Good evening and welcome to I-24 News's ongoing coverage of Israel at war against Hamas. Today is day 175. I'm Emily Francis Thank you very much for joining us. We begin this evening with the IDF announcing the death of another Israeli soldier in Gaza Sergeant Major Alon Kudriashav was 21 years old from Mota, En. He was a fighter in the elite Goza unit and he fell in combat today in the southern part of Gaza. His family has been notified. In the last few hours Rocket alerts in northern Israel with the IDF reporting that one projectile landed in an open area in the western Galilee The IDF responding with artillery fire toward the village of Kila in Lebanon Also earlier Lebanese media reported a senior Hezbollah commander Responsible for launching rockets at northern Israel was killed in a drone strike on a vehicle in the town of Bazou Ria in that southern Lebanon another Calm Friday as Ramadan prayers continue in the Temple Mount at the Al Aqsa mosque in a Jerusalem However, police did arrest several Palestinian suspects accused of inciting violence and chanting some support of Hamas Also in another attempt to restart the sluggish hostage deal negotiations the head of the Mossad Heading to Qatar and the head of Shin Bet on his way to Cairo will delve into all of that in a moment But we begin again with the sad news of another fallen Israeli soldier in Gaza bringing the total now to 254 reports of a serious incident in the southern part of Gaza where Alon Kudriashav 21 from Odein was killed 16 others wounded and six others are reportedly in critical condition We start by going in studio with our defense and government commentator Amir Oran here with more good evening Hi, and sad to start with such sad news again of another soldier following Falling and it's not always easy to report these stories indeed now what is happening is that the commando brigade Has three elite subunits one is called dove the van the other Maglan and the third one is a ghost Which originally specialized in fighting in south Lebanon among the boulders and The urban Outposts of his bala, but now of course it is allocated to Gaza now these brave soldiers are going into the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad strongholds when they are on the move They have the Superior position it so happened that they were stationary in a certain place during the time a Rocket was launched at them and therefore and not only Sergeant major Kudriashov, but also several of his buddies were injured, but the Evacuation say they were stationary. What does that mean this the buildings where they're just the soldiers are just housing and just they happen to be there between Missions outside of the structure now the evacuation the medical Evacuation video right now by the way, I don't know if you can see it because it's behind your head We're looking at ahead the medical evacuation procedures of the IDF Have been perfected to such a degree that even under such difficult conditions all of the casualties Were evacuated in less than an hour from a very very difficult Situation and position geographically This is really unheard of in any military in the world Now we're saying that this actually video is an actual Hamas video of this incident and so obviously we're seeing that there are still Things going on even though we haven't really advanced any decision on the Rafa operation and the evacuation given that things have been stalled between the US And Israel but but clearly it's never really over right even even when you clear an area and you announced that the Fight is over Someone sneaks back Makes an ambush or the soldiers are Ordered to clear another tunnel and other structure, especially when the terrorists are Hiding in medical facilities they they wear gowns as if they are doctors and They hide in laboratories Even in the MRI Equipment They have hidden weapons so so of course, it's it's a difficult mission and there are casualties All right, and it seems like let's talk a little bit about the fact that we have two senior officials heading to both Qatar and Egypt after obviously these latest negotiations have have stalled so give us reason to believe what we have here is the war cabinet the emergency war cabinet the five-member cabinet headed by Netanyahu and Immediately following that the professional echelon is made up of these two gentlemen You mentioned the Mossad chief which handles foreign liaison and the Shinbe chief Who is in charge of Gaza intelligence and also has a very good relations with his Egyptian counterpart who is of cabinet rank okay Kamal Abbas, okay, so This guy Ronan Bhadesh in bed chief goes to Cairo while the Daddy Barnea the Mossad chief goes to Doha because Qatar and Egypt are the mediators the third Important person here is reserve major general Nitzan alone who is in charge of the missing and captives and he is Concentrating Orchestrating Everything which has to do with this work now if they come back and report to the cabinet that they see the outline of a deal and that only a few additional Pressures are Needed or a few concessions by Israel number of prisoners to be released and so on It will have a great weight because minister Gadi Eisencote almost always supports Their recommendations as is minister Benny guns So if there is even one additional minister such as defense minister gallant who is Coming over to their side they are in a majority all of this is to say that such missions as theirs can have Very important consequences once they report and add to the factual Report their recommendations so but that said at the end of the day with all that Hamas refuses to bud So every time there is some deal or potential negotiation they end up Saying we don't know withdrawal or nothing. So we don't we don't know that they influence them to show Some kind of reason but What you just cited is the conventional wisdom which someone has an interest in spreading We don't really know we have never seen the Hamas proposal and the Israeli counter-proposal There are selective reports in the media Usually those who know do not speak and those who speak so the fact that if people go and come home doesn't mean that That's it. It just means this is gonna. This is how negotiations are being conducted But here we are day 175 and it's it's it's mind-boggling I'm not saying that this is the case but it's an option if political interests By certain Israeli politicians are blocking a deal It will probably bring about mass demonstrations, right? So do you can you see that happening? Especially with pressure from the United States and elsewhere the United States wants to have a deal Not only because there are Americans among the hostages, but also because a deal will Comprise also a ceasefire and the ceasefire will enable humanitarian aid For the United States the numbers of Palestinian prisoners released by Israel Is immaterial they understand that Israel has its considerations, but for president Biden The most important parts are Whoa, I just Released yeah ceasefire Humanitarian aid right a mirror will be back with you in a moment now We're gonna be going to Jerusalem as we reported the top of the show Israeli police have arrested 11 suspects in the old city Apparently for calling for terror. This is worshipers continue to pray at the al-Aqsa mosque for Friday prayers during our Ramadan Specifically now we're gonna go live to I-24 news correspondent Pierre Kloschenler who is at the Damascus gate What is the latest Pierre? Well, the the old Ottoman canon Posted just a few hundred meters away from where we are Just announced the breaking of the fast the daily fast of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan And now people are just eating in family or on the noble sanctuary itself On top of the Temple Mount where many people will congregate at around 9 o'clock for the tarwir Prayer which is an addendum to the evening prayer one of the five prayers of Islam And it's very peaceful here Right now the the people have left you can see the arena which is behind me, which is barely Which is Quite empty at the moment because most of the people went to the noble sanctuary to pray and to eat And the situation is very calm Pierre let's not forget. It's a good Friday. Usually good Friday is is literally like today Usually just days before of not the day before pass over Are you sing a lot of Christian pilgrims even though we know that there's not tourism right now? What are you saying? There were Christian pilgrims during the procession in the morning At the Via Dolorosa, which is in the Christian quarter of the old city but the Muslim faithful use the Damascus gate to enter to the noble sanctuary and they meander in the narrow alleyways of the Muslim quarter So there is not so much mingling between Christian and Muslim faithful The police as well was in force to ensure the safety of all the pilgrims be they Muslims or Christians Because there's a lot of people inside the old city, especially in the morning When the procession the Christian procession was going on and the Muslim faithful were gathering for the Friday noon prayer But there were no incidents at all. The old city is separated into four quarters the Armenian quarter the Jewish quarter the Christian quarter and the Muslim quarter and basically people Of course can cross from one quarter to another But then when they perform their religious duty They usually follow the same track the Muslims in the Muslim quarter the Christians in the Christian quarter Also Pierre understand there there was a Jewish anti-war protest demonstration in Jerusalem earlier. Tell us about that Yeah, there were some scuffles because the police didn't authorize that demonstration a few people were arrested a journalist a photojournalist was arrested but Immediately or almost immediately released Because the protest was unauthorized the police tried to disperse the protesters And there were some scuffles, but it was a minor demonstration in the western part of the city very close to the prime minister's Residents and the president's residents All right. Thank you very much Pierre. We'll check in with you again a little bit later We're now going to be going to northern Israel where there have been several red alerts in northern Israel in the past few hours We're gonna go live now the I-24 news correspondent Belir Sladine. Tell us the latest Yeah, so before we talk about what's happening in the field here an interesting condemnation from Russia earlier today After the Israeli airstrike the Russian foreign ministry is saying that these airstrikes on Syria We remind you there was an airstrike In the during the night at an Aleppo airport where 38 people were killed including a Hezbollah Militants and now the foreign ministry of Russia is saying that this is provocations and accusing Israel of Conducting this airstrike, of course, Israel didn't take responsibility for that officially But it is very obvious and it's attributed always to Israel in these terms Especially during these times. So this condemnation comes right now from Russia something that usually we don't hear from Russia although that since the war in Ukraine, of course a lot of stress between Israel and Russia in this area as well in Syria and In regards the latest about the field what's happening here the Israeli military is announcing destruction of Military building in maiz el-jabal where Hezbollah militant entered that building and they're saying that there was a rocket launch from that Specific building and now they're destroying it a rocket launched earlier today And also Hezbollah is saying that they successfully targeted a brandy to military site and they're saying that they have Targeted that the military site with a more advanced Burkan Rockets we don't hear we didn't hear any reports from the Israeli side That says that there is any Casualties or damage as a result of that we've seen some videos from that specific area where it's very obvious that the Burkan rocket to hit that area But it was in an open terrain and not in any building or any military site exactly there so a very obvious escalation here since yesterday's night all the Assassination that happened there in Syria and also in southern Lebanon deputy Commander in Hezbollah that is in charge of the rocket units in southern Lebanon There was killed in an Israeli a drone strike apparently as well as some other Syrian Syrian military official that was a bit apparently killed in a car bombing near Damascus again Israel Israel didn't take responsibility for that, but that's What the Syrians are accusing Israel of and of course the huge air strike during the night were 38 people as we said were killed including Hezbollah and militants and a Gallant said a couple of hours ago from the northern command in its fat He said that Israel is ready to expand this operation Against Hezbollah and they were reached everywhere including Bayrut also Damascus and even far away from there We don't mind you that were some also air strikes on the Syrian Iraqi border earlier this week as well So maybe Gallant refers to that as well and he doesn't want to take a of course responsible Responsibility officially, but it's obvious again that Israel is now expanding this military operation against Hezbollah All right, I 24 is Balir sladeen. Thank you very much a mayor you just heard Let's first about let's talk about this what communication between Russia and Syria that Belir was just sharing well Of course Russia entered the Syrian civil war in 2015 when the Assad regime was on the losing side and Russia turned it around But one of the prices it is paying is the terror Act terror attack a week ago as we were sitting here actually a week ago and The ISIS Khurasan announcement taking responsibility for it Said that the Russian entry into Syria was one of the reasons for their attack in in Moscow now What is happening? Without an official announcement is the center of gravity in these two front war that Israel is conducting Has shifted from Gaza to the Lebanese border in both places You don't see ground maneuvers because in in Gaza the front has frozen There are of course firefights in the places where the IDF has operated already But in Lebanon to you don't see raids counter border Cross-border raids you do see of course all of these airstrikes or rockets launched By the way, when his bala said that they have attacked the biranit military position Of course this has been vacated long ago because the IDF knew that this is one of the first places to be targeted so there are no casualties there and What does the IDF know all of these these Important installations at Hezbollah's operating out of the IDF essentially knows where all those are so when rockets are coming in They already know areas. No, not necessarily because they are not operating Hezbollah from fixed positions or Pre-prepared positions, but when you have aerial surveillance drones, for instance, and they see the rocket being launched immediately either this drone can also attack the launching position or It communicates with a ground station or a fighter plane and a few seconds or mere minutes after it the terrorist who launched the rocket and Is trying to escape is being killed by the Israeli response So again, it's it's very very fast They call it closing the loop closing the loop. Okay. The loop is being closed in moments All right Let's move on to the United States We'll be back in a second with the relationship between our president Biden and the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu far from a warm and cozy right now Biden is pulling out all the stops to win reelection now He's getting help from some very very special and important friends including former president Barack Obama. Here's more Joe Biden Barack Obama jumping in to the 2024 election Hoping he can help his former vice president Joe Biden win a second term at the