Ambassador Riyad Mansour at the un in new york, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the programme. Ambassador, do you have any hope left that talks can achieve a stop or at least a suspension to the war in gaza . I still have hope. And thats what drives me to work harder with all of my colleagues, to succeed in putting an end to this war, to have a ceasefire, and to be able to send humanitarian assistance up to the needs of the people in the gaza strip and to prevent a forced Mass Transfer to egypt. I mean, nobody would doubt that, for the two million and more palestinians who live in gaza and of course the 100 or so hostages who are being held in the tunnels in gaza as well, every day is a day of extreme suffering. The problem is, if one looks at the talks and what is being said about the talks, there appears to be very little ground for optimism. For example, the israelis say no way will they even countenance a stop to their Military
Thank you. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the programme. Ambassador, do you have any hope left that talks can achieve a stop or at least a suspension to the war in gaza . I still have hope. And thats what drives me to work harder with all of my colleagues, to succeed in putting an end to this war, to have a ceasefire, and to be able to send humanitarian assistance up to the needs of the people in the gaza strip and to prevent a forced Mass Transfer to egypt. I mean, nobody would doubt that, for the 2 million and more palestinians who live in gaza and of course the 100 or so hostages who are being held in the tunnels in gaza as well, every day is a day of extreme suffering. The problem is, if one looks at the talks and what is being said about the talks, there appears to be very little ground for optimism. For example, the israelis say no way will they even countenance a stop to their Military Operations until hamas provides a full list of those hostages who are
good evening. you are watching a special edition of the source tonight. i m kaitlan collins live in tel aviv alongside pamela brown in washington. israel does have the list of hostages set to be released on saturday, the second day of the temporary agreement they have struck with hamas. sources tell me there are several children on that list. though of course what actually happens remains to be seen. we saw it happen today. it was a minute by minute basis. right now we are hours away from what is expected to be day two of that expected four-day truce. we know that the first group of hostages held by hamas are back in israel tonight. they re receiving medical treatment after a journey that took them through egypt, and eventually here back home. that includes this children s hospital near tel aviv, where eight hostages are being treated tonight, four children, their mothers, and one grandmother. doctors are telling us they are in good condition. they are getting this init
richard louis in for yasmin vossoughian. the state, the breaking as we are following for you right now. day two of the israel hamas truth, and the mauve delaying the second release of hostages from gaza. the reason, well, they are saying slow movement of eight from the gaza that was part of the agreement for this truth, and exchange of hostages for prisoners s life. , so and a two of the implementation of this agreement, cracks begin to be showing. all the start to the framework that calls for the release of dozens captives, among those saw waiting for police, several americans, who president biden is vowing are a top priority. we also remember all those who are still being held. the to renew our community to work for those as. well to american women, and 14-year-old child, abigail, who remains among those missing. we have also not stop until we get all those hostages home in answer to their whereabouts. we don t know, we don t have a list of where the hospital judges are
jerusalem. thanks forjoining us. these reports coming out of gaza pentagram picture of the humanitarian situation there. what more can you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? how hospitals in gaza are coin: ? ~ . coping? well, with great difficulty- coping? well, with great difficulty. they coping? well, with great difficulty. they are - coping? well, with great difficulty. they are all i coping? well, with great - difficulty. they are all pretty much surrounded in gaza city, because the israelis argue these are places where hamas fighters have based themselves, and consequently there have been intense battles going on around us hospitals. the israelis say they are not targeting hospitals per se, and they are trying to get the civilian populations that are clustered around them to try to leave, and also starting to think about evacuating the hospitals themselves, so that israel can concentrate on dealing with hamas. there is a small development on upfront this