itamar ben-gvir is now israel's national security minister. 2005, israel began to withdraw from gazae jewish department received intelligence about a plot to slow the israeli withdrawal from gaza by using 700 liters of gasoline to blow up vehicles on a major highway. acting on a tip, officers arrested six men in central israel. one of them was the future minister overseeing civilian affairs in the west bank. bezalel smotrich was released without charges after that incident. bezalel smotrich and itamar ben-gvir were seen as extreme as the political courage in israel for years until benjamin netanyahu needed the country is far, far right to form a coalition government. now, israel's government is full of reticles with similar ideologies. doses that were once fringe have now gained control of the state itself. after a quick break, i will be joined by one of the journalists behind this investigation, ronen bergman is standing by. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need... ...without the stuff you don't. so, here's to now. boost. oh, why leaffilter? it's well

itamar ben—gvir wrote on x, "hamas loves biden." foreign secretary, david cameron, says the uk is opposed to a military operation in rafah, but is unlikely to follow america in delaying arms sales to israel. well earlier, i spoke to feda'a murjan — her eight—year—old daughter, habiba, was killed in an israeli air strike last october at their home in gaza city. the family has now fled via rafah and has now made it to cairo. actually, no words can describe what is happening there in this littlest part of the world. it is beyond imagination. badness, actually. in the first week of war, i was sitting with my daughter, my son and my husband in our house and i was preparing dinnerfor all husband in our house and i was preparing dinner for all of us. husband in our house and i was preparing dinnerfor all of us. and then suddenly we were exposed to, our neighbourhood was exposed to an air strike, our neighbourhood was exposed to an airstrike, israeli our neighbourhood was exposed to an air strike, israeli air strike. our neighbourhood was e

characteristically quite shocking comment from the national security minister, the far right itamar ben—gvir put on his x account "hamas heart biden." so there is a lot of upset here about these latest comments from the us president, the us, of course, israel's closest ally, and that will put pressure on this israeli coalition government as to what it does next, particularly with regard to rafah. and we know that there are also reports that from within the israeli defence establishment, a lot of concern there about what this means for such a critical relationship. and all of this as we're hearing reports of heavy shelling in rafah this morning. that's correct. i mean, we've been hearing from a colleague who's working with us there, from doctors and other residents that there has been very heavy shelling. one man was saying as he was involved in bringing wounded people, including children, including a baby, and footage that we could see into the hospital in rafah, they said that this would be a limited incursion, but they're hitting very close to these two main hospitals. we know that already

itamar ben—gvir wrote on x, "hamas loves biden".eign secretary, david cameron, has said the uk is opposed to a military operation in rafah but is unlikely to follow america in delaying arms sales to israel. a senior hamas official has said israel's operations in rafah and its seizure of the border crossing there are meant to derail peace efforts. the group's delegation to the cairo ceasefire talks has left for doha, but have stressed they are commited to reaching a deal. yolande knell reports from jerusalem. bloody and in pain. children were among 25 wounded by israeli shelling in one neighbourhood in the heart of rafah. seven corpses were pulled from the rubble in the west of the city. translation: they said - to evacuate the eastern areas and that the western area was safe. this is proof that the israeli occupation is a liar. there is no safe place. but israel's military still insists it is carrying out a limited operation against hamas battalions hiding out in gaza's southernmost city. and the us, israel's closest ally, has given

you capitulated to the diktats of certain ministers, indicating very clearly mr smug rich and itamar ben—gvirad in israeli politics. and every night, there are large demonstrations in several places across the country, the biggest one in tel aviv, and tonight was a particularly big one. let’s was a particularly big one. let's touch more _ was a particularly big one. let's touch more on _ was a particularly big one. let's touch more on that, _ was a particularly big one. let's touch more on that, then. - was a particularly big one. let's touch more on that, then. taken together, the comments from yoav gallant and as well as benny gantz who today said netanyahu must choose between victory or disaster, does this reflect concerns in gaza as to how netanyahu is prosecuting this war and his failure to secure any kind of deal to secure the release of any kind of hostages? yes. kind of deal to secure the release of any kind of hostages? yes, that is correct and _ of any kind of hostages? yes, that is correct and of _ of any kind of hostages? yes, that is correct and of course, _ of any kind of hostag

there was heckling and scuffles at a ceremony where hard—line security minister itamar ben gvir was speakingli hostages was on the government's hands. in the west bank, israeli settlers once again blockaded an aid convoy bound for gaza, ransacking trucks and throwing food on the ground. videos from the scene suggest that soldiers present did nothing to intervene. it doesn't help the government's position that its closest ally is now openly questioning its war aims and the strategy. today, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said an all—out israeli attack on the city of rafah would provoke "anarchy" without fully eliminating hamas. and certainly there are pockets of resistance reappearing now in the north, in the jabaliya refugee camp where israeli troops are again engaged in street battles with hamas fighters. around 1.4 million palestinians are sheltering in rafah, most of them children and women, after going there because it was designated a safe zone. intensified israeli bombardments in the eastern parts of rafah have already caused tens of thousands of palestinians to be displaced