White House The former president making clear to associates in recent months that he believes the Biden Donald Trump rematch in November Will be incredibly close and that he sees the election as an all-hands-on-deck Moment sources tell CNN as you know Joe is an extraordinary friend and partner He was by my side for eight years last Friday Obama spending several hours in the White House Residents recording videos for the Biden campaign including about the Affordable Care Act. There's nothing I'm more proud of than the ACA Off-camera Obama telling Biden that the president's state of the union remarks this month Appeared to have broken through and that he believes health care will once again be a potent issue in the upcoming election Passage of that landmark health care law one of the hallmark achievements of the Obama presidency That 14 years later President Biden is continuing to tout. I thought it was a big deal at the time Well, it's even a bigger deal today Sources telling CNN that the two presidents who have made much of their friendship and so-called bromance still speak regularly This also gives the internet one last chance to Talk about our bromance and that Obama is also in direct contact with some senior White House officials Including Chief of Staff Jeff Zients On Thursday three U.S. presidents Biden Obama and Bill Clinton set to appear together For a star-studded fundraiser in New York City Moderated by comedian Stephen Colbert Tickets to the sold-out evening at Radio City music call ranging from 225 dollars to a whopping half a million dollars and numerous celebrities Expected to be in attendance Some audience members also getting the chance to have their photo taken with the three presidents by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz And we're back with a mirror or first of all, it's just so weird to see campaigning all over again How how well I was going to buy a ticket for heaven By the time I got right exactly then they're sold out before you you could even call Let's talk about Obama because listen as an American Consuming from other Americans Americans generally tend to think that Obama was not good for Israel But tell us of course truly what? This is the Republican or Trump is the view. It's the other way around but but first Let me remind you that usually we see all of these presidents and ex presidents only in funerals Right when when they come when they come to honor one of their own either President Bush or perhaps Henry Kissinger who is almost I was almost a president but Bill Clinton is not an asset He wasn't in Hillary's campaign and he certainly is not an asset now He he is a definite burden. However Obama is a great asset He was just to answer your question a great friend of Israel a great friend of the Israeli interest Not necessarily Netanyahu's vision Netanyahu came to undermine the Iranian negotiations in 2015 He went to Congress, but Obama has given Israel thirty eight billion dollars over ten years We are still enjoying the fruits of that now one of Biden's problem Problems in the campaign is the lack of enthusiasm by black and Latino voters who were considered traditionally pro-democratic right and Obama can bring some of them back can remind them that the policies of the Obama Biden administration Years ago and now the Biden administration Have been good for them. So even if he can manage to get some of them especially in the swing states like Michigan and Pennsylvania, Nevada It's pivotal rather than being indifferent or Stay home. They will not go over to the Republicans, especially if Trump is there But they may not get out and vote if Obama who has the rock star has the child Yes, if he can help Get more people if it's basically if he could get enough people to not stay at home and give up hope on Get out the vote go go vote then that's exact a very pivotal Demographic so it only it makes sense. It's nothing. It's nothing new you would expect Obama to help Yeah, but also it was a fundraiser and apparently by then far out Tried at least but he is far Getting more Donors to help him then Trump you would have thought it's the other way around no But by then has a very rich watchest Trump does not in addition to Trump's other problems Financial and otherwise. Oh my goodness. This is gonna be interesting interesting. All right. Thank you very much as always and have a Nice weekend. Thank you. You too. And that is all for now from the I-24 news desk Thank you so much for watching. I'm Emily Francis. We'll be back at the top of the hour with more developments on the top stories I-24 news channel Broadcasting from Israel with dozens of correspondence throughout the world brings the truth from Israel to hundreds of millions of people in scores of countries Bringing Israel's story to the world I-24 news channels Now on hot Good evening and welcome to I-24 news is ongoing coverage of Israel at war against Hamas today is day 175 I'm Emily Francis. Thank you very much for joining us We begin this evening with the IDF announcing the death of another Israeli soldier in Gaza Sergeant Major alone Kudriyashov was 21 years old from Modain. He was a fighter in the elite Goza unit and he fell in combat today in the southern part of Gaza His family has been notified in the last few hours rocket alerts in northern Israel with the IDF Reporting that one projectile landed in an open area in the western Galilee the IDF responding with artillery fire To the village of Kila in Lebanon. Also earlier Lebanese media reported a senior Hezbollah commander Responsible for launching rockets at northern Israel was killed in a drone strike on a vehicle in the town of Bazu Rie in that southern Lebanon another Calm Friday as Ramadan prayers continue in the Temple Mount at the Al Aqsa mosque in a Jerusalem However, police did arrest several Palestinian suspects accused of inciting violence and chanting some support of Hamas Also in another attempt to restart the sluggish hostage deal negotiations ahead of the Mossad Heading to Qatar and the head of Shin Bet on his way to Cairo will delve into all of that in a moment But we begin again with the sad news of another fallen Israeli soldier in Gaza bringing the total now to 254 reports of a serious incident in the southern part of Gaza where alone Kudriyashov 21 from Odein was killed 16 others wounded and six others are reportedly in critical condition We start by going in studio with our defense and government commentator Amir Oran here with more good evening and sad to start with such sad news again of another soldier following Falling and it's not always easy to report these stories indeed now What is happening is that the commando brigade? Has three elite subunits one is called doof the van the other Maglan and the third one is a gauze Which originally specialized in fighting in? South Lebanon among the boulders and The urban outposts of his bala, but now of course it is allocated to Gaza now these brave soldiers are going into the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad strongholds when they are on the move They have the superior position It so happened that they were stationary in a certain place during the time a Rocket was launched at them and therefore and not only Southern major Kudriyashov, but also several of his buddies were injured, but the You say they were stationary. What does that mean? They this buildings where they're just the soldiers are just housing and just they happen they happen to be there between missions outside of the structure now the Evacuation the medical eviction we're looking at video right now by the way, I don't know if you can see it because it's behind your head We're looking at it. Go ahead the medical evacuation procedures of the IDF Have been perfected to such a degree that even under such difficult conditions all of the casualties Were evacuated in less than an hour from a very very difficult situation and position geographically This is really unheard of in any military in the world Now we're saying that this actually video is a actual Hamas video of this incident And so obviously we're seeing that there are still Things going on even though we haven't really advanced any decision on the Rafa operation and the evacuation given that things have been stalled between the US and Israel but but clearly it's never really over right even even when you clear an area and You announce that the fight is over someone sneaks back Makes an ambush or the soldiers are Ordered to clear another tunnel another structure, especially when the terrorists are Hiding in medical facilities. They they wear gowns as if they are doctors and They hide in laboratories Even in the MRI Equipment they have hidden they have hidden weapons. So so of course, it's it's a difficult Mission and there are casualties. All right, and it seems like let's talk a little bit about the fact that we have two senior officials heading to both Qatar and Egypt after obviously these latest negotiations have have stalled so give us reason to believe what we have here is the war cabinet the emergency war cabinet the five-member cabinet headed by Netanyahu and Immediately following that the professional echelon is made up of these two gentlemen You mentioned the Mossad chief which handles foreign liaison and the Shin Bet chief Who is in charge of Gaza intelligence and also has a very good relations with his Egyptian counterpart who is of cabinet rank. Okay Kamala buzz. Okay, so This guy Ronan bar the Shin Bet chief goes to Cairo while the Daddy Barnea the Mossad chief goes to Doha because Qatar and Egypt are the mediators the third Important person here is reserve major general Nitzan alone who is in charge of the missing and captives and he is Concentrating orchestrating Everything which has to do with this work now if they come back and report to the cabinet That they see the outline of a deal and that only a few additional pressures are Needed or a few concessions by Israel number of prisoners to be released and so on It will have a great weight Because minister Gadi Eisencourt almost always supports their recommendations as is minister Benny guns So if there is even one additional minister such as defense minister gallant who is Coming over to their side. They are in a majority all of this is to say that such missions as theirs can have Very important consequences once they report and the add to the factual Report their recommendations so but that said at the end of the day with all that Hamas refuses to budge So every time there is some deal or potential negotiation. They end up saying we don't withdraw or nothing So we don't we don't know that influence them to show some kind of reason What you just cited is the conventional wisdom which someone has an interest in spreading We don't really know we have never seen the Hamas proposal and the Israeli counter proposal There are selective reports in the media Usually those who know do not speak and those who speak so the fact that people go and come home Doesn't mean that that's it. It just means this is gonna. This is how negotiations have been conducted But here we are day 175 and it's it's it's Mind-boggling I'm not saying that this is the case, but it's an option if political interests by certain Israeli politicians Are blocking a deal? It will probably bring about mass demonstrations, right? So do you can you see that happening especially with pressure from the United States and and elsewhere the United States wants to have a deal? Not only because there are Americans among the hostages, but also because a deal will Comprise also a ceasefire and the ceasefire will enable humanitarian aid For the United States the numbers of Palestinian prisoners released by Israel is Immaterial they understand that Israel has its considerations, but for President Biden the most important parts are Whoa, I just my water Hostages released. Yeah, ceasefire Humanitarian aid. I don't know. We'll be back with you in a moment Now we're gonna be going to Jerusalem as we reported the top of the show Israeli police have arrested 11 suspects in the old city Apparently for calling for terror This is worshippers continue to pray at the al-Aqsa mosque for Friday prayers during our Ramadan specifically now We're gonna go live to I-24 news correspondent Pierre Kloschenler who is at the Damascus gate. What is the latest Pierre? Well, the the old Ottoman Canon Posted just a few hundred meters away from where we are Just announced the breaking of the fast the daily fast of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan And now people are just eating in family or on the noble sanctuary itself On top of the Temple Mount where many people will congregate at around 9 o'clock for the tarwih Prayer which is an addendum to the evening prayer one of the five prayers of Islam And it's very peaceful here Right now the the people have left you can see the arena which is behind me, which is barely Which is Quite empty at the moment because most of the people went to the noble sanctuary to pray and to eat and the situation is very calm Pierre let's not forget. It's a good Friday. Usually good Friday is is literally like today Usually just days before if not the day before Passover are you sing a lot of Christian pilgrims even though we know that there's not tourism right now? What are you saying? There were Christian pilgrims during the procession in the morning At the Via Dolorosa, which is in the Christian quarter of the old city But the Muslim faithful use the Damascus gate to enter to the noble sanctuary and they meander In the narrow alleyways of the Muslim quarter, so there is not so much mingling between Christian and Muslim faithful The police as well was in force to ensure the safety of all the pilgrims be they Muslims or Christians because there's a lot of people inside the old city Especially in the morning when the procession the Christian procession was Going on and the Muslim faithful were gathering for the Friday noon prayer But there were no incidents at all the the old city is separated into four quarters the Armenian quarter the Jewish quarter the Christian quarter and the Muslim quarter and basically people Of course can cross from one quarter to another but then when they perform their religious duty They usually follow the same track the Muslims in the Muslim quarter the Christians in the Christian quarter Also PR understand there there was a Jewish anti-war protest demonstration in Jerusalem earlier. Tell us about that Yeah, there were some scuffles because the police didn't authorize that demonstration a Few people were arrested a journalist a photojournalist was arrested, but Immediately or almost immediately released Because the protest was unauthorized the police tried to disperse the protesters And there were some scuffles, but it was a minor demonstration in the western part of the city very close to the Prime Minister's residence and the president's residence All right. Thank you very much Pierre. We'll check in with you again a little bit later We're now going to be going to northern Israel where there have been several red alerts in northern Israel in the past few hours We're gonna go live now to I-24 news correspondent Belir Sladine. Tell us the latest Yeah, so before we talk about what's happening in the field here an interesting condemnation from Russia earlier today after the Israeli airstrike the Russian Foreign Ministry is saying that these airstrikes on Syria. We remind you there was an airstrike In the during the night at an Aleppo airport where 38 people were killed including Militants and now the Foreign Minister of Russia is saying that this is provocations and accusing Israel of conducting this airstrike of course Israel didn't take responsibility for that officially, but it is very obvious and it's Attributed always to Israel in these terms especially during these times So this condemnation