ben wallace, uh, today as well, in the papers.l, or are they just going to narrow down on what they're doing, head down, continue as they have been 18,000 civilians, of course, according hamas figures who according to hamas figures who have so in the conflict. >> i think the tone is shifting. i'm personally not in favour of an immediate ceasefire because it would leave the death cult, which is hamas, in place . which is hamas, in place. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> um, but the scale of civilian casualties , 7000, according to casualties, 7000, according to the idf , um, 18,000, according the idf, um, 18,000, according to hamas, is disproportion . to hamas, is disproportion. >> and there are real concerns . >> and there are real concerns. and you look at david cameron's intervention , you look at what intervention, you look at what ben wallace has written in the telegraph today. there is a shift in the tone , urging israel shift in the tone, urging israel to go in a slightly different direction . i'm not sure that direction. i'm not sure t

obviously, you had ben wallace and volodymyr zelensky, but at the bank, apparently, they perceived that this was... an extraordinary rebuke to volodymyr zelensky, and it looks like this, because of this they lost their position, or is it true? everything that you told, it really was like that, well, for almost three years. and how were you informed about the resignation? of course, no, well, no, not at all, not as tragic as in most cases, i talked with minister kuleba, i talked with some other people who called me and told me about what was going to happen, then, over time, i read the decree that the dismissal had taken place. how do you like kuleba? explained your dismissal, there are things that diplomats leave between themselves, in principle a normal conversation, dmytro kuleba is an old colleague and friend who simply told what happened, i basically realized that in a situation where all decisions are made so emotionally, this decision can happen very simply, easily and emotionally. volodymyr zelenskyy did not speak with you before his resignation, we exchanged messages with them,

so ben wallace's comments , . so ben wallace's comments, what's your take on them ?leasure to join you as well. >> i think, um, ben wallace has made a pretty outspoken attack against the idf. >> uh, the way they're conducting the war in gaza in particular, he's accused them of, um, of disproportionate attacks of indiscriminate attacks of indiscriminate attacks of indiscriminate attacks of collective punishment i >> -- >> all of these things are very, very serious accusations, and none of them are true from my perspective anyway. >> and i don't think ben wallace has anything in his article that backsit has anything in his article that backs it up. >> i do believe, however , that >> i do believe, however, that okay, it's one thing to give a perhaps an unjustified insult to an ally in that way. >> he was the defence secretary . >> he was the defence secretary. he's no longer but his words still carry weight. one of the problems is that if it not only insults an ally , it also, um, insults an ally, it also, um, gives succour, i think, to hamas, it gives hope to hamas tha

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ben wallace. do the telegraph. ben wallace.overnment. guardian climate draft condemned as weak and insufficient. i knew story rebels in stand off with pm on rwanda law. some in fury tyson versus cheshire council daily express last ditch bid to win over rebels. those were your front pages. that's all we have time for. thank you to my guest, leo kearse and bruce devlin. i'll be back tomorrow at 11 pm. with josh howie and nick dixon and if you're watching at 5 am, stay tuned for breakfast. otherwise go to bed and i'll see you again tomorrow night. thanks for giving us your time. good night. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> evening. i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. after most of us had a dry monday, expect some heavy downpours booths tomorrow. thunderstorms possible and some gusty winds thanks to this area of low pressure. slowly but surely it's been heading towards us over the past 24 h

wallace about who should thank whom, should we thank the europeans for supplying us with weapons, orhould the europeans thank ukraine for the fact that we use their weapons to fight on our territory, for example, one of the main questions is whether it is ready, for example , putin, say, war with nato, depending on how you answer this question, are you also fueling the camp of euro-optimists? or the camp, the camp of euros skeptics, because if putin is not ready to fight with nato, then nato is safe, all nato countries are safe and their help to us is charity. if we believe that putin is ready to fight with nato, then the west is just now defending itself against a future attack on itself, itself, by the hands of the ukrainian armies, and handing over weapons to us is not their right, it is their duty. either you will transfer weapons to us, we will fight with them on ukrainian territory, or you will be them yourself fight when putin deals with ukraine and goes further west. and how do you feel the role and weight and importance of the ukrainian army, it seems to me that the ukrainia

