If you are just joining us or need a recap, here's where things stand as we approach 17:00 in Gaza and Israel:

• Israel says it's investigating Hamas's claim that three members of the Bibas family - Shiri Bibas and her sons, 10 month-old Kfir and four-year-old Ariel - were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza
• The Bibas family, including Shiri's husband Yarden, were taken hostage on 7 October when Hamas attacked Israel
• Israel has also said it's received a list of the hostages who are expected to be released today, with another group of Palestinian prisoners expected to be freed in exchange
• Israel earlier said there were still an estimated 161 hostages being held in Gaza
• Egyptian and Qatari mediators have been holding talks in Doha trying to extend the ceasefire
• Meanwhile, the Israeli military says it killed two "senior terror operatives" in a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank

• The Palestinian Authority said two boys were also shot dead by Israeli forces during the raid in Jenin
• Separately, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that, given the living conditions and lack of health care in Gaza, “more people could die from disease than bombings"

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his position that a full ceasefire is not on the cards and his forces will fight "until the end".

As we've been reporting, Egyptian and Qatari mediators are working to try to secure an extension to the current pause in fighting.

"From the start of the war, I set three goals: eliminating Hamas, returning all of our hostages and ensuring that Gaza will never again go back to being a threat to the State of Israel. These three goals still stand," Netanyahu said in statement.

He said the return of dozens of hostages was a "very great achievement".

"But in recent days I have heard a question: After completing this stage of the return of our hostages, will Israel go back to the fighting? My answer is an unequivocal yes.

"There is no situation in which we do not go back to fighting until the end. This is my policy. The entire security cabinet is behind it. The entire government is behind it. The soldiers are behind it. The people are behind it - this is exactly what we will do."

Read more: When this truce ends, the decisive next phase of war begins

Frank Gardner
BBC News, Security Correspondent

Living and operating amongst Gaza’s 2.3 million people are thought to be up to 11 different armed factions, mostly Islamist, ranging from the largest and most powerful, Hamas, down to small, armed gangs.

When Hamas launched its cross-border raid into southern Israel on 7 October, its uniformed gunmen were accompanied by others from those gangs and even unaffiliated individuals.

Hence the recent delays in releases. Hamas needs to bring the remaining Israeli hostages under its control so it can bargain for further extensions in the temporary truce.

The main groups are as follows:

Hamas. Founded in 1987 and ruling Gaza since 2007, it had an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 fighters in its armed wing - the Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades - before Israel began its retaliation for the 7 October raid. It's funded and supported by Iran. Hamas’s charter remains dedicated to the destruction of the state of Israel.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Founded in 1981 by Palestinian students living in Egypt. A close ally of Iran. Vows to destroy Israel. Believed to have between 1,000 and 8,000 fighters under the brand "Al-Quds Brigades".

Al-Nasser Salah Al-Deen Brigades. Third largest faction, an ally of Hamas and PIJ. Contributes to the Gaza police force. Reported to have participated in joint attacks with Hamas including the kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in 2006.

Mujahideen Brigades. The armed wing of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement. Operates in both Gaza and West Bank. Also reported to have ties to Iran. In 2023 its spokesman warned that the issues of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons and confrontations over Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque were "a ticking time bomb".

As we've just reported, in the last few hours Hamas has said three members of the Bibas family - Shiri Bibas and her sons 10-month-old Kfir and four-year-old Ariel - were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza. Israel says it's checking the claim.

The family, including Shiri's husband Yarden, were taken captive on 7 October from the Nir Oz kibbutz in southern Israel, where Shiri was a kindergarten teacher. We haven't had any news today on Yarden.

Shiri’s parents, Yossi and Margit Silberman, were killed during the Hamas attacks.

Yesterday, the Israeli government said Hamas had claimed it was no longer holding the two young children, and that they had been passed to "another Islamist faction inside the Gaza Strip".

Hamas has previously said it was not holding all of the hostages - complicating the negotiations for their release.

Hamas has claimed that the youngest hostage, 10-month-old child Kfir Bibas, was killed along with his 4-year-old brother and their mother in an earlier Israeli bombardment of Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it is assessing the accuracy of the claim.

In a statement, the IDF says it has spoken with the Bibas family following the reports, and are "with them at this difficult time".

It adds: "Hamas is wholly responsible for the security of all hostages in the Gaza Strip, Hamas must be held accountable. Hamas’s actions continue to endanger the hostages, which include nine children. Hamas must immediately release our hostages.

"The IDF, along with other security agencies, will continue to accompany the Bibas family, as well as all families of the hostages and missing persons."

There are an estimated 161 hostages still being held in the Gaza Strip, Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy has said.

That figure includes 146 Israelis and 15 foreigners, and 126 men and 35 women.

Levy said there are still four children under the age of 18 being held, and 10 people who are 75 or over. It’s not clear how many of the hostages are soldiers, he said.

