, , ., , ., you make of that timeline from benny gantz? , , ., ,, ., gantz?ssure _ gantz? this is orbital because of increased pressure from - gantz? this is orbital because of increased pressure from the - gantz? this is orbital because of. increased pressure from the united states to postpone this military operation. jose unless you have a viable plan to evacuate the civilians, you should not enter rafah. —— who are saying. a roughly three weeks timeline for hamas to surrender or release the hostages and if not, they will go into rafah and if not, they will go into rafah and has benny gantz has said but also the defence minister over the weekend, it is inevitable for israel to go into rafah as long as there are hostages and as long as hamas is present there. so unless hamas gives into those demands, we will see a military operation there. if into those demands, we will see a military operation there.— military operation there. if that is in three weeks' _ military operation there. if that is in three weeks' time, _ military operation there. if that is in th

it by benny gantz, give us your take. , ., , by benny gantz, give us your take. , . , ., ., ., , takea truly a dangerous development _ take. it is a truly a dangerous development because - take. it is a truly a dangerous development because it - take. it is a truly a dangerous i development because it seems like the israelis want a ground assault because mr netanyahu mentioned several times they were going for the ground assault because it believes a victory against hamas was within reach so his goal and his cabinet�*s goal is to go into rafah. whatever into rafa h. whatever information into rafah. whatever information from the international community, american, egyptian, it does not make any difference because they have this in mind. this deadline, trying to put pressure on hamas, before ramadan, the holy month for bosoms, but i do not think hamas will release the hostages because if you look at the negotiations going on to reach a deal, it is a problem because hamas will not withdraw from the whole of gaza so in return for releasing the hostages, i did i think that will release the

vinnie gantz has given how maths until the _ going on.s until the 10th of march to - maths until the 10th of march to come up with the hostages —— benny. it's possible they playing for time. of course, they have to keep the pressure on hamas.— of course, they have to keep the pressure on hamas. you're right, and i know pressure on hamas. you're right, and i know that — pressure on hamas. you're right, and i know that it's _ pressure on hamas. you're right, and i know that it's been _ pressure on hamas. you're right, and i know that it's been well— pressure on hamas. you're right, and i know that it's been well published . i know that it's been well published as part as many publications, as far as part as many publications, as far as the pressure within the administration, is faras as the pressure within the administration, is far as to put the pressure on the israelis to have some sort of pause. lots of mixed messages as well. we seem more publicly stating, wanting to put some pressure on israel. with the un security council, the third t

speaking on sunday, mr gantz, a former defence minister in the israeli goverment, said the message wase everywhere — to include rafah area. we will do so in coordinated manner, facilitating the evacuation of civilians, in dialogue with our american and egyptian partners to minimise the civilian casualties as much as possible. our correspondentjenny hill who is injerusalem spoke about a possible date for an offensive in rafah. essentially, it means that if the israelis are serious about this and if negotiations don't come up with a temporary ceasefire or the return of those hostages, and at this stage it doesn't look as though that's anywhere on the horizon, then there are just three weeks to get more than1 million displaced civilians out of harm's way before that ground offensive begins. that, of course, is the subject of focus of huge international concern. it was quite interesting that mr gantz made these comments at a meeting ofjewish—american leaders last night. the us of course, israel's closest ally, has been among the most vocal of foreign governments, urging the israeli prime m

benny gantz said that unless they were freed by the start of ramadan — expected to be on the tenth ofops would move into the city. rafah is currently overcrowded with at least 1.4 million palestinians sheltering there, after being made to move away from northern and central parts of the strip. speaking on sunday, mr gantz, a former defence minister in the israeli goverment, said the message was clear. if by ramadan hostages are not home, the fighting will continue everywhere — to include rafah area. we will do so in coordinated manner, facilitating the evacuation of civilians, in dialogue with our american and egyptian partners to minimise the civilian casualties as much as possible. with more on this — let's speak to our correspondent, jenny hill. there has been much talk already of an offensive in rafah but this is the first time we have had some sort of clear indication of a possible date? that is correct, we have not had a timeline or a deadline before. essentially, it means that if the israelis are serious about this and if negotiations don't come up with a temporary ceasefire or

