Region are still ongoing now, nine hours after they started. Hours after they started. We are also watching hours after they started. We are also watching these hours after they started. We are also watching these live hours after they started. We are l also watching these live pictures hours after they started. We are i also watching these live pictures of retaliatory action by israel on the gaza strip at the moment. What you are saying is that the intention here was not what was surprising but the capabilities of hamas. The capabilities the capabilities of hamas. Tta capabilities were well the capabilities of hamas. Tt2 capabilities were well known in terms of the Hamas Special forces and even hang gliding units that no how to take to the air and land inside israel proper or even Naval Commando units. That was all known. The intention of Israeli Military intelligence assessed that hamas while there was an uptick in clashes in the border in recent weeks didnt want a major escalation and nothing like the total board that was lost this morning by hamas into israel so in terms of capabilities and even her most� s, not intention believed to be there as well as the capability to pull up an operation like this, it takes two sides who engage in a conflict like this at the fact the Israeli Military and the fact the Israeli Military and the Gaza Division apparently both mr thomass assault as well as apparently just crumbled thomass assault as well as apparentlyjust crumbled in the face of this assault, is a bigger surprise and we are seeing the result of that ongoing right now in Southern Israel. Imill result of that ongoing right now in Southern Israel. Southern israel. Will be huge questions Southern Israel. Will be huge questions about Southern Israel. Will be huge questions about that Southern Israel. Will be huge questions about that Intelligence Failure and response. As we look at what is happening, these attacks on the gaza strip, you have mentioned the gaza strip, you have mentioned the ongoing wary of the situation in Southern Israel, it is because we are looking at these pictures of gaza but i want to ask you what you think the Israeli Defence forces will do now . My think the Israeli Defence forces will do now . Think the Israeli Defence forces will do now . Think the Israeli Defence forces willdo now . G. , , will do now . My fear is this will be a gaza, israel, will do now . My fear is this will be a gaza, israel, hamas, will do now . My fear is this will be a gaza, israel, hamas, idf will do now . My fear is this will be i a gaza, israel, hamas, idf campaign that we have never seen before, hamas took over the gaza strip in 2007 and is most of your viewers likely know there have been constant and ongoing rounds of escalation and conflict since roughly around the time hamas took over. What we are likely to see in the coming weeks is on a scale like nothing before. What on a scale like nothing before. What about the concerns on a scale like nothing before. What about the concerns we on a scale like nothing before. What about the concerns we are also hearing that this will widen not just to the west bank but we are waiting for a response from his brother and from lebanon . A, waiting for a response from his brother and from lebanon . A maor concern on brother and from lebanon . A maor on the d brother and from lebanon . A maor concern on the israeli d brother and from lebanon . A maor concern on the israeli side. I brother and from lebanon . A maor concern on the israeli side. His h concern on the israeli side. His brotherfrom the north, it concern on the israeli side. His brother from the north, it is they commit further squadrons to the roots response and they might start Firing Rockets across the border. It is a real fear. Firing rockets across the border. It is a realfear. The idf is on high alert both in soil the west bank which has been escalating in violence between israel and palestine for the best part of the year and a half. So my fear is that it is only the beginning of a deadly conflict in this part of the world. Benjamin netanyahu responded by saying, we are at war and we will win. What do you make of his rhetoric and tone at this moment . The rhetoric isnt surprising because the failure here by the Israeli Military is also on him and his government because he is the one actually responsible for the military Intelligence Security forces, so he is talking tough. It took several hours to actually issued a statement, for several hours is really citizens had no Real Authority figure to explain what was going on except for Media Reports and social Media Reports and i fully expect the Prime Minister and his government and cabinet to order the Israeli Military to retaliate in a very strong way against hamas in gaza and notjust via air strikes, but my fear again is a major Ground Operation by the Israeli Military deep into gaza. {lin operation by the Israeli Military deep into gaza. Operation by the Israeli Military deep into gaza. On that final point where ou deep into gaza. On that final point where you are deep into gaza. On that final point where you are talking deep into gaza. On that final point where you are talking about deep into gaza. On that final point where you are talking about the i where you are talking about the response and information, are we seeing any