 ingredients, and we have to do the job, and that if we have the right ingredients and we do the job, that the vaquita can be protected. Ruling and breaking news coverage on I-24 News, I'm Bati Leventhalm, thanks for joining me. It's day 17 of war in Israel. The IDF launched overnight strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, killing senior members of the terror group as well. The continuing air campaign against Hamas also comes amid a Hamas attack on Israeli troops on Sunday operating in the enclave, which saw one soldier killed and three others hurt. The operation is part of the military's searches for bodies of missing Israelis and to clear the area for Israel's upcoming ground offensive. Meanwhile, the exchange of fire and its northern border with Lebanon continues to heat up. The Israel Defense Forces says it again targeted a cell of Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon attacked its military infrastructure and destroyed an anti-tank missile launcher. Israeli media estimates that the number of Hezbollah operatives killed thus far is over 30, including field commanders. Let's cross now live to our correspondent, Pierre Kloshender, who is standing by for us in the south of Israel. Pierre, what's the situation on the ground rather early this morning? Well, for the past 11 hours, there hasn't been any rocket launching toward the Israeli territory beat from the south or from the north, 11 hours of quiet. But that's usual in the morning, in the early morning. We hear shelling from the Israeli army. We hear tanks from the Israeli army at this point. But the situation remains quiet. The army confirmed the death, as you mentioned, of an Israeli soldier who was operating with the military engineering unit west of the security fence separating Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip in order to prepare for the ground assault, probably neutralizing IEDs, but also to try and score the area and find any signs of something that could lead to the identity of hostages that have been kidnapped into Gaza territory. Right now we know of 212 families notified that their dear ones are held in Gaza. And Pierre, the IDF was said to carry out strikes near a pair of hospitals in the Gaza Strip. No doubt that's evidently where Hamas infrastructure lies. But what more do we know about that? Well, we know that the Israeli army has notified two Palestinian hospitals, Ashifa Hospital and Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City to evacuate immediately because the Israeli army believes that there are terror infrastructures of Hamas beneath the hospital or in the vicinity of these hospitals. So that's also part of what the Israeli army has been trying to do for the past two weeks. In other words, to try and displace 1 million point one Palestinian citizens from the northern Gaza Strip from Gaza City in order to prepare for the ground assault with minimum collateral casualties of noninvolved people. So that's part of the same push by the Israeli army to try and convince the Palestinian residents of the northern Gaza Strip to move south of Wadi Gaza, the river of Gaza in the south of Gaza City. Correspondent Pierre Clush and they're giving us an update there in the south of Israel. Thank you very much for that. And joining me here in studio to continue the conversation is retired Colonel Dr. Jacques Nairia, the former deputy head of assessment for Israeli military intelligence and a former foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Asaf Gemso, the director of education at United Ed and our senior defense correspondent, Jonathan Ragev. Gentlemen, thank you all very much for being with me here this morning. Jonathan, I want to start with you because obviously the two top stories coming out is the fact that the IDF has continued its overnight strikes in the Gaza Strip. But also things are continuously heating up on the northern border to the point that the US is now instructing its citizens in Lebanon to get out. Yes, US and US is instructing citizens to get out because you don't know what's going to happen in Lebanon. It has to be said, it's, I find it crazy to say, but everything that we've seen so far in the Lebanon is in the Lebanon border is still sort of under the threshold. Why is it strange to me? Because at any other time, 30 Hezbollah operatives killed on one side and seven Israelis I believe killed on our side, five or six anti-tank squads a day. That would be in regular times to me that would be a reason to go out to an all-out war with Hezbollah, loud and clear. And now we're calling it under the threshold because of the situation on the other border being the Gaza border. But it's always there with Hezbollah crossing the threshold. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know if anybody knows. I don't know if Hezbollah knows. There are many reasons for him to do it. Iran wants to be portrayed as someone who protects their proxies in the area. And if they let Hamas carry the burden almost by itself, let's call it not entirely by itself, but almost by itself, the message that they send to the proxies, even if there's a major war with Hezbollah, with Israel, you'll eventually find yourselves without Iranian support and without other proxies coming in. That's an incentive for Hezbollah to go in. The incentive not to go in being the fact that they will not catch Israel by surprise anymore. Probably the main reason for Hamas, the attack by Hamas being so successful, is the fact that Israel was completely fell asleep. That's perhaps the most sensitive term I can find. And also, the fact that American forces are already here threatening to go in if a second front erupts. So many considerations there. What would it be at the end? I'm sorry, but I don't know. I want to cross now live to our correspondent, Mary McCullough, who is actually standing by for us in northern Israel. Mary, what's the latest? I know it's still early in the morning, and usually as Pierre mentioned in the south, there is almost a lull of a couple of hours overnight, but what's the latest happening on the ground there? Any noise of sirens, and what are you seeing in terms of a security presence? That's right, Batia. Well, it's also been a bit of a lull here in northern Israel. It's been about 18 hours since the last sirens rang out in northern Israeli communities. Ever since we had sirens yesterday at 2 o'clock, we continue to see cross-border attacks between Israel and Hezbollah. Again, this morning, the IDF coming out and saying it struck a terror cell inside southern Lebanon that was planting on launching an anti-tank missile into peaceful areas, likely civilian areas is what that statement meant. So we continue to see Israel responding to attacks that are coming from within southern Lebanese territory. And through these attacks, we continue to see the death of Hezbollah fighters, the Hezbollah terror group continuing to announce continuing numbers of casualties who are killed in this fighting, as IDF does continue to strike hard at all of those who are launching attacks into their territory. All right, Mary, what are we likely to see a little bit later in the day, obviously, as the morning moves on into the afternoon, things do start to develop and heat up. We also know that the IDF has been targeting Hezbollah infrastructure inside of Lebanon. At the moment, the count is on 30 Hezbollah operatives, including field operatives that have been killed. So just a couple hours ago, Hezbollah announcing another death of a fighter. Overnight, Hezbollah also released a video. We're not sure exactly when this video was taken, but claiming to target surveillance units and surveillance cameras that are on the Israel-Lebanon border. It's not the first time Hezbollah says that they've been targeting this kind of Israeli infrastructure on the border. And we don't have a statement yet from the IDF. For now, the main priority now is as we continue to see these cross-border raids, cross-border attacks, is evacuating the communities in northern Israel that have been issued an evacuation order. As of yesterday, there are now some 42 communities along the Israel-Northern border where all residents are told to flee to safer areas of the country. Many of them, including some we talked to yesterday, are saying they do not want to leave their homes and are staying there. So this is a challenge for Israel on the civilian side as it's dealing with the military issues, making sure we have enough troops in the area, making sure the forces are reinforced, is also making sure that all civilians who can evacuate to safer areas can do so. But there are also business hitches in that plan. Some residents told us they tried to go to southern areas yesterday to a hotel they were told to go to. They arrived at the hotel and then were told there was no space for them. And they said they didn't have a number to call. They don't know where to go. They don't know who to talk to. So this is one other issue as we talked about the evacuation, ongoing military stuff, there's a major civilian piece that still needs to be played for these northern residents to make sure that they are taking care of as they're told to leave their homes. Correspondent Mary McCall of giving us an update on the northern border. Thank you for that. We'll be crossing life to you a little bit later. Meanwhile on the diplomatic front, the leaders of the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom have issued a joint statement stressing their support for Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas. But they also call on Jerusalem to protect civilian lives. This is now the second joint statement in support of Israel that US President Joe Biden has led with Western leaders since the October 7th onslaught. Meanwhile, in following a call between Biden and Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said that Israel agreed to allow the quote continuous flow of international aid into Gaza from Egypt. More aid trucks have since entered the Gaza Strip with essential supplies such as water, food and medicine. And still with Mika in studio retired colonel Dr. Jacques Neria, Jonathan Regev and Asaf Gemsu. This is obviously amazing that the Biden administration has been so forthcoming in making sure that Israel knows that it has its back. That it can have the freedom of operation, but also being very careful to draw the line where the Palestinians in Gaza are concerned. Well, I said it from the very beginning. The American embrace is also suffocating. It has prevented Israel from a preemptive attack in Lebanon. And it is now delaying the ground offensive in Gaza by the very fact that the Americans have signified to Israel that don't do anything before we beef up our positions. We are under attack. We've seen the American bases day after day being attacked in Iraq and Syria. We've seen the Yemenite Houthi launch missiles and be intercepted by American destroyer towards Israel. So the Americans are very much aware that the devil in the closet is the active participation of Hezbollah in the war. The decision, I can say to my friend John, and the decision of waging a war with Israel has been made. The question is only a question of timing when to do that. And Hezbollah has said it very plainly. The moment Israel invades the ground forces will go into Gaza. We will open fire and we'll expand the fire beyond what's going on right now. You said that Israel was attacking positions inside Lebanon. We are talking about a belt of five kilometers deep. This is that we don't hear that Israel has bombed Nabata here, has bombed Marjah you and has bombed vintage bail or tire or siden. No, it's on the belt. And what is funny today compared to what it was before our withdrawal from Lebanon that the security belt, which used to be the protective of our localities beyond the international border. Now everything has been transferred into Israeli territory. We are abandoning and we are evacuating. Last thing when we did like this last time was in July 1981 under the fire that of the PLO bombing of all the area. So the question now the question goes immediately of what's keeping Israel from what's delaying the ground offensive. The ground offensive is being delayed because they know that Netanyahu knows that the price is very high and the moment Israeli troops will go there. It means that we'll have to deal with two fronts. Jonathan, the New York Times has put out a report this morning that US officials are advising Israel to delay their ground offensive because of two main reasons in Gaza being that they want to allow for more hostage