and the diplomatic effort to bring a pause to the fighting with negotiations continuing for a fourth day to attempt to secure a unanimous un security council vote on the suspension of hostilities in gaza. meanwhile separate talks are understood to be continuing to arrange another exchange of hostages held by hamas, for palestinian prisoners detained in israel. egypt and qatar are thought to be trying to broker a deal and the leader of hamas which is considered to be a terrorist organisation by the us and many other countries ismail haniyeh, has travelled to egypt, to meet the country s intelligence chief. he s already held talks in iran, which is one of the closest supporters of hamas. israel has released footage of what it claims to be tunnels dug by hamas under gaza city, in the north of the territory. it says the structures, which cover a large area, were used as a base by hamas leaders. the fighting continues inside gaza, where the un says israel has issued evacua
junior doctors have taken to picket lines. this latest round of industrial action has seen concern from charities and nhs leaders that patients could end up stuck in hospital over the festive period and that patient care will suffer in what s a very busy time for the health service. butjunior doctors say measures are in place to ensure their strike action poses no danger to patients. as we ve shown with our seven previous rounds of strike action this year, we can do it safely with the cover of our consultant colleagues, our specialist colleagues, expert senior doctors who can look after patients whilst we are here standing up for ourselves and trying to reverse the pay cuts that our government has inflicted upon us over the last 15 years. this is day two of a three day strike byjunior doctors in england. it s the 27th day of industrial action in their long running pay dispute with the government. so far, nhs strikes, including those by ambulance staff and nurses, have seen mo