comes right now from Russia something that usually we don't hear from Russia Although that since the war in Ukraine, of course a lot of stress between Israel and Russia in this area as well in Syria and In regards the latest about the field what's happening here the Israeli military is announcing a destruction of Military building in maiz el-jabal where? Hezbollah militant entered that building and they're saying that there was a rocket launch from that specific building and now they're destroying it rocket launched earlier today and also Hezbollah is saying that they successfully targeted a brandy to military site and they're saying that they have Targeted that the military site with a more advanced Burkan Rockets, we don't hear we didn't hear any reports from the Israeli side That says that there is any Casualties or damage as a result of that we've seen some videos from that specific area where it's very obvious that the Burkan rocket to hit that area, but it was in an open terrain and not in any building or any military site exactly there so a very obvious escalation here since yesterday's night all the Assassination that happened in Syria and also in southern Lebanon deputy Commander in Hezbollah that is in charge of the rocket units in southern Lebanon They was killed in an Israeli a drone strike apparently as well as some other Syrian Syrian military official that was a bit apparently killed in a car bombing near Damascus again Israel Israel didn't take responsibility for that, but that's What the Syrians are accusing Israel of and of course the huge air strike during the night were 38 people as we said were killed including Hezbollah and militants and a Gallant said a couple of hours ago from the northern command in its fat He said that Israel is ready to expand this operation Against Hezbollah and they were reached everywhere including Beirut also Damascus and even far away from there We don't mind you that were some also airstrikes on the Syrian Iraqi border earlier this week as well So maybe Gallant refers to that as well and he doesn't want to take a of course responsible Responsibility officially, but it's obvious again that Israel is now expanding this military operation against Hezbollah All right, I 24 is Balir sladine. Thank you very much a mayor You just heard let's first about let's talk about this what communication between Russia and Syria that Belir was just sharing well, of course Russia Entered the Syrian civil war in 2015 when the Assad regime was on the losing side and Russia turned it around But one of the prices it is paying is the terror Act terror attack a week ago as we were sitting here actually a week ago and The ISIS Khurasan announcement taking responsibility for it Said that the Russian entry into Syria was one of the reasons for their attack in in Moscow now What is happening? Without an official announcement is the center of gravity in these two front war that Israel is conducting Conducting has shifted from Gaza to the Lebanese border in both places You don't see ground maneuvers because in in Gaza the front has frozen There are of course Firefights in the places where the IDF has operated already But in Lebanon too, you don't see raids counter border Cross-border raids you do see of course all of these airstrikes or rockets launched By the way, when his bala said that they have attacked the biranit military position, of course This has been vacated long ago because the IDF knew that this is one of the first places to be targeted so there are no casualties there and The IDF know all of these these important installations at Hezbollah's operating out of the IDF essentially knows where all those are So when rockets are coming in they already know areas No, not necessarily because they are not operating his bala from fixed positions or Pre-prepared positions, but when you have aerial surveillance drones, for instance, and they see the rocket being launched Immediately either this drone can also attack the launching position or it communicates with a ground station or a fighter plane and a few seconds or mere minutes after it the Terrorist who launched the rocket and is trying to escape is being killed by the Israeli response So again, it's it's very very fast. They call it closing the loop closing the loop Okay, the loop is being closed in moments All right, let's move on to the United States We'll be back in a second with the relationship between our President Biden and the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu far from a warm and cozy right now Biden is pulling out all the stops to win reelection now He's getting help from some very very special and important friends including a former president Barack Obama. Here's more Joe Biden Barack Obama jumping in to the 2024 election Hoping he can help his former Vice President Joe Biden win a second term at the White House the former president making clear to associates in recent months that he believes the Biden Donald Trump Rematch in November will be incredibly close and that he sees the election as an all-hands-on-deck moment sources tell CNN As you know, Joe is an extraordinary friend and partner. He was by my side for eight years last Friday Obama spending several hours in the White House residents recording videos for the Biden campaign Including about the Affordable Care Act. There's nothing I'm more proud of than the ACA Off-camera Obama telling Biden that the president's state of the Union remarks this month Appeared to have broken through and that he believes health care will once again be a potent issue in the upcoming election Passage of that landmark health care law one of the hallmark achievements of the Obama presidency That 14 years later president Biden is continuing to tout. I thought it was a big deal at the time Well, it's even a bigger deal today Sources telling CNN that the two presidents who have made much of their friendship and so-called bromance still speak regularly It's also gives the internet one last chance to Talk about our bromance and that Obama is also in direct contact with some senior White House officials Including chief of staff Jeff Zients On Thursday three U.S. presidents Biden Obama and Bill Clinton set to appear together for a star-studded fundraiser in New York City moderated by comedian Stephen Colbert Tickets to the sold-out evening at Radio City music call ranging from $225 to a whopping half a million dollars and numerous celebrities expected to be in attendance Some audience members also getting the chance to have their photo taken with the three presidents by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz And we're back with a mirror or first of all, it's just so weird to see campaigning all over again. How how well? I was going to buy a ticket for heaven. I know I want to go to radio city music Oh, by the time I got right exactly then they're sold out before you you can even call Let's talk about Obama because listen as an American Consuming from other Americans Americans generally tend to think that Obama was not good for Israel But tell us of course, what? This is the Republican or Trumpist view. It's the other way around but but first Let me remind you that usually we see all of these presidents and ex-presidents only in funerals Right when when they come when they come to honor one of their own either President Bush or perhaps Henry Kissinger who is almost was almost a president but Bill Clinton is not an asset He wasn't in Hillary's campaign and he certainly is not an asset now He he is a definite burden. However Obama is a great asset He was just to answer your question a great friend of Israel a great friend of the Israeli interest Not necessarily Netanyahu's vision Netanyahu came to undermine the Iranian negotiations in 2015 He went to Congress, but Obama has given Israel 38 billion dollars over 10 years We are still enjoying the fruits of that now One of Biden's problem Problems in the campaign is the lack of enthusiasm by black and Latino voters who were considered traditionally pro-democratic right and Obama can bring some of them back can remind them that the policies of the Obama Biden administration Years ago and now the Biden administration Have been good for them. So even if you can manage to get some of them, especially In the swing states like Michigan and Pennsylvania, Nevada It's better rather than being indifferent or Stay home. They will not go over to the Republicans, especially if Trump is there, but they may not get out and vote if Obama who has the rock star has the charm. Yes, if he can help Get more people if it's basically if he could get enough people to not stay at home and give up hope on Get out the vote go go vote then that's exactly a very pivotal Especially so it only it makes sense. It's nothing. It's nothing new. You would expect Obama to help Also, it was a fundraiser and apparently Biden far Out Tried at least but he is far getting more Donors to help him than Trump. You would have thought it's the other way around No, but Biden has a very rich watchest Trump does not in addition to Trump's other problems Financial and otherwise. Oh my goodness. This is gonna be interesting interesting. All right. Thank you very much as always and have a Nice weekend. Thank you. You too. And that is all for now from the I-24 news desk. Thank you so much for watching I'm Emily Francis. We'll be back at the top of the hour with more developments on the top stories Israel is in a state of war families completely done down in their beds We have no idea where is she as our soldiers are fighting on the front line But the general perception is something that certainly needs to to be fought as well Welcome to I-24 news. I'm Emily Francis today marks day one seventy five of Israel's war against Hamas We begin this evening with the IDF announcing the death of yet another Israeli soldier in Gaza 21 year old sergeant major alone Kudriashov of Modine who is a fighter in the elite it goes unit He fell in combat today in the southern part of Gaza He was 21 years old several others were wounded in that incident in the last few hours Rocket Alerts have been in going on in northern Israel with the IDF reporting one large Projectile landing in an open area in the Western Galilee the IDF responding with artillery fire in the village of Kila in Lebanon Earlier Lebanese media reported a senior Hezbollah commander responsible for launching rockets at northern Israel Was killed in a drone strike in a vehicle in the town of Bazzourie in southern Lebanon Another calm Friday after Ramadan prayers in the Temple Mount in the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem However, Israeli police did arrest several Palestinian suspects accused of inciting violence and chanting in support of Hamas And in another attempt to restart the sluggish hostage deal Negotiations the head of Mossad heading to Qatar and the head of Shin Bet on his way to Cairo We'll delve into all of that in just a moment Now we're gonna start by going live via zoom to professor Kobe Mikhail former deputy director general of Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs Good evening. Let's start with talking about the to the the Mossad and Shin Bet heading to To a Qatar and Egypt respect respectively What can we expect potentially a new resurgence of talks and a potential deal? Hmm Shabbat Shalom, I think that the expectations are mostly dependent on the American approach Vis-a-vis the Qatarians if the Americans Change their approach and they began pressuring more seriously the Qatarians then there is a significant probability significant chance that Some of the gaps the of the gaps might might be bridged between the both sides and maybe We will make a step forward towards a deal if the American Remain with the same policy with the same strategy approach Towards Qatar. I think that the gaps will not be bridged and It looks at the probability that Something that will be a sort of a breakout is is very low probability So with that said I mean given that the Rafa operation still you don't hold nothing has happened There's a back-and-forth going on between the prime minister and the president the United States Where does it stand as far as the operation because we did have a soldier who died today? Not in Rafa, of course, but obviously still an idea of presence Yes, and unfortunately there will be more because this is a war But I think that an operation in Rafa will be I assume that Israel will be able to bridge the gap the gaps with the American administration by the way the American administration Does not reject the idea of military operation in Rafa. They just Very concerned about the probability that there will be there many casualties among the civilians Israel and the IDF have to assure the Americans that Israel will do all the utmost efforts in order to prevent Civilian casualties or to minimize civilian casualties and they assume that the operation will be more surgical than a very Massive operation. We will not see there a total division. You know that they will invade the Rafa But at the end of the day, I believe that the military operation Rafa will take place And I mean as far as a timeline obviously none of us are the ones that making that decision But you know with all kinds of pressure to have some kind of evacuation Plan even still it seems like there hasn't even been any kind of a specific plan that would be Necessary to even have an operation in Rafa there will be evacuation, but I Think that we have to understand that there will be no evacuation at once of 1.3 million people. Okay, this is not This is not going to be the plan Civilians will be evacuated from very specific areas that the IDF will operate in Exactly as we did in Hanyunas area in Hanyunas area and we operate in Hanyunas more than two months We didn't evacuate all the population of Hanyunas area or Hanyunas district we divided the area to small polygons and We are evacuating the people from one polygon to another based on our operational Modest operandi and I assumed that this more or less will be the The the tactical the strategy in in Rafa I don't believe that we are going to see there as I said before an incursion or a raid of a full armored division This is not going to be the case of Rafa understood Also, let's talk about we will go to our reporter on the north But also on the north this evening there even the defense minister saying that pretty much Israel's turning from defending to pursuing Hezbollah will reach whatever the organization operates. He goes on to that. So is there a Chance of things escalating vis-a-vis the northern front It's not the chance things are escalating and actually things are escalating and they think that The the upper threshold of this equation between Hezbollah and the IDF Becomes higher and higher in each day and I think that we are very close To the stage that there will be no upper threshold and we will find ourselves in a full-scale war with Hezbollah or a much broader Conflict with with Hezbollah Because the IDF is escalating the situation as well because we cannot tolerate the equation that Hezbollah Tries to force on us and the idea that almost six months more than 80,000 people Israeli citizens and residents are not Capable to return to their homes and we are under daily barrage barrages of rockets and I think that this is something that cannot be tolerated by any sovereign country And therefore I believe that due to the fact that the IDF escalates the retaliation and Hezbollah Identifies its retaliation as well We are getting very very close to a full-scale war All right, we'll return with you in a moment. Thanks for now We'll return with you first. We're going to go to Jerusalem now where worshipers have been continuing to pray at the al-Aqsa mosque All day for friday prayers during the muslim holy month Of ramadan and as we reported at the top of the show