tonight as more israeli hostages are released hamas says the youngest captive 10 months old kffir was killed hamas says the youngest captive, ten month old kffir, was killed in an israeli air strike along with his mother and brother. israel says its looking into the claim. with hopes of another extension to the temporary truce we re live in qatar to talk about the latest negotiations between israel and hamas. more hostages have been freed today. israel says if that continues, so can the truce. we hearfrom an aid agency working on getting the much needed food and fuel that s now reaching the gaza strip to those who need it most as the who says more people could die from disease than air strikes. and later in the programme we will have a special interview with cynthia nixon the sex and the city star is on a hunger strike, demanding president biden calls for a ceasefire. of the more than 240 hostages taken by hamas on october seven ten month old kfir bibas was the yo
the first time in nearly seven weeks fighting has paused and a crucial part of a deal negotiated and only seemingly signed off last night between israel and hamas. this is a deal which has four distinct parts. one is the release of 50 hostages over the course of four days. we are told the first 13 will be released at 4pm local time. it also involves the release of palestinian prisoners being held in israeli jails stop 150 of them, again, overa being held in israeli jails stop 150 of them, again, over a four day period. tied into that is the ceasefire. where i am in southern israel overlooking gaza, i saw and heard the sounds of intense fighting right up until the moment of the ceasefire, and just beyond it as well, about 7:15am local time before well, about 7:15am local time before we just stopped hearing the sounds of small arms and mortar fire, with significant air strikes as well in the moments running up until 7am and we saw plumes of smoke above gaza lasting several hour
hostages all of them women and children will be released. if successful, it will be the first break since the beginning of the war. in a statement, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said: at least 50 hostages women and children will be released over four days, during which, a pause in the fighting will be held. the release of every additional ten hostages will result in one additional day in the pause. earlier, israel published a list of 300 palestinian prisoners that could be released under the deal. that is crucial because it gives scope for an instant for an extension, and it includes the names, ages and defences of those eligible. but only7150 detainees?are expected to be released at first. in its own statement, hamas which is considered a terrorist group by many western governments says the 50 hostages will be released in exchange for 150 palestinian women and children being held in israeli jails. we are in hostages plaza in tel aviv. this has re
welcome to bbc news, i m lukwesa burak. the hamas run health authorities say at least 80 people were killed in two israeli strikes on the jabaliya refugee camp in northern gaza. they say one of the schools hit the un run al fakhoura was being used as a shelter. a spokesman for the israeli military told bbc news it was looking into the incident but couldn t say if it had been caused by israeli action. although, an idf social media post said the military had conducted activities in the jabiliya region. they said they encountered terrorists and struck a large number of terrorist infrastructure . hamas says the second strike was also on a school tal al zaatar. it said 32 members of one family were killed, including 19 children. there has been graphic video posted online. bbc verify has geolocated it to al fakhoura school. the weather conditions in the video match today s forecast and no previous versions of the video have been found online. this is some of that video b
if it had been caused by israeli action, although an idf social media post stated the military had conducted activities in the jabalia region, saying they encountered terrorists and struck a large number of terrorist infrastructure. hamas claims the second strike was also on a school, tal al zaatar, adding that 32 members of one family were killed, including 19 children. also today, hundreds of people have left gaza city s al shifa hospital on foot. doctors say israeli forces had issued by loudspeaker an order to evacuate. the israeli military denies this, saying it had agreed to expand and assist an evacuation, following a request by the hospital s director. yogita limaye has more now from jerusalem. and a warning her report contains distressing images. people fleeing al shifa hospital in gaza s north. the hospital s director says israel ordered civilians to leave. the israeli military says they acted on a request by the hospital and have facilitated this evacuation. a cam