Gadi Eisenkot says those advocating “absolute defeat” of Hamas are not “speaking the truth.”
Tensions within the emergency war cabinet in Israel have been on full display this week. At least one member of the tiny five-man war cabinet openly criticised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies in the conflict. A former head of the Israeli secret service Mossad joined in on Friday.
Also in the programme: we’ll head to the Democratic Republic of Congo where Felix Tshisekedi is being sworn in for a second term as president; and the sound of lava – we hear recordings from a nature photographer in Iceland who says he’s “addicted” to volcanoes.
(Photo: Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected calls from the United States for a future Palestinian state. Credit: Getty Images)
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