'Israelis across the board support the initial mission of this operation'

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00:00we haven't heard about casualties although there's extensive damage it looks from the images it looks

00:08like an entire building just shaved that has the hits facade shaved off there are people wounded

00:16but this information is still going to be coming in and we're talking about I guess the end of the

00:23first week of this war that descended on Israelis as a surprise a week ago and next to the pride that

00:32I think most Israelis feel in the success of their air force there are beginning to be a number of

00:40questions here about what plans ahead what plan does the government have apart from begging the

00:47American president to join the fighting I wanted to ask you about the mood in Israel Noga because

00:53it as you know civilians are increasingly suffering the consequences of this war it's hit the one

00:59week mark now are people still in support of it I'm not sure people are in support of it per se but

01:07I'll tell you a funny moment an anecdote from yesterday Prime Minister Netanyahu went to visit

01:13Soroko hospital hospital in the same town that was hit today

01:17campus were destroyed and he was asked about the price Israelis are paying and he responded by saying

01:27that yes many families are paying the price including his own that his son was forced to postpone a

01:33wedding and his wife is being a hero about it and that line that appeared to be so non-empathetic

01:41and that appeared to be so self-centered became the line of the day every single news program in

01:47Israel began with that and so I do think that Israelis across the board support acting against

01:54Iran support the initial mission of this operation which was to eliminate the nuclear threat from Iran

02:00but I am not sure to what an extent over the next few weeks we're going to see that become turn into

02:08a greater personal support for the Prime Minister himself as clearly he hoped

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