This is CBSI on the world.

I'm John Batchel with my colleague and friend Bill Rajo, Senior Fellow Foundation for Defense

of Democracies.

We head to Gaza, Hamas, and the very difficult, non-transparent negotiations about the hostages,

dead and alive.

We welcome David Dayoud of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy,

who writes for Long War Journal a summary of the activity or not

what we do and don't know about the conflict in and around Israel.

We begin with the southern front, Gaza.

David, a very good evening to you.

I note that the news on Gaza right now

is very difficult to see through

because there's a great deal of news

about food stations and starvation and casualties.

I read, for example, in the Financial Times in these last hours, Israel-Hamas war.

Inside Gaza's, quote, death traps, subhead, a U.S. back scheme forces hungry Palestinians

to trek kilometers for food aid.

Many never make it back.

The story goes on to use some huge numbers of

of Gazans being shot or killed in some fashion

as they dare approach these food stations.

Other stories about Palestinians stealing food, other stories about

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