2025-03-19
10 分钟Welcome to the world in 10 in an increasingly uncertain world.
This is the Times daily podcast dedicated to global security Today with me,
Stuart Willey and Laura Cook.
Gaza has seen the biggest wave of airstrikes since the ceasefire began,
with Israel's Prime Minister promising increasing military force to force the release of hostages by Hamas.
Gaza's Hamas run Health Ministry says more than 4, 400 were killed.
The truce had mostly held since January, but as both sides blame the other for breaches,
mediators say they'll still try to salvage it.
To talk us through the implications of this new offensive, we're joined by Fawaz Gerges,
professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and a Middle east specialist.
Professor Gerges, the first six week phase of this ceasefire was supposed to lead to phase two,
but we were in that limbo without an agreement to move on.
Was anybody expecting this major attack today?
Anyone I know expected phase two to survive?
It was a common knowledge, an open secret,
that the Israeli Prime Minister will never go to phase two.
Why?
Phase two of the ceasefire would have meant the end of the war.
Phase two of the ceasefire would have meant the release of all hostages and thousands of Palestinian prisoners.
Phase two of the ceasefire would have meant Israel would have to end the war.