Hello everyone! In today's video, we'll be going over Firebase sub-collections inside of our Cloud Firestore SDK. So we'll be going over how we can access our sub-collections and how we can work with them. So here you're going to notice that I have a few documents called Windows and macOS inside of my console. You can see those two documents and we have a children sub-collection inside of those documents for each of these operating systems. And then we can add children to this sub-collection. So for macOS, we have Big Sur, Catalina, and Monterey as our children. And what I can do is go to my web application here and add an option called Linux, and it should show up here inside of my backend. So you can see Linux, it doesn't yet have a children sub-collection, but the moment I come here and create a child called Ubuntu, you can see that when I refresh the page, we should be able to see a collection called Children inside of our Linux document. There it is. So we have our sub-collection and inside of that sub-collection, it's going to have all of our children. So you can add more stuff like Arch Linux and it should show up here inside of our sub-collection. Now, before we jump straight into coding and all of the syntax, I want to tell you about a few theoretical concepts that you have to understand about Cloud Firestore sub-collections. So first of all, you don't have to create or delete collections because the moment you add a document to a collection that doesn't yet exist, Firestore will automatically create that collection. And likewise, if you delete all documents from a collection, that collection will automatically disappear, so you don't have to create or delete collections. And also, the next thing is a collection can only contain documents, so you can't have a collection inside of a collection. You have to have alternating patterns like a collection, a document, a collection, and then a document when you are making references. So the example is this, we have a reference to a document and the path to the document is rooms, room A, messages, and message 1. So you can see it's alternating between collections and documents. So collection, document, collection, document. And you can't do collection, collection, document, document. You can't just have to alternate between the different types. And also this is one of the syntax, one of the ways to do it in version 9. You can use commas to separate the path for each of the collections and documents. Or you could also use the slash notation. And that's more similar to our Unix or Linux file system references. So that should look a bit more familiar. And next, if you're looking for a way to list out all of the subcollections of a particular document, you should know that it's currently not possible to do that with the current version of mobile and web client libraries. And that's because you're only supposed to do that in trusted server environments. And also I just want to point out that the Firebase subcollection syntax for version 9 is superior compared to version 8 because this is like the syntax in version 9. You get to do all of that in one document method, one document function, calling the rooms and whatever path it is. You can even do that in one string using the slash notation. But if you look at the version 8 syntax, you can see that you have to repeat yourself and you have to do .collection, .doc, .collection, .doc. You can call that method multiple times. And over time, that just becomes clunky code. So if you're not already at version 9, I strongly suggest you to migrate over from version 8 to version 9 if it's possible. All right, with all of that out of the way, we can now get straight into the coding. So the first thing you want to do is go and create a React app and remove all of the boilerplate code. So what I've left here is app.js with a div that says operating systems. And then I'm going to have my index.js here. So this is just a clean boilerplate for a create React app. The next thing we want to do is link our Firebase back end to our React application. And if you're totally brand new to this process, I would strongly recommend you to watch my React Firebase tutorial playlist and come back to this video after you're done with that. But for now, I'm just going to link my React application to an existing Firebase back end. So I'm going to go to my React app here and I'm going to just copy this and paste it in my client file here called firebase.js. Again, I'm going to recommend you watch my React Firebase videos if you haven't on how to link and create a brand new Firebase project from scratch and link that to your React application. But for now, I'm just going to quickly initialize Firestore using Get Firestore. We have to import Get Firestore from Firebase slash Firestore.  And you can put the app inside of our arguments. And of course, let's export that handle. The next thing I'm going to do is add two libraries. So yarn add firebase as well as react dash firebase dash hooks. So this is the hooks library that I'm going to be using for my firebase hooks so that I get a simpler syntax from the real-time database handle. So you can just go and look at the documentation in the NPM, the GitHub repository here for firebase v9. This is a very good library for firebase and really simplifies your code syntax by a lot. I'll be showing you how to use this library later on or you could also go and read the documentation here under the GitHub repository by yourself if you want to. But for now, I'm just going to go and look at our React application and this is what we have right now, operating systems. And that is our code here in app.js. So the first thing I want to do is go to my firestore database here in this project shortcut section here. If you don't see it, you can go to builds and you can click on firestore database here. And let's create a new collection here called OSs. So that's just a plural for OS. And when you're creating a collection by default, you always have to create the first document to be placed inside of that collection. So let's create windows. And the name is just going to be windows like that. And right now we don't create that sub-collection of children first. We create the first document and then we create that sub-collection afterwards. So here we have the option to create a new collection here. I'm going to call this children. So this is our sub-collection and inside we're going to have windows XP. So that's the name. It's windows XP. And then we can create more children here. So let's go ahead and create windows vista as well. The name is just going to be windows vista. Let's hit save. So now let's review the structure of the database that we've created here. So we have a root collection called OSs. And then inside of that collection, we have a document called windows and windows is basically a document. And it has a sub-collection called children and all of the different windows versions inside of the children sub-collection. We can of course create another document here. We can name it macOS. And then we just have the name be macOS. And then hit save. So this is our second document and we can have another sub-collection here called children. And then we can have a different macOS versions. So let's add bigsir. So name bigsir. So this is the first child inside of the children sub-collection of macOS. And then now that we have all of this structure, we're going to go and print out all of this data inside of our React application from Firestore. So I'm going to use the React Firebase hooks now to get the real-time data from Firestore. So I'm going to head over to the documentation here. Look for use collection data. I'm going to copy this line here. And I'm going to go back to my VS code and paste it inside of my app component. So I'm going to get rid of the TypeScript because we don't need TypeScript in this project for now. And of course we have to import use collection data. So let's go up here and look for that line and then let's copy that and put that up here as well. That imports use collection instead of use collection data. So I'm just going to change that to import use collection data. I'm going to change the name of values here to be docs just because I find it more understandable that way. So now that we have all of that, you can see that it's going to ask us for a query as well as options. So let's go to the documentation back again. You can see that use collection data says that the options is optional. So we actually don't have to specify any sort of options for now. I can get rid of that. And for the query, I'm going to make a const here and we're going to refer to the collection that we want a query for. For now, let's just go and query our root collection, which is called, let's see, it's called OSS here. So that's our root collection. Let's go and query that. So the first argument for collection is the database handle and I have to import collection here. Import collection to help us generate that collection reference from the firestore SDK. And then I'm going to have to import the database handle as well as import db from dot slash firebase. And then the second argument of the collection function is going to ask us for the name of the collection and it's called OSS. So now that I have that reference to the collection inside of firebase generated and stored in this query variable, I'm just going to go ahead and print out the documents that were returned. So console dot log docs. And then I'm going to go and refresh the page and we should see two, we should see two objects returned in an array form. We have Windows and we have macOS. And those are the two documents that were in our queried collection, which is the OSS collection, Windows and macOS. But what you're going to notice very quickly is that these objects don't return us the subcollections inside of our objects. So let's say I'm going to look at the different versions of Windows. I won't be able to see it