negotiations to take place and also to allow more aid trucks in. But is there an underlying message of perhaps the Americans trying to gear up or buy time because they know that if Israel does enter Gaza on the ground that it could immediately spark a war on the northern front as well. Yes, that is one of the reasons and they're saying it. We want to be ready with a major force here in case a war erupts on the northern border and not only that in case American interests are put under risk and we're already seeing it happening in places like Iraq, Eastern Syria and so on. America as a player here and the support from the United States is impressive. No doubt about it. But just as was said here, it comes with a price and Israel is paying that price in its, I'll call it independent decision making. Israel is not independent in its decision making. All this American support, which is not only in words, but also in actions, plenty of equipment coming from the United States. All that is very impressive. But is it putting sort of weights on Israel's legs? Absolutely. Now in another report, the Israeli President Isaac Herzog revealed to Sky News that Hamas had instructions on how to produce chemical weapons. I believe we have that sound bite from the Israeli president. This is material which was found on the body of one of those sadistic villains. It's al-Qaeda material, official al-Qaeda material. We're dealing with ISIS, al-Qaeda and Hamas. This is what we're dealing with. And in this material, there were instructions how to produce chemical weapons. This speaks about arson and it speaks about various chemicals that come out and produce chemical weapons, simple as that. Dr, I heard an interesting comment yesterday when the sound bite was released with regards to the chemical weapons, that if there wasn't the state of Israel, we would 100% be looking at another Holocaust. Definitely so. I mean, and we must remember and know that we are to face chemical warheads coming from Syria, because, I mean, one of the last attacks perpetrated by Israeli air force was against the Serbs Institute in a place called Missyaf in the north of Syria, where chemical warheads are produced. And this is, if you remember, the warning given by Obama to Syria to stop bombing its own population with chemical weapons. So we know that some of those warheads are being put on long range missiles. And we might meet that in Israel if we leave Hezbollah firing salvos against Israel. On the other issue of cyanide, cyanide is a very difficult, very volatile element. And I think it's very difficult. Of course, they do consider that. We know that they've been considering how to produce that in Gaza. But I think that the process was rudimentary and at its first beginnings. Now, thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators have gathered in major capitals around the world, demanding a ceasefire and relief for the people in Gaza, while also condemning and pointing a finger at Israel. At the same time, thousands of people have also joined in vigils and protests in cities like Berlin, London, and elsewhere over the weekend to oppose not only anti-Semitism, but also anti-Zionism to support Israel and to demand the release of hostages held by Hamas and other terror groups in the Gaza Strip. I'm sure they do everything in their power to get back the people taken, kidnapped. But at the end of the day, they have to deal with Hamas. They have to. It can never, ever, ever happen again. My family win the Holocaust, and my grandmother died in Auschwitz. We said never again. It's kind of never. We can never let it happen again. We're asking for everybody around the world, Sareh Hutz, foreign ministers from the 30 countries where their hostages to scream, let in the medical care. We've talked to doctors. The doctors have said, if he gets the treatment that he needs, he has a decent chance. If he still hasn't gotten it, it's a dire situation. He needs surgery. He needs intensive antibiotics. And we're screaming to anybody who will listen, let in the medical care and bring all 200 of these people home to their families. I am here as a Muslim. And as a human being. And I stand in solidarity against antisemitism in Germany. It is terrible what has happened in the last few weeks and also before that. And I stand together with my friends here against antisemitism. And because of his background, so we are from different backgrounds, but we are still friends. And I hope this can be a role model for other people as well. And public side. And also with us in studios, SF Games is the director of education at United. Can you tell us a little bit about the project and how it is assisting educators at the moment? So good morning and thank you for having me. United is a joint initiative of the Ministry for the Esper Affairs and Herzog College. And our goal is to strengthen Jewish day schools around the world. We work in South America, Central America, North America, Europe, Australia, and South Africa. Usually what we do is teacher training. We work, we do educational development. And we do things that you do with educators. Now, in this horrific war, I want to stress, I think that the people in this studio know that this is affecting the Jewish people as a whole. That means that in the first week, educators had to deal with every Jewish family. And I think that every Jewish family is connected to Israel somehow with boys whose fathers left and went to Israel to join the reserves with cousins that may have been kidnapped, or hurt, or murdered, or simply they don't know what's happening. And those boys, girls, families came to their community, came to their schools, and they needed help. So in the first two weeks, in the first week, what we did was really an emphasis, first of all, on accurate information. I think something, again, that you can understand in this context, to really try and supply updated, verified information to educators with everything that was going on around there, and also supply them with emotional tools. Unfortunately, in Israel, we're very much skilled and experienced in how to deal with young persons during these times of stress. So we cooperated with Natal, an Israeli NGO, translated their materials and put them out. And now we're working very hard on having webinars on several and several issues with leaders, educators, and families from around the world on addressing their day-to-day needs. Because the second effect this war is having on the Jewish people is the anti-Semitic backlash. We've already seen just now a few videos and references. And it is, since the second week, has been starting to rear its ugly head. And so we are also preparing sponsors and materials to that. As you mentioned, obviously this affecting Jews all over the world because Israel and de facto, its majority Jewish population as well as Jews all over the world are less than 1% of the world's population. It's tiny and it's very interconnected. And what we're also seeing is the widespread sharing of social media, in particular videos, which on the one hand is great because the world needs to be able to see the atrocities. But on the other hand, as you mentioned, this is psychological warfare that is affecting Jews around the world. Where do we draw the line between the need to get these videos out versus the detrimentalness of actually watching these horrors online, in particular with children? I think that's a very, very good and pertinent question. I'll say that I think with children, I would say, elementary school children, I would say the line is try and be, try and not have access to as little of these materials as come. They are horrific. They are horrible. They will not help you explain to your children the atrocities that happened. And they can lead to secondary trauma. They can actually lead to psychological trauma. Now, there are materials that are out there that are better. We're also working on actually video materials for elementary school children, where are we trying to explain with words what happened and not with the graphics that are shown. Doctor, another possible line to be drawn in the sand is the fact that there was a poll released by the Israel Victory Project that said that 70% of Israelis, the vast majority, wants to eliminate Hamas and that being the sole Gaza objective, which has faced quite a lot of flak in the international community for saying, Israelis claim that there's genocide inflicted upon them, but now they want to wipe out the whole of the Gaza Strip. How do we draw the line to the international community that there is a stark difference between Hamas versus the Palestinians? Well, it takes all the time explanations. The problem is the following, that all those who are with us will remain with us, and those who are against us will remain against us. There's no way you can convince leftists or the anti-Israeli groups in American University to just change their positions. Even if you show them the most horrible pictures of what those beasts did in the localities around Gaza, nothing will help. I mean, the effect will just filter one, two days, and that's it. And then they will remember, you see from the interviews I have all the time, they ask me only questions about what's happening in Gaza. They forgot what happened on our side. We are the victims. They were the butchers. This is something that we have to remember, and we have to stress that all the time. And if we can do it on our own appearances in the press or with the Jewish communities all over the world, we have to do that in order to explain that we are right. We are the light, and they are the obscurity. And Jonathan, a big question at the moment, and it's got a lot of analysis on different websites and different Israeli media as well as international media, is why Israel has been delaying its ground offensive for so long? Is Israel possibly trying to tap into also a use of psychological warfare with regards to Hamas? Or perhaps is there another reason? There are many reasons that could be. We're hearing perhaps that many, many analysts are saying that before Israel goes into a ground offensive, pound them from the air just for weeks, put them under siege for weeks until Gaza is weaker and weaker, which could facilitate the ground offensive. That might be a reason. American pressure, that might be a reason as well. Earlier on, there was talk of the readiness of forces. I don't think it's a factor anymore. It was perhaps in the first week, maybe a few days later, but the forces are now ready. You delay it for too long, then you might lose some sort of the forces are ready and eager to go in. And at the same time, the Israeli, the economic sphere in Israel is almost at a halt. I mean, shops are closed, restaurants are closed. The economy is at halt. So there is a certain limited time as to how long you can hold it. I believe at a certain time it will come. But when it will come, I don't know. I think there were plenty of elements within the Israeli establishment who already wanted to see this offensive beginning. But someone at the top is stopping it, at least for now. Anasaf, just before we go out to the broadcast, once that ground offensive does eventually take place, obviously the narrative for educators is going to change as well because the entire shift of the demographics and the scale and scope of the operation in Israel changes. So how would that affect what is going toward the educators in terms of what they now need to display onto the children? Well, I would have to say my first concern when the ground offensive starts is with that anti-Semitic backlash. Because I'm sure, as a doctor pointed out, that once that happens, the international narrative first of all, we'll see that backlash. And we want to make sure that they have the materials to be prepared to be prepared for that. Other than that, we'll try and continue and do what we've done is that is to supply accurate, verifiable, not exaggerated, not blaming information on what is happening. And I am absolutely certain our Jewish educators around the world, which are committed to their communities and the Jewish people, will know what is the best thing to do with that information. Asaf Ghamza, Jonathan Regev, Dr. Zakneria. Thank you all very much for joining us. And stay with us because we'll have more updates on date 17 of the war in Israel at the top of the hour. But for anything you missed in the meantime, make sure to check out our website at i24news.tv. We'll be right back. Stay with us. 1,300 people murdered and more than 3,000 injured. And the war with Hamas continues. We bring you firsthand 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 i24news. Works is it generates this random body that kind of looks like a sponge and it evaluates its behavior. The process is, you know, from where it comes. Come here. And the package, when and when. And loads that you know where they're going. On international loads to Tiz, your people at N-R-D. Access our website. Recargas.tiz.com.b. Select loads and type the number you want to place the load. Also, they receive double the balance in loads of $8 or more. Altiz, the global network of the Dominicans. I'm breaking news coverage on i24news. I'm Bachi Leventholm. Thanks for joining me. It's day 17 of war in Israel. The IDF launched overnight strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, killing senior members of the terror group as well. The continuing air campaign against Hamas also comes amid a Hamas attack on Israeli troops on Sunday operating in the enclave, which saw one soldier killed and three others hurt. The operation is part of the military's searches for bodies of missing Israelis and to clear the area for Israel's upcoming ground offensive. Meanwhile, the exchange of fire and its northern border with Lebanon continues to heat up. The Israel Defense Forces says it again targeted a cell of Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon, attacked its military infrastructure and destroyed an anti-tank missile launcher. Israeli media estimates that the number of Hezbollah operatives killed thus far is over 30, including field commanders. Let's cross now live to our correspondent, Pierre Closh, who is standing by for us in the south of Israel. Pierre, what's the situation on the ground rather early this morning? Well, for the past 11 hours, there's been any rocket launching toward Israeli territory beat from the south or from the north. 