mr gantz said the message was clear.e, the fighting will continue everywhere — to include rafah area. we will do so in coordinated manner, facilitating the evacuation of civilians, in dialogue with our american and egyptian partners to minimise the civilian casualties as much as possible. a little earlier i spoke tojotam confino, foreign editor at the jewish news, who joined us from tel aviv. he talked me through israel's timeline. well, first of all, this is obviously because of increased pressure by the united states on israel to postpone this military operation. they've constantly said that unless you have a viable plan to evacuate the civilians, you should not enter rafah, and, of course, israel knows this, so it's now giving some sort of a timeline, three weeks roughly, for hamas to either surrender or release the hostages, and if not, they're going to go into rafah. and as both benny gantz has said, but also the defence minister, who i was in a briefing with over the weekend, it's inevitable for israel to go into r

mr gantz said the message was clear.stages are not home, the — is, by ramadan, hostages are not home, the fighting will continue everywhere to include rafah area. we will do _ everywhere to include rafah area. we will do so _ everywhere to include rafah area. we will do so in _ everywhere to include rafah area. we will do so in coordinated manner facilitating the evacuation of citizens _ facilitating the evacuation of citizens to minimise these civilian casuaities— citizens to minimise these civilian casualties is as possible. let's speak now to? 7 dan arbell, who was? 7 deputy chief of mission at the embassy of israel in washington. i understand you're close to officials in the israel government. what are you hearing around the scenes about the offensive was yellow i believe that israel is using yellow i believe that israel is usin. ., ., ., yellow i believe that israel is usin . ., ., yellow i believe that israel is usina .. ,, using rafah as a tool to pressure from us, using rafah as a tool to pressure from us. to _ u

speaking at a conference injerusalem, benny gantz said, the world must know, and hamas leaders must know if by ramadan our hostages are not home, the fighting will continue everywhere, to include the rafah area." it comes as refugees have continued to crowd into rafah, where around 1.5 million people are now seeking safety, close to the border with egypt. the us has repeatedly warned that any ground assault on rafah should not happen without a plan to evacuate civilians first. meanwhile, the world health organisation said that an israeli raid has left the biggest hospital in southern gaza unable to function. paul adams explained more from jerusalem. you mentioned two places in your introduction. one was nasser hospital. well, the situation there is very unclear. the israeli troops have been in there since early thursday morning, conducting searches, arresting members of staff who they believe are associated with hamas and looking for evidence that hostages were being were being held in the hospital. they say that they are doing what they can to keep the hospital running, bringing in dies

benny gantz has set the deadline of the tenth march, speaking injerusalem at a meeting of the conference of presidents of majorjewish organisations. he said "the world must know, and hamas leaders must know — if by ramadan our hostages are not home, the fighting will continue everywhere, to include the rafah area, and he said any operation would include "facilitating the evacuation of citizens... to minimize civilian casualties." the us has repeatedly warned that an assault on rafah can't happen without a plan to evacuate civilians there first. it comes as the world health organisation says an israeli raid has left the biggest hospital in southern gaza unable to function — adding to the humanitarian crisis there. meanwhile refugees have continued to crowd into rafah, close to the border with egypt — where around 1.5 million people are now seeking safety. we'll get the latest on the ground in a moment. but first, last november the bbc reported on the case of a young woman and her disabled brother, tala and yazid, in rafah. they were trying to escape but were repeatedly turned away at the

it would seem benny gantz's on his side in that respect.o you move -- how can you possibly talk about a grand bargain and what comes after this when the israeli side are not a partner in that process? adam: i think it is very diffult, now's attempt to bring in other regional states. saudi arabia and other regional states have been involved well before this as far as formal the opening diplomatic relations with israel. the saudi's and other gulf states want even more, and in this case a two state solution, as part of some way to rectify and at least bring some type of clure in the medium-long term to what is going on. there still continues to be a lot of different dynamics, a lot of things change each day, even within the israeli government as well. you just mentioned some of those dynamics and what continues to change on a daily and weekly basis. christian: just a quick one, there are some who see the political fix joe biden is in who are urging him to go to israel and to speak over the head of the prime minister to the israeli public to tr

