 Welcome to this breaking news edition, I'm Bati 11th, all coming July from Tel Aviv, thanks for joining me. It's day 24 of war here in Israel. Overnight rocket alert sirens were heard throughout Israel's northern and southern communities as the IDF ramped up its attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. Israeli fighter jets also struck a number of sites in southern Syria in response to rocket fire on the Golan Heights late Sunday evening. In the West Bank, an exchange of fire broke out between the Israeli military and armed Palestinians in the Janine refugee camp. Palestinian sources have reported at least four killed during that exchange, including one Palestinian terror leader. Meanwhile, missiles fired from Yemen toward the Red Sea Israeli city of Elat were intercepted. The US Marine Rapid Response Force is now said to be moving toward the eastern Mediterranean Sea amid concerns over the war broadening into a regional conflict. Let's move in by going to our senior defense correspondent, Jonathan Regev, who is standing by for us in southern Israel. Good morning to you Jonathan. Again we've been reporting on this for the last couple of weeks that a lot of the communities in the south are relatively like a ghost town. What's the situation there this morning and has it been quiet from rocket sirens? No, it has not been quiet, despite the fact that the places here are quite empty, we're at the entrance to the city of Zderot, roughly 10% of the population is here, and in the communities closer to the Gaza border, they're practically empty, but there is a military presence in all of them. I think this is what Hamas is mainly looking for, the soldiers that are perhaps located there, and plus to send a message that despite the heavy Israeli presence already within the Gaza Strip, they still have the ability to fire to the communities here, and as we've seen also to places further north, places like Ashdod, central Israel, Tel Aviv, and so on. They've all been experiencing rocket alert sirens, so yes, the ability is still there. All right, Jonathan Regev, they're giving us an update from the south, we'll cross back to you in a little while. And joining me here in studio is retired colonel Dr. Jacques Neria, the former deputy head of assessment for Israeli military intelligence and the former foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and Gaya Azrael, I-24 News senior editor, gentlemen, good morning to you both. I'd like to start with the fact that the IDF says that dozens of Hamas terrorists were killed as soldiers continue with what is called the expanded ground operation. The United States putting out another statement yet again that Israel needs to make sure to differentiate between the terrorists versus Gaza civilians. As any country that follows rule of law like Israel, surely that statement is simply redundant? Well, as you said, it's redundant, and more than that, we have not adopted the American policy of what they call carpet bombing. We don't do that. We just bomb the targets, specific targets, and especially in a land manoeuvre, we have to protect our troops. And this is the result of it is that the terrorists are getting out of the tunnels because they can't stand anymore, the fact that they just hear and feel the bombs and the earth trembling. So they get out in order to attack the Israeli troops, and they get caught into the crossfire and they are killed. This is what's happening. I mean, we had that in Zikim. We had that in Eris and we had that in other places. At each encounter with the terrorists, the terrorists were just eliminated. We are right now in a phase where it will be difficult to describe what is the actual position of the Israeli forces. Because the command is not interested in showing Hamas and certainly Sinjar where our troops are. We might be surprised to find them in places where we don't imagine that they have reached that. This is one thing. The second, and there is this perimeter around the hospital that's being bombed right now. And this means that Israel has the intention, the clear intention to go after Hamas and the underground of hospitals in Gaza and other places. There are three of such hospitals in the area where Israel right now is present. But I think that the title of today is not what's happening in Gaza. We are waiting for the speech of Hassan Nasala on Friday, four o'clock in the afternoon. This is definitely a development to be heard well, to be analyzed well, because it means that either Hezbollah is expanding the war and hitting deep into Israel, or he is saying that this is what Hezbollah is doing. I mean, okay, we have more martyrs and more martyrs, but there would be no intention to expand the intervention. I don't think that the second option is the one. I think that the first one is the one that we have to expect and we have to prepare for. And guys, speaking of the United States and obviously the cause for concern and this may blow from what's supposed to be a localized war into regional conflicts. Netanyahu and Biden held another phone call yesterday, being Sunday for an update. And also Vice President Kamala Harris putting out a statement saying that under no circumstances will U.S. troops be entering the ground either in Israel or in Gaza. Yes, a lot of speculation in recent weeks since the start of this war on whether American troops will have boots on the ground literally. Well, Vice President Kamala Harris speaking to U.S. media yesterday saying we have absolutely no intention nor do we have any plans to send combat troops into Israel or Gaza. And this comes, of course, after we reported on these 2000 Marines rapid response forces that are making their way into the region together with military advisors, the two U.S. warships. All of these are serving as a deterrent to Hezbollah and the U.S. is at least for now convinced or trying to convince all of us that when it comes to Israel's war with Gaza, they will not actively be part of these fighting. And this is all directed at what Jacques spoke about. And that is Hezbollah and Hezbollah trying to deter them from joining the fighting. So yesterday, Biden and Netanyahu having another phone call, I think the eighth so far since the start of this war, Biden says they have discussed the need to secure the release of hostages and help Americans leave Gaza safely. And as you mentioned, underscoring the need to immediately and significantly increase the flow of humanitarian assistance to civilians and reiterating Israel has every right to defend its citizens and do so in a manner that consists with international humanitarian law. I don't think that Israel needs that warning. But maybe that is something that U.S. politicians, leaders need to say when they speak to their people while giving their support to Israel, also reminding them and the world that they support this operation, this war, as long as the rules of law are being kept as well. Gentlemen, stay with us. I just want to go now to northern Israel, where I'm joined by our correspondent Pia Steco-Bach for an update. Pia, we've been discussing here in studio the possibility of Hezbollah getting more involved in this war. And we know that overnight there were rocket alert sirens going off in the northern communities in Israel as well as the south. What's the latest? Right, Bacchia. Well, this northern frontier is continuously heating up. Throughout the night, a drone entered Israeli airspace, was intercepted above the city of Aker. And yesterday evening, we had barrages of rockets fired towards different areas here in northern Israel, beginning late afternoon with the area of Rojpina, a city that is quite far about 30 kilometers away from the Lebanese border, casualties reported there. But then also sirens sounding in the area of Kiryat Shmone, a city that was only throughout the last week evacuated, a city that is about five kilometers away from the Lebanese border. Six rockets were launched from southern Lebanon. One of those rockets impacted a house, setting it on fire. Luckily, there were no residents inside and also then no casualties have reported. And then we had sirens here in the western area of the Galilee, the western part of the border. Sirens sounding here in communities such as Narea and also closer to the border here. Hamas claiming responsibility, Hamas's wing in southern Lebanon saying that they fired 16 rockets towards this area. The idea of saying that 10 rockets were launched and they have been striking back towards the origin of that fire in southern Lebanon. But also later last night, rockets were fired from Syria. So the idea of saying that they have been striking towards Syria, targets in Syria as a result of that throughout the night. And now we're hearing from the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah that he plans to speak this Friday at 3 p.m., a local time, which really shows you that Hezbollah is trying to keep up the high tensions. Announcing the speech for Friday today is only a Monday. Yesterday we have been hearing from the Iranian president, Ibrahim Raisi. He posted on ex-family known as Twitter saying that the Zionist regime, this is how he calls Israel, has been crossing red lines, forcing everyone to react that this is the wording that we've been hearing all over since the beginning of the war there. Hezbollah and the Iranian regime trying to combine the fronts, trying to threaten Israel now, according to its actions in Gaza. Correspondent Piaz Dekobach giving us an update from the Northern Border War cross live to you for more a little later. Still with the conversation in studio, Dr. Jacques Neria, I wanted to ask you because when we were looking at this from the very onset in the first few days, we were clear that the surprise effect that Hezbollah may have wanted in terms of getting involved at a multi-front war had completely disappeared because of the fact that they had either waited too long or whatnot. But the reality is, is that Iran has not spent time, effort, resources and billions in dollars funding its main proxy in the Middle East being Hezbollah for it to sit on the sidelines. And so while it can potentially sacrifice Hamas, it's certainly not going to do that with Hezbollah. What are we likely to see coming out of the speech on Friday if you could put it into certain scenarios that we could be looking at? First of all, let us correct history. I mean, they have sacrificed Hezbollah in Syria. More than 3,000 Hezbollah fighters were killed there and thousands were injured. So this is this is one thing. This is the this is the arm, the operational arm of Iran in the area. And they will they will push Hezbollah into a conflict with Israel if they judge that this is the right time and time is ripe. In the meantime, Iran has not has not been sitting sitting idle. All the base, all the American bases from Erbil in Kurdistan till till Jordan, the Jordan border with Syria and Iraq have been attacked. And there are more than 20 American soldiers who's been hit. And the Americans has have asked us time to deploy their forces in order to defend themselves as far as that to your first question