for now because it just returns the surface level documents. So let's go ahead and modify the code to return all of our Windows versions. And to do that, I'm going to modify the query here. Instead of just doing it from OSS, I'm going to do OSS. And then Windows is the name of the document. And inside that document, we have the children subcollection. And I can save this and let's refresh that. And you can see that we get our Windows Vista and Windows XP returned to us. Now the alternative way to do this is to use the slash notation, which I prefer because it's more readable. And we can just return a whole string as an argument. So let's save that and see if it still works. And it should still work. And we should get a Windows Vista and XP as well. Cool, but what if I wanted to print out the children of Mac OS instead now? So let's go back to the code and change Windows to Mac OS here. And I can go ahead and refresh this and you should see Big Sur show up here instead of Windows XP. Okay, that's great and all. But now let's go and finally work on the user interface in which we can add new items to our order list right here in React. So I'm going to head back to VS Code and I'm going to get rid of the console log and let's implement. Let's put our loading state to use. I'm going to do loading. If loading is true, then just print out loading dot dot and I'm going to come and refresh this. So we see our loading state and it should disappear after we're done loading. And then let's go ahead and actually make that an order list here. And then we're going to map through the documents that we're getting from Firebase and make a list item for each individual document. So let's do docs dot map. And for each individual document, I'm going to return a list item list item. And then actually I'm just going to wrap everything in a div so that it's easier for us to implement the key for React.js. So I'm going to just use method random for the key for now. I'm not going to use any fancy libraries for simplicity sake. Inside of this div, I'm going to have a list item that says hi for now. So we have hi there. And I'm actually going to change our query from macOS children back to the root OS collection. And you're going to get an error here that says cannot read properties of undefined. So docs will be undefined when this is loading in the loading state and it's fetching data from the API. So I'm just going to put a question mark here. So it only does the dot map method when docs is not undefined. And when it's undefined, it's just going to leave it alone. So let's do that. Refresh this. And we should see two highs because that's what we have here. We have two documents inside of our firestore backend. Instead of just printing out hi, I want to make it print what it's actually getting from the API. So let's go ahead and do doc dot name. That's the name of the property we assigned earlier in the console. So that's refresh and we see windows and macOS. So now all we get is the surface level documents inside of our collection. But what if I want to get the children inside of the windows document? Let's say I want to look at the windows XP and the windows Vista and the different versions of windows. So let's go ahead and come down here. And this is our list item. And right under our list item, I want to actually print out all of the children for this particular document. And in this case, it's windows and macOS. So I'm going to make a component here called children list.  And then I'm going to do a react functional component called children list. And let's save this and import children list. The reason I'm going to make a new component for every single operating system is because we're going to have to query and make this use collection data hook a lot of times for each individual child. And it's easier to have each component handle their own queries instead of just chucking and clogging up the component with all of the queries for the children inside of this one parent component. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to take this and copy that and paste it inside of our children list component. And then I have to copy the imports as well. And then put it here. And instead of just querying from the default root collection, I'm going to get this query from the path property from the children list component. So let's do path here. And then we have to pass down that problem from within the call here. So path equals two. So let's think about what we have to put as our path here. So the query is going to take in the database. It's going to take in the path. So first of all, our path is going to have to start with OS. So that's the name of the root collection. And then the next thing is going to depend on which operating system we are currently in. So we're going to map through all of the different operating systems here. We're going to loop through Windows, Mac OS and Linux. And we have to change that based on what operating system we are currently in. And I can use the format string here and type in doc.name and then slash children. So slash children is our sub-collection reference. And we are going to pass this path down to our children list property here. And we're going to query our collection based on the path we're in. And then once we have that, we can go ahead and print out our children here. So let's make an unordered list. And here we're going to have a list item. We have to have like a... Actually, we're not just going to print out a list item like that. We have to do something like docs.map. And then let's close that. And then we need, for each document, we're going to return a list item that has doc.name. And we have to wrap that in curly braces, so doc.name. And then we have to give this a key. I'm just going to use math.random here. Math.random. All right. And one thing I almost forgot is the question mark that we need to add in at the back of docs because docs will be undefined when it's loading and initializing for the first time. And then here, let's also use the loading component here. I'm going to return, let's say, if loading is true, then just type loading.dot.dot. And for now, let's save that and check if everything works. Let me refresh here. And I can already see that it's going to load and show us Windows, Vista and XP for Windows and Big Sur for macOS. And now the last thing that we are left with is the add button down there where we can add new fields to our subcollections and as well as our parent root collection. So I'm going to go to my VS code here and make a new component that contains all of those input fields and the add button. So add new.js. And it's a React functional component. And then inside of here, we're going to have, let's say, a list item, right? And inside of this list item, let's have a form. And inside of the form, I'm going to have an input field as well as a button of type equals to submit. And let's call this button add. Okay, so this should be the UI that we need. And then I'm going to go back to my app.js here. And let's go all the way underneath our map function. And let's just do add new, right? And let's see how that looks. All right, so that's our add new component. And that looks great. And I'm going to go to my children list and make an add new component for every child as well. So let's go ahead and do add new. Let's put that there. And then we should see add new for Windows, macOS and whatever we have down here. With our UI components now done, let's go ahead and implement the functionality. So these two add components should add a new document to the children some collection of Windows and macOS respectively. And this add component down here should add a new type of operating system to the root OS's collection. So I'm going to go to my VS code and go to add new.js. And let's go to the form here and let's do on submit equals to a function that can handle submit. And here let's do function handle submit. All right, and in here I'm first going to take the event here so I can do e.prevent default so that the form doesn't refresh the page and prevents the default behavior. And then once we're done with all of the API calls here, once we're done with that, we can go ahead and do e.reset. So this will reset the form and get rid of all of the input that we've typed into the input fields. So let's test that. I should type something new here. Let's hit add and it's going to give me e.reset is not a function. e.target.reset maybe. Let's go ahead and refresh this page. I'm going to type test here again. Let's hit add and yes, it's e.target.reset. Here in my VS code, I'm going to write in the API calls to actually add our documents to our Firestore collection. So the function is called set doc. We have to import that from firebase.firestore. This is an API call, so we have to make it await and we have to make the function asynchronous. And then set doc is a function that takes in two arguments. The first argument is the location in which we want to put the document in. So it's going to be a document reference. And the second argument is going to be the actual data object that we're going to insert into our collection. So let's go ahead and make that document reference first. So const doc ref equals to a document which we have to import from firebase.firestore as well. And then the first argument for our doc reference is the database handle. And then the second is our path. So we have to get this path from our props as well. So this is the location in which we are going to add this document. And there's actually going to be a third argument here and that is the ID of the document. Now, if you didn't want to add your ID and you want firebase to automatically generate a new ID for the documents, you're going to add to this firestore collection. You could just leave this empty and change this set doc to add doc. And it will automatically generate a new ID for each document that you create. But here I'm going to just put the ID in and I'm