We are on the 56th day since Hamas entered Israel to destroy homes, institutions and take hostages, and the Israeli army is responding with a back-to-back offensive. A seven-day truce between Israel and Hamas ends at 7 a.m., and it is not yet clear whether it will be extended again.

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05:51 An article in The New York Times claims that Israel had Hamas’ plans for the Oct. 7 attack more than a year before the devastating attack, but despite the document being seen by several senior officials, it was ignored. . According to the article, the 40-page plan, dubbed “The Wall of Jericho,” describes almost exactly how Hamas will eventually attack

05:44Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez deepened a diplomatic row with Israel after saying he had “serious doubts that Israel respects international humanitarian law”. His comments came days after he accused Israel of “indiscriminately killing Palestinians” during its military operation in the Gaza Strip.

Israel condemned his latest remarks as scandalous. For the second time in a week, the Spanish ambassador to Israel was summoned to warn about the statements.

01:04Israeli forces are preparing for a ceasefire

Israeli forces continue to prepare for the imminent expiration of the ceasefire.

The ceasefire will expire tomorrow at 7am local time (5am UK time) and hostilities could resume at any time after that.

00:46Citizens of Uruguay, Mexico and Russia are among eight Israeli hostages released by Hamas on the seventh day of a ceasefire in Gaza, Qatar, which brokered the deal, announced on Friday.

“Among the eight Israeli citizens released today under the deal are two minors and six women,” said Majed Al-Ansari, spokesman for Qatar’s foreign ministry.

Thirty Palestinians were to be released from Israeli prisons in exchange for 10 hostages from the Gaza Strip, which on Wednesday included “two Russian citizens who were released yesterday,” he added.

00:14The President of Israel asks for the help of the United Arab Emirates to ensure the safety of the hostages

The President of Israel personally appealed to the head of the United Arab Emirates with a request to help in negotiations for the release of several hostages in Gaza.

Isaac Herzog made the request during a meeting with Sheikh Mohammed in Dubai on Thursday, his office said.

“The president asked his friend Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan to use all his political weight to facilitate and speed up the return of the hostages,” the office said, according to Sky News.