they want a gaza without hamas, regev. they want a gaza without hamas. but _ regev.v. they want a gaza without hamas, but after what _ regev. they want a gaza without hamas, but after what happened regev. they want a gaza without. hamas, but after what happened on saturday the popular pressure and international support for such an objective is overwhelming, giving benjamin netanyahu a very substantial following wind. but how ractical is substantial following wind. but how practical is it? _ substantial following wind. but how practical is it? it _ substantial following wind. but how practical is it? it will— substantial following wind. but how practical is it? it will be _ substantial following wind. but how practical is it? it will be insanely . practical is it? it will be insanely difficult. the — practical is it? it will be insanely difficult. the organisation - practical is it? it will be insanely difficult. the organisation has i difficult. the organisation has built up over 30 years and is deeply embedded in the gaza strip, both militarily but also politically.

mark regev, before you _ terrible situation. mark regev, before you go. _ terrible situation.ought, because i know you don't want to talk about this publicly in any great detail, but is there anything positive you could say in terms of a message to the hostage families? we have been talking to so many of them over recent days, excruciating detail. have you got any sort of update for all those families around the world? one of our goals in this operation is of— one of our goals in this operation is of course — one of our goals in this operation is of course to _ one of our goals in this operation is of course to see _ one of our goals in this operation is of course to see the _ one of our goals in this operation is of course to see the hostages i is of course to see the hostages come _ is of course to see the hostages come home _ is of course to see the hostages come home. that's— is of course to see the hostages come home. that's not- is of course to see the hostages come home. that's not going i is of course to see the hostages come home. that's not going to be easy and _ com

regev, a senior government spokesman-— regev, a senior government sokesman, , 1, ., ~ regev, a seniorel intensifies its military operations in gaza, hamas's military wing has said it has targeted two cities in the south of israel with what it calls "intense missile barrages". we can speak now to our correspondent lucy williamson who is in southern israel for us. tell us what is going on near you. well, here in ashkelon we've been witnessing this intensification of israel's bombardment of gaza. we've heard explosions throughout the evening, some of them louder than usual. the last series of explosions we heard just as jeremy was talking at the start of this programme and i don't know whether you can hear as well, but there are planes flying overhead right now, they've been flying back and forth over ashkelon all evening. that's much more constant than we are used to hear. the sirens have also been going off tonight several times warning of rockets being fired towards ashkelon. most of those were intercepted by israel's defence system, but a couple of them did get through and hit a resi

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well, certainly in mark regev's case, i pushed him hard on all the positions. adopting, that was hard, let me explain, because i did a tweet today and i meant every word of this, i said, i have great respect for anybody who in the immediate aftermath of this appalling terror attack said it was outrageous and appalling, there are 1,500 palestinians still under the rouble in gazza, exactly, you've had your say, they're still under the rubbles, they're still under the rouble, i said those, i said those whose instinctive reaction was not to feel that. and i think you're one of them because your reaction was to say the arrogance to think you could keep two million people trapped in open air prison indefinitely, as if somehow that justify what happened that day, it didn't justify exactly what you're doing, the point the point when that tweet was sent, the point when that tweet was sent, you had not seen anything, you have had your you've had your criticism of me and that's fine, you're perfectly entitled to it, like i said to you, i or you said about me, i believe in free speech, you're ent

we shouldn't be surprised, but the demand should be there nonetheless. >> mark regev, tanks very much today and we hope to chat with you again very soon. appreciated. >> i look for to speaking again, , simone venture heavenly. >> i want to mention tomorrow on simone, on the show, we just hoped to mark regev, often more ambassador. tomorrow we will be joined by ambassador majed bamya, the deputy permanent observer from the state of palestine to the united nations. we'll talk about the humanitarian crisis and gaza, the cold for a cease-fire, and more. tomorrow, right here on symone. but today, let me tell you. i'm not a lawyer but it's probably a bad sign if your own attorneys agreed to testify against you. right? that's exactly what to have donald trump's own former attorneys have agreed to do in the georgia case. so just how much cornerville about the former president? how much momentum does this give to fani willis's case? i've got two legal analysts standing by with some answers. don't you go away. don't you go away. ! each helping to protect their money with chase. woah, a lost car

