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here is the idf's tel aviv. here is the idf's spokesperson. telaviv. here is the idf's spokesperson.— telaviv. here is the idf's s--okeserson. ~ spokesperson. if? findinas, spokesperson.§—— - findings, intelligence i these findings, intelligence and forensics. with our around the world. they partners around the world. they have verified it. so that the partners around the world. they have \ world it. so that the partners around the world. they have\world it. knowtthe partners around the world. they have \ world it. know exactly entire world will know exactly how the hamas terrorist organisation they ergenieetien. eperetes. they murdered. ergenieetien eperetes. they murdered. and ergenieetieh eperetes. they murdered. and then were murdered. and then returned in a yesterday returned in a cynical cruel in gaza. , end creel ceremeny in sega ""”"""”'”*'*w* was end creel ceremeny in geese ” ,,, "' was meant end erdel eererndny in geee5 ” ,,, "' was meant to end erdel eererndny in geee5 ” w 55, was meant to be returned who was meant to be returned her children israel with her children to israel is of the yesterdey ie eerie ef the 5 5— was yesterdey ie eert ef the 5 5— was not yesterdey ie eert ef the 5 55 was not returned yesterdey ie eert ef the 5 ~ was not returned by agreement was not returned by hamas. hamas lied and yigsmas. hamas liedand violated agreement. the body that the agreement. the body that falsely claimed was was hamas falsely claimed was was not tears or of any other instead, hamas sent the bod of m over the body of an anonymous
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woman. this is a further evidence of hamas... cruelty. on evening, we on thursday evening, we that one of the confirmed that one of the deceased returned was h; he was taken along 2-5 fhis wife by j his wife by the 5 his wife by the islamic % with his wife by the isiarni555 ,, g5 5 5, 5757 55 e organisation with his wife by the isiarni555 57 75 5 57 5757 55 7 organisation on terrorist organisation on october 17, 2023. terrorist organisation on octoberi7, 2023. from terrorist organisation on october 17, 2023. from their —— the kibbutz. it was “if“? “5 $55 e'ifif�*ifif we??? ” " that him? “5 555 e'e'e�*i�*f “fiéf ” " that he hhh�*? 'h5 ehe e'e'e�*i�*f "fiéf ” " that he was also confirmed that he was also murdered in captivity in november 2023. the abduction and murder in captivity of them, all innocent them, ell innocent civi'tiene. crimes them, ell innocent civiliene. crimes against humanity. are crimes against humanity. the whole world condemn the whole world must condemn act of terror. we demand this act of terror. we demand that release shiri bibas
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accordance in accordance with the agreement. our hearts go in accordance with the agr to nent. our hearts go in accordance with the agr to them. our hearts go in accordance with the agr to them. aerial�*s ur hearts go in accordance with the agr to them. aerial�*s father, s go out to them. aerial�*s father, and shiri bibas's husband, who was adopted to abducted they daysin separately. they spent days in captivity. we will do everything we can to bring shiri bibas home, and all of their 69 other hostages still tyhyeyrz69 other hostages still held in tyhgeyrz69 other hostages still held in horrific and being held in horrific and brutal conditions by hamas in — -— our mission is not over. 7 7 until every '"fbntii eve; single 7 c until eve; gage hostage” not until every single hostage comes home. the idf spokesperson they're giving a briefing. we came giving a news briefing. we came to it as he spoke english.
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he said hamas lied and violated the ceasefire agreement because did not return the body of he 5 he is 7 he is demanding, shiri bibas. he is demanding, is well is that her ie eell ie dernendinaethet'hei�* " ~ ' ~ ' " is now returned. body is now returned. condolences to the a..- 6g .. .-... .. bi " in; " e? " tbe'seijiie" gr thosewhohave families of all those who have been killed and saying that they bring shiri bibas's tt bibliifbiige tt brieizubesje e? tt andtalththoste eb? tt andtalththoste 0ngth 59 body and all those of the 69 still remaining back. go our correspondent jerusalem. mark, tell us t you away t t you away from t yout taway from that statement. hamas's claims about how little statement. hamas's claims about how- little boys, _ statement. hamas's claims about how - little boys, the - how those little boys, the youngest �*the two hostages, youngest of the two hostages, died. that hamas has long maintained they died in an idf bombardment by israeli bombardment by the israeli army. the spokesperson zie: t the idf says
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the idf says they therefore the idf says they were based on israeli intelligence and intelligent intelligenee and intelligent ~ ~ they were murdered by teams, they were murdered by hannae captivity in the first hamas in captivity in the first weeks of the war. he said they were not shot, killed by yvoye not shot. that killed by and murdered were not shot. that killed by and murdered in cold tt tt thtettt t t ibiittt he had passed blood. he said they had bassed findings to the the findings to the community to show international community to show what hamas has capable also accused hamas of, in he also accused hamas of, in his words, gross violations of the ceasefire by not his words, gross violations of the ce. returned by not his words, gross violations of the ce. returned to by not his words, gross violations of the