11 hours of quiet. But that's usual in the morning, in the early morning. We hear shelling from the Israeli army. We hear tanks from the Israeli army at this point. But the situation remains quiet. The army confirmed the death, as you mentioned, of an Israeli soldier who was operating with the military engineering unit west of the security fence separating Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip in order to prepare for the ground assault, probably neutralizing IEDs, but also to try and score the area and find any signs of something that could lead to the identity of hostages that have been kidnapped into Gaza territory. Right now, we know of 212 families notified that their dear ones are held in Gaza. And Pierre, the IDF was said to carry out strikes near a pair of hospitals in the Gaza Strip. No doubt that's evidently where Hamas infrastructure lies. But what more do we know about that? Well, we know that the Israeli army has notified two Palestinian hospitals, Ashifa Hospital and Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City to evacuate immediately because the Israeli army believes that there are terror infrastructures of Hamas beneath the hospital or in the vicinity of these hospitals. So that's also part of what the Israeli army has been trying to do for the past two weeks. In other words, to try and displace 1 million point one Palestinian citizens from the northern Gaza Strip, from Gaza City, in order to prepare for the ground assault with minimum collateral casualties of non-involved people. So that's part of the same push by the Israeli army to try and convince the Palestinian residents of the northern Gaza Strip to move south of Wadi Gaza, the river of Gaza in the south of Gaza City. Correspondent Pierre Clush and they're giving us an update there in the south of Israel. Thank you very much for that. And joining me here in studio to continue the conversation is retired colonel Dr. Jacques Neria, the former deputy head of assessment for Israeli military intelligence and a former foreign policy adviser Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Asaf Genzo, the director of education at United Ed and our senior defense correspondent, Jonathan Ragev. Gentlemen, thank you all very much for being with me here this morning. Jonathan, I want to start with you because obviously the two top stories coming out is the fact that the IDF has continued its overnight strikes in the Gaza Strip. But also things are continuously heating up on the northern border to the point that the US is now instructing its citizens in Lebanon to get out. Yes, US is instructing citizens to get out because you don't know what's going to happen in Lebanon. It has to be said, I find it crazy to say, but everything that we've seen so far in the Lebanon border is still sort of under the threshold. Why is it strange to me? Because at any other time, 30 Hezbollah operatives killed on one side and seven Israelis, I believe, killed on our side, five or six anti-tank squads a day, that would be, in regular times, to me, that would be a reason to go out to an all-out war with Hezbollah, loud and clear. But now we're calling it under the threshold because of the situation on the other border being the Gaza border. But it's always there. Will Hezbollah cross the threshold? I don't know. I don't know. I don't know if anybody knows. I don't know if Hezbollah has a Nasrallah knows. There are many reasons for him to do it. Iran wants to be portrayed as someone who protects their proxies in the area. And if they let Hamas carry the burden almost by itself, let's call it not entirely by itself, but almost by itself, the message that they send to the proxies is even if there's a major war with Hezbollah, with Israel, you'll eventually find yourselves without Iranian support and without other proxies coming in. That's an incentive for Hezbollah to go in. The incentive not to go in being the fact that they will not catch Israel by surprise anymore. Probably the main reason for Hamas, the attack by Hamas being so successful is the fact that Israel was completely fell asleep. That's perhaps the most sensitive term I can find. And also, the fact that American forces are already here threatening to go in if a second front erupts. So many considerations there. What would it be at the end? I'm sorry, but I don't know. I want to cross now live to our correspondent, Mary McCulloch, who is actually standing by for us in northern Israel. Mary, what's the latest? I know it's still early in the morning, and usually as Pierre mentioned in the South, there is almost a lull of a couple of hours overnight. But what's the latest happening on the ground there? Any noise of sirens? And what are you seeing in terms of a security presence? That's right, Batia. Well, it's also been a bit of a lull here in northern Israel. It's been about 18 hours since the last sirens rang out in northern Israeli communities. But ever since we had sirens yesterday at 2 o'clock, we continue to see cross-border attacks between Israel and Hezbollah. Again, this morning, the IDF coming out and saying it struck a terror cell inside southern Lebanon that was planting on launching an anti-tank missile into peaceful areas, likely civilian areas, is what that statement meant. So we continue to see Israel responding to attacks that are coming from within southern Lebanese territory. And through these attacks, we continue to see the death of Hezbollah fighters. The Hezbollah terror group continuing to announce continuing numbers of casualties who are killed in this fighting, as IDF does continue to strike hard at all of those who are launching attacks into their territory. All right, Mary, what are we likely to see a little bit later in the day, obviously, as the morning moves on into the afternoon, things do start to develop and heat up. We also know that the IDF has been targeting Hezbollah infrastructure inside of Lebanon. At the moment, the count is on 30 Hezbollah operatives, including field operatives that have been killed. That's right, Batia. So just a couple of hours ago, Hezbollah announcing another death of a fighter. Overnight, Hezbollah also released a video. We're not sure exactly when this video was taken, but claiming to target surveillance units and surveillance cameras that are on the Israel-Lebanon border. It's not the first time Hezbollah says that they've been targeting this kind of Israeli infrastructure on the border. And we don't have a statement yet from the IDF. For now, the main priority now is as we continue to see these cross-border raids, cross-border attacks, is evacuating the communities in Northern Israel that have been issued an evacuation order. As of yesterday, there are now some 42 communities along the Israel-Northern border where all residents are told to flee to safer areas of the country. Many of them, including some we talked to yesterday, are saying they do not want to leave their homes and are staying there. So this is a challenge for Israel on the civilian side as it's dealing with the military issues, making sure we have enough troops in the area, making sure the forces are reinforced, is also making sure that all civilians who can evacuate to safer areas can do so. But there are also business hitches in that plan. Some residents told us they tried to go to southern areas yesterday to a hotel they were told to go to. They arrived at the hotel and then were told there was no space for them. And they said they didn't have a number to call. They don't know where to go. They don't know who to talk to. So this is one other issue as we talked about the evacuation ongoing military stuff. There's a major civilian piece that still needs to be played for these Northern residents to make sure that they are taking care of as they're told to leave their homes. Correspondent Mary McCall of giving us an update on the Northern border. Thank you for that. We'll be crossing life to you a little bit later. Meanwhile, on the diplomatic front, the leaders of the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom have issued a joint statement stressing their support for Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas. But they also call on Jerusalem to protect civilian lives. This is now the second joint statement in support of Israel that US President Joe Biden has led with Western leaders since the October 7th onslaught. Meanwhile, in following a call between Biden and Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said that Israel agreed to allow the quote continuous flow of international aid into Gaza from Egypt. More aid trucks have since entered the Gaza Strip with essential supplies such as water, food, and medicine. And still with Mika in studio, retired Colonel Dr. Jacques Neria, Jonathan Regev and Asaf Gemsu. This is obviously amazing that the Biden administration has been so forthcoming in making sure that Israel knows that it has its back, that it can have the freedom of operation, but also being very careful to draw the line where the Palestinians in Gaza are concerned. Well, I said it from the very beginning. The American embrace is also suffocating. It has prevented Israel from a preemptive attack in Lebanon, and it is now delaying the ground offensive in Gaza by the very fact that the Americans have signified to Israel that don't do anything before we beef up our positions. We are under attack. We've seen the American bases day after day being attacked in Iraq and Syria. We've seen the Yemenite Houthi launch missiles and intercepted by American destroyer towards Israel. So the Americans are very much aware that the devil in the closet is the active opposition to the participation of Hezbollah in the war. The decision, I can say to my friend John, and the decision of waging a war with Israel has been made. The question is only a question of timing. When to do that? And Hezbollah has said it very plainly. The moment Israel invades, the ground forces will go into Gaza. We will open fire and we'll expand the fire beyond what's going on right now. You said that Israel was attacking positions inside Lebanon. We are talking about a belt of five kilometers deep. We don't hear that Israel has bombed Nabatae, has bombed Marjayun, has bombed Bintish Bay, or Tyre, or Sidon. No, it's on the belt. And what is funny today, compared to what it was before, our withdrawal from Lebanon, that the security belt, which used to be the protective of our localities beyond the international border, now everything has been transferred into Israeli territory. We are abandoning and we are evacuating. Last thing when we did like this, last time was in July 1981, under the fire of the PLO, bombing of all the area. So the question now, the question goes immediately of what's keeping Israel from, what's delaying the ground