that was mark regev.warfare. thank you for being with us. is that a possibility at all, to fundamentally change what is happening there in the region? i mean, i think it is to be expected that israel would approach this operation with quite maximalist goals in mind, just due to a long—term frustration of not being able to achieve this. i think the complete disassembly of the armed forces supporting hamas in gaza will be a lengthy and a very difficult operation for the israeli forces but it is certainly possible. take me through the military options and the risks. so, to give some context, i think what appears to be happening at the moment is the preliminary response is targeted strikes against hamas and�* command and control, its leaders and where it organises its fighters, as well as shelters and ammunition depots. that will be an ongoing operation to kind of disrupt them. then a ground operation is very likely. that is really the only way that the israeli forces would be able to completely dismantle the

mark regev is a senior adviser to the prime minister of israel — and a former israeli ambassador to therespondent lyse doucet. what in particular has angered israel about the comments "in a vacuum"? it does seem obvious that this particular crisis, as you asserted, is unprecedented as it is in every way, has come against the backdrop of decades of israeli, palestinian—israeli—arab crises, including israel's continuing occupation of palestinian territories. what is it that has made israel so angry? well, first of all, as you know better than most, israel pulled out of the gaza strip in 2005. we withdrew. we took down the settlements and we evacuated... your troops, your troops. yes, yes, yes. we took down the settlements and we redeployed behind the 1967 line. and yet none of that is seemingly recalled by the secretary general. and more so, he talked about, you know, the lack of a progress on peace. but, you know and i know that hamas has been the most bitter and violent opponent of peace and reconciliation. they say my country has no right to exist in any borders. they say any arab who

mark regev, welcome back to the newshour. thank you for joining us. mark: thank you for having me. amna: let me start by asking about those hostages. more than 200 people, 30 different nationalities, we understand. if they are still held in gaza, are they at risk in the continued bombing? mark: i think there are a lot of people at risk. and when we send our troops into the ground, they will be in danger too. hamas is a formidable enemy. it's capable of the most atrocious brutality, as you've reported on the newshour. and our young men going into battle will face a fanatical, suicidal, dangerous enemy. and unfortunately, i'm afraid they'll be putting their lives on the line. there's danger for the obviously for the hostages. and -- but i think it's unfortunately unavoidable. we have to remove hamas from power. we have to destroy its military machine. amna: with regards to the 200 people still held, though, if there was potential for a cease fire that led to their immediate release, would you support that? mark: we would argue that the only reason we've had these, you know, four peop

joining us is ambassador mark regev. a former israeli ambassador to the uk. good to have you back. what more can you tell us about this release? do we know the condition of judith and natalie? are they okay physically? >> well, since being released of course there will be thorough medical checks, but it's too early for me to give you any information. it is of course just breaking at this moment. they have just arrived back in israel after their ordeal in gaza, and i'm sure this is great news for their families. it's great news for them. and i think all of us in israel celebrate with them. >> it is the first good news we have been able to report since the beginning of all of this. is there an expectation this is the beginning of maybe a bigger release of hostages, maybe more women and children coming over the border, if not israeli citizens, maybe foreigners or duel passport holders. >> as your reporter said, hamas still caught holds over 200 hostages who were abducted and taken back to gaza on the bloody saturday morning two weeks ago. hamas hasn't suddenly become humanitarian. the

spokesman mark regev , who said that hamas mark regev, who said that hamas will suffer israel's wrathael tonight, that tonight israel begins its payback . those begins its payback. those comments come as hamas positions come under intense bombardment, air strikes from tanks and artillery, as well as missiles and fast jets .

spokesman mark regev , who said that hamas mark regev, who said that hamas will suffer israel's wrath tonight , will suffer israel's wrath tonight, that will suffer israel's wrath tonight , that tonight israel tonight, that tonight israel begins its payback . those begins its payback. those comments come as hamas positions come under intense bombardment, air strikes from tanks and artillery, as well as missiles and fast jets . the idf have and fast jets. the idf have confirmed that tonight they will expand their ground war in gaza significantly . they've issued significantly. they've issued another warning to civilians in northern gaza to get out of the area and to head south. and meanwhile , the uk foreign office meanwhile, the uk foreign office hasissued meanwhile, the uk foreign office has issued an urgent warning to british nationals in israel, warning of the possibility of increased rocket attacks in the hours and days ahead. in response to this major escalation . escalation. >> well, tonight's escalation follows consecutive nights of israeli incursions into gaza, an almost three