wallace about who should thank whom, should we thank the europeans for supplying us with weapons, or should the europeans thank ukraine for the fact that we use their weapons to fight on our territory, for example, one of the main questions is whether it is ready, for example , putin, say, war with nato, depending on how you answer this question, you also feed either the eurooptimist camp or the eurosceptic camp, because if putin is not ready to fight with nato, then nato is safe, all nato countries are safe, and their help to us is charity, if we believe that putin is ready to fight with nato, then... the west is just now defending itself against a future attack on itself, on itself, by the hands of the ukrainian army, and handing over weapons to us is not their right, it is their duty, or you give us weapons, we will use them to fight on ukrainian territories, or you will use them yourself fight when putin deals with ukraine and goes further west. and how do you feel the role and weight and importance of the ukrainian army, it seems to me that the ukrainian army is becoming such a

but, you know, when ben you know, our ben wallace, you know, our really quite well respected former defenceut israeli killing rage this morning. this is quite aggressive language being used isn't it. >> that isn't language that the government is using. >> no, but i was surprised that ben it. ben wallace used it. >> yes. i think that is slightly inflammatory clearly, inflammatory language. clearly, israel has a right to self—defence. it's had that since the atrocities committed by hamas the 7th of october. by hamas on the 7th of october. but the right from the but the danger right from the start, nigel, was that the way they the operation start, nigel, was that the way they make the operation start, nigel, was that the way they make the he operation start, nigel, was that the way they make the situation ion start, nigel, was that the way they make the situation in| start, nigel, was that the way they make the situation in the would make the situation in the longer tum worse. both for the region and more globally. and i fear that we're reaching a sort of tipping point now where even israel's

britain's former defence secretary, ben wallace, has warned that israel risks losing its legal and moralrity for its war in gaza. in a newspaper article, he described israel's tactics as "crude and indiscriminate". the hamas—run health authority in gaza says israeli air strikes have killed at least 110 people in a single day in the jabalia refugee camp. we're also following the latest from the un security council which is due to convene later today, to discuss the humanitarian situation in gaza. it's expected to vote on a new draft resolution calling on israel and hamas to allow greater humanitarian access to the gaza strip. our middle east correspondent yolande knell is following the story from jerusalem. i asked her about the international pressure mounting on israel. israel says it remains determined to dismantle hamas in gaza, that it hasn't changed its war aims at all, but there is a lot of international pressure growing from its european allies, from the uk, germany and france, which have called over the weekend in different language for some kind of a ceasefire. you have the us de

the ex-minister of defense of great britain, ben wallace, believes that ukraine should more actively involve young people in the war, and as evidence, he says that the average age of ukrainian fighters at the front is over 40 years. military recruits are not the only problem, there are those at the front who have been fighting for almost two years, where are they? mobilize and is it possible to do it? relatives of these soldiers regularly raise the issue of demobilization, go to protests, write petitions, say that soldiers at the front lose physical and mental health and ask for justice, so that other citizens also carry out military service. our men came, enlisted in the first days when we started, when we had a full-scale invasion. we demand the establishment of demobilization terms , we have hope that they will pay attention to us and our men, it is very difficult for them, they are very exhausted, they do not need rotation, i am here for our men to be given a full rest, we need demobilization , on the issue of demobilization in ukraine indeed important and urgent, but the problem

britain's former defence secretary, ben wallace, has warned that israel risks losing its legal and moralrity for its war in gaza. in a newspaper article, he described israel's tactics as "crude and indiscriminate". the hamas—run health authority in gaza says israeli air strikes have killed at least 110 people in a single day in the jabalia refugee camp. we're also following the latest from the un security council — it's due to convene later today, to disucss the humanitarian situation in gaza. to disucss the humanitarian it's expected to look at a new draft resolution calling on israel and hamas to allow greater humanitarian access to the gaza strip. yolande knell is following the story from jerusalem and i asked her about those deaths reported at the jabalya camp. you can see videos circulating on social media, some shot in the dark with people scrambling in the rubble, trying to find survivors. they say there were several residential homes that were hit. one video shows the bodies of several children lined up, reportedly dug out of the rubble. we are not able to independently verify th