ce. returned to the by not his words, gross violations of the ce. returned to the body not his words, gross violations of the ce. returned to the body of, his words, gross violations of the ( bibas, ned to the body of, his words, gross violations of the ( bibas, the to the body of, his words, gross violations of the ( bibas, the motheriody of, his words, gross violations of the ( bibas, the mother of y of, shiri bibas, the mother of the two boys. they said it was one of the in the of the bodies we saw in the coffins we saw that coffins we saw in that brutal yesterday. the coffins ceremony yesterday. the coffins were handed over to israel but �*the were handed over to israel but �* the forensics m- say that was not shiri bibas. and hamas have described that as an mistake, as an unfortunate mistake, the remains of suggesting the remains of shiri bibas may have been mixed with
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remains gbibas may have been mixed with remains of bibas may have been mixed with remains of an under the remains of an under identified gaza and woman. the rubble ih the rubble in gaza. beneath the rubble in gaza. what i think you are saying, really, is the grief of really. isthegrief of in which israel yesterday, in which israel relived the horrors of the 7th of october, returning within hours anger, rage. minister benjamin netanyabu a hamas as monsters and described hamas as monsters and he would stop at nothing seid he'wodld'etop'et nothing seek revenge. seid he'wodtd'etop'et nothing seek revenge. he said to seek revenge. he said that it was a gross, cruel it was a gross, a cruel and evil violation of the ceasefire that shiri bibas had not deal that shiri bibas had not been returned. an extremely distressing situation, of distressing situation. of 5 for yarden bibas, the course, for yarden bibas, the father of the two little awaits more news about the toft .. . .. . es.” ..- .-..--, ttttofthtits t tt fate of his wife. tell us further _ fate of his wife. tell us further about - fate of his wife. tell us further about what - fate of his wife. tell us further about what the | fate of his wife. tell us - further about what the family are reportedly saying now. we have are reportedly saying now. 7 have actually had a comment
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from the sister of yarden bibas. sorry, i don't have her name to she said we are neme to hend; she’seidwe ere fit seeking revenge, we not fit seeking revenge. we want the body of simply want the body of shiri bibas to come back. voicing bibee te cenne beck... veieing555 55555 against bibee te cerne becie veicing777 7 against betting —— nettanyahu, tt nettanyahu, quettstion. heme-“— �*je�*eneh "e'ten * ~ ..-,., ..., ~ from ee"e~'" “eta-�*ei�*, cse'h�* 7 ~ ...s.- ...- ~ t from the families, partly from the families, saying that he needs to -t the agreement to with the ceasefire agreement to bring remaining hostages bring the remaining hostages back. hostage relatives have felt that he has prioritised felt that hehas brioritised survival of own otter the sureieai oi government over the survival of ceasefire deal. despite the now being expressed, rage now being expressed, particularly even further hamas, in the light of towards hamas, in the light of what happened in the last what has happened in the last 24 what has happened in the last 2a hours, you are still 2a hours. you are still seeing . of comments from families lots of comments from families of the hostages saying, we do not want this to jeopardise the
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4“ the ' ' sexi— not want this to jeopardise the 4“ the ceasefire sexi— progression of the ceasefire deal. they the israeli deal. they want the israeli government to move to the next phase of the ceasefire deal, see the remain of the hostages. but, —— the remaining hostages. but, you know, progression of you know, the progression of those talks is those ceasefire talks is fragile and i think i into by libétbatstt t t t t t £4th béstbbbbebea £4th bashed intthe last t has happened in the last 24 hours. ifi can move to something _ 24 hours. ifi can move to something house, - 24 hours. if i can move to| something house, because 24 hours. if i can move to i something house, because i the tt the bus explosion is on think the bds explosion is on edge of tel aviv, there the edge of tel aviv, there has been a lot of on been a lot of focus also on is going on in the west what is going on in the west bank. i wondered, does it dented wondered? fihe’re’ddee it as though denkillifidnderedi fihe’re’ddee it as though things to feel es thoe'ghthings are to today? at the end of this you today? at the end of this week, and as we look ahead to and prisoner further hostage and prisoner exchanges tomorrow. it further hostage and prisoner exchanges tomorrow. a very volatile situation like a very volatile situation in the west bank, where israeli forces been intensifying forces have been intensifying their clampdown in what they