going to make the ID the same as the document's name, the name of our child here. So where am I going to get that information? I'm going to get that information from the input field that the user has typed in. And to do that, let's go ahead and get the data, and get the value from the input field using use ref from react. The constant name equals to a use ref hook, and we can assign that ref to this input field. So ref equals to name. And then here for the ID field, I'm going to just do name.current.value. That's how we're going to get the value from this input field using refs and react.js. And here in the data object that we're going to push to the document, to the collection, I'm going to have a name property, and the value for that property is going to be named.current.value as well. So let's save that and go to our browser. Let's refresh this, and I'm going to add linux here. So let's add linux, let's hit enter, and we get the doc cannot be called with an empty path. If my suspicions are correct, the error we're getting is because this path property is undefined, and true enough, we forgot to specify the path part inside of our add new component. And in this case, you can just set path to path, and we can just pass down the path from the children list component because it's going to be adding the document to the same collection as the children collection. And here in add.js, the add new is just going to get a path of OSs, and that's the root collection because we're not adding this new operating system to any sort of sub-collection, we're just adding it to the root collection of all operating systems. So if I save that and come here and refresh this page, I should be able to add another unix here, let's hit add, and it should show up. There we go, unix is added, and ideally, we want to sort our query by time added, and we're going to add a server time step to all of our queries here so that we can order it and put the newest at the last location here. And finally, let's test out the sub-collections and see if those are working as well. So we can add Ubuntu, and we can add Arch Linux, and we can add Debian, and sure enough, it's working. I can go to my Firebase console, I can hit Linux, and we should see a children sub-collection, and we have all the different types of children inside of here. With that, we've come to the end of today's video tutorial. If you have any questions, please feel free to put them in the comment section. I'll do my best to help you out, and if you want to refer to the code, I'm going to link the GitHub repository to the code in the video description. And see you all next time.


journalists don't take pictures with sources certainly not being hugged and kissed like that I think there needs to be a uniform rule but also an understanding that is the job of the journalist to get close to sources including bad actors including war criminals including someone like Iqiyah Sinwar that is their job their job is not to work for the Israeli military or Israeli intelligence preventing attacks that's the job of our army and of our intelligence services and that's where we should be focusing our anger again there are serious problems with the journalism coming out of Gaza that have not been properly explained to readers and viewers but the problem is not what is being reported the problem is what's not being reported and that not being explained to viewers you know the journalists and jobs are lionized as heroes and in many cases I'm sure that they are risking their lives in very very hard circumstances but there is another side to the coin that they're working under a terrorist regime that does not allow them to fully do their jobs also some of them may not want to fully do their jobs and both of those elements need to be explained to viewers and to readers but as they're going out and documenting what happened on October 7th that's their job and frankly as far as getting close to Iqiyah Sinwar to try to get information from him let's say it's also part of their job although I hate the idea of taking pictures like that certainly many questions that will be asked not only by news organizations but also by the media at large and obviously watchdog organizations as well Raphael you're showing me I'd like your input on exactly what we're discussing right now Israeli intelligence had no idea about what was happening but there are photographers there people who are hugging and kissing Iqiyah Sinwar who were in the loop how does that feel what is your sense of this well it adds to the problem we had in intelligence we really didn't read them up whereas not only journalists I think quite a few people in the Gaza Strip felt and knew what was going to happen something was cooking it was obvious we had observer soldiers mostly girls of the IDF on outlook posts and that they could see things happening so there is something here that has to be checked after the war for sure something's wrong I believe that these journalists that work in the Gaza Strip are all Hamas because you cannot work as a journalist in the Gaza Strip if you're not accredited by the Hamas whatever you're going to do against them you will be ousted out of Gaza so and that's why most agencies use local journalists Gazans who are of course in very good terms with the Hamas and accomplices of the Hamas I am not sure that journalists should be immune I don't see a wild ground from having a conscience and moral principles such as saving human lives and if you have an information that might prevent a catastrophe I don't think your profession comes first where do you draw the line? I draw a line in the moral standard of any profession I don't think journalism is that important that it should be above any moral standards and if I have if I'm a doctor a professor a garage or a salesman of cars I don't know it doesn't matter what profession you're doing there is a red line and the journalists are not above it they are just as any other person under that red line after that if they do not prevent or give information as to something that is going to happen and people children are going to be killed I think that there's a problem there's a big big problem I do not agree at all with the immunity I don't see like when people said there were these that killed and journalists so what? Journalists were killed too they are there to do their job we had a Palestinian journalist who was killed in the West Bank this created a huge international scandal why and the kid is not important no there is no immunity for journalists they're there they're taking their chances it's a dangerous job especially war reporters on the ground but one thing is for sure they cannot they cannot in any way let something happen that they could prevent if they would give the info it's not possible look Rafael there are Israeli defense correspondents who presumably know in advance about military activity by the IDF and Gaza I am not comparing the Israeli military to Hamas I am not comparing the Israeli military activity since October 7th to what happened October 7th in no way but those reporters know okay that through the course of the military activity civilians are going to be killed tragically do they have an obligation to tell civilians in those parts of Gaza I mean where do we draw the line again journalists are part of a structure and part of a system and they play a very very important role in presenting reality this has nothing to do everybody knows that in a war there's going to be casualties but they don't know when and they don't know where those journalists do you don't have to be journalists for that everybody knows that but they don't but the journalists have unique information because of when and where it's going to happen and they don't share it no but you are making a mistake and they're right not to share it no but the Israeli journalists you're speaking about cannot avoid the war and the catastrophe but these Gazan journalists knowing in advance this ferocious plan could have worn I think there is here a moral principle as a human being it doesn't matter at the end your journalist okay but you're also a human being at some point you are maybe the possibility to avoid such a catastrophe then you have to intervene as a human being then you're a journalist as well but these Israeli journalists you talk about they cannot do anything there is a war going on we know they're going to be casualties they know that in such and such a morning I'm positing a hypothetical I don't know if this is actually true I'm not a defense correspondent myself but let's say that journalists know it's a realistic hypothetical they know that in such and such a morning there is going to be the Israeli military is going to start acting in a certain part of the Gaza Strip and as part of that activity civilians are going to be in more danger do they have a responsibility to go on Twitter and say tomorrow morning the Israeli military is going to be doing X, Y and Z left absolutely not no I'll tell you why absolutely yes if the action of the IDF is immoral if the IDF is going to strike and the journalist is supposed to be in the position of making those decisions yes yes if the IDF is going to kill children when it could avoid killing children the journalist has to say there are plenty of more journalists who feel that way by the way and are going to go out and now take your ball and run with it there are there are plenty of correspondence including potentially in the far left here in Israel who agree with you and will start doing that and are going to start to use and that's the problem where do we draw the line here and how do journalists play their role in presenting and explaining the full scope of reality even more than that it's the duty as in the IDF there are standards of the rules of engagement it is the duty of any soldier or any officer of the IDF to speak out if he sees that the IDF is going to do something immoral we have the right to do so we have the duty to do so so a journalist as well we cannot do an action that's not moral and so I'm not speaking of a journalist in Gaza warning the IDF about some military action I'm speaking a journalist in Gaza knowing that children are going to be killed women are going to be raped he has a moral duty to tell this not as an info not to keep it for a photo shoot because he's going to inform some guy in the New York Times reader in Washington who after lunch will see the picture but you're fighting the hypothetical let's say there's a foreign correspondent okay who knows in advance because they're in contact with the Israeli military but Israeli operation Gaza that person in good faith because of their own belief system wrongly in my opinion in your opinion but in their opinion rightly believes that they need to then go out break censorship rules do whatever they need to do to in their mind save Gaza civilians from being killed because they know the where and the when of when something is going to happen is it up to that journalist appropriately ethically to then go on to Twitter 12 hours before and tell people in my opinion absolutely not but we have to have a uniform rule because if we don't everyone's going to be taking the journalism I prefer to take that chance to have a journalist that will speak out maybe to in a more dangerous way that's not useful to the actual so we are taking that risk because of as you say anybody can come out and say something but I prefer to take that risk and make sure that when it's really something horrible like the 7th of October is going to happen we will have voices come out because a person I mean if I had this information it doesn't matter what profession I have and certainly not journalists to give me any immunity you have this information I think it's a horrible thing I will speak out I will tell but I'm telling you it's not only journalists it's even the officers of the IDF they are allowed to speak out and they can also be wrong a soldier or an officer can go and say I disagree with this action it's not moral in my eyes he will be court martial afterwards judges military judges will decide if he was right in thinking that this action was immoral or not but he has the moral duty and he has the right to think that what he thinks and if he thinks it's immoral to say it and or may even refuse an order then after that he has to take his responsibility maybe he was wrong maybe the action was legitimate then he shouldn't have opened his mouth and he shall be punished for it or the action was not legitimate and in this case I mean I have refused one order in my career in the IDF out of moral grounds and I think it's very important that people should remember especially in those days that we are human beings first and we have a conscience first and we want to save lives as soldier and journalist at different roles we could go on I think it's a silvery slope I'll give you the last word throw it back to Benita and also want to say that in this particular case this was a planned terror attack we are hearing testimony from people who were court saying they were instructed to kill children that they wanted to kill children because they were worried that these children would become soldiers if people were in the loop about a plan like this a heinous plan like this and saw it fit to be kissing and hugging the people who were the architects of this plan and then you're seeing that these are the people who were there first to take the photographs of it I wonder how it sits with the families whose relatives are being held right now in the Gaza Strip seeing that connection very briefly the Israeli military the interior intelligence it is their job they're the ones who work for us to protect us that is their role in the system and the ire and the anger should be focused on them and on the Israeli government and politicians as appropriate as well that's the address not the journalists one question yes if you're a journalist you're in the street and you see a person taking out a gun is going to murder somebody else okay so you just let this guy murder the other person because you're a journalist and you're just gaming the info or you're going to try and save that person from being killed 30 seconds I want to that answer it's a complicated question I don't know what I would personally do in that situation but I don't think that I would blame the journalist who didn't step in that's my point the most simple question is the answer is of course you save the person's life I would not blame the journalist who wouldn't I don't know what I would do myself disturbing ethical questions this debate is very very definitely going to be continuing on this day and in the weeks to come thank you very much Rafael Yoroshalmi and Owen Ultiman very Jewish debate thank you very much we will continue with this discussion no doubt many questions lots to unpack but for now that's a wrap for this edition of our Breaking News coverage I'm Vanessa Levine in Tel Aviv our rolling coverage continues very shortly stay tuned this is I-24 News thank you 1300 people murdered and more than 3000 injured and the war with Hamas continues we bring you first-hand testimonies from the frontlines from those who survived and all the records of the atrocities by Hamas follow us as Israel fights terror from the south and north get the inside scoop on what's going on only on I-24 News Breaking News edition I'm Vanessa Levine coming to you live from Tel Aviv the Israeli Defense Force says dozens of Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists have been killed as Israeli troops captured a Hamas stronghold in the Gaza Strip after 10-hour infantry brigade taking over the site called Outpost 17 in West Javalea it says soldiers battled terrorists both above it uncovered more tunnels including one next to a kindergarten and the Air Force has carried out strikes against hundreds of targets in the Gaza Strip over the past day in recent hours siren sounding in the southern city of Storot and before that in Nacho Oz and Kisufim in the south warning of incoming rocket fire Israeli forces are meanwhile intensifying their push into Gaza to eradicate the Hamas terror network destroying 130 terror tunnels since the start of its ground operation soldiers in the enclave telling I-24 News this is what they need to do to protect the country another Israeli soldier has been killed in the fighting 29-year-old Sergeant Eliyahu Benjamin El Makaes from Jerusalem this brings to 35 the number of fallen Israeli soldiers during this retaliatory operation day 34 of the war more than one month after the Hamas terror rampage in southern Israel which saw more than 1,400 people shot tortured and butchered and in a new development out of the Gaza Strip the IDF uncovering a weapons production and storage site inside a residential building rockets were being assembled next to a children's bedroom you're looking at images of that weapons production site inside a residential building next to a children's bedroom now for the latest let's go up north our correspondent Pierce Tekelbach joins us from northern Israel what's the latest there what can you tell us amidst those concerns that while everything that is unfolding is turning the focus to the Gaza Strip there are still worries around Hezbollah's next possible moves what can you tell us Pierre? Well Benita today so far has been a relatively quiet day but of course tensions are high in general here in the north as the situation is very volatile last night there was a moment of high tension when sirens were activated in three communities very close to the Israel-Lebanon border the communities of Avim Batan and Yaron as it was said a foreign aircraft from southern Lebanon is making its way to Israel after that shortly after the Israeli military issued a statement that was indeed a false alarm the Israeli home front command issuing a statement that there was an interception of a foreign aircraft there other than that we're speaking about anti-tank missiles that have reached Israel throughout the day yesterday as per protocol the Israeli army striking back in southern Lebanon with artillery there in addition another military statement said that Israel's army has throughout the night been attacking targets in southern Lebanon belonging to Isabella we're speaking about technological means and other military depots there and also buildings in southern Lebanon and that just really gives you an overview of what has been happening here every single day and we're speaking also about areas that are you know as the ones who had that air raid alarm yesterday that are that close to the border that have been evacuated a long time ago so everyone is expecting the next move from Isabella but the tensions are high in general and this one is very very volatile which really is one of the reasons why the areas as close as five kilometers to the border have been widely evacuated and very a lot of reservists are stationed here also along the border as well we're just we're on the roads and you can actually see also some military vehicles here moving in that northern area so that really shows you how how sensitive the area here is although no major developments within the next within the last 24 hours but you know from experience from the next from the last a month this can change any minute Benita certainly no doubt about that and talk to us about a range of developments in Syria overnight what is the latest there right Benita we're hearing reports about two different airstrikes one is attributed to Israel the other one is attributed to the U.S. and the U.S. has also claimed responsibility for that one in eastern Syria targeting as they said Iranian proxies their weapons warehouse in eastern Syria the U.S said that this was a very condensed strike a very contained strike because the U.S. is not interested and of course the regional escalation this is the strike was part of preventing and that that