concerning the American boots. Well, you know, we had American boots in Israel, 1991. They were not the fighting units. They were just the Patriot unit. And we have seen American landing in Israel only the beginning of the week. So for that system, yes, they will be here and they will be defending the defending the airspace, the Israeli airspace, as much as the air, the the regional airspace, which is the which matters to to U.S. As far as your question is concerned of the options, I think that we have three, three more days or four days that Hezbollah has signified Hamas that he will not intervene more than than than what's happening today. And if you expect on Friday, three o'clock, I correct myself, that's four o'clock, three o'clock to hear a policy from from Hezbollah, his his attitude towards diplomacy and his always say that silence is always the best option. So we will not hear from him something very articulate concerning what are his intentions. Of course, he will talk about martyrdom, about the way to Jerusalem. This is the time to to eliminate Israel. This is what what he will in in his fears, the rhetoric. This is what we will hear from him. But the same night, you say that there is no surprise. Yes, there are no surprise on the border. All the localities have been emptied from the inhabitants. But if if a strike happens at 12 o'clock midnight with five thousand rockets coming from Lebanon, would it be a surprise? Yes, tactical surprise, certainly. Yes, it seems like there's a lot of in particular with Hassan, as well as we've seen in the past with some of his speeches, this idea of reading between the lines because he's not going to come out and be as you mentioned, so articulate and straightforward. But something that is very straightforward is the fact that anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism have been on the rise worldwide. On Sunday, hundreds of people stormed into the main airport in Russia's Dagestan region in an attempt to confront Jewish passengers aboard a flight from Israel. Now, these videos show the protesters, many of them, chanting al-Aqbar and waving Palestinian flags, breaking through doors and barriers with some running onto the actual runway. The violence in the mostly Muslim region, as a response to Israel's war against Hamas and Gaza, has prompted Jerusalem to call on Russia to protect its citizens. Now, these pogrom-like incidents are not from the 1800s or World War Two. This was this weekend, October of 2023, and it was both preceded and succeeded by more shocking incidents in the country. Take a look. A pogrom attempt in the 21st century. Over 100 men gathered outside a hotel in Russia's majority Muslim region of Dagestan, demanding to know whether Israeli refugees were staying in the building. The anti-Semitic riots were spurred by a video making rounds on social media, claiming to show an Israeli strolling outside the Flamingo Hotel in the southern city of Khasavyot. The mob demanded all the guests look out the windows so they could make sure they weren't Jewish. When the demand wasn't met, the men started throwing rocks to chants of al-Ahuaqba, clamouring to be let into the hotel to check the sellers. The police came and allowed a couple of writers to go into the hotel in search of Jews. Luckily, they couldn't find anyone. Since then, the hotel reportedly put up a sign saying that Israelis and Jews are forbidden from entering the premises. An anti-Semitic rally also gathered outside a government building in another city in North Caucasus. At first, the citizens of Churkesk demanded officials guarantee no Israeli refugees will be let into the Republic. But the demands grew. And a Jewish centre under construction in a neighbouring republic was set on fire and death to Jews was scrawled on the walls. Officials and religious leaders have been scrambling to quell the wave of anti-Semitism in the region, forbidding pro-Palestinian rallies. But so far, it seems like there is no end to the hatred. Still with me here in studio, Dr. Jacques Neria and Guy Azrael. Guy, surely this is not going to be the first broadcast with regards to this issue that points out the fact that anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism are one in the same thing. The fact that Israel is engaged in a war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip versus the fact that Jews worldwide are coming under threat. And I'll remind our viewers that there are plenty Jews, plenty Jews worldwide that don't hold such a connection to Israel. And yet they are coming under threat for this. Surely the buck has to stop somewhere here with comparing Jews and Israelis and saying, well, I'm just anti the country and not anti Jewish. Well, this is unfortunately nothing new and something that will never change. Over a million Jews still left in Europe and facing a lot, all sorts of threats and dangers, particularly in that area, but also in Western Europe. And we've seen the sort of responses, both in Germany, in France, in Germany, tagging Jewish homes with swastikas. We've seen the very massive, the massive protests against Israel, both in London and across North America. I spoke to a Jewish student just the other day and having to wish her to remain safe and well where she is, just like I've been wishing our fellow correspondents here in the south and in the north of Israel. Israelis are not safe in Israel and they're not safe elsewhere. Israel sees itself as a country that will be defending Jews everywhere in the world, not just inside the Israeli territory. And it has done so in the past. I think the National Security Council in Israel, Tzachia Negbi will be addressing this, will be monitoring the threats. And if needed, we'll also need to get Jews out of danger zones. Absolutely. And obviously, as we continue to break down and analyze day 24 and what's to come going forward, we also want to make sure that our viewers don't forget how this whole thing started just three weeks ago, almost four weeks now. In the hard-hit southern Kibbutz of Kfar Azar, over 100 people were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists back on October 7th. Families were literally ripped apart. In this report, adapted from Israel's Channel 12 News, a lot has shone on just one story where the parents were murdered in front of their 10 month old babies. Now, the visuals itself in this next report are not graphic, but the story is highly emotional. They will immediately fall asleep. Pram, sunshine, after food, hope is scorched. This is a very difficult, very difficult situation. Along with the difficulty and the grief and the trauma, this is really the most precious gift we have left. They don't know anything. How lucky on the one hand that they are babies and they will not remember this terrible day. But on the other hand, they won't remember their parents either. Roy and Guy, the toddlers, will not remember anything from the last day before they became orphans. When they grow up, they won't remember how their father and mother heard all the gunshots outside their house in Kfar-Aza and then inside it as well. They will not remember how mother went to prepare bottles for them to be in the security room, how the terrorists broke in, how the floor became filled with blood. They can never explain why only they were not touched. No one can explain it either. Two 10 month old twins, when they are adults, what will remain from the 13 hours they lay on the bed until the soldiers broke in? We gather all the strength we don't have. We have no choice. We play with them, smile, laugh. We really try to keep a stable routine for them as much as we can. We don't have a choice. Hadar's family fled the Inferno in Kfar-Aza and moved to live on the same street as Itaï's family. Who takes care of them? Me, with the help of the family. The Rosenfeld family are full partners as well, trying to do everything together for their sake. Many people want to adopt them, but they are not for adoption. They have a big and loving family. No need to worry about them. They eat, drink, sleep. Their mood is quite good. And you? I have difficulty digesting what's happened. Hadar, she lit up every place she entered. Radiant, amazing, beautiful. Gave us peace, calm. She really is the best. Itaï came into our family so naturally. With his smile, we all melted. He entered our hearts in seconds. He loved Hadar very much, and she loved him. They were an amazing couple. Itaï and Hadar Bartachewski had been together since the age of 20. Just one month ago, they celebrated their 30th birthday, their first birthday as parents. When they found out about the pregnancy and found out that it was twins, it was a complete surprise. They lived this pregnancy, and they enjoyed every step and every moment of it. Hadar gave me the privilege of being there in the delivery room, which is not a given. She was a hero. She gave birth to them naturally. How they wanted more twins. Give a kiss. Hadar is one of a family of six brothers. They set up the family home in Kfar Azza, got to know the missile alert warnings. They became almost routine. And in the first minutes of October 7th, they thought it was just more of the same. It started at 6.30, the barrages, and we started messaging the family group. So we asked what these volleys were. What was this? Hadar wrote to us at 6.54, what fun it is to be stuck with two diapers of poop in the safe room. There is no way that with me, the officer in the Golanee Brigade, the reserve sergeant major, does not answer, does not interpret for us, does not reassure, does not explain. They started shooting from the kitchen window, and apparently neighbors heard Hadar shouting. It's important that Itai heard the screams and also closed the door of the safe room, because the door of the room was also open. According to the signs in the field, then he tried to reach the children. We all sent messages to everyone we could. I asked the neighbor, did you see anything? He wrote to me, Ophira, I'm sorry, the door was open. At that point in time, I had a hint that they were hurt. I wanted to hope and believe that they were only wounded and that they would make it. If they had enough time to reach them, maybe, maybe, maybe they could save them. I asked him at this point, did you hear anything? He wrote to me, yes, I can hear the baby screaming. I remember calling my father under pressure and saying to him, listen, Guy and Royi in the safe room are screaming, we need to save them. He said to me, yes, Hadar and Itai are not answering. I said to him, dad, and told him simply, I told him, dad, Hadar is not with me, we have to save the twins. How many hours were they there alone in total? 