and that brought campaigns. and that brought about a situation that we actually managed to assassinate thousands of them, but we didn't have the international legitimacy to go in, conquer gaza into actually take hold the end of 2003, he declared the disengagement and then in march 2004, i described what the requirements, the minimum requirements are and i said my first prerequisite is that we would control all of the transits, by sea, by air, on

the ground, there would be under our control. the corridor should not be evacuated because if we give up that control, gaza will become an enclave of terror. but when they did that and we did do the disengagement, they carried out the order and i wrote him a resignation letter because i said that the minimum requirement is we must actually keep the philadelphia corridor and our hands. and there's nothing new about this and wound if we do not have the corridor, it will continue to be arming themselves and a monster will be created. this axis of evil needs the philadelphi corridor and it is incumbent upon us to control it. hamas therefore stubbornly

does not want us there and for that reason, we are demanding that reason, we are demanding that we are there because our presence there is a strategic issue. we have to fix say that we are there. 0k, people said to me, you can leave for 42 days and then come back. and i said yes, i have heard that. we have been there before we left and the missile of the rocket feel will go back in. it will have international support for that but they barraged us with thousands of rockets and missiles and they said then when we left the gaza strip and said what's the problem, the first missile will go back in and the first one that is even

under the ground through the tunnels over the ground and 20 years of past and we have not gonein years of past and we have not gone in and everyone who says it is not a problem to go in, there is a problem to go in. very much so. it is not easy to do it whatsoever. and it is not a tactical military question, it is a question of international pressure on us that if we leave, we cannot go back. but we will not be able to go back and i'll tell you how hard it was to overcome that international pressure and i actually managed to withstand it. to go into rafa when i said, can you imagine what it was? the icc, just a day or two before that because they knew it was going to go in. there was a whole ammunition embargo and with the price of the lives

but that is nothing in comparison to if what will happen if we leave. they want us to conclude the war and everyone wants us to finish to conclude that war, but that corridor, that axis is completely different from all the other and it determines the future, our entire future. it is very important for us for the world wants the end the war. in the last thing they want is for us to go into the philadelphi corridorfrom want is for us to go into the philadelphi corridor from the security council and all over, there's going to be really tremendous pressure put on us. why should we go in? going into that trap. they say it is possible and i can tell you that it will not bring us the hostages back on the contrary, i would like to tell you that when we did go the philadelphi

i ,we , we felt that change for long months after the first deal, hamas did not move and they stubbornly said you have to declare in advance for the end of the war and leave the gaza strip and go back and control gaza. the first crack and of course, that doesn't bring back a deal whatsoever but the first crack was when we went into rafa and we took over the philadelphia corridor and the transit point because that was their way they actually could breathe in their oxygen, their hopein breathe in their oxygen, their hope in that iran would come and save them. and now they're hoping that the international pressure would not extricate them from that situation, the only effective change that would be enabled would be if we

hold onto the philadelphi corridor and not vacated, not evacuated because once we leave it, will never be able to go back. so, we are not going to leave for 42 days because i did not say, someone for the meat we are not leaving for 42 days because we'll be there for 42 years and i did not say that. but we did leave it, we did not go back for 20 years but after we fought and we are holding them in a stronghold, that is them in a stronghold, that is the only thing that will give us the hostages and prevent the smuggling of the hostages over land. they can actually smuggle them out in 42 days. they can smuggle them out and it is so easily can go over the border and they will disappear. and they can find themselves in yemen or iran. and after you received all of that, we're not

going to give it up and this is a herfriend her into his trap. it is an existential issue and there are those who said it is easy, we can leave the gaza, we can leave lebanon and after the 7th of october, we've learned to be a little bit more cautious in our assessments and understanding of every single component. to my chagrin. despite the fact that with all my heart and soul to promote a deal, we did not see a similar response on their side. hamas did not actually react the same way, we agreed to an outline that president biden suggested and we agreed to what they

called a final bridging proposal on the 16th of august and so, hamas refused the first, refuse the second and it's represented said yesterday we have to literally withdraw from the whole of the strip. and they did not move. but they will stop moving the moment they see any fragment of weakness on our side something that they can break us down with and they go back. and therefore, we will not leave. the importance of philadelphi corridor is cardinal. not only to bring the hostages backward to bring the hostages backward to ensure that hamas will be eradicated and that gaza will no longer be a threat against us. it will not return to be such a threat against us and

