As we've been reporting, 30 Palestinian prisoners were freed from Israeli jails yesterday as part of the current truce deal.

Budour Hassan, from Amnesty International, has been speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme about one of those - a female prisoner called Nurhan.

Nurhan was 15 years old when she was accused of trying to carry out an attack with scissors, Hassan says.

Israeli forces shot at and injured Nurhan, and killed her cousin.

Nurhan was sentenced to 13 and-a-half years in jail, which Hassan describes as "an exceptionally disproportionate sentence".

She says Nurhan studied for her high school exams while in prison, and was supported throughout by other female prisoners, including political activists.

The first thing she did after being freed was visit her cousin's grave, Hassan says.

As we've been reporting, it's mostly women and teenage boys who've been released as part of the truce so far.

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This morning, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, shared on X, external details on the number of cases of different diseases in Gaza.

They are as follows:

• Acute respiratory infections: 111,000
• Scabies: 12,000
• Lice: 11,000
• Diarrhoea: 75,000
• Skin rash: 24,000
• Impetigo: 2,500
• Chickenpox: 2,500
• Jaundice: 1,100

Ghebreyesus says: "Given the living conditions and lack of health care, more people could die from disease than bombings."

We've previously reported about the conditions faced by the 1.7 million people internally displaced in Gaza, external - including overcrowding, food and medicine shortages, and poor sanitation.

The current six-day truce has allowed around 200 lorries carrying humanitarian aid a day to enter the Strip. But aid agencies say much more is needed.

Read more here: Diseases could kill more than bombs in Gaza, WHO warns

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As the temporary ceasefire holds for the moment, we've just received these photographs of life over the last couple of days in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis.

Many Palestinians were forced to flee to southern Gaza as the Israeli military operation intensified in the north, but there has also been heavy bombing in the area.

US national security spokesman John Kirby has said Israel has an added burden to "make sure that as they start to plan for operations in the south, whatever that looks like, that they have properly accounted for...the extra innocent life that is now in south Gaza".

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says more than 14,800 people have been killed in Israel's retaliatory campaign including about 6,000 children.

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The head of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said he and his team had been "trapped" in a hospital for two hours, while Israeli forces raided the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.

Dr Christos Christou, international president of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), said staff at the Khalil Suleiman hospital were unable to leave as "Israeli military vehicles blocked the entrance of the hospital and the road, preventing ambulances from leaving".

He said two Palestinians died from their wounds while "ambulances could not reach them".

"This must stop now. Patients should have access to healthcare at all times," he wrote on X., external

We have yet to hear from the Israel military about what happened.

Three Israeli children have been reunited with their pet dog in hospital after being released by Hamas.

Yuval, Ofri and Oria Brodtz were kidnapped during Hamas's 7 October attack on Israel.

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Joe Biden has said allowing the conflict to continue in Gaza would "give Hamas what they seek".

The US president said Hamas launched its 7 October because it fears "nothing more than Israelis and Palestinians living side by side in peace".

"To continue down the path of terror, violence, killing, and war is to give Hamas what they seek," he said on X,, external formerly known as Twitter.

His tweet caused confusion, with some questioning whether Biden was signalling a softening of the US stance on the conflict.

Biden has previously opposed a ceasefire, saying that it would not bring peace between Israel and Hamas.

"As long as Hamas clings to its ideology of destruction, a ceasefire is not peace," he wrote in a Washington Post opinion article earlier this month.

But a senior official from Biden's administration told Jewish Insider that his tweet was "not a change in policy”, adding that it came from a longer speech he delivered last week.

"He meant that we can’t lose hope for peace, ultimately, in the region, that it’s still incredibly important that we continue to lay the groundwork for, and create the conditions for, a lasting peace, and that involves a two-state solution," the official said.

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Yafa Adar, an 85-year-old Israeli woman who was one of the first hostages to be released by Hamas, has been released from hospital.

The facility posted a photo to social media of Adar with flowers and waving farewell to hospital staff, who applauded and waved Israeli flags as she departed.

Adar was kidnapped from kibbutz Nir Oz and was the subject of a viral video of hostages being driven into Gaza in a golf kart by armed men.

Her granddaughter told the BBC yesterday that she had thought many members of the family had been killed, and it was an emotional moment when she "saw them and realised they were alive" after being released.

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Good morning from our London newsroom, where it's gone 07:20. It's gone 09:20 in Israel and Gaza - here's a quick look at the key developments:

• Talks over a possible extension of the truce between Israel and Hamas are continuing in Qatar, where intelligence chiefs are considering a possible new deal
• Israel says it's hopeful that another extension could be agreed, with Hamas also indicating it's open to the move
• The ceasefire is now in its sixth day, having been extended by two days already
• On Tuesday, 12 more hostages were released by Hamas and Israel freed 30 more Palestinian prisoners
• Eighty-one hostages and 180 Palestinian detainees have been released so far
• Israel has told the BBC 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 when we are able

Stick with us throughout today as we bring you updates as they happen.

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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed yesterday that it had facilitated the release of 11 Palestinian detainees, who've since been transferred to Ramallah in the West Bank.

