Hello. A warm welcome to the programme. I m sally bundock. Israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has asked for forgiveness from israelis for failing to return six hostages found dead in gaza on saturday, as hamas warned more could be returned to their families in shrouds if a ceasefire isn t reached. His comments came as intense street protests over his handling of negotiations entered a second night in israel. Translation: they murdered six of our hostages in cold blood. So after this horrible murder, i don t believe that someone would come, someone serious would come, someone serious would come, someone serious would come and say, now make more concessions, you are not serious! hamas is serious. I can t believe this happened. I can t believe this happened. I can t believe this happened. I can t believe anyone really thinks that and i can t believe president biden actually said that. Pressure also mounted internationally as the uk suspended some arms sales to israel, citing a ris
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Hostages in gaza. He s asked for forgiveness, but ruled out new concessions to hamas to secure the release of those still being held. His comments came as intense street protests over his handling of negotiations entered a second night in israel, including these demonstrations outside his office injerusalem. Lucy williamson has more from jerusalem. Israel s protesters and their prime minister are old acquaintances. Calls for a hostage deal have brought long established opponents onto the streets, but the shooting of six hostages in a gaza tunnel last week has broadened this movement, they say. And the mass demonstrations in tel aviv last night were a turning point. I think the news of the six hostages, the fact that they were alive and murdered right before they could have been saved, that broke it. After last night s mass protest, people are back on the streets again. There are growing public and political demands on israel s prime minister to make a deal, but benjamin netanyahu, prot
In gaza. He s asked for forgiveness, but ruled out new concessions to hamas to secure the release of those still being held. His comments came as intense street protests over his handling of negotiations entered a second night in israel, including these demonstrations outside his office injerusalem. Lucy williamson has more from jerusalem. Israel s protesters and their prime minister are old acquaintances. Calls for a hostage deal have brought long established opponents onto the streets, but the shooting of six hostages in a gaza tunnel last week has broadened this movement, they say. And the mass demonstrations in tel aviv last night were a turning point. I think the news of the six hostages, the fact that they were alive and murdered right before they could have been saved, that broke it. After last night s mass protest, people are back on the streets again. There are growing public and political demands on israel s prime minister to make a deal, but benjamin netanyahu, protected by
His comments came as intense street protests over his handling of negotiations entered a second night in israel including these demonstrations outside his office injerusalem. Lucy williamson has more from jerusalem. Israel s protesters and their prime minister are old acquaintances. Calls for a hostage deal have brought long established opponents onto the streets, but the shooting of six hostages in a gaza tunnel last week has broadened this movement, they say. And the mass demonstrations in tel aviv last night were a turning point. I think the news of the six hostages, the fact that they were alive and murdered right before they could have been saved, that broke it. After last night s mass protest, people are back on the streets again. There are growing public and political demands on israel s prime minister to make a deal, but benjamin netanyahu, protected by his parliamentary majority, isn t listening. Tonight mr netanyahu defied anyone to ask him to compromise now. These murderer