so regev said they will continue to be on the receiving end of our military blows until we have dismantledmachine and dissolved their political structure in gaza. when this is over, gaza will be very different. so based on what he's saying there, he seems to have answered my question to myself about whether this is the ground invasion. absolutely seems to be because he's saying this will continue until they've achieved their objectives. and just to remind you, the stated israeli objective, which has come from many ministers in the government and the prime "wipe hamas off the face of the earth." so that is a very ambitious objective, but it's something and we heard the idf spokesperson talking about the increase in intensification, but attack specifically on underground hamas targets, terrorist infrastructure. can you just talk us through how that happens? well, hamas have been digging tunnels by common consent and also by... some have been seen and some of the hostages, the four who got out, talked about that, that they've been digging this network of tunnels. some people say it could be h

and you also just had that very illuminating interview with adviser to the netanyahu mark regev who talkedbout the fact that we may have to go in on the ground. >> right. poppy, we all picked up on that. we may have to. you know, decision perhaps that is -- that cannot be undone has already been made. but at least the words out there are still we may have to. they've also talked about the fact that they've killed more than 10 hamas commanders in gaza and bombardment continues. we have plumes of smoke, thick plumes this morning. we have already heard thuds. less so than in prior days. important to always remember here, this war has now been going on for ten days. gaza has been completely bombarded. not as if we're awaiting for some invasion for this to start. it has already started. it's a matter of what it does next and what it escalates to. president biden's trip to israel tomorrow is intended to reaffirm u.s. solidarity with israel but serve as a message to iran, syria and hezbollah as this possible does escalate. cnn's arlette saenz joins us from the white house. coming at a moment like

. >>> let's bring in mark regev, a former israeli ambassador to the uk. so mr. ambassador, thanks for joining us. israel is saying that the hospital was hit by a misfired rocket launched by islamic jihad, one that fell short. the israeli government has posted some video on x, the social media site formerly known as twitter. i mean, i'm looking at the video here. i don't really know what i'm look at. i can't interpret it. that doesn't mean it's not real. i just don't know what it is. is there more proof? is this definitive proof? how sure are you that this was not an accidental strike by the israeli air force or the israeli military? >> well, at the beginning we were investigating. it took us a time to find out exactly what happened, and i'm in a position now to tell you, and i can tell you unequivocally that this was an islamic jihad rocket. israel knows it, and i have to tell you, hamas knows it too. they are -- they know it was an islamic jihad rocket, and they are deliberately putting out this story for their own propaganda purposes. islamic jihad has had pro

we'll see if regev is correct. that requires the egyptians as well. but you do at least have the israelis tonight saying their understanding is that that will come tomorrow. >> and you spoke with a group of israelis today who fought off a hamas attack at a kibbutz. tell us about that. >> reporter: so jake, you know, amidst all the stories of horror and anguish that we have shared this is a story of -- well, they managed to have this be the kibbutz that was attacked, mefalsim, that did not have any death. it's an absolutely incredible story. in fact, jake, i have the war plans. they were taken off of hamas soldiers. so i was with these four men who had served in the security for their kibbutz, mefalsim, and we were going you there the war plans. they're reading them. they're saying how did these guys know the generator was here? they're saying how did these guys know where these cameras are? we don't even know where these cameras are. they were astounded by the level of detail and the military accuracy in the hamas plans to attack their kibbutz. and he

. >> reporter: we'll have more of that conversation with former israeli ambassador mark regev tomorrow on "cbs mornings." plus, our report from an israeli air base that could launch some of the first commandos into gaza. plus, a conversation with an american woman who has been stuck with her five children inside gaza. it was supposed to be a short trip to visit family. it's now been more than two weeks stuck inside a war zone. and, of course, that brutal bombing campaign continues. all of that and more tomorrow, maurice, on "cbs mornings." >> tony dokoupil, thank you. >>> there were new demonstrations today as the world watches the situation in the middle east. in london, demonstrators in trafalgar square call for the safe return of the hostages held by hamas. many in the crowd chanting "bring them home." and in boston's copley square, hundreds turned out to support the palestinian people, calling for an end to the siege of gaza. >>> there's a lot more news to come to the "cbs overnight" news. after cooking a delicious chicken cheddar broccoli recipe, you will want to delete all your d

