and we're back now with the middle east expert daniel garr last, daniel, there have been no claims of responsibility. we have to highlight for those favorite strikes, but there is a lot more consensus, something that is real might have been behind them. with that in mind. these were targeted killings against senior mosse members, or at least they appear to be. but they were in 8 strong, hold the hezbollah strong hold in be root. do you think that in particular is significant? and what could it say about the, the bigger picture here? i think it is immensely significant at 1st of all, israel has not denied any involvement and that is a standard operational procedure for like diplomatic and security reasons why. what is real claim? this is the entire world understands that obviously this was and is really operation a and somebody's really politicians who have also violated the discipline of the government by, by congratulating these really security forces. no, i think it's, it's it's, it's fairly clear that this was an, is really strikes. it was remarkably precise. i for palestinians ask

so that was daniel garr lock speaking with me earlier. negotiators have met in paris to discuss the deal between israel and moss . a could see hostages released and an extended ceasefire in the gaza strip. protestors and israel had been ramping up. the pressure on the government to bring home to hostages is rarely officials describe the talks as constructive, but the office of prime minister benjamin netanyahu says there are significant gaps between the 2 sides. and the discussions will continue this week. officials from egypt, guitar and israel are taking part in the us led talks and let's get more on that. we are joined by defense and foreign affairs analyst, non profit been mubarek out to honey. he was director as the guitar, a director of defense intelligence operations and as the defense of tashay to the united states. he joins us now from doha. thank you so much for joining us on the program. when you see the current where things currently stand, how optimistic are you about these talks in paris? what i'm quite optimistic about the any progress towards negotiation would be successf