Today marks six months since the 7 October attacks by Hamas that left more than 1,100 Israelis dead and prompted Israel's ongoing military operation in Gaza, which has killed more than 33,000 people. We'll be bringing you updates on this throughout the day.
By Mark Stone, US correspondent As we mark six months of the most brutal of conflicts in Gaza, a few thoughts. First, we're at the end of the most consequential of weeks in this bloody six-month period.I say it with a great deal of hesitation and perhaps some naivety but maybe there is a little sense of momentum right now.After the killing of foreign aid workers, it's been a week in which American influence seemed finally to have a humanitarian impact.
Israeli negotiators have also gone back to the table in Cairo, reportedly with a new mandate for hostage/ceasefire talks. The CIA director, the prime minister of Qatar and the Egyptian spy boss are also there.Could all this amount to a moment for the guns to fall silent, the hostages to come home and a flood of aid to get in? Well, many of us have wondered this before over the past six months, and we've been wrong.
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