it comes after the former defence secretary ben wallace warned that the conflict risks radicalising youngerrorist organisation by the uk government, says at least 110 palestinians were killed in israeli air strikes yesterday at the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza. it�*s an area where, since the early days of the war, israel has warned people to leave. there�*s been no direct response from israel, but it says it�*s targeting terrorist infrastructure. today the hamas—run health ministry said almost 19,500 people have been killed in the conflict. lucy williamsom reports from jerusalem. they say there�*s nowhere safe in gaza. the children�*s unit at nasser hospital hit by a shell yesterday. doctors and parents who once raced to get wounded children in here now scrambling to get them out. the epicenter of the dust and panic, a children�*s bedroom on the second floor. translation: we were seated - on the bed when something exploded and all the ceiling fell on us. i couldn�*t do anything. debris fell on us and we couldn�*t see anything. ijust grabbed my daughter and escaped. i don�*t know

ben wallace, writing in the daily telegraph, been daily telegraph, obviously been the defence secretaryr the past four years. he's pointing a finger at mr netanyahu and saying that he believes these tactics , if they believes these tactics, if they were to continue, is going to fuel the conflict for another 50 years. he also talks about years. and he also talks about the actions radicalising a whole new generation of muslims around the globe. >> and absolutely right. >> and that's absolutely right. if ever you're going to garner support . it's seeing these support. it's seeing these horrendous images that we're bombarded with every single day about children being murdered and and and so on and so forth, and civil civilian civil casualties. any civilian casualty is absolutely appalling. what's happened appalling. but what's happened is i live right in the heart of london, where we have the biggest possible of biggest possible community of everybody. israeli everybody. we have the israeli embassy over there. we have obviously, biggest obviously, there's the biggest mosque bbc just mosque.

ben kyiv? uh, we're gonna. ben wallace wants us to give the four by fours to them.the charity yeah, because the charity shop. yeah, because don't throw it out. give it to give kyiv to keep a war going. >> but we're bored with that war. it's time for us do war. it's time for us to do another war. as andrew is promoting, he's promoting. we've got promoting war. >> i'm not promoting war. >> and i'm a pacifist. >> and i'm a pacifist. >> he's >> oh, no he's not. >> just said got to do >> you just said we've got to do something that something about iran. that sounds like i didn't say let's invade well, what sounds like i didn't say let's invaris well, what sounds like i didn't say let's invaris there? well, what sounds like i didn't say let's invaris there? well well, what sounds like i didn't say let's invaris there? well let's l, what else is there? well let's have let's robust let's have some robust diplomatic approaches to the region . take responsibility diplomatic approaches to the regithings ke responsibility diplomatic approaches to the regithings that sponsibilit

wallace, warns israel risks losing its legal and moral authority for its war in gaza.a newspaper article, he described israel's tactics as crude and indiscriminate. as israel's bombardment of gaza continues, the un security council is due to convene later as the humanitarian situation in gaza worsens. members could even vote on a proposal to demand that israel and hamas allow aid access to the gaza strip via land, sea and air routes as well as un monitoring of humanitarian assistance delivered. diplomatic interventions come as a hamas run health authority in gaza says israeli air strikes have killed at least 110 people in a single day in the jabalya refugee camp. let's go live now to ramallah where we can speak to nebal farsakh, a spokesperson for the palestinian red crescent. hello and thank you very much for joining us. we have been seeing somebody desperate scenes, haven't we, with peoplejumping on top of the aid trucks as they arrive in gaza. talk us through the situation at the moment for your team is trying to distribute aid in gaza and what it is like for them a

let me bring you some comments from former uk defence secretary ben wallace that i wanted to put to youill rectify matters, then he is very wrong. his methods will not solve this problem. he goes on to say, his actions are radicalising muslim youth across the globe. is your military offensive now actually in the longer term going to make people in israel less safe than safer? i going to make people in israel less safe than safer?— safe than safer? i beg to disagree with ben. safe than safer? i beg to disagree with ben- i— safe than safer? i beg to disagree with ben. i think— safe than safer? i beg to disagree with ben. i think the _ safe than safer? i beg to disagree with ben. i think the worst - safe than safer? i beg to disagree with ben. i think the worst thing l with ben. i think the worst thing that could happen is that hamas has a victory. if hamas has a victory, if somehow israel is not committed to destroying hamas, then that will energise extremism across the planet, notjust in gaza because that will empower islamic extremists to say we can win. while if israel defeats hamas, w

