separately, the palestinian health ministry reported the killing of... in an israeli raid on the town of betunia, also near ramala. another youth each 23 sustained injuries there. the israel regime has ramped up its attacks across the west bank since october 7. that's when the palestinian resistance moved hamas launched a surprise operation dupt allows to flood against the israeli regime. since then nearly 230 palestinians have been killed in the west bank. the euf policy chief has slammed as appalling a proposal by the israeli cabinet to fund new settlements in the occupied west bank amit the regime's war on gaza. joseph condemned the israel settlements as a grave breach of international humanitarian law. he said the proposal is not in self-defense and will not make israel safer. the israeli cabinet is about to decide on allocating more than 80 billion dollars for settlements in the occupied territories. the palestinian presidenty also warned of the implications of the plan on regional security. it said the budget is part of a comprehensive war against the palestinian people, their land and the

thursday. prisoners were warmly received by thousands of palestinians in the occupied west bank town of betunia. earlier hamos had really 16 israeli captives and foreign nationals. groups included dutch, german, russian and american dual nationals along with four ties and two russians. now during past day several rounds of prisoner exchanges have led to release of nearly 310 people on both sides. the prisoner swap deal followed a 4-day truce that started. friday, it was later extended for 48 hours, now intens talks are underway to secure a second extension of the seasfire. iran's foreign minister urges more effective measures to stop israel's attacks on gaza, lift, blockade on the enclave and in the occupation of palestine. hossain, amry abdullahyan made the call to separate letters in separate letters, that is to. heads of four international organizations, they include the collective security treaty organization, the association of southeast asian nations, the african union commission, and the bolivarian alliance for the peoples of america. the iranian up diplomat commended those organizations

the prisoners were warmly received by thousands of palestinians in the occupied west bank town of betunia. earlier, hamas had released 16 israeli captives and foreign nationals. a group includes dutch, german, russian. and american dual nationals along with four ties. during past days several rounds of prisoner exchanges led to the release of nearly 310 people from both sides. the prisoner swap deal followed a 4-day truce that started friday and was later extended for another two days and tens talks are underway to secure a second extension of the seats fire. former british ambassador to syria peter believes the hamas has opportunity to exchange is really military captives in the presence of lasting truce and the regime's full withdrawal from north of the gaza strip. we're now entering probably new phase where the military captives come into play. now these have a higher value based on previous experience, the israelis have always paid a higher price for military captive. and this gives uh hamas more more leverage. i i certainly expect to see some progress on on this during blinkens, the

lucy williamson, bbc news, betunia. using the temporary truce to return to their homes — but many have been destroyed. bbc verify has been analysing exclusive satellite images showing the widespread destruction in gaza. merlyn thomas is in the bbc verify hub with more. but first, this image is from may. now it's a neighborhood of beit lahiya between gaza city and the northern border with israel. and a reminder, this is what it looked like before the war began. now, as you can see here, these are densely populated areas, lots and lots of residential blocks, as you can see here. now, i want you to follow this as i go and show you what this looks like after. and this image, this is the latest satellite image that we've got. this was taken yesterday. and as you can see here, that is the majority of destruction of those buildings on the eastern side. just to show you again, this is what it looked like before and this is what it looked like after — buildings brought down to rubble. and i want to show you another image. this i

reunions are taking place i also know from an israeli source that the internal intelligence service betunia today, not the children, only the adults and we know that four adults and four children i have medical checks at one of the major hospitals here in tel aviv but we are told their overall condition is good —— their overall condition is good —— the intelligence service, shin bet. the israel army says it will use the four day low in gaza to prepare for the next phase of the war and israel has now received the list of the 13th hostages who are to be released tomorrow and that information has been passed to the families but crucially tonight, it is the first time since october the 7th where, on both sides of the israel gaza border, there is relative quiet, relative peace, and for the first time people in gaza can go to tonight not fearing another night of relentless israeli bombardment, not fearing air strikes, shelling. in that sense, it is a major new stage in the war we have seen for the last seven weeks. in the war we have seen for the last seven weeke— in the war we have seen for the

welcoming uh the 39 palestinian prisoners that have been released from the offer president transfered to betunia in the occupied westbank 24 women and 15 children have been released as one of the stipulations of the four-day gaza truce and we're seeing the uh the joyful celebrations and the heroes welcome that these uh palestinian inmates that have been released from uh the prisons of the israeli occupying regime have received uh so uh we're going to wrap up this segment of the program right now, but stick around, we'll be right back with press spotlight. crisis devastating wars, terrorism, the israeli lobby, crackdown, diplomacy, israel's failed mission, make sure to join the show through facebook, twitter, only on press tv, achievement. از سردار مقاومت. عيونك يا عممان سواريخ الحريه.

of yasin abdullah al-asmar was also reported by the israeli health ministry on raid in the town of betunia and a 14-year-old as well. leader of iran's islamic revolution call for a further boost and combat readiness of the country's navy using its existing capabilities. i had to say that efforts should be made to turn the iranian navy into a comprehensive strategic force. روزعه اگر اشتباه نکنم حول حوش ساعت ۱۱ باید باشه که دیگه از اونجا راهی میشن و اون زمانی که اینجاها می رسن احتمالاً حول حوش ساعت دوه. حیدرا.