overhead is constant. nabila is taking care of her nephew. he has lost half of his family. ask god for their return, she tells him. he can barely mouth the words. there is a mental health unit at the al aqsa hospital. they say they are overwhelmed with traumatised children. what conditions have you seen? the doctor is asked. while they have now suffered many more casualties, the trauma caused by this conflict is not limited to the people of gaza. more than 100 israeli hostages still remain in captivity, three months after hamas and other militants captured some 250 people and killed around 1200. over the weekend, thousands of israelis gathered in what has become known as hostage square. this is my big brother. he is kidnapped by hamas. he is held hostage from the 7th of october, 100 days. we hope he come back, we wish he comes back. every day, every night, every hour, every minute that passes is harder. the families of the hostages gather almost every day, calling for thei
engulfing the entire territory. my guest today is mark regev, chief spokesman for israel s prime minister. amid all the accusations of war crimes and a charge of genocide, is israel s response to the trauma of october 7 serving its own best interests? mark regev injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the programme. as i said, we are more than 100 days into this war. you are inside the israeli government. is there any discussion inside your government as to whether the current strategy you re pursuing in gaza is working? so, the overall strategy, the goal remains what it was at the beginning, to destroy hamas s military machine, to have our hostages released, returned home, and to end this terror enclave, to end hamas s rule in the gaza strip. now, the way to achieve that is obviously flexible and depending on battlefield conditions and other conditions, as well. so the tactics in achieving that goal can be fluid, but
chief spokesman for israel s prime minister. amid all the accusations of war crimes and a charge of genocide, is israel s response to the trauma of october 7 serving its own best interests? mark regev injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. it s a pleasure to have you on the programme. as i said, we are more than 100 days into this war. you are inside the israeli government. is there any discussion inside your government as to whether the current strategy you re pursuing in gaza is working? so, the overall strategy, the goal remains what it was at the beginning, to destroy hamas s military machine, to have our hostages released, returned home, and to end this terror enclave, to end hamas s rule in the gaza strip. now, the way to achieve that is obviously flexible and depending on battlefield conditions and other conditions, as well. so the tactics in achieving that goal can be fluid, but the goal remains the same destroy hamas s military machine,
that s concerning beijing. live from our studio in singapore. ..this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the uk, where after debating all afternoon and into the evening, mps have voted in favour of the latest version of the government s plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda. that s despite some tory mps rebelling and pushing for changes to make the legislation even tougher. prime minister rishi sunak argues that the rwanda plan will deter people from crossing the english channel in small boats from france. our political editor chris mason reports. the ayes to the right, 320. the noes to the left, 276. the sentence that tells you the government has won. after all the noise, the numbers. the rwanda plan lives on. this is what all of this is all about. the government has promised to stop the boats. the numbers are down, but migrants keep coming. this was dover this morning. the rwanda plan is ab