Israeli military to resume attack on Gaza if the govt does not receive a list of hostages!?
Hamas has released 16 more hostages, including 10 Israeli women and children and four Thai nationals, on the final day of a two-day truce extension set to expire early on Thursday. Israel’s prison service, meanwhile, reported the release of 30 more Palestinians from its jails in a sixth round of swaps. This comes amid growing international pressure on the warring sides to extend a truce, following another exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners and humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The exchanges are a core component of the arrangement, which was initially set at four days.US State Secretary Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv early on Thursday, his third trip to the region since the war began, and was set to meet with Israeli leaders to discuss extending the temporary truce and boosting humanitarian aid into Gaza. “Looking at the next couple of days, we’ll be focused on … doing what we can to extend the pause so that we continue to get more hostages out and more humanitarian assistance in,” Blinken said at a stop in Brussels.On Wednesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the Gaza Strip was in the midst of an “epic humanitarian catastrophe,” and he and others called for a ceasefire to replace the temporary truce. “Intense negotiations are taking place to prolong the truce which we strongly welcome but we believe we need a true humanitarian ceasefire,” he told a meeting of the UN Security Council.