The country from gaza. Gunmen then cross the border, some on paragliders, launching multiple attacks on towns, Military Bases and kibbutz. 1,400 people were murdered. Hostages were also taken, with the Israeli Military now saying 155 people are now being held by hamas. Israel responded with air strikes on gaza which have continued all week. Electricity, food, fuel and water have been cut off and more thani million residents were told to leave. The palestinian Authorities Say more than 2,670 people have already died. Meanwhile, an estimated 300,000 israeli troops have gathered on the border with gaza, ahead of a possible Ground Invasion. Lets focus now on hamas s objectives. After launching its attacks in southern israel. Live now to kamran bochari, senior director of the Eurasian Security and prosperity portfolio at the newlines institute. And an expert on islamic extremism if you can, talk to me about where hamas s objectives now lie given what we have seen over the last few days. I w
Return with a response, though there is no indication of a timeline. Frank gardner has more, from jerusalem. Whats been being debated is the permission by the Israeli Military for large numbers of palestinian displaced people, currently who are sheltering in the south of the gaza strip, in the south of the gaza strip, in the city of rafah, to move back to their homes in the north. That is something israel has resisted in the past. Israel, reportedly, would also remove some of its forces from gaza. This would be during the a0 day truce. And they would of course be the exchange of hostages and prisoners. Probably hundreds if not thousands of Palestinian Prisoners coming out of israeli jails in return from a rather lower figure that was originally lowerfigure that was originally demanded by israel, an initialfigure of around 33 israeli hostages. Now, from the israeli hostages. Now, from the israeli side, there is a dual pressure going on here. Pressure from the United States to do this de
Allison Kaplan Sommer is a journalist at Israeli Newspaper Haaretz and host of the haaretz podcast. She told us how israelis were reacting to todays news. They want their hostages back. They want them alive. As many as still remain alive. And the mood was encapsulated by a Facebook Post from his sister, she posted. Basically, she was the one who announced as much as the israeli army announced that her brothers body had been recovered and returned to israel. And she wrote on facebook, youre going to hear from the army about their Daring Rescue operation in which they got my brothers body and returned it to israel. And she said, dont let anyone fool you. This is not a rescue operation. This is an incident of my brother having been abandoned to die. The first abandonment took place when the military did not move into the kibbutz from which he was kidnapped, in time, and he was kidnapped. And there were two videos released of her brother alive and in captivity. So they know that he did not
Report released on friday, which accused russian president Vladimir Putin of ordering the hacking of us Political Parties during the election. On twitter, mr trump said having a Good Relationship with russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. Only stupid people, or fools, would think that it is bad we have enough problems around the World Without yet another one. When i am president , russia will respect us far more than they do now and both countries will, perhaps, Work Together to solve some of the many great and pressing problems and issues of the world our correspondent Barbara Plett usher, who is In Washington, has been assessing mr trumps response to that Intelligence Briefing. Mrtrump has mr trump has been doing most of the news making, as you could see with his tweet on russia. He has renewed his tweet on russia. He has renewed his calls for closer cooperation and relations with russia and that is a signal he does not want to change his approach to russia even though the Intelli