so, that is our position but from with in us, we heard various voices in the cabinet, ministers in the government who said it is not a problem, we can leave despite the fact that we have already decided that we are not leaving. and therefore, i had to bring it to the war cabinet officially and really fixate that understanding that there are things we do not compromise on. i watch and understand that i'm flexible where i can be flexible where i can be i am but i cannot be flexible where we have to stand on her hind legs and say no. the axis of evil needs the philadelphi corridor

and therefore. after the war cabinet made its decision, i was amazed. i was simply amazed because i heard from with in us, people are saying that we can leave again. and when was it said? after they massacred us and how theyjust murdered six of our hostages and cord blood? what kind of message with that send to hamas? what kind of message would that be that you slaughtered those six hostages and so come over and i would to give you concessions? yes, it is legitimate, every administrator must voice their

opinion and anyone in those deliberations and i think there too many and some of them distortedly, i encourage everyone to express their opinions, i do not stop or block anyone but from the moment that decision was taken, and that is obligatory to all of us. it is not what you want, you'll get, the moment the decision is made, then, of course it is incumbent on all of them to adhere to that decision and that is an essential strategic decision, especially when we are under such pressure to return those hostages back and it is a terrible thing that happened and it is an incentive deterrent and therefore, it will not happen, it simply won't happen. hamas, of course, thinks it will happen. because they see the rift amongst us, amidst us and that is nothing new in that and they have been

using that tactic for over a whole year and can you please to show that and please, could you just go back for a moment? this is what we want to have happen. stand there in curb. and thwart any efforts, they want us to leave gaza so they are using tactics in order to rift us, tear us, we can us and how does it do it? this is there, this is what we found in one of the tunnels, our soldiers found this and this is why the directives that they have to adhere to. the medias said and i cannot actually say it's definitely but it's definitely their senior officials, if it is not leader themselves. this is a translation of what it said that you should increase the distribution of pictures and

photographs and films of the hostages and do everything to actually put pressure to continue with the line that benjamin netanyahu is responsible for everything and detrimentally affect the israeli narrative as if this is against the whole desire to return the actual hostages. this is their strategy and they want to rift and terrace up and completely destroy that cohesion amidst us and they think that most of the people will follow them well, they are wrong. hamas is wrong. at the time when i said there was a quarrel about the refusal, i said that we will all stand and come and serve immediately on the day we need to in everyone's saw where we will

and i said we would all come and i said we would all come and serve and they also think it is an illusion that we will, because of that, when we are in a situation where this is an existential situation, you would think that we would just give up because people are, sort of, casting aspersions? no, i would sort of, casting aspersions? no, iwould not sort of, casting aspersions? no, i would not give into this pressure and our people will not give in to the pressure because most of our people understand it and it does not matter what you see on the screens. i am telling him, forget it. it will not happen. we need it's incumbent upon us to stand united and we have to act together so that the other side will understand that it is to understand that we will not give in to the things that are

essential and crucial. yes, i give all sorts of flexibility possibilities. but if there existential threats then we will stand united together in the moment hamas understands that, then there will be a deal but in the moment they understand that, i can also promise that our existence and our future will continue. together, we have to do so and with the help of god, we will win and we will prevail. i have a question. how do you see the day after and can— how do you see the day after and can you trust egypt with the day— and can you trust egypt with the day after? gn and can you trust egypt with the day after?— the day after? on the day after, the day after? on the day after. we _ the day after? on the day

after, we have _ the day after? on the day after, we have to - the day after? on the day after, we have to be - the day after? on the day after, we have to be the i the day after? on the day i after, we have to be the day after, we have to be the day after hamas. we have to control those various crossings and if the day comes and some of can deal with it and there can be some kind of final arrangement, fantastic but until then, we have be there to deal with it and in order to prevent those murderous mumblings, it will just lead to more rapes and massacres and abductions. we have to control that corridor. 0ne have to control that corridor. one of the questions we are working on and at the moment, totally eradicating and crippling hamas and we are close to it but we need to negate from it, from them, their possibility to be in control of gaza. and we have to help with the humanitarian aid

