 Israel is expecting a new barrage of rockets because of the assassination of the commander of the Palestinian Islamic Islamic Shahad's rocket break aid Hamda Salud the I-24 news correspondent showing us now from Starot Israel. Hamda, what's going on with you right now there? Good afternoon. We just heard the largest explosion We've heard thus far in the distance that indicating an Israeli airstrike in the southern part of the strip The towns like Rafa now earlier in the day. There was some rocket fire about 15 minutes ago Red Alerts issued two for Natif Hassara and one for Yad Mordechai Meaning that the response from Palestinian Islamic jihad has apparently begun We do know that PIJ has been releasing a lot of propaganda type videos vowing their response showing exclusive footage to Al-Jazeera Arabic showing them in the underground rocket launching facilities Threatening with long-range missiles that could reach places like Tel Aviv and Jerusalem We are still waiting to see the larger response from them for the killing of Ali al-Ghali The commander of the rocket launching units for Salahiyat al-Quds That's Palestinian Islamic Shahad's military wing the al-Quds brigades still unclear at this time what's going to happen But everyone now bracing for that response the Israeli security apparatus on high alert bracing themselves On all fronts. We do also know that a lot of these areas do have these bomb shelters So when people are alerted by those sirens or calls on loudspeakers, they will go there They've got about anywhere from five to 15 seconds depending on where they are in these southern envelope towns Now as for the ceasefire talks a lot of denial from both sides from both Palestinian Islamic jihad and the Israeli side Conditions that neither side will succumb to meaning Palestinian Islamic jihad wants the release of the prisoner who died on hunger strike That's how that I've met who died last week We did see a barrage of rockets come in after his death and they also want to see the stopping of targeted assassinations of Palestinian Islamic jihad leaders which Israel said perhaps they would agree to for the ceasefire But it is an option they will keep open in the future and will not completely take off the table at this time So the state of Israel bracing itself for Palestinian Islamic jihad rockets yet again now come to the PIJ Sent out videos all during the day trying to let people know that hey, they were they were going to do this They were going there was going to be some sort of response talk a little bit about that Look, what was the what was their message to the folks? Well after Ali Ali was killed in that airstrikes to other PIJ operatives were killed with him and So that's what's releasing his statements saying that their death will not go unnoticed or Unanswered meaning that the response will be somewhat quick and it will be heavy Yesterday PIJ said that this response that we've been seeing the barrages of rockets from yesterday that have that Stopped overnight was a preliminary response and only a response for the airstrikes during the day But not for the assassination of the three leaders the night prior as well as the killing of ten Civilians currently the death toll inside Gaza according to the Ministry of Health is 25 Palestinians dead and upwards of 80 injuries a lot of those in critical condition So still awaiting game here as the country braces for more rocket fire But to the Iron Dome missile defense system the David sling all of the aerial defense systems will be active will be Ready and alert for the incoming rocket fire from Gaza whenever that may be great. I'm the salute Thank you so much for joining. She's joining us live from Steyrout in Israel We continue our live team coverage with Pia Stechelback. She's I-24 news corresponding. She's joining us from Tel Aviv Pia Well Albert PIJ has released propaganda footage all throughout the day and only a couple of minutes ago They released another warning specifically to the residents of Tel Aviv saying that Tel Aviv the residents here should brace for another attack for another Possibly range of rockets now as of now Albert Tel Aviv This is a regular Thursday afternoon You see people behind me at the beach people are out and about although the municipality has been testing the loudspeakers Also all throughout yesterday to make sure that in case of an alert everyone has the chance to be warned We saw two alerts yesterday two rocket alerts, which means that people who are here at the beach They have the they have about one and a half minutes here in Tel Aviv to get to shelters now here people who decide to stay at The beach they have to run to the closest hotels. We're just now seeing a military helicopter in the sky making its way to the south This is not the only one we've been seeing another two throughout the last couple of minutes So this is a very very volatile situation But one that doesn't seem to bother the televisions here at the beach too much now yesterday We have had two alerts here and usually this is seen as a new level of escalation by the Israeli security establishment When there are rockets fight at Tel Aviv and at the center area We've seen that already yesterday when the rocket fire from Gaza began They were very quick to fire rockets already to the central area of Gujta Not only Tel Aviv was affected also the areas Hulon But yeah, I'm rich on let's see or not far away from me and now we're seeing this other warning Coming from the Palestinian Islamic jihad issue to specifically the residents here So this is a very volatile situation here in Tel Aviv You feel a bit disconnected from what is going on further south But now this Warning is also taken of course very seriously by the Israeli security establishment also the footage of long-range rockets That was published through Al Jazeera by Palestinian Islamic jihad that we're talking about rockets that could range even further North from a Tel Aviv further northern areas in the country So there is a right now very tense coming in Tel Aviv, but that might change throughout the day Albert