misinformation spread and how are people accessing factional accurate news right now . Accurate news right now . There is the official accurate news right now . There is the official reports accurate news right now . There is the official reports which accurate news right now . There is the official reports which i accurate news right now . There is the official reports which i would l the official reports which i would argue are undercounting purposely both the casualties on the israeli side and the hostages and captives taken from israeli territory into gaza, i believe that is due to the continuing Ongoing Operations in Southern Israel and also not to completely freak out in public, my fear is that once the fog of war clears, the numbers was in terms of israeli casualties in Southern Israeli casualties in Southern Israel and hostages taken will be much greater than the israeli public realise at this point. Realise at this point. Thank you for oinin realise at this point. Thank you for joining us realise at this point. Thank you for joining us i realise at this point. Thank you for joining us liust realise at this point. Thank you for joining us. Ijust really realise at this point. Thank you for joining us. Ijust really worrying i joining us. Ijust really worrying time and range of perspectives. Thank you so much. Lets remind you of the breaking news. The Palestinian Militant Group hamas has launched an unprecedented Surprise Attack on israel. Lets see when you actually run down of the game is at the last few hours of the first of all the rockets. Here you see the rockets being fired from gaza into israel, streaking across the sky, several thousand were launched earlier on saturday at tel aviv and also other towns in the south of israel. Lets show you the damage the rockets have caused, building set on fire. Israels Emergency Services have said at least 22 israelis have been killed with hundreds injured. Palestinian gunmen have taken advantage of the chaos. These pictures supplied by hamas and they picked it breaches in the part where allowing the militants to get into israel. We also hear of israeli tanks and personnel being captured in gaza. These pictures appear to show a Captured Tank Being Clambered over by palestinians. Like the tel aviv, we can speak to the founder and head of the tourism prescott, previously a spokesperson and retired colonel having served in the israeli air force. Thank you so much forjoining us. Your response to what is happening right now. T was what is happening right now. I was woken u what is happening right now. I was woken no at what is happening right now. I was woken up at 6 30am what is happening right now. I was woken up at 6 30am this what is happening right now. T woken up at 6 30am this morning by a siren, and immediatelyi woken up at 6 30am this morning by a siren, and immediately i thought about the analogy to the way i was woken up 50 years ago by the yom kippur were, and already the analogy was mentioned before byjeremy, and i think people forget that yes, both in 1973 and today we were taken by surprise but what happened later was that israel won the war time, and i think hamas really miscalculated this time because i think they expected hezbollah to join this time because i think they expected hezbollah tojoin in, it may be the iranians, and up to now they were wrong, and now they will have the wrath of the israeli idf and as much as they want a political solution to these kind of problems, i think now there is no way back but to really pound hamas and make it regret this kind of aggression. Tote regret this kind of aggression. We are seeing that happening at the moment in terms of the live pictures we have in retaliatory air strikes on gaza at the moment but your fear is that this will turn into a multi front war that we could see other parties involved including hezbollah . Other parties involved including hezbollah . ,. ,. ,. ,. , hezbollah . Yes. I am not so afraid of it, hezbollah . Yes. I am not so afraid of it. Because hezbollah . Yes. I am not so afraid of it, because i hezbollah . Yes. I am not so afraid of it, because i think hezbollah . Yes. I am not so afraid of it, because i think if hezbollah . Yes. I am not so afraid of it, because i think if it hezbollah . Yes. I am not so afraid of it, because i think if it has i of it, because i think if it has been a concentrated attack, hezbollah will have joined before, and since it isnt, my assessment is it, hezbollah is still looking the wounds of its location back in 2006, and therefore i think hamas took a huge gamble here which will cost them a lot. I dont think, i hope but i dont also think that it will escalate into the multi front war which probably the hamas leaders hoped for. This which probably the hamas leaders hoed for. ,. , which probably the hamas leaders hoedfor. , , which probably the hamas leaders hoed for. , ,. , hoped for. This has been seen as a massive failure hoped for. This has been seen as a massive failure of hoped for. This has been seen as a massive failure of israeli massive failure of Israeli Intelligence, the sheer scale and complexity of this. How did they allow this to happen, what went wrong and if you could speak from your experience as a retired colonel . T your experience as a retired colonel . Your experience as a retired colonel . ~. ,. , colonel . I think it all went wrong. First of all colonel . I think it all went wrong. First of all we colonel . I think it all went wrong. First of all we had colonel . I think it all went wrong. First of all we had some colonel . I think it all went wrong. First of all we had some science i colonel . I think it all went wrong. | first of all we had some science of signals before, because of thejihad was doing some kind of exercise at this is exactly the same thing that the egyptians were doing before the yom kippur war, the egyptians were doing before the yom kippurwar, buti the egyptians were doing before the yom kippur war, but i think we were falling asleep, and thinking that there is rhetoric, a militant rhetoric here and all kind of bravado, and probably we were a bit arrogant about it, but this is another time to learn the lessons. We need to really discuss it later. Right now the job at hand is to first of all make sure all the terrorists who invaded israel are killed and later make hamas pay for its aggression and only then the time will come to really learn the lessons of. 50 time will come to really learn the lessons of time will come to really learn the lessons of. ,. ,. , , lessons of. 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I am scaling my expectations but i think there will be no way of punishing there will be no way of punishing the hamas for its aggression unless we go there by some foot soldiers. We are getting some reaction from around the world. The russians are calling for an immediate ceasefire, that has just happened in the past minute, what are your expectations of the rest of the world at the moment . Of the rest of the world at the moment . ,. ,. ,. , , moment . First of all i would welcome a russian call moment . First of all i would welcome a russian call for moment . First of all i would welcome a russian call for a moment . First of all i would welcome a russian call for a ceasefire moment . First of all i would welcome a russian call for a ceasefire in a russian call for a ceasefire in ukraine before they intervene in what is going on here. The rest of the world usually gives us some grace period but it is always short and then hamas and gaza people are becoming the victims, it is all over again. I hope the world will understand this time it is different. It is a game changer and Israel Cannot limit itself to the kind of retaliation is that it has donein kind of retaliation is that it has done in the past. This time it is serious. They brought it on themselves. Serious. They brought it on themselves. �. ,. , serious. They brought it on themselves. ,. , themselves. But what would you say to the many themselves. But what would you say to the many palestinians themselves. But what would you say to the many palestinians who themselves. But what would you say to the many palestinians who would| to the many palestinians who would say the game changer has been years of occupation, the way that their lives at the west bank and gaza are controlled by israel, the fact they have essentially, Benjamin Netanyahu pulls my government, abandon the Peace Process that if you live in gaza as a young man it is like being in an open air prison, they feel this was their only option, militancy. This was their only option, militancy this was their only option, militan. ,. ,. ,. ,~ this was their only option, militan. ,. ,. ,~ , militancy. That is again making us like the aggressors militancy. That is again making us like the aggressors and militancy. That is again making us. Like the aggressors and responsible for all the misery. We pulled out of gaza, let me remind you, in 2005, and they come at the people of gaza elected hamas as their government, and hamas, during the years, got a lot of support from israel, they funnelled it to military actions instead of Nation Building In Gaza stuff like that is difficult when there is still Settlement Activity by the israelis. There is still Settlement Activity by the israelis. There has been no hel to by the israelis. There has been no help to the by the israelis. There has been no help to the settlement. By the israelis. There has been no help to the settlement. I by the israelis. There has been no help to the settlement. I think by the israelis. There has been no i help to the settlement. I think once the eole help to the settlement. I think once the people of help to the settlement. I think once the people of gaza help to the settlement. I think once the people of gaza elect help to the settlement. I think once the people of Gaza Elect Somebodyl the people of gaza elect Somebody Else except for hamas, which once the destruction of israel rather than building a future for the people of gaza, then they can blame israel for this. People of gaza, then they can blame israel forthis. D0 people of gaza, then they can blame israel for this. Israel for this. Do you approve then of this current israel for this. Do you approve then of this current government israel for this. Do you approve then of this current government in israel and how it has handled the relationship with the Palestinian Authority over the past few months, the fact that there really is no ongoing Peace Process at the moment . I am a strong opponent of this government and i specifically commit their approach to the Palestinian Authority, i think we should have