and his war cabinet this morning. the us, along with the arab states, is pushing for a further two day extension, the question is, how much leverage do they have. the united states certainly has the ability to have leverage over israel they have yet to exercise that, and that is why we are just now seeing very loud cries within us domestic policies spaces for restrictions on us aid to israel. as i m sure you are aware, in the past, we have never placed restrictions on aid to israel and therefore, we have tied our own hands and not been able to exercise leverage. it is an extremely fragile truce. three people were killed injerusalem this morning, after two gunmen opened fire at a bus stop during rush hour. hamas said the attackers who were shot then dead by police were its members. it comes a day after two palestinian boys, eight and 14, were shot and killed during an israeli army raid in the occupied west bank city ofjenin. the upsurge in violence in the west bank and
more hostages released a more a getting into gaza. getting into gaza. that s right. it seems to be getting into gaza. that s right. it seems to be the getting into gaza. that s right. it seems to be the terms getting into gaza. that s right. it seems to be the terms of- getting into gaza. that s right. it seems to be the terms of the - getting into gaza. that s right. it. seems to be the terms of the deal getting into gaza. that s right. it - seems to be the terms of the deal so far will roll over and continue into these additional two days. this sort of extension was actually outlined in the original deal between israel and hamas. the deal being that for every ten hostages provided by hamas israel would extend the truce by another day. a hamas, and apparently we re told indicated to negotiate is today that it would be able to extend the truce by up to four days. it would be able to provide up to a0 hostages in the event it seems that two day window as what been agreed
every year, 12 million girls are married before they reach the age of 18 a practice the un has said will take 300 years to eradicate. now, three of the world s most high profile humanitarians have vowed to tackle the issue together. but is this an impossible task? i have come to join michelle obama, amal clooney and melinda french gates on their first field visit together to malawi, a country where 42% of girls marry under the age of 18, to ask them how bad the issue is and if it can be turned around in a generation. michelle obama, thank you so much for speaking to us at bbc 100 women. thank you for being here, it s my pleasure. we re here to talk about the work you are doing to end child marriage along with amal clooney and melinda french gates. why is that an issue that is important to you personally? 0h.i have said this time and time again. i see myself in the girls that we are fighting for. you know, i see my daughters in those girls. if we just.put ourselves in those
truce with hamas, whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. today s releases brings the total number of hostages released during the window to sa and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the hamas attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come, and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involved in
in at the hamas attacks on southern israel on the 7th of october who are being held more than 200 of them now, hostage inside gaza for exactly 50 days and that is where you can see large crowds starting to gather. some of them are families of the hostages who have come here they have many times over the last seven weeks, to really, i think, have many times over the last seven weeks, to really, ithink, receive support from other israelis, from other hostages, from friends and families. and this is an important moment on day two of this deal because, in the last hour, the armed wing of hamas has said on its telegram channel that it has decided to delay the second round of hostage releases and has accused israel of not adhering to the agreement and not adhering to the agreement and not delivering enough aid to the north of the gaza strip which is part of that deal brokered by qatar. until this latest development we were expecting at least 13 israeli hostages to be released, to b