great pay a shahabak Thank you very much for joining us. We continue our live team coverage in just a moment with both guy Israel and with own Ultraman here in studio. We just won't let people know We have gotten some word in just now that Nakhal Oz has been now a target for these missile rockets guy Why don't you give us an update? What's going on Albert? Just to explain to our viewers. There's a real sense of deja vu as to two days ago when we were expecting that big Strike by Islamic jihad the revenge after those three that were killed Two days ago and last night the fourth senior Islamic jihad operative All of this amid these talks obviously is fire and that is a very complicated situation to manage For the Israeli defense establishment. This strategy here is keeping the pressure on Israel wants Islamic jihad to go back to the situation where it was 24 hours ago when Islamic jihad was the one that was begging for a ceasefire From the Egyptians at the moment Islamic jihad has does have that pressure at least in terms of the rhetoric to avenge the killing of that member and to Start another barrage of rockets. We do see these These rockets in the past half hour on the Gaza border communities But of course the fear of the suspense now is ahead of a possible strike On Tel Aviv on Israel's center and more populated Areas and that is the fear so for now the Israeli defense establishment is maintaining that pressure Continuing with their Very targeted strikes, but very moderate one is at the same time to show Islamic jihad We are not letting go if if you want to continue this escalation No problem. We we have enough munition and we have enough targets and all of you have seen that Over the past three days that is possible and Israel wants to keep that pressure to bring back Islamic jihad into a position Where it is asking for the ceasefire now when you we talked you and I had talked yesterday about the fact that the Targets were specific that they were going for specific heads of the PIJ that continued that continued this morning What's the aim there? Well, obviously you want to take away the assets of the enemy? That's warfare right and obviously if you can target and kill senior commanders in Palestine in Islamic jihad From Israel's perspective so much the better. It's allowed under the law Of course, there's the issue of civilian casualties, which may or may not be allowed under the law, right? Including in that initial strike That's something else but in terms of targeting the people themselves absolutely fair game targeting the assets of the enemy as long as you are Fighting and there is the policy decision to fight then fight the military will and we just heard from PO for the skies of Tel Aviv Right military helicopter. She reported heading south so obviously Israel continuing this as for the ceasefire talks as I see it I think you can argue it both ways about which side at this point is Wanting a ceasefire and which side feels it has more tricks up its sleeve I think guys absolutely right Islamic jihad now has this incentive to show that they can avenge The attacks on their commanders and to they can deliver that picture of victory as we have come to call it in Hebrew And from the Israeli side there is that psychological element of needing to deliver that sense of confidence to the Israeli public But also the more rational side are there still targets for which the benefits outweigh the potential? Discover I-24 news radio now you can listen to I-24 news anywhere anytime Israeli leaders may be learning from those mistakes Maybe wanting to be cautious or Albert Maybe there are other tricks up the Israeli military sleeve as we saw last night with that strike on that Islamic jihad commander Maybe there are others that can be hit well Let me go back to you one second guy because the idea of striking these Top level of PIJ at the same time when people were saying hey, let's try to let's see if we can get to a ceasefire We're not there yet, but let's see if we can at least start but then still striking nonetheless Is that look the situation was such that the Israel initiated these targeted killings of These three senior members at the beginning of the operation in light of the ongoing rocket fire over the past weeks and months and Particularly after a hundred rockets were fired at the road on Tuesday last week now as for the strike yesterday It came as Israel saw on the Islamic jihad is not planning to go for a ceasefire Continue the rocket fire towards Tel Aviv and Israel sent a very clear message We see you and we know where you are if you continue to To act violently if you continue to fire rockets towards civilian Population civilian centers into the heart of Tel Aviv This is not something that we're going to just sit idly by and say okay Let's let's wait until you're ready for a ceasefire This is not the way it is going to work. We're also hearing a little bit more about who is involved in the negotiations for the ceasefire specifically in Egypt and the bottom line we're hearing from Israeli officials the ceasefire could take a couple of hours or it can Take several days and it all depends on the developments now my control. Am I looking at live pictures there for one second? Okay, one cool question. I was going to ask you again guy about yesterday yesterday the IDF had had a Strike, but then they stopped a moment beforehand and they saw a little boy. Tell us a little about this situation, right? Not an unusual situation, but one that is important to To talk about and to show the world and and and the the emphasis here is the fact that the last thing that Israel wants is Civilian casualties. This is not Israel's goal in this operation if Israel wanted Gaza would have been wiped out within a matter of weeks That is the last thing that Israel wants and not just because of the world or public opinion Israel wants To live in peace with the people of Gaza. That is a very difficult situation With these terror groups that control the Gaza Strip Israel waited Several days the operation plan was already ready on Friday until