he was responding to a peace plan proposed by the us presidentjoe biden last night. hamas said it would engage with any proposals offering a permanent ceasefire and for israel to withdraw completely from gaza. vincent mcaviney reports. after almost eight months of israeli response to the 7th october attacks by hamas, gaza lays largely in ruins, with the lives of palestinians who call it home turned upside down. more than 36,000 have been killed across the region, according to the hamas run health ministry. hundreds of thousands are displaced and aid is struggling to reach them. the conflict has put the us israel relationship under immense pressure. but in a surprise move, president biden unveiled a new peace proposal and ceasefire offer from israel. i know there are those in israel who will not agree with this plan and will call for the war to continue indefinitely. some some are even in the government coalition. and they ve made it clear they want to occupy gaza. they want
not run by hamas, that is not going to be acceptable for israel, you can t expect them to live next to people that carried out october the 7th and you need all of the hostages released. added to that, there is the potential benefit for israel but frankly for the whole region of having a normalisation of relations between countries like saudi arabia and israel which i think would be another thing that we can put into this potential political solution. if we put those things all in place, and it is a huge ask to do those things, but you can turn a pause into a sustainable ceasefire into a political process that leads to a permanent settlement of this problem. permanent settlement of this roblem. . ., problem. but will ben amin netanyahu accet it problem. but will ben amin netanyahu accept it because problem. but will ben amin netanyahu accept it because he problem. but will benjamin netanyahu accept it because he is problem. but will benjamin netanyahu accept it because he is b
proposal. he wants to see a ceasefire. will benjamin netanyahu go for it? ceasefire. will ben amin netanyahu no for it? ~ ~ . ceasefire. will ben amin netanyahu ofor it? ~ ~ ., ., go for it? well, i think we have to convince everyone go for it? well, i think we have to convince everyone that go for it? well, i think we have to convince everyone that is - go for it? well, i think we have to convince everyone that is taking l convince everyone that is taking part in this that ultimately, these conflicts end through a combination of military and political means. i think what we are seeing at the moment is that a purely military solution isn t working and while of course we have backed israel s right to defend itself, we back the idea of a gaza free from hamas leadership, it may be that what is required now is that bringing in the political parts of a solution. fundamentally, there are two problems here. one is the guarantees israel needs for its security and the second is what the pal
thank you forjoining us on bbc news. are you hopeful that the us proposal will actually work? are you hearing that it will work, that hamas and benjamin netanyahu will accept it? hamas and ben amin netanyahu will accet it? ~ ., .,, accept it? well, we are hopeful because we accept it? well, we are hopeful because we believe accept it? well, we are hopeful because we believe this - accept it? well, we are hopeful because we believe this is - accept it? well, we are hopeful because we believe this is an i because we believe this is an opportunity that we almost seized to bring this conflict to a permanent end. we have been arguing for a long time that you need, as the prime ministerjust said, have that stop in the fighting and put in place the conditions to make it sustainable so that you don t go back to fighting and you build a peace process. and thatis and you build a peace process. and that is what is on the table. crucially, it has to start with hamas accepting this very generou
south african parties are gearing up for coalition talks as the ruling anc has lost its majority in parliament for the first time in 30 years. in the uk, the electoral campaign enters its second week, with the political leaders making pledges on wealth and levelling up across the country. the polls are due to close in the last phase of india s general election with nearly one billion people eligible to vote. ticketmaster s owner, live nation, confirms hackers have accessed customer data. hello and welcome. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country s conditions for ending the war in gaza remain the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages.