Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up. Nearly 50

days in Hamas captivity with her children. One mother tells me her story.

Then fears Mount of a wider One Mother tells me her story.

Then fears Mount of a wider war in the Middle East,

but what are the risks?

Regional and security experts Kim Gatis

and Colin Clark join me.

Also ahead, as Republican candidates make their case in Iowa,

former GOP strategist Sarah Longwell breaks down the campaign trend so far.

And almost three years on from January 6th how support for political violence has

shifted in America. Walter Isakson speaks to Robert Pape, director of the

Chicago Project on Security and Threats. Hello everyone welcome to the program. I'm beyond a goal of

a new york sitting in for Christian on Montpore. everyone welcome to the program. I'm Bianna Galadriga in

for Christiana Monpur. This weekend will mark three months since Hamas's

attack on Israel on October 7th. The horrors of that day when at least 1,200

Israelis were killed are still reverberating around

the world.

And the Israeli military response is intensifying in Central and Southern Gaza, where

more than 22,000 people have now been killed, according to the Hamas

controlled health ministry there. Meanwhile a painful ordeal continues for the

families of more than 130 people still thought to be held hostage in Gaza.

Prospects of another deal between Israel and Hamas to pause fighting are uncertain,

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