, even though they were warned ahead of time about these strikes, still calling the American action an aggression. But we are also hearing from members of the Iraqi paramilitary units, these umbrella forces who are the main source of these attacks, the main target of these American at