00:00 we noticed when we arrived here in Tel Aviv in the aftermath of those
00:05 massacres was the fear of course, the fear felt by Israeli people, people
00:10 living here in Tel Aviv. The streets were completely empty, there were
00:13 sirens, warning of incoming rocket attacks virtually every day. The
00:18 situation has since then I'd say improved a little bit. One thing
00:21 everyone does agree on here is that Hamas must be dealt with. The
00:25 differences emerge I think with regards to how you deal with them. Of
00:28 course you know you have the the hardliners who want Hamas to be
00:32 eradicated no matter what the cost. You have on the opposite end of the
00:37 spectrum those who are calling for more to be done to protect innocent
00:41 Palestinian civilians and then you have I would say a very large section of
00:49 Israeli society who say that the priority should be above all else to get
00:54 those hostages back home safe and sound. There's also a lot of anger
01:00 against the Israeli government and Benjamin Netanyahu. Just after our
01:04 arrival in Tel Aviv we went to a rally to show solidarity with the families
01:10 of the hostages and the victims of those attacks but it felt at times more
01:14 like an anti-government protest. There were people arguing with each other,
01:19 others saying that Netanyahu had blood on his hand, questions asked about
01:26 intelligence failures. So what it all means is that Netanyahu and the
01:30 Israeli government has a really difficult task on its hands. On the one
01:35 hand having to appease the hardliners who want tough action against Hamas,
01:39 tough military action against Hamas and then other people who want
01:43 everything possible to be done to get those hostages home safely. But of
01:47 course the problem is any military offensive, ground offensive against
01:51 Hamas will inevitably put the lives of those hostages in danger.
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