7:19 am today

David Smith: Gaza and Israel

From Saturday Morning, 7:19 am today

Both Hamas and Israel now say they will continue to release hostages as part of the ceasefire agreement.

Mediators scrambled this week to shore up the deal - after Hamas accused Israel of breaching it, and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that fighting would resume this weekend.

Meanwhile, Jordan's King Abdullah has rejected Donald Trump's plan to resettle Palestinians in the kingdom.

Earlier this week, Mr Trump suggested he could withhold aid to Jordan and Egypt unless they agreed to take in Palestinians from Gaza.

And, the US president also turned his eye to Ukraine this week.

The Guardian's Washington DC bureau chief David Smith spoke to Susie.

A man walks past rubble and damaged buildings along a street in the Tuffah district east of Gaza City on 8 July, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas.

A man walks past rubble and damaged buildings along a street in the Tuffah district east of Gaza City on 8 July, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. Photo: OMAR AL-QATTAA / AFP

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