That israel maintain a military presence in the philadelphi corridor. That s a small buffer zone between gaza and egypt s sinai desert. Mr netanyahu said israel is committed to destroying hamas and bringing the hostages home. He warned of the potential consequences should israel relieve its military pressure on hamas. Our middle east regional editor mike thomson has more on the prime minister s comments from jerusalem. Tonight, benjamin netanyahu double down on his insistence that israeli troops will not be withdrawn from the philadelphia corridor. That is the strip of land separating southern gaza from egypt. Is that it is absolutely vital that they stay that to stop hamas smuggling weapons from egypt into gaza. He said, if we let this happen, we could have another october the seventh all over again. Interestingly though, he had talked in the past about not moving for at least 42 years. This evening he was referring to 42 days early so they may be some wriggle room there. But he has s
travelled to australia via dubai ten days ago and the last option could be monaco which is where he has a lot of residences and spends a lot of time when he does not play tennis. the fourth option could be dubai because next month there is the dubai free tennis tournament that begins on february 1a. djokovic won the tournament in 2020 so if he decides to play some tennis this would be the next option but it does not start for a month. and the laws in dubai, people arriving here in the city do not need to be vaccinated as long as they have a negative pcr test. but a lot of reports indicate that serbia could be his next destination but we are waiting to hear more from his team. from his team. phil, tell us about the from his team. phil, tell us about the start from his team. phil, tell us about the start of - from his team. phil, tell us about the start of the - about the start of the australian open. it is now well under way. we australian open. it is now well under way- australia