Israeli PM Rejects Ceasefire Amidst Gaza Hostage Crisis; Boris Johnson Accused of Poor Leadership in Covid Crisis

Netanyahu intensifies offensive on Gaza, calling it "a time for war", despite psychological warfare against hostages; top civil servant accuses British PM Johnson of inadequate pandemic leadership.

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out ceasefires and is intensifying offensive actions in Gaza, stating that this is 'a time for war,' despite Hamas holding Israeli women hostage.
• Video footage displaying Israeli hostages is considered as 'psychological torture' by Netanyahu, leading to escalating tensions in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
• Western leaders are initiating diplomatic offensives on Middle Eastern states in an attempt to prevent the conflict from spreading beyond Gaza.
• UK civil servants proposed excluding Netanyahu from an upcoming significant AI summit over the Israeli invasion of Gaza, but this suggestion was rebuffed by the UK foreign and science and technology secretaries.
• In the ongoing Covid-19 investigation, Boris Johnson, the British PM, has been accused by a top civil servant of demonstrating inadequate leadership during the pandemic.

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