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00:00 A fifth day of relative calm in Gaza after Israel and Hamas agreed to extend the temporary
00:06 ceasefire by 48 hours.
00:10 On Tuesday, the Palestinian militant group confirmed it would release 10 more Israeli
00:14 civilian hostages in exchange for 30 more Palestinians and for Israel delaying the resumption
00:21 of its war against Hamas.
00:23 It will also allow hundreds of truckloads of aid into Gaza - a lifeline for hundreds
00:28 of thousands of civilians.
00:31 But getting it to them is slow.
00:34 "I've been waiting here the whole day.
00:37 It's been four days since I arrived at Ratha."
00:39 "Can you deliver the aid today?"
00:42 "I have no idea.
00:44 Maybe today or tomorrow or even later."
00:46 "Why can't you deliver it today?"
00:48 "There are so many trucks queuing up."
00:51 Qatar, which is playing a leading role in negotiations, said all efforts were on reaching
00:57 a sustainable truce and, eventually, ending the war.
01:02 "We need the push of the whole international community to make sure that that happens.
01:07 However, we are working with what we have.
01:09 And what we have right now is a provision to the agreement that allows us to extend
01:13 days as long as Hamas is able to guarantee the release of at least 10 hostages from their
01:21 side."
01:22 But already complex negotiations may soon become even more so.
01:26 Over 160 Israeli hostages remain in Gaza, some of them held by other militant groups.
01:34 Hamas is also expected to make much higher demands for the release of Israeli soldiers
01:39 it captured during its 7th of October attacks.