mr gantz, a former defence minister in the israeli government, said the message was clear.e not home, the fighting will continue everywhere — to include rafah area. we will do so in coordinated manner, facilitating the evacuation of civilians, in dialogue with our american and egyptian partners to minimize the civilian casualties as much as possible. our correspondentjenny hill gave us this update from jerusalem. we have now an idea of when the men attacked, but crucially they have not disclosed their plan for making sure the more than i million palestinian citizens in rafah city can be moved out of harms way. israel has promised that civilians will be able to leave before any ground invasion there, but they have not given any details and that is what is really troubling aid agencies and foreign governments alike. we have seen in recent days growing international pressure on benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister to rethink his strategy in rafah. he wants to go in because he said it is the last stronghold of an as ride, there are battalions of fighters, he said stil

a minister in the israeli war cabinet, benny gantz, said the assault would begin in three weeks unlesses. it comes as hamas—run gaza health ministry says over 29,000 palestinianshave been killed and over 69,000 are injured in israeli strikes on the gaza strip. rafah is currently overcrowded with at least 1.4 million palestinians sheltering there, after being made to move away from northern and central parts of the strip. speaking on sunday, mr gantz, a former defence minister in the israeli government, said the message was clear. if by ramadan hostages are not home, the fighting will continue everywhere — to include rafah area. we will do so in coordinated manner, facilitating the evacuation of civilians, in dialogue with our american and egyptian partners to minimise the civilian casualties as much as possible. let's speak to haneen harara, a palestinian journalist in gaza now internally displaced to rafah city. thank you very much for coming on the programme. how will that news about this deadline it seems be received? ~ , ., ., received? well, i 'ust want to comment h received? well

but i'm starting to hear that benny gantz is saying no deal until certain things have happened.s in israel right now around this issue? we know where the hostage family stand, we know where netanyahu in the right seem to stand, where is everybody else? >> well the case of benny gantz who you just mentioned and -- these are two former chiefs of staff of the israeli army. they are political opponents of netanyahu, clearly opponents, and they joined the war cabinet a few days after the october 7th attacks not actually for the purposes of unity, but for the purposes of having some adults in the room as war decisions were being made. so right now, there is immense pressure on them because the opposition that seems to be right now the majority of the israeli public, is urging them to leave, saying that all you guys are doing is basically giving netanyahu a long way to do what he wants. the guy who has been the most clear is actually eisenkot. he has been a chances number two. he lost his son and nephew in december in fighting in gaza, and he is the one who very clearly has said that t

benny gantz said that unless they were freed by the start of ramadan, on the 10th of march, troops would mr gantz, a former defence minister, said: earlier, the un public health agency said a key gaza hospital had ceased to function

benny gantz, a member of the israeli war cabinet, spoke today in tel aviv. mr.: there are ongoing attempts to promote a new hostage deal and there are promising early signs of possible progress. we will not stop looking for a way and we will not miss any opportunity to bring our people home. stephanie: gantz also warned that if there is no deal, fighting will continue into ramadan, the muslim holy month that begins in march. in gaza, israeli air strikes rained down again overnight, and hospital officials reported at least 67 palestinians were killed. palestinians said bombs crushed family homes in rafah, where more than a million gazans have fled. one palestinian condemned the world's response, including tuesday's u.s. veto of a u.n. ceasefire resolution. ahmed: this veto was not a surprise. the whole world has made the decision of committing a genocide against the palestinian people. if all the images across more than 140 days did not push the world to take action, then what are they waiting for? stephanie: the hamas-run gazan health ministry reported the overa