it targeted those three operatives Two days ago. The goal was to harm as little as possible the civilian population there unfortunately 10 civilians were killed in that strike, but Had Israel not waited the the The consequences could have been much more severe and this example last night is just showing how Israel is Trying its best to avoid civilian casualty while targeting these terror operatives and These guys that go out to send rockets. They're monitoring together With the sheen bet and with surveillance with drones Looking for those squads that are ready to launch missiles the rockets into Israel This is when the strike also targeting manufacturing sites and other Sites related to the Islamic now we're looking at live We're looking at pictures are images that came in just moments ago to the I-24 newsroom This is from Rafa. This is a strike that occurred that apparently there were two people killed here is what we're told in the newsroom I'm being told by by the news desk This is it continues the IDF continues to target spaces And and areas that are the rocket launching sites. Yeah. Yeah, this is what it is rocket launching sites in Rafa at the same time as we're hearing of more Rocket alert sirens in Kerem Shalom very nearby just a few miles away. You can imagine that those Squads who fire those mortars or rockets into Kerem Shalom into the border communities are the ones that are being targeted by the IDF so the response is very swift in this case. Let me ask you a question. Oh and about it Egypt Reportedly getting involved in this. What's in it for them? Oh a lot a lot Egypt more than anybody has the most to lose potentially by escalation in the Israel Gaza border and the most to gain by calm And also it's just an ideal mediator because it has potential leverage and strong connections on both sides The last thing the Egyptians want to see Albert is fighting between Israel and groups and Gaza it affects them directly They have a border with Gaza They're common ties between the population on the Gaza side of the border the population on the Egyptian on the Sinai side of The border this Egyptian government in particular is very very good relations with the Israeli government's particular and security matters They also have contacts their intelligence with the factions in the Gaza Strip the Egyptians potentially are at the front of any Mediation efforts between Israel and the factions of the Gaza Strip all the more so with this particular Egyptian government with its strong Relationships in Israel so we're certainly seeing that again again not for the first time and not at all surprising And I think at the end of the day the Egyptian mediation efforts are really valued by both sides again Not that they always get to yes that they always get to yes quickly Obviously there are deliberations and their arguments and their interests and there's leverage and there's so forth But at the end of the day it does the road to an agreement does usually run through Cairo You know in fact the Egyptian foreign minister spoke earlier about the idea of a ceasefire. Let's take a listen to that So and my thought a fade and is there the Egyptian efforts in this context are directed at having talks with both Conflict parties and we aim at strengthening the political process again and these efforts have not borne fruit as so far and we've not seen the desired results But still we are going to continue our efforts So when I on for those who are unfamiliar at what level do these negotiations happen? Do you know they are they at the farm minister level? Are they even higher up to prime minister level? Obviously the prime minister foreign minister are going to be in the loop But this isn't I mean Israel doesn't want to be seen as being in close contact right with terrorist organizations That's of course why this is done indirectly. I suspect it's done more through intelligence services the National Security Council Obviously keeping the leaders in the loop It's they who must sign off on this ultimately but don't forget that in past rounds of fighting and this has been bitterly criticized in Israel The Israeli government never actually came out and announced that there was a ceasefire Right the Israeli public learned about it through reports in Arab media That's been heavily criticized in Israel in the sense that there was a lack of transparency And at least the statement should be issued by the government or by the military saying a ceasefire is going to happen But the I think the I think the prime minister was actually very clear There is no ceasefire as as of yet and until there's a ceasefire we will continue with our efforts Right, but how are we going to find out about that ceasefire when it happens? It begs the question and we've seen it it played different ways over the course of brown Israel has said very clearly I think for several days now our goals in this operation have been achieved If the Islamic jihad wants to cease the fire Israel is willing to go ahead with it That was something that was said by the prime minister and by defense minister Galant The fact that the situation on the ground did not materialize to get to that that is just the way it is I think what is very important to speak about The fear ahead of this operation as it started Was the uniting of the arenas the fear that An armed conflict with the Islamic jihad is going to linger into other arenas is going to draw Hamas Is going to draw the west bank the Palestinians in the west bank in east Jerusalem in syria Factions are iranian proxies in syria and lebanon. None of that has happened It is quite extraordinary to see that up to this hour as the ceasefire talks continue It is just the Islamic jihad left alone in this campaign against israel With moral support perhaps from the Hamas, but has not joined the fighting and that is quite extraordinary And some positive news for israel as this operation continues No last night when we were here last night that the prime minister and and the defense minister prime minister Netanyahu and defense minister gone Were very strong