Emma Barnett

Ich meine, Schmerz ist vielleicht nicht das Wort, aber ich bin beeindruckt, dass du sie nicht siehst. Es ist eine interessante Tension, dass du Content machst, das du nicht siehst.

Jen, for you, what are people telling you about why they're turning to these dramas?

Jen, for you, what are people telling you about why they're turning to these dramas?

I think it is serious. This statement today has talked about using all military and civilian means of pressure. So it does seem like he is trying to give the impression that the Israeli military now is prepared to use any means possible in order to return the hostages from Gaza. So we've seen in the past days the ground forces start to return hostages.

I think it is serious. This statement today has talked about using all military and civilian means of pressure. So it does seem like he is trying to give the impression that the Israeli military now is prepared to use any means possible in order to return the hostages from Gaza. So we've seen in the past days the ground forces start to return hostages.

Slowly and only in limited campaigns, but starting to return to parts of the Gaza Strip where previously they had withdrawn from at the beginning of the ceasefire deal.

Slowly and only in limited campaigns, but starting to return to parts of the Gaza Strip where previously they had withdrawn from at the beginning of the ceasefire deal.

We understand that there isn't, from Israeli commentators, such a great deal of support for that. There are those on the right in Israel, including the settlement movement, those who often are settling in the West Bank or who previously indeed settled in Gaza until those settlements were deconstructed around 20 years ago.

We understand that there isn't, from Israeli commentators, such a great deal of support for that. There are those on the right in Israel, including the settlement movement, those who often are settling in the West Bank or who previously indeed settled in Gaza until those settlements were deconstructed around 20 years ago.

There is a desire by some to reoccupy Gaza, and that's why we saw when President Trump said put forward his plan to turn the Gaza Strip into the Riviera of the Middle East and this kind of playground for international leisure. There were some inside the Israeli government and indeed the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came out in favour of it.

There is a desire by some to reoccupy Gaza, and that's why we saw when President Trump said put forward his plan to turn the Gaza Strip into the Riviera of the Middle East and this kind of playground for international leisure. There were some inside the Israeli government and indeed the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came out in favour of it.

saying that this was a plan that they wanted to pursue. However, opinion polls suggest that the majority don't favour that, and neither does the Israeli military. Military figures, security officials in it, see a myriad of problems and complexities in terms of administrating Gaza day-to-day, directing traffic, being responsible for the reconstruction of Gaza in whatever form it might take.

saying that this was a plan that they wanted to pursue. However, opinion polls suggest that the majority don't favour that, and neither does the Israeli military. Military figures, security officials in it, see a myriad of problems and complexities in terms of administrating Gaza day-to-day, directing traffic, being responsible for the reconstruction of Gaza in whatever form it might take.

So there are different views, even within the government and the security establishment.

So there are different views, even within the government and the security establishment.

I mean, Hamas has said in the past few days that they are prepared to return to the negotiating table, that they are in fact still there and that they continue to study the different proposals put forward, not only by Hamas, the US but other mediators including Egypt.

I mean, Hamas has said in the past few days that they are prepared to return to the negotiating table, that they are in fact still there and that they continue to study the different proposals put forward, not only by Hamas, the US but other mediators including Egypt.

Obviously Israel's increased pressure in the past few days is intense in a military sense but also on the civilian population where now for over two weeks there's been no aid entering the Gaza Strip, no food going in there. So the pressure is intense on Hamas, but still the crux of this comes down to the fact that Israel, for their part, want to renegotiate the original ceasefire deal.

Obviously Israel's increased pressure in the past few days is intense in a military sense but also on the civilian population where now for over two weeks there's been no aid entering the Gaza Strip, no food going in there. So the pressure is intense on Hamas, but still the crux of this comes down to the fact that Israel, for their part, want to renegotiate the original ceasefire deal.

So they want to try and extract further hostages from the Gaza Strip, but they don't want to commit to a permanent cessation of the war and discussing the next day after of the war and what kind of administration might be there. Whereas Hamas, on their part, are trying to do exactly that. They want to use the remaining hostages to try and get in return some sort of win for their part.