News . Hello and welcome. Im Anna Coren in Hong Kong The Light is now on the Breaking News coming out of gaza the Israeli Military says it recovered the bodies of six hostages from an underground tunnel in the rougher area on saturday the idf has now identified all six saying their families have been notified. They are already dinio carmel gat hersh, goldberg, polin eden, yerushalmi, almog. So rusi and Alex Lobanov israels defensive minister. Defense minister says, and six were killed just before troops could reach them. According to the initial assessment at our disposal, they were brutally murdered by hamas terrorists a short while before we reach them. They were abducted alive on the morning of October 7 by the hamas terror organization. Sheva books well, the White House put out a statement that reads in part, it is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake hamas leaders will pay for these crimes, and we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of
he ll be in several key countries this week. what difference does that make? he s in a tough spot to do too much because president obama s is in a tough spot to do too much. he s trying to be very careful to make it clear that the people of the region will choose their own future. our role is secondary. it s not zero but it s secondary. that basic message is correct, but in that s true, all the more reason why admiral mullen has to be very careful. he can start doing very specific things. with the egyptians he can say how do we make sure we re watching the borders so al-qaeda and other extremists don t come into the country and take advantage. he can have friendly discussions about the whole su sue z canal. if the united states tries to say note, what right do we have to say no to egypt? i think mullen will mostly reassure people, reestablishing contact and not trying to make policy. what do you make of the situation of those warships going through the suez canal.