mr netanyahu estimated it would set progress back six months. protests against the prime minister plasma government say they intend to set up the intensity for four days outside the israeli parliament. joe floto has also been following demonstrations and had this to say. let's break down who those people are. so some of them are groups of hostages, families and their supporters who believe that mr netanyahu doesn't have the commitment to secure a ceasefire deal that would release their loved ones from gaza. their point of view is that it's been four months since the last deal that saw a significant release of hostages — and since then, very little has happened in that regard. they've been joined by other people who object to mr netanyahu, on political grounds — and you'll remember last year, hundreds of thousands of people were paralysing the streets of israel every weekend, protesting against mr netanyahu's planned constitutional reforms. they have now coalesced to try and get mr netanyahu to step down and call new elections. he is very unpopul

.— mission, according to mr netanyahu. mission, according to mr netan ahu. �* , ., ., netanyahu.uding _ netanyahu. and yet, you do have israel's allies including the i israel's allies including the us urging mr netanyahu not to launch the full—scale offensive in rifai? launch the full-scale offensive in rifai? , , , , launch the full-scale offensive in rifai? , , ,, ., in rifai? there is pressure on mr netanyahu _ in rifai? there is pressure on mr netanyahu not _ in rifai? there is pressure on mr netanyahu not to - in rifai? there is pressure on mr netanyahu not to do i in rifai? there is pressure on mr netanyahu not to do that. however, it's in the intentions the of —— the intentions of netanyahu because to achieve what he called complete victory over hamas, we need to go to rafah because there are many tunnels and many militants there. however, unintellgible bureau of hamas in turkey met with the president of turkey and other officials and said clearly we mourn israel are doing military operation in rafah and we would be ready to fight them and he also talks about the negotiati

they have now coalesced to try and get mr netanyahu to step down and call new elections.unpopular in the polls, but this war is still something that most israelis think is the right thing to be doing. on the ground in gaza seven journalists including a freelancer working the bbc were injured in an israeli air strike close to the al—aqsa hospital. four members of the islamichhad militant group and ally of how mass were killed in the attack. al—aqsa is the last hospital functioning in the central gaza strip. pope delivered his annual mass he called for the release of hostages and a ceasefire in gaza. the archbishop of canterbury reflected on the dignified response of the king of england and catherine queen of england and catherine queen of —— princess of wales to the cancer diagnosis. when pope francis pulled out of some easter events, concerns about his health intensified. but the vatican said it was to conserve energy for today. and that seems to have worked. though a little out of breath, easter mass went smoothly. after which the 87—year—old went on a drive about to gre

mr. netanyahu.aw in the last couple of days was something quite different. >> yes, absolutely. we see sort of a return of the mass protests against mr. netanyahu which really began in 2021, the year that he got concurrent successions. they took a step back over the course of the war and now many of those protesters, their core demand before the war, that netanyahu should step down, government should go back to elections, is becoming more urgent after the events of the seventh. >> you are speaking to us from jerusalem yourself. in your analysis, where is the point where mr. netanyahu will feel that pressure, which you say has been around for some time, taking him to the point where he might say i will call elections? >> i don't think there will be anything that will lead benjamin netanyahu to call elections voluntarily. don't think that will happen under any circumstance. they realistic path to elections involves members of his own coalition saying time is up. whether that is the other parties or peo

mr. netanyahu.aw in the last couple of days was something quite different. >> yes, absolutely. we see sort of a return of the mass protests against mr. netanyahu which really began in 2021, the year that he got concurrent successions. they took a step back over the course of the war and now many of those protesters, their core demand before the war, that netanyahu should step down, government should go back to elections, is becoming more urgent after the events of the seventh. >> you are speaking to ufrom jerusalem yourself. in your analysis, where is the point where mr. netanyahu will feel that pressure, which you say has been around for some time, taking him to the point where he might say i will call elections? >> i don't think there will be anything that will lead benjamin netanyahu to call elections voluntarily. i don't think that will happen under any circumstance. they realiic path to elections involves members of his own coalition saying time is up. whether that is the other parties or peopl

