Executed us. There was so many of them with such heavy weapons, and we were trapped in the bunker microway but didnt know what was going on on the side were on the head. Whats up the silver, vin and what events . Minimal watch up. The hotel in angle kicked by the did see fall from the place they were ones called home psychologists and emotions that teams try to distract these people from the atrocities theyve experienced, at least for a few moments. And at some point we were rescued still under fire. My kids were so brave. We had to cover their eyes because we stepped over bodies on our way out. Now were thinking about how to bury the dead on it. These are the whole families have been wiped out. There are kids who have lost their parents and parents who have lost their children. Something in us has been broken and i dont know how we can ever recover from this. The volunteers brought these donations, but no one saw any officials or government representative. They feel neglected 1st by the army. Now by the state. Left alone in fear said okay, when you sit in a bunker for 68 hours and block the door with just your hand until it turns blue. You change your hand, you just have a baseball bat. Your son tells you if a breach hit them. So thats not the life i want to live. Zillow, but they were life lucky and they must be strong now, for each other. Since saturdays attack, israel has declared war on a moss and bound to destroy its ability to govern and gaza. The militant palestinian is on this group is considered a terrorist organization by the you and the us among others, just more on what most represents the kansas street where the is rainy Defense Forces have been striking targets belonging to the militant islam is thomas and Palestinian Islamic do you have groups . Its from this densely populated enclave line between israel, egypt and the mediterranean sea. That promise has for years launched rockets into israel. The group has governed the over 2000000 residents in gaza since 2007. Since then, gaza has been seen as Enemy Territory by israel, and has remained largely sealed off these rail controls, accessed by land, sea, and air. The militant islam is Group Rejects any piece process with this row and coons for each disruption. The thomas is designated a terrorist group by israel, the united states, the u on the united kingdom, among other countries. Thomas is part of a Regional Alliance that includes iran, syria, and the is limits. The organization has block in lab and on which opposes us policies towards them. At least in these route, the you and other countries have deemed has by a terrorist organization. How much has carried id attacks on israel, which have led to 4 Major Military conflicts with the israeli army in 2008, 200920122014 of 2021 says warrant that this latest wave of attacks are just the beginning and cold on other groups to join the fight. Lets virginia now your hilton on. He is director of the International Crisis groups, middle east and north africa program. Thank you so much for joining us. We appreciate your time on israel has one of the most advanced intelligence and air Defense Networks in the world that leads the gaping question. How was mos able to plan this attack without israel picking it up . Its a good question and i think im as everyone in this role is asking the same question to ask me to say leadership leadership or asking each other and know long, right. Know that ive heard has as it is given an answer to it. So you could also failure some with a catastrophic failure of intelligence and also military preparedness. A sort of, you know, similar to what happened 50 years ago. The actually certainly treat your type of war the but with egypt and syria attacked israel the but, but in the larger scheme of things, you could say that there was also a search and complacency, a match hubris on these really side. And it is really so saying this, im just quoting here about how they saw disrupt from the city. Its even from how mass, because even know sort of a go that far away from a and, and you know, brought it down to which these or at least as is what i always like to call it. They moved to grass in augusta so that they could, they would, how much would need time to rebuild. But it seems to come, us has used it much longer periods to build up in our snow and the capability. So the passage used and that it just use no. So then i mean, that leads me to my next question because this attack was really unprecedented and its sophistication for him off. What does it reveal to you when you look at this as an analyst . About how mosse that we maybe didnt know before and what could it potentially mean going forward. Now, the 1st of all, we have to extend its capacity lives in an environment where it has popular support. It is not a some kind of implant. Uh, you know, it is indigenous to the guys a strip and its people suffer like the guns population does genuine d. Uh, but within that and it was in texas and where are they able to, to build the military system. That is, of course a and then search in groups military system. It doesnt, its not equivalent to the is rating military and eventually is really military with, with this battle. But uh, but still it was, its a formidable insurgence capabilities that you werent able to build. They receive 1000 