. >>> i want to bring in mark regev. the senior adviser to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu and a former ambassador to the united kingdom. thank you for being here. if shin bet, the israeli security service, if it knows so much about hamas, why wouldn't they know about these tactics. how could shin bet and the idf not have seen october 7th coming any way? >> so it is clear there was an intelligence failure, jake. it is clear we were taken by surprise and we've paid a terrible price for that. what is it, 1,400 people killed. and more taken hostage. i think we, when this is over, now we're focused on winning this and we will win this, but when this is over they'll have to be an investigation, a thorough investigation, lessons learned. why was there an intelligence failure, why was it so easy for them to cross over the fence which was supposed to protect us with all of the high-tech and so forth and why did it take the idf so long to force them back to the other side and kill the people who had come over to our si

would say to you is, i would say to you that that gentleman that you've just had on the show, mark regev, he belongs in the hague. david potreus. you made your reputation as opposing the invasion of iraq. well, i would ask you, journalist to journalist, how could you justify the interview you just gave to the head of us forces in that illegal occupation of iraq that david potreus led. he was then the head of the cia. both of the individuals that you have just had on this show deserve to be in the hague tried for war crimes. i am not anything like him. i have not hurt a fly. those two. have why are they given the respectability that you gave them with your interview and why i interrogated as if i am somehow someone that could hurt a human being? well certainly in mark reget's case i pushed him hard on all the positions let me explain because i did a tweet today and i meant every word of this i said i have great respect for anybody who in the immediate aftermath of this appalling terror attack said it was outrageous and appalling. exactly you've had say i said those i said those instinctiv

we'll have more of that conversation with the former israeli ambassador mark regev tomorrow on cbs mornings plus our report from an israeli air base that could launch some of the first commandos into gaza, plus a conversation with an american woman who has been stuck with her five children inside gaza. it was supposed to be a short trip to visit family. it's now been more than two weeks stuck inside a war zone and of course that brutal bombing campaign continues. all of that and more tomorrow on "cbs mornings." >> tony dokoupil thank you. >>> were new demonstrations today as the world watched the situation in the middle east. in london demonstrators called for the safe return of hostages held by hamas. many in the crowd chanting, bring them home. in boston's copley square hundreds turned out to support the palestinian people, calling for an end to the siege of gaza. >>> now to the nation's capitol where house republicans are going on nearly three weeks without a speaker, their disputes leaving congress paralyzed as a proposed package for billions in aid to israel and ukraine remains in limb

i spoke to mark regev this morning, an adviser to prime minister netanyahu this morning. >> is that whatsion means? >> i think expansion means just beefing up on pressure on hamas on all fronts. >> and in all ways. >> in all ways. >> it sounds difficult, but a long undertaking. >> it could be long and many challenges. we have a model, and the model is defeating isis in syria and iraq. >> reporter: with communications cut in gaza, there were fewer images emerging of the situation on the ground. aid agencies like unicef, doctors without borders, and the palestinian red crescent saying they've lost contact with their teams, and as the military activity intensifies, the people of gaza painting a bleak picture of life under siege amid reports of thousands of civilian casualties. jason is one of hundreds of palestinian americans trapped in gaza hunkered down with his wife and two small children. >> we keep waking up in a panic, in a frenzy. they have nightmares and moms and dads are having a hell of a time trying to keep them calm at night. it's just horrible. i mean, what else can i say? >> r

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amna: mark regev, senior adviser to the israeli prime minister, former israeli ambassador to the u.k., thank you for joining us. appreciate it. mark: thanks for having me. geoff: in the day's other headlines, the united auto workers expanded its 40-day-old strike again. the latest addition is a gm plant in arlington, texas with 5000 workers. it makes highly profitable large suvs, including the chevy tahoe and cadillac escalade. this morning, a handful of workers there began manning picket lines after the company announced a quarterly profit of $3 billion. in all, some 46,000 uaw members are now on strike. crews in louisiana spent much of the day clearing wreckage after a so-called super fog triggered sweeping highway pileups. seven people died monday in crashes involving 158 vehicles near new orleans. cell phone video shows cars, trucks and trailers crushed and in some cases, burned. officials blamed marsh fire smoke combined with dense fog that sharply cut visibility. in china, the government today removed general li shangfu as defense minister. state media announced it, but gave no

