hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. you're watching the context on bbc news. translation: in the last few days, a question: if, after this phase - of retaining our abductees is exhausted, will israel return to fighting? so, my answer is an unequivocal yes. a child who loves to play with ragdolls. to dress up as batman. are they a threat to hamas? we've agreed to the extension of the humanitartian pause. and ten hostages are going to released every day for the extension and this is going to happen for the next two days. i don't have enough money to buy my children medicine. my husband is seriously ill. my son was in the hospital yesterday, and my baby daughter needed help to breathe.

tonight — as more israeli hostages are released — hamas says the youngest captive 10 months old kffir was killed hamas says the youngest captive, ten—month—old kffir, was killed in an israeli air strike along with his mother and brother. israel says its looking into the claim. with hopes of another extension to the temporary truce — we're live in qatar to talk about the latest negotiations between israel and hamas. more hostages have been freed today. israel says if that continues, so can the truce. we hearfrom an aid agency working on getting the much needed food and fuel that's now reaching the gaza strip to those who need it most — as the who says more people could die from disease than air strikes. and later in the programme we will have a special interview with cynthia nixon — the sex and the city star is on a hunger strike,

demanding president biden calls for a ceasefire. of the more than 240 hostages taken by hamas on october seven — ten—month—old kfir bibas was the youngest of the lot. he was captured alongside his four—year—old brother, his mother and his father. today, as more families welcome home their loved ones — the bibas fmaily relatives received the worst possible news. hamas have claimed that shira kfir and her two children were killed in an israeli air strike. it is unclear if yarden, the father of the two boys is still alive. the israeli defence forces say they are investigating the claims from hamas, and has been in touch with the family. more hostages are currently in the process of being released this evening. the idf has confirmed that two

russian women are now safely back russian women are now safely back in israel and others are also in the process of being transferred. the six day temporary truce is due to end in just a few hours. senior israeli government adviser mark regev told the bbc in the past hour that israel would agree to an extension — as long as hamas continues releaseing hostages. continues releasing hostages. meanwhile, israel says it has carried out a raid on thejenin refugee camp in the occupied west bank, and killed "two senior terrorists". the palestinian authority says two children were also killed by gunfire in jenin. we will have more on that and the negotiations shortly, but first — we start with this report from our senior international correspondent, orla guerin, is in tel aviv. baby kfir. a nation has been waiting for him to come home. but tonight, a claim from hamas that the ten—month—old was killed

by israel's bombardment of gaza. hamas says his four—year—old brother, ariel, was also killed. along with their mother, shiri, who tried so hard to protect them as they were taken hostage. the israeli army says it's assessing the accuracy of the information. if true, it is devastating news for israel and for relatives. just yesterday, a cousin was pleading for the children's release. we love them so much. they are a tiny baby that we hold and we pass between each other, and we love him. and a child who loves to play with rag dolls, to dress up as batman, are they a threat to hamas? they are young children. theirfather, yarden,

was also taken captive. he may now be the only one left from his family. among those still being held in gaza, 21—year—old mia schem. she had to run for her life from this music festival. then, last month, images from hamas showing her with injuries. it's a terrible, terrible situation. now her mother, keren, can only wait in torment day after day. mia is a warrior and she's a very, very strong and mature girl. and i do keep to this faith, but to wait every day for the call to tell me if she's on the list or not, it's terrible. and she won't be released today, too. and it's like a russian roulette.

you don't know who will get out from there. so far, almost 100 israeli women and children have gotten out and been reunited with their families. tonight, there are indications that the truce and the release of hostages could continue — at least, for the next few days. 0rla guerin, bbc news, tel aviv. let's speak to dr sultan barakat. he's a professor of public policy at qatar's foundation hamad bin khalifa university. thank you forjoining us and i would like to begin but what do you think the chances are of the extension being confirmed?—

the chances are of the extension bein: confirmed? ~ .,, ., being confirmed? with those we heard from involved — being confirmed? with those we heard from involved in _ being confirmed? with those we heard from involved in the _ being confirmed? with those we heard from involved in the mediation - from involved in the mediation seemed very optimistic that it will be extended because until now, hamas is honoured all of its previous commitments and is still committed to releasing the civilians and the women and maybe not directly by hamas but by other groups and over the last four days because of the cease—fire, they been able to establish exactly what was being taken into gaza. there is hope and two more days and not for more days at the same time, there are much more diplomatic efforts to try and reach a more permanent and extended cease—fire industry speak now, meeting is exactly the debate of the moment. 50

