Hello. Welcome to todays verified live. President biden has said that a final deal for a ceasefire and the release of hostages held in gaza is very close to being presented to israel and hamas by mediators. But he told reporters he did not think that the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was doing enough to secure an agreement. In israel itself, theres been a general strike to demand the government do more to free the hostages. Protesters say Mr Neta Nyahu must take responsibility for the deaths of six hostages whose bodies were recovered in gaza on saturday, israel says they were murdered by their captors and Mr Netanyahu said this showed hamas did not want a deal. Mr biden spoke to reporters as he arrived at the White House to meet us negotiators. Lets have a listen. I was following up on whats happening in israel, and then ill be off to pittsburgh. Are you planning to present a final Hostage Deal to both sides this week . Were very close to that. What makes you think that
The ground, there would be under our control. The corridor should not be evacuated because if we give up that control, gaza will become an enclave of terror. But when they did that and we did do the disengagement, they carried out the order and i wrote him a Resignation Letter because i said that the minimum requirement is we must actually keep the Philadelphia Corridor and our hands. And Theres Nothing new about this and wound if we do not have the corridor, it will continue to be arming themselves and a monster will be created. This Axis Of Evil needs the Philadelphi Corridor and it is incumbent upon us to control it. Hamas therefore stubbornly does not want us there and for that reason, we Are demanding that reason, we Are demanding that we Are there because our presence there is a strategic issue. We have to fix say that we Are there. 0k, people said to me, you can leave for 42 days and then come back. And i said yes, i have heard that. We have been there before we left and the mis
The cost of Oasis Tickets. In the last hour, the uk foreign Secretary David Lammy has announced a partial ban on Arms Exports to israel, saying theres a clear risk the equipment might be used in serious violations of international humanitarian law. It comes shortly after President Biden has warned the israeli prime Minister Isnt doing enough to reach a Hostage Release Deal with hamas, but that he is close to presenting a final proposal to both sides. He was speaking after a court in israel ordered people to end a general Strike And Return to work. Hundreds of thousands of israelis took part in industrial action to demand a deal. Lets speak to our diplomatic correspondent in jerusalem james landale. James, from many sources the turning of the screw, the huge pressure now on Benjamin Netanyahu. Pressure now on Benamin Netanyahmfi Pressure now on benamin netan ahu. ,. , netanyahu. Thats right. What as ever it netanyahu. Thats right. What as ever it remains netanyahu. Thats right. What a
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Not doing enough to secure that deals and the United Kingdom has announced a partial suspension of Arms Exports to israel. Victory for germanys afd whove become the first far right party to win a regional election since World War ii. Also coming up on the World Today the mystery of the whale that some have said was spying for the Russian Navy and thats now been found dead. Welcome to the World Today an hour of international news from the bbc. The israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ask for forgiveness from israelis for not being being able to bring back the hostages for that we were very close, he said, we were very close, he said, we were nearly they Are. But in a televised address a News Conference where he took questions from Journalists Mr Netanyahu remained defiant in his demand that israeli troops must continue to control the key Philadelphia Corridor in the south of gaza. Something hamas has rejected. The Philadelphia Corridor runs along the egypt gaza border. It has em