help for sure. They received a Sophisticated Technology for, for rockets, for some of their workers, which they have shown already a fully rub um theyve received funding from upsets as well. So all of that enabled to, but most of all they have as the exhibits. Its a remarkable degree to turn this in that story differently. And it must have done, they must have done it also with their traditional insurgents way, which is to sort of sales and have no uh, share knowledge about the overall operation of the sales. Okay. And i mean, you know, they must have anticipated a crushing response from, from israel. Youve highlighted that israel has, by far the superior military capacity. What do you think them that they were hoping to realistically get out of this attack . So they wanted to get something out of it as it didnt get out of the less 6 rounds of conflict and gaza. Since im us, well, the elections in 2006 and this rather both siege on the territory. A complete siege for the last 17 years. Each time there was a war with israel. How about the last . Each time there was massive just or just very in degrees of destruction. But the, increasing the massive uh, as the population is desperate. So the situation has become utterly clearly unsustainable. So just the time as once for me, it is it transformative events. This is what theyre seeking. What are they will succeed is not 30 different question, but they are basically going for grow and they want to draw israel into gaza to have the, you know, had to have come back to a street street fighting from house to house. And 2 or 6 major casualties. So theres really sides in addition to the hostages that are written, holding. And that that, that was done during the worlds attention to the conflict is such a way that they say ok, the situation is indeed sustainable. Or we need to find a different way for those. Well, where joshua is, is kept as an open and prisoner as it has been for the last 70 years. If, if that does indeed end up transpiring. And im going to see, you know, israel moving into gaza and in a, in a ground incursion. What is israels then most realistic ends . Again, because it does not seem to have many good options in gauze or any good options for that matter. So yeah, so, so do understand the question i must have a have a, have an end game in mind, but it may not the cheese that the objectives of the software itself is robust called of cars. Doesnt have an game in mind. The digits at least, will search a date and of course this market where the heads are coming together and trying to figure out what, what they can retrieve from this. Um, but i think right now i just sent them. I just want to research is theres, theres the range of these really sort of in a sense of having to be caught out that being cut out vulnerable. And the 2nd part of the whole is really approach towards the world. So i think they, they, they, theres an adders, of course, a 150, or we dont know, the exact number is where the hostages in a gotcha. And as well, was to get them back to life. So all of that makes word for it is very complex, complicated picture in terms of what needs to be done. And i think its really too early to talk about the sensible. And again, i think at this point, there are near objectives. That is what i want to achieve and its put them all its resources on that, whether its doing it the right way. Or theres over reacting. I can tell yes. Oh, thats probably true. And so therefore also shape the outcome. But right now it is about to use the short term objectives, use hilton, and then uh, from the International Crisis group. Thank you so much for joining us with that analysis. We appreciate it. Thank you. And terrace, and long story is making headlines. The driver of a car that rammed into chinas consulate in San Francisco has been shot dead by police after a confrontation. China is Foreign Ministry said that the motorists tried to hurt visitors and consul it staff police are investigating the incident of robert f. 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For me to leave the family members, including my son, most people are under the rubble survivors and now need basic supplies, like shelter, food and medicine. At a time when i scan, it stands already facing a humanitarian crisis. A Global Response has been slow with many countries and organizations reluctant to deal directly with the taliban government. Fears are growing about the fate of dozens of people, abducted by him. Aust militants on saturday is real denies media reports of negotiations to secure their release in exchange for palestinians and is really jails. Many of the hostages were seized at an outdoor Music Festival. Near the gaza strip. Hundreds of bodies had been recovered from the site. Are the scenes of terror at a rave and the desert, how most terrorists, open fire on the crowds and chase people down. Taking hostages. One woman said she hid in a centers grove to stay a lot for me. And they were just all around me and they were going 3 by 3 and shooting anywhere from 2 sides. And theres so many people like people were dying like all around this video shows a terrified young woman driven away on a motorbike by fighters. While her partner is marched away because of his hands tied behind his back to the aftermath, hundreds of dead bodies