the security minister. meanwhile, benjamin netanyahu has criticised an israeli military plan that will pause fighting to allow more aid into gaza. he is facing pressure from the far right to reject any pauses until hamas is totally defeated. our middle east corresponded jon donnison has more from jerusalem on the situation. i don t think the disbanding of the war cabinet is going to have a significant impact, really, on israeli strategy in the war in gaza. but it is significant because the war cabinet was set up in the days following the october 7 attack really as a symbol of political unity. that political unity has evaporated. so you have prime minister netanyahu looking increasingly isolated, with the resignation last week of benny gantz, the centrist opposition leader, and his ally, gadi eisenkot, both of them relatively moderate figures, both men with vast military experience. and, in particular, someone who i think the americans were keen to hear their views. so now, mr
including the stunning win over ukraine in munich. good evening. we start the programme with a bbc investigation that has uncovered shocking claims that the greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the mediterranean over a three year period including nine people who were deliberately thrown into the water. more than a0 people are alleged to have died as a result of being forced out of greek territorial waters, or taken back out to sea after reaching greek islands. with more on this, here s paul adams. for more than ten years, migrants escaping war, persecution or poverty have used a number of routes to reach europe. some travel from north africa to italy. others cross from turkey to the nearby greek islands. for many greece is seen as the best way into europe. last year, just over 41,000 people arrived using that route. human rights groups say thousands of people seeking asylum have been forced back, illegally, from greece to turkey. denied the right
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in ukraine who are hunting down the draft dodgers. we have a special report from odesa. good evening. it is debatable whether the dissolution of the israeli war cabinet will have any meaningful impact on the conflict in gaza, the decision making will instead switch to the security cabinet but the political ramifications might be more significant. it appears to be a deliberate snub to the far right allies in mr netenyahu s coalition, including the national security minister, itamar ben gvir, who has been angling for a seat in the war cabinet since opposition leader benny gantz s departed last week. it is reported that netanyahu will instead discuss policy with close advisers, excluding ben gvir, before presenting his decisions to the wider security cabinet. there is still a question whether he if fully involved in on all the military decisions. this weekend the idf announced that there would a tactical pause along the main highway in southern gaza between 8:00 and 7:00 in