Israel Agrees to Delay Gaza Incursion

Reports this evening suggest that Israel has decided to delay a ground incursion into Gaza until the United States finishing deploying ships, soliders and air defence assetts across the region. But tensions remain high across the region. The Defence Secretary Grant Shapps joins the programme from Saudi Arabia.

To discuss if there is any hope for peace or a long-term settlement between Israel and the Palestinians is Professor Izzeldin Abuelaish a Palestinian-Canadian professor born and raised in the Jabalia Refugee camp in the Gaza strip, who He has lost 25 of his relatives since the current conflict began and Hannah Weisfeld, the Director of Yachad, a British Jewish organisation whose primary mission is to work towards a peaceful resolution between Israel and Palestine.

And, the astronaut Sir Tim Peake joins the programme and shares his experiences in space - and how close humanity is to establishing a colony on Mars