13, 14. A force of the 13th battalion from the Golanee Brigade in Kfar-Aza went house to house. Then an officer received information that one of the neighbors heard babies crying from one of the houses. Getting out from the APC, entering the house, seeing the parents lifeless, seeing two cute small babies lying there quietly, looking at us with such surprised and innocent eyes. In the end, a baby is a continuing generation. Twins, they will always have each other. They will always ask themselves what kind of family they could have been. What were mom and dad thinking in the last few seconds? Did they know their children would be saved? Did they dare to hope in the hell that unfolded in the living room? And they will never have an answer. And that brings us to the end of this breaking news edition here on I-24 News for the Golanee Brigade. For anything you missed, make sure to check out our website at i-24news.tv. You can see that there on your screen. Of course, you can also continue to follow the conversation throughout our social media pages on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter or X, as well as Instagram. But otherwise, we'll catch you right here at the top of the hour for more updates both on Israel's northern border, its southern border, as well as recent updates overnight in the West Bank. All that and more coming right up on the latest edition here on I-24 News. Stay with us. 1,300 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. Esta semana, News 24, Israel bajo ataque. News 24 en español trae el análisis y la información de los acontecimientos de la guerra, espadas de hierro. Entrevistas exclusivas reportes desde la zona de guerra. La reacción de los países hispanoparlantes. News 24, el único medio en español que te mantiene informado y conectado con la comunidad latina en Israel. 24, únicamente en I-24 News. This breaking news edition, I'm Betty 11th, all coming to you live from Tel Aviv. Thanks for joining me. It's day 24 of war here in Israel. Overnight rocket alert sirens were heard throughout Israel's northern and southern communities as the IDF ramped up its attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip. Israeli fighter jets also struck a number of sites in southern Syria in response to rocket fire on the Golan Heights late Sunday evening. In the West Bank, an exchange of fire broke out between the Israeli military and armed Palestinians in the Janine refugee camp. Palestinian sources have reported at least four killed during that exchange, including one Palestinian terror leader. Meanwhile, missiles fired from Yemen toward the Red Sea Israeli city of Eilat were intercepted. The U.S. Marine Rapid Response Force is now set to be moving toward the eastern Mediterranean Sea amid concerns over the war broadening into a regional conflict. Let's begin by going to our senior defense correspondent, Jonathan Regev, who is standing by for us in southern Israel. Good morning to you, Jonathan. Again, we've been reporting on this for the last couple of weeks that a lot of the communities in the south are relatively like a ghost town. What's the situation there this morning and hasn't been quiet from rocket sirens? No, it has not been quiet, despite the fact that the places here are quite empty weren't at the entrance to the city of Zderot. Roughly 10% of the population is here and in the communities closer to the Gaza border, they're practically empty, but there is a military presence in all of them. I think this is what Hamas is mainly looking for, the soldiers that are perhaps located there, and plus to send a message that despite the heavy Israeli presence already within the Gaza Strip, they still have the ability to fire to the communities here and as we've seen also to places further north, places like Ashdod, Central Israel, Tel Aviv and so on, they've all been experiencing rocket alert sirens, so yes, the ability is still there. Jonathan Regev, they're giving us an update from the south. We'll cross back to you in a little while. Joining me here in studio is retired colonel Dr. Jacques Neria, the former deputy head of assessment for Israeli military intelligence and the former foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Gaya Azrael, I-24 News senior editor. Gentlemen, good morning to you both. I'd like to start with the fact that the IDF says that dozens of Hamas terrorists were killed as soldiers continue with what is called the expanded ground operation. The United States putting out another statement yet again that Israel needs to make sure to differentiate between the terrorists versus Gaza civilians. As any country that follows rule of law like Israel, surely that statement is simply redundant? Well, as you said, it's redundant and more than that, we have not adopted the American policy of what they call carpet bombing. We don't do that. We just bomb the targets, specific targets and especially in land manoeuvre we have to protect our troops. And the result of it is that the terrorists are getting out of the tunnels because they can't stand anymore the fact that they just hear and feel the bombs and the earth trembling so they get out in order to attack the Israeli troops and they get caught into the crossfire and they are killed. This is what's happening. I mean, we had that in Zikim, we had that in Eris and we had that in other places. At each encounter with the terrorists, the terrorists were just eliminated. We are right now in a phase where it will be difficult to describe what is the actual position of the Israeli forces because the command is not interested in showing Hamas and certainly Sinwar where our troops are. We might be surprised to find them in places where we don't imagine that they have reached that. This is one thing. And second, there is this perimeter around the hospital that's being bombed right now and this means that Israel has the intention, the clear intention to go after Hamas in the underground of hospitals in Gaza and other places. There are three of such hospitals in the area where Israel right now is present. But I think that the title of today is not what's happening in Gaza. We are waiting for the speech of Hassan Nasallah on Friday, four o'clock in the afternoon. This is definitely a development to be heard well, to be analyzed well because it means that either Hezbollah is expanding the war and hitting deep into Israel or he is saying that this is what Hezbollah is doing. I mean, okay, we have more martyrs and more martyrs, but there would be no intention to expand the intervention. I don't think that the second option is the one. I think that the first one is the one that we have to expect and we have to prepare for. And guys, speaking of the United States and obviously the cause for concern and this may blow from what's supposed to be a localized war into regional conflicts. Netanyahu and Biden held another phone call yesterday being Sunday for an update. And also Vice President Kamala Harris putting out a statement saying that under no circumstances will U.S. troops be entering the ground either in Israel or in Gaza. Yes, I love speculation in recent weeks since the start of this war on whether American troops will have boots on the ground literally. Well, Vice President Kamala Harris speaking to U.S. media yesterday saying we have absolutely no intention nor do we have any plans to send combat troops into Israel or Gaza. And this comes, of course, after we reported on these 2,000 Marines rapid response forces that are making their way into the region together with military advisors, the two U.S. warships. All of these are serving as a deterrent to Hezbollah and the U.S. is at least for now convinced or trying to convince all of us that when it comes to Israel's war with Gaza they will not actively be part of these fighting and this is all directed at what Jacques spoke about and that is Hassan Asrallah and Hezbollah trying to deter them from joining the fighting. So yesterday Biden and Netanyahu having another phone call, I think the 8th so far since the start of this war, Biden says they have discussed the need to secure the release of hostages and help Americans leave Gaza safely and as you mentioned, underscoring the need to immediately and significantly increase the flow of humanitarian assistance to civilians and reiterating Israel has every right to defend its citizens and do so in a manner that consists with international humanitarian law. I don't think that Israel needs that warning but maybe that is something that U.S. politicians, leaders need to say when they speak to their people while giving their support to Israel also reminding them and the world that they support this operation, this war, as long as the rules of law are being kept as well. Gentlemen, stay with us. I just want to go now to northern Israel where I'm joined by our correspondent, Pia Steco-Bachfer and we have been discussing here in studio the possibility of Hezbollah getting more involved in this war and we know that overnight there were rocket alert sirens going off in the northern communities in Israel as well as the south. What's the latest? Right, Bacha, well this northern frontier is continuously heating up. Throughout the night a drone entered Israeli airspace, was intercepted above the city of Aker and yesterday evening we had barrages of rockets fired towards different areas here in northern Israel beginning late afternoon with the area of Rojpina a city that is quite far about 30 km away from the Lebanese border, casualties reported there but then also sirens sounding in the area of Kiryat Shmona, a city that was only throughout the last week evacuated a city that is about 5 km away from the Lebanese border 6 rockets were launched from southern Lebanon one of those rockets impacted a house setting it on fire, luckily there were no residents inside and also then no casualties reported and then we had sirens here in the western area of the Galilee, the western part of the border sirens sounding here in communities such as Narea and also closer to the border here Hamas claiming responsibility, Hamas says wing in southern Lebanon saying that they fired 16 rockets towards this area the idea of saying that 10 rockets were launched and they have been striking back towards the origin of that fire in southern Lebanon but also later last night rockets were fired from Syria also the idea of saying that they have been striking towards Syria targets in Syria as a result of that throughout the night and now we are hearing from Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah that he plans to speak this Friday at 3 p.m. local time which really shows you that Hezbollah is trying to keep up the high tensions announcing the speech for Friday today is only a Monday yesterday we have been hearing from the Iranian president Ibrahim Raisi he posted on ex-family known as Twitter saying that the Zionist regime this is how he calls Israel has been crossing red lines forcing everyone to react that this is the wording that we have been hearing all over since the beginning of the war there Hezbollah and the Iranian regime trying to combine the fronts trying to threaten Israel now according to its actions in Gaza but yeah Correspondent Pia Stegobach giving us an update from the northern border will cross life to you for more a little later still with the conversation in studio Dr. Jacques Narea I wanted to ask you because when we were looking at this from the very onset in the first few days we were clear that the surprise effect that Hezbollah may have wanted in terms of getting involved at a multi front war had completely