offensive. The ground offensive is being delayed because they know, Netanyahu knows that the price is very high and the moment Israeli troops will go there, it means that we'll have to deal with two fronts. Now, Jonathan, then the New York Times has put out a report this morning that US officials are advising Israel to delay their ground offensive because of two main reasons in Gaza, being that they want to allow for more hostage negotiations to take place and also to allow more aid trucks in. But is there an underlying message here of perhaps the Americans trying to gear up or buy time because they know that if Israel does enter Gaza on the ground, that it could immediately spark a war on the northern front as well? Yes, that is one of the reasons and they're saying it. We want to be ready with a major force here in case a war erupts on the northern border and not only that, in case American interests are put under risk and we're already seeing it happening in places like Iraq, Eastern Syria and so on. America as a player here and the support from the United States is impressive, no doubt about it. But just as we said here, it comes with a price and Israel is paying that price in its, I'll call it independent decision-making. Israel is not independent in its decision-making. All this American support, which is not only in words, but also in actions, plenty of equipment coming from the United States. All that is very impressive, but is it putting sort of weights on Israel's legs? Absolutely. Now, in another report, the Israeli President Isaac Herzog revealed to Sky News that Hamas had instructions on how to produce chemical weapons. I believe we have that sound bite from the Israeli President. This is material which was found on the body of one of those sadistic villains. It's al-Qaeda material, official al-Qaeda material. We're dealing with ISIS, al-Qaeda and Hamas. This is what we're dealing with. And in this material, there were instructions how to produce chemical weapons. This is, it speaks about arson and it speaks about various chemicals that come out and produce chemical weapons, simple as that. Dr, I heard an interesting comment yesterday when the sound bite was released with regards to the chemical weapons that if there wasn't the State of Israel, we would 100% be looking at another Holocaust. Definitely so, I mean, and we must remember and know that we are to face chemical warheads coming from Syria. Because, I mean, and one of the last attacks perpetrated by Israeli air force was against the CERS Institute in a place called Missyaf in the north of Syria where chemical warheads are produced. And this is, if you remember, the warning given by Obama to Syria to stop bombing its own population with chemical weapons. So we know that some of those warheads are being put on long-range missiles and we might meet that in Israel if we leave Hezbollah firing salvos against Israel. On the other issue of cyanide, cyanide is a very difficult, very volatile element. And I think it's very difficult. Of course, they do consider that. We know that they've been considering how to produce that in Gaza. But I think that the process was rudimentary and at its first beginnings. Now, thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators have gathered in major capitals around the world, demanding a ceasefire and relief for the people in Gaza, while also condemning and pointing a finger at Israel. At the same time, thousands of people have also joined in vigils and protests in cities like Berlin, London, and elsewhere over the weekend to oppose not only anti-Semitism, but also anti-Zionism, to support Israel and to demand the release of hostages held by Hamas and other terror groups in the Gaza Strip. I'm sure they'll do everything in their power to get back the people taken, kidnapped. But at the end of the day, they have to deal with Hamas. They have to, it can never, ever, ever happen again. My family win the Holocaust, and my grandmother died in Auschwitz. We said never again. It's kind of never, we can never let it happen again. We're asking for everybody around the world, sorry, Hoots, foreign ministers from the 30 countries where there are hostages to scream, let in the medical care. We've talked to doctors, the doctors have said, if he gets the treatment that he needs, he has a decent chance. If he still hasn't gotten it, it's a dire situation. He needs surgery, he needs... Antibiotics. Intensive antibiotics, and we're screaming to anybody who will listen, let in the medical care and bring all 200 of these people home to their families. I am here as a Muslim, and as a human being, and I stand in solidarity against anti-Semitism in Germany. It is terrible what has happened in the last few weeks and also before that, and I stand together with my friends here against anti-Semitism. And because of his background, so we are from different backgrounds, but we are still friends. And I hope this can be a role model for other people as well. And for both sides. And also with us in studios is Seth Games, the director of education at United Ed. Can you tell us a little bit about the project and how it is assisting educators at the moment? So good morning and thank you for having me. United Ed is a joint initiative of the Ministry for the Esper Affairs and Herzog College. And our goal is to strengthen Jewish day schools around the world. We work in South America, Central America, North America, Europe, Australia, and South Africa. Usually what we do is teacher training, we work, we do educational development, and we do things that you do with educators. Now in this horrific war, I wanna stress, I think that the people in this studio know that this is affecting the Jewish people as a whole. That means that in the first week, educators had to deal with every Jewish family. And I think that every Jewish family is connected to Israel somehow, with boys whose fathers left and went to Israel to join the reserves, with cousins that may have been kidnapped or hurt or murdered or simply, they don't know what's happening. And those boys, girls, families came to their community, came to their schools, and they needed help. So in the first two weeks, in the first week, what we did was really an emphasis, first of all, on accurate information. I think something, again, that you can understand in this context, to really try and supply updated, verified information to educators with everything that was going on around there, and also supply them with emotional tools. Unfortunately, in Israel, we're very much skilled and experienced in how to deal with young persons during these times of stress. So we cooperated with Natal, an Israeli NGO, translate their materials and put them out. And now we're working very hard and having webinars on several and several issues with leaders, educators, and families from around the world on addressing their day-to-day needs, because the second effect this war is having on the Jewish people is the anti-Semitic backlash. We've already seen just now a few videos and references, and it is, since the second week, has been starting to rear its ugly head. And so we are also preparing sponsors and materials to that. As you mentioned, obviously, this affecting Jews all over the world, because Israel and de facto, its majority Jewish population as well as Jews all over the world are less than 1% of the world's population. It's tiny and it's very interconnected. And what we're also seeing is the widespread sharing of social media in particular videos, which on the one hand is great because the world needs to be able to see the atrocities. And on the other hand, as you mentioned, this is psychological warfare that is affecting Jews around the world. Where do we draw the line between the need to get these videos out versus the detrimentalness of actually watching these horrors online, in particular with children? I think that's a very, very good and pertinent question. I'll say that I think with children, I would say elementary school children, I would say the line is try and be, try and not have access to as little of these materials as come. They are horrific, they are horrible. They will not help you explain to your children the atrocities that happened. And they can lead to secondary trauma. They can actually lead to psychological trauma. Now there are materials that are out there that are better. We're also working on actually video materials for elementary school children, where we try and explain with words what happened and not with the graphics that are shown. A doctor, another possible line to be drawn in the sand here is the fact that there was a poll released by the Israel Victory Project that said that 70% of Israelis, the vast majority, wants to eliminate Hamas and that being the sole Gaza objective, which has faced quite a lot of flak in the international community for saying, Israelis claim that there's genocide inflicted upon them, but now they want to wipe out the whole of the Gaza Strip. Where, how do we draw the line to the international community that there is a stark difference between Hamas versus the Palestinians? Well, it takes all the time explanations that the problem is the following, that all those who are with us will remain with us and those who are against us will remain against us. There's no way you can convince leftists or the anti-Israeli groups in American University to turn to just change their positions. Even if you show them the most horrible pictures of what the beast did in the localities around Gaza, nothing will help. I mean, the effect will just filter one, two days and that's it and then they will remember, you see from the interviews I have all the time, they ask me only questions about what's happening in Gaza. They forgot what happened on our side. We are the victims. They were the butchers. This is something that we have to remember and we have to stress that all the time. And if we can do it on our own appearances in the press or with the Jewish communities all over the world, we have to do that in order to explain that we are right. We are the light and they are the obscurity. And Jonathan, a big question at the moment and it's got a lot of analysis on different websites and different Israeli media as well as international media is why Israel has been delaying its ground offensive for so long. Is Israel possibly trying to tap into also a use of psychological warfare with regards to Hamas or perhaps is there another reason? There are many reasons that could be. We're hearing perhaps that many, many analysts are saying that before Israel goes into a ground offensive, pound them from the air just for weeks, put them under siege for weeks until Gaza is weaker and weaker, which could facilitate the ground offensive. That might be a reason. American pressure, that might be a reason as well. Earlier on there was talk of the readiness of forces. I don't think it's a factor anymore. It was perhaps in the first week, maybe a few days later, but the forces are now ready. You delay it for too long, then you might lose some sort of the forces are ready and eager to go in. And at the same time, the Israeli, the economic sphere in Israel is almost at a halt. I mean, shops are closed, restaurants are closed. The economy is at halt. So there's a certain limited time as to how long you can hold it. I believe at a certain time it will come. But when it will come, I don't know. I think there were plenty of elements within the Israeli establishment who already wanted to see this offensive beginning. But someone at the top is stopping it at least for now. And Asaf, just before we go out to the broadcast, once that ground offensive does eventually take place, obviously the narrative for educators is going to change as well, because the entire shift of the demographics and the scale and scope of the operation in Israel changes. So how would that affect what is going toward the educators in terms of what they now need to display on to the children? Well, I would have to say my first concern when the ground offensive starts is with that anti-Semitic backlash, because I'm sure, as a doctor pointed out, that once that happens, the international narrative, first of all, will see that backlash. And we want to make sure that they have the materials to be prepared for that. Other than that, we'll try and continue and do what we've done, is that is to supply accurate, verifiable, not exaggerated, not blaming information on what is happening. And I am absolutely certain our educators, Jewish educators around the world, which are committed to their communities and the Jewish people, will