 that the time of the rampaging without accountability is ending. We are at war. Terrorists everywhere. The United States stands with Israel. We will not ever fail to have the back. All of the places which Hamas is deployed, hiding and operating in, that wicked city, we will turn it into an island of ruins. I am telling Gaza's people to leave those places now because we will take action everywhere. Welcome everybody, including our regular Middle East now viewers at this hour. We continue our special coverage of the extraordinary events of the past 36 hours or so. Israeli citizens were viciously attacked by Hamas terrorists from Gaza, including women, children, the elderly, and even hundreds of party goers, which all they did was dance to music. There are now estimated 600 dead, 2,000 wounded and scores of Israeli hostages inside Gaza. These numbers are expected to rise. The certain reaction to all of this will be weeks of fierce fighting in Gaza and possibly elsewhere. We'll begin our coverage with I-24 News Nicole Sadek in the town of Sderot facing Gaza in the southern part of Israel, Nicole. It is absolutely a war scene down here, Jacob, exactly as you were describing. That's exactly what we're seeing. In fact, right now as we're speaking, I can hear helicopters flying overhead and that comes about two minutes after a parade of maybe a dozen different tanks when patrolling through the area as well. Now where I'm standing on the side of a road where you can see these cars that were pushed off to the side of the road because of gunfire. All of these cars are riddled with bullet holes, some of them completely smashing the car windows into the driver's seat glass everywhere, covering the road right here. And it's not only glass, you can also see some of the bullet shell casings along with blood everywhere. So it's some very, very graphic scenes that we have been seeing out here throughout the day here in Sderot. The only way I can describe it is a true war scene. And so we continue to see other Israeli troops coming through the area in armored vehicles and tanks and even setting up roadblocks throughout the area because there is still active gunfire happening in some of these southern cities because there are still active Hamas terrorists in the area. So residents here in the south are continuing to urge to stay in their home, lock their doors, stay in their mamad in their bomb shelter because even with these active terrorists going around, we're also still hearing constant air raid sirens and constant rockets being fired from Hamas. I've seen more than dozens of different interceptions happening from the Iron Dome hitting those rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. So we continue to see those rocket fires both in the air along with a lot of activity happening on the ground as well. So everyone from the home command is just urging citizens to stay at home during this very, very active scene. Nikol Cerec, IDF's correspondent down in Sderot. Thank you very much for that. Me here in the studio is Amir Oran. Amir, you're one of Israel's most experienced war analysts and correspondents. You haven't seen anything like that. We haven't seen anything like it. Well, there's no way around it. This has been the most devastating blow that Israel has ever been dealt. The numbers which you cited, at least, as you said, at least 600 dead, they are in the vicinity, the order of magnitude of the Six Day War. In the Six Day War, Israel conquered the lands of three Arab countries, smashed three Arab armies, and here an organization, a terror organization based in Gaza, managed to defeat Israel in one day. And regardless of how this campaign will end, maybe there will no longer be a Hamas. Maybe it will turn out to have been an organizational suicide terror act. Nevertheless, what Israel suffered is immeasurable. What are the options, the Israeli options right now? So first of all, we have what is usually considered just a minor footnote, but here it looms as a very major fact. And this is the prisoners of war, the hostages, because the families of those abducted are being organized. Even tonight, an hour from now or so, they are going to have a press conference and present their demands to the government. The government will not be able to plan a military campaign while ignoring the plight of the families. We have undergone 10 months of protest here on another issue, but obviously the families are going to emulate the tactics of the resistance to Netanyahu's judicial coup and they will pester the ministers and Netanyahu personally. They will not let the military at the cabinet's direction go into Gaza and ignore the safety of the hostages. So they will try to put pressure on the government. We don't know, and maybe later we'll talk about the political ramifications, but I'm talking about the military options. You know, the mood around Israel is we should take over Gaza and get rid of Hamas. Is this an option? Yes, obviously Gaza is just a small and dense strip, even though Hamas leaders have prepared their underground tunnels and bunkers and hideaways. Obviously a very dedicated campaign with informers, with more sophisticated intelligence capabilities can ferret them out within a few weeks or so if Israel has the legitimacy to stay in Gaza, occupy, suffer casualties in a terror campaign and the