israeli police did arrest 11 suspects in the old city for apparently Calling for terror and inciting violence. We're going to go live now to i-24 news correspondent Pierre Kloschenler who is at the damascus gates where people have been going in and out all day What's it like now my friend? It's very quiet, you know, it's a paradoxical situation in a sense because on one hand It's very quiet But you don't have the festive lights that are dawning the damascus gate and there is absolutely No real festive atmosphere under the shadow of the war between hamas and israel in the gaza street On the other hand, it's quiet now in previous year. It was very festive You had all those lights covering the arena surrounding the damascus gate and on the other hand, there was a lot of tension It seems that the war has abated any Vague desire maybe to confront the israeli police forces that are deployed in force in and around the old city The israeli police is saying that they have something like 300 000 police officers in addition to the border police and the undercover unit So you imagine that it's going to be very difficult if some youth Decide to confront those forces now on the other hand The task the 10 last days of ramadan as the most are the most critical ones Because these are the days where the faithful are staying on the noble sanctuary mosques Which are sitting on top of the temple mounts That means that there is there could be attempts at barricading themselves Inside the mosques as was in previous year. Now, that's why it's very critical Especially next saturday not tomorrow, but the one after On april 6 will be la ilat al qadr the night of destiny, which is Probably the most important night in the muslim calendar Also pier i know because being in the damascus gate you're getting the muslim worshipers going to the alexa mosque But we also have a good friday happening right now. Obviously not a lot of pilgrims here Quickly or do you have any any sense or feeling of christian worshipers? No, because i think that the christian worshipers were in the morning during the procession along the via dolorosa In the muslim the christian quarter But the police was there to ensure that the procession goes on peacefully and that there's and that there's no Incidents on the verge of the procession. All right pier. Thank you very much. We'll check back in with you later Now we're gonna be joined again by zoom by professor kobi michael So let's talk about ramadan listen There were there were concerns the the government decided to keep it open For worshipers obviously more limits on time and age range and for worshipers coming from the west bank And whatnot, but it seems for the most part ramadan has remained peaceful, but the last 10 days could be the most intense Um, I'm not sure about it. Um, I think that first of all it is a very significant achievement for The israeli police and the israeli security establishment and the israeli government That we have reached to the third friday of ramadan in a very peaceful manner and the dozens of thousands of People can reach to haramish-arif and they have a full freedom of worship And I think that this is very very important And now there are huge efforts of hamas on the one hand and iran on the other hand To ignite to escalate the situation and to use the atmosphere of the ramadan and the sensitivity And the holiness of uh of these days in order To provoke and in order to escalate the situation. I think that um Um, we have a very good intelligence envelope and a very very good and effective An envelope as it was explained Before and therefore, uh, it looks that we have a very good chance to pass the The next fridays of the ramadan including lenithal cutter Peacefully and I really hope that uh, it will be ended like that But in the very same time we have to understand that In in such occasions, it is enough that One tourist will be able or will succeed to do something in order to Explode for the All the situation Obviously, it's not about uh, not having motivation necessarily because we did see a lot of violence In the west bank and there still are you know cells Uh throughout the west bank that are and daily operations So like you're saying it's good that the police and the security have been able to manage it But it it doesn't mean that uh There it's a reason to just completely exhale the violence in the west The violence in the west bank is not the mass violence It's not the a violence which is conducted by the the mass of the people of the palestinians in the west bank This is a a terrorist violence which is conducted by a tourist groups And um, fortunately, we are with the boots on the ground with a full Um, uh freedom of activity there The operational activity and very good intelligence envelope And therefore we are able to move the grass on a daily basis But from time to time there are some successes Unfortunately of the terrorists themselves. Right. All right. Thank you for that We're gonna now be turning to northern israel where there have been several red alerts in northern israel throughout the past few hours We're joined now by i24 news correspondent balir sladeen with the latest this evening Yeah, so sirens were heard throughout this day But the latest also was in the upper galeel a couple of hours ago and Apparently there was a military site in the north of israel brandy military site that was hit by burkan Rockets from south in lebanon and apparently israeli military is targeting or had Targeted the military building in the maiz el jabal, which is a village in south in lebanon Where that rocket was Launched and israel is saying that that military building is Completely destroyed and one hezbollah member was inside that building according to israeli intelligence But hezbollah is yet to announce one more of its members Death today after seven were announced earlier today after the israeli or the Airstrike that that is attributed to israel in syria. That's the latest in the field, but we have also some Also interesting stories about the russian condemnation Of the airstrike that is attributed to israel in aleppo They're saying that these actions are provocations from the israelis and by the way syrian authorities that affiliate with the opposition is saying that 44 people is now Declared dead after this airstrike that had apparently Arms storage that belongs to hezbollah and also a syrian military site right there beside the aleppo international airport and We are also waiting for speech from nasrallah the The head of the chief of hezbollah. He is going to talk in about an hour and apparently this Speech is attributed to the lilt al-khadar, which is you know the ramadan first huli night and he's going to talk about this event, but he also Expected to talk about the war and the latest about that war and this is coming in the background of somewhat of a struggle to get more Legitimacy for the continuation of the military actions against israel because of some Events or some incidents that happened lately in the south in lebanon one of them was in the city of ramish Which is a christian city that was there celebrating a palm sunday on this week and the Hezbollah militants according to Sources came with the rockets and wanted to launch rockets from that city toward israel the residents there Of course, they didn't like it and they asked them to leave the left And now we're hearing from lebanon lebanon in general that the Conflict or the disagreements about the legitimacy of this war and why would we Be involved in a war that is not our war. We can support the palestinians But we can live under this bombardment from israel because we choose to Be involved in this war So maybe nasrallah will also talk about that specific thing and try to clarify more to the lebanese people Why he is continuing with this military operation against israel. All right. Thank you very much balir sladine reporting from northern israel. Kobe michael is still here Let's talk about also the fact that russia has denounced israel's air strikes And and expand a little bit on the potential speech by nisrael in about an hour or so according to balir I think that These days nothing is surprising with regard to russia We have to understand that russia has Much broader interests Here in the in the region and we see the russian support in the in the iranian resistance axis in hamas And the russian approach towards israel and this is something which is much much beyond The relations between israel and russia This is something that relates to the relations between russia and the united states To some global issues about international order and the russians are using The regional the regional war and the regional confrontation in order to leverage itself and in order to To sabotage and to undermine american interests here in the region to weaken the american position globally and The the russian equation is much much broader than the regional equation And what we see or what we what we heard today. It's part of this Bigger strategy of the russians here in the region. All right. Really quickly With the defense minister saying you know israel is turning from defending to pursuing hezbollah and do we will reach whatever the organization operates obviously The the front going on in in gaza and and the north is is very different So what would an escalation look like beyond where we are right now? Like what would it take that would troops ever have to enter into lebanon in the worst-case scenario? if we are talking about lebanon As I told you before I think that we are getting closer to the peak and the peak And beyond the peak it will be A full-scale war with with hezbollah I think that hezbollah has suffered from Very severe causalities and damages Even to some strategic assets Mainly in balbek area, but not only And as long as the war in gaza continues hezbollah Sees itself as committed to help the Palestinians and to continue the struggle with israel Thank you, kobe very much as always for your insight Meanwhile as anti-semitism in the wake of october 7th beyond continues to cast a dark cloud over jewish university Students and top campuses in the u.s with delegations coming on several solidarity trips That i've been able to be a part of this time a group of mental health professionals students and professors from harvard and stampford Came to address this issue. Here's more in my next report The momentum continues as another delegation from top american universities has come to israel to experience first hand The scenes of the october 7th massacre And to show solidarity with the people of israel We were at the novice site yesterday. We were at farasa and I cannot help but think about my own kids dancing and There and what what what would happen? So it's been very emotional. I feel extremely sad about what's what's happened organized by harvard neuroscience professor gabriel krayman and harvard senior shyly ron who is israeli this trip included mental health professionals from various universities wanted to help and And help create this opportunity for professors and faculty because I really believe that They have so much expertise and so much knowledge and at this time if there's anything that israel needs its support On this day the group met with members of televieve university's international school to share information and to discuss collaborations It's cathartic to be here and to stand with the israeli people and to meet people in academia There's been a lot of anti-semitism happening around the bay area and there's so many brilliant minds here And to have those careers be blocked. We want to stand with them And let the world know that the jews and israel have a lot to give to this world Jewish and israeli students as well as jews all over the world are scarred by the violent anti-semitic protests and rhetoric on campuses Immediately following the october 7th massacre and still continuing Since october 7th, there have been a number of incidents that have made us students israeli students And also I know jewish students feel very uncomfortable to be openly jewish and openly israeli From from situations where you're walking to a class and you have people yelling from the river to the sea Or people yelling globalized intifada. It makes you feel unwanted. We had an encampment of pro-palestinian anti-israel group that was just horrible and This friend of mine just told me that for some parties students have to say free palestine to get in and the jewish groups and israelis set up a blue and white tent to counter that that were very polite and tried to counter the narrative as a mental health professional explained how it's affected jewish students and israeli students Huge effect everyone is suffering I think there is something to say about the immigrants the israeli immigrants where some of them coming for one year Some of them coming for a few years Some of them just move there and you just feel completely ghosted by the community Mary bar howpern is a clinical psychologist in boston who says there is anti-semitism in the mental health community With many therapists dropping their jewish patients Mary has been providing free mental health support to harvard students since october 7th This is different I think what makes it different is there is the secondary trauma There is the actual october 7th and then there's everything that happened after october 7th We didn't get a chance to grief So we're talking about actually about traumatic invalidation Right, we're being denied of the pain people are telling you know, this this didn't happen or this is your fault that it happened This is a whole new level of trauma This was the main reason why it came to see with my eye The ebil which israel and israelis have suffered and one thing is to hear and another thing is to see And I think that after you saw you have even more confidence in conveying what you saw and in reporting What you saw and in contrasting misinformation One person not invalidating the trauma of the jewish people is italian philosophy of law and human rights professor lucia corso i'm not jew jew but i'm very I feel very strongly Both for the jewish culture the jewish people and especially for it from for israel And the reason why i'm here It's because with other few colleagues in italy last november we launched an anti boycott petition Which replied to a petition which was launched by some colleagues of ours to boycott the israeli universities But these great minds are not losing hope these trips have created a ground swell of collaboration opportunities And purpose in fighting the next wave of anti semitism not just on university campuses That there are two wars one is a physical war that's happening here The other one is an information war and I think it's very important to to be able to have facts and have a conversation And a peaceful dialogue so that we can all understand each other. I'm very happy. I went to harvard I think I I am very upset at the university and I think that it hasn't done its job Well enough to protect and make jewish and israeli students feel at home And I think on a personal level I still believe that in this institution and its ability to Come out strong from this and actually Gives jewish and israeli students a place in this in this college to feel like they're a part of it But also in educational curriculums for younger children By the way, also in high schools and elementary schools and middle schools where they teach about occupied palestine Or talking about israeli institutions fire and israeli economic genocide I you know, I work mostly with teenagers. They're afraid of going to school They're afraid of their students and it's in social media and they're being harassed or being bullied There is a call at least in messachusetts by the mta, which is the messachusetts teacher association Call for ceasefire and to add a curriculum