>> it's already rippling across israel ben gvir, the national security itamar ben minister itamar ben gvir went on x this morning and said hamas, hearts. joe biden, i mean, this is new territory. >> yeah, it's clearly a breaking point in the already very, very afraid relationship between biden and netanyahu, between the us and israel and it tells you just how little he feels he's able to communicate with b be in private, right? this is a message that i think the us and the president have repeatedly tried to convey to the israelis privately and it clearly has not been successful and so they've taken this, this quite extreme step to say, even though these weapons have been authorized by congress, we're going to put a pause on them because we've told you not to do this the president is, in? an impossible situation here where he's already getting a lot of criticism, even from some democrats who are strongly pro israel at the same time, he's not getting any credit politically from the many on the left who feel he's been to accommodating to israel. and so the whole question for him is just

his radical right-wing coalition partners, ultra-nationalist ministers, itamar ben-gvir in battell. small church has basically put an automated that. if you put the pa back into gaza, we're leaving the coalition. so it's all about domestic politics and oh, minister of defense garland, other members of the cabinet, the security services, all tell him, look, the alternative to hamas is for tides, the palestinian authority, if we don't want that will either going to have chaos or we're going to have hamas back. and this is exactly what we see in gaza right now and so to that end, you're talking about the domestic political situation. >> there were showing video right now of thousands of israelis taking to the streets of tel aviv yesterday demanding netanyahu do more to secure the release of the hostages. some of them calling on him to step down. >> can you speak to the amount of pressure that he is under there and israel from his don't people plural, in israel, it's memorial day is well commemorates the it's fallen soldiers since 1948 until today. and the day later is israel's independ

the most radical excreted he most right-wing politicians in the history of israel, itamar ben gvir and metella smotrich. and because of that, israel is going towards a perpetual occupation of gaza and the need to impose military rule, which we are disaster for israel. short-term and long-term i think that you cannot disconnect the internal the domestic politics, and the bigger picture here. and many people in israel right now see what netanyahu is doing as the war of survival. but but his own political survival and not the survival of the country david, you mentioned a little bit when we were talking just a second ago about about the us and the relationship with the us but what does this all mean for what president biden? and the administration are asking for? how hard do they push? what levers do they have left to pull? and is that going to be effective well, jessica, the main lever they have to pull is the one that the president has already pulled once and in a small way, which is withholding some of the weaponry, the weaponry that would be used in the us view. >> against civilians,

the far right minister itamar ben gvir wrote on x, "hamas loves biden," a comment that was describeds "irresponsible" by the israeli president. but there is similar anger in washington. the house speaker told reporters the decision was a "complete u—turn from what i had been told, even in recent hours. 2a hours ago, it was confirmed to me by top administration officials that the policy is very different to what he stated there. sol hope," he added, "that was a senior moment." tonight, republicans tabled a resolution condemning the decision, which they believes sends entirely the wrong signal to israel's enemies. ijust want to emphasise one thing. this is all about president biden and lloyd austin trying to take over the war from israel. i got one message for israel — don't let them do it. tragically, joe biden has been the greatest friend| to hamas and hezbollah - that there is on planet earth. now, those sound like - extraordinary statements. what are the facts? the biden administration is sending money right now to gaza. _ many of us said, "if you send the money to gaza, - it will

that sparked a furious response from the israeli security minister, itamar ben—gvir, who wrote this on a comment that was described as "irresponsible" by the israeli president. and in washington, republicans lined up to condemn the president for his "interference" in israel's war. ijust want to emphasise one thing — this is all about president biden and lloyd austin trying to take over the war from israel. i've got one message for israel — don't let them do it. tragically, joe biden has been the greatest friendj to hamas and hezbollah - that there is on planet earth. now, those sound like - extraordinary statements. what are the facts? the biden administration is sending money right now to gaza. _ many of us said, "if you send the money to gaza, it - will be seized by hamas." what happened? the first shipment came in and, - boom, immediately seized by hamas, exactly like we said. but they are combining it - with blocking weapons to israel. i'm joined by? brian katulis, senior fellow at the middle east institute. maybe i could to start with the first of all. just to make clear to our vi

there is a reaction from the hardline finance minister, itamar ben—gvir, who has called it a relevantered through the most important crossing point from israel. but, and this was something the court did not refer to, hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of tracts of commercial foodstuffs have gone into that very same route, allowed into that very same route, allowed in by israel, escorted by armed guards inside the gaza strip and taken into the marketplace in gaza. there is food to be had in places, a lot of gazans cannot afford it, but that was an element of israel�*s response to this situation in gaza that the court simply didn�*t allude to. they also obviously did not allude to israel�*s military rationale for attacking gaza, the complete dismantling of the last remaining battalions of hamas and the importance, israel would say, of securing the border between gaza and egypt to prevent the smuggling of weapons which could lead to a future conflict. now, all of this was not referred to by the court, the court obviously feels that in excess of 800,000 people, probably closer to1 million

we have had different responses, the far right minister itamar ben—gvir who came out with "hamas heartrisis in the city. five babies have died this year from whooping cough, following a surge in cases that have been reported by health officials. there have been nearly 2,800 cases in england this year. the uk health security agency says a decline in uptake of the vaccine and the very low numbers seen during the pandemic were both factors in the rise. a 22—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was stabbed near a bus stop in edgware in north—west london. the woman, in her 60s, was treated by paramedics but died at the scene. police are trying to contact the victim's family. a section of the m25 motorway around london will be fully closed for only the second time in its history from this evening as part of a £317 million upgrade. the work being carried out over the weekend is aimed at improving traffic flow and reducing pollution. drivers are being warned they could receive ulez penalty charges if they don't follow official diversion routes. here's simon with