speaking of the prime minister, yolande, mr netanyahu has| minister, yolande, mr netanyahu has undergoneed the chain of command, in the interim? it that affected the chain of command, in the interim?— in the interim? it was really only for a very _ in the interim? it was really only for a very short _ in the interim? it was really only for a very short time _ in the interim? it was really only for a very short time he - in the interim? it was really only for a very short time he was - in the interim? it was really only for a very short time he was out | in the interim? it was really only l for a very short time he was out of action. he was taken to hospital after we were told the hernia was discovered during a routine medical checkup a day earlier. he is now said to be in hospital, talking and backin said to be in hospital, talking and back in control. prior to his hernia surgery, he did say that he really had a message to those that were protesting against him, and said it was, for him, his heart was breaking over the plight of the hostage families. he blamed hamas, saying it was harden

i have been thinking since november that mr netanyahu is trying to turn gaza into a regional conflictt with his narrative that the 7th of october was part of a larger plan and the third thing that he must balance is the coalition of pressures although i think he can handle those so between the three and despite the bravado and the gung ho statements coming from the cabinet, i think he will have no choice but to exercise restraint. it is quite a moment for him, as you know he has made the threat from iran the campaign of his entire political life and now he must believe that he has been confirmed in that view? ida. believe that he has been confirmed in that view?— in that view? no, he has not, in fact his iran _ in that view? no, he has not, in fact his iran policy _ in that view? no, he has not, in fact his iran policy record - in that view? no, he has not, in fact his iran policy record is - in that view? no, he has not, in fact his iran policy record is one| fact his iran policy record is one of serial failures and ineptitude. he offered nothing as a substitute for the so—called ira

mr netanyahu doesnt be created. mr netanyahu doesn't frame _ be created.. mr netanyahu doesn't frame the current| doesn't frame the current security challenge facing israel as a challenge about the palestinians. he does say that if a palestinian state would be a fundamental threat to israeli security, but what he framed it as is part of much bigger picture, existential struggle with iran. i would put it to you that as we just saw days and weeks ago, direct hostilities between israel and iran, right now the netanyahu narrative that we can only understand hamas as part of and access based in tehran, but is something which is working for him politically inside your country even if you don't like it. , ., ., ~ it. first of all, i don't like it, but this _ it. first of all, i don't like it, but this is, _ it. first of all, i don't like it, but this is, this - it. first of all, i don't like it, but this is, this is - it. first of all, i don't like it, but this is, this is not| it, but this is, this is not important. netanyahu is over. 75% of israelis believe tha

where are mr netanyahu's - it? where are mr netanyahu's approval ratings at? lt it?ds. when we asked only _ approval ratings at? it depends. when we asked only last - approval ratings at? it depends. when we asked only last week i approval ratings at? it depends. - when we asked only last week about his performance, then we got something around 30 something percent saying that he is doing something well, however it was very different amongst the interviewees who define themselves as being on the left, there he only got 4%, whereas on the right, he got 47%. when we look at the result of potential elections, we see that around 20 seats only. but elections are not in the horizon right now and it would be premature to decide based on this polls by the he is going to lose it or not. iterate based on this polls by the he is going to lose it or not. we have been focusing _ going to lose it or not. we have been focusing on _ going to lose it or not. we have been focusing on the _ going to lose it or not. we have l been focusing on the programme going to lose it or not. we ha

mr. netanyahu. mr. netanyahu, after all, let's think about this he was not honest about how he was going to prosecute this war. he told us they could be more targeted and strip for instead, he's dropped 2000 pound dumb bombs and taken out whole villages, whole buildings and neighbourhoods. mr. netanyahu does not want a two-state solution. neither doesn't mr. trump we are better off. the world is better off, and the palestinian people the, israeli people will be better off if mr. netanyahu is ultimately decided in a new vote, whether or not he should continue but mr. trump would be a useful idiot to mr. netanyahu's. i think failed ways, the failure of the prosecution of this war israel had the right, has the right and obligation to defend itself. it's security, its borders. >> jews >> around the world have the right to this homeland. but at the same time, we have to lift up the homeland of the palestinian people. mr. trump would not be anywhere near that, just as mr. netanyahu isn't mr. biden is the world

