with me now is ravi agrawal, editor in chief of foreign policy. welcome to you, ravi.ave you back with us once again. i wanted to update you and, of course, alpe d'huez on some new details that we are getting. we are learning the hostages being held in the southern town of 0fir kim have been rescued, according to the public broadcaster there. three is merely soldiers are metaphor three is bolelli —— three israeli soldiers have been moderately wounded and they added a attackers had been killed. with all of this in mind, talking this evening, i just want to begin by getting your reaction to what we've been seeing.— your reaction to what we've been seeing. gosh, well, the hostages. — been seeing. gosh, well, the hostages, massively - hostages, massively complicating the situation there. 0bviously complicating the situation there. obviously in the israeli psyche, hostages are extremely important. every israeli life is really important and they have been known in the past two, you know, in releasing israeli hostages to give up a lot in return. a few years ago when an israel