charged vehicles along the road. A few were lucky. This footage purportedly shows a hostage rescue is rarely forces freeing people after a fierce gun battle with him. Us foreign nationals were also taken. One hostages mother made an appeal from germany. We were sent a video in which i clearly recognized my daughter. She said, unconscious in a car with the palestinians who drove along the got this trip. I am asking for any news or help to please be sent to us in june. The diplomatic efforts are underway to a range or humanitarian quarter to evacuate women children, and elderly hostages. But for now, relatives can only watch and wait. And earlier we spoke with rouse, ga star, who was a manager of several acts who were performing at that festival. He witnessed the attack 1st hand, as it unfolded my colleague, pencil and spoke with him earlier about what he experienced a lot of money, the tax started or in just on the me. So i was flying everyone. This is our starting for us 6 30 in the morning on the bottom and all honda told me, cells and most of flying from every well this is all it all started for us. It was a huge attack and so many lives. Last. How did you manage to get away by us to get away is when started the bottom, the bottom of the call. So wed walk through the flow and we cover it all as trying to define show that was most of the while we were so the side or 5 minutes, we were in the car, driving as fast as we can outside of the venue inside of the festival. Venue to safety as fast as we can. Luckily, we managed to go out to one or 2 minutes before other people started to get shot. And what happened once we got out once we go out of lucky idle west and not the law instead of the weather was on the ship by the by just those. And we go west and that will save us. We glow me and another was 80 and all these we drove as fast as we can feel free to ask another shelter where we have another all these form for us and mexico we were worried about then wed be able to realize that thats will say this but we will have to get to then they will the alone in the, in the seeing the house and officer escaping you. Still managed to help out of the lives to escape. It is always we need to be the one to do, you know, taking care of the cloth and the government to do all the work. But we need the support is what we are the one the trying the starting to get all the messages from the beeping on site and putting us forehead. There was made on the line of communication directly to the, to the army, the to was busy fighting the fellows flung they should. So they were quoting us, of the people that they know and other people, including us being best messages from other people, the locations. And the reason why we are doing, since thats moment i did all of them. And rather than many of the neighboring deals, we open just in groups and we have those and were sending have and how im trying to find each and every person. I you still looking for people you still do . You still have friends who are missing . Yeah, we stayed on the funds that the they are missing, we dont know what happened with them and all these we already not sleeping for for the nights, for 3 days. And we are just looking for any information for our last last, this is the importance of the community with all the Community Came together about it and deals. And many, many people came together. And every day they are sitting 247 and on the floor from just looking for more and more information and to get any info on each and every one of our funding bills. Feed me. This is the Important Mission at the moment. The process is the last lot recap. Can you tell me more about security at the festival . Its lots of data. I can tell you, i know thought of the full duction in of course it was for license event. These police on site is for security. The 3rd, but it was licensed and consumed by the government and by all the all the police and Fire Department because the full legalized. Whats also interesting is that they changed the location of the festival at the last minute. This is also not something that you know, i can talk about. Again, im a part of the production island. How do you manage it . So this is not something that i can talk about. Oh no, i really my are is the production. Luckily myers to save and get of each and every international law. These include in gem analogies. We might have to get all of them in, out of book sales and honest agents. You might have to get faster all of them out. And now all of them are already out of the fontes out, anyhow. Out of all how many, how many people would you say you manage to say if you will help save on that, that we might have to save a lot because our plans on field to the and the falls is on the field. The and they were listening to the locations that we send, and we managed to save by the so many people sending data occasions that they send us hiding form the always they send it to us in every way possible. And we will send our people in our fall, so one by one, by gps locations, the last few people that you cover them. And how are you doing, how you coping of to what you saw on for what you experience and your escape . Or actually there was no time to, to really sit down and you know, thank you and everything that happened because of the moment, real, speeding induced