meeting is exactly the debate of the moment. ., .,, ., , moment. so far, the hostages being released have _ moment. so far, the hostages being released have been _ moment. so far, the hostages being released have been women - moment. so far, the hostages being released have been women and - released have been women and children and of course, there are number of male hostages and it is thought that some are from the israeli military as well. where the chances of hostages being released and some of that group as well is the extension may or may not continue. the extension may or may not continue-— the extension may or may not continue. ., , , , continue. immediately because when he re orts continue. immediately because when he reports the _ continue. immediately because when he reports the issue _ continue. immediately because when he reports the issue of _ continue. immediately because when he reports the issue of the _ he reports the issue of the palestinian prisoners that been released in exchange for the hostages, the situation is hamas is demanding similar women and children that have been taken by israel without charge court and they're trying to make the point that them taking hostages is not much different than israel taking

hostages over many years and being a long practice. so far, all of those that israel ever leased are not short—term high—value prisoners as far as hamas is concerned. they are returned to the west bank and military severity and releasing some of those more senior captors in israel. and this is the subject that has been discussed at the moment with the director of the cia and others. �* , ,. , , others. and will be discussing the release of palestinians _ others. and will be discussing the release of palestinians from - others. and will be discussing the l release of palestinians from israeli jails and showing a live shot of the west bank where some of the families will be waiting for those people to

return. this is a temporary truce and what do you think needs to happen for this to turn into a permanent cease—fire? bath happen for this to turn into a permanent cease-fire? both sides of compromised — permanent cease-fire? both sides of compromised and _ permanent cease-fire? both sides of compromised and at _ permanent cease-fire? both sides of compromised and at the _ permanent cease-fire? both sides of compromised and at the beginning . compromised and at the beginning benjamin netanyahu declared his position of liberating the hostages by force and is determined to see an end to hamas and their position was all hostages and prisoners, this could be some that 7500 prisoners and now, read a position where both have from the clear objective and they become much more pragmatic and they become much more pragmatic and they both have suffered and israel is already lost more than 80

soldiers on the ground which is quite a high numberfor israel invaded lebanon in 1982 in the major war to the death of 17,000 lebanese and palestinian sent the only lost about 70 soldiers, very odd numbers for israel have been lost in the past couple weeks and i think, if there are to re—engage in the war, be much more difficult to do it at the same level and concentrated bombing that they have done so far. but because there increased pressure from the united states and europe, europe is already split on this issue and people do not want to see a continuation of this taking place. the israelis have to be much more precise and present a plan and in

talking about of the southern israel, subclass of asking to be presented with other options. money offered to israelis, and given the events of october seven is a routeing and if benjamin then yahoo insists on going back to war, they'll be doing so in a much more surgical way —— netanyahu or stick to a cease—fire or moving to a more permanent statute. that was the perspective from qatar.

now let's hearfrom israel. a little earlier, mark regev, advisor to prime minister benjamin netanyahu spoke to the bbc. he was speaking to my colleague rich preston. he started by getting his reaction to the death of 10 month old kfir bibas. take a listen. we're investigating. obviously, we're worried. hamas has said all sorts of things. we had a terrorist released this week and it was said before that she was killed. in the end, she was alive. and yet we found the bodies. 0ur military when we entered gaza, we found the bodies of two women who were taken alive by hamas, by the terrorists. and they were killed, we presume, by the terrorists while they were under captivity. so, of course, we're worried, and especially since this is the youngest

of the hostages, kafir abbas is was taken when he was eight months old. and you have to ask, what sort of people are we dealing with? who is israel's enemy here? people who kidnap babies. and the important thing to remember here is he was taken hostage. he was abducted before he could walk or talk. and i think this encapsulates what hamas is all about. we really are fighting fanatical extremists who have no sense at all of decency. mr regev, what can you tell us about the hostage release and prisoner release that's ongoing at the moment? so we've accepted a framework that was negotiated with the help of the americans. and we thank the president biden for his assistance in this, whereby we've agreed to the extension of the humanitarian pause and ten hostages are going to be released every day for the extension. and what has been understood is that this will happen for the next two days.

