Israel Hamas war LIVE: Mediators work to extend truce deal as pause in fighting enters final 24 hours - after Hamas hands over 12 more hostages

The US-based Institute for the Study of War has said that the ability for Hamas to govern the Gaza Strip 'appears to be breaking down'.

In its daily update on the conflict, the think tank said this was even in the case in southern Gaza, 'which will complexify Israeli clearing operations.'

It pointed to Oxfam saying that the situation in the Gaza Strip was 'absolute chaos' and without the 'rule of law', and a report by the Associated Press that said civilians in the south of the strip were challenging Hamas's rule.

The ISW also said that both Israel and Hamas had reported at least 'one violation of the temporary truce agreement in the Gaza Strip, but neither side escalated the situation to more general fighting across the strip.'

You can read the think tank's full report below:

The Israeli army raided the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, according to the head of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

Dr Christos Christou, international president of Médecins Sans Frontières, said he and his team were trapped in a hospital for two hours during the raid.

'Israeli military vehicles blocked the entrance of the hospital and the road, preventing ambulances from leaving,' he wrote on X, adding that two Palestinians died from their wounds while 'ambulances could not reach them'.

Clashes in the West Bank have increased dramatically since October 7.

United States President Joe Biden has said that to continue down the path of 'terror, violence, killing and war' is to play into the hands of Hamas.

Writing on X (formerly Twitter) he said: 'Hamas unleashed a terrorist attack because they fear nothing more than Israelis and Palestinians living side by side in peace.

'To continue down the path of terror, violence, killing and war is to give Hamas what they seek. We can't do that.'

A source close to Hamas has the Islamist movement was willing to extend by an additional four days a Gaza truce that has seen Israeli hostages exchanged for Palestinian prisoners, AFP news agency reports.

'Hamas has informed the mediators that it is willing to extend the truce for four days and that the movement would be able to release Israeli prisoners that it, other resistance movements and other parties hold during this period, according to the terms of the existing truce,' the source told AFP.

A series of satellite images captured on Novebmer 26 have been released, showing vehicles transporting aid into Gaza and the area around hospitals.

In one picture, dozens of trucks carrying aid are seen waiting at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza during the on-going temporary truce.

Another shows the area around Gaza's Al Shifa hospital, which has been at the centre of much international attention during the conflict.

Israel's goal of destroying Hamas could be slipping out of reach.

While the IDF's bombardment had destroyed swathes of Gaza and killed thousands of civilians, it seems to have had little effect on Hamas's rule, AP reports.

This is evidenced by the terror group's ability to conduct complex negotiations, enforce the cease-fire among other armed groups, and orchestrate the release of hostages who were dragged into Gaza from southern Israel on October 7.

Hamas' leader in Gaza, Yehya Sinwar, and other commanders have likely relocated to the south of the strip, along with hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians who have packed into overflowing shelters after fleeing from the north.

An Israeli ground invasion of the south could eventually ferret out Hamas' leaders and demolish the rest of its militant infrastructure, including miles of tunnels, but at a cost in Palestinian lives and destruction.

This is a cost the United States, Israel's main ally, seems unwilling to bear.

The Biden administration has told Israel that if it resumes the offensive it must operate with far greater precision, especially in the south.

That approach is unlikely to bring Hamas to its knees any time soon, and international pressure for a lasting cease-fire is mounting.

Hamas yesterday handed over a fifth group of Israeli and foreign hostages, Israel's Defence Forces confirmed, with negotiators now working to hash out another extension of the ongoing ceasefire set to expire later today.

The Israelis in the group were named as 36-year-old Rimon Kirsht, whose husband remains a hostage, Gabriela Leimberg, 59, and her daughter Mia, 17, who was filmed clutching her pet dog Bella as she was flanked by Hamas fighters.

The group also includes Mia's aunt Clara Merman, 63, Argentina-born Ofelia Roitman, 77, Ditza Herman, 84, Tamar Metzger, 78, Merav Tal, 53, Philippines-born Noralin Babdilla, 60, and Ada Sagi, 75, whose British son Noam has been campaigning in Israel and London for her release.

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