being given to the people of gaza and we are working on that. and now, what was said about president biden is that we would like to talk about the facts again on the 27th of april, lincoln said that there was a very generous proposal and extremely an extraordinary generous offer on the 31st of may and as i said, israel agreed to president biden's outline on the 16th of august, israel agreed to the actual american proposal and now hamas must agreed i it on the 28th american proposal and now hamas must agreed to on the 28th american proposal and now hamas must agreed to the the 28th american proposal and now hamas must agreed to the actual h final wording of it and again, israel agreed to the actual final wording of it and again, lincoln then said a few days lincoln then said a few days later israel agreed to the later israel agreed to the american proposal and now hamas american proposal and now hamas must agree to it on the 28th must agree to it on the 28th of

august, the deputy director of the cia said that they are extremely earnest and is now hamas turn and i was five days ago, what is happened in those five days what happened was one thing, they murdered six of our hostages in cold blood. so, after that, after that horrific murder, i don't think anyone serious will come and say, now make more concessions, you're not serious, you are not

�* homes was met if i to their homes was met if i give — to their homes was met if i give a _ to their homes was met if i give a precise date, i will make _ give a precise date, i will make a _ give a precise date, i will make a big mistake. you're fiuuhtin make a big mistake. you're fighting against _ make a big mistake. you're fighting against hezbollah l make a big mistake. you'rel fighting against hezbollah in their axis and we cannot accept that situation and i was in kibbutz, that's in the north and i spoke to the northern commander into all the people in the area and they said to me, prime minister, you will stay here, but you have to bring all the other displaced citizens to their homes. so, i said i'm not going to persuade anyone to go back in the same with the south. coming back not because we persuaded them but because we persuaded them but because we persuaded them but because we change the defence and the security situation there. and after that happens, what happened? we changed

reality. we have controlled the philadelphi corridor, and that's why they were able to come back. and it's incumbent on us to change that reality. the security reality in the last step that will take which we took when we destroyed thousands of the hezbollah missiles and rockets and their launch pads and they thought they would have a surprise attack in this, on the border there but we thwarted all of there but we thwarted all of those uavs that were actually those uavs that were actually targeting against us. but that targeting against us. but that is not the end of the story. we is not the end of the story. we have to change the entire have to change the entire security circumstances and security circumstances and reality just as we security circumstances and reality just as we security circumstances and realityjust as we did it in the south. perhaps we could do realityjust as we did it in the south. perhaps we could do it through political ways but it through political ways but

if it does not if it does not happen and it will happen in a different way. in the plans and the schedules, forgive me, but i can't share with you here. all the heads of the army and the g55— all the heads of the army and the 655 and the security forces said that — the 655 and the security forces said that we can leave the philadelphi corridor corridor and — philadelphi corridor corridor and you _ philadelphi corridor corridor and you have chosen not to agree — and you have chosen not to agree with them. do you feel any personal accountability for what _ any personal accountability for what happened after that? we were so what happened after that? - were so close to extricating them from that and yes, i am extremely sad and sorry that it didn't happen. it didn't happen

because hamas is not actually agreeing to that deal. there was an assessment that we could leave and that we will be able to go back the moment there is a missile shot against us? they also said we could leave lebanon and would be able to go back. there is an evaluation that we could and they said, they also said yes, it would be so easy to organise it and it didn't happen and that is an understatement. i'm thinking we should be somewhat modest about it about such heavy prices

talking about such heavy prices that will have to be paid and you'll find yourself in a cul—de—sac and it will bring about not only a situation where we won't be able to get her hostages but on top of that, it would be horrific responsibilities for everything thatis responsibilities for everything that is happened. we will be paying a very heavy price and all of that is on my shoulders and not only on my own shoulders but also on all the cabinet members. we are a country with a government in the cabinet and those decisions are made there. if god for bid that be the situation. it are made there. if god for bid that be the situation.- that be the situation. it was said that — that be the situation. it was