about they about your point earlier about That they were still going to strike no matter what and that they that there may be some You know, maybe some people are talking about a ceasefire But no we continue to hit the strike the places that we want to we need to make this operation successful what's What's the political message that netanyahu is trying to show the israeli people well top of things first of all It first of all put to the side conspiracy theories about why israel went into this I don't think it had to do with politics, right? I think it had to do with strategy But be that as it may certainly serves netanyahu's political interest to be able to turn the page from the judicial overhaul now I don't think he needed this operation to do that There are other ways of turning that page and of changing the subject But certainly netanyahu would much rather go on television to be talking about this than to be talking about that So obviously there's the message to send to the israeli public I am moving on from the judicial overhaul. I'm moving on from that divisive issue There are other goals that we want to achieve as a government and securing israel's Security is obviously one of them beyond that to give people a sense of confidence that israel is taking the initiative That was important again in israel initiating this obviously responding to rocket fire But also in israel's part escalating right through that attack and that has started the operation and doing so very consciously And explicitly saying that israel was taking the initiative and controlling the timing So give people a sense that things are under control And that they continue to be under control and that israel is managing this and not being dragged along And that's obviously a message that the prime minister and defense minister are trying to send So I think there are those two elements and again both are on display great. Oh and stand by one second I just want to let people know that they uh the sirens have gone off in the southern part of it of israel Nakhaloz kerm shalom pere hosh under is right now the i-24 news correspondent joining us from sterot israel where the sirens have gone off in the southern part of the state pere go ahead, please Well, yeah, there was a rocket fire about uh, I would say half an hour ago in nakhaloz in that direction We clearly here heard a boom. There were other rockets north of sterot. We're just in the middle of a Small storm. That's not the real storm that everybody is waiting for And there's been also in the southern tip of the israeli territory facing the gaza strip in cayenne shalom Another rocket attack, but in sterot since yesterday at nine p.m. There hasn't been any rocket fire what we hear from here are booms for From other locations from other interceptions in different locations, which are nearby sterot, but not here now everybody is obviously Awaiting for islamic jihad retaliation for the The death the the elimination of the head of the rocket forces now there is a rocket Alert, there is a rocket alert. We are hearing red Here it is You see the rocket alert You've seen the interception a white cloud with a white smoke There's been a loudspeaker shouting tseva adam, which means red alert red alert And that's about it. It's a single interception right now but obviously there is some Nervousness in the air because everybody knows from al jazeera That islamic jihad intends to retaliate for the elimination of the head of the rocket forces of their movement and There's been video published in social networks from islamic jihad showing Long-range missiles that could hit north of tel aviv The the israeli territory, which is much northern from tel aviv and thus there is a lot of There is a lot of weight here in sterota. I would say Right pier. Make sure you're safe there if you have to go into the shelter by all means go ahead and do that Let me come back quick second with gai azrael for one second The israeli defense ministry was very sure to point out that 96 of the rockets yesterday Were were intercepted am i correct on that number like there was a high percentage that were intercepted from yesterday till today Certainly a high percentage. I'm hearing Some sounds on my microphone that I shouldn't hear Yes, a high percentage of Of interceptions and that is I think the strong point To summarize this operation, although it's not over the fact that both due to the success rate of the iron dome And the david sling that we saw in tel aviv by the way as well for the first time And the fact that israeli civilians are obedient to the instructions of the homefront command Because of these two conditions. We have not seen Any success in the efforts of islamic jihad to shed blood here And this is highly important for israel as this iron dome is not 100 accurate Of course for people to listen to the instructions and as we saw there with pier The time that it takes for a rocket From the moment the siren is on to to strike a certain area on the border is just 15 seconds one five You can not imagine the The feeling when you need to run to shelter with such little time the situation is different here in tel aviv We have about 90 seconds from the moment a siren goes off here. That's a lot of time. There's no Reason to run to the shelter. There's plenty of time if you have a shelter nearby to find it At least always know where's the nearest shelter, especially on these days In case that alarm does go off and there is of course that fear that that's that that might happen in the coming hours Great. So let me bring people up to speed as to what's happening here in israel There has been another day full of rocket barrage. This is all started from a strike by the idf for the top commander of the al-Quds brigade There have been 500 rockets that have been launched from the gaza strip into israel in the past couple of days We just saw one about three four minutes ago with pier hosh under. He was in sterot We will continue our live team coverage of this strike against israel by by gaza. 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