hello, i m tadhg enright. welcome to abc news. a temporary truce between israel and hamas in gaza, that s lasted seven days, is due to expire about now. the truce was set to expire at 07:00 local time that is five o clock here in london and it is unclear if it will be extended again. also in the latest developments, israel says a rocket fired from gaza has been intercepted, about an hour before a truce with hamas was due to expire. there was no immediate comment from hamas or claim of responsibility for the launch. on thursday, the seventh day of the ceasefire, the israeli prime minister s office said six more israeli hostages held in gaza were now back in israel. two others were released by hamas earlier the same day. also on thursday, israel said it released thirty more palestinians from israeli jails. the us secretary of state antony blinken who s on a visit to the region and had been working to extend the truce warned that israel must take effective steps to ensur
for another day, as negotiations continue for more hostage prisoner swaps. the wall streetjounal is citing egyptian officials as saying the truce has indeed been extended for a day. but neither israel or hamas has commented. without an extension, israel could resume its military operation in gaza. it s been 55 days since hamas launched its deadly attacks, and another six israeli hostages, who have been held in gaza since then, have now been freed. mia schem, the 21 year old woman, kidnapped from a music festival on october 7th, was among them. she s been reunited with her mother. but as one family celebrates the return of a loved one, another is facing fresh anguish. this is shira bibas and her two young sons hamas claims they died in an israeli missile attack on gaza, and released a hostage video of her husband yarden. the israeli government said again that it hasn t yet verified what has happened to the family. meanwhile, the white house has condemned what it called a te
you re very welcome along to sportsday, wherever you are watching around the world. let s start, then, with football as liverpool cruised into the europa league knockout stages with a match to spare as a 4 0 victory over lask confirmed their place as group winners. they fired out of the blocks and were 2 0 up inside 15 minutes, thanks for luis diaz and cody gakpo. minutes, thanks to luis diaz and cody gakpo. mo salah added a third from the penalty spot, before gapko made it four in stoppage time. and as toulouse didn t beat union saint gilloise, it means liverpool cannot be caught at the top of group e. well, elsewhere, roberto de zerbi says it s a historic day for brighton as they beat aek athens to book their spot in the knockout phase of the europa league. the club are playing in europe for the first time in their history and joao pedro scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot to give them the victory. if brighton beat marseille in theirfinal group game,
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it is good to have you with us. we start in israel, where a temporary truce with hamas is set to expire in the coming hours, unless a deal is reached to extend the agreement. six more israeli hostages held in gaza have now been handed over to the red cross. mia schem, the 21 year old woman kidnapped from a music festival on october 7th was among those just released by hamas. she s been reunited with her mother. but as one family celebrates the return of a loved one, another is facing fresh anguish. this is shira bibas and her two young sons. hamas claims they died in an israeli missile attack on gaza. the organisation, designated a terrorist group by the us and uk, released a hostage video of her husband, yarden. the israeli government said again that it hasn t yet verified what has happened to the family. meanwhile, the white house has condemned what it called a terrorist attack by hamas gunmen at a bus stop injerusalem earlier on thursday. three people were killed in the