Endoscope with an endoscope shaft, at the distal end of which at least one optics as well as an illumination are provided, which can be connected to an operating station via functional and/or supply channels within the endoscope shaft, and with a working channel which opens at the distal end of the endoscope shaft, and which is formed in the endoscope shaft and adapted to receive surgical instruments of the minimally invasive type in a longitudinally displaceable manner, and with a handle with a handle portion and a communication device for wireless communication with the operating station, wherein an accommodation housing, in which electrical and/or electronic components of the communication device are accommodated, is formed on the handle, and on the outside of which a control panel, preferably in the form of a keyboard or a touch screen, is arranged, the control panel being electrically connected to the communication device, wherein the handle is provided as a component separate from the endoscope shaft, wherein the endoscope shaft has at least one flexurally flexible section and a proximal, comparatively rigid connection insert on which connections (8 to 12) for the functional and/or supply channels and the working channel are formed or arranged, wherein the connection insert has a pipe rail, one end of which is fluidly connected to the working channel within the flexurally flexible shaft portion fixedly connected to the connection insert, and at the other end of which a connection nozzle is arranged on which the connections (8 to 12) for the functional and/or supply channels and the working channel are provided, characterized in that the handle portion has a pipe shape with a continuous longitudinal slot, wherein a number of undercuts or recesses is formed in the longitudinal slot, and the connection insert has in the area of the pipe rail a number of undercuts or projections which, when inserted into the handle portion, engage with the undercuts formed there and thus determine the relative position of the handle to the connection insert. with a working channel which opens at the distal end of the endoscope shaft, and which is formed in the endoscope shaft and adapted to receive surgical instruments of the minimally invasive type in a longitudinally displaceable manner, and with a handle with a handle portion and a communication device for wireless communication with the operating station, wherein an accommodation housing, in which electrical and/or electronic components of the communication device are accommodated, is formed on the handle, and on the outside of which a control panel, preferably in the form of a keyboard or a touch screen, is arranged, the control panel being electrically connected to the communication device, wherein the handle is provided as a component separate from the endoscope shaft, wherein the endoscope shaft has at least one flexurally flexible section and a proximal, comparatively rigid connection insert on which connections (8 to 12) for the functional and/or supply channels and the working channel are formed or arranged, wherein the connection insert has a pipe rail, one end of which is fluidly connected to the working channel within the flexurally flexible shaft portion fixedly connected to the connection insert, and at the other end of which a connection nozzle is arranged on which the connections (8 to 12) for the functional and/or supply channels and the working channel are provided,