israel gaza conflict. and the developments over the last few hours now. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has returned to tel aviv. this is his fourth the that make third trip there since the conflict broke out on october a temporary deal for paul s infighting is due to expire in the next few hours but talks have been ongoing in an effort to extend that temporary truce. senior israeli advisor told the bbc earlier that israel would agree to an extension as long as hamas continues to release hostages. earlier on, ten israeli and four thai hostages held by hamas in the gaza strip arrived in israel after being handed over to the red cross. two russian israeli women were also freed earlier. in exchange, israel announced 30 palace indian women and teenage boys have been freed from israeli prisons in return for the latest round of releases that we are seeing. meanwhile israel are still trying to confirm a claim by hamas that a ten month old baby, the youngest hostage being
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