said that even _ that be the situation. it was said that even criticising - that be the situation. it wasj said that even criticising the philadelphi corridor issue was possible — philadelphi corridor issue was possible and you are against it. possible and you are against it and — possible and you are against it. and even in may, you agreed to have — it. and even in may, you agreed to have a — it. and even in may, you agreed to have a withdrawal of all the forces — to have a withdrawal of all the forces from the corridor. can you — forces from the corridor. can you please explain the situation to us?- you please explain the situation to us? how many questions _ situation to us? how many questions are _ situation to us? how many questions are you - situation to us? how many questions are you asking? | situation to us? how many - questions are you asking? one more question _ questions are you asking? one more question about hamas. you said you — more question about hamas. you said you are — more question about hamas. you said you are going to make hames— said you are going to make hamas pay a very heavy price for the — hamas pay a very heavy price for the murder of those six hostages. what do you mean? isnt— hostages. what do you mean? isn't the — hostages. what do you mean? isn't the entire war that is going _ isn't the entire war that is going on— isn't the entire war that is going on was that supposed to be going on was that supposed to he to— going on was that supposed to be to eradicate hamas? is this a separate price?— a separate price? no, what i meant is _

a separate price? no, what i meant is that _ a separate price? no, what i meant is that yes, _ a separate price? no, what i meant is that yes, very - a separate price? no, what i| meant is that yes, very soon, we will make them pay a very heavy price but that is just part and parcel of the entire campaign and yes, it will be a very heavy price for example from hezbollah. taste very heavy price for example from hezbollah.— very heavy price for example from hezbollah. we are leaving that conference _ from hezbollah. we are leaving that conference and _ from hezbollah. we are leaving that conference and saying - that conference and saying asking for forgiveness from israelis for not being able to bring back home alive the six hostages were found dead in gaza and had turned over the weekend but he also said that he is still defiant that he is going to stay and keep israeli troops and the philadelphi corridor near egypt where he said is the lifeline for hamas, the oxygen for hamas and that determines our entire future and we must not pull out of that philadelphi corridor. pretty uncompromising benjamin

netanyahu at that news conference and you are watching bbc news and do stay with us. hello. it's been a rather cloudy, misty, murky day for many of us and we have seen some outbreaks of rain. a transition has been taking place yesterday with this very warm and humid air in place. temperatures climb to 30 degrees. today, it was still pretty humid, but through tomorrow and into wednesday we get into this fresher air and things will feel very different. but with that transition taking place, we have seen some outbreaks of rain and a lot of mist and murk. that was how it looked for a weather watcher in the highlands. low pressure has been in charge, generally loosening its grip as we head through tonight. but still these frontal zones in the picture. so still some showers or even some longer spells of rain for a time there

across the northern isles, one or two showers continuing across england and wales, and we will keep some areas of mist and murk and low cloud, but some clear spells too, and quite a range of temperatures. it's going to be another pretty warm night across south wales, southern and eastern parts of england, whereas for northern ireland and scotland, fresher feel eight degrees for glasgow and for belfast tomorrow morning. but we will see this band of cloud and patchy rain pushing across western scotland and northern ireland, and this old weather front here bringing some cloud and some showers across some central and eastern parts of england. but we should, i think, on balance see a bit more in the way of sunshine tomorrow, but a slightly fresher feel with temperatures of 14 to 23 degrees now for the middle of the week, this big area of high pressure in the atlantic tries to build its way in, but not quite strongly enough to kill off all of these weather fronts, just the weak residues, if you like, of frontal systems. bringing some cloud, bringing some outbreaks of showery rain. but i think most places will be dry. there will be some spells of sunshine, and we're looking at temperatures between 14 and 21 degrees. so all of us into the fresher

air by this stage. now, as we head towards the end of the week, we're watching this little weather system here. it doesn't look like much, but it may well dive across the western side of the uk and then join forces with this bigger area of low pressure to bring the chance for some rain, and also some brisk winds down towards the south of the uk. high pressure you'll notice they're trying to build across the north now. they're trying to build there is a lot of uncertainty about the forecast for the end of the week, but it looks like southern areas are most likely to see rain with some drier conditions further north.

it's 7pm in london this is the world today with ben brown. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu as families to forgive him for not saving their loved ones. but he insists a deal with hamas will not be done if israel loses control of the key philadelphia corridor between gaza and egypt. iam begging i am begging for your forgiveness that we did not succeed in bringing them home alive. we were very close, nearly they are.— alive. we were very close, nearly they are. live pictures of many thousands _ nearly they are. live pictures| of many thousands of israelis protesting with calls for a hostage deal to be reached immediately for the president joe biden says mr netanyahu is

not doing enough to