neighbour adele watched nadav grow up. nadav, a quiet man, a very kind man.o his mom. his 79—year—old mom. and he has a brother...had a brother who lived on nirim. he was murdered on october 7th. the remains of five other captives were also brought home last night. haim perry, yankev buchstab, yoram metzger and alex danzig and avraham munder kidnapped from kibbutz nir 0z. for his family, the first confirmation that he was dead. we have counted 18 cases of the government of israel torpedoing the initiative to get the hostages back. we're caught between a rock and a hard place, you know. the hamas and the israeli government both contributing their part to the death of my uncle. the us secretary of state is in the middle east to kick start a new ceasefire plan. israel has agreed to back it. today, he was asking egypt for its support. in khan younis today, six bodies were laid out for burial. killed in a strike on an internet connection point. one of them, taufiq al—khalidi, a student preparing for his engineering exams. another day when lives ended and the war c

neighbour adele watched nadav grow up. tombstone, his mother will have some place to go, to mourn, to visit, and it is a comfort at least to know that his body is back in the land of israel. the remains of five other captives were also brought home last night. chaim peri, yagev buchshtab, yoram metzger and alex dancyg. and avraham munder, kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz. for his family, the first confirmation that he was dead. we have counted 18 cases of the government of israel torpedoing the initiative to get the hostages back. we're caught between a rock and a hard place, you know. hamas and the israeli government both contributing their part to the death of my uncle. the us secretary of state is in the middle east to kick start a new ceasefire plan. israel has agreed to back it. today, he was asking egypt for its support. in khan younis, today, six bodies were laid out for burial. killed in a strike on an internet connection point. one of them, taufiq al—khalidi, a student preparing for his engineering exams. another day

neighbour adele watched nadav grow up. nadav, a quiet man, a very kind man.s mom. his 79—year—old mom. and he has a brother...had a brother who lived on nirim. he was murdered on october 7th. the remains of five other captives were also brought home last night. haim perry, yankev buchstab, yoram metzger and alex danzig and avraham munder kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz. for his family, the first confirmation that he was dead. we have counted 18 cases of the government of israel torpedoing the initiative to get the hostages back. we're caught between a rock and a hard place, you know. the hamas and the israeli government both contributing their part to the death of my uncle. the us secretary of state is in the middle east to kick start a new ceasefire plan. israel has agreed to back it. today, he was asking egypt for its support. in khan younis, today, six bodies were laid out for burial. killed in a strike on an internet connection point. one of them, taufiq al—khalidi, a student preparing for his engineering exams. another day when lives ended and the war carr

neighbour adele watched nadav grow up. nadav, a quiet man, a very kind man.7th. the remains of five other captives were also brought home last night — haim perry, yankev buchstab, yoram metzger and alex danzig and avraham munder, kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz. for his family, the first confirmation that he was dead. we have counted 18 cases of the government of israel torpedoing the initiative to get the hostages back. we're caught between a rock and a hard place, you know — hamas and the israeli government both contributing their part to the death of my uncle. the us secretary of state is in the middle east to kick—start a new ceasefire plan. israel has agreed to back it. today, he was asking egypt for its support. in khan younis today, six bodies laid out for burial — killed in a strike on an internet connection point. one of them, taufiq al—khalidi, a student preparing for his engineering exams. another day when lives ended and the war carried on. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. let's speak to michael levy, older brother of hostage or levy, who was k

neighbour adel watched nadav grow up. to. to visit. it's a comfort, at least, to know that his his body is back in the land of israel. the remains of five other captives were also brought home last night. haim perry, yogev buchstab, yoram metzger and alex danzig and avraham munda were kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz for his family, the first confirmation that he was dead. we have counted 18 cases of the government of israel torpedoing the initiative to get the hostages back. we're caught between a rock and a hard place. you know, the hamas and the israeli government both contributing their part to the death of my uncle. in khan younis today, six bodies laid out for burial, killed in a strike on an internet connection point. one of them, taufiq al—khalidi, a student preparing for his engineering exams. another day when lives ended and the war carried on lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. a british—mexican man — detained in qatarfor six months on drugs charges — claims he was targeted because he is gay, warning others to b

joining us now is idf spokesman lieutenant colonel, nadav shoshani. you so much for speaking with us this morning. we do appreciate it. can you tell us more about the hreatsrom hezbollah that prompted israel to launch this pre-emptive strike, and was the u.s. involved in the operation? >> this morning we saw a threat of thousands of rocket launchers targeted -- targeting aimed at israel, mostly northern israel, but central israel and we saw hezbollah preparing to carry out an attack, a heavy attack of hundreds of rockets towards israelis, towards israeli communities. seeing that, we carried out a strike in self-defense to remove that threat of an attack on israeli civilians, and to prevent a larger attack than the one we've seen today using active defense to attack these rocket launchers and also to use our aerial defense systems to intercept the rockets coming into israel, and of course, we've been in very intimate connection with our partners, our counterparts and the centcom with hezbollah threatening to escalate the situation, threatening to take

lieutenant colonel nadav shoshani is an idf international spokesperson.el carried out these strikes. it's called active defence. it goes along with our defence aerial systems. and together, we were able to thwart this attack by hezbollah that they were threatening for a wider escalation, they were threatening to hit civilians and military bases and we were able to thwart it with active defence against those rocket launchers pointed at israeli communities with rockets in them and prevent those that were fired eventually. how many targets do you claim that you have hit? we are still in this ongoing operation and ongoing tension. we've hit thousands of rocket launcher barrels and we've thwarted hundreds of rockets and uavs in the air on their way to israeli communities in northern and central israel. we've had some international reaction to events. presidentjoe biden is directing us officials to maintain close communication with israel. a national security spokesman said "president biden is closely monitoring events in israel and lebanon. he has been engaged