speaking on sunday, mr gantz said the message was clear.ue everywhere — to include rafah area. we will do so in coordinated manner, facilitating the evacuation of civilians, in dialogue with our american and egyptian partners to minimise the civilian casualties as much as possible. this leaves only three weeks for the israelis to come up with an evacuation plan for the one. ——with an evacuation plan for the 1.5 million palestinians currently in southern gaza. the un has warned of an impending slaughter. there have been suggestions that people there could move north or west — or even across the border into egypt. in recent days, new images have shown the building of a wall and compound across the border, something denied by egypt's foreign minister. he's stated there is �*no preparation whatsoever�* for influx of palestinian civilians at gaza's rafah border crossing'. justin crump is the chief executive of the defence and intelligence company, sibylline. so what can we learn from the satelitte images that have been released ? that she told m

now, during a different message coming from benny gantz, a war cabinet minister who says that that's the deadline essentially for hamas to hand over the hostages or israel we'll move in to rafah. he said this quote to those saying the price is too high. i say this very clearly, hamas has a choice. they can surrender, release the hostages, and the citizens of gaza will be able to celebrate the holy month of ramadan madonna. now, he insists that this can be done in a coordinated way to get civilians out safely. working with the americans and the egyptians. but this is something that the white house has kept as serious doubt on whether it's even remotely possible to do this given the humanitarian challenges and the volume of people that we are talking about there in terms of the hostage negotiations, things are at a bit of an impasse. you have the israelis saying very clearly that the ball is in hamas's cord. it said that when it was in hi errol last week for talks, hamas didn't change substantially its position, but it needs to, in order for talks to move forward and it's hostage coord

gantz has a vote in the work cabinet. gadi eisenkot does not.g him to do that trade. so i think combined with efforts by the united states, egypt, and qatar, i think the odds are pretty good. nothing is certain, and nobody lost money ever betting against israeli—palestinian agreement on anything, but i think we now have the best chance probably for a partial release of hostages in exchange, i suspect, for hundreds of palestinian security prisoners now either under administrative detention or formally charged and in israeli prisons. and the calls internationally are for an end to this conflict. the fact that we can have some sort of mediation happening for weeks, does that make you hopeful that maybe there could be a way to resolve this conflict? i think that's a heavy lift, frankly, in large part because what the israelis require and need simply does not reconcile or align with what hamas wants. hamas wants a full israeli withdrawal from gaza and the release of all palestinian prisoners. the israelis are interested in killing hamas's senior lead

israeli war cabinet member benny gantz has said that a ground offensive will be launched in rafah ifmarch 10. it is the first time israel has warned when its troops might enter gaza's southernmost city where an estimated 1.3 million civilians are sheltering. earlier, the world health organization said gaza's nasser hospital has ceased to function following an israeli raid. israel defense force troops entered the hospital on thursday, saying intelligence indicated that hostages taken by hamas were being held there. the who said it hadn't been allowed to enter the site. in a post on x, formerly twitter, the director—general of the world health organization tedros adhanom ghebreyesus said: "nasser hospital is not functional anymore. "the who team was not permitted to enter the hospital to assess "the conditions of the patients." our diplomatic correspondent paul adams is injerusalem and says facilities at nasser hospital are close to collapse.

israeli war cabinet member benny gantz has said a ground offensive will be launched in rafah if hamass troops might enter gaza's southernmost city — where an estimated 1.3 million civilans are sheltering. earlier, the world health organisation said gaza's nasa hospital has ceased to function following an israeli raid. israel defence force troops entered the hospital on thursday, saying intelligence indicated that hostages taken by hamas were being held there. the who said it hadn't been allowed to enter the site. in a post on x, formerly twitter, the director—general of the world health organization, tedros ghebreyesus, said: "nasser hospital is not functional anymore. "the who team was not permitted to enter the hospital to assess "the conditions of the patients, "despite reaching the hospital compound to deliver fuel "alongside partners." we will have more on the situation at the hospital shortly. but first, we want to bring you the story of a young woman and her disabled brother, tala and yazeed, and their struggle to escape rafah to egypt.