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mr. netanyahu and his cabinet. yes, mr. sohrabi, you mentioned the internal division and many differences between the heads of the zionist regime after the operation. sad promise punishment. it seems that these differences have also increased . what is your analysis about this? yes, the piece is definitely after october 7 and onwards, in a way, it can be said that the biggest blow that the zionist regime received in the arena was the true operation that the republic islamic iran was able to create its own deterrence in the region and restore the balance of threats in the region due to the attack on kansour. and another issue is that since 1991, after the attack of saddam and the bess regime on the zionist regime, no third country has directly attacked the zionist regime , and this is yet another failure for the ruling crime in the zionist regime. because the officials of the zionist regime also comment that none of them somehow. they did not achieve their goals in the military field in gaza and due to the restrictions impos

mr netanyahu said he cancelled the delegation going to washington to send a message that he disagreede seen this row deepen. but in the end the bedrock of the israel— us relationship, weapons transfers from the americans, remains, and that is despite growing pressure, particularly from within the democratic party, on mr biden to use arms transfers as leverage over the israelis. all sides are that remains off—limits. —— all signs are that remains off—limits. for more on the meeting and the us strategy in the region, i spoke to former us state department official david makovsky. good to have you back on bbc news. i want to start with the joint statement come out of the meeting with the us and israel. the us side expressed concerns over rafah and added, quote: what do you make of that? can you help us parse what you think that statement means? first of all, good to be with you and good to be with the bbc again. look, i think what's happened is that each side has kind of backed away from the edge when it comes to rafah. israel has agreed to the us idea that needs to be a clear evacuation

speaking of the prime minister, yolande, mr netanyahu has undergone hernia surgery.he chain of command, in the interim? it was really only for a very short time he was out of action. he was taken to hospital after we were told the hernia was discovered during a routine medical checkup a day earlier. he is now said to be in hospital, talking and back in control. prior to his hernia surgery, he did say that he really had a message to those that were protesting against him, and said it was, for him, his heart was breaking over the plight of the hostage families. he blamed hamas, saying it was hardening its position and that is what had made it impossible in recent days to secure a dealfor a truce in gaza, that would also see some of the hostages coming home. in relation to the demand for early elections, he said the first to commend this will be hamas, and that says it all. yolande knell, in jerusalem. i want to give you some details around anyone controversial hate crime law that has come into effect in scotland. the law creates a new offence of stirring up hatred in r

joe biden called on mr netanyahu to take the win full time that clearly is not enough for netanyahu. enough for those quite hard—line right—wing members of his cabinet, who really want israel to launch an all—out attack on iran. that clearly is not going to happen, but israel has said it will do something, and mr netanyahu's response today was fairly fat. he thanked his friends. they have all kinds of digestions and advice, which i appreciate. i would also like to clarify, we will make our own decisions ourselves. fairly clear israel wants to do something to retaliate against iran, it is what form that retaliation takes that is the next step. 0ver takes that is the next step. over the last few months and years, israel has been suspected of attacking shipments of weapons from iran to hezbollah in southern lebanon. that kind of thing can be stepped up. i don't think we know if there are good to be any direct attacks against iranian nuclear facilities or facilities —— attacks against iranian nuclear facilities orfacilities —— going to be. that would be very worrisome because it would le

