Israeli protesters demand hostage deal as Netanyahu remains defiant

>>> FOR 23 YEARS THOSE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE MOST STUNNING HONOR TO BE HIRSCH'S MAMA, I WILL TAKE IT AND SAY THANK YOU. I JUST WISH IT HAD BEEN FOR LONGER. >> WELCOME BACK TO AMERICA BESIDES, THAT WAS RACHEL GOLDBERG DELIVERING A EULOGY FOR HER SON WAS ONE OF THE SIX HOSTAGES FOUND DEAD IN GAZA. I WANT TO BRING IN, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? >> Reporter: ISRAELIS HAVE COME HERE TO THE CENTER OF TEL AVIV FOR A THIRD NIGHT OF PROTEST FOLLOWING THE KILLINGS OF SIX HOSTAGES IN GAZA. AND THEY SAY PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS SQUARELY TO BLAME FOR THE KILLINGS AND THEY ARE CALLING ON HIM TO BRING A CEASE-FIRE DEAL AND BRING THE REMAINING 100 OR SO HOSTAGES HOME BUT WE HEARD LAST NIGHT WHERE HE STARTED OFF WITH A BIT OF CONTRITION, ASKING FOR QUOTE, FORGIVENESS, FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO BRING THE HOSTAGES HOME ALIVE, AND THEN VERY QUICKLY, HE PIVOTED, BEING EXTREMELY DEFIANT SAYING THAT HIS PLAN WILL NOT CHANGE. THAT HE AND THE ISRAELI MILITARY WILL CONTINUE THEIR PRESENCE IN SOUTHERN GAZA WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE CORE DOOR, SAYING IT WAS VITAL THAT THEY DID THAT. FOR HAMAS, THEY SAY THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY AGREEMENT WHICH SEES IS REALLY FORCES IN GAZA ANYWHERE, LET ALONE ALONG THE CORRIDOR, WHICH IS REALLY THE BORDER WITH EGYPT BUT AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, SO MANY ISRAELIS, SO ANGRY IN SO MUCH PAIN AND THEY ARE DESPERATE FOR THE WAR IN GAZA TO END UP FOR THE HOSTAGES TO COME HOME, MAJOR? >> ON THE SCENE FOR US AS ALWAYS, IMTIAZ TYAB, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MICHAEL, EXPLAINED TO THE AUDIENCE BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S POLITICAL CALCULATIONS. HE SEES THE PROTEST BUT HE ALSO KNOWS HE HAS A COALITION GOVERNMENT THAT IF HE MOVES IN THE DIRECTION THAT THE PROTESTERS ARE URGING, BEGGING, SHOUTING AT HIM TO MOVE, THE GOVERNMENT IS LIKELY TO FALL, TRUE? >> THAT'S RIGHT. OBVIOUSLY HE'S DEALING WITH THE WAR WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST A YEAR SO YOU HAVE PROTESTERS ON THE STREET THAT ARE SAYING LOOK AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ALL WE ARE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH MILITARILY IN OUR PRIORITY NEEDS TO BE GETTING THE FELLOW CITIZENS HOME AND THE BRUTAL KILLING OF THE SIX HOSTAGES OF THE TUNNELS UNDER RAFAH, JUST RECENTLY, I THINK IT'S SORT OF BRINGS HOME THE IDEA THAT YOU HAVE PERHAPS STILL DOZENS OF ISRAELIS THERE, IF YOU CAN GET THEM OUT, LET'S GET THEM OUT. >> IF I READ IT CORRECTLY, THEY WERE PROBABLY AMONG THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN RELEASED IN EARLIER ITERATIONS OF A CEASE-FIRE HOSTAGE RELEASE AGREEMENT? >> THEY COULD VERY WELL HAVE BEEN ON THE LIST OF THOSE TO BE RELEASED IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE DEAL. OBVIOUSLY, -- >> WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. >> BUT HE HAS FULL ON THE OTHER SIDE IN THE COALITION, HARDLINERS WHO SAY LOOK, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BROKER NO COMPROMISE, WE CAN ALLOW SOMETHING LIKE THE TERRIBLE ATTACKS IN OCTOBER, TO EVER HAPPEN AGAIN. AND THAT MEANS INSURING AN OUTCOME THAT ESSENTIALLY DESTROYS HAMAS. >> TALK ABOUT WHAT IMTIAZ TYAB REFERRED TO AS THE PHILADELPHI CORRIDOR. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT AND IS IT THE MOST IMPORTANT STICKING POINT OR JUST ONE OF MANY? >> IT'S ONE OF MANY SICK AND WENT BUT IT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE PHILADELPHI CORRIDOR IS A NARROW STRIP OF LAND BETWEEN THE GAZA STRIP AND EGYPT. IT'S MEANT TO BE A DEMILITARIZED ZONE IN THE PEACE TREATY. WHEN ISRAEL INITIALLY WITHDREW FROM GAZA IN 2004, IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL THEN WHETHER ISRAEL COULD REMOVE ITS TROOPS THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF WORRY THAT ARMS WOULD FLOW FROM EGYPT THROUGH THE CORRIDOR, IN TWO GAZA AND HAMAS COULD ARM. ISRAEL WITHDREW THE FORCES FROM THE CORRIDOR AND ARMS DID FLOW IN. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THE ARMS AND BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WAS UNDER PRESSURE TO ASSURE THAT IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN. YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THAT WITH ALL THE OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. >> AND WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK, MICHAEL, AT THESE LONG-RUNNING CEASE-FIRE HOSTAGES EXCHANGES, NEGOTIATIONS, DO YOU HAVE ANY SHRED OF OPTIMISM? >> I DON'T HAVE MUCH OPTIMISM, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DIVISIONS WITHIN ISRAEL OVER WHAT TO PRIORITIZE, AND WE'VE SEEN DIVISIONS BETWEEN BUS AND ISRAEL, THERE'S ANOTHER PARTY HERE AND THAT IS HAMAS. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE LEADER OF HAMAS IS REALLY THE ONE PARTY IN THE REGION IS CONTENT TO SEE THIS WAR GO ON AND UNTIL WE SEE FROM HAMAS A DESIRE FOR A CEASE-FIRE, THESE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PRIORITIZATION ARE ACADEMIC. >> EXPLAIN IF YOU CAN, IT'S HARD, THE BELLIGERENCE FROM THE LEADER OF HAMAS, INFLICTS UNTOLD DAMAGE ON PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS WHO ARE NOT FIGHTERS AND HAMAS, ALL MANNER OF DESTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND THINGS ESSENTIAL, YET, DO THEY TOLERATE IT OR DO THEY HAVE NO CHOICE? >> THE LEADERSHIP OF HAMAS WELCOMES IT. THEY SEE THE INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE BUILDING ON ISRAEL A TRADE OFF THAT IS SUFFERING AMONGST PALESTINIAN AND THE LEADER OF HAMAS I THINK DOESN'T CARE ABOUT SUFFERING, THE SUFFERING OF PALESTINIANS. THEY ARE LIVING