withjohn simpson. hello, and thank you for joining me for another edition of unspun world, where we find out from the bbc s unmatched team of correspondents and broadcasters what s really going on in the world. israeli forces are encircling gaza s hospitals, but what s their basic strategy? the israeli army can probably go in and patrol the shattered streets of the gaza strip for some indefinite period. but what then? who is actually going to rule gaza? the us and china. why are the chinese noticeably less antagonistic than they used to be? the united states is china s biggest threat, but it s also china s biggest customer, and they really need to do some good customer relations at the moment. and can spain s interim prime minister stave off catalan independence? he s doing this because it will reduce those tensions that catalonia has been seeing, really over the last decade. western support for israel s war against hamas in gaza has been tested as never before, by the bombar
hello and thank you forjoining me for another edition of unspun world, where we find out from the bbc s unmatched team of correspondents and broadcasters what s really going on in the world. israeli forces are encircling gaza s hospitals, but what s their basic strategy? the israeli army can probably go in and patrol the shattered streets of the gaza strip for some indefinite period. but what then? who is actually going to rule gaza? the us and china why are the chinese noticeably less antagonistic than they used to be? the united states is china s biggest threat, but it s also china s biggest customer, and they really need to do some good customer relations at the moment. and can spain s interim prime minister stave off catalan independence? he s doing this because it will reduce those tensions that catalonia has been seeing, really, over the last decade. western support for israel s war against hamas in gaza has been tested as never before by the bombardment and search of
risk sweltz the crossing itself. finally that happened and still there was intense diplomacy across the region. president biden s envoy to the middle east, david satterfield was key among the players along with qatar and egypt to try to really get a deal in which all parties involved would be willing to let these civilians go. and so finally after days and days of everyone holding their breath and hoping it would work out, it did work out finally on wednesday. it s just a small fraction of the 7,000 as you said civilians who could qualify to leave egypt. we re just beginning at this point. let s talk about the strikes on the refugee camp. israel knows they d widely criticized and made the calculation it was worth it to get a hamas leader or two. give us a sense as to the reaction from the region, and is there a fear, perhaps, that s really going to inflame what s happening there and could widen the conflict? absolutely, john. a lot of outrage across the region, and ac
combat, israelis are using it the best they can. hamas is using it. hezbollah is using it. this video shows their weapons being manufactured. in another statement posted on youtube. we have not started the aggression and the war. israel hits back. translator: hamas upgraded the weapons arsenal. the terrorist organization now holds about 10,000 rockets and missiles. israel even uses an image of the statute of liberty keeping congressional support always vital. looking at israel, can you imagine what america would if it was facing a similar threat. as hamas rockets fly against israel, and israeli air strikes pound gaza, and israeli twitter image said israel is only striking military targets. including weapons and launchers hidden among civilians.