卡塔尔官员周一宣布，哈马斯和以色列之间为期四天的停火延长了两天。
在哈马斯10月7日突然袭击以色列期间，200多人被扣为人质，并在饱受战争蹂躏的加沙地带被关押了近两个月，其中几十人在休战期间于过去几天获释。哈马斯释放了81名人质，以此交换从以色列监狱释放的180名巴勒斯坦人。
我们对这场冲突的了解
以色列和哈马斯之间最近爆发的战争已经暂停，以便交换囚犯和运送人道主义援助将近两个月.
根据哈马斯政府媒体办公室的数据，自10月7日以来，加沙地带已有超过15，000人被以色列军队杀害，超过36，000人受伤。
据以色列国防军称，自10月7日以来，哈马斯和其他巴勒斯坦武装分子已在以色列造成至少1200人死亡，6900人受伤。
在以色列占领的约旦河西岸，暴力事件也激增。据巴勒斯坦卫生当局称，自10月7日以来，以色列军队已在该地区杀害了至少239名巴勒斯坦人。
柯比:没有迹象表明哈马斯利用美国人质作为筹码
白宫国家安全发言人约翰·柯比说，没有迹象表明哈马斯试图将美国人作为人质，以便利用他们作为筹码。
“没有迹象表明哈马斯试图在美国方面玩某种游戏，”柯比周二告诉记者。
他补充说，解救人质的第一个测试案例两个美国人包括一名来自芝加哥地区的少年，以及4岁的美国-以色列人质阿比盖尔·伊丹在周末被释放。
以色列政府表示，在周二的最新交换中，12名人质——10名以色列人和两名泰国外国人——被释放。
柯比重申，美国人质的数量“相当少，现在符合条件的美国人，包括妇女和儿童，就更少了。”
他还指出，在寻找人质方面存在问题，这些人质可能被各种团体扣押。
柯比周一表示，美国认为仍有八九名美国人被关押在加沙。
柯比说，释放人质将是布林肯中东之行的“首要”焦点
白宫称，释放更多人质将是国务卿安东尼布林肯最近一次中东之行的“首要”焦点。
“到目前为止，我们已经救出了大约70名人质，这很好。这是一个好的开始，但这只是一个开始。还有更多，”白宫国家安全发言人约翰·柯比周二告诉记者。“我们想把他们都找回来。”
柯比说，布林肯还将会见以色列外长，向他们保证美国的支持，并讨论向加沙提供人道主义援助。
本周的访问将是布林肯自10月7日袭击以来第四次访问该地区。
白宫:三次飞行中的第一次向埃及运送了超过54，000磅的援助物资
据国家安全顾问杰克·沙利文称，周二早些时候，美国在飞往埃及的航班上向加沙运送了超过54，000磅的医疗和食品援助。
他说，还有两架飞机将在未来几天交付货物。
“加沙的人道主义需求要求国际社会做得更多，”沙利文继续说，并补充说美国致力于保持这种援助。
12名人质在最近的交换中获释:以色列国防军
据以色列政府称，在最近的交换中，12名人质回到了以色列境内。
官员们说，人质包括10名以色列人和两名外国人，都来自泰国。
这些以色列公民被确认为78岁的Tamar Metzger迪特扎·海曼，84岁;诺林·巴布迪拉，60岁;阿达·萨基，75岁;奥菲利亚·伊迪丝·罗特曼，77岁;里蒙·基尔希特，36岁;梅拉夫·塔尔，53岁;林伯格一家——59岁的加布里埃拉·林伯格，17岁的米娅·林伯格和63岁的克拉拉·马曼。
以色列国防军说，人质被带经埃及，然后前往以色列凯雷姆沙洛姆的一个集合点。
其中五名女性梅茨格、海曼、阿达·萨基、罗伊特曼和塔尔是Nir Oz集体农场的居民，该社区是哈马斯10月7日袭击中受灾最严重的社区之一。
“他们被关押在恶劣的条件下，并被剥夺了基本的医疗服务。该集体农场在一份声明中说:“其中两名被释放的妇女已经与仍被囚禁的丈夫分离。”。“Nir Oz社区致力于在未来漫长的恢复过程中支持他们和他们的家人。”
据卡塔尔官员称，30名巴勒斯坦囚犯被释放以交换人质。
Israel-Gaza live updates: 12 hostages released in latest exchange: IDF
A four-day cease-fire between Hamas and Israel has been extended by two days, Qatari officials announced on Monday.
