hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, 36 straight to breaks new us from israel, the defence forces there have said an israeli soldier has been released from gaza, they said private 0ri megidish was released during id f ground operations, she was kidnapped by hamas on october 7th. she has had apparently medical checks, and is said to be doing well, and has met herfamily. we are expecting to hear from well, and has met herfamily. we are expecting to hearfrom israel s prime minister, binyamin netanyahu shortly, we will go to him just as soon as he starts talking, the family of the three hostages who appeared in that video released earlier by hamas are expected to be speaking publicly to, that has been delayed. we expected to start in the next couple of minutes but that has been pushed back but as soon as that started we will carry that here on bbc news. now the bbc does not normally broadcast hostage videos but through is a still from today s video that has be
israel in demanding that these hostages be freed immediately and freed unconditionally. i want to make clear is real s position regarding the ceasefire. this is the united states not agree to a ceasefire after the bombing of pearl harbor, after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, israel will not agree to a cessation of hostilities with hamas after the horrific attacks of october seven. calls for a ceasefire are calls for israel to surrender to hamas. to surrender to terrorism, to surrender to barbarism. that will not happen. ladies and gentlemen, the bible says that there is a time for peace and a time for war. this is a time for war. a war for our common future. today we drew a line between the forces of civilisation and the forces of barbarism. it is a time for everyone to decide where they stand. israel will stand against the forces of barbarism until victory. against the forces of barbarism untilvictory. i against the forces of barbarism until victory. i hope and pray that civ