Meanwhile, the us carried out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid for gaza on saturday with more than 30 thousand meals parachuted by three military planes. Here s our correspondent wyre davies who is Injerusalem 7 with the latest on the chances of a ceasefire. There are increasingly positive signs around the hope for a cessation in hostilities, a temporary ceasefire, that could last perhaps as long as six weeks over the muslim holy month of ramadan. But i think it s really important not to get ahead of ourselves here because there are still key differences between israeli demands and the demands of hamas. It s understood the negotiators have arrived in cairo today. It s not clear if there is an israeli delegation but hamas officials are said to have arrived. The israelis will probably want to know how many of the hostages being held by hamas are still alive and which ones would be released by hamas under the terms of this deal. It s not clear, equally, how many palestinian prisoners
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