disappeared because of the fact that they had either waited too long or whatnot but the reality is that Iran has not spent time effort resources and billions in dollars funding its main proxy in the Middle East being Hezbollah for it to sit on the sidelines and so while it can potentially sacrifice Hamas it's certainly not going to do that with Hezbollah what are we likely to see coming out of the speech on Friday if you could put it into certain scenarios that we could be looking at First of all let us correct history I mean they have sacrificed Hezbollah in Syria more than 3000 Hezbollah fighters were killed there and thousands were injured so this is one thing this is the arm the operational arm of Iran in the area and they will push Hezbollah into a conflict with Israel if they judge that this is the right time and time is right in the meantime Iran has not has not been sitting idle all the American bases from Iran in Kurdistan till Jordan the border with Syria and Iraq have been attacked and there are more than 20 American soldiers who have been hit and the Americans have asked us time to deploy their forces in order to defend themselves as far as your first question concerning the American boots well you know we had American boots in Israel 1991 just the Patriot unit and we have seen American landing in Israel only the beginning of the week so for that system yes they will be here and they will be defending the airspace the Israeli airspace as much as the regional airspace which matters to US as far as your question is concerned of the options I think that we have three more days or four days that Hezbollah has signified Hamas that he will not intervene more than what's happening today and if you expect on Friday three o'clock I correct myself not four o'clock three o'clock to hear a policy from Hezbollah his attitude towards diplomacy and he's always say that silence is always the best option so we will not hear from him something very articulate concerning what are his intentions of course he will talk about martyrdom about the way to Jerusalem this is the time to eliminate Israel this is what he will in his fierce rhetoric this is what we will hear from him but the same night you say that there's no surprise yes there are no surprise on the border all the localities have been emptied from the inhabitants but if a strike happens at 12 o'clock at midnight with 5000 rockets coming from Lebanon would it be a surprise yes tactical surprise certainly yes it seems like there's a lot of in particular with Hassan Nasrallah as we've seen in the past with some of his speeches this idea of reading between the lines because he's not going to come out and be as you mentioned so articulate and straightforward but something that is very straightforward is the fact that anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism have been on the rise worldwide on Sunday hundreds of people were stormed into the main airport in Russia's Dagestan region in an attempt to confront Jewish passengers aboard a flight from Israel these videos show the protesters many of them chanting al-Aqbar and waving Palestinian flags breaking through doors and barriers with some running onto the actual runway the violence in the mostly Muslim region as a response to Israel's war against Hamas and Gaza has prompted Jerusalem to call on Russia to protect its citizens these pogrom-like incidents are not from the 1800s or World War Two this was this weekend October of 2023 and it was both preceded and succeeded by more shocking incidents in the country take a look a pogrom attempt in the 21st century over a hundred men gathered outside a hotel in Russia's majority Muslim region of Dagestan demanding to know whether Israeli refugees were staying in the building the anti-Semitic riots were spurred by a video making rounds on social media claiming to show an Israeli strolling outside the Flamingo hotel in the southern city of Khasavyut the mob demanded all the guests look out the windows so they could make sure they weren't Jewish when the demand wasn't met the men started throwing rocks to chance of al-Aqbar clamoring to be let into the hotel to check the sellers the police came and allowed a couple of writers to go into the hotel in search of Jews luckily they couldn't find anyone since then the hotel reportedly put up a sign saying that Israelis and Jews are forbidden from entering the premises an anti-Semitic rally also gathered outside a government building in another city in North Caucasus at first the citizens of Churkesk demanded officials guarantee no Israeli refugees will be let into the Republic but the demands grew and the Jewish center under construction in a neighboring Republic was set on fire and death to Jews was scrawled on the walls officials and religious leaders have been scrambling to quell the wave of anti-Semitism in the region forbidding pro-Palestinian rallies but so far it seems like there is no end to the hatred still with me here in studio Dr. Jacques Neria and Guy Israel Guy surely this is not going to be the first broadcast with regards to this issue that points out the fact that anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism are one in the same thing the fact that Israel is engaged in a war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip versus the fact that Jews worldwide are coming under threat and I'll remind our viewers that there are plenty Jews plenty Jews worldwide that don't hold such a connection to Israel and yet they're under threat for this surely the buck has to stop somewhere here with comparing Jews and Israelis and saying well I'm just anti the country and not anti-Jewish well this is unfortunately nothing new and something that will never change over a million Jews still left in Europe and facing a lot all sorts of threats and dangers particularly in that area but also in Western Europe in the sort of responses both in Germany in France, in Germany tagging Jewish homes with swastikas we've seen the very massive the massive protests against Israel both in London and across North America I spoke to a Jewish student just the other day and having to wish her being safe and well where she is just like I've been wishing our fellow correspondents here in the south and in the north of Israel Israelis are not safe in Israel and they're not safe elsewhere Israel sees itself as a country that will be defending Jews everywhere in the world not just inside Israeli territory and it has done so in the past I think the National Security Council in Israel will be addressing this will be monitoring the threats and if needed will also need to get Jews out of danger zones absolutely and obviously as we continue to break down and analyze day 24 and what's to come going forward we also want to make sure that our viewers don't forget how this whole thing started just some three weeks ago almost four weeks now in the northern Kibbutz of Kfar Gaza over 100 people were brutally murdered by Hamas terrorists back on October 7 families were literally ripped apart in this report adapted from Israel's channel 12 news a lot has shone on just one story where the parents were murdered in front of their 10 month old babies now the visuals itself in this next report are not graphic but the story is highly emotional they will immediately fall asleep pram, sunshine, after food hope is scorched this is a very difficult very difficult situation along with the difficulty and the grief and the trauma this is really the most precious gift we have left they don't know anything how lucky on the one hand that they are babies and they will not remember this terrible day but on the other hand they won't remember their parents either Roy and Guy the toddlers will not remember anything from the last day before they became orphans when they grow up they won't remember how their father and mother heard all the gunshots outside their house in Kfar Gaza and then inside it as well they will not remember how mother went to prepare bottles for them to be in the security room how the terrorists broke in they were killed with blood they can never explain why only they were not touched no one can explain it either two ten-month-old twins when they are adults what will remain from the 13 hours they lay on the bed until the soldiers broke in we gather all the strength we don't have we have no choice we play with them smile, laugh we really try to keep a stable routine we don't have a choice Hadar's family fled the inferno in Kfar Gaza and moved to live on the same street as Itaïs family who takes care of them me with the help of the family the Rosenfeld family are full partners as well trying to do everything together for their sake many people want to adopt them but they are not for adoption big and loving family no need to worry about them they eat, drink, sleep their mood is quite good I have difficulty digesting what's happened Hadar she lit up every place she entered radiant, amazing beautiful gave us peace, calm itaïs family is the best Itaï came into our family so naturally with his smile we all melted he entered our hearts in seconds he loved Hadar very much and she loved him they were an amazing couple Itaï and Hadar had been together since the age of 20 one month ago they celebrated their 30th birthday their first birthday as parents when they found out about the pregnancy and found out that it was twins it was a complete surprise they lived this pregnancy and they enjoyed every step and every moment of it Hadar gave me the privilege of being there in the delivery room which is not a given she was a hero she gave birth to them naturally twins Hadar is one of a family of six brothers they set up the family home in Kfar Gaza, got to know the missile alert warnings they became almost routine and in the first minutes of October 7th they thought it was just more of the same it started at 6.30 the barrages and we started messaging the family group so we asked what these volleys were what was this Hadar wrote to us at 6.54 what fun it is to be stuck with two diapers of poop in the safe room there is no way that with me the officer in the Golani brigade the reserve sergeant major does not answer does not interpret for us does not reassure, does not explain they started shooting from the kitchen window and apparently neighbors heard Hadar shouting it's important that Itai heard the screams and also closed the door of the safe room because the door of the room was also open according to the signs in the field then he tried to reach the children we all sent messages to everyone we could I asked the neighbor, did you see anything he wrote to me, ofira I'm sorry the door was open at that point in time I had a hint it hurt I wanted to hope and believe that they were only wounded and that they would make it if they had enough time to reach them maybe, maybe, maybe they could save them I asked him at this point did you hear anything he wrote to me, yes I can hear the baby screaming I remember calling my father under pressure and saying to him listen, Guy and Royee in the safe room are screaming we need to save them he said to me, yes Hadar and Itai they were not answering