Were getting in of the israel gaza border. Here you can see a thick black plume of smoke. Its not clear whats caused it. Eu leaders have called for Humanitarian Corridors And Pauses in fighting to get aid into gaza. Some Member States had demanded a full ceasefire but germany and austria argued that could undermine israels right to defend itself. Meanwhile, there are reports that a missile has struck a medicalfacility in the egyptian Red Sea Resort Of Taba near the israeli border. Egyptian tv said six people were injured and an adjacent building was also damaged. All this comes as israel is continuing its preparations for what it describes as the next stages of combat against hamas, who are designated as a Terrorist Organisation by the uk government. Those live pictures you can see in the region. We begin with this report from our international editorjeremy bowen. For hours, we could hear the explosions around ten kilometres away in israel. It was the biggest israeli raid into the gaza
hello, i m tadhg enright. welcome to abc news. a temporary truce between israel and hamas in gaza, that s lasted seven days, is due to expire about now. the truce was set to expire at 07:00 local time that is five o clock here in london and it is unclear if it will be extended again. also in the latest developments, israel says a rocket fired from gaza has been intercepted, about an hour before a truce with hamas was due to expire. there was no immediate comment from hamas or claim of responsibility for the launch. on thursday, the seventh day of the ceasefire, the israeli prime minister s office said six more israeli hostages held in gaza were now back in israel. two others were released by hamas earlier the same day. also on thursday, israel said it released thirty more palestinians from israeli jails. the us secretary of state antony blinken who s on a visit to the region and had been working to extend the truce warned that israel must take effective steps to ensur
this is what a spokesperson for the israel defense forces had to say about the situation. we will rescue our hostages at all costs. it is our duty, it is our moral responsibility of the israel defense forces. it is why we fight and why we must keep on fighting until all our hostages are home. with more on the hostage release, here s our senior international correspondent orla guerin in tel aviv. inseparable and coming home tonight. emma and yuli, twin girls just three years old, released with their mother sharon. their father is still being held in gaza. they ll be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been sharing footage of every release. israelis very invested in this and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory even a partial one. already savouring her freedom, margalit moses, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she. freed from gaza on friday after almost 50 days
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The war cabinet in Tel Aviv is meeting to discuss how to execute its planned military operation for Rafah, where the majority of those fleeing the Israel-Hamas war are sheltering. Meanwhile, truce talks appear to have picked up, although Prof Amin Saikal,Adjunct Senior Fellow, S Rajaratnam School of International St