international community or the western half of it because China and Russia and others may present other resolutions in the Security Council. But even provided the United States and European countries let them get rid of Hamas, what then? Who is going to take control of Gaza? An international body, some international observers who will then be attacked by the locals? Or maybe the PA, but we'll talk about that. The PA will not come in on the bayonets of Israeli soldiers. And as we speak, the death toll is rising. It is now officially 650. Israel is killed by Hamas. We'll take a break now and we'll be right back with more special coverage. Organism that pulsates through millennia. Touch it, listen to it, smell it, taste it. Experience the Holy Land like never before. Holy Land Uncovered every Sunday only on I-24 News. Imagine being able to see into the future. We can take you there. Welcome to Israel Business Beats, your gateway to the captivating world of Israeli business and technology. Israel Business Beats. Sundays and Wednesdays, 9.30 p.m. GMT. We are back here on I-24 News with special coverage of the war in Israel. 650 presumed dead and over 2,000 wounded. We are now to our correspondent Robert Swift at the Barzillai Hospital. Robert, what's the latest from there? The latest is that there's been an uptick in the number of ambulances coming into... I'm just now here, an explosion going off in the sky above us. As I was saying, there's been an uptick in the number of ambulances that are coming here into the hospital. We're at the Barzillai Hospital, which is one of those medical facilities close to the Gaza communities. And it appears to us that there's been a number of soldiers that have come in in these recent ambulances. There are likely casualties that are being caused in the ongoing fighting, as the IDF attempts to recapture the territory that is lost on the edge of Gaza. Right. How many wounded are there in this hospital? What can you tell us about their situation there? Israeli Ministry of Health has said it has over 2,000 wounded individuals that have been evacuated to hospitals. This number has understood that 20 of these people are in a critical condition, and 33 remain in a serious condition. All right, Robert Swift, thank you very much. There are some really amazing and, quite frankly, terrible personal stories in all this tragedy. With us now is Gili Oskovic. Thank you very much for talking to us, Gili. You just went to a party, a festival. Tell us what happened then. I was going to a festival with my friend and my partner. We were selling them. There was many eating places and some stores. We came with our clothes. We came to work, not to party, this time. And we woke up at 6.30 with many, many rockets. We didn't really, but rockets okay. I got scared. I put all my stuff in the car. I was ready to go out from the party. They started to say, go out. You can go out. Go out from the gate. So suddenly I saw a person who said there is terrorist people which attacked the car of my brother, which was going out of the party. So we got to hear that there is some terrorists around us. And after 30 minutes, terrorists were coming from all over, hundreds of terrorists. And they start to shoot everywhere and everyone started to run. And it was taking five hours, almost five hours. And my friend, which were coming with me, we were running together. At one point we got split. I came back to her. And then I saw they shoot her. And then I was hiding next to a tree. And they just shoot all the people around me. It was like 50 people in one time. I was just hiding quietly. After a while, again, I was able to run a little bit. And then they came again from all over. I was running to a different location. I was hiding for three hours under a tree in the middle of Pamela's Mata. Yeah. Yeah. Gili, let's just understand that because your description is quite amazing. We're talking about hundreds of people, maybe thousands of people in a party. And then other hundreds of terrorists just shoot them like sitting ducks, right? Yeah. Yeah. And then the people which were able a little bit to hide or to run somewhere, they came from everywhere. So they just, when I was at the Pamela's places, they were just going three by three and killing one by one, one by one, and kill nothing, nothing, something. But they were just going one, three by one, three by one, three and kill with automatic guns, just shoot people. We had nowhere to go. They came from all around. If I was thinking I can run this way, they came from this way. And I was hiding for three hours, but I heard them, I heard everything. I heard them talking Arabic. I heard the, they say in Arabic, like, if they are, and I know a little bit Arabic. So I heard that they are taking people and killing. We had nowhere to go. And your friend? My friend was dying. I saw her dying. I saw her getting the bullet and she was staying there. I was trying to save her. I was trying to push her. I saw she still breathing. I was trying to push her away, but they were just shooting from everywhere. So it was nothing to do. So I was running a little bit. I saw some policemen. It was like three policemen were standing and shooting in one side, but they got also shot from another side. So it was one big chaos. There was nothing to do besides run and try to get out of the