nawaf al thani, ten - and lasting peace. thank you very much. | we can go tojerusalem and our correspondent mark lowen. we have just been speaking about these expectant negotiations to try and have a halt to the fighting in gaza. how optimistic are people there in jerusalem, that there might be an agreement reached? i jerusalem, that there might be an agreement reached?— jerusalem, that there might be an agreement reached? i think there are still significant _ agreement reached? i think there are still significant hurdles _ agreement reached? i think there are still significant hurdles and _ agreement reached? i think there are still significant hurdles and a - still significant hurdles and a blood—soaked gulf between the warring sides on several issues. there is a lot of mistrust. the israelis have been appearing to be coalescing around a pause of one to two months. hamas has publicly demanded a permanent ceasefire as part of any hostage deal. but the sides are engaged in talks again. that is progress in itself. and as various different element

that was nawaf al thani. and markjoins me live from jerusalem.the fallout from those allegations against those working for the main agency of the un which serves gaza.— un which serves gaza. indeed. lookin: un which serves gaza. indeed. looking at _ un which serves gaza. indeed. looking at those _ un which serves gaza. indeed. looking at those allegations, l un which serves gaza. indeed. l looking at those allegations, the un which serves gaza. indeed. - looking at those allegations, the un says that it concerns 12 members of staff. nine of them have been immediately dismissed. two are currently being identified and one says the un secretary—general has died. the seriousness with which the un is taking these accusations shows that they were incredibly serious, that they were incredibly serious, that these members of unrwa were alleged to have taken part in those attacks on the 7th of october. i also think that there is an international politics going on here because western governments are seeing an opportunity here to show sympathetic understand

nawaf al thani.uring the latest round of strikes. these pictures show the moment hms diamond repelled the attack by firing sea viper missiles at an incoming which was heading directly towards the ship. the warship is currently situated in the red sea to protect merchant ships from houthi attacks. the uk ministry of defence says there were no injuries or damage. this latest strike from the iran backed group comes days after an oil tanker with british links was also hit — and went up in flames. the fire on the marlin luanda was extinguished with no crew injured after french, indian and us naval ships provided assistance to the vessel. responding to the recent attacks — uk defence secretary grant shapps wrote: our political correspondent harry farley has the latest. this is in the first time hms diamond, which is a british navy destroyer in the red sea, not the first time that hms diamond has been targeted by houthi drones. the statement from the ministry of defence in london saying that this was an int

nawaf al—thani, thank you so much for coming on the programme. thank ou.he scottish national party leader, humza yousaf, has said some people place a different value on palestinian and muslim lives. he was asked by the bbc�*s laura kuennsberg why he's one of the few uk politicians to call for a ceasefire in gaza. i think there is just a lack of leadership and moral courage, if i'm being frank, and this is a classic example of where i think nobody understands what keir starmer stands for. why has he not shown the appropriate leadership on the issue of gaza? and i don't know the answer to that. but i don't know how anybody can see that level of death and destruction and not call for an immediate halt and an immediate ceasefire. do you think sometimes people place a different value on palestinian lives? 0n muslim lives? without a shadow of doubt. if you talk to anybody who is palestinian, you speak to many people in the muslim community, they feel that palestinian blood is very cheap. laura kuenssberg asking the questions there. let's take you live again to g

earlier i spoke to former senior defence 0fficial to the state of qatar, nawaf al—thani.de, in addition to the negotiations on the path and hopefully will continue in the future, and this point qatar has sentin future, and this point qatar has sent in just around 2000 tonnes of aid to include 61 tonnes that were just sent in to help the hostages and the persisting in refugees, palestinian civilian casualties. who are now crowding down into the rafa area near the border. that has been something with the french could parry air force air force aeroplanes, two of them, shall correspond at mansion, flew the aid and now cross the border, obviously from egypt. and now cross the border, obviously from egypt-— from egypt. where would you say mediation. _ from egypt. where would you say mediation, talked _ from egypt. where would you say mediation, talked our _ from egypt. where would you say mediation, talked our terms - from egypt. where would you say mediation, talked our terms of i mediation, talked our terms of trying for example to ensure that more humanitarian aid can go thr

live now to doha — nawaf al—thani is qatar's former director of defence intelligence operations and defencehe to the united states. hejoins me now. thank you for being here with us. what are you hearing about the framework of some sort of new deal? thank you for having me. i think first there are two parts of this. the first is the qatari statements in the past days and weeks that they have continued their efforts to restart negotiations and have not stopped their efforts. but the second part of this is also, at least from the qatari perspective, they've played very close to the vest when it comes to negotiations, it's very sensitive and they don't talk a lot about it before it happens, but all reports indicates we are heading towards, if everything works out well, to probable negotiations restarting. the week started with that report in the united states suggesting the possibility of a two month ceasefire, a phased return and release of hostages, exchanges, are those the sorts of details you hearing? those the sorts of details you hearin: ? .,, . those the sorts of details you hearin: ? ,

we spoke earlier to nawaf al thani, who is qatar's former director of defence intelligence operations because of the nature of negotiations. what we can expect is that a lasting ceasefire should come about, a longer ceasefire in the last ones we had, obviously, and we will see the release of hostages and aid for palestinian civilians. unfortunately, on the other side, the political wrangling and games that are being played, whether globally or internally in israel, especially from the neo—conservative government of netanyahu, is a bit confusing. for instance, criticising qatar on one side and then asking for its help on the other sends mixed messages and isn't helpful, and i think focusing on the mission at hand should be as real�*s main concern. releasing of the hostages, ceasefire and a lasting peace. joining us now is ahal besorai, whose sister was killed by hamas. more relatives have been taken hostage and some are still being held in gaza. thank you very much forjoining us here at what must be a continually distressing time for you and for yourfamily. tell us more about distressi