but israel is willing to continue with this framework. from our point of view, the humanitarian pause can continue as long as hamas continues to release hostages and those people who want to see the continuation of of the pause and there are many of them in the in the international community. so the address is clear. it's hamas. pressure must be placed on hamas. if they continue to release hostages, then the pause can continue. let's get more now on the situation in gaza and injenin in the west bank. 0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams joins me now from jerusalem. all signs seem to suggest temporary truce could be extended further, what more can you hear from where you are? what more can you hear from where ou are? ., , ., you are? nothing definitive yet and we are still waiting _ you are? nothing definitive yet and we are still waiting for _ you are? nothing definitive yet and we are still waiting for signs - you are? nothing definitive yet and we are still waiting for signs that i we are still waiting for signs that the latest group of ten israeli

hostages have actually left gaza, saw two national, dual nationals released and we are led to believe that a group of ten israelis, including a number of teenagers and some women are due to being released as the sixth group to be released in the series of exchanges i'm not sure what that all means of anything but we also do not know as they were talking about there is actually, if it's going to happen. there is no indication that of further round of exchanges. normally we would have some indication by now that this is going to be continuing and it may it's in the interest of both sides for that to be some kind continuation and hamas would like to see longer continuation, maybe as long as four days but they are more

keen on single day by day exchanges because it feels to give hamas four daysis because it feels to give hamas four days is giving them too much time to regroup and reorganise. the coming hours would tell us whether this is likely to happen again but in the meantime, israeli officials from the prime minister on towner saying they're rate of return to fighting at a moment's notice? breaking ictures at a moment's notice? breaking pictures from — at a moment's notice? breaking pictures from the _ at a moment's notice? breaking pictures from the hospital - at a moment's notice? breaking pictures from the hospital we i at a moment's notice? breaking | pictures from the hospital we are anticipating more is really hostages will be released and therefore was think that is yet to happen were still waiting on that and the other thing that has been widely talked about this evening hamas saying the youngest of the hostages was killed in an israeli air strike along with his mother and brother at what more do we know about those claims? that

is all we know — do we know about those claims? trust is all we know that is just a claim made by hamas, a very short statement saying the family the mother in the two had been killed in an israeli air strike and beyond that we simply do not know and everything about the tone of israeli comments from the military, from the family says they are bracing themselves for bad news and it seemed to be a rather gloomy sense that the whole country, frankly is hoping for the release of these two young boys including the youngest of all the hostages what happened before this process was over and it looks unlikely and interestingly on monday, israeli military said the three had been handed overfrom

hamas to another palestinian militant earlier in this crisis and the other three being out in the city but that's not been confirmed there's been no static or word of their whereabouts and a general sense of pessimism is about the fate of the three members of the. family. we're more — of the three members of the. family. we're more activity _ of the three members of the. family. we're more activity in _ of the three members of the. family. we're more activity in the _ of the three members of the. family. we're more activity in the west - we're more activity in the west bank. , , , ., ., bank. this is been going on throughout _ bank. this is been going on throughout this _ bank. this is been going on throughout this period - bank. this is been going on throughout this period of i bank. this is been going on. throughout this period of the bank. this is been going on - throughout this period of the last couple of months which is a series of aggressive israeli rates and a number of west bank cities, and rounding up quite a variety of people who the israelis regardless wanted militants, not people necessarily attached or affiliated to hamas, the operation that started

last night doesn't seem to have anything to do with hamas although microchip statement condemning it did lead to the deaths and we saw them on video of two palestinian boys, one thought to be shown as eight and the other 14—year—old in both of those boys were captured on cctv and neither of them looked like they posed any danger and neither seem to be caring and kind of weapon. there will be questions asked about how this raid was carried out and how those two children with her was accident deliberate but the circumstances war because it was really shocking to watch. around the world and across the uk.