bullets. Quite amazing. How were you going to go on with your life, Gili? I'm shocked that I'm alive. I didn't know that I can make it. I was thinking about my kids. I had two kids. The crazy story is that when I was hiding, I sent my boyfriend my location. And he came with his motorbike. And actually I was going to him and we were running away from the place. Because it's still a mess. I don't know even until now what about my friend. I was going for a hospital to look for her. I think people are still there. And I'm not sure if she can go into this area. If we still control this area of the army. Not clear yet. Gili, thank you very much for sharing this with us. Thank you. I'm going to go back to you, Amirore. And these kind of stories are now coming out. It's really unbelievable. We were touching on the political ramification of what's going on inside Israel, unity government, changes. What do you see coming? So, first let me refer for a few moments to Gili's story. And you may think that I am overstating the case. Obviously I don't think so. This is a Holocaust. Now the Holocaust in which about 6 million Jews perished and a few other millions managed to survive was a phenomenon. It composed of many, of millions of individual stories. Each individual had his or her own Holocaust. What we just had was an individual Holocaust. And blissfully, Gili survived, but regretfully others did not. Now, back to your question regarding politics. Of course, there is a consensus in Israel, not only in politics but society-wide, that Israel has been attacked, that the invaders, the raiders must be repelled. The entire country, the entire sovereign part of Israel must be cleared of them and that Israel should counterattack. But there, the consensus ends. There are various options and Netanyahu wants to have partners in his accountability for whatever comes next. Maybe Hezbollah too, maybe Iran. And apparently, Benny Gantz is willing to come in into the cabinet even without a portfolio himself and Benny Gantz and Gadi Isenkot, another former chief of staff, perhaps another minister, without Netanyahu getting rid of Smotrich and Bangvier, the extreme-right ministers. Yael Lapid is not willing to do that, so we have a split in the opposition. Gantz and Isenkot will probably stay there for the duration of the campaign. Whether Netanyahu will also shelf the judicial coup as part of the conditions remains to be seen. But it seems as if, right now, what happened in late May of 1967 when Begin and Diane joined Levy Eschkel's government is going to be repeated with Gantz and Isenkot joining Netanyahu. Now, we are actually waiting for a statement from Gantz this evening, or maybe even shortly. We'll see if he has any news about that. At this stage, there is no unity government yet. Emergency government. Emergency, whatever they want to call it. This is politics. We know the idea. Now, you've mentioned accountability. We know from past events in Israel's history there were inquiries. There's the political side. There's the military side. Obviously, something dramatic is going to happen down the road. I wouldn't bet on it. First of all, the government can either appoint or decide not to appoint a commission of inquiry. Secondly, it sets the terms of reference and it can do so in order for some technical after action review to come out. Thirdly, we have seen what happened at the Mount Meron. More than two years have passed. The commission of inquiry has been sitting and investigating. And by the time it will issue its report, it will be pointless. But yes, politically, Netanyahu would probably finally have to pay the price of having presided over this amazing failure. Of the entire Israeli system, political, military and otherwise. And the military. And the military, obviously, the top generals will not survive in their jobs. They are men of conscience. They will probably tender their resignations. They will not have to be asked to leave. They will do so out of their own volition. Now, there's the question of the north of Lebanon, Hezbollah, namely. This is a game changer. And what happens if things get worse over there? So Hezbollah is not only an Iranian proxy. It has its interests, its considerations and calculations. For Hezbollah, it doesn't make sense even though we are not always... All right. I think Mr. Benny Gantz, now part of the opposition is speaking. Let's take a listen. For them, for all of our children, we will overcome our enemies. These are savages who have... The savages who have abducted our citizens will be killed. In this situation, it's either them or us. And it's gonna be us. History has proven that the state of Israel knows how to fight back. And the future will make that known to everybody living between Gaza and Tehran. The target should be a profound change in reality throughout the Gaza Strip for decades ahead. At this time, as our best sons and daughters are going to do the reserve duty as we absorb the hundreds of fatalities, as we all pray for the well-being of those who are injured, abducted and kidnapped, we must take responsibility and rally up as leaders. I know very well what it means to be in combat when there are bullets flying all over you, when soldiers are entering and enemy lines and risking their lives. This is a time that we need to join together as a leadership so that we