but it's welcome lieutenant colonel of peter learner, who joins us now. he's a spokesperson for the is really army. lieutenant colonel, thanks for joining us here. and dw, there were some bumps in the road yesterday, or you expecting today's hostage and prisoner released to go more smoothly. thanks michael. i think the most dramatic image yesterday was the image images of the young children running into their father's hands and into you today without taking the necessary steps in order to be prepared for an additional release. that is what we're doing. this is, you know, the release of hostages is paramount and it is all, i would say that it is a national priority, and that is why we are holding a fire and maintaining a defensive positions in order to bring home the hostages and stipend. so let's go back to yesterday, which was reference to how mos says israel was not honoring the agreement on 3 fronts. the sequence of palestinian prisoners released not allowing a to all parts of northern garza and preventing gardens from returning north, your reaction. a

it's closest ally, we can now speak to a lieutenant peter learner. he is a spokesperson for these really military. welcome to the w lieutenants. we just heard the is really defense minister saying that operations have now moved to the east and will also continue to the south of gaza, which is where the idea of has been urging civilians to fleas. so where can people in gauze a go now to seek safety? thank you. good evening marianne. it said, thankful to 4 of our games. thomas, a tourist organization that strategically decided to attack israel on the 7th of october brucely mess occurring, murdering, butchering and raping over a 1000. $200.00 is riley's, and indeed, as you reported extensively of a $230.00 is raising for nationals being held hostage. the people who are responsible for that attack or from us, and that is why we are seeking them out wherever they are effective. we are operating expensively in the north, in the, in the east. and it does not mean that must have stop, stop launching their attacks from the south. and that is why if there will

that was idea spokesperson peter learner speaking to us earlier. well, many young is riley soldiers who have taken part in the military operation against a mouse in recent weeks. and we want to shed light on what this means for their families. so i can now speak to karen and is really american mother of 4 or 20 year old son is a member of a special combat unit in gaza. and for security reasons, we've agreed to not disclose her full name or whereabouts. welcome to dw news current. now the truce stuff begun this morning is expected to last for 4 days. how are you feeling about this? considering it means also a break into fighting for your son. well, um from what i'm going, i feel relieved. but on the other one, i feel scared because uh everything expire that we had before. somebody getting this done with this uh, buyer and uh on our soldiers. even if it's a ceasefire, they kidnapped 2 of our soldiers while they were in a ceasefire. so we don't know what to expect. how often have you been hearing from your son? maybe once or twice. and i can hear from

from what we understand, this is for questioning according to the idf, but take a listen to what peter learner, the spokesman from the idf, about what they plan to do and ask the director of the al shifa hospital. >> he needs to be questioned in the constant state of denial saying it does not happen, and how could the general manager of the hospital not know about the extent of the tunnel systems? >> at minimum, we have to see exactly what he can share with us about his knowledge. >> you have to remember that the idf ended on a raid on the al shifa hospital, and what that meant for the medical perspective and the ability of the doctors do their work. al shifa has been one of issue since the start of october 7th when we saw the idf saying that not only are hospitals mass hospitals, but it is being used as command centers and hamas tunnels. he was saying that under his control, there were hamas activity, and findings of this would subject him to further isa questioning, but for now, the ministry of health says they are now suspending all work with the world health and to evacuate the patients ou

and this is something we bunch exit and that was peter learners, thanks. testing to the is riley, maybe id speaking to dw earlier at gemini has welcome the deal between israel and hum us foreign minister. and the bad book describes the agreement to release some of the hostages as a breakthrough fuel. so the rifle a to be distributed among the people of gaza, germany as well as the united states, the u. k. and the european union have rejected calls for a long term ceasefire, arguing that it could give how much time to recruit going across straight to the w's. political correspondent, matthew moore, who joins us now from a problem interest to years here in but late. and matthew, has there been any other reaction yet from bell into the news of this hostage deal apart from what we just heard beyond that statement, there really hasn't been much reaction on. yeah. not from the chinese law or other government ministers, which i think perhaps speaks to a sense of cautious optimism. some senior n p still has been twitching. mikhail root, a former junior minister in the foreign ministry who happe

what i can tell you is that yesterday, last night, another idf spokesperson, peter learner told cnn that one of the reasons for the raid is a rescue of hostages, and this morning we learned that this is not the reason. so i think there's sort of a developing aversion there, but at the end of the day, the proof is in the pudding. if the idf will be able to present today, tomorrow, in the coming days, real evidence that hamas operated under hospital, then i think it will be clear to a lot of people around the world that this raid was justified. if not the israeli government, and the israeli military will be a huge problem, not only about this raid, but about the other stages of this operation. >> great point. always great to see you. thank you for coming in, barack. john. >>> kidney punches, name calling and threats of violence, just as the founding fathers intended, so who has hit whom on capitol hill so far today? >>> a high stakes summit, new reporting on u.s. plans to both confront and calm tensions with china. >>> the house has spoken and it's up to the senate to keep the government o

talking about this, and you know, those associated with israeli authorities, lieutenant colonel peter learner spoke with msnbc earlier today. he's an ex-spokesperson for the idf, and this is what he had to say. >> we will continue to work in order to verify and clarify exactly what the situation is. we hold hamas accountable for their well being. they are responsible for all of the hostages, every single one. >> a lot of things are very influx right now, chris. the midnight deadline of the cease fire agreement, the question of the bibas family, whether or not they are alive. how many more days we might expect this to last, if any. it's been a fluid moment from the beginning, and it is a particularly fluid moment right now, chris. >> a particular kind of hell they are living through. we'll talk to you in a bit. >>> i want to bring in former cia director, john brennan, also an msnbc senior national security and intelligence analyst, so when we talk about a family who is living in this hell, they believe they've been told, at least for sure, that hamas claims that their family has been killed. i

. >> reporter: military spokesperson peter learner said israel is focusing on the hospitals because that's hamas is. >> they have positioned all of their capabilities in and around and beneath hospitals. >> there are thousands of patients who are wounded, some of them severely and cannot be moved. >> they can be moved. ambulance services are up and running. >> reporter: israel has been urging people in gaza to flee. he says more than 150,000 have fled in just the past two days, most of them on foot. the elderly on donkey carts, this mother dragging toddlers in car seats. the u.s. with increasingly vocal criticism of israel's conduct against hamas. >> far too many palestinians have been killed, far too many have suffered. >> reporter: more than 11,000 palestinians have been killed according to the hamas-run health ministry, and israeli officials reporting over 1,200 deaths and there are nearly 240 hostages that are still being held in gaza. overnight israel's military spokesman called the negotiations for their release complex. and over the past five weeks the families of the protesters hav

spokesman for the israeli defense forces, lieutenant colonel peter learner, thank you so much. greatly appreciate you being with us. willie? >> richard haass, thank you, as well. we'll be reading your analysis this morning on the substack letter, "home and away." >>> coming up next here, both of donald trump's adult sons took the stand yesterday in the new york civil fraud trial against the trump organization. msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin was in the courtroom for all of it and joins our conversation next on "morning joe." ♪ ♪ wake up, gotta go! c'mon, c'mon. -gracie, c'mon. let's go! guys, c'mon! mom, c'mon! mia! [ engine revving ] ♪ ♪ my favorite color is... because, it's like a family thing! [ engine revving ] ♪ ♪ made it! mom! leave running behind, behind. the new turbocharged volkswagen atlas. does life beautifully. when you have chronic kidney disease... ...there are places you'd like to be. like here. and here. not so much here. farxiga reduces the risk of kidney failure which can lead to dialysis. ♪far-xi-ga♪ farxiga can cause serious side effects, including ketoacidos