for mr netanyahu the it coincided with a hernia surgery sunday evening which his office that was successfuldeputy prime minister yerin levin will temporarily take the role. before the operation he offered reassurance on television. translation: i reassurance on television. translation: i underwent an examination _ translation: i underwent an examination stop _ translation: i underwent an examination stop i _ translation: i underwent an examination stop i thank- translation: i underwent an examination stop i thank the l examination stop i thank the people who over record to consider my health including reporters and i assure you that go through the treatment successfully and returned action very quickly. the bbc's bureau chief _ action very quickly. the bbc's bureau chief splayed - action very quickly. the bbc's bureau chief splayed his - bureau chief splayed his strategy as he navigates health challenges amid calls for him step down. look, i think he was appearing tonight as an act of both reassurance and warning to his friends and critics. so the reassurance that he was still vigorously in

on april 13 and 1ath, what happened was a sort of vision for mr netanyahu netanyahu that indeed thisif he plays along with the us particularly but he has not so i did not think it will work for him this time. trying to escalate this. we will work for him this time. trying to escalate this.— to escalate this. we are out of time, to escalate this. we are out of time. let _ to escalate this. we are out of time. let me _ to escalate this. we are out of time, let me squeeze - to escalate this. we are out of time, let me squeeze in - to escalate this. we are out of time, let me squeeze in a - to escalate this. we are out of- time, let me squeeze in a question which could be a yes or no but do you think at some point israel will retaliate? ., ., , ., , retaliate? not in the foreseeable future and later— retaliate? not in the foreseeable future and later than _ retaliate? not in the foreseeable future and later than not, - retaliate? not in the foreseeable future and later than not, very i future and later than not, very probably. so...— future and later than not, very probably. so... future

vowed to holiday of passover, mr netanyahu vowed to hit hamas with painful blows.a million displaced palestinians are sheltering. and in the latest air strike on the city, 15 children of one family are among the dead. this report on the continued suffering in gaza. air-raid siren blares the eyes of the world were on a bigger drama, played out in the skies above israel. but in gaza, nothing changed. this was rafah today,

mr netanyahu is clearly opposed to it, his entire cabinet is opposed to it. no.rong. since 7 october, in all our polls, and i am mentioning not all of them, we have a poll of about two months ago that says that 83% of the israelis want to see or even demand to see a border between us and the palestinians. so if it will come, it is not because theyjoined the zionist movement or because we love palestinians or we believe that they deserve something, it is because we decided that the option of one state, because we hate so much one another, so this... crosstalk yes, but mr ayalon... another poll... nearly three quarters of a millionjewish israelis live beyond this wall that you are imagining as the border between israel and a palestinian state. and there is no israeli government on earth which appears to have the intent or the will or the capacity to remove those jewish settlers. just a moment. first of all, if you read the last agreement that were not signed between ehud olmert, the prime minister, and mahmoud abbas as the palestinian president, the idea is that th

mr. netanyahu, mr. netanyahu enabled your negotiators, your hostage negotiators to get the hostages out immediately. it baffles me, you noted that tomorrow will mark six months since this horrendous attack. i saw evidence of it as i visited israel. but how is it that mr. netanyahu has not been focused singularly on the release of the hostages? >> congresswoman, last question for you on this, speaking of the prime minister. member of his work cabinet has called for early elections. for september. is a change in leadership in israel what is needed to bring an end to this war? >> i'm a member of one government. it is not on me to tell israeli citizens what to do. but i see on the streets the pictures you are showing right now. mr. netanyahu's prosecution of this war, we can all observe, has been indiscriminant had not been clear. and i am very critical of the prosecution of this war. importantly, palestinians need to have elections. we need ultimately jonathan, i know you know this and mr. netanyahu is not