about the occupied gaza a telebebe university emily francis i-24 news And that is all for now from the i-24 news desk. I'm emily francis Thank you so much for watching and maybe we will be back at the top of the hour with more developments on the top stories Real story must reach the whole world the i-24 news channel Broadcasting from israel with dozens of correspondence throughout the world Brings the truth from israel to hundreds of millions of people in scores of countries Bringing israel's story to the world i-24 news channels Now on hot Welcome to i-24 news. I'm emily francis today marks day 175 of israel's war against him off We begin this evening with the idf announcing the death of yet another israeli soldier in gaza 21 year old sergeant major alon kudriyashov of modine He was a fighter in the elite it goes unit. He fell in combat today in the southern part of gaza He was 21 years old several others were wounded in that incident In the last few hours rocket alerts have been uh in going on in northern israel with the idf reporting one Large projectile landing in an open area in the western galley The idf responding with artillery fire in the village of kila in lebanon Earlier lebanese media reported as senior hezbollah commander responsible for launching rockets at northern israel Was killed in a drone strike in a vehicle in the town of bezorye in southern lebanon Another calm friday after ramadan prayers in the temple mount in the alaksa mosque in jerusalem However, israeli police did arrest several palestinian suspects accused of inciting violence and chanting in support of hamas And in another attempt to restart the sluggish hostage deal negotiations the head of mosad Heading to qatar and the head of shin bet on his way to cairo will delve into all of that in just a moment Now we're gonna start by going live via zoom to professor kobi michael former deputy director general of israeli ministry of strategic affairs Good evening. Let's start with talking about the two the the mosad and shin bet heading to To a qatar and egypt respect respectively What can we expect potentially a new resurgence of talks in a potential deal? Hmm Shabbat shalom. I think that the expectations are mostly dependent on the american approach Vis-a-vis the katarians if the americans Change their approach and they began Pressuring more seriously the katarians then there is a significant probability significant chance that Some of the gaps of the gaps might might be bridged between the both sides and maybe We will make a step forward towards the deal If the american remain with the same policy with the same strategy approach Towards qatar. I think that the gaps will not be bridged and it looks at the probability that Something that will be a sort of a breakout is is very low probability So with that said i mean given that the rafa operation still you don't hold nothing has happened There's a back and forth going on between the prime minister and the president of the united states Where does it stand as far as the operation because we did have a soldier who died today? Not in rafa, of course, but obviously still an idea of presence Yes, and unfortunately there will be more because this is a war But i think that um an operation in rafa will be Uh, I assume that um israel will be able to bridge the gap the gaps with the american administration By the way, the american administration Does not reject the idea of military operation in rafa. They are just Very concerned about the probability that There will be there many casualties among the civilians israel and the idea have to assure the americans that um Israel will do all the atmost efforts in order to prevent civilian causalities or to minimize civilian causalities and they assume that the operation will be more surgical than a very Massive operation. We will not see there a total division. You know that We'll invade the rafa And but at the end of the day, I believe that the military operation rafa will take place And I mean as far as a timeline obviously none of us are the ones that are making that decision But you know with all kinds of pressure to have some kind of evacuation Plan even still it seems like there hasn't even been uh any kind of specific plan that would be uh necessary to even Have an operation in rafa there will be evacuation but um I think that we have to understand that there will be no evacuation at once of 1.3 million people Okay, this is not uh, this is not going to be the plan Um civilians will be evacuated from very specific areas that the idf will operate in Exactly as we did in hanyunas area in hanyunas area and we operate in hanyunas more than two months We didn't evacuate all the population of hanyunas area or hanyunas district We divided the area to small polygons And we are evacuating the people from one polygon to another based on our operational modus operandi and um, I assume that this more or less will be the The the the tactical the strategy in uh in rafa I don't believe that we are going to see there as I said before an incursion Or a raid of a full armor division. This is not going to be the case of rafa Understood, uh, also, let's talk about uh, we're we'll go to our reporter in the north But also on the north this evening, uh, they're even the defense minister saying that Pretty much israel's turning from defending to pursuing Hezbollah will reach whatever the organization operates. He goes on to that. So is there a Chance of things escalating vis-a-vis the northern front It's not the chance things are escalating And actually things are escalating and they think that um The the upper threshold of this equation between hezbollah and the the idf Becomes higher and higher in each day And uh, I think that we are very close Um to the stage that there will be No upper threshold and we will find ourselves In a full-scale war with hezbollah or a much broader Conflict with with hezbollah Because the idf is escalating the situation as well because we cannot tolerate The equation that hezbollah Tries to force on us and the the idea that almost six months more than 80 000 people israeli citizens and residents are not Capable to return to their homes and we are under daily barrage barrages of rockets and I think that this is something that cannot be tolerated by any sovereign country And therefore I believe that uh due to the fact that the idf escalates the retaliation and hezbollah Um Identifies its Retaliation as well. Uh, we are getting very very close to a full-scale war All right, uh, we'll return with you in a moment. Uh, thanks for now We'll return uh with you first We're gonna go to jerusalem now where worshipers have been continuing to pray at the alaksa mosque all day for friday prayers during the muslim holy month Of ramadan and as we reported at the top of the show israeli police did arrest 11 suspects in the old city for apparently calling uh for terror and inciting violence We're gonna go live now to i-24 news correspondent pia clauschenler Who is at the damascus gates where people have been going in and out all day? What's it like now my friend? It's very quiet, you know, it's a paradoxical situation in a sense because on one hand It's very quiet But you don't have the festive lights that are dawning the damascus gate and there is absolutely No real festive atmosphere Under the shadow of the war between hamas and israel in the gaza street on the other hand It's quiet now in previous year. It was very festive You had all those lights covering the arena surrounding the damascus gate and on the other hand there was a lot of tension It seems that the war has abated any Vague desire maybe to confront the israeli police forces that are deployed in force in and around the old city The israeli police is saying that they have something like 300 000 police officers In addition to the border police and the undercover unit So you imagine that it's going to be very difficult if some youth Decide to confront those forces now on the other hand The tasks the 10 last days of ramadan as the most are the most critical ones Because these are the days where the faithful are staying on the noble sanctuary mosques Which are sitting on top of the temple mounts That means that there is there could be attempts at barricading themselves Inside the mosques as was in previous year. Now, that's why it's very critical Especially next saturday not tomorrow, but the one after On april 6 will be la ilat al kader the lail of this the the night of destiny, which is Probably the most important night in the muslim calendar Also pier i know because being in the damascus gate, you're getting uh, the muslim worshippers going to the alexa mosque But we also have a good friday happening right now obviously not a lot of pilgrims here Quickly or do you have any any sense or feeling of christian worshippers? No, because i think that the christ christian worshippers were in the morning during the procession along the via dolorosa In the in the christian quarter But the police was there to ensure that the procession Goes on peacefully and that there's and that there's no incidents on the verge of the procession All right pier, thank you very much. We'll check back in with you later. Now. We're gonna be joined again by zoom by professor kobi michael So let's talk about ramadan listen There were there were concerns the the government decided to keep it open For worshipers obviously more limits on time and age range for worshipers coming from the west bank And whatnot, but it seems for the most part ramadan has remained Peaceful, but the last 10 days could be the most intense Um, i'm not sure about it. Um, I think that first of all it is a very significant achievement for the israeli police and the israeli security establishment and the israeli government That we have reached to the third friday of ramadan in a very peaceful manner and the dozens of thousands of People can reach to hara me sharif and they have a full freedom of worship And I think that this is very very important And now there are huge efforts of hamas on the one hand and iran on the other hand To ignite to escalate the situation and to use the atmosphere of the ramadan and the sensitivity And the holiness of uh of these days in order To provoke and in order to escalate the situation. I think that um Um, we have a very good intelligence envelope and very very good and effective An envelope as it was explained Before and therefore, uh, it looks that we have a very good chance to pass the The next fridays of the ramadan including lenithal cutter peacefully and I really hope that It will be ended like that but in the very same time we have to understand that In in such occasions it is enough that One tourist will be able or will succeed to do something in order to Explode for the All the situation Obviously, it's not about uh, not having motivation necessarily because we didn't see a lot of violence in the west bank and there still are you know cells Uh throughout the west bank that are and daily operations So like you're saying it's good that the police and the security have been able to manage it But it doesn't mean that uh There it's a reason to just completely exhale the violence in the west The violence in the west bank is not a mass violence It's not a violence which is conducted by the the mass of the people of the palestinians in the west bank This is a a terrorist violence which is conducted by a tourist groups and Fortunately, we are with the boots on the ground with a full Um Freedom of activity there The operational activity and very good intelligence envelope And therefore we are able to move the grass on a daily basis, but from time to time there are some successes Unfortunately of the terrorists themselves. Right. All right. Thank you for that We're gonna now be turning to northern israel where there have been several red alerts in northern israel throughout the past few hours We're joined now by i-24 news correspondent balir sladeen with the latest this evening Yeah, so sirens were heard throughout this day, but the latest also was in the upper galeel a couple of hours ago and Apparently there was a military site in the north of israel brand new military site that was hit by burkan Rockets from south in lebanon and apparently israeli military is targeting or had Targeted the military building in the maiz el-jabal, which is a village in south in lebanon where that rocket was Launched and israel is saying that that military building is completely destroyed and one hezbollah member was Inside that building according to israeli intelligence, but hezbollah is yet to announce one more of its members Death today after seven were announced earlier today after the israeli or the Airstrike that is attributed to israel in syria. That's the latest in the field, but we have also some Also interesting stories about the russian condemnation Of the airstrike that is attributed to israel in aleppo They're saying that these actions are provocations from the israelis and by the way syrian authorities that affiliate with the opposition is saying that 44 people is now Declared dead after this airstrike that had apparently Arms storage that belongs to his bala and also a syrian military site right there beside the aleppo international airport and We are also waiting for speech from nasrallah the The head of the chief of his bala. He is going to talk in about an hour and apparently this Speech is attributed to the lilt al-qadr, which is you know the ramadan first huli night and he's going to talk about this event, but he also Expected to talk about the war and the latest about that war and this is coming in the background of somewhat of a struggle to get more Legitimacy for the continuation of the military actions against israel because of some Events or some incidents that happened lately in the south in lebanon One of them was in the city of ramish, which is a christian city that was celebrating a palm sunday on this week and the Hezbollah militants according to Sources came with the rockets and wanted to launch rockets from that city toward israel the residents there Of course, they didn't like it and they asked them to leave their left And now we're hearing from lebanon lebanon in general that the Conflict or the disagreements about the legitimacy of this war and why would we Be involved in a war that is not our war. We can support the palestinians But we can't live under this bombardment from israel because we choose to Be involved in this war So maybe nasrallah will also talk about that specific thing and try to clarify more to the lebanese people Why he is continuing with this military operation against israel. All right. Thank you very much Belair sladine reporting from northern israel. Kobe michael is still here. Let's talk about also the fact That russia has denounced israel's air strikes And and expand a little bit on the potential speech by nasrallah in about an hour or so according to belair I think that These days nothing is surprising with regard to russia We have to understand that russia has Much broader interests Here in the in the region and we see the russian support in the in the iranian resistance axis in hamas And the russian approach towards israel and this is something which is much much beyond The relations between israel and russia. This is something that relates to the relations between russia and the united states To some global issues about international order and the russians are using the regional the regional war and the regional confrontation in order to leverage itself and in order to To A sabotage and to undermine american interests here in the region to weaken the american position globally and The the russian equation is much much broader than the regional equation And what we see or what we what we heard today It's part of this a bigger strategy of the russians here in the region All right, uh, really