Have more on all of those released, and released now. We will have more on all of Those Strands i released, and released now. We will have more on all of Those Strands of| have more on all of Those Strands of our main story in a moment or two, but for the next few minutes we are going to head to the bbc Sports Centre to round up the headlines of the day. Hello, kevin. Good afternoon, matthew. Uefa have confirmed that the euro 2024 qualifier between belgium and sweden will be completely abandoned. Gavin. The match was halted for Security Reasons after two people were shot dead in brussels on monday. The attack took place three miles from the stadium. The result at half time, 1 1, will now be seen as final. And uefa have also announced that no further matches will be played in israel until further notice amid the ongoing conflict with hamas. My copy and macquarie tel aviv have been asked to find alternative venues. Mohamed salah has called on World Leaders to do more to stop people being killed in the conflict. The Egyptian International said aid to gaza must be allowed immediately. All lives are sacred and must be protected. The massacres need to stop, families are being torn apart. What is clear now is that humanitarian aid to gaza must be allowed immediately. The people there are in terrible conditions. The people of gaza need food, water and medical supplies urgently. I am calling on the World Leaders to come together to prevent the further slaughter of innocent souls, humanity must prevail. Not much over 24 hours now until the start of the Rugby World Cup semifinals with argentina playing new zealand while england take on the defending champions south africa one day later. And england have made three changes in the squad with Freddie Steward returning at fullback in place of marcus smith who has been ruled out through injury. Joe marler and George Martin also come into the side. England will go in as underdogs but their head coach is not concerned. I think this team has progressed, through each week we have had through this tournament, weve built and built and built and whatever situation the players have found themselves in in the game, the players have found a way to get the result they want at the end of it. And we know this weekend is different, every game is different. But i also know that weve got a great group of players who cared deeply about representing england and want to make sure they put in a performance that we are all proud of and our supporters are proud of on saturday night. South africa have named an Unchanged Team from the one that beat france in the quarterfinal. Team from the one that beat france Cobus Reinach keeps his place. Team from the one that beat france india will fancy their chances of winning their match in the Cricket World Cup today, they have started very well in their chase. That is just about all the sport for now. The Israeli Defence for a still preparing for an expected Ground Invasion of gaza with Tens Of Thousands of personnel, tanks, artillery, all on the edge of the territory, soldiers will face extraordinary risks including the challenge of attacking the hamas tunnels which snake under the territory. We can talk now to a former commander of operations in afghanistan who is watching this conflict unfold in israel and gaza at the moment. Thanks so much for joining us, richard. Iwill talk about risks of any operation in a moment but take me through what you think the Military Options that israel is currently considering cousin. ~ ,. , israel is currently considering cousin. ~ ,. , cousin. Well, israel has two fundamental cousin. Well, israel has two fundamental challenges, i cousin. Well, israel has two i fundamental challenges, there cousin. Well, israel has two fundamental challenges, there are many other challenges as well but predominantly, one of them is that a to deal with hamas inside gaza, which is being done right now from the air and at the point when the idf decide that they will have degraded hamas as far as they can from the air, and i believe it is quite likely they will launch a Ground Operation in order to eliminate and eradicate the remainder of hamas, one way or another. And there are different ways of doing that. And the second challenge that israel faces is in the north, where iran has 150,000 missiles operated by their proxy hezbollah, who could well be waiting to, they have already carried out some quite intensive attacks in the last. I some quite intensive attacks in the last. , last. I mentioned risks in the introduction, last. I mentioned risks in the introduction, what last. I mentioned risks in the introduction, what sort last. I mentioned risks in the introduction, what sort of i last. 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Well, inside gaza is going to be close quarter i anticipate . Well, inside gaza is i going to be close quarter fighting. When hamas carried out this attack two weekends ago, they did so knowing that there is going to be an israeli response of this sort and there for they have prepared the ground, and on the ground they have got booby traps covering large areas, theyve got ambushed sites, theyve got mines laid, theyve got people waiting to attack them using anti tank teams, and they have got the Attack Tunnels you mention from where they can attack Israeli Forces from pretty much any direction. So it is going to be tough fighting and particularly in the built up areas when israel goes into the major city of north gaza which i think it will have to do, gaza city, then they are going to be facing some of the toughest fighting in which i would expect there will be significant numbers of idf casualties in that fighting as well as Terrorist Casualties and unfortunately, because there will be civilians remaining there, there will also be probably a significant number of civilian casualties as well. But suffice it to say it is going to be probably the toughest fight israel has ever involved itself in, in its history. I has ever involved itself in, in its histo. ,. ,. , history. I was listening to one exert a history. I was listening to one expert a little history. I was listening to one expert a little earlier history. I was listening to one expert a little earlier talking i expert a little earlier talking about previous incursions and the length of those incursions, and their assessment was, this time, with the stated objective of trying to simply wipe out hamas altogether, it would be much, much longer. In terms of any sort of rough timescale you would have on an operation of that size, what is your assessment . It is a very difficult thing to forecast. And certainly not even the idf will know how long it is going to take. But i would say were looking at no less than 3 4 weeks i would have thought before hamas is essentially crushed. And that doesnt necessarily mean killing them all, i think there will be a large number killed, there already have been, and it is a horrible thing to say about killing people, but in this situation, israel has no choice, because