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You have seen over the last three weeks what Hamas is capable of.

I'm not talking about Hamas. I'm talking about your vision of what comes next.

You don't agree that the people of Gaza will be better off with that from us?

That's the bottom line.

What is your vision for Gaza if and when you have succeeded and Hamas has gone?

So hopefully there will be a, remember in Gaza, and this is the thing that a lot of people.

That was Mark Regev.

He's a senior advisor to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister,

and he's struggling there to explain to us what the plan is for peace, for Gaza, for the people of Israel and for the Palestinians,

after this ground war ends.

But of course, before we get to that point,

there is a humanitarian catastrophe.

There are 200 plus Israeli hostages being held by Hamas.

There is political turmoil within Israel over what has unfolded.

There is the international community growing increasingly restive.

This episode will be an extended interview with Mark Regev as Israel tries to answer some pretty

difficult questions. Welcome to the newsagents.

The Newsagents. It's John. It's Emily and we are in Newsagents. It's John.

It's Emily, and we are in Newsagents HQ.

And we're going to bring you up to date on what has been happening over the weekend in that Israel-Gaza war,

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