know what is the best thing to do with that information. Asaf Gems, Jonathan Regev, Dr. Zakneria, thank you all very much for joining us. And stay with us, because we'll have more updates on day 17 of the war in Israel at the top of the hour. But for anything you missed in the meantime, make sure to check out our website at i24news.tv. We'll be right back. Stay with us. This is officially in a state of war. This is a very active scene and we need to get in the car as we're talking. More than 100 soldiers and civilians have been kidnapped. Help us, we don't want to do it. We just don't know anything. Entire families, including babies and children and elderly were butchered in their beds. We awaken the giant and we are ready and we are strong. Everyone is showing up. This is the unity. Coverage on i24news. I'm Batja Levintholm, thanks for joining me. It's day 17 of war here in Israel. The IDF launched overnight strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, killing senior members of the terror group as well. The continuing air campaign against Hamas also comes amid an attack on Israeli troops on Sunday operating in the enclave, which saw one soldier killed and three others hurt. The operation is part of the military's searches for bodies of missing Israelis and to clear the area for Israel's upcoming ground offensive. Meanwhile, the exchange of fire on its northern border with Lebanon continues to heat up. The Israel Defense Forces says it again targeted a Salaf Khasbollah terrorist in southern Lebanon attacked its military infrastructure and destroyed an anti-tank missile launcher. Israeli media estimates that the number of Khasbollah operatives killed thus far is over 13, including field commanders. All that's crossing our lives to our correspondent, Mary McCullough, who was standing by for us in northern Israel. Mary, we spoke to you a little bit earlier and the situation was quiet. Has it remained the same or has something changed? It has, Batja. We haven't had any further incidents this morning. Of course, we've had the IDF statements that you mentioned earlier this morning saying that overnight they had struck a number of different Khasbollah terrorist infrastructure inside southern Lebanon. Most notably this terror cell that they say was trying to fire an anti-tank missile into the community of Shlomi, that's on the Israel northern border, that is a community that has been evacuated. They said in response, they targeted the cell. We do not have numbers on casualties yet, but we do know from Lebanese reports inside the Lebanese territory that there have been some bodies who were pulled from a site that was struck late last night. We're unclear at this point if that was the same terror cell that the IDF was striking, but the IDF also continues to strike a number of different posts that Hezbollah has along the border area, other infrastructure that they have along the border that Israel says Hezbollah is using to launch attacks into Israeli territory. Amiri, apart from declaring the right to self-defense, particularly in Israel's south and the entry of humanitarian aid, the United States consistently puts out warnings against Khasbollah. Don't get involved in this war. Absolutely right. We also heard this message again from the U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who spoke last night, again, warning that they are fearing, the United States is fearing that there could be de-escalation in the Middle East. And if that happens, the only ones who are to blame are the Iranian-backed proxies in the region. This would, of course, include Hezbollah on Israel's northern border, also groups who are operating out of Syria. And so we've also seen Israel striking the Syrian airports Aleppo, Damascus, which were presumably being used to bring weapons into the area. It's the second time we've seen Israel strike such kind of infrastructure inside Syria. And again, the attacks on Lebanon are continuing. The United States, though, continues to say that all it wants, it does not want any escalation along the border, that it's watching the situation very closely to see how involved Iran is going to get in this conflict. That is the major piece that we're watching right now as Israel gets ready to launch its ground invasion into the South. Amari, just finally, give us a little bit of an update with regards to the evacuations at the communities there. Just a few days ago, we were reporting that around 30 communities were being evacuated toward the center of the country, but that has since gone up. That's right. So yesterday, they added another 12 communities, 14 communities to those who had been evacuated, bringing the total number to 42 communities. There's some estimates that we saw yesterday from Israeli sources saying that they believe are there around 5,000 residents who are remaining in the northern border area. We talked to one couple who was staying in an area in Sasa. This is a community along the Israel northern border, just a couple miles from the border, really, that they decided to say. And they said the only people really who are staying in their kibbutz there, was a community of some 400 people. There are about 30 now. And most of them are people who are staying to guard the kibbutz. So the private force within the kibbutz who are just staying there to try and guard it and protect it for whatever happens. But most residents have tried to go south. They say try because a lot of them have not found room in some of the accommodations that the Israeli government has set up for them. So that's an ongoing challenge as Israel continues to urge all residents to go to safety. Many of them are asking, where exactly are they supposed to go? Right. And as we've been hearing a lot of the hotels near the northern and the southern border completely fully booked, correspondent Mary McAuliffe in the north giving us an update. I want to now cross to our correspondent, Pierre Kloschender, who's standing by for us near the southern border. Pierre, it's still been quiet or 12 hours of a lull. What's the latest happening on the ground at the moment? Right, we're now in a 12th hour of lull from rocket fire. But that doesn't mean that the Israeli Air Force, the infantry and the armored forces are not active in the area. The IDF spokesperson unit has just published a communique in which they say that in the past 24 hours over 320 targets were hit by the Israeli Air Force, command center, tunnel shafts. Ammunition depots, et cetera, et cetera. And in parallel, a force of the Givati Infantry Brigade accompanied escorted by the armored unit went into the Gazan territory in order to neutralize anti-tank ground missile squads that are active in the area. Yesterday, a soldier was killed when an anti-tank ground missile hit an Israeli army position, wounding three other soldiers. So the response of the Israeli army is trying to clear the area west of the security fence between Israel and Gaza on Gazan territory to clean it from IEDs in advance of a potential ground assault and also to neutralize anti-tank squads from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad. Correspondent Pierre Clashendlé giving us an update from the Southern border. Thank you for that. We'll check in a little bit later. On the diplomatic front, the leaders of the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom have issued a joint statement stressing their support for Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas. But they also call on Jerusalem to protect civilian lives. This is now the second joint statement in support of Israel that US President Joe Biden has led with Western leaders since the October 7th onslaught. Meanwhile, and following a call between Biden and the Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said that Israel agreed to allow the quote, continuous flow of international aid into Gaza from Egypt. More aid tracks have since entered the Gaza Strip with essential supplies such as water, food, as well as medicine. I'll join you me here in studio is retired colonel Dr. Jacques Neria, the former deputy head of assessment for Israeli military intelligence and a former foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. And I'll see your defense correspondent, Jonathan Regiff, gentlemen. Thank you again for being with me here in studio. The Biden administration is being very clear. They're sending strong warnings to both Hezbollah, but also to Israel to avoid civilian casualties. But America itself has been involved in the war on terror in particular in Afghanistan. Surely they know that both armies are trying all that they can to make sure civilian casualties are kept to a low. But in war, it's messy. Well, you know, this is what... This is the price Israel has to pay in order to receive $14 billion from the U.S. and to get the American total support in this war. What's happening right now is, I would say, all the parties involved in the conflict are deploying their forces, are beefing up. I mean, we see the Americans advancing bombers to Sicily and on the one hand and sending more reinforcement on the sea. And what is more important is what's happening on the Hezbollah side. On the Hezbollah side, we had two Iraqi militias, pro-Iranians have been deployed in south Lebanon. Two others have been deployed in the Golan. And of course, I mean, the Iranians have put all the missile apparatus in deep alert. And one of these expressions were the launching of cruise missiles and drones from Yemen, which can reach Israel. I mean, 2,000 kilometers, this is the range of those missiles and drones. And this is why, in the meantime, the Americans say very clearly to the Israelis, let us give us some time first to try to see if we can negotiate liberation of hostages. But more important for us is just to realign our forces and to be prepared for the worst. And this is what's happening right now. From the Israeli point of view, we have finished our preparations and we are ready. And the thing is that we know that the trigger of a ground of total war with Hezbollah could be the intrusion, the ground intrusion in Gaza. And this is why the Americans are asking Israel to delay the incursion. And of course, I mean, Israel has only to comply. And Jonathan, as correspondent Pierre Kloschenblatt pointed out the idea of releasing a statement saying that over 320 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror targets in the Gaza Strip were targeted in the last 24 hours. Can you break down a little bit for the viewers what exactly this includes and why it's essential that these airstrikes continue prior to a ground incursion? They include manufacturing centers for rockets and bunkers and so on. These are all very important. And why are they important? Because if and when a ground incursion takes place, if you basically weaken Hamas on the ground, it can facilitate a ground incursion. Having said all that, we've heard the prime minister, the defense minister, the entire security establishment saying, we will eradicate Hamas. As good and powerful as the Israeli Air Force may be, the Air Force by itself will not eradicate Hamas. You want to eradicate Hamas, you need your forces to go in, and you need to hunt. Look, it's impossible to hunt to go after every Hamas operative. That's not something that's doable. But it is possible to head over to the bunkers, and it will come with a price, to head with the bunkers where the Hamas leaders are hiding and fighting at least each and every one of them. That will not happen from the air. Those Hamas leaders sitting in the bunker, and you can rest assured, there's plenty of food, water, electricity, wherever they are, they have no problem sacrificing 100,000 or 200,000 or 500,000 Gazans. As far as they're concerned, they don't care. And if anything, they'll be happy with it simply because it will give them points among the international arena, as was mentioned here. If you want to eradicate them, you need your forces to come in, hunt them, find them, kill them, that will not happen from the air. Absolutely, and specifically in their territory. But speaking of which, we seem to be seeing the same thing still on the Israeli side. In Israel's ongoing effort to track down all of those involved in the brutal terrorist attack that left more than 1,400 Israelis murdered, the Shin Bet Israel Security Agency has established a new unit known as Nili. It is an acronym in Hebrew for the Eternity of Israel Will Not Lie. The unit is dedicated to hunting down and eliminating every individual who played a role in the massacre some two weeks ago. This force was specifically set