can unite the people and win. This is why I informed the Prime Minister yesterday that I'm willing to discuss my parties joining and hopefully other parties from the opposition out of an intention to establish a war cabinet that will maintain this war arena versus Gaza and all other theaters. If we are given a real chance to make an impact and participate in the war effort, we will take part until the end of the war. And if the Prime Minister chooses not to invite us, the entire security establishment will receive from us backing from the outside for everything they do. I'd like to say to all the citizens sitting at their homes right now and say, I understand your fears and anger. This is no time for questions. It is our duty to provide full backing to the political and military echelons in order to support them in the battlefield. Let us not believe any conspiracy theories that go hand in hand with the enemy's propaganda. If we are strong on the inside, we will quash the enemies from the outside and we will win together and turn this Black Saturday into a moment that shapes Israel's power and supremacy in the region for many years ahead. This is our responsibility for future generations to guarantee the eternity of the Jewish people in the State of Israel and to protect the State of Israel. This is breaking news in Israel. Benny Gantz, the head of one of the opposition parties, is willing to join the government, Netanyahu's government, in order to fight and create a war cabinet. This is obviously a very important change in Israeli politics right now, so we're going to go back to you, Amir Ordin. Also joining us now is Eric Mandel from Jerusalem Report. Thank you for coming. We were just talking about this some year. Actually, the opposition is split now. Probably Gantz will get in and Mr. Yer Lapid will stay out. Yes, Lapid was also willing to join an emergency so-called government, but he had conditions. One condition was that Netanyahu get rid of Smotrich and Bangvir, and the two extreme right-wing party leaders. And the other one is that Lapid and probably Gantz too will get the key portfolios of Foreign Affairs for Lapid and Defense for Gantz. Netanyahu rejected both proposals. He wants to keep his right-wing intact. He needs this backing because his main goal is to survive throughout his trial for corruption. And Gantz apparently is willing to join as only a voting member of the cabinet even though he may stay in the minority in the vote and end up being accountable for the conduct of the war and for whatever prisoner swap Israel ends up. So Gantz did this before and paid political price for this, but we'll have to wait and see, Eric, is this a unity government or semi-unity government? Well, I wrote a piece, it's kind of crazy. I wrote a piece last week about Gantz joining a unity government for normalization and the quid pro quo was going to be putting judicial reform on suspension, if you will. Yeah, that was the talk. Who could imagine what we're talking about now? I think the symbolism of joining at this point is very important for the world to see that Israelis, especially what has gone on in the last year, are unified. One of the worst things that has happened from an American perspective is we count on Israel as our primary, most important ally. And when their cohesion, their unity was broken during the last year, that weakened them as an ally and so that became very important. So I think now it's obviously a totally different situation. Having Gantz there is important and important for the security cabinet and I wish Lapid would also join. Right, well, Lapid is actually the biggest, largest party in the opposition, though Gantz is like very big in the polls. His party is not that big. Gantz alone cannot make up the deficit of Smotrich and the Bengevir living the government, especially since Netanyahu has to contend with Yareev Levine, his deputy prime minister and minister of justice and his faction of right-wing Likud members of Knesset. So only had Lapid also joined the government wouldn't Netanyahu have a bigger, more moderate, centrist faction within the cabinet. As it is right now, Gantz probably is on a wing in the prayer. He doesn't really have any reason to count on Netanyahu's good will. Right, are we seeing the chief of staff speaking? Let's take a listen. Anybody who participated in this and we will continue to do that. I know that the past 24 hours was difficult. The price is a heavy one. I know that there are many questions and there is a lot of frustration. But the important thing is that we are now focusing on what's ahead of us to solve the problems and to act. We have civilians. We have members of the security establishment. Our soldiers were killed and injured. Some of them are in the hands of the enemy. This is why this is a time for war, not a campaign, not another round. This is a war. And within this war, the IDF is strong. It will act powerfully and it will win and reach the necessary achievements. We have very long and complex days of combat ahead of us. We will maintain our preparedness in all theaters and everyone will do everything they can in their arenas. We will continue to attack in all of Gaza extensively, especially in those places where the attacks are launched at Israel. Major General speaking about war. What does it mean when he says war? First