I said to him, dad and told him simply I told him, dad, Hadar is not with me we have to save the twins how many hours were they there alone in total 13, 14 a force of the 13th battalion from the Golani brigade in Kfar Aza went house to house then an officer received information that the baby is crying from one of the houses getting out from the APC entering the house seeing the parents lifeless seeing two cute small babies lying there quietly looking at us with such surprised and innocent eyes in the end a baby is a continuing generation twins they will always have each other they will always ask themselves what kind of family they could have been what were mom and dad thinking in the last few seconds did they know their children would be saved did they dare to hope in the hell that unfolded in the living room and they will never have an answer and that brings us to the end of this breaking news edition here on i24news for anything you missed make sure to check out our website at i24news.tv you can see that there on your screen of course you can also continue to follow the conversation throughout our social media pages on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter or X as well as Instagram but otherwise we'll catch you right here at the top of the hour for more updates both on Israel's northern border it's southern border as well as recent updates overnight in the west bank all that and more coming right up on the latest edition here on i24news stay with us officially in a state of war this is a very active scene and we need to get in the car as we're talking within a hundred soldiers and civilians have been kidnapped help us we don't want to do we just don't know anything entire families including babies and children and elderly were butchered in their beds awaken the giant and we are ready and we are strong everyone is showing up this is the unity breaking news edition all coming July from Tel Aviv thanks for joining me it's day 24 of war here in Israel overnight rocket alert sirens were heard throughout Israel's northern and southern communities as the IDF ramped up its attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip Israeli fighter jets also struck a number of sites in southern Syria in response to rocket fire on the Golan Heights late Sunday evening in the west bank in exchange of fire broke out Israeli military and armed Palestinians in the Janine refugee camp Palestinian sources have reported at least three killed during that exchange including one Palestinian terror leader meanwhile missiles fired from Yemen toward the Red Sea Israeli city of Elas were intercepted US Marine Rapid Response Force is now also said to be moving toward the eastern Mediterranean Sea amid concerns over the war broadening into a regional conflict let's go now to our correspondent Pierre Stechelbach who is standing by for us in northern Israel Pierre just a few moments ago rocket alert sirens going off in the Negev region as well as Gaza border communities what's the situation on the ground in the north have we also been hearing rocket alert sirens there or is it relatively quiet right Bacha this morning still is relatively quiet but in general tensions are very high and rocket alert sirens sounded in different communities in the evening hours starting with the communities around Rojpina city that is quite far away from the Lebanese border a city that has yet not been targeted yesterday two rockets were launched one fell in open area the other one was intercepted then a shot while after yesterday evening rocket alert sounding in the area of Kiryat Shmon a city that was just last week evacuated as it is only five kilometers away from the Lebanese border there one rocket being falling into a house there that has been also evacuated before so no damage or no casualties were reported there but of course the house was set and found that really showed you in a very dramatic manner how important these percoursive measures are taken by the Israeli front command evacuating those communities that are up to five kilometers away from the Lebanese border and then a little bit later yesterday evening rocket alert sirens sounding in the western Galilee area the western part of the Israel-Lebanese border also here we were at Nahria saying that they launched 16 rockets towards the western Galilee area here in Israel the Israeli army saying that 10 rockets were launched here again Hamas's branch in southern Lebanon claiming responsibility there Israel as per protocol launching fire towards the origin of those rockets then later yesterday night rockets also being launched from Syria and to Golan Heights communities also throughout the night the idea of saying that it struck back there then the leader of the Hezbollah group indeed hold a speech on Friday 3 p.m. local time after 48 members of Hezbollah were killed so far this is the latest number that came out yesterday as well the Hezbollah keeping the tensions up high announcing that speech on Friday we might enter a new phase of these escalations here in the north but tensions have been high and they continue to be high really since the beginning of the war here but the fact that now also rockets were launched as far as Rosbina shows you that we might have entered a new phase so at least a new phase escalations here but yeah absolutely a correspondent P.S. Dekalbach giving us an update from the northern border we'll cross live to you a little later with me here in studios Rafael Urashalmi a former senior IDF intelligence officer and a security analyst Rafael we've just got an update from the north no doubt we'll be going down to our correspondent in the south for an update but something that has developed overnight is the situation in the West Bank reports do seem to be shaky from the Palestinian sources as to whether three or four militants were killed in that area what can you tell us what is the latest and why are we seeing such an uptake in violence in the West Bank as well well most of the terrorists that were involved in this incident were from the Islamic jihad the Hamas and the Islamic jihad in Gaza have given orders to the dormant cells in the West Bank to wake up and to go into action not only have they ordered them to try and attack Israeli civilians of the settlements for instance but even to go into the settlements or inside Israel in villages and perpetrate again the massacres that were perpetrated in the south of Israel three weeks ago and the orders are very clear so of course the central command of the IDF is very busy keeping the quiet the relative quiet in the the West Bank so far we are succeeding to do so even though we have a new problem very regretful despicable problem of some of the very very extreme fringe of the settlers creating incidents violent incidents that might create exactly what we want to avoid and because right now the Palestinian streets in the West Bank is relatively quiet there are no huge demonstrations of solidarity with Gaza people are rather quiet it doesn't mean they don't feel anything for their brethren in Gaza it's just they don't see the point of violence or whatever the operations so far have been very successful by the IDF almost a thousand terrorists have been arrested and are now in our jails many have been eliminated a lot of infrastructure has been destroyed mostly in Jenin mostly in Lapluz and around Jericho unfortunately there's a lot of work to do yet and unfortunately if incidents would start there it would mean that we would need more battalions operating yet again more troops more reserve being called which is not good also for our economy so far we do have a third front but this front is under control it's not a matter of Israel not being able to deal as you mentioned with that third front but obviously we're going to take away the resources all the funding in that sense from both the north and the southern borders but you bring up an interesting point here because no doubt the West Bank has always been a volatile region and yes there are going to be pockets of sort of terrorist cells that align themselves with Palestinian Islam Jihad with Hamas even with Iranian proxies like Hezbollah but the other issue that we're facing is the issue as you mentioned the Israeli settlers taking the law into their own hands by burning also ransacking shops that are owned by Palestinians in that area attacking Palestinians as well and it's important to mention this because the government and the IDF is going to have to be very careful in controlling this because it almost puts a bad spin on Israel's narrative at the moment and it becomes a huge issue when this gets into the public press oh well look at what the Israelis are doing at the moment this is kind of justified no it's for sure we have to nip this in the bud the Shabbat in bed have issued only one administrative arrest so far one of the leaders of this movement of extremists in the West Bank Jewish extremists just to declare the administrative arrest goes both ways yes so anyway this only one has been arrested we're trying to nip this in the bud of course the image Israel is important abroad but remember that even when we do nothing and we're attacked we still have that's a good image so I mean our women and children have been raped and massacred and people already crying over the terrorists under the tunnels in Gaza and asking to bring them food and whatever so but really operationally speaking we absolutely need to keep this quiet, relative quiet in the West Bank at the time where all terrorists have got orders of attacking of trying to even penetrate into Israel and where solitary lone wolves might also go into action so we have to control that and it's really really hindrance to have these extremists try to throw oil on the fire. Raphael stay with me so we've spoken about the update on the northern border as well as the West Bank but obviously the main line of defense at the moment and front for this war is down in the south so I'd like to cross now to our senior defense correspondent Jonathan Regev who is standing by for us in southern Israel. Jonathan just a few moments ago rocket alert sirens going off in Gaza border communities as well as the negative area normally when we start these morning broadcast we say this comes after 11 or 12 hours of a lull but that's not the situation this morning is it No, usually the heavy barges they come later on in the day now it happened before 9 o'clock and the morning we could actually see it it was in the city of Netivot a little bit to the east of us at least 10 interceptions we saw up in the sky and also overnight it was not quiet there were a few rocket sirens here down in the south and Hamas maybe trying get to send a message that despite Israeli activity despite the Israeli presence already within the Gaza Strip they still have the ability to fire clearly to the area and I'm quite sure that later on in the day they will also try to prove that they have still the ability to fire later on even towards central Israel and Jonathan as we spoke about a little bit earlier the communities largely in the south have been evacuated more toward the