complete destruction of hamas. just as the united states called for the complete destruction of al-qaeda and wiping out the taliban, which supported it. after 911 but the practical reality of this is that you re not really sure that you can ever truly destroy a terror organization obviously, new elements come up. they may have different names. they certainly have some different people but you re not going to wipe out the hamas instinct fully, particularly in gaza so then the question is, do you go the route that president biden chose when he gave his speech last friday, which is to say hamas cannot again launch in october 7 style attack is not capable of it. so it s time for this war to end and move on to the next phase. to think of the day after of how you rebuild gaza, of what
insist that we complete both that vowed to continue the war until hamas is destroyed, appears to be undermining a ceasefire proposal that netanyahu s own government put forward joining me now cnn political and national security analyst, david sanger. david, thank you so much for being here. and you write write this in the times about that call for four complete elimination of hamas. and you say that the call four total defeat of hamas sounds like a rationale for perpetual war. and in fact, israeli officials have publicly declared the war in gaza will likely continue to the end of the year if not longer, what are the dynamics here casey? good morning. and the dynamics are complex, but just think about this for a moment. it s very understandable, particularly after the horror of the october 7, attacks that israel would call for the
the conflict in gaza. i d like to start with the killing of the deputy hamas leader in beirut. and that impacting on the hezbollah stronghold. the leader of hezbollah hassan nazrallah spoke yesterday, he said that this would not go unpunished but he seemed ambiguous as to exactly what a response could be. what do you think hezbollah might do, if anything? hassan nasrallah did not give it away yesterday, he will talk again tomorrow, and we will all tune into that, and perhaps it will reveal some more. it s important to point out that the current status quo that has prevailed over the past 2.5 months since the conflict in gaza started suits hezbollah very well. hezbollah and their iranian sponsors very much prefer a grey zone warfare, taking the fight to israel in the form of cross border skirmishes and harassment, forcing it to divert resources and soldiers up to the northern border away from gaza, a way to show support
likely to see is probably slightly reduced choice of the things we d normally see in things like clothing retailers, in electrical retailers, and also maybe longer delivery times, particularly of new products, because they will take longer to take come from the factories in the far east to our stores here in britain. the united states, britain and ten other countries have warned rebel forces in yemen that they will face consequences if attacks on commercial ships continue, warning they posed a direct threat to freedom of navigation. i m not going to spell that out but it is quite clear to me that this is unacceptable, illegal. it is not to do with gaza or israel, this is about the freedom of navigation and the ability of ships to carry their cargo and the world economy, every economy, will suffer if ships keep coming under attack in this illegal and unacceptable way. global shipping has been rocked by other crises in the past few years the huge container ship ever given got stuck in
of thousands of residents who have been evacuated because of those constant attacks by hezbollah. but he also said there was a short window of opportunity for a diplomatic solution to the crisis there. and those comments followed a speech by the influential leader of hezbollah, hassan nasrallah, in which he described the assassination that happened here in beirut as a flagrant israeli aggression. but crucially, he did not make any threat to act against israel. now, hassan nasrallah is expected to address his supporters again on friday, and any response from hezbollah is likely to be measured to avoid a strong israeli response and a potential catastrophic conflict for lebanon. hugo bachega there. the israel defence forces have confirmed that three israelis who were considered missing since the hamas attack on october seventh are now recognised as being held hostage in gaza.