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of but there celterees of terror: but there been significant number of have been significant number of raids on the west bank over the last few months. what we saw night was a i 7—2 of israelis tof israelis of t tttoftisratelis othhtett t t tof israelis of the start 7—-—— the 2000 is when buses were of the 2000 is when buses were exploding and there were bombs in aviv and jerusalem and in tel aviv and jerusalem and �* big cities. on the other big cities. on the other side, of course, palestinians the west bank have seen in the west bank have seen increasing violence by israeli towa ers t t towaers them.t t towaers them.t so t tt t towaers them.t so the settlers towards them. so the bank is a very serious west bank is a very serious combustible situation. and there is a feeling among some here, certainly the there is a feeling among some here, certair community, while international community, while the folks on and the t tatantbonatldttt and donald trump has ceasefire, and donald trump has of, in a sense, giving neta nyahu netanyahu potentially the t he wants, t t he wants, talking about “at he an" �*e'ln: sheet7 77 77 77 7 us taking t “at he an" �*e'ln: sheet7 77 77 77 7 us taking over t the us taking over gaza and resettling forcibly resettling the there, that is in a residents there, that is in a giving it, we are
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sense giving it, we are forgetting what is happening in the west bank. that very, in terms of t tstitltl.tthtet t tt efiifé gee? iiilb the lifééli says efiifé edge iiilb the. lifééli says it will efiifg ggqg giill5 ttfig lgfggli says it will move t a face of forward into a second face of negotiations, ceasefire negotiations, but given the rage towards hamas, the depth, there isjust, know, t know, there t tt know, there stillt t tt know, there still many, ygg jynow. there ere stilt'r'nen'y. obstacles ygg jynow, there ere stilt'r'nen'y. obstacles the two many obstacles between the two before we get to a second phase of the ceasefire deal, if indeed we there. tomorrow be another day as six yvilljge another day as six hostages are due to be living hostages ere doe to be in exchange. living hostages areduetebe - in exchange.- living hostages ar =.~ = =~ in exchanae. . returned in exchange. thank you so much. arab states have strongly rejected donald trump's proposal that the us takes over
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the territory and relocate redeveloped into what he called the "riviera of the middle east". professor at the lse middle east centre, what do you make of the arab nations gathering to discuss a plan put forward by egypt? the arab countries _ plan put forward by egypt? ti7 arab countries called for arab countries that called for this are worried about their own regime, their own survival, should the riviera plan of president go ahead. they president trump go ahead. they think that this kind of plan... and they rushed to provide an alternative plan. however, i see that �* they come alternative plan. however, i see that �*they come up see that whatever they come up with, of gaza, is going to with, of gaza, is not going to have any success for two reasons. the main obstacle in view as well. view t as well. without a my view is as well. without a long lasting peace, between the
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5.-- ttttaer -.... -.5......-. israelis and the palestinians, the restructuring of gaza will be yet another chapter. the arab money especially, gulf money, oil—based and used rgoney. oil—based and being used gaza, in addition other in gaza, in addition to other parts of the palestinian to reconstruct territories, to reconstruct what is how times do t times do they have to do ina way, in a way, usually, if we —77 at history, —— t at history, and the look at history, and the countries that have destroyed and enable to destroy gaza, and enable it to destroy gaza, should contribute to an should contribute toan . and here i'm internationalfund and here i'm internationalfund and here i'm in the us, britain and other western countries who have poured money and weapons into in order to a peace that mayhem. without a peace agreement, a solid peace agreement, a solid peace agreement, i see no future. in mm
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netanyahu's government, refuses to accept any of a to accept any discussion of a palestinian state sovereignty. fglgtgefiiigt'i gtetg ggggrgi'g' nty5 may be just gaza may be just another phase a long conflict. in a long conflict. obviously, western allies _ in a long conflict. obviously, western allies of _ in a long conflict. obviously, western allies of - they western allies of israel, they support because it has a support it because it has a right to defend itself and right to defend itselfend7it7757 57 57755 7 57 5 faced ongoing has faced this ongoing threat from hamas. in terms of what are saying, these ceasefire you are saying, these ceasefire outline of phases two and three, very long and complex, do a is t tisit political solution. is it possible there could be a t stolution t t solution that eel'f'éelgelef'eflheuhe?�* tt t tt the egi'e'ggigglee'gg elgregg t t t tt the funding, egi'e'ggigglee'gg ehee “g5 t t t tt the funding, do you unlocks the funding, do you think? because president trump thi nkzgbecadseplesident tro rn p really thinkzgbecadseplesident tromp really shaken and offended a lot of things up and offended a lot of people with his suggestions. is ttttftorciritgt t t t forcing states t that forcing the arab states others to say, look, we and others to say, look, we will have to come up a will have to come up with a here ourselves. solution here ourselves. they come solution here ourselves. they - come up _ solution here ourselves. they - come up with _ solution here ourselves. they - come up with a - solution here ourselves. they - come up with a solution | have come up with a solution and its is 2002 arab peace
