duress and that hamas has provided no evidence for that claim that these two men were killed in israeli air strikes, but clearly deeply upsetting for all the families concerned. israel says more than 100 hostages are still being held by hamas. and there is no sign, as yet, that negotiations to free them are making any progress. let s go live to oliver mcternan, director of forward thinking, who has worked in hostage negotiation for over 20 years. he played a key role in the negotiations surrounding the release of the israeli soldier gilad shalit, held hostage by hamas for five years. good to have you back on the programme tonight is a very sad circumstances without the israeli army said tonight to hamas media was the brutal use of innocent hostages. how do you think it will affect the debate in israel? will it harden the resolve of the israeli government or put more pressure on them? first of all, put more pressure on them? first of all. christian. put more pressure on them
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the families of the hostages of course notjust those directly involved, but the families of the 130 or so hostages thought to still be held in captivity. hamas has done this thing before, trying to put pressure on the israeli government to call a cease fire in order to release the hostages safely. but this episode has been particularly distressing and i think brutal. these videos were released in three trenches the first videos show just the three hostages speaking, it wasn t clear when the images were taken. the second video which was released this morning showed the three people again, but suggested that their fate wasn t known they might be alive, they might be dead and people might know tonight. and tonight, a third video has been released showing two of the male hostages apparently killed. now the video says they were killed in an israeli air strike it is impossible to verify that claim, and these are very distressing. most of these are very distressing. most o
it added that. speaking a short time ago in the house of commons, the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, gave mps an update on the military strikes in yemen. i want to be clear that these were limited strikes. they were carefully targeted at launch sites for drones and ballistic missiles to degrade the houthis s capacity to make further attacks on international shipping. i can tell the house today that our initial assessment is that all 13 planned targets were destroyed. at the drone and crucial desk cruise missile base, nine buildings were hit. a further three buildings were hit. a further three buildings were hit at the airfield, along with a cruise missile loss logic on the open. we ve seen no evidence thus far of civilian casualties, which we took great care to avoid cruise missile launcher. i know the house willjoin me in paying tribute to all our brave servicemen and women. this is the most serious incidents since those attacks, targeting toothy positions yemen last wee