From washington had sent pulses racing among some people, hoping that there may be an imminent agreement for a cease fire, however temporary, between hamas and israel. And the hamas delegation arriving in cairo today for the talks also expressed hope that a deal could be reached. And again, Optimism Sort of grew, but there were significant obstacles. And anybody covering this story over the last few months will know that often hopes of a ceasefire are dashed by realities on the ground. And one of israels obstacles and demands that was that hamas should present a detailed list of the hostages who would be released under the terms of any future agreement, of course, in exchange for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. That list hasnt been provided by hamas. There are thought to be at about 134 hostages held by hamas and other groups in gaza. About 30 of those may actually be dead. And israel wanted to know who was still alive, who was going to be released. That hasnt been forthcoming.
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millions of records. this is the scene live in tel aviv. we are waiting for us secretary of state antony blinken to come out and speak to those gathered here. he s been talking to palestinian officials and both these israeli prime minister and the president isaac herzog, he of course is making it his mission to try and help organise some sort of agreement between both sides to try and bring about at the very least a cease fire. and some sort of effort to bring in more aid into gaza and also push forward with efforts to help release the remaining hostages in gaza. we ll bring you all the very latest from tel aviv, and keep an eye on what is happening there for you, as i continue to tell you about the israeli government, because it s rejected the latest proposals put forward by hamas, designated by the uk government as a terrorist organisation. the us secretary of state antony blinken has been meeting with israeli and palestinian leaders, in his latest. as jeremy palestinian le
rafah, as i ve said before, israel has the responsibility and the obligation to do everything possible to ensure civilians are protected and they get the assistance they need in the course of this conflict. any military campaign, military operation that israel undertakes needs to put civilians first and foremost in mind. and i suggested again some ways to do that. and that s especially true in the case of rafah, where there are somewhere between 1.2 and 1.4 million people, many of them displaced from other parts of gaza. so we want to make sure again that in anything that s done, any military operations, the situation for civilians is first and foremost in mind and that necessary steps are taken to make sure that they re protected and they have the assistance they need. you suggested some wa s assistance they need. you suggested some ways to assistance they need. you suggested some ways to do assistance they need. you suggested some ways to do that. assistance they need
we will bring you the latest from today s prime minister s questions. and we look at some of the beautiful images from the wildlife photographer of the year competition and speak to the organisers. hello, i m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live. two bombs have exploded in south west pakistan, just hours before polls open for the general election tomorrow. at least 27 people have been killed and many more injured. authorities say they were targeting the election offices in two parts of balochistan. the people of pakistan will head to the polls after a campaign marred by violence and claims of poll rigging. these are some of the pictures in so far these from the blast in the pishin district outside the election office of an independent local candidate. officials told the bbc he was meeting his polling agent at the time. the second explosion went off outside the office of a political party, killing at least eight people. the afp news agency quotes a senior police offi