we have seen sort of the return of the mass protests against mr netanyahu, which really began in 2020 had four elections in close succession, and then returned with a vengeance in 2023 over the judicial reform plans of the new netanyahu government. they took a step back over the course of the war and now there is a sense among many of those protesters that their core demand from before the war, that mr netanyahu should step down and the government should go back to the country for elections, has become more urgent after the events of october 7th. well, let's join well, let'sjoin our well, let's join our panel now. a reminder i am joined by leon emirali and mary anne marsh. welcome to this evening's context. let's start with you, mary anne. we have seen those protests really intensify against prime minister netanyahu. i wanted to see you watch the view is from your side of the pond on that, because for a long time we have really seen a strong alliance from the white house with mr netanyahu, although of course there has been more pressure now from the president and the state department

the pressure on the cabinet and on mr netanyahu to make a response, howeverthe on mr netanyahu to makeesponse, however the pressure from the united states and the united kingdom and mr cameron, the foreign secretary, set israel should be smart, it was a failure. so they tried to minimise the effect of the strike because the damage was minimal. one from inside and one from outside, the pressures, to respond or not. this is a situation, and other allies to israel. let this is a situation, and other allies to israel.— allies to israel. let us look at what — allies to israel. let us look at what the _ allies to israel. let us look at what the options - allies to israel. let us look at what the options may i allies to israel. let us look. at what the options may be. locals say israel will respond clearly about decisively. the question right now is whether that response will target iranians proxies in the region other than iran itself or directly a strike on iranians territory, but also, that debate about his israel response was defending itself or certainly sending a message of deterrence w

and while this is going on, mr netanyahu has been in hospital? checkup and that showed the need for hernia surgery. so in the midst of those protests taking place late yesterday, he was off to the hospital for this hernia operation which took him out of action for a few hours. but very quickly we were told that he had made a good recovery and the operation had gone very well and that he is back in control. yolande knell there. to turkey now — where president erdogan�*s governing party has suffered its biggest defeat in local elections. the main opposition party, the chp, won in the six largest urban centres, including istanbul. mr erdogan has promised to respect the decision of the nation. before the election, he had said that this would be the last time he led his party into municipal elections. his term as president is due to end in 2028. translation: we will not disrespect our nation's - decision in any way. we will avoid being stubborn, acting against the national will and questioning the judgment of our nation, as we have done so far. we wil

mr. netanyahu , mr. benigans, and the army commander discussed what they discussed . the discussion was this, mr. netanyahu, why did you attack the center of iran in damascus to make israel suffer this calamity and make it clear how vulnerable we are? that is, it was a freeze, not that they sit and say what should we do in response to iran's attack , what should we do now , it was a fight over the fact that your work, sir, has destroyed israel and endangered our position. . increases the implication is that this government can no longer continue to exist and various dimensions of calamity will descend on israel , one of which is the issue of reverse migration. however , in this same scene, an israeli official said that if such and such had happened, 4 million people would now be around bengurion airport. and preparing for them to leave here, these are various effects that will definitely strongly affect the life of the zionist regime and weaken it severely, and not only will it leave the threat point of a country like iran, but basically be exposed to all kinds of fac

this mr netanyahu is facing international pressure — including from the us — to not invade the city,h of rafah, displaced palestinians returned to khan younis. it came as the israeli troops withdrew temporarily on sunday. a middle eastern correspondent lucy williamson reports. for months, khan younis was a city of targets, its apartment blocks and hospitals seen by israel as hiding places for hamas. residents returned today searching for their city homes

mr. netanyahu, mr. benigans, and the army commander, what was their discussion , mr. netanyahu, why did you attack the center of iran in damascus to make israel suffer this calamity and make it clear how vulnerable we are? sit down tell us what should we do in response to iran's attack , and what should we do? there has been a fight over the fact that, sir, your work has destroyed israel and endangered our position . of course, from now on, rumors and internal conflicts in israel will increase . it is implied that this government he can no longer live and the calamities are coming down on israel from different dimensions , one of which is the issue of reverse migration, but in this same scene, an israeli official said that if such and such had happened, 4 million people would be around bangorion airport by now and were preparing to leave here. . these are various works that will definitely affect the life of the zionist regime, weaken it , and not only remove it from the threat point of a country like iran. rather , it is basically exposed to all kinds of threats withi

