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temporary halt of hostilities. hamas says some details have yet to be finalised. the fighting has continued these pictures show a series of explosions in gaza overnight. it s also likely to resume at some point, even if it is paused israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said that his country will continue to fight against hamas, until absolute victory was achieved. aid agencies had already been voicing concerns about the situation in gaza. some trucks carrying humanitarian supplies have been able to cross into the territory this week. but pictures like these showing people struggling to secure bottles of water in gaza indicate how difficult conditions there are. we ll bring you the latest on all of these developments in this programme but we start with this report on the delay to the hostage and prisoner exchange deal from our middle east correspondent tom bateman. well, the sense we had all day was that according to the agreement, the ceasefire would start a
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thousands of lives at risk through, what it called, the direct and repeated targeting of the hospital. the israel defense forces have not commented specifically on any operation involving the indonesian hospital, but says it continues to target what it calls terrorists and terrorist infrastructure . also the israeli military has released video, which it says supports its claim that hamas was using gaza s biggest hospital al shifa. it released cctv images, which it says show two hostages being taken by hamas into al shifa, after they were abducted from southern israel on the 7th of october. one is injured and wheeled in on a trolley. the bbc has not been able to verify the video. the idf also released video which it says shows a 55 metre long tunnel, beneath the hospital complex. hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments has denied using al shifa as a base. 31 surviving premature babies were evacuated from al shifa, in a joint op