comes along that strike that is attributed to Israel in the area of Damascus also said it is was said to aim at Iranian proxies that specifically is Bala cell operating that close to the capital in Syria thank you so much live from northern Israel correspondent P.S. Dekalbach mortar come from Pierre of course in the coming hours thanks Pierre and now we welcome to studio retired colonel Dr. Jacques Neria former deputy head of assessment in the Israeli military intelligence and former foreign policy advisor to prime minister Yitzhak Rabin Jacques thank you so much as always for being here several developments and we want to unpack what is happening in Syria but before we get there news just in the IDF has eliminated the head of the Hamas anti-tank unit brigade we are looking at his picture on that screen right now a new development just in the IDF confirming it has eliminated the head of the Hamas anti-tank unit the picture is on your screen right now Jacques the significance of this breakthrough well you know the you are disturbing the chain of command with Hamas I mean we know already that Hamas has lost control of the northern part of Gaza and I think that communications with most of the units is being cut right now and there's no internet there's no way the no safe communications which means that you have less control and less command and and Hamas in fact is beginning to crumble because as we see the movement the movement of evacuees from north Gaza towards the south and Hamas is not able to stop them anymore he used in a few days ago in the they even fired at those at those people and preventing them from crossing and now they are just marching under the protection of Israeli tanks towards the south so this is a big a big challenge and a big development which means that we are inching forward to a situation where it's either you just hit a wall that you cannot overcome but this is not the case or this is the the beginning of crack and the crack will bring the the world to crumble which means that if we continue on our on our effort without stopping without without accepting a ceasefire we must we might find ourselves we could we could find ourselves in much in a much better position in 24 48 hours from now this is what's happening and and by then we would have to we would have taken care of the hospitals the Shifa the Indonesian the Kuwaiti the Jordanian one all over the those places and the outcome of this encounter with the hospitals would have to be the well-weight because the the world opinion would look at us and accuse us of course of humanitarian crimes what is the world opinion when you see the images that we just showed earlier on in the broadcast of weapons being assembled inside a residential building right next to a children's bedroom it is staggering shank and what what do you say about about media international media using freelancers who were aware who were aware of the attack that was coming on the Israeli settlements I didn't say a word that just accompanied the as if they were the correspondence of war I mean the and and filmed that and and took pictures of all those atrocities that that took place under the title of CNN under the title of AP I mean they were they were the the freelancers now it's time for us either that those media chains just say that they are not part of it they never knew about it but we must claim the all the pictures and videos that were taking there because this would help us a lot to know to uncover criminals on the one hand and then maybe faces that have disappeared that have been kidnapped it's unfathomable to think that these photo journalists were at the fence when that security breach happened and Israeli intelligence wasn't there Israeli security wasn't there but they were in the loop about what was about to unfold they entered with the with the terrorists inside the the Israeli vineyards and took pictures of her of everything and then they just sent them back and this is how we just we got acquainted with the fact that I mean the first one to take a picture of a tank burning tank was there was a journalist from Gaza they're working for a chain I mean for a media chain in the United States so that this is the the case and I think that this is this is a shame this is a shame that that is that's going on like this and photographs of that particular journalist kissing and hugging Yahya Sinwar as well many many questions to be asked Shaq stay with us we're going to unpack a lot more right now though we bring you an exclusive look into the fighting on the ground I-24 News Defense Correspondent Matias Inbar went into the Gaza Strip with Israeli forces let's take a look at his report we are on our way to the Gaza Strip I grew up here at Kibbutz Alumim so I feel like I'm protecting my home since that Saturday we all joined the reserves we understand that we have a mission an important mission to eliminate the terror from Gaza it's the 32nd day of this war we are in a troop carrier Lieutenant Colonel Gilad Pasternak our military escort sits in front of us we do what we have to do this is the most justified war possible that we had to fight it's our duty to be here it's our duty to respect our commitment because we have no other place to go all soldiers all officers understand that we are loyal and fight with determination bravery and speed to fulfill the objectives set by our leaders it's just over one month since the terrible Hamas onslaught of October the 7th the IDF's ground operation has been pursuing its objectives for more than 10 days annihilating Hamas once there we are the first journalists to discover what the humanitarian corridor looks like in this war zone in the center of Gaza on the main Salah Adin artery these civilians from Gaza are fleeing the fighting some with their hands in the air others clutching a white flag the war zone they are walking with their hands up and with their white flag but these soldiers are trying actually to protect us to protect themselves because probably there's some terrorists in the middle of this crowd today it has been open in 9 a.m. and it's about to close at 14 p.m. you can hear clashes and battles between Hamas terrorists and the IDF soldiers also west to the Salah Adin street over there of course Hamas doesn't like the fact that the people are going actually his human shield are going from the north to the south and that's exactly what the IDF is trying to do to separate the population the civilians from Hamas terrorists doing their acts of terror inside the neighborhood inside the buildings over here and perhaps among them Israeli and foreign hostages if they're inside any people who've been kidnapped or being hostages run toward the soldiers don't be afraid for both officers and soldiers the objective here remains the same well we have a lot of challenges over here first one of them we have course the tunnels we have we're finding tunnels all over the street in all the cities in all the neighborhoods we're finding streets each building each compound have its own tunnel in order to be able to sabotage the IDF soldiers that's the first one the second one is the aerial assets we are dealing with drones we are dealing with of course mortars with rockets aiming towards the IDF soldiers and the people on the on the rear in the cities of Israel and also of course Hamas is taking advantages of the narrow streets of the Kaspas of the corners in order to wait for the IDF soldiers to make small ambushes on them but I can definitely tell you like the IDF spokesperson told that today there is Gaza north and there is Gaza south and the IDF is controlling over Gaza north these kind of tools came from the engineering corps that are trying to protect the soldiers and also detect the tunnel it's quite impressive impressive inside the Gaza strip it's our duty we are part of history it's not a question of revenge but defending our state our home they attacked us it's our turn to defend our civilians an emotional soldier wants to speak everything we do today is to ensure that history does not repeat itself ultimately what my grandparents experienced during the second world war happened because of hatred of Jews on October 7 these massacres these civilians killed raped defiled burned are the result of this same hatred exactly what the Nazis did to us we're pushing back because there is a sniper threat as as you can see every place just behind me our potential position for snipers that's why all the soldiers and these tools are here to protect us once on board again we drive east into one of the Sujaya neighborhoods an armored vehicle has just fired we're in the middle of a complex multi-battle operation against Hamas positions facing danger under Hamas fire we were quickly asked to leave the area back in Israel Lieutenant Colonel Gelad summarizes this day of war for us it's no secret when I tell you that many Israelis are being held hostage in Gaza one of the goals of our war is to bring them home when we see a way to bring them home or to give us details about their fate we do it and I won't elaborate while we leave this gathering place on the Israel-Gaza border these soldiers are determined to fight regardless of how long it takes and regardless of the cost our Matthias Inbar reporting from inside the Gaza Strip still with me in studio retired colonel Dr. Jacques Neurier very rare to see insights like that to see footage like that your takeaways well I can I am so impressed by the performance of those soldiers and these officers that I'm sure that we are in good hands and I think that they will accomplish the mission that they've been asked to and it's only a question of time if the politicians and other people won't stop the army from accomplishing what it is supposed to do right now and it is doing right now so this is my hope this is my hope and as every Israeli we just want to reach a situation where we don't feel any more a threat from Gaza towards our villages our people there and we want