up to target members of a special commander unit within Hamas's military wing called Nukhba, who infiltrated Israel, executed mass killings in various villages and IDF houseposts, and then returned to the Gaza Strip along with some hostages. Now, the funeral for Yarin Pellid, a 20-year-old medic, took place this weekend two weeks after she was gunned down by Hamas terrorists in that area, specifically her cubits of Nakhal Oz. I-24 News' Emily Francis was there for this tearful ceremony dedicated to a young female who will not be forgotten. The war is over. Two weeks after being gunned down by Hamas terrorists, 20-year-old female IDF combat medic, Yarin Pellid, was finally able to be given the Jewish burial she deserves. I-24 News' Yarin Pellid, a blue-eyed, brave beauty, was on IDF medic duty at Kibbutz Berry when the terror attack occurred. She heeded the call to the Nakhal Oz massacre and was shot and killed. She fell in defense of the homeland and its residents. She enlisted into the medical call out of a great love for healing, together with her friends. But her heart and soul were with the Maghen Davida Dome, also known as Mada, Israel's national Red Cross. Where at 15, she began as a youth volunteer paramedic and continued to volunteer on weekends and vacation days away from her military service. As you can see from the sea of white shirts with the red star of David, her legacy lives on. Moments before she left for Nakhal Oz, she penned a note that if she should die, she would like for everyone from Maghen Davida Dome to honor her at her funeral with a signature attire. Mada Yarin, your service in Maghen Davida Dome was for you more than ideology. Simply put, it was the way of life you chose. Yarin's grieving mother called her a superhero who lived 20 years of magic. Go now and shine like the sun. You have wings fly far away. Mom and dad love you most in the world and are proud of you forever and ever. Her sisters called Yarin their light and now their guardian angel. Sister, how do we part? You're the love of my life with the most beautiful eyes and the best laugh in the world. I don't accept the fact that I will never see you again. At the Sevillon Military Cemetery, Emily Francis, I-24 News. Doctor, the human toll and tragedy that this is taking is unprecedented in Israel's history. And we were speaking earlier about alikening it to literally the Holocaust. And without the State of Israel, it very well may have been. How important is it to remind the world that a lot of those that have been killed and a lot of those that have been kidnapped are not IDF soldiers. We're not talking about a territorial conflict or even a military conflict. We're talking about the fact that these are civilians, a 20-year-old who was a medic that in any other area of war is supposed to be protected just like the press is. How can you explain that the baby who was in a car with his parents has been riddled with 150 bullets? This is incredible. How can you explain that babies and women have been decapitated after being raped? This is something that, I mean, you can't even say that these are animals because animals will behave differently. They will kill only to eat. And here, this is a bestiality that is unprecedented, as you say. So we have to explain to the world, we have to expose all the facts. We are shy to show the pictures of the victims. We shouldn't be shy. We should show the world what are those beasts that entered our territory in order just to kill and just to rape and just to take all what was possible. They can hold people, 20 kids are held as hostages in Gaza. Why? Is there a reason? Is there a reason for that? I mean, and I always say, those who hate us will continue to hate us. Nothing we do will convince them to do the opposite. On the other hand, those who are with us should be our ambassadors and spread the word that we were the victims and we are not the butchers. The butchers are on the other side. And speaking of which, some of the concern and the criticism that's coming out now is that the world is going to forget that Israel was attacked and provoked. And now with a unit, for example, like Nili, that is literally specialized to go and hunt down individual terrorist butchers, as you put it. The worry is, is that a unit like this is going to be facing harsh condemnation for retaliation? Israel is facing harsh condemnation for retaliation, as it is. So whether you retaliate or not, whether you do something or not, the international community will stand against you because that's a posture of the international community. I'm speaking not of governments because it should be said, the United States. I will go a bit forward and call it the civilized world. The civilized countries, because some countries are simply not civilized, but the civilized countries, like the United States, like the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and others, the civilized world, at least as when it comes to their governments, it does stand behind Israel and support it. But in the global community, let's call it this way, even in those civilized countries, many are standing up with Hamas against Israel. There's no mention of the fact of what happened on Saturday morning. And I completely agree with Dr. Nariah here. It is practically, I'm not going to say impossible, but almost impossible, to change people's opinions. They have an opinion against Israel, period. And this massacre can happen 10 times. They will still not change their opinion. And they will also claim, I'm pretty sure that pretty soon we'll see the conspiracies that Israel is behind it, and Israel did it, and the Jews did it, because of the occupation, and because of the occupation, and because of 1948, and maybe because of 1882, and I don't know what. Eventually, these things will come up. Israel has to do what it has to do, period. Condemnation will come as it is. Condemnation will come even if we don't do anything, because that's the way things are. As unfortunate as it is, I hate to say it, but this is true. Therefore, if Israel decides that each and every person participating in this has to be killed, then Israel has to go forward and do it. It has to be said, many of those evil, evil terrorists behind it have been killed. We're speaking of more than 1,000 terrorists who have been killed, but many others who participated and who are responsible are still alive, and yes, Israel has to go hunt them and find them and kill them. Absolutely. Apart from the U.S. and the U.K., Netanyahu's also been speaking on the phone with the leaders from the Netherlands, Spain, France. We know that French President Emmanuel Macron is set to be in Israel tomorrow again on a solidarity visit. But as Jonathan mentions, this is already our support system. So is it already a battle lost trying to get some of the Gulf countries, trying to get some of the nations that are far removed, like Asia involved in expressing Israel's right to self-defense? Well, I might be heard or interpreted as somebody who is anti-Muslim, but I'm not, I'm not. But what I'm seeing is that the Muslims in general have identified themselves with the massacre. They have agreed with that. We see in France huge rallies, huge manifestations, huge protests in favor of Hamas. We've seen that in Germany. We've seen that in all places in Europe and in the U.K., in London. The biggest rally ever with the Hamas flags. Malaysia, what do we have to do with Malaysia? What do we have to do with Indonesia? This is the word of Islam is united against Judaism, against us. And we represent the evil from that point of view. And whatever we do and whatever we try to explain, we will never convince them. And speaking of those rallies, thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, as been mentioned, have gathered in major capitals around the world, demanding a ceasefire and relief for the people in Gaza, while also condemning Israel. At the same time, thousands of people have also joined vigils in cities like Berlin, London and elsewhere over the weekend to oppose anti-Semitism, support Israel, and demand the release of hostages held by Hamas and other terror groups in the Gaza Strip. I'm sure they'll do everything in their power to get back the people taken, kidnapped. But at the end of the day, they have to deal with Hamas. They have to, it can never, ever, ever happen again. My family win the Holocaust and my grandmother died in Auschwitz. We said never again. It's kind of never, we can never let it happen again. We're asking for everybody around the world, sorry, Hutz, foreign ministers from the 30 countries where there are hostages to scream, let in the medical care. We've talked to doctors, the doctors have said, if he gets the treatment that he needs, he has a decent chance. If he still hasn't gotten it, it's a dire situation. He needs surgery, he needs... Antibiotics. Intensive antibiotics, and we're screaming to anybody who will listen, let in the medical care and bring all 200 of these people home to their families. I am here as a Muslim, and as a human being, and I stand in solidarity against anti-Semitism in Germany. It is terrible what has happened in the last few weeks and also before that, and I stand together with my friends here against anti-Semitism. And because of his background, so we are from different backgrounds, but we are still friends. And I hope this can be a role model for other people as well. And for both sides. Now, Dr, a lot of these anti-protests, or at least being met with pro-protests, we see that there tends to be a balance. And a lot of the claims that are coming forward, in particular amongst the Jewish communities, is that this is just a fringe area of the pro-Palestinian movement or small protests, but the numbers don't lie. Yesterday, 100,000 pro-Palestinian supporters in London, in the center of Europe, we're not talking about in the country's neighboring Israel, this cannot just be made to try and calm Jews and Israelis down, that it tends to be an extremist point or a small side of it. It appears to be much larger than even the media is making it. Well, we made the mistake here in Israel. Our leaders, some of our leaders made the mistake by thinking that if we don't solve the Palestinian issue in one way or another, and we try to overcome it by doing peace, by reaching peace agreements with marginal Arab countries, I mean, beat in the Gulf or in Morocco, the Sahara, Mauritania, other places, Sudan even, and we say the Palestinian issue is not there. But we were wrong. We were wrong because most of the Muslims and those who are protesting right now identify themselves with the Palestinians. We thought that it was buried and forgotten, but it is not. It is not. We have to reach at the end of the war, when this war will finish, when it's finished, we have to reach an agreement, a final agreement between us and the Palestinians, so we can coexist together. It is out of question that we rule 2.5 million Palestinians more than what we have in the West Bank. We don't need that. We need to remain a Jewish state, democratic state. This is what we have to do, and this is what we have to have in mind. So if we do that, I remember when I was with Rabin, Rabin would say, we don't need to explain our positions. The world will judge us, but what we do. And exactly so, what we will do will define exactly how the world will behave with us. And Jonathan, listening on the topic of lending, we mentioned earlier that at least the senior Hamas operatives in the Gaza Strip still have fuel and electricity and water and medical supplies and food, and they seem to be quite okay. The Sunday Times put out a report saying that a Hamas fugitive is living the high life in a UK funded London home. How is the West, just for lack of a better word, completely blind to the fact that they are aiding and abiding terrorists? Because that's the way they are. That means this World War II, the West has been living in and sort of trying to live in a peaceful way, trying to make everything okay. And it's not okay. Look at the populations that live there. Look at the, I'm not against migration, but look at the people who have migrated to Europe. What are they turning Europe into? If they don't understand that the people that come from this area with the ideology coming from this area, taking it to Europe, then they have a problem. And one day they will have to deal with it. And Israel is dealing with this now. And maybe finally Israel has woken up to understand what exactly is the beast living right across the corner. It seems as if the Europeans, the Western Europeans, especially, seem to be blind to it. Look at what is happening, for example, in many parts of Belgium, Sweden. There are parts where Europeans, the local population are afraid to go into. These are ex-territories. One day they'll wake up. It might be a bit too late. And when you look at the leaders of Hamas, where are they today? They're having Shawarma in Istanbul. They're eating baklava in Doha and in Lebanon. They're not in the field. The only one who's there is Muhammad Dev. All the other are absent. This is absent. And there are people, I mean, there are reporters who are taking videos of areas in Gaza where you still can see showrooms. You can see people enjoying life. So let us concentrate on that also and show what's going on really there. Retired colonel Dr. Shakneria, senior defense correspondent, Jonathan Reygiv. Thank you both. 