Return with a response. Our security correspondent Frank Gardner has more, from jerusalem. Whats being debated is the permission by the Israeli Military for large numbers of palestinian displaced people, currently who are sheltering in the south of the gaza strip, in the city of rafah, to move back to their homes in the north. Thats something that israel has resisted in the past. Israel, reportedly, would also remove some of its forces from gaza. This would be during a a0 day truce. And there would of course be the exchange of hostages and prisoners. Probably hundreds, if not thousands, of Palestinian Prisoners coming out of israeli jails in return for a Rather Lowerfigure Than was originally demanded by israel an initialfigure of around 33 israeli hostages. Now, from the israeli side, there is dual pressure going on here. Pressure from the United States to do this deal, and pressure domestically from all the families and friends of the hostages whove been demonstrating and shouting lo
Some time ago. You have been watching israels Military Assault in gaza from afar. Has it unfolded in the way you expected . Yes, it has unfolded in the way i expected but not in the way that i thought it should be. There is a huge tension between the way that i see this war and the way that the government define it, and the problem is, and i have said it from the very beginning, that this war is a war without any political goal. And what happens to this type of war, that the war becomes the end and not the means in order to achieve a better political goal. So the answer is yes and no. Isnt the strategic sort of aim to destroy hamas as a Fighting Force and to completely eliminate it as a governing force in gaza, isnt that a clear political strategic ambition . No, absolutely not. It is a military goal, it is not a political goal. We have to understand that when we discuss the whole concept of war, the idea is to create a better political reality. The battlefield or the military forces a
Screen, which you sent us and gave us permission to show, was what you sent to your friends and family. Basically saying, dont look, or if you do, you know, be prepared, because its a picture of my penis, basically. Yes, 100 ithought basically. Yes, 100 i thought it would be better to get ahead of the curve, just in case you were still able to send it. I mean, you, thank god, have come out of this 0k, i mean, you, thank god, have come out of this ok, but we know from the one, from the National Crime agency to schools up and down the country that this is particularly a problem for young men and four teenage boys. What is it about young men that makes them vulnerable to this, do you think . I think, especially with teenagers, it is like, going through puberty, hormones, they arejust it is like, going through puberty, hormones, they are just going to do a few things, especially if they receive an image first, it is more of a trust thing, like, i have sent you a picture, why dont you sent
Thank you for having me again, stephen. Israel has a vital choice to make right now with regard to iran. Does it respond again, up the ante, escalate, or does it not . What do you believe the choice will be and should be . Frankly speaking, stephen, i dont think we have a dilemma here. We have to retaliate. The question is how we do it, when we do it, against whom. But i dont think we can sit idly by after the attack we saw two nights ago here in israel, 300 projectiles that came from iran directly into israel. Im not familiar with any other sovereign nation that will not retaliate after such an aggressive attack. And we have to make it very clear. Iran chose to send those rockets, missiles and uavs from iran. For many months and years, they use their proxies in the region. They built a very Massive Force around israel, but they decided to escalate. They decided to create a new equation by sending all of those rockets from iran into israel. They decided to escalate, you say. How would
Danny danon injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me again, stephen. Israel has a vital choice to make right now with regard to iran. Does it respond again, up the ante, escalate, or does it not . What do you believe the choice will be and should be . Frankly speaking, stephen, i dont think we have a dilemma here. We have to retaliate. The question is how we do it, when we do it, against whom. But i dont think we can sit idly by after the attack we saw two nights ago here in israel, 300 projectiles that came from iran directly into israel. Im not familiar with any other sovereign nation that will not retaliate after such an aggressive attack. And we have to make it very clear. Iran chose to send those rockets, missiles and uavs from iran. For many months and years, they use their proxies in the region. They built a very Massive Force around israel, but they decided to escalate. They decided to create a new equation by sending all of those rockets from iran into israel.