of all, the very appearance is a message because for more than 36 hours he has been absent from the television screens when Israelis begged for some official authority figure to come out and explain what has happened, what is happening and what is going to happen. So now, belatedly, he has done his duty to face the public, admit the failures, which are obvious, self-evident, and try to assure the public regarding the next steps in the war. Eric, we've seen President Biden supporting Israel 100%, even more. How long is this going to last? Well, that's another reason why it would be very important to have Lapid as part of the unity government because what's going to happen, the moral equivalence is coming out. I was reading the New York Times today and they talked about the number of people that were killed or they referred to the Palestinians who were killed and they didn't differentiate them as terrorists and, in fact, they only called them militants. So it is very important for the Israeli government to state what its goal is here. Is the goal deterrence or is this the end of Hamas? Because then what I would want President Biden to do is say we will be there with Israel and we are not going to go by numbers. We, that Hamas is a murderous organization whose goal was to maim, mutilate, and torture and sexually abuse Israelis and any Jew that they could grab hold of. And we need to remind people of that and remember that. But again, America does not know what the Israelis want to do. What is the goal? What is the end game here? Right. Let's go to Tel Aviv. Life in Tel Aviv. On these hours the streets are quite empty and there's tension everywhere. I-24 News about Tel Aviv is right there in the heart of Tel Aviv. What's going on? Hi, good evening. I am actually in Ramat's gun. It's just north of Tel Aviv. We moved locations just a short while ago after being at the main square in Dizengov where we were looking at a lot of people coming out to give donations of both food and clothing as well as blood donations. I'm going to move out of the frame here where we are but we're actually at a media briefing here. This is a private sort of event that has been organized by a lot of the families that are still missing people, whether they have actually been confirmed dead or whether they have been kidnapped to Gaza. It is not known just yet. And so the families have called for the press to come here. So I-24 News along with quite a lot of the local stations here in Israel are all meeting now. The families are supposed to arrive just before 8 o'clock where they will give the press alive at 8 o'clock so it's likely that we will be able to speak to some of them but their hopes are that they can reach the media because they feel that the government at the moment is A, not with them and speaking to them and providing them updates but B, that the army and the police are nowhere in sight in terms of the help that they need to find out where their loved ones are clearly because the situation is at least for the time being to maintain the security situation in the south and along Israel's borders. And so they're really feeling like their outlet for the time being is the media to try and get the word out about the fact that they do have loved ones that are missing, that are unaccounted for, and whether or not they know if they have been kidnapped into Gaza for more information or whether they have actually ended up being murdered in cold blood just yesterday being Saturday in the rampage. Yeah, but thank you very much for this report. I will hear from you later in this broadcast during the evening when they're going to issue I'm sure some things, statements or whatever. Meanwhile, two Israeli tourists were shot in Alexandria, Egypt today. With me now is Ruth Wasserman-Lande, former Deputy Israel's Ambassador to Cairo. Thank you very much for joining us. Good evening. This was Ruth probably inspired by the recent events in Israel and Gaza. I imagine so one inspired and also, you know, it just takes one person being incited with all of the messages that very extreme forces, whether in Iran or Hamas or Hezbollah or other extremely terrible forces calling for the destruction of the state of Israel and all sorts of other messages. You know, something turns in their heads. They take a weapon and they do what they do. This is a very embarrassing situation for the Egyptians. They don't like situations like this. They like to be portrayed as those who can keep their internal arena safe and sound. And yet this had happened. And of course, immediately after that, they decreed that these Israelis would be even better taken care of after too had, as you had said, died. Right. As we speak, the numbers are rising. It's unbelievable, but it's now at least 700 Israelis that were killed. And this is not final. Amir, this is a national disaster by an unavailable scope. You know, it's like two jumbo planes colliding in midair. 