>> SO, THE HOSTAGES OUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TWO THINGS WITH YOUR PERMISSION, CHRISTIAN.

NUMBER ONE , IT HAS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE ARE WATCHING , AND WE ARE WATCHING CLOSELY.

AND IF ANY HARM COMES TO SAUSAGES , WE WILL FIND THOSE RESPONSIBLE , AND WE WILL BRING THEM TO TO JUSTICE, AND THEY WILL PAY.

AND IF IT TAKES A YEAR OR FIVE YEARS, OR 25 YEARS , IF THEY ARE HOSTAGES , ISRAEL WILL FIND THEM, AND THEY WILL BE RETRIBUTION.

AND THAT SHOULD BE PERFECTLY CLEAR.

THE SECOND THING THAT HAS TO BE SAID IS THAT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IN KIDNAPPING ALL THESE PEOPLE , OVER 100 IS AGAINST ALL INTERNATIONAL LAW.

IT IS UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR , AND A MESSAGE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS TO BE CLEAR, CRYSTAL CLEAR , UNEQUIVOCAL IT SHOULD BE THE IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF ALL OF THESE HOSTAGES PERIOD.

>> ARE YOU NOT CONCERNED, YOU SAID YOU HAVE EYES ON AND YOU'RE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY.

THAT YOU ARE VERY HAPPY BOMBING CAMPAIGN INSIDE GAZA MAY , HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT INADVERTENTLY PUT IN THE HOSTAGES IN DANGER?

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE?

>> I'M NOT GOING TO GO TO WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.

BUT IT IS CRUCIAL THAT ISRAEL HAD BACK HARD AGAINST HAMAS.

CHRISTIANE, YOU AND ME HAVE BOTH BEEN ON DIFFERENT ENDS, YOU HAVE BEEN A JOURNALIST AND I HAVE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH , WHAT IS IT, FIVE, SIX ESCALATIONS IN GAZA, THE DIFFERENT ROUNDS OF FIGHTING.

THIS IS NOT ANOTHER ESCALATION.

THIS IS NOT ANOTHER ROUND OF ISRAEL HAMAS FIGHTING IN GAZA, THIS IS WAR.

WHAT THEY DID ON SATURDAY MORNING WITH A ATTACKED ACROSS , ALONG FRONT IN SCOPE AND IN SCALE.

AND IN SHEER BRUTALITY OF THEIR BEHAVIOR, WHICH BOTH THE PRIME MINISTER TODAY AND THE VISITING CIRCUITRY OF STATE DESCRIBED AS ISIS LIKE .

THAT WAS AN ESCALATION OF MASSIVE PROPORTIONS.

THEY HAVE DECLARED WAR ON ON MY COUNTRY.

WE DO NOT WANT THIS WAR, BUT WE ARE RESPONDING IN FORCE, AND WE WE DID NOT START IT, BUT WE WILL FINISH THIS WAR ON OUR TERMS.

MICHAEL, GREG, IF I NEED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION THAT MANY ISRAELIS ARE ASKING THAT WE SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE SEE ON TELEVISION.

THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF ANGER DESPITE THIS SLAUGHTER OF CIVILIANS HAVE GONE THROUGH, AND THAT THE COUNTRY IS IN SHOCK ABOUT.

THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF ANGER DIRECTED AT WHAT THEY BELIEVE WAS EYES OFF THE BALL, INCOMPETENCE IN GOVERNMENT, AND I WOULD SPEED YOU A COUPLE OF DIALOG ESTATE.

4% OF THE PUBLIC BELIEVE THAT INTEREST WAS THE PERCEPTION OF HAMAS TERRORIST IN THE SOUTHERN SENTIMENTS WAS DUE TO NEGLIGENCE OF YOUR CUT COUNTRIES LEADERSHIP 94% BELIEVE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS IS POSSIBLE FOR THE SITUATION THAT LED TO THE COLLAPSE OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM OF PROTECTING THE SETTLEMENT IN THE SOUTH.

IN 56% BELIEVE HE SHOULD RESIGN WHEN HIS FINDINGS OVER.

AND TODAY WE SAW IMAGES ON TELEVISION OF A MINISTER BEING LITERALLY HECKLED AND BEING TOLD BY PEOPLE IN HOSPITAL THAT IT IS YOUR FAULT, YOU HAVE RUN THE COUNTRY, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE.

SO, MY QUESTION TO YOU, FRANKLY, IS HOW SHOULD YOUR PEOPLE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THIS GOVERNMENT, WHICH CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY SURPRISE COULD ACTUALLY REDEEM ITS PEOPLE , AND GET THE HOSTAGES BACK , AND DO WHAT YOU SAY YOU WANT TO DO IN GAZA.

>> PEOPLE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE ANGRY.

I MEAN ISRAELIS, AS YOU KNOW , FOR YEARS PART OF THEMSELVES ON THE EXCELLENT AT INTELLIGENCE SERVICES.

AND YET IT IS CLEAR THIS TIME WE WERE SURPRISED.

SOMETHING WENT VERY, VERY WRONG.

THERE WERE ALSO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE IDF'S SPEED OF RESPONSE PATIENCE IS RIPENED >> WITH A QUICK ENOUGH TO DEAL WITH THE ATTACK ONCE THE CROSS THE BORDER?

AND OF COURSE, AS YOU SAID, THEY'RE WELCOME PLATES ABOUT THE POLITICAL ISSUES.

>> ON THESE ISSUES, I WANT TO SAY TWO THINGS, NUMBER ONE, AS THE POLLING ALSO SAID , ISRAELIS WILL.

AND WE ARE NOW UNITING TO WIN THE WAR, AND THAT ISRAEL HAS SUFFERED FROM A VERY DIVISIVE AND POLARIZED POLITICS OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, YOU SEE US COMING TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE CRISIS.

AND AS YOU SAW LAST NIGHT, THE FORMATION OF THIS NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT WITH PARTIES THAT USED TO BE IN THE OPPOSITION SO AS TO SHOW A UNITED FRONT.

AND THIS IS AN EXPRESSION OF WHAT THE ISRAELI PUBLIC WANTS.

AND ONCE THIS IS OVER , ONCE WE HAVE WON, YOU KNOW ISRAELI HISTORY.

WE HAVE HAD INQUIRIES AFTER WARS, WE KNOW HOW TO INVEST IN OURSELVES, WE WERE LOOKING TO WHAT WENT WRONG, WHAT WAS RIGHT .

LESSONS WILL BE LEARNED.