hello. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. the armed wing of hamas says that the youngest israeli hostage in gaza, ten month old baby kfir bibas, as well as his brother ariel and mother shiri, were killed in an air strike on the gaza strip. the bbc is checking the claim, which it does not been able to verify. the group are among the highest profile civilian hostages yet to be freed. a special appeal had been issued for their freedom after they were not in their freedom after they were not in the group freed on tuesday. in a statement, the idf said hamas is wholly responsible for the security of all hostages in the gaza strip. hamas must be held accountable. hamas actions continue to endanger the hostages, which include nine children. they must immediately release our hostages. the bbc s diplomatic correspondent paul adams gave us an update. ten month old kfir, nine months old when he was snatched and now ten month
part we have already met the terrorists have already met, the, lethal force of the idf and now on the west a and the east tube are those of the south of gaza wilderness very fast. eric: hamas leaders learned that two dead men walking. that is what is really defense minister yoav gallant said the leaders of hamas are right now. raising the potential of assassinating them. the billionaires to l eliminate luxury and qatar and turkey producing pictures of leaders playing ping-pong in qatar enjoying a nice leisurely stroll on a treadmill where what appears to be a fancy hotel gym in qatar. he and his cohorts could have a target on their back, there are days numbers for this come to comes asfighting between israeld hamas terrorist continues. present biting deputy national security adviser jake sullivan saying the sites are quote closer than they have been in quite some time for a deal to potentially release dozens of hostages. the potential release of some women and children will o
The us State Department. That wouldnt normally be headline news. But lets talk to Barbara Plett usher and she can explain, hi barbara, that this is an event of note. Yes, its the first briefing that the State Department has had in six weeks. We used to get them every single day. Even in between transition administrations, theres been a hiatus of a few days. The place was packed. As you can imagine, there were questions about why the State Department had been silent for so long. The Spokesman Mark Toner put it up to the administration finding its sea legs, he said. Presumably that means that the Secretary Of State was coming up to speed with the department and coming up to speed with the white house. Mr toner said he contacted white house regularly and was building relationships with his foreign counterparts etc, so he was busy. He didnt really address the glaring lack of public diplomacy. Even more so, there were a lot of questions about the State Department budget, because mr trump wa
The us State Department. That wouldnt normally be headline news. But lets talk to Barbara Plett usher and she can explain, hi barbara, that this is an event of note. Yes, its the first briefing that the State Department has had in six weeks. We used to get them every single day. Even in between transition administrations, theres been a hiatus of a few days. The place was packed. As you can imagine, there were questions about why the State Department had been silent for so long. The Spokesman Mark Toner put it up to the administration finding its sea legs, he said. Presumably that means that the Secretary Of State was coming up to speed with the department and coming up to speed with the white house. Mr toner said he contacted white house regularly and was building relationships with his foreign counterparts etc, so he was busy. He didnt really address the glaring lack of public diplomacy. Even more so, there were a lot of questions about the State Department budget, because mr trump wa
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy will address the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Sunday, the organisers of the security conference said.