700 plus Israelis all of a sudden disappearing from the face of the Earth. It's shocking. It's devastating. And let me refer to the hostages along with your report right now about Egypt. Israel needs Egypt to put pressure on Hamas to release the hostages. One of the prices that Egypt will exact from the United States would be the release of military aid funds, almost a quarter of a billion dollars that Senator Cardin of Maryland, the provisional head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has frozen because of his concern for human rights in Egypt. So we have a very tangled web here to take care of in order for everyone to be at least partly satisfied. I see you're nodding. It's a good idea. I've been in favor of stabilizing Egypt. It's the largest populated country. Hold your thought. We'll take a break and we'll be right back with more special coverage of what's happening in a moment. Look into security, intelligence, and strategic affairs. Our team brings the latest on the major international conflicts, analysis of the major security issues right here in the Middle East and around the globe. Saturdays only on I-24 News. Welcome back to our special coverage. Many eyes on Israel's northern border with Lebanon where Hizballah is testing the water with some provocations. We are going to go live there shortly. Now back to you, Ruth. Let's take this issue of the northern part. What are the risks of this thing spilling over to the north? So first of all, I've said not once and not twice that Iran is behind a very and will tend to infiltrate. Hamas in Gaza is obvious. Everybody's aware of that. The Jordanian arena that I think should be far higher on the priority list of many countries, including the U.S., because the stability of Jordan is very, very important. For Israel, it goes without saying. The West Bank, of course, the northern arena, not only with Hizballah but also with Hamas, and other arenas including an attempt to destabilize the internal Israeli arena and try to ride on some of the crime and violence and the platform that exists in the Arab sector within Israel itself. So Iran is really leaving no stone unturned. It's unbelievable. Now, this is clear. Also, the Hamas make its claims and its declarations clear in Arabic. Iran makes the same kind of declarations in Persian. The leadership of Iran, of course, not the Iranian people. And likewise, the northern arena, the Hizballah and the Hamas from the north speak clearly. They say what they intend to do. Whether they do it immediately now or not, that's a question. But there's no doubt in my mind that the Iranian forces, including Qatar, who is funding this machine of murder and massacre of innocent civilians, elderly people and children and families. This is something that must be taken into account by the international western world. All right. Thank you for that. Stay with me. We have now Dalia Romashkin with us with another terrible personal story. Thank you very much, Dalia, for joining us. Your sister Olga went to the concert, the party over there in the south. What do you know about her? The last time I spoke into her was eight o'clock yesterday on Saturday. She went to the party on Friday night and she was supposed to be at home by noon. But we just woke up to the sound of sirens. And after the sirens quieted down, I just reached out to her. I called her and she answered. She said that the party was closed. Everyone just went home. They went to their car and just the last thing that she sent me was her location near Reim parking lot. And it was just devastating. I opened the news. I told her there is a sudden attack. And she just told me that everyone just started running when the sirens started into their location. Everyone just went out to the fields. This is what we are supposed to do when you are not in a building with a safe place in a shelter. You're just supposed to be in an open space. You don't know where the missile lands. What do you know to this moment? What do you know about her? I have no idea where she is. We have no information. I went to the police center today to give some DNA samples. I gave her hairbrush, toothbrush, and I just have no one said anything about her. Daya, I wish you get good news. This is your mother also in the background. We wish you all the best and we hope you get good news. Thank you very much for speaking with us. We are now going to listen to the president of Israel Isaac Herzog with a statement. Life to always be prepared and armed, strong and firm. Or if we drop the sword, our lives will come to an end. This despicable act that started on the Sabbath and on a holiday as they crossed the border and then attacked the communities near the border is an immense sin. A sin led not only by a murderous terrorist organization but led by an axis of evil with a base in Iran with its metastasis acting time and again to undermine us, our spirit, our sovereignty, who we are as a nation, as a state. My brothers and sisters, we are at war, a war for our home and we shall prevail and win. Our country has always fought from the day it was born on its right to exist on our right to be free people in our country facing enemies time and again. We show our unbreakable spirit, our resilience, we overcome as lions and we find the power of our spirit come out of the depth of sorrow and bereftment and we launch attacks on the enemy and strike it. And we prove to them that we are here for good eternally on our land, in our country, winning and building more and more floors to replace those who have been collapsed. And we are facing in these upcoming days an extensive war. Such a war does not end overnight and this kind of war also has psychological features that I would like to emphasize to you. Our