being held by hamas, a group deemed a terrorist group or organisation by many western governments. lucy manning reports. iris haim held out hope her son yotam would return, that he would be a hostage who came home. last month, yotam, a heavy metal drummer, was metres from safety. he d escaped his hamas captors with two other hostages. they d left signs saying sos and help, three hostages and waved a white flag. but israeli troops mistakenly thought it was a hamas trap and killed them. iris is clear who she blames. hamas is in charge of all of this terrible day, 7th of october, and all the murdered people and all the soldiers that are killed now, it s just the hamas fault. and in an act of forgiveness, days after yotam s death, iris released a message telling the israeli soldiers involved she didn t blame them. why was that important for you? what did you want to say to them? these soldiers, they also have families and mothers. and i was worried for them also. she sobs. this
last night, it rolled into the frozen tundra of iowa and crushed the opposition. it was a historic night for the former president. he took 51% of the vote. and on the evidence of this result, the gop is entirely his party. it poses huge questions for his two remaining opponents the florida governor, ron desantis, who came second, ahead of the former south carolina governor, nikki haley. but right now, it s not a race for second it is a race for relevancy. trump s rebound is all the more stunning for this reason. he faces a multitude of charges and allegations, he could even be convicted before he takes office. and on leaving iowa this morning, he went straight to a courtroom in manhattan for the opening of a defamation trial. the court cases are now part of the campaign. i really think this - is time now for everybody, our country, to come together. we want to come together, - whether it is republican or democrat or liberal or conservative, it would be so nice if we cou