those people will, if they are not dealt with in this way now, then we will see repetitions of Rocket Attacks and also the kind of massacre we saw last weekend. But it is not necessarily killing all of them, there are options where perhaps once theyve been hit sufficiently hard, that some of them, the survivors, may wish to get the hell out of gaza, and ive no doubt that the idf and egypt are looking at options for that where perhaps they can leave gaza through egypt and then go, whereto, i dont know at all, but one way or the other i think the idf is going to have to get rid of, either kill or remove the vast majority of hamas terrorists. And majority of hamas terrorists. And et it is majority of hamas terrorists. And yet it is entirely majority of hamas terrorists. And yet it is entirely possible that some of the militants may already have dispersed further south amongst the civilians in that move of people. A final thought in terms of what israel has assembled, compared to previous incursions, what do you make of the size of both hardware and reservists that have been called up . And reservists that have been called u . , � and reservists that have been called u . , up . Youre absolutely right, there will certainly up . Youre absolutely right, there will certainly be up . Youre absolutely right, there will certainly be hamas up . Youre absolutely right, there will certainly be hamas and i up . Youre absolutely right, there will certainly be hamas and other| will certainly be hamas and other terrorists who have moved down and will be within the civilian population. Wherever they go, they always use the civilian population as human shields, with the intention first of all of surviving and secondly of forcing israel, despite the measures israel takes, to killer civilians. And i think in terms of the Israeli Forces, i have spoken to Israeli Forces deployed on the border, commanders and soldiers, and theyve got a massive amount of force there and the soldiers i spoke to are ready to go in and ars to put their lives on the line to protect their lives on the line to protect their own countrymen. I havent heard anything about vengeance or retribution, or i have heard is going into defender people. And israel has mobilised over 300,000 people to do this, and also for defending the north, and so this is the Largest Scale mobilisation israel has ever had, on top of the Ground Forces, tanks, artillery, infantry and all the other elements theyve got, obviously very, very significant airpower which will continue to be directed into gaza as the Ground Forces go in. The continue to be directed into gaza as the Ground Forces go in. The Ground Forces go in. The other art of the Ground Forces go in. The other part of the the Ground Forces go in. The other part of the equation the Ground Forces go in. The other part of the equation that the Ground Forces go in. The other part of the equation that we i the Ground Forces go in. The other part of the equation that we didnt touch on, of course, the hostage situation amongst all of those things, and that is an issue we will be discussing here on the programme in the next couple of moments. 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Has happened to those Family Members has happened to those Family Members. � , ,. , members. And, my little sister and her husband members. And, my little sister and her husband and members. And, my little sister and her husband and their members. And, my little sister and her husband and their two members. And, my little sister and i her husband and their two daughters, three daughters, lives in kibbutz and my older sister went there to do and my older sister went there to do a shabbat for the weekend. Aam, we were waking up to alarms and bombings and we immediately called them because when we have bombings, and we are sure that they have them as well, we sent a message, hey, what is up . And they said, we are not sure, they said there are terrorists in the kibbutz, we dont know anything else. After 30 minutes also she said that they can hear terrorists around, they still dont know much, but start to understand whats going on there. After 30 minutes more, they said that they can hit the terrorists at their Neighbour House and that they are still in the safe room, and after another 30 minutes, they said that they can hear the terrorists in their house. And just to make sure you understand, the safe room has doors, but these doors can be locked. These are built for bombings, not for terrorists. Band bombings, not for terrorists. And when did you bombings, not for terrorists. And when did you actually find out, or have you had it confirmed, that they havent been killed but they are missing and are hostages . Shifter havent been killed but they are missing and are hostages . After we found out, missing and are hostages . After we found out. A missing and are hostages . After we found out, a couple missing and are hostages . After we found out, a couple of missing and are hostages . After we found out, a couple of pieces i missing and are hostages . After we found out, a couple of pieces of i found out, a couple of pieces of information during the first couple of days, we were visited by an army officer saying that all the six were now officially recognised as kidnapped. Important to my understanding, they say that from the moment they were kidnapped, they were still alive. To tell you that i know what is their situation at the moment, i dont have any idea. I moment, i dont have any idea. I cant imagine what you are going through, how are you getting through just day to day . I through, how are you getting through just daytoday . Just daytoday . , i think that is the key sentence, just daytoday . , i think that is the key sentence, day just daytoday . , i think that is the key sentence, day today. I i just daytoday . , i think that is i the key sentence, day today. I dont think about the next week, you dont think about the next week, you dont think about the next week, you dont think about the next month or birthday, you just think about what you are going to be at the next hour because every moment someone can because every moment someone can come because every moment someone can come and officers can appear at your doorstep saying something horrible. Im just me for my daughter, my parents, just trying to, you know, keep on going. I dont think we have any other choice. It is keep on going. I dont think we have any other choice. Any other choice. It is excruciating even listening any other choice. It is excruciating even listening to any other choice. It is excruciating even listening to you any other choice. It is excruciating even listening to you describe i any other choice. It is excruciating even listening to you describe all. Even listening to you describe all of that, many of the families who are in similar circumstances to you, they have set up forums, how much support are you able to give each other . , support are you able to give each other . ,. , other . , we are in these forums, there is a