all that said, even prime minister benny gantz might not be willing to accept statehood, might not given needs security control in gaza. so the actual culture has become one in which even the small step toward progress are so difficult it is like pulling teeth. i draw people to the last effective u.s. leverage over israel. interestingly, they have been under republican presidents. george h.w. bush, george w. bush to some extent. but we have not seen that in the last 10 or 15 years, and certainly not under president biden or really under obama. amy: i wanted to talk about the level of dissent in this country and in other countries that are supporting israel right now. you just wrote a piece about over 800 government officials in the united states and europe that have anonymously signed a statement that their own government's support for israel is in violation of their values. if you can talk more about that? and also come the level at the grassroots in the united states right up to the white house and the state department? in fact, let me play a clip. we interviewed josh paul, high-level

aircraft manufacturers need to, of course, strain themselves, because there is a strike at the les gantzlled by boing 737 because they really have faulty doors and the head of one of the largest. the airline claims that the planes have become terrible, the quality has dropped, and the closest competitor, naturally, is newer and better than the ms-21, we are waiting for it, i hope it will replace it, first on our lines, these planes, and then all over the world, as for , yes, sorry, they said about airplanes, i’ll just say two words and i’ll finish with this, at the end of last week there were several publications in the western press on the topic that in russia... and since i, too , am a flying person, i tensed up a little, since i am not an expert in the industry, i began to read the comments of russian experts, they convincingly show that this is another manipulation of numbers, in fact, the number of emergency cases even decreased in 23rd year in russia, absolutely, you touched on what happened, what happened, what you expected, in fact, we have already told you. about the trail, i do

benny gantz, former defense minister and now war cabinet member but he said that hostages need to be released by ramadan 10 march or israel would strike. what more are you learning >> yeah. so this seems to be a reversal of the position that we had heard from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu a little over a week ago when he said that he wanted this pending operation in rafah to be wrapped up by ramadan again, begins march 10. so a little less than three weeks from now. now, you have a member of his war cabinet, bennett began to essentially making march 10th the deadline for hamas to hand over hostages or the israelis will move in. and he said, this to those saying the price is too high. i say this very clearly, hamas has a choice. they can surrender release the hostages and the citizens of gaza will be able to celebrate the holy month of ramadan. now he promised that it would be done in a coordinated way with the americans and the egyptians, making sure that civilians were out of the way. this comes after the prime minister said that there's plenty of room for people to

experienced politician, when was it created the military cabinet, one of... your colleagues , benny gantz, decided to cooperate with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and you decided to refrain from this participation and remain in the opposition, what guided you? well , in fact, in a real democracy, there is always an opposition, even in wartime, and only one. one thing is national unity on the battlefield, and another thing is national unity in the political, in the political sphere, we know that there was a lot of talk. that russia is united, afghanistan is united, etc. source, source strength of any democracy is precisely the opportunity to talk openly about things. i remember the experience from when there was the second world war, and also when democracy was a trival in britain, when the government replaced church by chamberlain and vice versa. that is... we need to discuss and we need to be able to disagree and that's not a weakness, that's a strength, that 's an advantage of democracy, that's what makes us powerful and that's what differentiates us from our enemies, that is, i wo

actually threaten you that we will resign, there are other ministers like lapid, lapid or me like gantz and others who are willing to admit to you that your cabinet is the majority does not fall and you go towards a political solution and the exchange of prisoners and other issues in fact. the executive that, well, hamas actually emphasizes that after all the damage , after all the casualties, after all the damage and destruction, and after all the victories we won, it is true that we have not yet won the final military victory, and we in fact, we did not turn the military machine into mud, but we are not ready to come to a half-hearted solution after all the destruction of so many female martyrs, in fact , we are the victors of the field. and all our conditions must be implemented, clause by clause. mr. qanad bashi, what do you think? netanyahu says that if we accept these terms , it means our failure, and on the other hand, he said that the negotiation is still going on. see a stalemate that has been created, they are forced to accept this truce. if i said the same d they had continue

this comes on top of remarks yesterday by benny gantz, senior member of internet and yahoo!'-- mr.anyahu's government, showing signs of progress. we shouldn't geahead of ourselves, no sense of a deal being imminent, but clearly the americans are pressing extremely hard. they have made it plain they want to see a deal in place before the start of ramadan, and that is in less than three weeks time. sarah: paul adams, thank you. the israeli government had decided to send a delegation to paris for talks tomorrow with representatives of egypt, qatar, and the united states. around the world and across the u.k., this is bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making news. companies have been told they should make workplace adjustments for women going through menopause including relaxing uniform policies and offering working from home on warm days. the equality and human rights commission guidance also states using language that ridicules someone because of their menopausal systems could be harassment. an inquest has heard that a grandmother attacked by xl bully dogs died

trapped, netanyahu will lose the support of gantz and eisencode if he rejects the exchange of prisoners as requested by benguir and smotrich. if he agrees to exchange prisoners, he is a partner. this regime is in place and started the war to eradicate hamas, but now it is waiting for hamas' answer about the exchange of prisoners, and israel is confused between the return of the prisoners based on the temporary ceasefire agreement, as the us government wants, or the cessation of hostilities, as hamas wants. is. the drivers of hundreds of thousands of bogznan cars expressed happiness and many people distributed sweets and fruits in the streets. the army was collapsing from that day. people hugged, kissed and gave flowers to the soldiers sitting in the trucks they gave sweets. as if with the departure of the king, the darkness of the system. that they had been sent to the streets and the huge mass of the nation had been removed and the time of peace and friendship and sweetness had arrived. the soldiers, most of whom were active duty soldiers, did not show any serious opposition to stickin

of break, but gantz will continue doing exactly what netanyahu is doing right now.the post-9/11 people for the israeli people, as far as they're concerned, and they are lined up that this war should be continued until hamas is destroyed. >> yeah, they suffered a horrific, unimaginable attack on october 7th and they want revenge for that. and that's the mind-set right now, and you can certainly understand it. sam stein, richard ural, richard haas, and david ignatius, thank you all so much. as we cross into the top of a new hour, let's get back to the results from michigan's presidential primary. donald trump won again by a wide margin, but nikki haley did receive significant support, nearly 27% of the vote there. her campaign responding to those results with a statement writing, donald trump is losing about 35% of the vote. that's a flashing warning sign for trump in november. yesterday, haley also made pitches to voters in colorado and minnesota, which hold primaries next week on super tuesday. >> the first thing i want to talk about is, we're going to talk about th

and today, they got a bit of a clue as to when that might happen, because benny gantz — a member of benjaminanyahu's war cabinet — said that if israeli hostages are not released by the beginning of ramadan — that's in precisely three weeks — then the israeli assault on rafah would begin. that's three weeks in which 1.3 million civilians have to be moved out of the way, because the white house has demanded that that should happen before any israeli military assault. and right now, there are no signs of a plan in place for that mass evacuation. meanwhile, israel has condemned brazil's president, lula da silva, after he accused israel of committing genocide in gaza and compared its actions to the holocaust. he was speaking at the african union summit in addis ababa. translation: what is happening in the gaza strip _ with the palestinian people has a parallel in history. in fact, it did exist when hitler decided to kill the jews. israel has strongly criticised his comments. prime minister benjamin netanyahu called them "shameful and grave," and a little earlier this evening, said the israel defe

speaking at a conference injerusalem, benny gantz said, the world must know, and hamas leaders must knowighting will continue everywhere, to include the rafah area." it comes as refugees have continued to crowd into rafah,

optimism in the this evening following remarks by a member of benjamin netanyahu's war cabinet, benny gantzre are attempts these days to promote a new outlier, indicating an intention to move forward". it sounds cryptic and does not sounds cryptic and does not sound that anything is particularly evident but it is just a faint hint of optimism. you will recall that benjamin netanyahu has described the hamas demands for a deal as delusional and we don't know if those demands have changed but there is still a process going on, talks in cairo involving egyptian and hamas officials and a considerable amount of american diplomatic weight as well. the state department spokesman matthew miller has said in the last few hours, we do think there is space to reach an agreement here, we want to see an agreement reached as soon as possible. ideally, before ramadan or even may earlier than that. again, hard to read if these are real sides of optimism but certainly not quite the bilyk pessimism of recent weeks. in the meantime, we had israel's parliament, the kinaesthetic, endorsed the view of benjamin net