quickly, uh, with the defense minister saying, you know israel is turning from defending to pursuing hezbollah and do We will reach whatever the organization operates. Obviously The the front going on in in gaza and and the north is is very different So what would an escalation look like beyond where we are right now? Like what would it take that would troops ever have to enter into lebanon in the worst-case scenario? If we are talking about lebanon as I Told you before I think that we are getting closer to the peak and the peak And beyond the peak it will be A full-scale war with with hezbollah. Um, I think that hezbollah has suffered from Very severe causalities and damages Even to some strategic assets Mainly in balbek area, but not only And as long as the war in gaza continues hezbollah Sees itself as committed to help the pristineans and to continue the struggle with israel. Thank you kobe very much As always for your insights Meanwhile as anti-semitism in the wake of october 7th beyond continues to cast a dark cloud over jewish university students And top campuses in the u.s. With delegations coming on several solidarity trips that i've been able to be a part of This time a group of mental health professionals students and professors from harvard and stanford Came to address this issue. Here's more in my next report The momentum continues as another delegation from top american universities has come to israel to experience first hand The scenes of the october 7th massacre And to show solidarity with the people of israel. We were at the nova site yesterday. We were at farasa and I cannot help but think about my own kids dancing and and and there and what what what would happen So it's been very emotional. I feel extremely sad about what's what's happened organized by harvard neuroscience professor gabriel krayman and harvard senior shyly ron who is israeli This trip included mental health professionals from various universities Wanted to help and organize and help Create this opportunity for professors and faculty because I really believe that They have so much expertise and so much knowledge and at this time if there's anything that israel needs it's support On this day the group met with members of televieve universities international school to share information and to discuss collaborations It's cathartic to be here and to stand with the israeli people and to meet people in academia There's been a lot of anti-semitism happening around the bay area and there's so many brilliant minds here And to have those careers be blocked. We want to stand with them And let the world know that the jews and israel have a lot to give to this world Jewish and israeli students as well as jews all over the world are scarred by the violent anti-semitic Protests and rhetoric on campuses immediately following the october 7th massacre and still continuing Since october 7th, there have been a number of incidents that have made us students israeli students And also I know jewish students feel very uncomfortable to be openly jewish and openly israeli From from situations where you're walking to a class and you have people yelling from the river to the sea Or people yelling globalized intifada. It makes you feel unwanted. We had an encampment of pro-palestinian anti-israel group that was just horrible and This friend of mine just told me that for some parties students have to say free palestine to get in and the jewish groups and israelis set up a blue and white tent to counter that that were very polite and tried to counter the narrative as a mental health professional explain how it's affected jewish students and israeli students Huge effect everyone is suffering I think there is something to say about the immigrants the israeli immigrants where some of them coming for one year Some of them coming for a few years some of them just move there and you just feel completely ghosted by the community Mary bar haupern is a clinical psychologist in boston who says there is anti-semitism in the mental health community With many therapists dropping their jewish patients Mary has been providing free mental health support to harvard students since october 7th This is different I think what makes it different is there is the secondary trauma There is the actual october 7th and then there's everything that happened after october 7th We didn't get a chance to grief So we're talking about actually about traumatic invalidation Right, we're being denied of the pain people are telling you know, this this didn't happen or this is your fault that it happened This is a whole new level of trauma This was the main reason why it came to see with my eye The ebil which israel and israelis have suffered and one thing is to hear and another thing is to see And I think that after you saw you have even more confidence in conveying what you saw and in reporting What you saw and in contrasting misinformation One person not invalidating the trauma of the jewish people is italian philosophy of law and human rights professor lucea corso i'm not jew jew but i'm very I feel very strongly Both for the jewish culture the jewish people and especially from for israel And the reason why i'm here is because with other few colleagues in italy last november We launched an anti boycott petition Which replied to a petition which was launched by some colleagues of ours to boycott the israeli universities But these great minds are not losing hope these trips have created a ground swell of collaboration opportunities And purpose in fighting the next wave of anti semitism not just on university campuses That there are two wars one is a physical war that's happening here The other one is an information war and I think it's very important to To be able to have facts and have a conversation and a peaceful dialogue so that we can all understand each other I'm very happy. I went to harvard. I think I I am very upset at the university And I think that it hasn't done its job well enough to protect and make jewish and israeli students feel at home And I think on a personal level I still believe that in this institution and its ability to Come out strong from this and actually gives jewish and israeli students a place in this in this college to feel Like they're a part of it but also an educational curriculum for younger children By the way also in high schools and elementary schools and middle schools where they teach about occupied palestine Or talking about israeli institutions fire and israeli economic genocide. I you know, I work mostly with teenagers They're afraid of going to school They're afraid of their students and it's in social media and they're being harassed or being bullied There is a call at least in messachusetts by the mta, which is the messachusetts teacher association Call for ceasefire and to add a curriculum about the occupied gaza a telebebe university emily francis i24 news And that is all for now from the i24 news desk. I'm emily francis Thank you so much for watching and maybe we will be back at the top of the hour With more developments on the top stories And welcome to i24 news. I'm emily francis today marks day 175 of israel's war against hamas at this hour israel's defense ministry has affirmed that israel is promoting the creation of a multinational force to secure delivery of humanitarian aid in gaza The idf has announced the death of yet another israeli soldier 21 year old sergeant major alone kudiri ashav Of moda in who was a fighter in the elite at goes unit He fell today in combat in the southern part of gaza several others were wounded in the incident And over the course of the last few hours and even a few moments ago more rocket alerts in northern israel With the idf reporting a projectiles landing in an open area the idf responding with artillery fire In uh the village of kila in lebanon earlier Lebanese media reported that a senior hezbollah commander responsible for launching rockets at northern israel was killed in a drone strike In a vehicle in the town of basurie in southern lebanon Meanwhile another calm day after ramadan prayers at the temple mount in jerusalem However, israeli police did arrest several palestinian suspects accused of inciting violence and chanting in support Hamas and in another attempt to restart the sluggish hostage deal negotiations The head of the mosad is heading to qatar and the head of shin bet on his way to kaira We'll delve into all of that as well in a moment But we're going to start here in studio with rafael yaru shami former senior intelligence officer for the idf A lot to speak about a good evening. Uh, we just got this information a confirmation from the defense ministry About his talks in washington tell us more on how this multinational Force would look like well, uh, actually washington was more considering of employing uh, palestinian security People from the palestinian autonomy and the israelis are coming up with this idea of an international force from Some arabic countries three different arabic countries It's an excellent idea first of all We have two aspects that we need to be taken care of by not only the israelis and if possible Why not the israelis at all one is the humanitarian aspect There is no reason why we should do the job on our own the international community is chipping in The air drops so everybody understand. It's very nice cosmetic Is buying yourself a conscience for cheap, but it's useless. It's a drop in the sea There are other plans to bring in a lot of food and Uh, medicine into gaza that will need control that will need organization distribution Everybody understands that the un and the unra are absolutely helpless into distributing This humanitarian aid in a way that it will reach those who has to reach and not terrorists So, uh, it is of course welcome Also, uh, people will understand and will realize how Difficult this mission is and that is not because Of ill will that israel does not always succeed to bring in all the trucks that they should bring every day But there are many obstacles on the way security and logistical obstacles and sometimes even bureaucratic The as I said the un is very inefficient So all in all this is the proposal and this proposal is very important in that sense that it prepares the day after Because the day after once we finish like the last stage of the war in gaza, which will be tackling the rafah Stronghold the last brigade of the chamas Then the military victory will be it will have been achieved But then we have also have to make sure we dismantling the political administrative power of the chamas over the strip And if we have an alternative There then it could be either the palestinian autonomy Which until now seemed to be the ideal candidate I mean the least worst candidate anyway, but it's also possible that's uh Effectively and the emirates and maybe Saudi arabia who and the egypt as well would get involved in running the strip And the israelis would only be responsible for the overall Security of the area, but inside the gaza strip it would be operated by palestinian arabic countries Please do we give you the key and do the job Okay, so it'll also uh This just coming across that the us is close to getting the the palestinian authority to stop paying the families of terrorists This is a developing story. Also big news This is very very big news if it succeeds I don't I don't know. I think the Sometimes the washington is a very naive. I don't know if it's on purpose or they're really naive and candid But they're they're a little too optimistic. This is a bit of science fiction I'll believe it when I see it. Let's put it that way It would be very big news So far as So long as abu masan will be in power. I thought very much that will work There is a new government that's going to be sworn in on sunday in ramallah This government is more or less a government of technocrats. So it's not from the old arafat school It's a little more modern. It's a little more aim that's bettering the economic situation and the social life of the palestinians So maybe with these people washington might have a partner But it's still Under abu masan's control and he has actually designated his new prime minister Let's let let's uh, what happens to keep our fingers crossed on that one. All right, we'll be back with you in a second We're going to go to the north now where there have been more sirens sounding just in the past What half an hour also earlier this evening as many as 20 different rockets sent today We're joined now by i24 news correspondent balir sladin in northern israel with the latest developments Yes Yeah, so about half an hour ago one more time siren was heard in the northern communities in israel specifically we're talking about Fasuta and avarim and the fasuta is an arab village actually that is very close to the border And this is the fifth time if i'm not mistaken. We hear the sirens in the north of israel One time was earlier today in keryat shmuna and later also at a military site in braneet where two apparently the more advanced burkan rockets were fired at the military site and there was Some videos circulating online of the damage that these rockets caused but There has been no reports of any damage to the military site itself or any casualties in terms of the soldiers that are present in this military site as well So the escalation is continuing here in the north as we are seeing it and that's after the attack earlier today or earlier this morning where one dupati commander of the rocket unit In the hezbollah was killed apparently. This is the biggest assassination Since the beginning of the hostilities between israel and hezbollah here in the south and gallant later on revealed The israeli defense minister revealed that he was actually present in the northing command when that Attack the drone attack happened earlier this morning And he also added with a statement that israel is expanding its military operation against hezbollah And it's moving from defense to offense following hezbollah militants everywhere He named many lebanese cities including bayrut and saida and also Be'albek where it is very deep inside lebanon But he also said that we go even further than that to damaskas and further than damaskas far away from damaskas Maybe he refers here to the israeli airstrike or the airstrike that is Attributed excuse me to israel in the syrian iraqi border earlier this week and the damaskas Airstrike or excuse me the ellipa airstrike earlier today as well or during the night where 44 people Were killed some of them are hezbollah militants and the target was an arms storage belongs to hezbollah in syria So we're seeing that what gallant is saying is actually present here in the field where israel is Striking hezbollah militants everywhere and gallant is saying that he already updated the americans about this So he talked about this to his counterpart in the united states when he was there in washington this week To livid austin. He also said the same thing to hockstein the envoy of the us envoy to the region the one who Arranged the latest maritime agreement between lebanon and hezbollah and is trying to reach an agreement again Excuse me between israel and lebanon and is trying to reach an agreement right now between israel and hezbollah To seize the hostilities he hasn't been successful yet Of course one more thing in a half an hour or even less We will hear the chief of hezbollah hassan asrallah. He will be Giving a speech today. This speech comes To talk about the lilt al khadr, which is the night the holy night in ramadan But he is expected as well of course to talk about the war in gaza is expected to talk about The continuation of the military Operation against israel under to help as he's saying get hamas and the palestinians in general and maybe he is trying as we said before to Get some more legitimacy to the continuation of