so, admiral, first to you, i spoke with ambassador mark regev, senior adviser to benjamin netanyahu,t. would you put a pause on ending it, whatever that turns out to be, until you find the hostages? >> well, if we were to do so, that would give hamas a guarantee that they don't face a counterstrike. and that would be a mistake. >> so, admiral what do you think of what he said? >> i think he's facing the very hard reality that prime minister netanyahu will face very shortly, which is the decision to go in anyway. what they will do is send in special forces, they're very well trained, they have mapped out the gaza, they'll try to find and fix those hostages, they'll try, perhaps, to extract them. but at the end of the day, the horrific nature of the events that have occurred, andrea, simply demands forward movement here. they're not going to sit around and come up with a deal. they're not going to negotiate with hamas at this point. my view, nor should they. we're seeing reports of women, raped, videos posted, babies beheaded, this is the behavior that demands swift military action. i

hamas as the president said is sheer evil and we will eliminate that evil. >> mark regev, thank you very much. he did use those words, unleashed pure unadulterated evil. thank you very much. i appreciate it. president biden in that primetime speech cast this moment in history as an inflection point. very clear to say that. saying that it was a battle for democracy. we have some new polling about how americans really do feel about that, how much they care about that and how they feel about biden's handling of the wars in israel and ukraine. we'll be back. >>> american leadership is what holds the world together. american alliances are what keep us, america, safe. american values are what make us a partner that other nations want to work with. to put all that at risk, if we walk away from ukraine, if we turn our backs on israel, it is just not worth it. >> that was president biden last night delivering an impassioned plea to americans in that primetime address. an effort to build support for more u.s. aid to israel and ukraine. and today the white house will be officially requesting north

we're now going to go to mark regev, a former senior adviser to prime minister netanyahu and a formerisraeli ambassador to the united kingdom. thank you so much, mark, for being with us. you're in tel aviv. i understand you've actually been hearing sirens moments ago. what is happening? >> so if i can correct you and i apologize for doing so, i'm currently adviser for the prime minister, no longer former. i've been drafted for the duration of this conflict. but your question is correct, sir. the -- while i was sitting on the chair just waiting to be interviewed, the sirens went off in this part of tel aviv, and me and all my staff, we went down to the safe room for a required ten-minute period because we didn't -- that's the rules, and if government officials like myself don't lead by example, we can't expect others to follow, and we've had these attacks in tel aviv. we've had more of them in the south. this is one of the realities that israelis have been living with ever since hamas came to power. they're a brutal and formidable enemy. they have no qualms whatsoever about shooting ro

against this background, netanyahu’s advisor, mark regev , said that israel will not allow the deliveryissue of supplies is not being considered and will definitely not be considered. this is israeli humanism. tsahal said that the countries are accusing. well, the main stronghold of any ceasefire in the gaza sector is freedom washington officially opposed how this would benefit hamas, that is , washington called for killing more palestinian children and women, and is finishing off all human rights activists, the american newspaper new york times. it turns out that the us authorities believe that israel. did not develop a clear plan for conducting a ground operation in the gas sector, which could be implemented, because its implementation could lead to large losses among the civilian population, and the fact that there are now hundreds of killed and wounded is nothing, as they say, overnight, president biden and the leaders of half a dozen european countries issued a letter supporting israel's right to self-defense but, quote, calling on israel to adhere to international humanitarian law

mark regev the senior adviser to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, former ambassador to theng. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. joey: the idea of these the trucks getting through this gate, 20 trucks of supplies from egypt into gaza, we're also a hearing that we're not sure if there was any part of this deal that would allow civilians to go into egypt. do you have any information on that? >> so we've been speaking to government, friendly governments especially, of course, we've been speaking to washington about the immediate exit of american passport holders trappedded in the gaza strip. we've okayed that. we were hopeful that that would have happened already are a few days ago. but up until now, hamas is causing problems. we hope that changes. from our point of view, anyone who wants to leave with an american passport should be leaving. joey: we look at egypt, qatar, lebanon, you know, we hope for partners in this fight, we hope for poo -- people to support the righteous fight israel has in front of them, but that doesn't mean we have assurance. i'm looking at a u

