welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s such a pleasure to be back in hardtalk with you, stephen. well, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. let s begin with a very basic fact you are one of your own israeli government s fiercest critics. you have been for a long time. you ve certainly been an arch critic of the israeli military strategy in gaza. given all of that, i just wonder how you feel sitting in tel aviv watching the international court ofjustice consider the case of genocide filed against israel. i was watching it with a lot of sadness, depression and also a sense of shame, i must tell you. you know, my parents came here as refugees, really the ashes of the biggest genocide in history. and here, 80, 90 years later, israel is accused for genocide. i mean, i wish more israelis have at least watched the scenes, at least watch the scenes of gaza. they don t see gaza. i wish they would have seen more of the children on the grounds of the hospitals, the starvation, the d
gideon levy in tel aviv, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s such a pleasure to be back in hardtalk with you, stephen. well, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. let s begin with a very basic fact you are one of your own israeli government s fiercest critics. you have been for a long time. you ve certainly been an arch critic of the israeli military strategy in gaza. given all of that, i just wonder how you feel sitting in tel aviv watching the international court ofjustice consider the case of genocide filed against israel. i was watching it with a lot of sadness, depression and also a sense of shame, i must tell you. you know, my parents came here as refugees, really the ashes of the biggest genocide in history. and here, 80, 90 years later, israel is accused for genocide. i mean, i wish more israelis have at least watched the scenes, at least watch the scenes of gaza. they don t see gaza. i wish they would have seen more of the children on the grounds of the hospita
American Officials Say they were responding to a number of attacks on their forces by iranian backed groups. Thank you forjoining us here on bbc news, day 21 of the girls are israel war. The gaza and israel war. Im lyse doucet. With hospitals in the gaza strip either shut or unable to provide medical help, pregnant women are being forced to give birth in dangerous conditions. The un says there are about 50,000 pregnant women in gaza now. One of them a woman called jumana has made a video diary of her experiences. Shes been speaking to bbc arabic s dalia haider. They speak arabic. A precious moment captured between a pregnant mother and daughter. Translation im about to deliver any time soon. I hope my second baby arrives safely and peacefully, but apparently she will come within a destruction. As israel carried out air strikes we asked jumana, a journalist from gaza city, to record a video diary in the lead up to giving birth. What scares me the most, what i think about every night as
hostages all of them women and children will be released. if successful, it will be the first break since the beginning of the war. in a statement, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said: at least 50 hostages women and children will be released over four days, during which, a pause in the fighting will be held. the release of every additional ten hostages will result in one additional day in the pause. earlier, israel published a list of 300 palestinian prisoners that could be released under the deal. that is crucial because it gives scope for an instant for an extension, and it includes the names, ages and defences of those eligible. but only7150 detainees?are expected to be released at first. in its own statement, hamas which is considered a terrorist group by many western governments says the 50 hostages will be released in exchange for 150 palestinian women and children being held in israeli jails. we are in hostages plaza in tel aviv. this has re