israeli war cabinet member benny gantz promised to facilitate the evacuation of civilians in court nationh the u.s. and egypt in urgent -- in order to minimize casualties. i'm joined by patrick sykes in dubai. how realistic is this deadline? >> as of now, we had over the weekend the qatari media throughout this process saying the trajectory of how the talks have been going is not very positive to quote them. it is interesting, this date, the start of ramadan, operationally this muslim holy month has nothing to do with the situation on the ground. it feels like it is almost just putting the ball into hamas's court. the negotiations continuing away from the negotiating table. the past few days, israel is saying some of hamas's demands were delusional. they included full is really withdrawal from the gales the -- full israel withdrawal from the gaza strip and release of prisoners. it feels like more of a negotiating tactic away from the table itself. israel willing a response that it sees as more credible from hamas. tom: we know there's been a lot of concern about the plight of civilians in

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speaking at a conference injerusalem, benny gantz said "the world must know, and hamas leaders must knowamadan our hostages are not home, the fighting will continue everywhere, to include the rafah area. it comes as refugees have continued to crowd into rafah, where around 1.5 million people are now seeking safety, close to the border with egypt. the us has repeatedly warned that any ground assault on rafah should not happen without a plan to evacuate civilians first. meanwhile, the world health organization said that an israeli raid has left the biggest hospital in southern gaza unable to function. paul adams has more from jerusalem. the situation in nasser hospital, the largest hospital in the southern part of the gaza strip, remains searching arresting members of staff the nurses shooting with they are saying they are doing what they are saying they are doing what they can to keep the hospital running and bringing in diesel and oxygen to fix a generator. palestinian sources are sink of the hospital is absolutely on its last legs in the head of the who has said that effectively, nasser

this comes on top of remarks yesterday by benny gantz, a senior member of mr netanyahu's government,i don't think we should get ahead of ourselves. there is no sense of a deal being imminent. but clearly, the americans are pressing extremely hard, and they have made it plain that they want to see a deal in place before the start of ramadan — and that is in less than three weeks�* time. earlier, my colleague caitriona perry spoke to richard haass, president emeritus, council on foreign relations. he spoke about the change in stance from israel. thanks for being with us on bbc news, richard. if we can start with this breaking news that the israelis are to send a delegation to talks in paris around some kind of temporary ceasefire hostage exchange — what do you think has changed, given how vehemently prime minister netanyahu had rejected attending these talks and, had rejected the hamas position several days ago?— several days ago? there's probably _ several days ago? there's probably several - several days ago? there's - probably several explanations. 0ne probably several explanations.

benny gantz said there are signs indicating a possible new hostage deal.n line about the military operation around rafah. without that, we will continue operating and also including during the ramadan period. does the latest comments just coming in. around the world and across the uk. you're watching bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. thousands ofjunior doctors across wales have begun a three—day strike in their latest action in a pay dispute. the strike means thousands of appointments and operations have been cancelled. it's the second walk—out since january by doctors, who say they've effectively lost about a third of their pay in the last 15 years. actor ewen macintosh, best known for playing keith in the classic british comedy the office, has died at the age of 50. the series co creator ricky gervais has paid tribute to macintosh, writing on social media that he was "an absolute original." the government is implementing one of the key recommendations of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse by making it a �*legal requirem