. ♪ >>> joining us know, ambassador mark regev, a former israeli ambassador to the uk.nk you so much for joining us mr. ambassador. let me ask you again about in explosion at the hospital in gaza. it is so important to get this right. it's inflamed so much of the region. tell me everything that israel says it knows about that explosion and why israel is adamant it was not, why benjamin netanyahu, the idf says it was not them. >> so, first of all, we don't target hospitals, and so that's policy. there's always the possibility that it was mistaken fire. and we checked ourselves, and we didn't find any examples of that. and then we looked at videos and we looked at video from the el jazier network, and they had a video that showed the missiles going up, and over the hospital and one falling. there was an israeli video that corroborated the same thing taken on our side of the frontier. all of this is public information. you can look at the videos yourself. and we also had an intelligence intercept of two hamas operatives talking where they actually admit that they know that

thanks to ali velshi, and joining us now for more on the israel and hamas conflict, ambassador mark regevan adviser to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. ambassador, thank you very much for being with us. can you give us any updates at all on any potential operations regarding the hostages in particular? you have so many israeli hostages and we have several -- we don't know how many -- americans. >> andrea, any operations that i might have knowledge of i can't talk about. we don't talk about military operations before they happen, you know that. >> and what about a ground invasion, one of the concerns of the tanks and other armored vehicles we see amazing near the border, going in could make it very difficult for the hostages to survive if they're being used as human shields. >> we are aware of the complexity of the situation and my prime minister, benjamin netanyahu said publicly that any terrorists who kills a hostage, who acts in a hostage in a brutal way, we will find them in the end, and we will bring them to justice. they will -- they will not get away with this, and they should kno

we start with mark regev, senior adviser to prime minister netanyahu and former ambassador of israelall indications are that this was not israeli orders, that this was rather a hamas rocket that fell short. i want to explain this. from past conflicts with the terrorists in gaza, we know that on average about 33% of the rockets that they shoot at us fall short and land in gaza. that's the fact. that's documented. number two, we know that at the time of this tragedy in gaza, there was a huge barrage against target in central israel. i urge you to be cautious. there are indications, very, very serious indications that it's not us. hamas wants to have a propaganda victim saying israel has killed innocent civilians. there's no evidence to support that claim and let's just wait and see how this develops. look, israel does not target hospitals. full stop. we do not do it. the bbc also spoke with mustafa barghouti, a palestinian legislator and leader of the palestinian national initiative. he pointed the finger squarely at israel, saying the strike was years in the making. it's an unacceptab

mark regev — an adviser to israel's prime minister — has told the bbc there are hundreds of thousandsf fuel in gaza in the hands of hamas. the bbc has not been able to verify this. there are growing international calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to allow aid to reach gaza — which continues to come under intense bombardment. the health ministry in the hamas—controlled territory says more than 6,500 people have now been killed there — at least 2,700 of them children. diplomatic talks continue in the middle east today with the czech prime minister and austrian chancellor meeting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president isaac herzog. the french president meanwhile, has metjordan�*s king abdullah, who told him ending the war in gaza is an �*urgent necessity�* to avoid an �*explosion�* in the region. emmanuel macron is now egypt for talks with president sisi. israel says it will refuse to give visas to united nations officials following comments made by the un secretary—general. antonio guterres said the hamas attacks in israel had not happened "in a vacuum", a

mark regev, just briefly, are you going to let fuel in, if the united nations gives ironclad assurancesg to bring in water, food and medicine. and fuel is problematic because fuel is what hamas wants for its war machine, for its rockets, for its tunnels, underground terror network, and will be fighting that terror network shortly. and so we need we need to make sure they don't get the fuel for their military machine. i tell you, and i know for a fact, there are some, there are hundreds of thousands of litres of petrol of fuel inside the gaza strip as we speak. hamas has it. surely hamas can release some of that for gaza's hospitals. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. here i am in the early stages of sculpting the portrait of the queen in clay, and i'm surrounded by my inspiration wall of the queen portrayed in the 1950s and early sixties. sculptor, hywel pratley has been working on this memorial of queen elizabeth, the second since january. from clay to wax and now to bronze. this is the next major milestone