center of the country but it's not everyone how is the army and the government at the moment dealing with those citizens being in their homes there very few of them remain because let's remember there are still things that have to be done for example the cows giving milk they don't know that there's award they still have to produce milk and someone has to be there to make sure this happens there are animals in these communities and there are a few people that have to stay there to make sure that things go on as much as possible and of course all this with army presence and Hamas is also aware well that well aware that these people are there and maybe that's part of the reason why they're still targeting the southern communities despite the factor almost empty but not completely empty senior defense correspondent Jonathan we're giving us an update there on the southern front of this conflict thank you very much for that this is an incredibly complex conflict and one of those complexities is the fact that Israel is trying to wipe Hamas out of the Gaza Strip but also risks the fact that there are hundreds of hostages since the October 7th Hamas terror attack against Israel Qatar has emerged as a key player in mediation efforts to release nearly 240 hostages held by the terror group in Gaza for years it has hosted Hamas leaders in Doha while also hosting the United States largest military in the region so how did a small oil rich country like Qatar found such a lucrative and somewhat powerful position a Middle East correspondent Ariel Osaran explains our target is to release all of the civilian hostages that's what we're working on and that's what we want to achieve three weeks after Hamas is deadly rampage in Israel which included the capture of 230 hostages Qatar has quickly emerged as the main mediator between Israel and Hamas if there's a continuing bombing if there is continuing escalation our task is getting more difficult the mediators need a period of calm needs a situation where we can speak easily to both parts and try to be more creative in bringing more initiatives that can get those civilians out since October 7th Qatar has been the address of various countries for help in releasing their citizens from Hamas captivity it has also been hosting the Hamas leadership prior to the war and since it began providing a safe haven from Israeli reprisals however recent reports indicate this might end soon we will release them and the Al-Qasem Brigades announced that as well but now they are distributed in different locations let them stop this aggression and you will find the mediators like Qatar and some Arab countries like Egypt and others they will find the way to have them released and we will send them to their families this small oil rich country in the Persian Gulf become the one that decides what happens in Gaza in recent years as Arab countries have been embattled with internal conflicts Qatar fashioned itself as the main financial supporter of the Gaza Strip we are here to assure the Palestinian people that were with you with the reconstruction in Gaza and with fulfilling the commitments made by the state of Qatar in previous international processes tens of millions of dollars entered Gaza each month with Israeli consent to fund humanitarian projects and to improve the economic situation in Gaza but much of that money found its way into the hands of Hamas that's no surprise given its closest regional allies are Iran and Turkey Qatar is playing here a double game on one hand its role in putting out fires in the Middle East to Washington who considers Doha as a major non-nado ally on the other hand it uses its influential Al Jazeera TV network to incite against Israel and Jews and to promote Hamas propaganda for the Qataris it's all about regional influence and it is currently positioned at the heart of hostage negotiation efforts whether that engagement is in good faith remains to be seen here in studios Rafael Yerushalmi Rafael Qatar has obviously come out as a major player in this at least for the time being localized conflicts between Israel and Hamas I want to be very clear I am not calling any of the actions of a terrorist group admirable but when we look at the conflicts for example in Ukraine and we see that the Ukrainian president his wife and his family have stayed in a conflict zone and yet the leadership is sitting in villas and hotels and living lavish lab styles in Qatar while its people are suffering in the Gaza Strip I mean it doesn't get any more cowardly then that why are they not on the front lines with the rest of their people for the simple reason that we honor the Hamas when we call it a terrorist organization the Hamas is much worse than a terrorist organization it's a gangsters organization they are making money out of what they are doing a lot of money they have personal wealth that is in millions of dollars each one in personal bank accounts in Switzerland and elsewhere they are sitting in luxury palaces in Qatar but even Mr. Sinois who sits in Gaza who is in the tunnels in Gaza has dozens of millions of dollars stashed away in a private bank account you are talking about criminal organization with money laundering with trafficking weapons trafficking drug trafficking you name it to finance their activities and passing an alliance with a terrorist state Qatar let's not also think what they have managed somehow to show this image to the world this image I hope not but to fool a little the Americans they are very good that they gave us excellent advice on our military operation but you have to recognize that in the international relations they have always misread the map in the Middle East they do not understand the Middle East they don't understand what is going on here they go by countries there are no countries it's only tribes including in Qatar the talking of ruling tribes ruling families like in the mafia and the Qatar is a terrorist state a light to this terrorist mafia organization called the Hamas they are doing business it's a business for the Qatar the fact that they are trying to give a hand with the hostage situation is only a way to exert more influence towards the west and more business but really they are interested with the east they are working hand in hand with the Chinese sometimes with the Russians they are the enemies of Saudi Arabia so the United States have to choose which one do they want Saudi Arabia to be their ally or Qatar because they hate each other all this to say that the hostage situation makes us so desperate not only the parents of the hostages but all of Israel and all of the free world were so desperate we are willing to shake the hands of the devil if it can help the hostage situation and we are shaking the hands of the devil Qatar but I can assure you that everything they are doing is strategic there is nothing to do with liberating the hostages it has to do with obtaining a ceasefire because Hamas is starting to panic and they understand that we are going to go through with what instead we are going to do destroy them and they are now panicking and Qatar is like showing that we give you the hostages but ceasefire with every country that sort of plays both sides obviously your ears and your eyes have to start pricking up in the sense of exactly where their loyalties lie like Qatar, like Turkey so you are spot on with that one Rafaleer Shalmi a former senior IDF intelligence officer and security analyst I want to thank you so very much for being with me here in studio this morning now as we enter the fourth week of war here in Israel and we continue to analyze the situation on the ground currently and predict and debate likely to come next it's important that we keep how this all started on the very fourth public consciousness on October 7th some 2500 Hamas terrorists stormed from Gaza into southern Israel rampaging through communities abusing and killing some 1400 people most of them civilians they also abducted hundreds now two of those kidnap include Gabriela Lienberg and her teenage daughter Mia Gabriela is a manager of an ecological autism center at Shekel a publicly funded organization promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities the adults and their families from the center produced a short film about Gabriela to raise awareness of her tragic fate take a look she is here to help everyone and she is very happy with us she is starting to help them she is moving forward with them she is very proud of Gabriela she is very very proud of her and we ask everyone who can do and move forward with her the challenge of being with Gabriela she is very proud of Gabriela and we ask and move forward with her the challenge of being with Gabriela the challenge of being with Gabriela it will help all of us she is very proud she is proud of all the people of all the people she is showing her and her daughter because she is very proud she is a child a special care she wants she wants love which she has we pray we pray a lot God willing let's hear about the kidnapping of Gabriela and her daughter first I want to mention Gabriela she is working in Shekel 25 years and in this time she helped all the people with disabilities between them the young people with autism and low function autism and it's very very hard for everyone that was in connection and in treatment with Gabriela she is an amazing person and I don't know how the young people will manage without her I also speak about the family and her doctor it's a very very hard situation we love her so much and I don't know why people did such a awful thing how did you know that Gabriela and her daughter were kidnapped we hear it her family know it they say to her to them the father he was not kidnapped so he know that the doctor and the sister and the brother in law and another brother they was kidnapped from near Itzhak in the 7th of October in the morning as we saw from the short video that the organization put together the organization supports people from all sectors of Israeli society Jews, Muslims, Christians everyone that suffers with disabilities it's been impossible to comprehend as you mentioned how Hamas took civilians as hostages but so many of them are like Gabriela are just exemplary individuals who live and breathe coexistence and this need to help others how do you even begin to come to terms with something like this is the community being briefed by trauma counselors or psychologists to help them and from the first that Shekhar started to develop services we decide that we are helping people from Arabs, Jewish religion and non-religion people so when we are talking about what happened now it's according to all the people so the community all the community in Jerusalem because now she's working in Jerusalem in Ramatrafel Kibbut in the Ecologic Day Center so everyone miss her and want her and I cannot understand but I think no one can understand how this kind of thing can happen how good people that only that they are doing only for their life they are only help and want to do and doesn't matter good and doesn't matter if they are Jewish or Arabs so you can you see it in the movie but this is