Israeli prison officials said 30 people had been released on Tuesday, but, as Reuters observes, the ICRC typically only announces the number of detainees for whom it's been directly responsible for helping to get out.

Just to recap a few points regarding the latest Palestinians released from Israeli jails:

• We don't yet have a full list of confirmed names, although the Israeli prison service says 30 people were released. Advocacy group Palestinian Prisoner Club earlier gave an advance list, external of 30 names of those it expected to be released
• Before the group's release, Qatar - a key mediator in the ongoing truce - said the group was going to comprise 15 women and 15 minors
• As we've been reporting, it's mostly women and teenage boys who've been released during the Israel-Hamas truce so far
• They've been chosen from an original list of 300 Palestinians compiled by Israel - accused of a range of offences, from throwing stones to incitement to attempted murder
• Less than a quarter of those on the list had been convicted - the vast majority were being held on remand while awaiting trial

Hugo Bachega
Middle East correspondent, in Jerusalem

A prolonged six-day ceasefire deal in Gaza has entered its final day, as discussions about a further extension of the truce between Israel and Hamas continue. Israel says it is hopeful an agreement can be reached, and Hamas has indicated it is open to that.

Intelligence chiefs from Israel, the United States and Egypt have been holding talks in Qatar – which helped mediate the initial truce – to discuss a possible new deal. This could include the release of the first men or military personnel, abducted during the 7 October attack by Hamas.

Israeli officials have suggested that the current mechanism, which sees three Palestinian women and teenagers released from Israeli jails for each Israeli hostage returned, could continue.

It will be interesting to see whether Hamas will make any additional demand to free Israeli officers.

More than 160 people remain in captivity, including a 10-month-old baby, the youngest hostage. Hamas says it is not holding all of them, and that some are with other factions and groups, their whereabouts apparently unknown.

An extended truce will also bring additional relief to the population of Gaza and allow the delivery of much needed humanitarian aid, amid severe shortages of water, food, medicine and fuel.

But a longer ceasefire could face some opposition is Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to resume the offensive in Gaza to "eliminate Hamas", and some here fear an extended pause could give time for the group to regroup and organise its defences.

Adnan El-Bursh
BBC Arabic, reporting from Gaza

Away from the hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, 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."

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."

There's a good chance the ceasefire will be extended furtherpublished at 05:04 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2023

05:04 GMT 29 November 2023

Paul Adams
Diplomatic correspondent

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Tuesday was the first of a two-day extension to a break in fighting that will run out in 24 hours’ time.

But there is a good chance, I think, that we will then see another 48-hour extension agreed by the two parties.

It’s clear that both sides seem to want that, as long as we have this process going more or less according to plan – with very little in the way of interruptions or challenges.

We don’t know the state of the negotiations that have been going on, but we know they’ve been going on. Efforts to keep this truce going will be intense.

But don’t forget that when this process is over, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his troops are planning to continue their operations in Gaza with what he calls “full force”.

Israel has received the names of more hostages who may be released from Gaza today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman Tal Heinrich has told the BBC.

"We have received the list, we are notifying the families of the people who appear on the list and all other families of the hostages still being held in the Gaza Strip right now," Heinrich told the BBC.

“We said that we are willing to extend this mechanism as we saw today... for every 10 extra Israeli hostages that Hamas release, we agreed to another extra day of humanitarian pause in the fighting."

If it goes ahead, it will be the sixth group of hostages released from Gaza since fighting paused last Friday. Eighty-one have been released so far.

On Tuesday, Israel and Hamas agreed to extend their agreed four-day truce in Gaza for another two days.

Thailand’s Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara has greeted the two Thai nationals who were released from Gaza by Hamas on Tuesday.

"Happy to personally welcome 2 additional Thai hostages just released and arrived at the hospital in Tel Aviv," Parnpree - who is also deputy prime minister - posted on X, formerly Twitter.

Nineteen Thai hostages have been released by Hamas so far, while 13 remain captured, according to the foreign ministry.

The two men are now receiving treatment in Tel Aviv's Shamir Medical Centre.

Image source, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand

Image source, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand

Jay Savage
Live editor

It’s just passed 06:30 in Israel and Gaza, and 15:30 where I am in Sydney. In the latest developments:

• Twelve more hostages were released by Hamas in Gaza on the fifth day of the temporary ceasefire, adding to 69 others already freed. The latest group - 10 Israeli citizens and two Thai nationals - are now back in Israeli territory
• Israel freed 30 more Palestinian prisoners, bringing the total number to 180. At least 11 were transferred to Ramallah in the West Bank, the International Committee of the Red Cross says
• The Thai pair were greeted warmly at a Tel Aviv hospital at about 23:00 local time, the country’s deputy PM says
• Israel has received another list of potential hostages who may be released, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed for the BBC
• The BBC’s Paul Adams, who is in Jerusalem, says there is a good chance the truce could be extended for an additional 48 hours
• Hamas’s attacks on 7 October killed 1,200 people, with about 240 taken hostage
• Since then, Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says more than 14,500 people have been killed in Israel's retaliatory campaign.

For more detail, you can catch up on our earlier live coverage here.

Stay with us as we bring you updates as they happen.