so nadav, who was originally from leeds, of course, was confirmed dead in june as part of an israeli the khan yunis area of southern gaza. and of course, this is a very unwelcome news, but a timely reminder of the fact that hamas are terrorists. and what happened on october 7. and what happened on october 7. and it's often forgotten in amongst all the blurb that goes on, on shows like this or on on the internet or whatever. this all started on october 7th, when innocent people, three from one family here, because this was a 51 year old and his brother was shot. it was also, his mother, a 79 year old, was taken captive as well. i don't think she's been doing too well, so this is a timely reminder of why we are in this situation, and it's all very good talking about negotiating with hamas. but ultimately we have to stop hamas. >> kerry. anything to add? >> kerry. anything to add? >> yeah, just that hamas are now six bargaining chips down for getting getting a peace deal. and also a few days ago, they shot three hostages, one of them killed and two women. i think they reported as being

the six bodies were yagev buchshtab, alex dancyg, abraham munder, yoram metzger, haim peri and nadavritish israeli citizen. all apart from abraham munder were already presumed to be dead. it is thought there are up to be dead. it is thought there are up to 70 hostages who are still alive being held in gaza and in the last few moments we have had a statement from israel's prime minister, binyamin netanyahu, who of course has faced considerable criticism from some hostage families for not doing enough to free those who are being held. he said, our hearts grieve over this terrible loss. , , . ., , hearts grieve over this terrible loss. , , , hearts grieve over this terrible loss. , h , loss. this news comes as there was ho -e for loss. this news comes as there was hepe for a — loss. this news comes as there was hope for a ceasefire _ loss. this news comes as there was hope for a ceasefire deal _ loss. this news comes as there was hope for a ceasefire deal would - loss. this news comes as there was hope for a ceasefire deal would be l hope for a ceasefire deal would be taking some form o

in the last half an hour i spoke idf international spokesperson, lieutenant colonel nadav sho—shani,ied out the pre—emptive strikes. it is called active defence and we were able to thwart the attack by hezbollah that threatening for a wider escalation to harm civilians and hit military bases and we were able to thwart that with active defence against those rocket launchers pointed at israel with rockets and them and prevent those that were fired eventually. maw; that were fired eventually. many taruets that were fired eventually. many tar: ets do that were fired eventually. many targets do you — that were fired eventually. many targets do you claim _ that were fired eventually. many targets do you claim to - that were fired eventually. many targets do you claim to have - that were fired eventually. many targets do you claim to have had. that were fired eventually. many - targets do you claim to have had. we are targets do you claim to have had. - are still in this ongoing tension, we have had thousands of rocket once barrels and thwarted hundreds of rockets in the air on their way to

lieutenant colonel nadav shoshani is an idf spokesperson and told me why they had carried out the strikesnds of rocket launcher barrels and we've thwarted hundreds of rockets and uavs in the air on their way to israeli communities in northern and central israel. with me now is our middle east editor sebastian usher. in your view, how significant is what has happened today? i in your view, how significant is what has happened today? i think we don't really know— what has happened today? i think we don't really know the _ what has happened today? i think we don't really know the significance - don't really know the significance yet because it is what happens next that really matters. it is certainly another escalation and largest exchange of fire between the two sides in terms of rockets fired. that two narratives at play, israel, i think we're expecting israel to do something this weekend, the signs coming from the idf and the government in the last couple of days were that a strike by hezbollah was going to happen very, very shortly. so, from the israeli perspective, we've been hearing th

haim perry, nadav papa. well yoga of books job now, we should note that all of these hostages were taken alive on october 7. and though a few months ago, israel came to believe that one of those six had died until yesterday. we didn't know for sure that those six were dead and what that is doing is it is it is gradually taking down that number of hostages that would be part of any hostage release ceasefire agreement. we're down to 109 now. and the fact is that israeli officials believe that a large portion of those hundred and nine are dead as well. and that's that's a sad fact in this country, right? because you know, kate, what paying this has caused the family members here there continued to be demonstrations wherever you're traveling this country, you see faces of those highs passengers. but, but the number of those who will be exchanged and gain their freedom be returned to their families with events like today, that number is always coming down dwindling jim. thank you so much. it's good to see you. st

let's speak to idf international spokesperson lieutenant colonel nadav shoshan. it is no secret that hezbollah has been planning and threatening a wider escalation and white attack against israeli communities and billions. in the hours of this morning, we saw evidence of those rocket launchers pointed towards israel, pointed toward central israel, pointed toward central israel, towards israeli citizens and we decided to strike against this immediate threats, to thwart this and we acted in self defence to provide this wider escalation and wider attack against israeli civilians. ., , . wider attack against israeli civilians. ., . , civilians. you say self defence but hezbollah hadn't _ civilians. you say self defence but hezbollah hadn't actually - civilians. you say self defence but| hezbollah hadn't actually launched anything before you hit them? it’s anything before you hit them? it's called a anything before you hit them? it�*s called a sorting of an active threats against civilians. we were able to thwart this attack by hezbollah that they were fighting for a