in a moment i'll be speaking to professor lina khatib director of soas middle east institute, and fomrary truces will keep rolling on? as she said in the intro we now know the possibility of another two days. they will get to a point and i was doing the rough sums and let say they add another couple of days after these first two days when you get to around 100 hostages released, then you start to think of the more difficult categories. maybe 60 or so israeli military hostages. some of those from other countries, other men, civilian men which hamas has differentiated, taken from the border and the possibility of others who have died and that all gets much more difficult and at that point i think there will definitely be difficult questions particularly for israel about whether to resume full—scale military operation in gaza. ih full-scale military operation in gaza. .. full-scale military operation in gaza. :, ii" full-scale military operation in gaza. :, ::"':: gaza. in fact from 2011, 1027 palestinians _ gaza. in fact from 2011, 1027 palestinians were _ gaza. in fact from 2011, 1027

.�* dr lina khatib who is a director of the soas middle east institute at soas university of london,iously has close relationships and connections with hamas, the political leader of hamas resides in qatar. and egypt also has connections with hamas, some of the other leadership and they are deploying all those connections to make sure this deal happens. there is a lot at stake for them politically, for their own credibility. especially for qatar because it has had this relationship for hamas for a very long time and it will want to show the international community that there is value in maintaining lines of communication with hamas open. therefore, they have been quite... arrived in israel to now talk to the israeli side so i don't think tonight will pass without these efforts being stepped out. the bbc has heard that _ efforts being stepped out. the bbc has heard that a _ efforts being stepped out. the bbc has heard that a qatari _ efforts being stepped out. the bbc has heard that a qatari delegation | has heard that a qatari delegation is in israel. as for hamas, what calculation a