mr netanyahu will be coming under pressure obviously from all sides, as you say.ews agency saying that mr biden told mr netanyahu that the us will oppose any israeli counter—attacks against iran, that is axial citing a senior white house official. presuming that is not confirmed by any other source as yet, but is unlikely to be the white house position? —— but is it likely. white house position? -- but is it likel . ., white house position? -- but is it likel . . , white house position? -- but is it likel . ., , ., white house position? -- but is it likel. ., ,., . likely. that is one source, not confirmed- — likely. that is one source, not confirmed. at _ likely. that is one source, not confirmed. at that _ likely. that is one source, not confirmed. at that stage, - likely. that is one source, notj confirmed. at that stage, that likely. that is one source, not i confirmed. at that stage, that is speculation. as i say, president biden, in this statement so far, is just talking about a diplomatic response, isn't he? there is no indication there of the extent of sup

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how is mr netanyahu seen across the spectrum in tv and print right now?he editorials? it absolutely is. there has been absolutely is. there has been absolute denial on the part of mr netanyahu to take any responsibility for the events of october seven, and the seas that maybe got israel to point, whether it was the chief of the military staff, the defence minister and many other senior politicians, as i said, we have some responsibility for what happened and after the war there will be a good case for us to step down and resign, but it is clear... there has been a lot of criticism of the failure of leadership and the failure to accept responsibility. add to the other side of those who are loyal to him there has really been a sense for him to go. that is not new, netanyahu is on trial right now for corruption. in between running the war and going corruption. in between running the warand going to corruption. in between running the war and going to hospital he has to go to court every now and again and listen to evidence against him. there will be calls for

mr. netanyahu is definitely on the verge of collapse, that is, a miscalculation that netanyahu or his analysist iran will not respond and continues to be strategically patient. it is to abuse this situation or iran will respond. but he didn't expect this level of reaction. yes , it will make america's relations with israel improve again . it will empower the countries that are on the path of normalization and tell them that nothing can be done by iran, but a the mistake he made was that instead of two or three missiles , he received dozens of missiles. instead of one pill, iran gave them 50 pills, and now we see that mr. netanyahu's eyes have turned white due to the operation. thank you. another one of the points that has been heavily discussed and analyzed for the past few days is the level of the operation that happened on saturday, both on the offensive side of iran and on the defensive side of the zionist side. let's not talk about their ability, see zionist and the west showed their full strength, that is, iran for two weeks. iran 2 the week gave him a chance to announce that he would res

mr. netanyahu for 25 minutes and says, "you have no new measures." independence of voting and decision-making from the zionist regime has been taken and israel must implement collective policies as a protectorate. this is the most important issue that cannot be tolerated for mr. netanyahu, that is, for many extreme right-wing currents, and if this regime is supposed to be the center of the plan. abraham or plans to normalize relations, and the arab countries that are puppets of the second world war and british projects are put under the umbrella of this regime and supported by it, now it cannot defend itself first and decide for itself. take these conditions, in fact, baqranji for the factions the currents within the security decision-making level of the military have created that they either have to fight with the americans like mr. clinton's time and create a ms. lewinsky for mr. biden, for example, so that they can get themselves out of the umbrella of things, or else they have to follow that many of the philosophies of the regional projects that

mr. netanyahu.pressure is he under given the comment in the is really press the deterrence is diminished? >> he is walking a fine line here, a thin line. on one hand, he wants to not have this escalate and once the israeli response to be enough to suffice and not lead to iranian retaliation. at the same time his political base is demanding stronger and more effective targeting and i think in that way he is in a bind. balancing between those demands and what the international community is expecting of him. i don't think these voices will prevail. i think at the end the decision will be cooler headed and more leaning toward a limited response and in all out response light the far right is demanding. >> it has taken rishi sunak nearly 72 hours to get a look in. they did speak this afternoon amid speculation he was being avoided. the speculation would be of course mr. netanyahu once the freedom to make his own choices. i wonder what would happen were they to make -- where this to be a sizable response.