Dozens of the more than 200 people taken hostage during Hamas' Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel and held in the war-torn Gaza Strip for nearly two months were released over the last few days during the truce. Hamas has freed 81 of the hostages in exchange for 180 Palestinians released from Israeli prisons.
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What we know about the conflict
The latest outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas, which has been paused to allow for a prisoner exchange and the delivery of humanitarian aid, is nowapproaching two months.
In the Gaza Strip, more than 15,000 people have been killed and over 36,000 have been wounded by Israeli forces since Oct. 7, according to the Hamas Government Media Office.
In Israel, at least 1,200 people have been killed and 6,900 others have been injured by Hamas and other Palestinian militants since Oct. 7, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
There has also been a surge in violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Israeli forces have killed at least 239 Palestinians in the territory since Oct. 7, according to Palestinian health authorities.
Kirby: No indication Hamas using American hostages as leverage
White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby said there's no indication that Hamas is trying to keep Americans as hostages in order to use them as leverage.
"There's no indication that Hamas is trying to play some sort of game here in terms of the Americans," Kirby told reporters Tuesday.
He added that the first test case of getting hostages out involvedtwo Americans, including a teenager from the Chicago area, and that 4-year-old American-Israeli hostage Abigail Idan was released over the weekend.
In the latest exchange on Tuesday, 12 hostages -- 10 Israelis and two foreign nationals from Thailand -- were released, the Israeli government said.
Kirby reiterated that the pool of American hostages is "pretty small, and the pool of Americans that qualify right now, women and children, is smaller still."
He also noted that there are issues locating the hostages, who may be held by various groups.
The U.S. believes there are eight or nine Americans still being held in Gaza, Kirby said on Monday.
Hostage release to be 'prime' focus of Blinken's Middle East trip, Kirby says
Releasing more hostages will be a "prime" focus of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's latest trip to the Middle East, the White House said.
"We're up around 70 or so hostages out so far, which is good. It's a good start, but it's just a start. There are many more," White House National Security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters Tuesday. "We want to get them all back."
Blinken will also meet with his Israeli counterparts to reassure them of U.S. support and talk about getting humanitarian assistance to Gaza, Kirby said.
This week's trip will be Blinken's fourth to the region since the Oct. 7 attack.
White House: Over 54K pounds of aid delivered to Egypt for Gaza on 1st of 3 flights
The United States delivered more than 54,000 pounds of medical and food aid for Gaza in a flight to Egypt earlier Tuesday, according to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
Two more planes are set to make deliveries in the coming days, he said.
"The humanitarian needs in Gaza demand that the international community do much more," Sullivan continued, adding that the U.S. is committed to keeping that aid up.
12 hostages released in latest exchange: IDF
Twelve hostages are back in Israeli territory in the latest exchange, according to the Israeli government.
The hostages include 10 Israelis and two foreign nationals, both from Thailand, officials said.
The Israeli citizens were identified as Tamar Metzger, 78; Ditza Hayman, 84; Norlin Babdila, 60; Ada Sagi, 75; Ophelia Edith Roitman, 77; Rimon Kirsht, 36; Merav Tal, 53; and the Leimberg family -- Gabriella Leimberg, 59, Mia Leimberg, 17, and Clara Marman, 63.
The IDF said the hostages were taken through Egypt before heading to a meeting point in Kerem Shalom, in Israel.
Five of the women -- Metzger, Hayman, Ada Sagi, Roitman and Tal -- were residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz, one of the communities hit hardest by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack.
"They were held captive, in harsh conditions and deprived of essential medical care. Two of the women released have been separated from their husbands, who remain in captivity," the kibbutz said in a statement. "The Nir Oz community is committed to support them, and their families, through the long recovery process ahead."
Thirty Palestinian prisoners were released in exchange for the hostages, according to Qatari officials.