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. This is a very active scene, and we need to get in the car as we're talking. More than 100 soldiers and civilians have been kidnapped. Help us. We don't know what 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 coverage on I-24 News. I'm Bachi Levintholm. Thanks for joining me. It's day 17 of war here in Israel. The IDF launched overnight strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, killing senior members of the terror group as well. The continuing air campaign against Hamas also comes amid an attack on Israeli troops on Sunday operating in the enclave, which saw one soldier killed and three others hurt. The operation is part of the military's searches for bodies of missing Israelis and to clear the area for Israel's upcoming ground offensive. Meanwhile, the exchange of fire on its northern border with Lebanon continues to heat up. The Israel Defense Forces says it again targeted a south Hezbollah terrorist in southern Lebanon attacked its military infrastructure and destroyed an anti-tank missile launcher. Israeli media estimates that the number of Hezbollah operatives killed thus far is over 30, including field commanders. All that's crossing our lives to our correspondent, Mary Macauliffe, who was standing by for us in northern Israel. Mary, we spoke to you a little bit earlier and the situation was quiet. Has it remained the same or has something changed? It has, Bachi. We haven't had any further incidents this morning. Of course, we've had the IDF statements that you mentioned earlier this morning, saying that overnight they had struck a number of different Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure inside southern Lebanon, most notably this terror cell that they say was trying to fire an anti-tank missile into the community of Shlomi that's on the Israel-Northern border that is a community that has been evacuated. They said in response they targeted the cell. We do not have numbers on casualties yet, but we do know from Lebanese reports inside the Lebanese territory that there have been some bodies who were pulled from a site that was struck late last night were unclear at this point that was the same terror cell that the IDF was striking, but the IDF also continues to strike a number of different posts that Hezbollah has along the border area, other infrastructure that they have along the border that Israel says Hezbollah is using to launch attacks into Israeli territory. Amiri, apart from declaring the right to self-defense, particularly in Israel's south and the entry of humanitarian aid, the United States consistently puts out warnings against Hezbollah. Don't get involved in this war. Absolutely, right? We also heard this message again from the US Secretary, St. Anthony Blinken, who spoke last night, again, that they are fearing the United States is fearing that there could be de-escalation in the Middle East, and if that happens, the only ones who are to blame are the Iranian-backed proxies in the region. This would, of course, include Hezbollah on Israel's northern border, also groups who are operating out of Syria. And so we've also seen Israel striking the Syrian airports, Aleppo, Damascus, which were presumably being used to bring weapons into the area. It's the second time we've seen Israel strike such kind of infrastructure inside Syria. And again, the attacks on Lebanon are continuing. The United States, though, continues to say it does not want any escalation along the border, that it's watching the situation very closely to see how involved Iran is going to get in this conflict. That is the major piece that we're watching right now, as Israel gets ready to launch its ground invasion into the south. Amari, just finally, give us a little bit of an update with regards to the evacuations at the communities there. Just a few days ago, we were reporting that around 30 communities were being evacuated toward the center of the country, but that hasn't gone up. That's right. So yesterday, they added another 12 communities, 14 communities to those who had been evacuated, bringing the total number to 42 communities. There are some estimates that we saw yesterday from Israeli sources saying that they believe there are around 5,000 residents who are remaining in the northern border area. We talked to one couple who was staying in an area in Sassah. This is a community along the Israel northern border, just a couple miles from the border, really, that they decided to stay. And they said the only people really who are staying in their kaboots there was a community of some 400 people. They're about 30 now. And most of them are people who are staying to guard the kaboots. So the private force within the kaboots who are just staying there to try and guard it and protect it for whatever happens. But most residents have tried to go south. They, I say, try because a lot of them have not found room in some of the accommodations that the Israeli government has set up for them. So that's an ongoing challenge as Israel continues to urge all residents to go to safety. Many of them are asking, where exactly are they supposed to go? Right. And as we've been hearing a lot of the hotels near the northern and the southern border completely fully booked, correspondent Mary McAuliffe in the north is giving us an update. I want to now cross to our correspondent, Pierre Kloschender, who's standing by for us near the southern border. Pierre, it's still been quiet or 12 hours of a lull. What's the latest happening on the ground at the moment? Right. We're now in a 12th hour of lull from rocket fire. But that doesn't mean that the Israeli Air Force, the infantry and the armored forces are not active in the area. The IDF spokesperson unit has just published a communique in which they say that in the past 24 hours, over 320 targets were hit by the Israeli Air Force, command center, tunnel shafts, ammunition depots, et cetera, et cetera. And in parallel, a force of the Givati Infantry Brigade accompanied escorted by an armored unit went into the Gazan territory in order to neutralize anti-tank ground missile squads that are active in the area. Yesterday, a soldier was killed when an anti-tank ground missile hit an Israeli army position, wounding three other soldiers. So the response of the Israeli army is trying to clear the area west of the security fence between Israel and Gaza on Gazan territory to clean it from IEDs in advance of a potential ground assault and also to neutralize anti-tank squads from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad. Correspondent Pierre Clashendlaye, giving us an update from the Southern border. Thank you for that. We'll check in a little bit later. On the diplomatic front, the leaders of the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom have issued a joint statement stressing their support for Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas. But they also call on Jerusalem to protect civilian lives. This is now the second joint statement in support of Israel that US President Joe Biden has led with Western leaders since the October 7th onslaught. Meanwhile, and following a call between Biden and the Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House said that Israel agreed to allow the quote, continuous flow of international aid into Gaza from Egypt. More aid tracks have since entered the Gaza Strip with essential supplies, such as water, food, as well as medicine. I'll join you me here in studio is retired colonel Dr. Jacques Neria, the former deputy head of assessment for Israeli military intelligence and a former foreign policy advisor and prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. And our senior defense correspondent, Jonathan Regev, gentlemen. Thank you again for being with me here in studio. The Biden administration is being very clear. They're sending strong warnings to both Hezbollah, but also to Israel to avoid civilian casualties. But America itself has been involved in the war on terror in particular in Afghanistan. Surely they know that both armies are trying all that they can to make sure civilian casualties are kept to a low. But in war, it's messy. Well, you know, this is what this is the price Israel has to pay in order to receive $14 billion from the the from the U.S. and to get the American total support in this war. What's happening right now is I would say all the all the parties involved in the conflict are deploying their forces beefing up. I mean, we see the Americans advancing bombers to Sicily and on the one hand and sending more reinforcement on the on the on the sea. And what is more important is what's happening on the on the Hezbollah side. On the Hezbollah side, we had two Iraqi militias. Pro Iranians have been deployed in south Lebanon. Two others have been deployed in the Golan. And of course, I mean, the the Iranians have put all the missile the missile apparatus in in in deep alert. And one of the one of these these expressions were the the launching of of cruise missiles and drones from Yemen, which can reach Israel number 2000 kilometers. These are this is the range of those of those missiles and drones. And this is why I mean, in the meantime, the the Americans say very clear to the Israeli, let us give us some time first to try to see to to see if we can negotiate the liberation of us to do. But more important for us is just to realign our forces and to be prepared for the worst. And this is what's happening right now. From the Israeli point of view, we have finished our preparations and we are ready. And the thing is that we know that the trigger of the ground of a total war with Hezbollah could be the could be the intrusion the the ground intrusion in Gaza. And this is why the Americans are asking Israel to delay the to delay the the incursion. And of course, I mean, Israel has only to comply. And Jonathan, as correspondent Pierre Kloschenler pointed out, the idea of releasing a statement saying that over 320 Khamas and Islamic Jihad terror targets in the Gaza Strip were targeted in the last 24 hours. Can you break down a little bit for the viewers? What exactly this includes and why it's essential that these airstrikes continue prior to a ground incursion? They include manufacturing centers for rockets and bunkers and so on. These are all very important. And why are they important? Because they will if and when a ground incursion takes place, if you basically weaken Khamas on the ground, it can facilitate a ground incursion. Having said all that, we've heard the prime minister, the defense minister, the entire security establishment saying, we will eradicate Khamas as good and powerful as the Israeli Air Force may be. The Air Force by itself will not eradicate Khamas. You want to eradicate Khamas, you need your forces to go in and you need to hunt. Look, it's impossible to hunt to go after every Khamas operative. That's not something that's doable. But it is possible to head over to the bunkers and it will come with a price to head with the bunkers where the Khamas leaders are hiding and fighting at least each and every one of them. That will not happen from the air. Those Khamas leaders sitting in the bunker and you can rest assured there's plenty of food, water, electricity, wherever they are. They have no problem sacrificing 100,000 or 200,000 or 500,000 Gazans as far as they're concerned. They don't care. And if anything, they'll be happy with it simply because it will give them points among the international arena as was mentioned here. If you want to eradicate them, you need your forces to come in, hunt them, find them, kill them, that will not happen from the air. Absolutely, and specifically in their territory. But speaking of which, we seem to be seeing the same thing still on the Israeli