to live in peace we I mean we were peace I mean the most striking thing is that most of the inhabitants were attacked were peace pacifists they were working for the Palestinians they were working for cooperation for coexistence and they used to accompany children and sick people from Gaza to Israeli hospitals and bring them back and this is the reward they got they got butchered this is the only reward they got from these monsters and being held in Gaza right now 239 hostages including elderly peace activists as you say people who are committed to helping everybody in the region I was struck in that report by the man calling out saying if you are a hostage if you're being held you're safe try and run out how complicated is this mission given the fact that there are 239 hostages hidden in tunnels above ground underground across the strip well basically I believe the hostages are the best card that Hamas has in order to survive this is the they are trying to play to manipulate the information they are trying now to to negotiate so-called a partial release of hostages just in order to gain time why do they need time because they need time to reorganize they are just scattered all over the Gaza Strip the communication is very bad they don't know where some units are where others are located where others are deployed they need this time and we must not give them the time the only proof is the following that because of military pressure Hamas is willing to talk about sort of negotiating a deal concerning a part of the a part of the hostages and we must keep the pressure on and this works and I believe that Hamas will be very careful not to endanger any hostages at here's in his hands here's hoping that all the hostages do get home and they do get home safely a long road ahead no doubt Jacques I want your take on developments out of Syria we heard my colleague Pierre updating us a little bit earlier Almaya Din is saying the Syrian army has shelled U.S. positions breakdown what is going on indeed indeed this is the first time that I read that Syrian the Syrian army artillery has been shelling U.S. positions this is a first I mean together with the Iraqi militias they have joined the effort in order to dislodge the American bases and we know that till now more than 40 attacks have been occurring against the American bases even though I mean and this happened after two F-15s American two F-15 aircraft bombed the ammo depot of Iranian militias and killed nine of those individuals I think that the United States is not interested in widening the war but it seems that the Iraqi militias are pushing forward and trying to just grab the United States and put it into the into the conflict always appreciate your insights on this ever dynamic situation across the region retired colonel Dr. Jacques Naria thank you as always for being here in studio now for nearly a decade Jerusalem's Shalva National Center has been a lifesaver for children and adults with disabilities but in times of war and natural disasters it's a fully equipped national crisis response center our Emily Francis went to Jerusalem where thousands of people evacuated from the south are being welcomed with open arms let's take a look welcome to Shalva an oasis that has brought comfort to thousands of young people with disabilities and their families we began designing Shalva which means peace of mind in Hebrew or Serenity in order to provide families with a sense of peace of mind and getting away from the chaos that ensues when a parent learns that either at birth or later the child he dreamed of was going to be with a disability of one kind or another but since the tragedy of October 7th the Shalva Center in Jerusalem has become a safe haven for those evacuated from communities near Gaza who lived through the terror of their lives so the idea if it's telling us you have to get out of here right now so we couldn't get out earlier because the roads were dangerous so we're locked in our town for three days and then finally the IDF says okay we'll get you a safe route southwards right on the Egyptian border so this is like a whole big operation and we're driving down the road in lines of over 100 cars and buses with helicopters protecting us from above and tanks and jeeps surrounding us Sion Leshem and 150 families from the small village of Neve were welcomed by Shalva which has been a godsend of the 700 children evacuated from their village the girls are getting a full day's education at Shalva's facilities the healing has begun and every every person that comes to us and expresses their compassion and their love and their will to give and what can we do and how can we help is part is part of this healing we're seeing lots and lots of folding carts these are beds that we can be the reason the Shalva center has been able to provide these resources is because a 220,000 square foot facility was built from the beginning to also serve as a national crisis response center and what you're seeing here are the preparations for us to be able to take in up to 1200 additional evacuees so here you've got beds you've got lots of sanitary ware and all the different provisions that we have we have downstairs in the car park dry goods enough to last us for a month we have the entire building has 11 stories high but a number of those are below ground we're built into the side of the mountain and that provides a natural safe space Shalva has also been a lifeline for dozens of at-risk teen girls from abusive homes who are part of the Edin center which is located near Gaza Edin girls loved in Ankibut Kermia which is on the northern border of Gaza a beautiful quiet Kibbutz from the boarding school you could actually see the view was a view of Gaza boarding school was actually and targeted and hit by rocket and there was a lot of damage made over there so them not having school that day is why they're alive today them not having school today is why they're alive today you could say that it was we we say it was a miracle and for Kara Raan the education manager of Edin she says being with Shalva kids with disabilities has been the best medicine for her teens and I think it's special for them they're seeing that there's other types of people around they're seeing that they know they've got their own issues to deal with but they're looking and seeing that there's people with different issues and sometimes more difficult issues but I think that mainly it makes them happy they always greet the young people they who are working or being treated there and the elevators they always play with it all kids no question it will be a tearful goodbye once everyone is able to return home to the south and all agree that the support of the team has given them the courage to return home with more strength we're going back not one of us is going to step aside and say hey this is too much for me we we we live the mission and and we see this place flourishing and thriving in the future in the near future in Jerusalem Emily Francis I-24 News and that's where we wrap up this edition of our breaking news coverage on Benita Levine in Tel Aviv our road and coverage continues shortly stay tuned thank you for watching 1,500 people murdered and more than 3,000 injured and the war with Hamas continues we bring you first-hand testimonies from the front lines from those who survived and all the records of the atrocities by Hamas follow us as Israel fights terror from the south and north get the inside scoop on what's going on only on I-24 News in news edition I'm Benita Levine coming to you live from Tel Aviv the Israeli defense force says dozens of Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists have been killed as Israeli troops captured a Hamas stronghold in the Gaza Strip after 10 hours of fighting the Nahal Infantry Brigade taking over the site called Outpost 17 in West Jabalia it says soldiers battled terrorists both above ground and underground it uncovered more tunnels including one next to a kindergarten and the air force has carried out strikes against hundreds of targets in the Gaza Strip over the past day in recent hours sirens sounding in the southern city of Storot and before that in Nahal Oz and Kissel Fem in the south warning of incoming rocket fire Israeli forces on meanwhile intensifying their push into Gaza to eradicate the Hamas terror network destroying 130 terror tunnels since the start of its ground operation soldiers in the enclave telling i24 news this is what they need to do to protect the country another Israeli soldier has been killed in the fighting 29 year old Sergeant Eliyahu Benjamin El Makaes from Jerusalem this brings to 35 the number of fallen Israeli soldiers during this retaliatory operation day 34 of the war more than one month after the Hamas terror rampage in southern Israel which saw more than 1400 people shot tortured and butchered and in a new development out of the Gaza Strip the IDF uncovering a weapons production and storage site inside a residential building rockets were being assembled next to a children's bedroom you're looking at images of that weapons production site inside a residential building next to a children's bedroom now for the latest let's go up north our correspondent Pierce Tekelbach joins us from northern Israel what's the latest there what can you tell us amidst those concerns that while everything that is unfolding is turning the focus to the Gaza Strip there are still worries around Hezbollah's next possible moves what can you tell us Pierre well we need to today so far has been a relatively quiet day but of course tensions are high in general here in the north as the situation is very volatile last night there was a moment of high tension when sirens were activated in three communities very close to the Israel-Lebanon border the communities of Avim Batan and Yaron as it was said a foreign aircraft from southern southern Lebanon is making its way to where Israel after that shortly after the Israeli military