hello. i m sally bundock. we start with breaking news, and within the past few minutes, israel s military has said that a truce israel has agreed to extend its temporary truce with hamas. they said it will continue in light of the mediators efforts to continue the process of releasing hostages, and subject to the terms of the agreement . as you can see, this is a live shot of gozo this morning, as they wake up to the news that they wake up to the news that the truce is still in place. it was due to end just a few moments ago at 7am, local time. on wednesday, the sixth day of the deal, 16 hostages were freed from captivity in gaza. they included two russians, ten israeli citizens and four thai hostages, who were all handed over to the red cross. their release was delayed by what hamas called logistical issues. on wednesday, 30 palestinian women and teenage boys were freed from israeli prisons, in exchange for the hostages. this, as the us secretary of state antony blinken