mr netanyahu said invading the area is critical to reach his country's goals and releasing all hostagesn people are believed to be sheltering in rafah, more than half of them children. mr netanyahu faces international pressure including from the us to not invade the city without a specific plan as to how to keep civilians safe. here is us state department spokesman matthew millar responded to the prime minister. we have made clear to israel that we think a full—scale military invasion of rafah would have an enormously harmful effect on those civilians and would ultimately hurt israel's security so it is notjust a question of israel presenting a plan to us, we've made clear to them that we think there is a better

the president — call with mr netanyahu. tue: president emphasised call with mr netanyahu.ident emphasised of the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall unitarian situation are unsuitable. he made clear the need for israel to announce a series of specific concrete and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering and the safety of aid workers. he made clear that us policy with respect to gaza will be determined by our assessment of israel's immediate action on the steps. he underscored as well that an immediate cease—fire is essential to stabilise and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians, and he urged premise for netanyahu to empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to bring the hostages home. �* , ., we can cross live to washington and our state department correspondent tom bateman. more angry words from joe biden to the government of israel about what's been happening there. but you make of this call and the readout we have had from the white house about it? ~ , have had from the white house about i

mr netanyahu will be coming under pressure obviously from all sides, as you say.will oppose any israeli counter—attacks against iran, that is axios citing a senior white house official. presuming that is not confirmed by any other source as yet, but is it likely to be the white house position? that is one source, so not confirmed. at that stage, that is speculation. as i say, president biden, in his statement so far, is just talking about a diplomatic response, isn't he? there is no indication there of the extent of support the us might offer to iran. but i think, as we saw in the statement, america is ready to support israel, there have been many statements over the last few days from mr biden, from other us officials saying that american support for israeli security is ironclad, mr biden use that word again tonight in his statement. it has actually been not a bad result actually for mr biden. he said in that statement that no us forces or facilities in the iranian assault today, and that is a good thing because it means that america is less likely to be somehow

let's hear some of what mr netanyahu had to say.: i will fiercely defend | the idf, our military and warriors. | if someone thinks they can sanction an idf unit, i will fight this with all my strength. it comes as the palestinian red crescent says one of its drivers was killed in the occupied west bank while trying to treat people injured by gunshots fired by israeli settlers on friday. the health ministry in the territory gave a similar account of the death of 50—year—old mohammed awad allan. some hebrew—language media reports said he was killed by firing from the israeli armed forces, others that he was shot by armed settlers. the idf says it's begun an investigation and a command review into the circumstances is under way. separately, palestinian officials said that at least 14 people, including a boy and a gunman, were killed in an israeli military operation in the nur shams refugee camp, in the west bank. funerals have just been held for some of the dead. staying in the region, in the past hour or so, two iraqi security sources

overnight saturday, sunday, after it became clear what the iranians had launched against you, mr netanyahuaunch an immediate retaliatory response and he was persuaded not to byjoe biden, who, according to these reports, said to mr netanyahu quite clearly, he said, "we will not support you in that action." there is a problem for israel here, is there not? you need the americans, not least you need the arms they're giving you to fight your war in gaza. you need the warplanes that helped you shoot down this barrage of iranian drones and missiles. you cannot ultimately go againstjoe biden if he says, quite clearly, "i am not with you on this." stephen, we respect our allies. we speak with them. we consult with them. but at the end of the day, we take the best decisions for israel. and when you look at the history, whenever we took those decisions, even against the will of the us, they were the right decisions. it was the attack against the nuclear reactor in iraq in the �*80s or the attack against the nuclear reactor in syria. and i think what we saw two nights ago, that we took the right deci