the real life she's a special person and Mia she's a young girl and she grew up in Shekhar because she work in Shekhar 25 years I remember when she born and you know it's hard to to understand how how they did it not only for Gabriela for good people no political and no army and they just want to kill and to kidnap people without any hard feelings because I don't want to call them animals because animals are better but I feel that they did something that you know I am holocaust survivor and my parents was holocaust survivor and I am a second generation and I learn so much about the holocaust but I feel that no it was a holocaust perhaps even worse but the the positive spin in that is that the last time we didn't have the state of Israel and this time we do and it's evident that the state of Israel is going out to protect its citizens and make sure that something like this does not happen again Clara Feldman the founder and chair of Shekhar I want to thank you so very much for joining us here this morning on this breaking edition of the I-24 news desk 1300 people murdered and more than 3000 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 this is a very active scene we get in the car as we're talking within 100 soldiers and civilians have been kidnapped help us we don't want to do we just don't know anything entire families including babies and children and elderly were butchered in their beds awaken the giant and we are ready and we are strong everyone is showing up this is the unity welcome to this breaking news edition I'm Bati 11th all coming July from Tel Aviv thanks for joining me today 24 of war here in Israel overnight rocket alert sirens were heard throughout Israel's northern and southern communities as the IDF ramped up its attacks on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip Israeli fighter jets also struck a number of sites in southern Syria in response to rocket fire on the Golan Heights late Sunday evening in the West Bank in exchange of fire broke out between the Israeli military and armed Palestinians in the Middle East Palestinian sources have reported at least three killed during that exchange including one Palestinian terror leader meanwhile missiles fired from Yemen toward the Red Sea Israeli city of Eilat were intercepted U.S. Marine Rapid Response Force is now also said to be moving toward the eastern Mediterranean Sea amid concerns over the war broadening into a regional conflict let's go now to our correspondent Pierre Stechal who is standing by for us in northern Israel Pierre just a few moments ago rocket alert sirens going off in the Negev region as well as Gaza border communities what's the situation on the ground in the north have we also been hearing rocket alert sirens there or is it relatively quiet right Bacha this morning still is relatively quiet but in general tensions are very high and rocket alert sirens sounded in different communities last night in the evening hours starting with the communities but far away from the Lebanese border a city that has yet not been targeted yesterday two rockets were launched one fell in open area the other one was intercepted then short while after yesterday evening rocket alert sounding in the area of Kiryat Shmon a city that was just last week evacuated as it is only five kilometers away from the Lebanese border there one rocket being falling into a house there that has been also evacuated before so no damage or no casualties were reported there but of course the house was set and found that really showed you in a very dramatic manner how important these percussive measures are taken by the Israeli hope front command evacuating those communities that are up to five kilometers away from the Lebanese border and then a little bit later yesterday evening rocket alert sirens sounding in the western Galilee area the western part of the Israel-Lebanese border also here we were at the Hamas branch in southern Lebanon saying that they launched 16 rockets in the area here in Israel the Israeli army saying that 10 rockets were launched here again Hamas branch in southern Lebanon claiming responsibility there Israel as per protocol launching fire towards the origin of those rockets then later yesterday night rockets also being launched from Syria into Golan Heights communities also throughout the night the idea of saying that it struck back there then the leader of the Hezbollah group in Lebanon saying that he will indeed enter 48 members of Hezbollah were killed so far this is the latest number that came out yesterday as well the Hezbollah keeping the tensions up high announcing that speech on Friday we might enter a new phase of these escalations here in the north but tensions have been high and they continue to be high really since the beginning of the war here but the fact that now also rockets were launched as far as Rojpina shows you that we might have entered a new phase so it needs a new phase of those escalations here. Thank you for giving us an update from the northern border we'll cross live to you a little later. With me here in studios Rafael Uruchalmi a former senior IDF intelligence officer and a security analyst Rafael we've just got an update from the north no doubt we'll be going down to our correspondent in the south for an update but something that has developed overnight is the situation in the West Bank reports do seem to be shaky from the Palestinian sources as to whether three or four militants were killed in that area can you tell us what is the latest and why are we seeing such an uptake in violence in the West Bank as well? Well most of the terrorists that were involved in this incident were from the Islamic jihad the Hamas and the Islamic jihad in Gaza have given orders to the dormant cells in the West Bank to wake up and to go into action not only have they ordered them to try and attack Israeli civilians of the settlements for instance but even to go into these settlements or inside Israel in villages and perpetrate again the massacres that were perpetrated in the south of Israel three weeks ago and the orders are very clear so of course the central command of the IDF is very busy keeping the quiet, the relative quiet in the West Bank so far succeeding to do so even though we have a new problem a very regretful despicable problem of some of the very very extreme fringe of the settlers creating incidents violent incidents that might create exactly what we want to avoid and because right now the Palestinian streets in the West Bank is relatively quiet there are no huge demonstrations of solidarity with Gaza or anything like that people are rather quiet it doesn't mean they don't feel anything they're brazen in Gaza it's just they don't see the point of violence or whatever the operations so far have been very successful by the IDF almost a thousand terrorists have been arrested and are now in our jails many have been eliminated a lot of infrastructure has been destroyed mostly in Jenin, mostly in Laplouse and around Jericho unfortunately there's a lot of work to do yet unfortunately if incidents would start there it would mean we need more battalions operating yet again more troops, more reserve being called which is not good also for our economy so far we do have a third front but this front is under control it's not a matter of Israel not being able to deal as you mentioned with that third front but obviously not wanting to take away the resources all the funding in that sense and the north and the southern borders but you bring up an interesting point here because no doubt the West Bank has always been a volatile region and yes there are going to be pockets of sort of terrorist cells that align themselves with Palestinian Islamic jihad with Hamas even with Iranian proxies like Hezbollah but the other issue that we're facing is the issue as you mentioned of the violence with the Israeli settlers taking the law into their own hands ransacking shops that are owned by Palestinians in that area attacking Palestinians as well and it's important to mention this because the government and the IDF is going to have to be very careful in controlling this because it almost puts a bad spin on Israel's narrative at the moment and it becomes a huge issue when this gets into the public press oh well look at what the Israelis are doing at the moment this is kind of justified no it's for sure we have to nip this in the butt Shabak Shin Bet have issued only one administrative arrest so far one of the leaders of this movement of extremists in the West Bank Jewish extremists have been Yes so anyway this only one has been arrested we're trying to nip this in the butt of course the image of Israel is important but remember that even when we do nothing we're attacked we still have that's a good image so I mean our women and children have been raped and massacred and people already crying over the terrorists under the tunnels in Gaza and asking to bring them food and whatever so but really personally speaking we absolutely need to keep this quite relative quiet in the West Bank at the time where all terrorists have got clear orders of attacking to even penetrate into Israel and where solitary lone wolves might also go into action so we have to control that and it's really, really hindrance to have these extremists try to throw oil on the fire Rafael stay with me so we've spoken about the update on the northern border as well as the West Bank but obviously the main line of defense at the moment and front for this war is down I'd like to cross now to our senior defense correspondent Jonathan Regev who is standing by for us in southern Israel Jonathan just a few moments ago rocket alert sirens going off in Gaza border communities as well as the negative area normally when we start these morning broadcasts we say this comes after 11 or 12 hours of a lull but that's not the situation this morning is it no usually the heavy barges they come later on in the day now it happened before 9 o'clock and the morning we could actually see it it was in the city of Netivot a little bit to the east of us at least 10 interceptions that we saw up in the sky and also overnight it was not quiet there were a few rocket sirens here down in the south and Hamas maybe trying get to send a message that despite the Israeli activity despite the Israeli presence already within the Gaza Strip they still have the ability to fire clearly to the area and I'm quite sure that later on in the day they will also not try to prove that they have still the ability to fire later on even towards central Israel and Jonathan as we spoke about a little bit earlier the communities largely in the south have been evacuated more toward the center of the country but it's not everyone how is the army and the government at the moment dealing with those citizens that have chosen to remain in their homes there very few of them remain because let's remember there are still things that have to be done for example the cows giving milk they don't know that there's a war they still have to produce milk and someone has to be there to make sure this happens there are animals in these communities and there are a