ben kyiv? uh, we're gonna. ben wallace wants us to give the four by fours to them.ity yeah, because the charity shop. yeah, because don't throw it out. give it to give kyiv to keep a war going. >> but we're bored with that war. it's time for us do war. it's time for us to do another war. as andrew is promoting, he's promoting. we've got promoting war. >> i'm not promoting war. >> and i'm a pacifist. >> and i'm a pacifist. >> he's >> oh, no he's not. >> just said got to do >> you just said we've got to do something that something about iran. that sounds like i didn't say let's invade well, what sounds like i didn't say let's invaris well, what sounds like i didn't say let's invaris there? well, what sounds like i didn't say let's invaris there? well well, what sounds like i didn't say let's invaris there? well let's l, what else is there? well let's have let's robust let's have some robust diplomatic approaches to the region . take responsibility diplomatic approaches to the regithings ke responsibility diplomatic approaches to the regithings that sponsibility diplom

and that's like that's why if people like william ben wallace, william hague, ben wallace, david davise, let's let's give this a chance, let's move forward, because at the moment what doing is moment what we're doing is myopically in on myopically turning in on ourselves and destroying the party. try and sort party. so let's try and sort this out. let's look at the art of possible. whereas others of the possible. whereas others are looking for absolute guarantees and unfortunately in politics, you never get a guarantee. and the smart thing about this is it much about this is it pretty much goes as far as you can. >> if you go further, you basically have to abandon the echr well, rwanda says they'll pull out as well. >> rhiannon jones will >> well, rhiannon jones will pull but imagine pull out, but let's imagine somehow them another somehow you give them another 100you bribe them in. >> you bribe them back in. i don't think you could, but let's imagine. but even without that, we further and we abandon we go any further and we abandon echr the friday agreement we go any further and we ab

the time, i've got to be the same time, i've got to be honest with people and a mini reshuffle saw bence leave and grant shapps become the new defence secretary, while close ally of sunak, clare coutinho became energy secretary. but things started crumbling for the government in september as weak rak concrete closed schools and ministers were asked why they had taken so long to do anything about it . about it. >> does anyone ever say , you >> does anyone ever say, you know what, you've done a good job because everyone else has sat on there and done nothing? >> no, no, no signs of that? no. the interview had finished the news interview had finished or after it had or apparently after it had finished, and i'd like to apologise for my choice language that was, uh, unnecessary . that was, uh, unnecessary. >> labour conducted its own reshuffle . deputy leader angela reshuffle. deputy leader angela rayner was given the levelling up brief while pat mcfadden, a veteran of tony blair's government, became national campaign coordinator to gear up the party for the next general election . sir keir

it comes after former defence secretary ben wallace has warned that israel's tactics will fuel the conflictour studio by our reporter charlie lee peters. charlie, thanks for popping into the studio. a difference of tone here. um, more of a sense of caution, perhaps questioning the tactics used so far by israel and the idf. >> well, this morning, rishi sunak said that too many civilian lives have been lost in this conflict and did echo the language used by lord cameron over the weekend, calling for that sustainable ceasefire . what that sustainable ceasefire. what does that mean? because there are so many people have called for a pause in hostilities since this started, and the this conflict started, and the prime minister's official spokesperson clarified earlier today. spokesperson clarified earlier today . that a sustainable today. that a sustainable ceasefire is a situation in which hamas has no place in gaza. so make no mistake about it, downing street is still supporting the overall end state ambition of the israelis in the gaza strip, which is, of course, the total removal of hamas fr

the former british defence secretary, wallace, accused secretary, ben wallace, accused it of engagingto discuss whether, as the west gets cold feet , it understands gets cold feet, it understands its own interests. i'm joined by former british army officer colonel richard kemp and former foreign correspondent and author of reporting the war in ukraine, paul conway. welcome both to gb news and richard , may i start news and richard, may i start with you and how concerned do you feel about the interruption of supplies? and i would say the lack of commitment now to ukraine. >> well, first of all, michael , >> well, first of all, michael, thank you for having me and happy christmas to you and all your viewers from the holy land. i'm actually quite close to nazareth this is the place, of course, where it all began. um, in terms of ukraine, i think the western world, europe in particular, and to an extent the us were becoming, shall we say , us were becoming, shall we say, war weary of ukraine after getting on for two years of conflict there, and particularly without much success in the ukr

