Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:18pm on 09 Oct 2023,Monday International
Qatar is leading urgent talks with Hamas to negotiate a prisoner swap - freedom for Israeli women and children held hostage in Gaza in exchange for the release of 36 Palestinian women and children from Israeli jails. The talks are "moving positively" but no breakthroughs yet as both sides dig in. The number of Israeli hostages is unclear. Egypt is also involved, urging restraint and care for the captives. Israel says it will act to free its citizens but options limited by concern over hostages in perhaps the nation's worst crisis yet.