these Attacks that are turning the south of lebanon to a war zone as we are seeing it All right. Thank you very much And we'll check in with you again in the next hour back with rafael yoroshami on this Nasrallah going to speak in a short while I know you have something to say on that. What could he say? Not much as usual. I mean I would be surprised if there's some interesting Information out of the speech that it will pronounce He's a cleric. So we'll use the ramadan To make everything very symbolical and religious and call for jihad I don't think you will come with any spectacular announcement. You will probably answer back Pay mr. Gallant Back in his own money his own coin by being very vindictive and you know, we're gonna hit you We're gonna this and that on the one hand we have being Really being becoming proactive instead of reactive in this conflict with the he's bala So we are taking now the initiative and last night was a very very efficient strike against His bala interest inside syria So but on the other hand, we haven't reached the level of deterrence. We would have liked to We haven't reached any level of deterrence the his bala keeps shooting at israel At will We do not seem to be able to discourage them from doing so We do not seem to be succeeding in that minimal request of them Retreating a few kilometers up north away from the israeli border, which is not so much to ask for to have like this little Buffer zone that would allow us to bring our Evacuated people back home. We do not seem to discourage uranians from sending convoys by sea air and on roads Of equipment towards the his bala and using syrian installations of the syrian army official syrian army To do so to help them coordinate their actions So we are not really succeeding in deterring anything Even though we do inflict blows that hurts blows that can Even a little create a disarray in the the organization, but it's far from enough and Let's do hope that mr. Gallant when he claims that he's going to come with a much more Yes Let's hope he is not bluffing Let's hope it's gonna happen because the way we're going now. We're going nowhere Which is Two things are very bad here We are tiring our troops because our troops that want to act our officers and especially the northern common They're just fed up of waiting. It's not good for them. You know, they're tense. They want to act and also we are wasting A lot of ammunition that should be used for a very massive offensive We are now depleting our Warehouses of ammunition that will be very necessary should the situation escalate And this is really a waste. It's not it's not right at a moment where the supplies from the united states and other places Is in question not politically but just logistically I mean even the americans the united states are getting low on ammunition Which is exactly what the chinese and the russian want Low on ammunition because they give them also to of course ukraine and they need it for themselves They are busy in the in the red sea All this is a plan of the chinese that they are really the watching and they are really hoping that i mean the americans now are just Slabs to buy ammunition from turkey and They told me started running turkey that some of it might reach israel. He wasn't opposed to it because Dollars, you know speak all right, uh now We are now going to pier in jerusalem where People are on the third friday of ramadan and joins us. It looks like it's pretty crowded Right, it's pretty crowded. I'm going to show you the sin right here. You have the police Booth, which is just here surveillance of The arena, which is just at the entrance of damascus gates to the wall old city And you can see the palestinian youth are sitting on the stairs of the arena and at the same time you have these shops Improvised shops, which are selling really all kind of stuff like cleaning stuff And it shows you the difficulty of the economic situation because you won't see really Things that are very expensive Things are very cheap here. And this is what you get when you go toward damascus gate now The prayer of the tarawih, which is the addendum to the five daily prayers of islam During the month of ramadan as just ended and you can see now The crowd is streaming out of damascus gate Because the prayer has just ended and usually this is the time when the youth is starting to chant Nationalistic chants, but this year it's not happening as if the war between israel and hamas in the gaza strip Has abated any desire to confront the israeli forces And at the same time you can see all these tools with the fresh fruits, you know the green almonds The anand the pineapple And all kind of fruits of the spring Which is just now and you see all these palestinians are coming out of damascus gate right now Now the 10 last days of ramadan and we're in the 10 last days of ramadan Is the most sensitive time because this is when religious fervor it's as it speak On saturday the 6th of april in eight days from now There will be the night of destiny la ilat al kader when and that's probably the most important night in the muslim calendar And usually during those 10 days Many youth are barricading themselves in the al aqsa mosque in the noble sanctuary On top of the temple mount and this is when the trouble starts because on the 10 last days of ramadan The most faithful of islam are praying and staying in the mosque at night and therefore That's the fear, but right now there is no sense of tension here Just a sense of Some sort of festivity Not as usual because usually here on top of this area now you have lights You have here instead of the lights a border police officer In the arrow slit of the old ottoman wall, which is A post of the border police in surveillance of the crowd But this man this police officer is really not doing much because there is no tension at the moment Emily Thank you very much uh pierre and uh rafael it's us we we've talked about it's land day, which is a significant day Through in ramadan so explain i guess in in more detail land day and why the last 10 days Uh could be more sensitive Any day any date is always a pretext for for something land day of course is one of them But if we take the experience of the former years, we see that first of all The demonstrations are peaceful even the former years Even on land day and especially with the israeli our populations and people like walk with flags and Signs in the streets very peacefully It's even quite a happy atmosphere with the women and children Chanting and dancing really nothing to to to be worried about Considering east jerusalem. It's a little more tricky, but there is there Heavy police presence and army presence The former years have told us that two things that the chamas first of all that fades completely each time to inflame the region They wanted the palestinians to a prize and the arabic countries To to get inflamed It has failed every year this year Just yesterday muhammad def the number two of the chamas has called On people to come from pakistan, algeria, danesia to walk towards the holy land and liberate palestine From the zionist enemy nothing has happened the palestinian street in the west bank is quiet The palestinians do feel for their brothers in gaza, but not to the point of going out into violent Moves, I think it's quieter in the streets of the west bank today that in some university campuses in the states It's much more dignified There is an empathy towards the gazon people But not the attitude that we see actually abroad We see on the elaxa mosque today A model of praying peacefully serenely That could be a also a model for many muslims abroad So all in all we have to be optimistic and we have part three fridays Peacefully there's one friday to go Anything of course could happen anything at all with one more week to go I mean what happens after rambadon is over I mean people obviously fears of things escalating but that doesn't mean rambadon being over everything is going to be fine Of course not everything is Will be business as usual And really year after year we have this fear of the rambadon turning into something terrible and it doesn't So let's hope that also that year so in that in the end There will be always the next day joseph them day and this day and that day all the dates are there So far so good. I think also this year if I may say so I don't think they want to try us. I think the determination These ladies are fed up. They've had it up to here with a provocation with violence With the raping of our women and the torturing of our children I really don't think that they should try us this year. Our patience is Very very soon. All right. Thank you very much rafael as always And now as a part of october 7th dozens of hamas terrorists raided a gas station Near the gaza border two workers there were able to hide inside a freezer only to emerge a few hours later If you want to see a very interesting report take a look at this story. Here's more Hi Hi I arrived at 6 in the morning to work I started to get up at 4.30 At the beginning we were just booing all kinds of booing here. I was sure that it was a miracle All kinds of regular things that are here in the area And about An hour at 7.50 something like that 7.40 I arrived at the end of the road as you can see in the videos that were One of them told us something in arabic It's a reverse You see they're sitting in the back of the car They started to pull the truck and pull the truck We started to go outside to fight I tried to fight in the corners of the car Here really And the other one tried to stop it from the other side We realized that they were pulling us all the way to the corners So we said we're just looking for a place to fight And then we went to the corner of the car We said to each other all the time that's it, we're going to fight That's it We're dead I didn't feel like that in my life It was the worst feeling I had in my life Because I was with someone like that when I was on the train I said to myself, if I get hurt, I won't be able to do it Really, a few moments later It was a phone call with us And SMS And I went to the movies online I saw everything they saw in the video In my life I actually know what they're doing And the guys are here My SMS is sent to us It helps us It helps us I'm ready So we got out of here I saw that I was going to fight So I have to stay here and fight I feel like I'm going to fight I feel like I'm going to fight I feel like I'm going to fight I feel like I'm going to fight I feel like I'm going to fight And the army sent them here They didn't kill them They actually stayed here until the first day At five in the morning I, of course, in the process of trying to get there And come back to me The first day in the morning When I got really close to here One of the guys told me I'm going to come back I'm going to fight here And five in the morning I'm going to tell you why Why me? Why me? Why me? Why me? Why me? Why me? Why me? Why me? Why me? Why me? But I want to say thank you Because people work really hard For what I've done I'm here with my friends With my friends, everything is fine Because people The whole family is happy And as soon as we were allowed To leave the place To go back I was really surprised From the very first day From the very first day of the fight Every day I remember that There were a lot of people here There was a time That was the only place And really To come back here And see the whole area Now the citizens are coming back That's the feeling of the place How it was and how it was So it's really fun To come back here Hi 24 News I'm Emily Francis Today marks day 175 Of Israel's war against Hamas At this hour Israel's defense ministry has confirmed That Israel is promoting the creation Of a multinational force To secure delivery of humanitarian aid In Gaza The IDF has announced the death Of yet another Israeli soldier 21-year-old sergeant major Alone Kudriyashov At Goz unit He fell today in combat in the southern part of Gaza Several others were wounded In the incident And over the course of the last few hours And even a few moments ago More rocket alerts in northern Israel With the IDF reporting a projectiles landing In an open area The IDF responding with artillery fire In the village of Kila In Lebanon Earlier Lebanese media reported That a senior Hezbollah commander The rockets at northern Israel Was killed in a drone strike In a vehicle in the town of Bezurye In southern Lebanon Meanwhile another calm day After Ramadan prayers at the Temple Mount In Jerusalem However Israeli police did arrest several Palestinian suspects accused Of inciting violence and chanting In support of Hamas And in another attempt To restart the sluggish hostage deal Negotiations Hezbollah is heading to Qatar And the head of Shin Bet On his way to Cairo We'll delve into all of that as well In a moment But we're going to start here in studio With Rafael Yarushami Former senior intelligence officer For the IDF A lot to speak about A good evening We just got this information A confirmation from the defense ministry About his talks in Washington Well, actually Washington Was more considering of Employing Palestinian Security people From the Palestinian autonomy And the Israelis are coming up With this idea of an international force From Some Arabic countries Three different Arabic countries It's an excellent idea First of all We have two aspects That we need to be taken care of By not only the Israelis And if possible by not the Israelis at all One is the humanitarian aspect There is no reason Why we should do the job on our own The international community Is chipping in The air drops Everybody understand it's very nice Cosmetic It's buying yourself a country for cheap But it's useless It's a drop in the sea There are other plans to bring in A lot of food and Medicine into Gaza That we need control That we need organization, distribution Everybody understands that the UN And UNRWA are absolutely helpless Into distributing This humanitarian aid In a way that it will reach those Who has to reach and not terrorists So It is of course welcome Also people will understand And will realize how difficult This mission is And that it's not because of ill will That Israel does not always Succeed to bring in all the trucks That they should bring every day But there are many obstacles on the way Security and logistical obstacles And sometimes even bureaucratic As I said The UN is very inefficient So all in all This is the proposal and this proposal Is very important in that sense That it prepares the day after Because the day after Once we finish The last stage of the war In Gaza which will be Tackling the Rafah Stronghold The last brigade of the Hamas Then the military victory will be Will have been achieved But then we also have to make sure We dismantling the political and Administrative power of the Hamas Over the strip And if we have an alternative The Palestinian autonomy Which until now seems to be the ideal candidate I mean the least worst candidate Anyway, but it's also possible That's effectively The Emirates and maybe Saudi Arabia and Egypt as well Would get involved in running The strip And the Israelis would only be Responsible for the overall Security of the area But inside the Gaza strip It would be operated by Palestinians Please do We give you the key and do the job This is also coming across That the U.S. is close to getting The Palestinian Authority to stop Paying the families of terrorists This is a developing story Also big news This is very, very big news If it succeeds I don't know I think sometimes the Washington is very naive I don't know if it's on purpose But they're a little too optimistic This is a bit of science fiction I'll believe it when I see it Let's put it that way It would be very big news So far as So long as Abu Mazen Will be in power I doubt very much that it will work