1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Jersey and Amanda. 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 2: Jam Nation well. Tensions in the Middle East hip boiling point. Saturday, 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 2: Hamas militants launched a large scale surprise attack on Israel. 4 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 2: The Israeli Prime Minister has said the country is quote 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 2: at war, so fears and mounting things will get worse 6 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 2: before they get better. To give us the latest is 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:23,080 Speaker 2: Channel seven's news correspondent David Woywood. David, Hello, you. 8 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,080 Speaker 1: Guys, good morning. I think you nail it there, Amanda 9 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 1: when you said it's only going to get worse before 10 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 1: it gets better. 11 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 2: This seemed like an incredible surprise attack. I've seen footage 12 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 2: of like paragliding and all kinds of ways that Israel 13 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 2: was just taken by surprise. 14 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: Absolutely, this was a coordinated, highly orchestrated attack by these 15 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,520 Speaker 1: Hamas militants. As you say, They've come in from the sky, 16 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: they've come in from the sea, They've birst through fences 17 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 1: and other checkpoints, they've run through the desert, and they've 18 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: really caught the Israeli defense force in the Israeli intelligence 19 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: community off guard in the most horrific and devastating of ways. 20 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 1: And we've seen those images all over social media over 21 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,120 Speaker 1: the past twenty four hours now. They've been absolutely horrific 22 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:11,279 Speaker 1: stories and that death toll it just continues to rise 23 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: as they continue to find more and more bodies. We 24 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,760 Speaker 1: saw those scenes. There was a music festival out in 25 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: Israel and it has been stormed, and there's been a 26 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,360 Speaker 1: lot of other nationals from other countries caught up in 27 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: this as well. It's utterly horrific. 28 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,840 Speaker 3: Well, kidnapping that young German girl, that's very disturbing. 29 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: Absolutely, yeah, the young German girls really caught a fair 30 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: bit of attention. But this whole nature of bursting through 31 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: these suburbs and these towns and going door to door 32 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: essentially trying to take these hostages. And you had reports 33 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: of Israelis barricading themselves inside their house. They were calling 34 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: local TV and radio stations saying, look, this is the situation, 35 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: we need help. We are desperate. These people are coming around, 36 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 1: and then report to them burning the houses, trying to 37 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: smoke them out so they could take those hostages. Because 38 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: really that is in many ways the stock in trade 39 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: of these hamas militants. They want to take as many 40 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: of these hostages as they can. It gives them a 41 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: fair bit of leverage over the Israeli government. We know 42 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: that Israel takes the issue of hostages incredibly seriously, so 43 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: it has put them in a bit more of a 44 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: position of power, I mean somewhat so, but still Israel 45 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: has promised swift retribution and we're only just starting to 46 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: see the beginning of that. 47 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 2: If they've taken hostages, what are their demands, what is 48 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 2: Hamas asking for? 49 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: They'll do things like ask for the release of their 50 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: own fighters as well, and we've seen in the past 51 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: that they often get a lot more fighters back for 52 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: one Israeli hostage. So those numbers vary, but there's been 53 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,720 Speaker 1: some very high profile cases where for one, even middle 54 00:02:54,800 --> 00:03:00,399 Speaker 1: ranking Israeli Defense Force fire soldier, the Israeli government might 55 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: hand over a fair few more to offset that as well. 56 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: So they will be doing that. But also just for 57 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: of course this general, this general relationship that has now 58 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 1: been going on for so long, I can feel incompatible 59 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: piece in that region now. 60 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 2: And I guess the people on the Gaza Strip, the 61 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,799 Speaker 2: Palestinians are now terrified to the individuals that is going 62 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 2: about their business waiting for Israel to retaliate. 63 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: Right, So you've got these some mass fighters and they're 64 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 1: embedded in this tiny strip of land in Gaza Strip. 65 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: It is highly populated, it is incredibly dense. So the 66 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: picking off just of those operatives is incredibly hard. Israel 67 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: knows that, and they've sort of made no apologies about that. 68 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: They've said they're going to go in, and they're going 69 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: to go in incredibly hard, and it will be entirely 70 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: likely that there will be huge, huge numbers of civilian 71 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: casualties in this. Now, we've seen the Israeli government really 72 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 1: pushing this government this narrative now over the past sort 73 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: of twenty four hours, saying things like, if you are 74 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: supporting Israel now while it is a victim, well then 75 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: you need to support Israel when it is a victor. 76 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: So essentially that's sort of just laying that groundwork, setting 77 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 1: that expectation now that this is going to be a 78 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: ferocious revenge mission by the Israeli government. 79 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 3: Wow, Wow, can't we have enough? One can even just 80 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:23,679 Speaker 3: chill out, Come on, We've got a pandemic, the Russian 81 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 3: thing going on. You just take a chill pill, David, 82 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 3: thank you. 83 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: There's so much, it's too much going on. And just 84 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: on top of that as well, guys, the US government 85 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: have also just moved huge numbers of US Navy military 86 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: strike groups into the region as well, so they're saying 87 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: they're not operational at the moment. It's there is the 88 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,279 Speaker 1: Terran to stop these other actors because there are so 89 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: many other actors, hesbillad You've got Iran as well, so 90 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: I mean there are so many ways that this conflict 91 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: could now go well. 92 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 3: David, thank you for bringing up to speed. But that's 93 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 3: be sure to watch Channel seven years tonight for all 94 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 3: the updates. You'll see pretty Boy Mike Auguson heading the 95 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 3: news up and David you'll be reporting as well, pretty 96 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 3: boy sitting there holding the Ford here in the safety 97 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 3: of Sydney. Dave will be on the on the front. 98 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: Thank you, thank god. 99 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 3: See you later.