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Now, as far as Israel's performance on the battlefield, this is, you know, this is the fraud.

It's not merely the starvation fraud. It's a genocide fraud. If we wanted to commit

genocide, we would have done it in one afternoon. We have the capacity. But we don't do that.

That was the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking on a podcast about how easy it would

be to commit genocide if he wanted to in Palestine and Gaza.

Once upon a time, not so long ago, it would have been unthinkable that he might speak so blithely.

Once upon a time, not so long ago, it might have been unthinkable

that the Israeli government would launch a full-scale invasion of Gaza.

Once upon a time, not so long ago,

it might have been unthinkable, that the Israeli government would openly suggest a settler scheme in the West Bank to make a Palestinian state impossible. Once upon a time, not so long ago,

it might have been unthinkable that Israeli ministers would plan to place

one million Palestinians in a camp on the ruins of a garden city from which they would be

unable to leave. And yet in 2025, the unthinkable finds itself entirely rethought. On Thursday morning, the Israeli government expanded its operation

in a full-scale invasion of Gaza City, establishing an outpost in its outskirts. This off the back of

60,000 extra reservists being called up to the IDF. The Netanyahu government appears to be

hunkering down instead of winding down the war.

Instead, it is ramping it up. What on earth is going on now in Gaza?

And what can possibly come from a full-scale invasion for the Gazans and Israelis too?

Welcome to the newsagents.

Well let's get straight into this with Leila Milana Allen. She's an old friend of mine.

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