issued a statement that that was indeed a false alarm the Israeli home front command issuing a statement that there was an interception of a foreign aircraft there other than that we're speaking about anti-tank missiles that have reached Israel throughout the day yesterday as per protocol the Israeli army striking back in southern Lebanon with artillery there in addition another military statement said that Israel's army has throughout the night been attacking targets in southern Lebanon belonging to Hezbollah we're speaking about technological means and other military depots there and also buildings in southern Lebanon and that just really gives you an overview of what has been happening here every single day and we're speaking also about areas that are you know as the ones who had that air raid alarm yesterday that are that close to the border that they have been evacuated a long time ago so everyone is expecting the next move from Hezbollah but the tensions are high in general and this front is very very volatile which really is one of the reasons why the areas as close as five kilometers to the border have been widely evacuated and very a lot of reservists are stationed here also along the border as well we're just we're on the roads and you can actually see also some military vehicles here moving in that northern area so that really shows you how how sensitive the area here is although no major developments within the next within the last 24 hours but you know from experience from the next from the last month this can change any minute Benita certainly no doubt about that and talk to us about a range of developments in Syria overnight what is the latest there right Benita we're hearing reports about two different air strikes one is attributed to Israel the other one is attributed to the U.S. and the U.S. has also claimed responsibility for that one in eastern Syria targeting as they said Iranian proxies there weapons warehouse in eastern Syria the U.S. said that this was a very condensed strike a very contained strike because the U.S. is not interested in of course a regional escalation this is the strike was part of preventing that that comes along that strike that is attributed to Israel in the area of Damascus also said it is was said to aim at Iranian proxies that specifically his Bala cell operating that close to the capital in Syria thank you so much live from northern Israel correspondent Pierre Stekelbach more to come from Pierre of course in the coming hours thanks Pierre and now we welcome to studio retired Colonel Dr. Jacques Neria former deputy head of assessment in the Israeli military intelligence and former foreign policy advisor to prime minister Yitzhak Rabin Jacques thank you so much as always for being here several developments and we want to unpack what is happening in Syria but before we get there news just in the IDF has eliminated the head of the Hamas anti-tank unit brigade we are looking at his picture on that screen right now a new development just in the IDF confirming it has eliminated the head of the Hamas anti-tank unit the picture is on your screen right now Jacques the significance of this breakthrough well you know you are disturbing the chain of command with Hamas I mean we know already that Hamas has lost control of the northern part of Gaza and I think that communications with most of the units is being cut right now and there's no internet there's no way the no safe communications which means that you have less control and less command and Hamas in fact is beginning to crumble because as we see the movement the movement of evacuees from north Gaza towards the south and Hamas is not able to stop them anymore he used a few days ago they even fired at those people and prevented them from crossing and now they are just marching under the protection of Israeli tanks towards the south so this is a big challenge and a big development which means that we are inching forward to a situation where it's either you just hit a wall that you cannot overcome but this is not the case or this is the beginning of a crack and the crack will bring the wall to crumble which means that if we continue on our effort without stopping without accepting a ceasefire we might find ourselves we could find ourselves in a much better position in 24-48 hours from now this is what's happening and by then we would have taken care of the hospitals the Shifa, the Indonesian, the Kuwaiti the Jordanian one all over those places and the outcome of this encounter with the hospitals would have to be well-weight because the world opinion would look at us and accuse us of humanitarian crimes What is the world opinion when you see the images that we just showed earlier on in the broadcast of weapons being assembled inside a residential building right next to a children's bedroom it is staggering, Jacques And what do you say about media? International media using freelancers who were aware of the attack that was coming on the Israeli settlements and didn't say a word that just accompanied as if they were the correspondents of war I mean, and filmed and took pictures of all those atrocities that took place under the title of CNN under the title of AP I mean, they were the freelancers Now it's time for us either that those media chains just say that they are not part of it they never knew about it but we must claim all the pictures and videos that were taken there because this would help us a lot to know to uncover criminals on the one hand and then maybe faces that have disappeared and have been kidnapped It's unfathomable to think that these photojournalists were at the fence when that security breach happened and Israeli intelligence wasn't there Israeli security wasn't there but they were in the loop about what was about to unfold And they entered with the terrorists inside the Israeli vineyards and took pictures of everything and then they just sent them back and this is how we got acquainted with the fact that the first one to take a picture of a tank burning tank was a journalist from Gaza they're working for a chain for a media chain in the United States so this is the case and I think that this is a shame this is a shame that's going on like this And photographs of that particular journalist kissing and hugging Yahya Sinwar as well many many questions to be asked Shaq stay with us we're going to unpack a lot more right now though we bring you an exclusive look into the fighting on the ground I-24 News Defense Correspondent Mattias Inbar went into the Gaza Strip with Israeli forces let's take a look at his report We are on our way to the Gaza Strip I grew up here at Kibbutz Al-Mim so I feel like I'm protecting my home since that Saturday we all joined the reserves we understand that we have a mission an important mission to eliminate the terror from Gaza It's the 32nd day of this war we are in a troop carrier Lieutenant Colonel Gilad Pasternak our military escort sits in front of us We do what we have to do this is the most justified war possible that we had to fight it's our duty to be here it's our duty to respect our commitment because we have no other place to go all soldiers all officers understand that we are loyal and fight with determination bravery and speed to fulfill the objectives set by our leaders It's just over one month since the terrible Hamas onslaught of October the 7th the IDF's ground operation has been pursuing its objectives for more than 10 days annihilating Hamas Once there we are the first journalists to discover what the humanitarian corridor looks like In this war zone in the centre of Gaza on the main Salah Adin artery these civilians from Gaza are fleeing the fighting some with their hands in the air others clutching a white flag We are in the middle of the Gaza Strip behind us just people from Gaza Gazans they're trying to escape the war zone they are walking with their hands up and with their white flag but these soldiers are trying actually to protect us to protect themselves because probably there's some terrorist in the middle of this crowd Today it has been open in 9 a.m. and it's about to close at 14 p.m. You can hear clashes and battles between Hamas terrorists and the IDF soldiers also west to the Salah Adin street over there Of course Hamas doesn't like the fact that the people are going actually his human shield are going from the north to the south and that's exactly what the IDF is trying to do to separate the population the civilians from Hamas terrorists doing their acts of terror inside the neighbourhood inside the buildings over here and perhaps among them Israeli and foreign hostages If they are inside any people have been kidnapped or being hostages run toward the soldiers don't be afraid For both officers and soldiers the objective here remains the same Well we have a lot of challenges over here the first one of them is of course the tunnels we're finding tunnels all over the street in all the cities in all the neighbourhoods we're finding streets each building each compound have its own tunnel in order to be able to sabotage the IDF soldiers that's the first one the second one is the aerial assets we are dealing with drones we are dealing with of course motors with rockets aiming towards the IDF soldiers and the people on the rear in the cities of Israel and also of course Hamas is taking advantages of the narrow streets of the caspas of the corners in order to wait for the IDF soldiers to make small ambushes on them but I can definitely tell you like the IDF spokesperson told that today there is Gaza north and there is Gaza south and the IDF is controlling over Gaza north these kind of tools came from the engineering corps that are trying to protect the soldiers and also detect the tunnel it's quite impressive impressive inside the Gaza strip it's our duty we are part of history it's not a question of revenge but defending our state our home they attacked us it's our turn to defend our civilians an emotional soldier wants