side. In Israel's ongoing effort to track down all of those involved in the brutal terrorist attack that left more than 1,400 Israelis murdered, the Shin Bet Israel Security Agency has established a new unit known as Nili. It is an acronym in Hebrew for the Eternity of Israel Will Not Lie. The unit is dedicated to hunting down and eliminating every individual who played a role in the massacre some two weeks ago. This force was specifically set up to target members of a special commando unit within Hamas's military wing called Nukhba, who infiltrated Israel, executed mass killings in various villages and IDF houseposts, and then returned to the Gaza Strip along with some hostages. Now, the funeral for Yaryn Pellid, a 20-year-old medic, took place this weekend two weeks after she was gunned down by Hamas terrorists in that area, specifically her kibbutz of Nakhal Oz. I-24 News' Emily Francis was there for this tearful ceremony dedicated to a young female who will not be forgotten. -♪ We talk, we talk, we talk, we talk, we talk... Two weeks after being gunned down by Hamas terrorists, 20-year-old female IDF combat medic, Yaryn Pellid, was finally able to be given the Jewish burial she deserves. -♪ Hey, shmei Rabam, ye barah, lalab hu yad me yol mayam. -♪ Pellid, a blue-eyed, brave beauty, was on IDF medic duty at Kibbutz Berry when the terror attack occurred. She heeded the call to the Nakhal Oz massacre and was shot and killed. -♪ She nafla alagannat amoledet vtoshaveah. She fell in defense of the homeland and its residents. She enlisted into the medical call out of a great love for healing, together with her friends. But her heart and soul were with the Maghendavir Adom, also known as Mada, Israel's national Red Cross, where at 15 she began as a youth volunteer paramedic and continued to volunteer on weekends and vacation days away from her military service. As you can see from the sea of white shirts with the red star of David, her legacy lives on. Moments before she left for Nakhal-O's, she penned a note that if she should die, she would like for everyone from Maghendavir Adom to honor her at her funeral with a signature attire. Mada Yarin, your service in Maghendavir Adom was for you more than ideology. Simply put, it was the way of life you chose. Yarin's grieving mother called her a superhero who lived 20 years of magic. Go now and shine like the sun. You have wings fly far away. Mom and Dad love you most in the world and are proud of you forever and ever. Her sisters called Yarin their light and now their guardian angel. Sister, how do we part through the love of my life with the most beautiful eyes and the best laugh in the world? I don't accept the fact that I will never see you again. At the Sevillone Military Cemetery, Emily Francis, I-24 News. Dr. The human toll and tragedy that this is taking is unprecedented in Israel's history. And we were speaking earlier about alikening it to literally the Holocaust. And without the State of Israel, it very well may have been. How important is it to remind the world that a lot of those that have been killed and a lot of those that have been kidnapped are not IDF soldiers. We're not talking about a territorial conflict or even a military conflict. We're talking about the fact that these are civilians, a 20-year-old who was a medic that in any other area of war is supposed to be protected just like the press is. How can you explain that the baby who was in a car with his parents has been riddled with 150 bullets? This is incredible. How can you explain that babies and women have been decapitated after being raped? This is something that, I mean, you can't even say that these are animals because animals will behave differently, they will kill only to eat. And here, this is a bestiality that is unprecedented, as you say. So we have to explain to the world, we have to expose all the facts. We are shy to show the pictures of the victims. We shouldn't be shy. We should show the world what are those beasts that entered our territory in order just to kill and just to rape and just to just take all whatever, what was possible. They can, old people, 20, the 20 kids are the health as hostages in Gaza. Why? Is there a reason? Is there a reason for that? I mean, and I always say those who hate us will continue to hate us. Nothing we do will convince them to do the opposite. On the other hand, those who are with us should be our ambassadors and spread the word that we were the victims and we are not the butchers. The butchers are on the other side. And speaking of which, some of the concern and the criticism that's coming out now is that the world is going to forget that Israel was attacked and provoked. And now with a unit, for example, like Nili, that is literally specialized to go and hunt down individual terrorist butchers, as you put it. The worry is, is that a unit like this is going to be facing harsh condemnation for retaliation? Israel is facing harsh condemnation for retaliation as it is. So whether you retaliate or not, whether you do something or not, the international community will stand against you because that's a posture of the international community. I'm speaking not of governments because it should be said, the United States, I will go a bit forward and call it the civilized world, the civilized countries. Because some countries are simply not civilized, but the civilized countries, like the United States, like the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and others, the civilized world at least as when it comes to their governments, it does stand behind Israel and support it. But in international, in the global community, let's call it this way, even in those civilized countries, many are standing up with Hamas against Israel. There's no mention of the fact of what happened on Saturday morning. And I completely agree with Dr. Nariah here. It is practically, I'm not going to say impossible, but almost impossible, to change people's opinions. They have an opinion against Israel period. And this massacre can happen 10 times. They will still not change their opinion. And they will also claim, I'm pretty sure that pretty soon we'll see the conspiracies that Israel is behind it. And Israel did it. And the Jews did it because of the occupation and because of 1948 and maybe because of 1882 and I don't know what, eventually these things will come up. Israel has to do what it has to do period. Condemnation will come as it is. Condemnation will come even if we don't do anything because that's the way things are. As unfortunate as it is, I hate to say it, but this is true. Therefore, if Israel decides that each and every person participating in this has to be killed, then Israel has to go forward and do it. It has to be said, many of those evil, evil terrorists behind it have been killed. We're speaking of more than 1,000 terrorists who have been killed, but many others who participated and who are responsible are still alive. And yes, Israel has to go hunt them and find them and kill them. Absolutely. Apart from the US and the UK, Netanyahu has also been speaking on the phone with the leaders from the Netherlands, Spain, France. We know that French President Emmanuel Macron is set to be in Israel tomorrow again on a solidarity visit. But as Jonathan mentioned, this is already our support system. So is it already a battle lost trying to get some of the Gulf countries, trying to get some of the nations that are far removed, like Asia, involved in expressing Israel's right to self-defense? Well, I might be heard or interpreted as somebody who is anti-Muslim, but I'm not. I'm not. But what I'm seeing is that the Muslims in general have identified themselves with the massacre. They have agreed with that. We see in France huge rallies, huge manifestations, huge protests in favor of Hamas. We've seen that in Germany. We've seen that in all places in Europe and in the UK, in London. The biggest rally ever with the Hamas flags. Malaysia. What do we have to do with Malaysia? What do we have to do with Indonesia? This is the word of Islam is united against Judaism, against us. And we represent the evil from their point of view. And whatever we do and whatever we try to explain, we will never convince them. And speaking of those rallies, thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, as been mentioned, have gathered in major capitals around the world, demanding a ceasefire and relief for the people in Gaza, while also condemning Israel. At the same time, thousands of people have also joined vigils in cities like Berlin, London and elsewhere over the weekend to oppose anti-Semitism, support Israel, and demand the release of hostages held by Hamas and other terror groups in the Gaza Strip. I'm sure they'll do everything in their power to get back the people taken, kidnapped. But at the end of the day, they have to deal with Hamas. They have to, it can never, ever, ever happen again. My family win the Holocaust and my grandmother died in Auschwitz. We said never again. It's kind of never, we can never let it happen again. We're asking for everybody around the world, sorry, Hoots, foreign ministers from the 30 countries where there are hostages to scream, let in the medical care. We've talked to doctors. The doctors have said if he gets the treatment that he needs, he has a decent chance. If he still hasn't gotten it, it's a dire situation. He needs surgery. He needs antibiotics and we're screaming to anybody who will listen, let in the medical care and bring all 200 of these people home to their families. I am here as a Muslim and as a human being and I stand in solidarity against anti-Semitism in Germany. It is terrible what has happened in the last few weeks and also before that. And I stand together with my friends here against anti-Semitism. And because of his background, so we are from different backgrounds, but we are still friends. And I hope this can be a role model for other people as well. And for both sides. Now, Dr, a lot of these anti-protests are at least being met with pro-protests. We see that there tends to be a balance and a lot of the claims that are coming forward, in particular amongst the Jewish communities, is that this is just a fringe area of the pro-Palestinian movement or small protests. But the numbers don't lie. Yesterday, 100,000 pro-Palestinian supporters in London, in the center of Europe, we're not talking about in the country's neighboring Israel. This cannot just be made to try and calm Jews and Israelis down, that it tends to be an extremist point or a small side of it. It appears to be much larger than even the media is making it. Well, we made the mistake here in Israel. Our leaders, some of our leaders made the mistake by thinking that if we don't solve the Palestinian issue in one way or another, and we try to overcome it by doing peace, by reaching peace agreements with marginal Arab countries, I mean, beat in the Gulf or in Morocco, the Sahara, Mauritania, other places, Sudan even. And we say the Palestinian issue is not there. But we were wrong. We were wrong because most of the Muslims and those who are protesting right now identify themselves with the Palestinians. We thought that it was buried and forgotten. But it is not. It is not. We have to reach at the end of the war. When this war will finish, when it's finished, we have to reach an agreement, a final agreement between us and the Palestinians, so we can coexist together. It is out of question that we rule 2.5 million Palestinians more than what we have in the West Bank. We don't need that. We need to remain a Jewish state, a democratic state. This is what we have to do, and this is what we have to have in mind. So if we do that, I remember when I was with Rabin, Rabin would say, we don't need to explain our positions. The world will judge us, but what we do. And exactly so, what we will do will define exactly how the world will behave with us. And Jonathan, still staying on the topic of London, you mentioned earlier that at least the senior Hamas operatives in the Gaza Strip still have fuel and electricity and water and medical supplies and food, and they seem to be quite okay. The Sunday Times put out a report saying that a Hamas fugitive is living the high life in a UK-funded London home. How is the West, just for lack of a better word, completely blind to the fact that they are eating and abetting terrorists? Because that's the way they are. I mean, it's this World War II that the West has been living in and sort of trying to live in a peaceful way, trying to make everything okay. And it's not okay. Look at the populations that live there.