wallace , has secretary, ben wallace, has warned tory rebels to not wreck the government by voting downuld not make the perfect the enemy of the good. >> now all of this comes as a group of rebel mps, including miriam cates , jonathan wallace, miriam cates, jonathan wallace, lee anderson , have now left lee anderson, have now left downing street . they had downing street. they had a breakfast salmon bellinis, we believe , with the prime minister believe, with the prime minister this morning. believe, with the prime minister this morning . so rishi lane on this morning. so rishi lane on the charm . and we've spoken to the charm. and we've spoken to the charm. and we've spoken to the shadow education secretary, bridget phillips, and this is what she had to say. >> we won't be supporting the government this evening. i expect they will get their legislation through. they have a big majority in parliament, but we don't believe what they're setting around the rwanda setting out around the rwanda project the right way to be project is the right way to be approaching this. we don't think it's a

the i mean, the growing consensus is from from joe biden a couple of weeks ago from ben wallace, uh, of course, lord cameron in a joint letter with germany . joint letter with germany. they're all now calling for you know, somewhat of a ceasefire. so all eyes that. but, uh, so all eyes on that. but, uh, christine , neil hamilton, thank christine, neil hamilton, thank you much. have a drink for you so much. have a drink for me, you will. and, uh, me, if you will. and, uh, wishing you a very merry christmas this year and a happy new year and happy new year. new year and a happy new year. >> and you're doing a great job, ben. >> more strength to you. thank you. >> you're very kind. christmas cheer coming up in my take at ten. i'll tell you why. the bbc shouldn't with the return shouldn't bother with the return of little britain . if it's going of little britain. if it's going to water down the jokes over fears people. but fears they'll offend people. but first i a business raising first i meet a business raising awareness of homelessness with a canny idea to spark up people's homes. nex

wallace, former defence secretary.nnels of hamas . gaza metro and operations hamas. gaza metro and operations and scans at the weekend under labour plan for a 24 seven nhs. well, sounds like a good policy to me. well done labour. the times now for schools not obuged times now for schools not obliged to let children change their gender identity. and 3000 ward admissions a day, linked to obesity. when are we going to tackle this crisis? how about this story briefly , customers this story briefly, customers sued for leaving negative reviews . members of the public reviews. members of the public are being pursued through the courts, accused of defamation and harassment posted and harassment after they posted negative about negative reviews about a cosmetic surgery clinic . online. cosmetic surgery clinic. online. mirror at christmas sick killing trade reindeer horror brit firm is offering trips to slaughter for these beautiful animals. absolutely disgraceful. okay folks , those are your front folks, those are your front pa

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ben wallace, former defence sector. do not let rwanda bring down the government . obviously one of the issues facing the government at the moment. the impending disaster tomorrow, the daily mail down to the after a day of the wire after a day of grandstanding from both of grandstanding from both wings of the rishi faces the tory party, rishi faces rwanda vote today. this is obviously tomorrow's front page today that could sink his leadership. think we leadership. yeah, i think we know we're going be know what we're going to be talking about tomorrow. don't we? but look, to bring we? but look, i'm going to bring my panel in a second. i'm just going play you this this clip going to play you this this clip that we've been teasing . it's xl that we've been teasing. it's xl bully dogs a licence bully dogs without a licence will england from will be banned in england from february year. no shocking february next year. no shocking stuff, it? commuter stuff, isn't it? but a commuter at stratford station in east london afternoon london yesterday afternoon may have brought h

ben wallace, former defence sector. do not let rwanda bring down the government . obviously one of the issues facing the government at the moment. the impending disaster tomorrow, the daily mail down to the after a day of the wire after a day of grandstanding from both of grandstanding from both wings of the rishi faces the tory party, rishi faces rwanda vote today. this is obviously tomorrow's front page today that could sink his leadership. think we leadership. yeah, i think we know we're going be know what we're going to be talking about tomorrow. don't we? but look, to bring we? but look, i'm going to bring my panel in a second. i'm just going play you this this clip going to play you this this clip that we've been teasing . it's xl that we've been teasing. it's xl bully dogs a licence bully dogs without a licence will england from will be banned in england from february year. no shocking february next year. no shocking stuff, it? commuter stuff, isn't it? but a commuter at stratford station in east london afternoon london yesterday afternoon may have brought h