mr. netanyahu, that is, for many. from extreme right-wing currents and if this regime is supposed to be the focus of abraham's plan or plans to normalize relations. and the arab countries that are the puppets of the second world war and the british projects are under the umbrella of this regime and are supported by it, now they cannot defend themselves first and decide for themselves. the factions within the currents within the security and military decision-making level have created that they either have to fight with the americans, for example, mr. clinton, and make a mrs. lewinsky, for example, for example, so that they can get out of the umbrella themselves, or not. they should follow that many of the philosophies of the regional projects, which were built with israel as their axis , will collapse. mr. dr. mohammadi , continue this america together and the same point you are pointing out. sends a message to the islamic republic of iran. and he requests that you don't answer his punishment as soon as the operation

and in that phone call, president biden essentially gave an ultimatum to mr netanyahu that us policygaza could change if israel doesn't improve the humanitarian situation and protect aid workers in gaza. and that was a significant shift in us policy. this was the first time that washington has tried to leverage american aid in order to influence the conduct of the war. and initial signs suggest that perhaps there is some sort of shift in israel now. we'll have to see what happens in the hours and days ahead. but perhaps that us tactic is beginning to have an effect. we saw that announcement that three aid corridors would be reopened or widened. but i think now the americans will want the israelis to do even more, to take concrete steps to demonstrate that they are protecting civilian life. of course, president biden is under huge pressure here in the us. there is a growing chorus of voices in congress from his own party who are saying that america should put more conditions, attach conditions to the aid it sends to israel. the us is the main supplier of military equipment to israel a

, president biden told mr netanyahu that the americans would not support any israeli response. 0bviouslysponse. obviously, there is that they're here that any kind of israeli retaliation could lead to another escalation in the crisis here. so i think the americans are now trying to prevent the israelis from going ahead with any kind of retaliation. the israeli authorities had warned before this attack that any kind of direct attack from iran would lead to an israeli response. i think there is a lot of diplomatic activity happening today to try to de—escalate tensions. the g7, the security council at the united nations will be meeting later discuss the tensions here. so i think a lot of effort under way to try to reduce tensions in the region. figs try to reduce tensions in the reuion. a ,, ., region. as you speak, eu foreign ministers indicating _ region. as you speak, eu foreign ministers indicating they - region. as you speak, eu foreign ministers indicating they will - region. as you speak, eu foreign i ministers indicating they will meet on tuesday to discuss that attack. going back t

mr netanyahu said he'd be back to work soon. joe floater is a middle east bureau chief. has this analysis on what benjamin netanyahu hoped to achieve. i think you are appearing as reassurance to his friends and critics that he was still in charge of government as he prepared to hand over the reins of power to his deputy and a warning to those converging on towns around israel particularly a few kilometres away outside the israeli parliament calling for new elections him to step down. let's break out really are. some groups of hostages with families and their supporters who believe he does not have the commitment to secure a ceasefire deal that would release their loved ones from gaza. their point of view is that it has been four months since the last deal that's saw significant release of hostages and since then very little has happened in that regard. they have been joined happened in that regard. they have beenjoined by others happened in that regard. they have been joined by others who object to a mr netanyahu on political grounds and remember the last year hundreds o

that is something mr netanyahu has been talking up tonight actually before a cabinet meeting, and amidhether arms deals could be used as leveraged against israel in the gaza war, this statement of support by washington on this issue is also a clear signal to iran that it won't leave its ally undefended. to see, thank you very much, lucy williamson reporting there and thank you too to gary 0'donoghue in washington. the senior conservative mp william wragg has reportedly admitted passing phone numbers for some fellow mps to a person he met on a gay dating app. speaking to the times, mr wragg apologised and said he was scared the individual would have �*compromising things�* on him. the bbc has attempted to contact mr wragg. around 12 people working in westminster are believed to have been targeted, all receiving unsolicited whatsapp messages from suspicious mobile numbers. 0ur political correspondent hannah miller reports. good afternoon, prime minister. good afternoon. questioning the prime minister last week, the senior conservative mp, william wragg. now reported to be at the centre o