Sebastian Usher

But I think what's clear is that the Israeli government and the Israeli public won't take heed of what Hamas has said in any way for now, unless it provides serious evidence. And this demand that the body of Shiri Bebas is somehow returned to Israel was will continue.

But I think what's clear is that the Israeli government and the Israeli public won't take heed of what Hamas has said in any way for now, unless it provides serious evidence. And this demand that the body of Shiri Bebas is somehow returned to Israel was will continue.

I think it might affect the wider ceasefire deal more than the exchange on Saturday. We'll have to see. I mean, we have received the notification from Hamas, which it's given to Israel, of of the six living hostages who are going to be released, who are due to be released on Saturday. So that part of a schedule is still going ahead.

I think it might affect the wider ceasefire deal more than the exchange on Saturday. We'll have to see. I mean, we have received the notification from Hamas, which it's given to Israel, of of the six living hostages who are going to be released, who are due to be released on Saturday. So that part of a schedule is still going ahead.

Hamas has also said that it is expecting just over 600 Palestinian prisoners to be released in exchange. We haven't yet received information about that. We haven't received anything from Israel saying that it would delay or somehow get them away of that. So at the moment... The expectation is that in the immediate future, the ceasefire deal, which is still in phase one, will go ahead.

Hamas has also said that it is expecting just over 600 Palestinian prisoners to be released in exchange. We haven't yet received information about that. We haven't received anything from Israel saying that it would delay or somehow get them away of that. So at the moment... The expectation is that in the immediate future, the ceasefire deal, which is still in phase one, will go ahead.

I mean, after Saturday, there's one more handover that's due to happen of the four remaining dead bodies of Israeli hostages. And then that will be all 33 alive or dead that were to be returned in the first phase. You know, I've been saying a lot and everyone else has phase two, which is due tomorrow. to start as soon as one assumes phase one comes to an end.

I mean, after Saturday, there's one more handover that's due to happen of the four remaining dead bodies of Israeli hostages. And then that will be all 33 alive or dead that were to be returned in the first phase. You know, I've been saying a lot and everyone else has phase two, which is due tomorrow. to start as soon as one assumes phase one comes to an end.

The talks on that haven't begun in earnest. We've heard from the Israeli government that they are due to start this week, but we've heard nothing more since. And the issues that they have to deal with are potentially more intractable. So whether these developments are

The talks on that haven't begun in earnest. We've heard from the Israeli government that they are due to start this week, but we've heard nothing more since. And the issues that they have to deal with are potentially more intractable. So whether these developments are

to do with the body of Sheree Bibas and also the accusation from the forensic investigation that her two children were murdered by those who were holding them captive. I mean, that, of course, raises the temperature too. Sebastian Asher.

to do with the body of Sheree Bibas and also the accusation from the forensic investigation that her two children were murdered by those who were holding them captive. I mean, that, of course, raises the temperature too. Sebastian Asher.

There are people, politicians to the right, particularly in the government, who on each one of these hostage handovers, but particularly today, particularly the moment when three of them emerged in really bad condition, have said that this is proof of what they've been arguing all along, that there should... Be a resumption of a war in Gaza until Hamas is entirely wiped out.

There are people, politicians to the right, particularly in the government, who on each one of these hostage handovers, but particularly today, particularly the moment when three of them emerged in really bad condition, have said that this is proof of what they've been arguing all along, that there should... Be a resumption of a war in Gaza until Hamas is entirely wiped out.

So this will further fuel that. But on the other side, you have the emotional wave of feeling from the hostage families first, and then many, many hundreds of thousands of people across Israel who feel their pain most strongly above all else, who will say that this is a sign that these hostage handovers must continue, that nothing Wir sind nahe dem Ende der ersten Phase. Das endet nächste Woche.

So this will further fuel that. But on the other side, you have the emotional wave of feeling from the hostage families first, and then many, many hundreds of thousands of people across Israel who feel their pain most strongly above all else, who will say that this is a sign that these hostage handovers must continue, that nothing Wir sind nahe dem Ende der ersten Phase. Das endet nächste Woche.

Die Gespräche in Phase 2 haben noch nicht angefangen. In dieser Phase sind alle restlichen Hostels lebendig und tot. Die Druck von den Hostelfamilien und, wie ich sage, ich denke, wahrscheinlich von der Mehrheit der Menschen in Israel auf die Regierung, ist, nichts zu tun, das die Möglichkeit für das, was nicht passieren wird, zu machen. Sebastian Ascher

Die Gespräche in Phase 2 haben noch nicht angefangen. In dieser Phase sind alle restlichen Hostels lebendig und tot. Die Druck von den Hostelfamilien und, wie ich sage, ich denke, wahrscheinlich von der Mehrheit der Menschen in Israel auf die Regierung, ist, nichts zu tun, das die Möglichkeit für das, was nicht passieren wird, zu machen. Sebastian Ascher

This essentially was a Hamas statement, which has come out. We're still in phase one of a ceasefire deal. That's drawing to its end. And it looks like that will probably work itself out reasonably well now. There have been moments when it looked like it might all fall apart, but we've had...

This essentially was a Hamas statement, which has come out. We're still in phase one of a ceasefire deal. That's drawing to its end. And it looks like that will probably work itself out reasonably well now. There have been moments when it looked like it might all fall apart, but we've had...