Israel says 12 more hostages released by Hamas have left Gaza - BBC News
Israel says 10 of its citizens and two Thais are free - and it has released another 30 Palestinians.
An Israeli soldier walks on a tank near the Israel-Gaza boundary on Tuesday evening Image caption: An Israeli soldier walks on a tank near the Israel-Gaza boundary on Tuesday evening

Tuesday was the first of a two-day extension to a break in fighting that will run out in 24 hours’ time.

But there is a good chance, I think, that we will then see another 48-hour extension agreed by the two parties.

It’s clear that both sides seem to want that, as long as we have this process going more or less according to plan – with very little in the way of interruptions or challenges.

We don’t know the state of the negotiations that have been going on, but we know they’ve been going on. Efforts to keep this truce going will be intense.

But don’t forget that when this process is over, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his troops are planning to continue their operations in Gaza with what he calls “full force”.