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you're live with bbc news the world health organisation is warning that more people could die in gaza because of untreated diseases than air strikes — if the health system isn't restored there. more than a million people are sheltering in overcrowded united nations facilities as cases of diarrhoea and respiratory infections are widespread. patients with chronic illnesses like cancer are also not getting any treatment. joining me now is mike noyes from action aid. if we can begin by finding out more about the situation on the ground. aha, about the situation on the ground. few days now, there's this is an

improvement in terms of the access for colleagues and crucially suppliers coming in across the and the levels in that said, with things aside as they are the situation in the north, we continue to any from her colleagues about their concerns and want to be achieved will continue to hear from and want to be achieved will continue to hearfrom her colleagues and hospitals still lacking fuel which is impacting on the basic ability to provide basic medical services we are continued concerns about the state of the water system and lack of fuel to get pumps running and many people and those who fled from the north and south and exposed in living in poor

conditions in the colleague talking about certain ways and lack of humanitarian aid is still quite crucial. is humanitarian aid is still quite crucial. , ., ., ., crucial. is a getting into the north and that has _ crucial. is a getting into the north and that has been _ crucial. is a getting into the north and that has been one _ crucial. is a getting into the north and that has been one of - crucial. is a getting into the north and that has been one of the - crucial. is a getting into the north i and that has been one of the biggest challenge and greatest needs. didn’t challenge and greatest needs. didn't hear from them _ challenge and greatest needs. didn't hear from them today _ challenge and greatest needs. didn't hear from them today but _ challenge and greatest needs. d i�*u'ii hear from them today but then i received and the bombardment had stopped but doesn't ponder the north and the hospitals, there still a large number of people and were doing when dreams of getting people in the north of getting people in the north and the south end partners

on the ground and cash can only go so far is not much to bind the shops. so far is not much to bind the sho s. ~ ., ., ., shops. who to document the danger of infectious diseases _ shops. who to document the danger of infectious diseases because _ infectious diseases because conditions are very poor as well now. and this will be colleagues in the number of people using one or two latrines around 700 people using two latrines around 700 people using two latrines around 700 people using two latrines and there's a risk of diarrhoea diseases and aggravated by the fact that people are living “1 very squalid conditions in cold, and getting things through but when it's extended on a day by day basis, it's very hard for us.—

very hard for us. thank you very much for _ very hard for us. thank you very much for bringing _ very hard for us. thank you very much for bringing us _ very hard for us. thank you very much for bringing us up - very hard for us. thank you very much for bringing us up to - very hard for us. thank you very much for bringing us up to date | much for bringing us up to date on the situation on the ground in gaza. hello. a cold evening with temperatures around freezing in many parts of the country and that's how it's going to stay for the rest of the week, the weekend, probably into early next week. and then after that, it does look as though things gradually could turn a little less cold. the satellite picture shows where we had the clearer skies earlier on. but out towards the southwest, a weather front is looming and that may spell some wintry weather in the high ground of southwestern parts of england through the night and into tomorrow. but by 9:00, you can see temperatures there around freezing across many parts of the uk, a little bit milder in cornwall and devon. and that's because we have that weather front here. but through the night, the northeasterly winds continue to bring wintry showers to northern and eastern scotland.

some on that north sea coast as well, north york moors, possibly into east anglia. temperatures minus five there in the morning in glasgow, below freezing in the south, too. now, that weather front that's hugging the south and the southwest will be bumping into that cold that's to the north. so across dartmoor and exmoor, we could see a spell of rain, sleet and snow — could be a covering in places. don't be surprised, but it's not a widespread area of snow here. i think, more than anything, it's going to be really cloudy in the south with outbreaks of rain feeling cold, quite strong winds, too. really unpleasant weather conditions with temperatures hovering around five degrees. now, to the north of that, a totally different picture. lots of sunshine around, about four degrees in liverpool with that crisp sunshine. and again, through the day and into the evening hours, if you squint, you canjust about see these blobs of white there, wintry showers generally across the hills. ok, the forecast then for the end of the week — i think will be entering the peak

of the cold, freezing cold weather across scandinavia. that east northeasterly wind blowing over us. again, a lot of dry, bright, sunny weather, a few showers, some of them wintry. and after a frosty start, the temperatures really will struggle on friday. look at that, barely above freezing in glasgow and aberdeen. around three or four degrees in the south. so more like january or february. so here's the outlook for the rest of the week, the weekend and into next week. staying cold. the weather, however, from time to time will change from sunshine to showers back to sunshine. bye— bye.

hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. you're watching the context on bbc news. heavy fighting in the occupied west bank leaves several dead. israel says it killed two senior terrorists. the palestinian health ministry says israel killed two children. now it's time for the sport. let's go straight to the bbc sport centre and when my colleague, olly foster. the goals have been flying in the champions league. it's now out of manchester united's hands if they are to qualify for the knockout stage of the champions league. they are still bottom of their group after a pulsating 3—3 draw

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