Good morning and welcome to the independent Republican of Mike Graham with me, Kevin O'Sullivan.

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Coming up, the war on Israel continues with PM Netanyahu, saying retaliation has only just begun.

And last night, three people were arrested during pro-Palestine protests in London.

Kirstama promises a return to economic growth and stability ahead of his Labour Party conference speech this afternoon.

And some universities are offering thousands of pounds in grants for trans students cosmetic procedures.

You are watching the Independent Republic of Mike Graham on Talk TV with me, Kevin O'Sullivan.

Yes, you may have noticed.

I'm not actually Mike Graham.

Perished the thought. No, but Mike's having a day

off today. He'll be back as soon as possible, we're hoping tomorrow. Just a brief absence,

normal service will be resumed extremely soon. Meanwhile, a spokesman for Hamas released an audio

statement last night to declare that they will broadcast

the execution of one Israeli hostage for every time Israeli-Israel targets civilians in their homes in

Gaza without warning. With me to talk about the latest developments is founder of the New Culture

Forum, Peter Whittle. Welcome, Peter. But first,

let's cross over to our correspondent in Jerusalem, Gareth Brown, who joins us now.

Gareth, first, if you can, tell us more about this threat from Hamas, a chilling threat that they

will execute one hostage for every air raid

by Israel that they do not get warned about. Well, that is horrific, isn't it? Tell us more about that.

Yeah, it's a chilling threat. I mean, we've not seen any evidence that they've started doing that

or they are actually going to do that so far.

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