to speak everything we do today is to ensure that history does not repeat itself ultimately what my grandparents experienced during the Second World War happened because of hatred of Jews on October 7th these massacres these civilians killed raped defiled burned are the result of this same hatred exactly what the Nazis did to us we are pushing back because there is a sniper threat as as you can see every place just behind me our potential position for snipers that's why all the soldiers and these tools are here protect us once on board again we drive east into one of the Sujaya neighborhoods an armored vehicle has just fired we're in the middle of a complex multi-battle operation against Hamas positions facing danger under Hamas fire we were quickly asked to leave the area back in Israel Lieutenant Colonel Galad summarizes this day of war for us it's no secret when I tell you that many Israelis are being held hostage in Gaza one of the goals of our war is to bring them home when we see a way to bring them home or to give us details about their fate we do it and I won't elaborate while we leave this gathering place on the Israel-Gaza border these soldiers are determined to fight regardless of how long it takes and regardless of the cost our Matias Inbar reporting from inside the Gaza Strip still with me in studio retired Colonel Dr. Jacques Nere very rare to see insights like that to see footage like that your takeaways well I can I mean I am so impressed by the performance of those soldiers and these officers that I'm sure that we are we are in good hands and I think that they will accomplish the mission that they have been asked to and it's only a question of time if the politicians and other people won't stop the army from the from accomplishing what it is supposed to do right now and it is doing right now so this is my hope this is my hope and as every Israeli we just want to reach a situation where we don't feel any more a threat from Gaza towards our villages our people there and we want to live in peace we I mean we were peace I mean the most striking thing is that most of the inhabitants were attacked were peace pacifists they were working for the Palestinians they were working for cooperation for coexistence and they used to accompany children and sick people from Gaza to Israeli hospitals and bring them back and this is the reward they got they got butchered this is the only reward they got from these monsters and being held in Gaza right now 239 hostages including elderly peace activists as you say people who are committed to helping everybody in the region I was struck in that report by the man calling out saying if you are a hostage if you're being held you're safe try and run out how complicated is this mission given the fact that there are 239 hostages hidden in tunnels above ground underground across the strip well basically I believe the hostages are the best card that Hamas has in order to survive this is the they are trying to play to manipulate the information they're trying now to to negotiate so-called a partial release of hostages just in order to gain time why do they need time because they need time to reorganize they are just scattered all over the Gaza Strip the communication is very bad they don't know where some units are where others are located where others are deployed they need this time and we must not give them the time the only proof is the following that because of military pressure Hamas is willing to talk about sort of negotiating a deal concerning a part of the a part of the hostages and we must keep the pressure on and this works and I believe that Hamas will be very careful not to endanger any hostage at here's in his hands here's hoping that all the hostages do get home and they do get home safely a long road ahead no doubt Jacques I want your take on developments out of Syria we heard my colleague Pierre updating us a little bit earlier Almaya Din is saying the Syrian army has shelled U.S. positions breakdown what is going on indeed indeed this is the first time I read that Syrian the Syrian army artillery has been shelling U.S. positions this is a first I mean together with the Iraqi militias they have joined the effort in order to dislodge the American bases and we know that till now more than 40 attacks have been have been occurring against the against the American bases even though I mean and this happened after two F-15s American two F-15 aircraft bombed the Ammo depot of an Iranian militias and killed nine of those individuals I think that the United States is not interested in widening the the the war but it seems that the Iraqi militias are pushing forward and trying to just grab the United States and put it into the into the conflict always appreciate your insights on this ever-dynamic situation across the region retired colonel Dr. Jacques Naria thank you as always for being here in studio now for nearly a decade Jerusalem Shalva National Center has been a lifesaver for children and adults with disabilities but in times of war and natural disasters it's a fully equipped national crisis response center our Emily Francis went to Jerusalem where thousands of people evacuated from the south are being welcomed with open arms let's take a look welcome to Shalva an oasis that has brought comfort to thousands of young people with disabilities and their families it began designing Shalva which means peace of mind in Hebrew or Serenity in order to provide families with a sense of peace of mind and getting away from the chaos that ensues when a parent learns that either at birth or later the child he dreamed of was going to be with a disability of one kind or another but since the tragedy of October 7th the Shalva Center in Jerusalem has become a safe haven for those evacuated from communities near Gaza who lived through the terror of their lives so the IDF is telling us you have to get out of here right now so we couldn't get out earlier because the roads were dangerous so we're locked in our town for three days and then finally the IDF says okay we'll get you a safe route southwards right on the Egyptian border so this is like a whole big operation and we're driving down the road in lines of over 100 cars and buses with helicopters protecting us from above and tanks and jeeps surrounding us Sion Leshem and 150 families from the small village of Neve were welcomed by Shalva which has been a godsend of the 700 children evacuated from their village the girls are getting a full day's education at Shalva's facilities the healing has begun and every person that comes to us and expresses their compassion and their love and their will to give and what can we do and how can we help is part of this healing we're seeing lots and lots of folding carts these are beds that can be the reason the Shalva center has been able to provide these resources is because a 220,000 square foot facility was built from the beginning to also serve as a national crisis response center and what you're seeing here are the preparations for us to be able to take in up to 1200 additional evacuees so here you've got beds you've got lots of sanitary ware and all the different provisions that we have we have downstairs in the car park dry goods enough to last us for a month we have the entire building has 11 stories high but a number of those are below ground we're built into the side of the mountain and that provides a natural safe space Shalva has also been a lifeline for dozens of at risk teen girls from abusive homes who are part of the Edin center which is located near Gaza Edin girls loved in Ankibut Kermia which is on the northern border of Gaza a beautiful quiet Kibbutz from the boarding school you could actually see the view was a view of Gaza boarding school was actually and targeted and hit to buy a rocket and there was a lot of damage made over there so them not having school that day is why they're alive today them not having school today is why they're alive today you could say that it was we say it was a miracle and for Karora on the education manager of Edin she says being with Shalva kids with disabilities has been the best medicine for her teens I think it's special for them they're seeing that there's other types of people around they're seeing that they know they've got their own issues to deal with but they're looking and seeing that there's people with different issues and sometimes more difficult issues but I think that mainly it makes them happy they always greet the young people they who are working or being treated there in the elevators they always play with little kids no question it will be a tearful goodbye once everyone is able to return home to the south and all agree that the support of the team has given them the courage to return home with more strength we're going back not one of us is going to step aside and say hey this is too much for me we we we live the mission and and we see this place flourishing and thriving in the future in the near future in Jerusalem Emily Francis i24 news and that's where we wrap up this edition of our breaking news coverage I'm Benita Levine in Tel Aviv our road and coverage continues shortly stay tuned thank you for watching


Christian phrase is that we should retire part one. Ask Jesus into your heart. Look, I don't want to shame you if you've used this phrase, but I think it is more confusing than helpful, especially for someone who didn't grow up in church. I think we should stick with using biblical terms like repentance and faith when we talk about salvation. Just my perspective. God will never give you more than you can handle. No, because this is just wrong. Actually, God will give you more than you can handle. That's why you need him. If he always gave you what you could handle on your own, there would be no need to rely on him. But God will stretch us beyond our own capabilities, but in our weakness, he is strong. What's another commonly used Christian phrase that you think we should retire?