with the beginning of the war, be benny gantz, the centrist party, joined the cabinet without any operational portfolios, or only executive jobs, only to be part of the handling of the war. so netanyahu can play, he has one cabinet with the far-right ministers, a different war cabinet with only the centrist ministers, and his own party, so he's playing between both. his main risk is from the far-right, ditching the coalition. if they disagree with what they might see as too far reaching cease-fire compromise with hamas, they support fighting the war to the end, and they threaten to leave the coalition if netanyahu starts. >> why do you describe in that foreign affairs essay, is israel's self-destruction. explain what you mean. >> well, the main argument in this article is that if we want to keep living peacefully and prosper, we need to come to terms with an understanding that the palestinians live with us and that we have to share the land with them in butter and to strive for much better coexistence, rather than what netanyahu tried to do was to play gaza against ramallah, to play the diffe

we got that indication from benny gantz, but at what stage are we likely to get any sort of indicationthorities what their evacuation plan is? because if it has any chance, any remote chance, have been effective for 1.3 million people, then presumably those people have got to know what they are supposed to do pretty soon. you got to know what they are supposed to do pretty soon-— to do pretty soon. you would think so, to do pretty soon. you would think so. wouldn't _ to do pretty soon. you would think so, wouldn't you? _ to do pretty soon. you would think so, wouldn't you? certainly - to do pretty soon. you would think so, wouldn't you? certainly the - so, wouldn't you? certainly the americans are saying that they have not heard anything yet that suggests that they are aware of what the plan is. i think we are still some way off, matthew. at the moment we are hearing the israelis telling people that actually into neighbourhoods up in the edge of gaza city that they should be evacuating and heading to the al—mawasi area on the mediterranean coast. we are also seeing the continuation of

i do believe members of the war cabinet and especially -- , benny gantz are pushing for a deal.s with families and in other statements says this is the primary objective, still a primary objective. i watch to believe them, but this is what they are trying to do. we will continue to push for a policy makers to do what they can to provide counter proposals on their own, and understand that victory alone on the battlefield will not provide victory for our society. it will be a -- victory for israel because it will lead to a breakdown of the social contract that binds us together as citizens. >> that's such an interesting observation on your part. i mean, when netanyahu talks about absolute victory, do you feel like he really has a plan, and do you agree with whatever plan that might be? >> i'm not a policy maker or military strategist. i'm not at the decision-making table, so i can't comment on what plans are being executed. i think -- rhetoric directed towards public, towards actual policies and the implementations of those policies. i think israel has a right to defend itself, we

netanyahu and benny gantz and his team will keep doing whatt they have toth do.so ramadan, i haven't heard hamas say they agree to a cease fire or releasing any prisoners or hostages. but the point is, what about annihilation? raffa city its important, south gaza is very important.im israel'spo there. it's close to getting the job done but it's got to get the job done and you know what? kna couple of electoral votes around dearborn, michigan, seems awfully short-sighted to he me with respect to the existential threat tmio israel. the only democracy in the middle east and supposedly america'sis greatet ally. >> larroy are, you're 100% correct. rafah is the final terroristol stronghold in gaza.he it's wherere that pressure cookr or the campaign forced all of thos te terrorists through tunns into that one last corner and i believe from some of the people i've been chatting with quietly that there are a significantsi numbergn of hostages in rafah. i just don't think that biden- really -he- he doesn't a clue as to what he's doing here. it will affect him in the electi

. >>> israeli war cabinet minister gantz, a retired general, former deputy prime minister, is indicatings, a possible cease-fire, a hostage release. molly hunter joins us from jerusalem. what are you learning from his comments? >> reporter: "could be" is the operative phrase. he did mention that line that you just said. we have a graphic to show our audience what he said. certainly, a little hope. nothing committal, not concrete. we know u.s. middle east envoy was here. he could be playing to a frustrated domestic audience. we have been seeing protests across israel, here in jerusalem and tel aviv, of hostage families getting frustrated with the israeli government. he thanked the u.s. for their veto yesterday at the u.n. security council. as you know, one of the reasons the u.s. made the case for the veto is because their draft resolution would make it more efficient to get aid to the palestinians who need it most. our team in gaza has been working around the clock to document the humanitarian situation in gaza. they met pregnant women. i will take to you -- take you there. her baby is s