Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.
We're coming to you live from London.
I'm James Menendez.
The dividing lines over the war in Gaza are becoming more stark by the day.
In a few minutes,
we'll hear how those divisions are playing out in Israel and the story of how a social media ambush of an opponent of the war has had unexpected consequences.
But they're also playing out on the international stage between Israel and its traditional allies,
countries such as Britain,
France and Canada,
who this week condemned Israel's expansion of its military operations in Gaza and its blockade of humanitarian aid.
Well, today, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave... his response to that,
accusing the leaders of the three countries of playing into Hamas's hands.
These three leaders effectively said they want Hamas to remain in power.
They want Israel to stand down and accept that Hamas's army of mass murderers will survive, rebuild,
and repeat the October 7th massacre again and again and again,
because that's what Hamas has vowed to do.
I say to President Macron, Prime Minister Carney and Prime Minister Starmer, when mass murderers,
rapists, baby killers and kidnappers, thank you, you're on the wrong side of justice.
You're on the wrong side of humanity.
And you're on the wrong side of history.