Sebastian Usher

It is true to say that the aid that would come in itself is coming through another crossing, but it's still nowhere near, as far as aid agencies are saying, what's needed.

So there is a sense from both sides that this process has been drawn out to stop getting into the second phase.

This last Israeli who's left, a police officer, you know, who's dead, he was killed on October the 7th.

There was pressure being put again by Israel just a couple of days ago on the mediators saying that Hamas...

knows where the body is, they need to give the body.

This Israel has been saying throughout that Hamas has been trying to slow the process down in order to be able to rebuild, regroup.

That's true.

But from the Israeli perspective, you could say that the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in no great hurry to move on to that second phase either.

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There's been growing speculation that Israel and Hamas might agree a new limited ceasefire during the Muslim holiday of Eid, which begins tomorrow. Mr Netanyahu's office says he's held consultations on a proposal from mediators, which is said to involve a 50-day truce and the release of five more hostages. Hamas is said to have agreed to the plan. Israel has now submitted a counteroffer.

There's been growing speculation that Israel and Hamas might agree a new limited ceasefire during the Muslim holiday of Eid, which begins tomorrow. Mr Netanyahu's office says he's held consultations on a proposal from mediators, which is said to involve a 50-day truce and the release of five more hostages. Hamas is said to have agreed to the plan. Israel has now submitted a counteroffer.

It comes as Israeli forces have continued airstrikes across Gaza and a ground operation in Rafah aimed, the IDF says, Sebastian Ascher

It comes as Israeli forces have continued airstrikes across Gaza and a ground operation in Rafah aimed, the IDF says, Sebastian Ascher

They see it as an attack on democracy essentially. I mean the way that it's framed by Mr Netanyahu and his supporters. ist, dass es eine Re-Kalibration, eine Re-Balancing ist, sodass die ausgewählten Offiziere, die Richter in der Knesset, in der Regierung, mehr Aufmerksamkeit haben in der Anrufung der Juden, als diejenigen, die gegen sie protestieren.

They see it as an attack on democracy essentially. I mean the way that it's framed by Mr Netanyahu and his supporters. ist, dass es eine Re-Kalibration, eine Re-Balancing ist, sodass die ausgewählten Offiziere, die Richter in der Knesset, in der Regierung, mehr Aufmerksamkeit haben in der Anrufung der Juden, als diejenigen, die gegen sie protestieren.

Und das war ein großer, großer Problem vor Oktober 7, 2023. Es gab große Demonstrationen, Woche nach Woche, in Israel über den judicialen Überhang, der von Frau Netanyahu geplant wurde. They see it as an attack on democracy, but the checks and balances that the judiciary provides is severely undermined by this.

Und das war ein großer, großer Problem vor Oktober 7, 2023. Es gab große Demonstrationen, Woche nach Woche, in Israel über den judicialen Überhang, der von Frau Netanyahu geplant wurde. They see it as an attack on democracy, but the checks and balances that the judiciary provides is severely undermined by this.

And I think also it's important to say that there's been a real resurgence of protests against the Israeli Prime Minister in the past few days. This is one of the issues. Another issue was the passing of the budget, a very controversial budget. His moves also to dismiss the head of the internal security agency, Shin Bet, and