that's what i was hearing in regev's statement today. there's the closest cooperation we've ever had between the u.s. and israel. the u.s. and israel voting together in the un general assembly. not for a humanitarian cease-fire. there seems to be a pronounced effort on the part of israel, especially, in this, our to say, american remains standing shoulder to shoulder as we do this. do you think that's an accurate assessment of israel's position here? >> absolutely. they want to emphasize, the united states is squarely in israel's corner. we are, but, i think there are some caveats there. which is we don't want israel to unleash a major offensive that is going to then trigger a large conflict that will imperoyal other countries, including the united states, into a major regional conflict. so, i know israel wants to emphasize that the united states continued support. and we will. but israeli officials are using terms like payback. that sounds like it's retribution. i know there's a lot of concern, but this does seem like collective punishm

. -- mark regev- _ they were under pressure. » mark regev.the position of the government is, precisely because hamas are not humanitarian, will only get a people released if they are under very strong pressure and only if they feel that that pressure is constantly pressure is co nsta ntly escalating pressure is constantly escalating against them and we believe the best way to get the hostages out is to keep that pressure up, keep the pressure on hamas, keep impressing the pressure on hamas. that's the way to get the hostages out. earlier helena humphrey spoke to bbc arabic reporter mohamed taha from our newsroom in london about the situation currently unfolding in the region. rockets from gaza are hitting some israeli towns in southern israel. we understand rockets have been launched towards stood, lovely in southern tel aviv and in return the missiles and raids on gaza is still intensified, it's unprecedented as benjamin netanyahu said, this war will be long, will be difficult and as we can see in these pictures on the screens, this is the g

mark regev, is an adviser to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu.salem — explaing what the israeli government is hoping to achieve by bombing gaza. —— explaining what the israeli government is hoping to achieve by bombing gaza. well, if we don't respond, you have to ask what happens. so hamas stays strong, and we have an attack like this in another month, in another two months, in another year. what's the point? and i'd remind you that people are watching. israel has friends, but israel also has enemies, and hezbollah is watching from lebanon, and the iranians are watching from iran. and if israel does not respond with force, i'm afraid the lesson will be learned across this region that you can hit israel with impunity. that is not acceptable. the goal is to come out of this with a different reality in gaza. a quick fix that takes you back to square one gets you nothing. we want a serious change in the situation in gaza, and we want to result where there is not a terrorist organisation in gaza which has both the desire and the capability to inflict

let's speak on that now with mark regev , who can join us, mark regev, who can join us, senior adviserk, we remember you've acted as a spokesman for many spokesman yourself for many years two journalists. can years to two journalists. can you little bit more you tell us a little bit more about what we heard from the idf about what we heard from the idf about phrase the majority of about the phrase the majority of the hostages are alive? is this specific information, do we believe or just a general picture that the idf have built up ? up? >> so at the moment, we have 203 hostages who were kidnapped on that terrible day on on october 7th and taken back to gaza. and we can say today that we know the majority of them are alive . the majority of them are alive. and there are also figures about the number of hostages who are minors, how many are the elderly , and there's other information there as well . but we have to there as well. but we have to worry. we have to worry because they are being held by a brutal terrorist organisation in which we have no illusions about its commitment to huma

mark regev, an adviser to israel's prime minister, has told the bbc there are hundreds of thousands ofs of fuel in gaza, all in the hands of hamas. the bbc has not been able to verify this. there are growing international calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to allow aid to reach gaza, which continues to come under intense bombardment. the hamas—controlled health ministry says more than 6,500 people, including 2,704 children, have been killed in gaza since the israeli bombardment began. more than 1,400 people were killed in israel in the attack by hamas on october 7th, and more than 220 people are still being held hostage. hamas is designated a terrorist group by the uk and other governments. but first tonight — we will start our coverage with the latest on the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza. our special correspondent fergal keane, injerusalem has been working with teams on the ground in gaza to compile this report — a warning, you may find it distressing. each climbing cloud, a marker of destruction. relentless air strikes. thousands of bombs dropped. hamas started thi

mark regev, he was on newsnight, we played the clip earlier, he gave a little glimpse of that in thate before this actually ends. yeah, they want to create a whole new paradigm, they want a gaza without hamas. and after what happened on saturday, clearly the popular pressure and the international support for such an objective is overwhelming, and that gives benjamin netanyahu a very substantial following wind. but how practical is it, though? i suppose that is the only obvious question. it will be insanely difficult. this is an organisation that has built up over 30 years, it is deeply embedded in the gaza strip, both militarily, right there, embedded within the civilian population, but also politically. some of its key leaders are abroad, not in gaza. clearly the israelis will try to kill as many of those as they can. what's left once you have destroyed it, you have a captive population, 2 million people who are ungoverned because hamas is the governing structure also in gaza at the moment. so talk of re—occupying gaza, at least temporarily, seems like a very real possibility. as for