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= -: land in return for initiative. land in return for peace. that is the creation of a palestinian state on the peace. that is the creation of a pale: of ian state on the peace. that is the creation of a pale: of ian 1967 on the peace. that is the creation of a pale: of ian 1967 war. ie tt tt tttfethtbet t statehood for the palestinians. as long as we have netenyahu in power, there is no powerfthere is 'no'discdssion of powerrthere is 'no'discdssion of a palestinian powerrthereis'no'discdssion of a palestinian state. if gggh gf g eglggf'fi'gh gegeg lf look at gggg gf g eglggf'g'gg ggggg lf look at trump, trump is you look at trump, trump is not really in a really interested in a palestinian state, his riviera plan just to palestinian state, his riviera planjust to mind, you planjust brings to mind, you know, 19th know, old —fashioned 19th century know, old—fashioned 19th century colonialism. he sounds like king �* belgium when like the king of belgium when he regarded the condo as his private estate. therefore, he g——gg t as well, the t as well, the us arms as arms as well, the us arms as to destroy gaza. well, to destroy gaza. therefore the ownership of that territory should revert to this kind of language in t in 2ist—centittry, tit used in the 21st-century, it is
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bar , ., , . used in the 21st-century, it is - barry wealthy gulf used in the 2ist—century, it is barry wealthy gulf state at this barry wealthy gulf state really committed to finding solution? they have a solution? because they have had enormous wealth for a long time. 5 , ., had enormous wealth for a long time. 5 , . t tt they t they have wealthy, they have natural resources. but these natural resources. but these natural resources should not [esources'shoold'not be out out service of the the service of the israelis time they destroy every time they destroy a this is ridiculous. territory. this is ridiculous. many times have they built how many times have they built gaza? this is not the first t ttttatlthotitghttt t tt t t t tt t tatlthotjgiittthistttt t tt t t t tt t tatithotjgiittthistttitst tt t t t t t t tatlthoughttthistitsttiie tt time, although this is the first sign that the destruction is so pervasive. they have built the... and other gulf is so pervasive. they have built t have and other gulf is so pervasive. they have builtt have contributed. lf is so pervasive. they have builtt have contributed. but states have contributed. but this is an ongoing conflict and long as there tt long as there t a final t _t t to this crisis, then ggl�*jt'gh gg tgig ghg'g gf�*gg tt tt t tt t t tttt is going to ggl�*jg'gh gg ggig ghg'g ghgg tt tt t tt t t tttt is going to be arab money is going to be wasted. the two obstacles. well on the one again, are is well on the one side and other one is who side end thg gtth gng'gghg ' going eidg end thg gtth gng'gghg ' going to eidg gnd thg gtth gngigghg ' going to govern gaza
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is going to govern gaza after all the stops? at every stage... is all the stops? at every stage- -- _ stage... that is a big question. _ stage... that is a big question. what - stage... that is a big question. what can l stage... that is a big i question. what can and stage... that is a big - question. what can and should to hamas? happen to hamas? yfétt ttt t that the are willin: declared that they are willing to give up the government of gaza in return for to give up the government of gaza in returi but that doesn't construction. but that doesn't that hamas to meen thet hemes'is'going to overnight. hamas will vanish overnight. hamas will not vanish as long as there is occupation of palestinian territory. and even then, if occupation of palestinian territory. and evt then n, if occupation of palestinian territory. and evt then there will hamas vanishes, then there will be another group that calls for be enother group thet'cells for palestinian state. this has a palestinian state. this has been going on for 80 years and all of those people who have lived through the saga know wellt t t ttweititthtttttt welthhat ta pretty well that without a solution to the palestinian nothing is going to and ttt and israelt t t and israel never any security. it is secure any security. it is driven, directed, towards their west bank which much bigger,
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now let's turn to events just to surrounding ukraine. just to you know, president let you know, president zelensky has been meeting the us to ukraine this week. has t has said has staid he has had he has said that he has had positive talks mr positive talks with mr zelensky and called the ukrainian peasant a courageous leader in suppoth in today's apparent support in today's criticism from president trump. he has posted that
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with pretstident discussions with president zelensky his talented gg’ggggg ghg' gig gg'ggggg ttt t t tttttttt team. gg’ghgg�*g ghg' gig gg'ghggg ttt t t tttttttt team. so ggighgg�*g ghg' gig gg'ggggg ttt t t tttttttt t team. so that national security team. so that will be welcome, no doubt, in will be welcome. no doubt. in 77777 ..-. .. ----. there isa ukraine. there is a question about how much political influence keith does influence keith kellogg does have within the administration certainly he has been in but certainly he has been in kyiv and it is understood that the minerals... they have been discussing that and any security marco security guerenteee. mercg ” ' ”” has security guerenteee. mercg ” ' w has that security guerenteee. mercg ” ' ”w has that donald rubio has said that donald trump will only meet vladimir if they are ending the putin if they are ending the war in the ukraine. the us has 1630 00:18:39,303 --> 00:
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