a member of the israeli knesset likud party boaz bismuth spoke to my colleague ben thompson i can only surprise here in israel. i mean, we expected the extension of the pause, if you want. as a matter of fact, this is something that hamas really needs. i mean, hamas needs this pause. hamas nowadays, the only thing right now that they can have or offer or to propose is the psychological war they are holding against us due to the hostages that they have. and the pause they also need in order to recover from the war itself and the way the israeli army inaudible. what is concerning israel, on one hand, of course, we would like to finish the job, we would like to eliminate hamas and it needs more time. on the other hand, of course, hostages are there and it is, i would say, yes, you can say priority because they are there and we would like our children, our women, our grandmothers to be back with us, also our soldiers, also the men, so if we can prolong, if we can extend the pause by having other hostages coming back, of course israel says yes, this is what the israeli population, this is w