. >> mark regev, thank you for your time. br breonna? >>> back here in washington on capitol hill there is even more chaos over the speaker of the house race. congressman jim jordan who has failed to win the speakership after two rounds of voting is putting a pause on a third vote. according to sources, may back expanding the powers of the speaker pro tem patrick mchenry as a temporary fix. it's a plan that seems to be dividing the gop conference just as much as jordan's candidacy. tensions are soaring in the gop in a meeting under way now. there's been reports of swearing and shouting. let's get more from manu raju. this meeting, manu, sounds like it got out of hand. where are things standing? >> reporter: yes, it's been going on for more than three hours. it's a back and forth. tense words being exchanged. swear words being exchanged. including kevin mccarthy telling matt gaetz to sit down. gaetz did and some other members cursed at him. one member went after him cussing at him several times. also, a number of members calling on jim jo

but when he was asked, mark regev, senior advisor to the israeli government, said even if all the hostagesere released by hamas, they would not allow fuel to go into the enclave for the simple reason that israel believes it will be pilfered or taken by hamas and help them in their war with israel. >> the idf says it struck multiple hezbollah posts monday night. what more are you learning about these new strikes in the north on the border with lebanon? >> we're seeing an increase in tensions on the border with lebanon, with hezbollah which is backed by iran. israel saying every time hezbollah strikes or fires anti-tank missiles or any other projectiles towards israel, it will retaliate. in some circumstances it's taking pre-emptive action. what we've also seen in the arena of gaza is that israel has further ramped up its strikes, carrying out more than 400 strikes overnight. its he hitting a hamas militant operatives, some of whom were on their way to fire rockets toward israel or on their way to carry out terrorist attacks, in its words, against israel. they also say they destroyed a tunne

spokesman mark regev , who said that hamas mark regev, who said that hamas will suffer israel's wrathwill suffer israel's wrath tonight , that tonight israel tonight, that tonight israel begins its payback . those begins its payback. those comments come as hamas positions come under intense bombardment, air strikes from tanks and artillery, as well as missiles and fast jets . the idf have and fast jets. the idf have confirmed that tonight they will expand their ground war in gaza significantly . they've issued significantly. they've issued another warning to civilians in northern gaza to get out of the area and to head south. and meanwhile , the uk foreign office meanwhile, the uk foreign office hasissued meanwhile, the uk foreign office has issued an urgent warning to british nationals in israel, warning of the possibility of increased rocket attacks in the hours and days ahead. in response to this major escalation . escalation. >> well, tonight's escalation follows consecutive nights of israeli incursions into gaza, an almost three weeks of aerial bombardment and shelling and explos

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and former israeli ambassador to the united kingdom mark regev is with us in tel aviv. first of all, let me ask you, i know military people i guess in israel, not just the united states, have their own language. when the idf says military, the ground excursion has expanded, ground operations have expanded, i didn't know they'd even begun. what does that mean exactly that the ground operation has expanded? does it mean that israeli soldiers are on the ground in gaza? >> obviously i'm not going to go into anything operational, especially if such an operation is ongoing for obvious reasons, but i can say this -- we are beefing up the pressure on hamas. that pressure will increase and continue to increase until we achieve our goal. >> but is there a ground -- ground operations have expanded, does that mean ground operations are happening? that's what it sounds like it means. again, i don't speak military-ese, whether in the pentagon or the idf. what does it mean? >> i said a moment ago, operations are ongoing. >> right. okay. i still don't we come th

mark >> well, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's spokesman, mark regev , has just said that, that tonight israel begins payback . well, as he is begins payback. well, as he is speaking in, israel is pounding position versions of hamas in northern gaza using artillery and tank fire missiles and fast jets to pound those positions across the northern

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