few people that have to stay there to make sure that things go on as much as possible and of course all this with the army presence and Hamas is also well aware that these people are there and maybe that's part of the reason why they're still targeting the southern communities despite the fact they're almost empty but not completely empty senior defense correspondent Jonathan we're giving us an update there on the southern front of this conflict thank you very much for that this is an incredibly complex conflict and one of those complexities is the fact that Israel is trying to wipe Hamas out of the Gaza Strip but also risks the fact that there are hundreds of hostages and since the October 7th Hamas terror attack against Israel Qatar has emerged as a key player in mediation efforts to release nearly 240 hostages held by the terror group in Gaza for years it has hosted Hamas leaders in Doha while also hosting the United States' largest military in the region so how did a small oil-rich country like Qatar found itself in such a lucrative and somewhat powerful position Amitalies correspondent Ariel Osaran explains our target is to release all of the civilian hostages that's what we're working on and that's what we want to achieve three weeks after Hamas deadly rampage in Israel which included the capture of 230 hostages Qatar has quickly emerged as the main mediator between Israel and Hamas if there's a continuing bombing if there is continuing escalation in the situation our task is getting more difficult the mediators need a period of calm needs a situation where we can speak easily to both parts and try to be more creative in bringing more initiatives that can get those civilians out since October 7th Qatar has been the address of various countries for help in releasing their citizens from Hamas captivity it has also been hosting the Hamas leadership prior to the war and since it began providing a safe haven from Israeli reprisals however recent reports indicate this might end soon we will release them and the Al-Qasim Brigades announced that as well but now they are distributed in different locations let them stop this aggression and you will find the mediators like Qatar and some Arab countries like Egypt and others they will find the way to have them released and we will send them to their families so how did a small oil rich country in the Persian Gulf become the one that decides what happens in Gaza in recent years as Arab countries have been embattled with internal conflicts Qatar fashioned itself as the main financial supporter of the Gaza Strip we are here to assure the Palestinian people that were with you with the reconstruction in Gaza and with fulfilling the commitments made by the state of Qatar in previous international conferences tens of millions of dollars entered Gaza each month with Israeli consent to fund humanitarian projects and to improve the economic situation in Gaza but much of that money found its way into the hands of Hamas that's no surprise given its closest regional allies are Iran and Turkey Qatar is playing here a double game on one hand its role in putting out fires in the region awarded with points from the Middle East to Washington who considers Doha as a major non-nado ally on the other hand it uses its influential Al-Jazeera TV network to incite against Israel and Jews and to promote Hamas propaganda for the Qataris it's all about regional influence and it is currently positioned at the heart of hostage negotiation efforts whether that engagement is in good faith remains to be seen so with me here in studios Rafael Yerashalmi Rafael has obviously come out as a major player in this at least for the time being localized conflicts between Israel and Hamas I want to be very clear I am not calling any of the actions of a terrorist group admirable but when we look at the conflicts for example in Ukraine and we see that the Ukrainian president, his wife and his family have stayed in a conflict zone and yet the leadership of Hamas is sitting in villas and hotels and living lavish lifestyle in Qatar while its people are suffering in the Gaza Strip it doesn't get any more cowardly than that why are they not on the front lines with the rest of their people for the simple reason that we honor the Hamas when we call it a terrorist organization the Hamas is much worse than a terrorist organization it's a gangsters organization it's a mafia they are making money out of they are doing a lot of money they have personal wealth in millions of dollars each one in personal bank accounts in Switzerland and elsewhere they are sitting in luxury palaces in Qatar but even Mr. Sinois who sits in Gaza who is in the tunnels in Gaza has dozens of millions of dollars stashed away in a private bank account you are talking about criminal organization with money laundering with trafficking weapons trafficking drug trafficking you name it to finance their activities and passing an alliance with a terrorist state Qatar does not also think what they manage somehow to show this image to the world I hope not but to fool a little the Americans but they are very good that they gave us now excellent advice on our military operation but you have to recognize that in the international relations they have always misread the map in the Middle East they do not understand the Middle East they don't understand what is going on here they go by countries where as they hear there are no countries it's only tribes including in Qatar you are talking of ruling tribes Qatar is a terrorist state a light to this terrorist mafia organization called the Hamas they are doing business it's a business for the Qatar the fact that they are trying to give a hand with the hostage situation is only a way to exert more influence towards the west and more business but really they are interested with the East they are working hand in hand with the Chinese sometimes with the Russians they are the enemies of Saudi Arabia so the United States have to choose which one do they want Saudi Arabia to be the ally of Qatar because they hate each other all this to say that the hostage situation makes us so desperate not only the parents of the hostages but all of Israel and all of the free world we are so desperate we are willing to shake the hands of the devil if it can help the hostage situation and we are shaking the hands of the devil Qatar but I can assure you that everything they are doing is strategic there is nothing to do with liberating the hostages it has to do with obtaining a ceasefire because Hamas is starting to panic and they understand that we are going to go through with what instead we are going to do destroy them and they are now panicking and Qatar is like showing that we give you the hostages but ceasefire with every country that sort of plays both sides obviously your ears and your eyes have to start pricking up in the sense of exactly where their loyalties lie like Qatar, like Turkey so you are spot on with that one Rafaleer Shalmi a former senior IDF intelligence officer and security analyst I want to thank you so very much for being with me here in studio this morning now as we enter the fourth week of war here in Israel and we continue to analyse the situation on the ground currently and predict and debate what is likely to come next it's important that we keep how this is started on the very fourth public consciousness on October 7th some 2500 Hamas terrorists stormed from Gaza into southern Israel rampaging through communities abusing and killing some 1400 people most of them civilians they also abducted hundreds now two of those kidnap include Gabriela Lienberg and her teenage daughter Mia Gabriela is a manager of an ecological autism centre at Shekel a publicly funded organisation with the inclusion of people with disabilities the adults and their families from the centre produced a short film about Gabriela to raise awareness of her tragic fate take a look she is here to help everyone and she is very proud of us very she is starting her she is moving forward she is very fond of Gabriela she is very very proud of her and we are very curious about who can do and move forward to the future of her community and the future of all the new people and of course of all the new people it will help all of us and she is just cheering she is cheering for all the officials, for all the meaningful people to show her and her daughter all of her opinions because she is very proud of them these children special education they want love they want love they want love we believe in Allah we believe in Allah I want to go now to Givat Shmuel in central Israel where I am joined by Clara Feldman the founder and chair of Shekel firstly I am so sorry about the unfathomable situation you have all unfortunately been placed in Gabriela is the manager of an ecological centre or a farm that forms part of the Shekel organisation which you formed how did you come to hear about Gabriela and her daughter first I want to mention that Gabriela she is working in Shekel 25 years and in this time she helped all the people, the disabilities between them the young people with the autism and the low function autism and it is very very hard for anyone that was in connection and in treatment with Gabriela she is an amazing person and I don't know how the young people manage without her I also speak about the family and her doctor it's a very very hard situation we love her so much and I don't know why people did such a awful thing how did you know that Gabriela and her daughter were kidnapped we hear it her family know it they say to her to them the father he was not kidnapped so he know that she and her doctor and sister and brother in law and another brother they was kidnapped from near its fact in the 7th of October in the morning as we saw from the short video that the organization put together the organization supports people from all sectors of Israeli society Jews, Muslims, Christians religious secular that suffers with disabilities it's been impossible to comprehend as you mentioned how Hamas took civilians as hostages but so many of them are like Gabriela are just exemplary individuals who live and breathe coexistence and this need to help others how do you even begin to come to terms with something like this is the community being briefed by trauma counselors or psychologists to help them from the first that Shekhar started to develop services we decide that we are helping people from Arabs, Jewish religion and non-religion people so when we are talking about what happened now it's according to all the people so the community all the community in Jerusalem because now she is working in Jerusalem in the ecological day center so everyone miss her and want her and I cannot understand but I think no one can understand how this kind of thing can happen how good people that only that they are doing only all their life they are only help and want to do do and doesn't matter good and doesn't matter if they are Jewish or Arabs so you can you see it in the movie but this is the real she is a special person and Mia she is a young girl and she grew up in Shekhar because she work in Shekhar