"I'm Jonathan Friedland of The Guardian in London."

"And I'm Unite Levy of Channel 12 News in Tel Aviv."

"The Middle East and a watching world waits for Israel's response to Iran's attack last weekend."

"I always wonder how they deal with it which is the shanaa baba yerushalayim next year in jerusalem."

"Well, there was this dark bar in Beersheba where Ahmed and I first met over a drink."

"Ahmad those who will say to you in your own community, you weren't here when the bombs were falling on us."

"I'm afraid. So I've got a strong opinion about Iran, obviously. But this is not for now. We need to resolve the Gaza calamity, our mutual calamity first. Well, what I would add to that is, unfortunately, Hamas's position has clearly hardened as a result of the strikes by Iran. You see it with some of the mouthpieces for Hamas, the leaders, like, it's out in the open. And it's very clear that should this escalation continue, and should Israel respond right now, at least, this will have terrible consequences in terms of Hamas being less willing to, like, viewing this as a distraction, like distracting Israel away from the Gaza war, allowing it to rebuild its capabilities, allowing it to entrench itself in Gaza, perpetuating, prolonging, I should say, the war. So I strongly feel that the timing of this could be calamitous in terms of just for the people of Gaza who are kind of held hostage by Hamas, but also by the circumstances of this war that has no clear ending. I'm also in touch with hostage families, and I feel strongly about the need to prioritize a deal to... To get them out."