there former defence secretary ben wallace is calling for the government to send 4x4 cards from the ulezcheme to for ukraine christmas. in a tweet, wallace said the power to do this is in michael kill. tweet, wallace said the power to do this is in michael kill . gove do this is in michael kill. gove and mark harper's hands. let's all do this for new year and millions of people are preparing to make their christmas getaway . to make their christmas getaway. >> travel disruption expected as high winds of up to 70mph in parts of the country . the aa has parts of the country. the aa has warned of lengthy jams of traffic and there's problems on the rails to paddington station in london is expected to be closed until wednesday . closed until wednesday. well war hero and one of britain's most decorated veterans, johnson beharry vc, visited number 10 downing street this week to reflect on the amazing work that his foundation does to help young people turn their backs on gang culture and tackle knife crime head on. >> here, here? yes. >> here, here? yes. >> gb news political editor christopher h

wallace.iga sunoka, to put it mildly, something urgently needs to be done about economy, which he promised to restore order, but in britain they are increasingly talking about recession. so what does prime minister sunok do? he couldn’t think of anything better than to star in edok’s humorous christmas video and a parody of the movie home alone. little rishi was left alone in 10 downing street and decided to have some fun. but not like his predecessor boris, without alcohol and cocaine, with coca-cola he used cans for playing cricket, then he squeezed lari’s kotal, attacked the christmas tree instead, threw a couple of toys on floor, ate spaghetti with soy sauce, watched an american christmas classic and toasted marshmallows on a stick over the fireplace. in general, i collected all american traditions. englishman. at the end of the video. answers the phone with the words: harry, you have the wrong number, this may be a signal to the political editor dzesan gyari kol, who reported the alleged

then you had ben wallace a piece in the wallace writing a piece in the telegraph, and of course, lordled a sustainable, yeah sustainable, uh, ceasefire. yeah >> so but what they have to do is they have to concentrate on the that that will the one, um, fact that that will get everybody motivated. that's the number of casualties. so in all three of those declarations you've talked about, it was the urge reduce the number of urge to reduce the number of casualties. they can't call for a ceasefire because hamas don't want a ceasefire. how must want to eradicate 8500 children, whether they're israeli or palestinian, is too much? >> absolutely. yeah that is it. from britain's newsroom thank you to you both. thank you very much for your company. i'm back for breakfast on new year's day. you're back here, aren't you? on tomorrow morning with emily? >> yeah. take care. see you sooi'i. 500“. >> soon. >> breakfast on new year's day . >> breakfast on new year's day. >> breakfast on new year's day. >> well, you to be careful >> well, you got to be careful with champagne, pip. coming with the champ

wallace, former defence secretary, are saying .a very, very difficult situation. i think there's probably months of fighting left ahead and still, um, i think it's over 120 hostages. i think 129. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> hostages still being held within gaza. so, yeah, very difficult time for their family as well. approaching the new yeah as well. approaching the new year. okay >> let's change tack. should we? sadly not to good news, but looking at the weather, which is looking at the weather, which is looking extremely grim, let's get all the details. good morning alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather forecast. >> it is going to be a blustery, showery day for many of today showery day for many of us today and chilly towards the and a bit chilly towards the north. as a result, we're likely to bit of sleet or snow as to see a bit of sleet or snow as those pile in on those showers pile in on a northerly wind. here and it is also going to be showery also going to be a showery picture elsewhere . some bright picture

um, but, you know, ben wallace is out and i think is coming out here.re's really important part there's a really important part to he you to this, which he says, you know, lessons from know, learn the lessons from britain northern ireland, you britain in northern ireland, you are fuel more are only going to fuel more radicalism in the next 50 years. learn the lesson and take a leaf out of our book. um, i look i do think that, you know, there is a question on the other side of this, if we look at israel's side to say, you know, who do we negotiate with? well will hamas give the who have give back the those who have been kidnapped ? and i think been kidnapped? and i think that's the question the hamas that's the question on the hamas side. it's very easy side. obviously, it's very easy for criticise israel, for us to criticise israel, but we to be and we also need to be balanced and look at what, what how do we negotiate with organisation negotiate with an organisation like , the thing like hamas? you know, the thing we're to get of we're trying to get ri