There is a new government That's going to be sworn in On Sunday in Ramallah This government is more or less A government of technocrats Just from the old Arafat school It's a little more modern It's more aimed at bettering The economic situation The social life of the Palestinians So maybe with these people Washington might have a partner But it's still Under Abu Mazen's control And he has actually Designated his new Prime Minister Let's see what happens Keep our fingers crossed We'll be back with you in a second We're going to go to the north now Where there have been more sirens Sounding just in the past What, half an hour also earlier this evening As many as 20 different Rockets sent today We're joined now by I-24 News Correspondent Belair Saladin in northern Israel With the latest developments About half an hour ago One more time a siren was heard In the northern communities In Israel specifically Fassouta and Avareem And Fassouta is an Arab village Actually that is very close to the border This is the fifth time If I'm not mistaken We hear the sirens in the north Of Israel One time was earlier today In Kiryat Shmona And later also At a military site in Buranit Where two apparently The more advanced Burkan rockets Were fired at the military site There was Some videos circulating Online of the damage that These rockets caused But there has been no reports Of any damage to the military site Itself or any casualties In terms of the soldiers That are present in this military Site as well So the escalation is continuing here In the north as we are seeing it And that's after the attack Earlier today or earlier this morning Where one DUPT commander Of the rocket Unit in Hezbollah Was killed Apparently this is the biggest Assassination since the beginning Of the hostilities between Hezbollah Here in the south And Gallant later on revealed The Israeli defense minister Revealed that he was actually Present in the northern command When that attack, the drone attack Happened earlier this morning And he also added with a statement That Israel is expanding Its military operation against Hezbollah And it's moving from defense To offense following Hezbollah Militants everywhere He named many Lebanese cities Including Beirut and Saida And also Baalbek Where it is very deep inside Lebanon But he also said that we go Even further than that to Damascus And further than Damascus far away from Damascus Maybe he refers here To the Israeli airstrike Or the airstrike that is Attributed to Israel In the Syrian Iraqi border Earlier this week And the Damascus airstrike Or excuse me the Aleppo airstrike Earlier today as well Or during the night where 44 people Were killed Some of them are Hezbollah militants And the target was an arms storage Belongs to Hezbollah And that what Galante is saying Is actually present here In the field where Israel is Striking Hezbollah militants everywhere And Galante is saying that he already Updated the Americans about this So he talked about this to his counterpart In the United States when he Was there in Washington this week To Louis Austin He also said the same thing to Hockstein the envoy Of the US envoy to the region The one who arranged The latest maritime agreement Between Lebanon and Hezbollah Is trying to reach an agreement again Excuse me between Israel And Lebanon and is trying To reach an agreement right now Between Israel and Hezbollah To seize the hostilities He hasn't been successful yet Of course one more thing In half an hour or even less We will hear the chief of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah he will be Giving a speech today To talk about the Little Khadr which is the night The holy night in Ramadan But he is expected as well Of course to talk about the war In Gaza is expected to talk about The continuation of the military Operation Against Israel under to help As he is saying get Hamas And the Palestinians in general And maybe he is trying As we said before to Get some more legitimacy And the continuation of these Attacks that are turning The south of Lebanon to a war Zone as we are seeing it Alright thank you very much And we'll check in with you again In the next hour back with Rafael Yoroshami on this Nasrallah going to speak In a short while I know you have something to say On that what could he say Not much as usual I mean Would be surprised if there is No one to pronounce He is a cleric so we'll use The Ramadan to make Everything very symbolical And religious and call for Jihad I don't think he will come With any spectacular announcement He will probably answer back Pay Mr. Gallant Back in his own Money, his own coin By being very vindictive And you know we're going to hit you We're going to diss you now Being really Becoming proactive instead Of reactive in this conflict With the Hezbollah So we are taking now the initiative And last night was a Very very efficient Strike against Hezbollah interest Inside Syria But on the other hand we haven't reached The level of deterrence we would have liked to We haven't reached any level Of deterrence the Hezbollah Keeps shooting at Israel At will We do not Seem to be able to discourage them From doing so We do not seem to be succeeding In that minimal request of them Retreating a few kilometers up north away From the Israeli border Which is not so much to ask for To have like this little buffer zone That would allow us to bring Our evacuated people back home We do not seem to discourage From sending convoys By sea air And on roads Of equipment Towards the Hezbollah And using Syrian installations Of the Syrian army official Syrian army to do so To help them coordinate their actions So we are not really Succeeding in deterring anything Even though we do inflict Blows that hurt Blows that can It will create a disarray In the organization But it's far from enough Let's do hope that Mr. Gallant when he claims that He's going to come with Much more Defensively defense Let's hope he's not bluffing Let's hope it's going to happen Because the way we're going now We're going nowhere Two things are very bad here We are tiring our troops Our officers and especially the northern Common just fed up with waiting It's not good for them They are tense, they want to act And also we are wasting a lot Of ammunition that should be used For a very massive offensive We are now depleting Our warehouses Of ammunition that would be very Necessary should the situation Escalate This is really a waste It's not right at the moment The supply is from the United States And other places is In question, not politically But just logistically Even the Americans, the United States Are getting low on ammunition Which is exactly what the Chinese and the Russian Want, low on ammunition Because they give them also to Of course Ukraine and they need it For themselves They are busy in the Red Sea All this is a plan Of the Chinese that they are And they are really hoping that The Americans now are just To buy ammunition From Turkey They told Mr. Erdogan in Turkey That some of it might reach Israel He wasn't opposed to it because Dollars, you know, speak We are now going to Pierre In Jerusalem where People are on the third Friday Of Ramadan and joins us It looks like it's pretty crowded I'm going to show you the scene right here You have the police booth Which is just here Surveillance Of the arena Which is just at the entrance Of Damascus Gates to the wall Old city and you can see The Palestinian youth are Sitting on the stairs of the arena And at the same time You have these shops Improvised shops Which are selling Really all kind of stuff Like cleaning stuff And it shows you the Difficulty of the economic situation Because you won't see Really things that are very expensive Things are very cheap here And this is what you get When you go Toward the Damascus Gate Now the prayer of the Taraweeh which is The addendum to the Five daily prayers of Islam During the month of Ramadan Has just ended And you can see now The crowd is streaming Out of Damascus Gate Because the prayer Has just ended and usually This is the time when the youth Is starting to chant nationalistic Chants but this year It's not happening As if the war between Israel And Hamas and the Gaza Strip Has abated any Desire to confront the Israeli forces And at the same time You can see all these Tools with the Fresh fruits The green almonds The annan, the pineapple And all kind of Fruits of the spring Which is just now And you see all these Palestinians Are coming out Of the Damascus Gate right now Now the ten last days of Ramadan And we're in the ten last days of Ramadan Is the most sensitive time Because this is when religious Further it's as it speaks On Saturday The 6th of April In eight days from now There will be The night of destiny Laylat al-Qadir And that's probably the most Important night in the Muslim Calendar and Usually during those ten days Many youth Are barricading themselves In the Al-Aqsa mosque In the noble sanctuary On top of the Temple Mount And this is when the trouble starts Because on the ten last days of Ramadan The most faithful Of Islam Are praying and staying in the mosque At night and therefore That's the fear But right now there is no sense Of tension here Some sort of festivity Not as usual Because usually here On top of this arena You have lights You have here instead of the lights A border police officer In the arrow slit Of the old Ottoman wall Which is A post of the border police In surveillance of the crowd But this man This police officer Is really not doing much Because there is no tension At the moment Thank you very much Pierre and Raphael We've talked about it's land day Which is a significant day In Ramadan Explain in more detail Land day and why the last ten days Could be more sensitive Any date is always Pretext for something Land day of course One of them But if we take the experience Of the former years We see that first of all The demonstrations are peaceful Even the former years Even on land day Especially with the Israeli populations People like walk With flags and signs In the streets very peacefully It's even quite a happy Atmosphere with women and children Chanting and dancing Nothing to be worried about Considering East Jerusalem It's a little more tricky But there is a heavy police presence An army presence The former years have told us That the Hamas first of all Have failed completely each time To inflame the region They wanted the Palestinians To a prize and the Arabic countries To get inflamed It has failed every year This year just yesterday Mohammad Def The number two of the Hamas Has called on people to come From Pakistan, Algeria, Indonesia To walk towards the holy land And liberate Palestine From the Zionist enemy Nothing has happened The Palestinian street in the West Bank Is quiet The Palestinians do feel For their brothers in Gaza But not to the point of going I think it's quite In the streets of the West Bank today That in some university Campuses in the States It's much more dignified There is an empathy towards the Gazan people But not the attitude that we see Actually abroad We see on the El Aqsa mosque today A model of praying Peacefully, serenely That could be also a model For many Muslims abroad So all in all we have to be optimistic And we have Part three, Fridays Peacefully, there's one Friday to go Anything of course could happen Anything at all So with one more week to go What happens after Ramadan is over Obviously fears of things escalating But that doesn't mean Ramadan being over Everything is going to be fine Everything will be business as usual And really Year after year we have this fear Of Ramadan turning into something terrible And it doesn't So let's hope also that year So in the end There will be always the next day Jerusalem day and this day and that day So all the days are there So far so good I think also this year if I may say so I don't think they want to try us I think the determination Israelis are fed up They've had it up to here With provocation, with violence With the raping of our women And the torturing of our children I really don't think that they should try us This year, our patience Is very, very thin Alright, thank you very much Rafael as always Now as part of October 7th Dozens of Hamas terrorists raided a gas station Near the Gaza border Two workers there were able to hide Inside a freezer only to emerge A few hours later if you want to see A very interesting report Take a look at this story Here's more We're here in the area And about An hour, at 7.50pm Something like that, at 7.40pm The terrorists arrived As you can see in the photos One of them attacked us He said something in Arabic It was a reverse They started shooting They were shooting at two soldiers They started shooting at him And shooting at him We started shooting at him They were shooting, shooting at two soldiers Here it is really And the other soldier tried to stop To the other side We realized that they were shooting at them All the soldiers So we said We're going to find a place to hide We're going to hide We said to each other all the time That's it, we're going to hide That's it, we're dead I didn't feel that way in my life That was the worst feeling When I was young I was really worried That I wouldn't be able to shoot A few moments later There was a phone call They were shooting at us And I was in the photos Going online I saw everything they saw in the photo In real life I actually know that they're in the area And the terrorists are here And the terrorists are here And the terrorists are here The army is here, you help us I'm prepared But we got out of here We got out of here, I saw more of you I'm happy, I'm happy I'm happy, I'm happy I'm happy I'm happy I'm happy I'm happy And the army was shooting at them They didn't kill them They were shooting here until the first day In the morning Of course, I tried to get out of here And come back But the first day in the morning When I got really close to here One of the terrorists told me We'll leave them, you'll come back It's going to happen soon And really, we'll leave them here in the morning I tell myself sometimes Why am I Why am I not And they are What could have happened But yes Maybe I was in Gaza Or I was dead One of these things I regret That something like this happened But But I say thank you Because people did great things Of course what I did I regret that they were fine With everything When people, the whole family Was happy And the moment they allowed us And we came here It was really cool From the first day of shooting Every day It felt like there was peace Because beyond that There was a lot of life here There was a time That life was the only place That they had here And really To come back here And see the whole area Now the citizens are back The place where there was And the moment It's really fun to come back here And that is all from the 24 news desk For now I'm Emily Francis We'll be back with more At the top of the hour Israel 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 line But the general perception is something That certainly needs to be fought as well Good evening and welcome to I-24 News I'm Emily Francis Today marks day 175 Of Israel's war Against Hamas Israel's defense ministry is Confirming that Israel's defense ministry Is in a state of war In a state of war Israel's defense ministry Is in a state of war Israel's defense ministry Is in a state of war Israel's defense ministry is Confirmed that Israel is Promoting the creation of a Multinational force to secure Delivery of humanitarian aid In Gaza The IDF announces the death of Yet another soldier 21-year-old sergeant major Alon Kudirashav Avodin Meanwhile more rocket alerts this evening In northern Israel with the IDF Reporting of one landed in an Artillery fire in the village of Kila in Lebanon Also earlier Lebanese media Reporting a senior Hezbollah Commander responsible for lau