for more i spoke with matthew levitt, director of the reinhard counterterrorism program at the washingtonng us and we want to start with the israeli raid overnight, freeing two hostages taken by hamas. that military action also killing dozens of civilians in gaza. in your mind, want to make of the raid on whether israel could be doing more to protect to protect civilian lives during the raids? fin protect civilian lives during the raids?— protect civilian lives during the raids? ., ., �* , the raids? on the one hand it's fantastic to _ the raids? on the one hand it's fantastic to hear _ the raids? on the one hand it's fantastic to hear a _ the raids? on the one hand it's fantastic to hear a couple - the raids? on the one hand it's fantastic to hear a couple of. fantastic to hear a couple of hostages, elderly gentleman, were freed from hamas captivity. that's what started this all on october seven the other hand, the lives lost within the palestinian community are tragic and there arejust no words. community are tragic and there are just no words. that's the nature of war and i hear lots of

for more on israel's military campaign, i spoke with matthew levitt, director of the reinhard counterterrorismnstitute — a pro israel think tank. on the one hand it's fantastic to hear a couple of hostages, elderly gentleman, were freed from hamas captivity. that's what started this all on october seven the other hand, the lives lost within the palestinian community are tragic and there are just no words. that's the nature of war and i hear lots of people saying surely israel can do more and surely israel can be more targeted but it becomes very difficult to do that in such an incredibly dense area where the enemy in this case, hamas, is still popping out at you from all of these civilian locations. if you look and compare it to the way the us or british forces engaged in afghanistan and in iraq, the israelis are doing quite well in terms of a combatant against civilian ratio. don't get me wrong, it's never well enough, because every one of these lives is precious and i'm torn up about it. ijust don't know what else can be expected when the israelis still have hostages that are being held. i w

for more i spoke with matthew levitt, director of the reinhard counterterrorism program at the washingtonely israel can be more targeted but it becomes more difficult to do that in an incredibly dense area where the enemy in this case, hamas, is still popping out at you from all of these civilian locations. don't get me wrong, they've never done well enough, as every life is precious and i'm torn up about it. ijust can be expected when israelis still have hostages being held and i wish hamas would release them. labour says it has withdrawn support for rochdale by—election candidate azhar ali after his comments on israel. the party said the decision was taken after "new information about further comments" by mr ali came to light. earlier on monday, labour had defended standing by him as a candidate. it is too late for the party to replace mr ali as its candidate. our correspondent alex forsyth has more. keir starmer has putting rooting out anti—semitism that the heart of his leadership and says that the party stance is clear on that despite the prospects of what it might do to the party in