“We want to get all of the hostages home, we’re committed to that pledge, there will be no one left behind,” Levy said at a news conference, adding that "as long as there is a serious offer on the table" it will consider extending the current ceasefire deal to ensure more hostages are released.

We are currently in the sixth and final day of the truce between Israel and Hamas, and there are hopes that the agreement could be extended.

Hugo Bachega
Middle East correspondent, in Jerusalem

Egyptian and Qatari mediators have held talks in Doha trying to extend the ceasefire in Gaza, as a prolonged six-day truce is on its final day. Both Israel and Hamas have indicated being open to that.

The deal has led to the release of hostages kidnapped on 7 October in exchange for Palestinians from Israeli jails, and allowed the delivery of much needed humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Around 160 people remain in captivity in Gaza. The releases, so far, have included only women and children. The next phases could involve the first groups of men and military personnel.

US officials, who have been directly involved in the negotiations, say they want extensions to the pauses until all hostages are freed. One obstacle for that could be the fact that Hamas has said it is not holding all captives.

Israeli officials have suggested that the current mechanism, which is seeing three Palestinians released from Israeli jails for every Israeli returned, could continue. It is still not clear whether a renewed deal would include a days-long extension, or if an extension would be decided on a day-by-day basis.

Later today, more hostages are expected to be released, and Israeli officials say their families have already been notified. In return, another group of Palestinian prisoners will be freed.

The head of medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Dr Christos Christou, spoke to the BBC World Service on Tuesday night, and he told them how he and his team had been unable to leave the Khalil Suleiman hospital in Jenin for more than two hours, frustrating their attempts to help the wounded.

"There’s nothing worse for a doctor to know that there are people there needing our care and they cannot get it," he added.

Dr Christou has since been able to leave the hospital, MSF says, and he is now in Jerusalem.

Israel has not commented on the situation at the hospital.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it killed two "senior terror operatives" in a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

The IDF says in a statement it killed "senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative" Mohammed Zubeidi, and "local operative" Hussam Hanoun, Israeli media report.

According to the statement, Israeli forces surrounded a building in the Jenin camp overnight where Zubeidi and other operatives were based, and opened fire.

Earlier we reported that the Palestinian Authority said two children were killed in Jenin. The IDF statement did not mention these claims.

The Israeli army has been carrying out a wide-scale military operation in Jenin which began on Tuesday evening.

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Our colleagues on BBC Radio 4 have been speaking to Mustafa Barghouti, Palestinian politician and leader of the Palestinian National Initiative, who's been talking about the situation in Jenin.

He says there is a "big Israeli invasion" in both Jenin City and the Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank.

Barghouti says Israeli forces have "already destroyed two houses" and are "besieging many places".

He says troops started by entering the two major hospitals in Jenin and then entered the camp, where Barghouti says they are "destroying infrastructure".

"It's very vicious. They have just declared the whole of the Jenin area as a closed military area," he says.

He adds that despite the temporary ceasefire in Gaza, Israel is continuing its "intrusions into areas in the West Bank."

The Israeli military has said it carried out an operation in Jenin refugee camp in which two senior terror operatives were killed, Israeli media report.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health is reporting that two children have been killed by what it says was Israeli army gunfire in the city of Jenin in the West Bank.

The Israeli army has been carrying out a wide-scale military operation there. It began on Tuesday evening.

Its just after 1pm here in London and 3pm in Gaza and Israel.

Here are the latest developments in the ongoing conflict.

• There are hopes the current truce between Israel and Hamas could be further extended - talks are being held in Qatar about a possible new deal
• Israel says it's received a list of hostages held in Gaza who could be released later today
• The break in the fighting began on Friday, and was extended yesterday.
• It has enabled the exchange of Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinians held in Israeli jails

• It has also allowed around 200 lorries carrying humanitarian aid a day to enter the Gaza Strip - but aid agencies say much more is needed
• Separately, the World Health Organization (WHO) says given the living conditions and lack of health care in Gaza “more people could die from disease than bombings"

Stay with us for the latest updates through the day as they happen.

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Brussels today, and he's been speaking to a meeting of Nato foreign ministers.

He says the US would like to see the pause in fighting between Israel and Gaza extended, and that it's working towards that aim "every single day".

"Its continuation by definition means that more hostages would be coming home, more assistance would be getting in [to Gaza].

"Clearly, that's something we want. I believe it's something that Israel also wants," he told the meeting.

Aid agencies are continuing to take advantage of the current truce to deliver food and water to Palestinians.

The pictures below show the the UN relief agency UNRWA handing out bags of flour and fresh water in Khan Younis, in the south of the territory.

As we've been reporting, there are about 1.7million internally displaced Gazans - many of who have moved to the south of Gaza away from the most intense fighting.

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Adnan El-Bursh
BBC Arabic, reporting from Gaza

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Let's take another look now at the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

In Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, where hundreds of people are queuing for cooking gas, a man tells me: "You can't find a cup of tea or one pack of biscuits. Yesterday, people were sharing bread while sleeping on the street.