enemies are exerting immense psychological efforts through cyber attacks and disseminating fake news and reports and false videos in order to scare us and frighten us. They think that this is going to weaken us, but they are wrong. There is an undisputable fact here. This time as well, the State of Israel shall prevail. We have no other choice. My beloved citizens of Israel, my dear citizens, I know how difficult and painful this is, but the Israeli spirit has always prevailed and it shall triumph this time as well. Just a few hours ago, I visited the injured and their families and I saw an all-Israeli strength and generosity of soul. And I have to say, our enemies have made a grave mistake in their assessment of the strength of the Israeli spirit because even through this piercing pain, we can see this Israeli power in full force. We can see the sense and the spirit of volunteering and mutual care, which we see from every side. And thanks to the support of diaspora jewelry and our friends from all over the world, thanks to this Israeli hidden light which erupted all at once and proved what an amazing people we have. And thanks to all the emergency and security forces in regular service as well in reserve duty, our amazing and wonderful combatants from throughout the Israeli society that have all come to volunteer and have set aside all disputes and disagreements in executing imaginary acts of heroism and with tremendous bravery they set out to defend our home. I would like to ask all of us, let us please maintain this spirit of heroism in this togetherness. It is our most powerful weapon. Let us show responsibility and avoid spreading unbased rumors and videos that serve the enemy's propaganda. Let us all follow meticulously the commands of the home front command and let us remember that our journey to our triumph will only succeed if we all fight together as one heart beating together. Let us not delude ourselves. We are facing some very difficult times. This is the time to rally up and unite as we face the enemy, act as one strong fist. This is what we must do now. Israeli unity both among the people and in the Knesset and in an emergency government. I'd like to ask on behalf of the entire Israeli nation to send our condolences to the bereft families, to strengthen the forces who are out there and the worried families. May we all pray together for those who are wounded in spirit and in body. Let us strengthen and support and assist all our beloved ones who live with such great uncertainty regarding the fate of their loved ones and undergo this excruciating suffering. We are all with them. We stand with them and we will do everything we can in order to bring back their beloved ones home soon. And I would like to end with a prayer for peace and security for us and for all Israelis. Let us strengthen those who defend our holy land and may God bring them salvation and triumph to them and you shall sow peace in the land with it. President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, stressing unity, one of Israel's weakest points at this stage. As we said before, many are watching Israel's northern border with Lebanon. And I, 24 years, Pierre Clauchandler is there. What's happening over there when Hezbollah is trying to test the water with Israel? Absolutely. And Israel has the finger on the target, I would say. There was an incident this morning when an anti-tank guided missile launched by Hezbollah was hitting an Israeli outpost. On the junction between the borders between Syria, Lebanon and Israel, provoking damage on the outpost, but no casualties. Israel reposted, responded with artillery fire on the source of fire, causing no casualties as well. So like you say, testing the will for escalation from Hezbollah Israel does not seem to have the stomach right now to a multi-front escalation. That was part of Benjamin Netanyahu's message to the country yesterday when he instructed the army to hit Hamas and to cleanse the Israeli community villages along the border with the Gaza Strip, but to contain the other fronts. Now, there's been reinforcements of troops along the border, but not to the amount of such reinforcements toward the Gaza Strip. At the same time, there are recommendations for the residents that are living on the communities that lie adjacent to the border, such as Kibbutz Hanita, to leave the place and to seek shelter somewhere else. And now the Defense Minister Yoav Galant has instructed the Home Front Command to instruct those residents to leave. That means that it's not just a recommendation, it's almost an order. And here in Hanita, for instance, two-thirds of the 200 families living here have already left and the army has basically invested the place and it's become a closed military zone, I would say. And that's why we are at the gates of the Kibbutz and we cannot enter inside it. Okay, Pierre-Claude Chandler, thank you very much from the northern border. Everybody's watching what's happening there and of course what's happening in the south as well. This is it for our segment. Stay tuned for more special coverage here on I-24 News with Kalev Vendavit shortly. We'll see you here tomorrow. Good night from Tel Aviv. Marcos Ayala, present in Israel at the show Amor Itango, a show full of virtuosism, passion and modernity. On the 24th, the Spanish magazine of I-24 News.