"The rain that we witnessed yesterday and the cold we went through. People spent the night here. May God help us."

Another man, Mohammed al-Qidrah, says he has been waiting in the queue for three days.

"We came here two nights ago and from 03:00 until now, we haven't been able to fill up," he says.

"We can't find fuel, flour or anything. You need to stand in line for everything and you struggle to find it."

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For those of you just joining us, we're now into the sixth and final day of the current truce agreed by Israel and Hamas.

There are hopes that the agreement could be extended, but we're still waiting to hear if the talks in Qatar have been successful.

Last night 12 more hostages - 10 Israeli citizens and two Thai nationals - were freed. That means in total some 81 hostages taken by Hamas on 7 October have been released.

For now, more than 160 people remain in captivity, including a 10-month-old baby.

Israel has said it's received a list of the hostages held in Gaza slated for release today. We don't have that list, but will bring you any more information as soon as we're able.

When the original deal was negotiated, Israel said the pause in fighting would be extended by one day for every 10 further hostages released. Whether those terms will remain the same in any possible future deal is not yet clear.

In exchange, Israel has so far freed 180 Palestinians from its detention, 30 of whom were freed last night. Under the terms of the truce deal, for every Israeli citizen freed, three Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails are being released.

Adnan El-Bursh
BBC Arabic, reporting from Gaza

Away from talk about a potential truce extension, let's remind ourselves of the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Here in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, there are people as far as the eye can see. It’s supposed to be a "safe" city compared with the devastated north, its population bursting with the displaced.

Hundreds are in the queue for cooking gas and some people say they have been waiting here three days, sleeping on the side of the street in the cold, in the hope of being able to cook something hot.

As the hundreds wait, some sitting on their gas cylinders, tempers fray.

"Where are all Arabs and Muslims?" a middle-aged woman shouts angrily as she waits in line for gas. "Where are all the defenders of human rights? You've left the Palestinian people to suffer, go hungry and be destroyed."

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Desperation and frustration are visible in her face, despair lurking in the background. "We've been waiting in line to fill one gas cylinder since early morning," she says. "I performed my morning prayers while standing."

She tells me she was displaced from Beit Hanoun in the north, just 2km (1.2 miles) from the boundary with Israel. She's now living with her family in a UN school in Deir al-Balah.

"I can't describe the destruction," she says. "Entire families have been erased from civil records. They were killed under their houses. Gaza has been completely destroyed. Have mercy on us."

Jiraporn Sricham
BBC Thai reporter

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The father of one of the Thai hostages released by Hamas last week has spoken about his joy as his son returns home.

Natthaporn Onkaew, 26, was one of 10 Thais freed on Friday in a deal negotiated in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

"I'm very happy that my son is coming back," his father, Thawatchai Onkaew, 47, told the BBC.

He added that his son has been calling the family from hospital every day since his release. He is due to fly back home to Nakhon Phanom province in Thailand’s northeast.

He said the family will hold a homecoming ceremony – and is preparing raw beef salad, his son's favourite dish.

Thawatchai say his son doesn't have any plans to go back to work in Israel because he is still very scared.

"He doesn’t seem to want to go back to Israel anymore. He’ll likely go elsewhere."

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We've just been hearing from Thomas White, director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza, who has been visiting the north of the territory and the area around Gaza City.

Israel ordered civilians to evacuate that area when its ground operation began in October.

"It was quite eerie going through a city that is normally bustling with people, to a city where the roads were covered in debris, twisted metal, masonry," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

"You could drive through whole suburbs where every building is damaged and there's really nobody on the streets."

He said in other areas with less damage, there are "signs of life and a few people sitting in shop fronts and sitting in their doorways", but the city is still "eerily quiet".

The UN agency also went to Jabalia in northern Gaza to deliver aid supplies.

"There was great relief from people that they finally have some sort of assistance," White added.

He said some areas of northern Gaza are unliveable because there is "such a level of destruction".

Other parts "look like they are relatively untouched", but there is no power and very limited water.

"All of the normal services and activities... are essentially not there," he said.

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The British-Israeli son of 75-year-old hostage Ada Sagi has been speaking to the BBC following her release from Gaza last night.

Noam Sagi has given an update on BBC Radio 4's Today programme - and described the moment they were reunited.

It was an "extraordinary evening", Noam says. "So much thought and fantasy and worry and work - everything came to that moment.

"To feel mum - just to feel her breath, her pulse and to look in her eyes and see that she is well and she is her... is so amazing in many ways."

Noam says he spent a long night with Ada, her other children and grandchildren, "just holding hands" and "reconnecting on a cellular level".

He adds that after 53 days in captivity, without the freedom to choose how to live, "the idea for [Ada] that she has more control over her life is extraordinary".

"She's so positive - she was worried about us!" Noam says.

He refuses to go into any detail of Ada's captivity, saying his family wants now to "focus on her recovery" and, with the help of a team of psychologists, put together the pieces of 7 October for her.