 We are halfway through the truce between Israel and Hamas. On this special weekend edition of Daily Deep Brief, we'll be looking at what impact it's having on the ground. Saturday was the second day of the truce between Israel and Hamas. As agreed upon, Palestinian prisoners have been released in exchange for captives held by resistance groups. There's also been an increase in the amount of relief material entering the besieged enclave. However, all this will not be enough to even begin to address the impact of the brutal bombing over 48 days. We go to Abdul for some updates from the ground. Abdul, thank you so much for joining us. We are recording its day two of the truce which has been achieved after nearly 48 days of very brutal bombing by Israel, also a ground offensive. So maybe first, can you take us through what has transpired so far in these two days? On the first very day, there were, on Friday, of course, there were 39 Palestinian prisoners released from the Israeli jail. Most of those prisoners were women and children, and none of them were arrested post October 7th. So this basically shows some kind of arrangement which Israel has where the Palestinians are kept for an indefinite period without any trial, without any charge. And basically this release shows that particular status of the Palestinians being, you can say, in some way what activists claim, kidnapped, and kept in captivity for long. So that one, in exchange, 13 Israeli prisoners were released. Sorry, Israeli who were kept by Hamas were released on Friday. And apart from that, Hamas also released around 10 Thai citizens and one Filipino person. So this is on the level of what was the terms and condition of the ceasefire agreed between Hamas and Israeli government. It also basically led to pouring in a crucial, very important relief material around 200 trucks entered Gaza through Rafa border, through Egypt. And apart from that, of course, this was the first time in the last 48 days when there was no bombing across Gaza. And some of the people who basically were forced out from the northern Gaza and were living in the southern and central Gaza have now basically moved back to their homes, whatever is remaining. And there are pictures coming from those places which have been completely destroyed. So the extent of destruction caused by Israeli bombing in the last 48 days basically also became very clear when the pictures came from those areas where people moved and some of the people claimed that whatever they had left behind, nothing was visible. Everything is destroyed in northern Gaza in particular. Apart from that, there are also talks of extending the ceasefire for further days. And I think as we have discussed before on this very show, Israel has claimed that every 10 prisoners, every 10 captive released from Hamas will basically bring one extra day of ceasefire. So that is all which has happened on the first day of the ceasefire. Right. I believe the exchange is expected to continue on the second day as well, which is Saturday as we are recording. Yeah. Today, though there is a confusion about the exact number of Palestinians being released from the Israeli captivity, some are claiming that 39 prisoners, same as on the first day, would be released. Most of them will be women and teenage kids, young boys. But some of them are also claiming that there will be 42 Palestinians who will be released. So exact numbers are not clear, but anywhere between 39 to 42 Palestinians will be released from the Israeli jails. And in exchange, Hamas is expected to release the same number of Israelis as it released on the first day. So 13 people Israelis will be released by Hamas. Apart from that, of course, the number of trucks which need to reach, which are allowed to reach Gaza from Rafa border will be, of course, it is 200. But as per the latest report, only 137 trucks are permitted so far to reach Gaza. So yeah, that is the condition on the second day. Tim, the recording is out. I think we'll have more clarity on the exact number of both prisoners as well as relief material. But Abdul Kadi, maybe also take us to what are some of the kind of responses and analysis that have sort of come out in the aftermath of this truce because especially from the global community, also the question of whether this can actually be pushed towards a lasting ceasefire? Well, let's talk a bit about the overall situation, humanitarian situation inside Gaza after the war. Of course, the bombing has stopped. But that does not mean the destruction caused by the Israeli bombing in the last 48 days has basically created a very worse humanitarian condition. According to the UN, around 2 million people, imagine 2.2 million is the overall population of Gaza, 2 million people need food aid now. And the 200 truck, number of trucks which are allowed to go across Rafa border will not be able to, is not able to kind of fulfill the needs, all the basic needs which Gazans need at this hour. And that basically creates a question mark on the overall efficiency of the overall humanitarian aid delivery inside Gaza. This basically also means the number of diseases which is out breaking. As per the UN report, there are already different kinds of water bond diseases because there is no water supply in the region for almost 48 days. And electricity fuel, everything is missing. Whatever food and medical aid which reached in last two days, of course, as I said before, is not sufficient to fulfill the needs of it. So that basically prolongs and basically creates a possibility of kind of humanitarian situation becoming worse despite the fact that there is, there is not going to be much bombing at least for next two days as per the agreement. As far as the responses from the overall world community is concerned, of course, there are attempts made by some countries to kind of prolong the ceasefire beyond the four days and the condition also allows, which Israeli government has said, that if the 10 prisoners are released, sorry, 10 captives are released from Amar's site, they will extend it for one more day. But apart from that, there has been no concrete proposal as yet in the public, which basically talks about the possibility of extension of ceasefire beyond the four days which was part of the regional ceasefire deal. There are also basically attempts made by Qatar and other regional players to basically convince both the parties to come and have started a longer, a talk for a longer peace. But again, that has not happened. And therefore, in fact, Israeli, if you follow, if you try to see what is happening inside Israel, there has been very strong opposition to this, even this four days ceasefire and Israeli government at this moment is in a very, you can say, not in a situation to kind of look for, because for their own compulsions inside the Israeli politics to kind of extend the ceasefire beyond four days or whatever extra days the release of the additional hostages will bring in. So overall situation in the public, whatever information is available that as of now, there is no news about any extension of the ceasefire beyond these four days. But also finally, I guess it's important to say that the key reason there is no pressure about this is the fact that much of the international community has, especially the global north, we talked about this before, and the US specifically has refused to use any of its leverage to pressurize Israel into going for a ceasefire, whereas it is countries in the global south, especially the BRICS countries, that's one platform which has, of course, taken a very strong stand in support of a ceasefire. Exactly. So only the BRICS countries and extended G20 meeting in which also US did not take any position or all the most of the Western countries did not take any position, but the developing world in both in G20 and in BRICS have strongly spoken in favor of immediate ceasefire and starting a longer process, peace process in the region. Because that is one consistent stand which only the developing countries and what we call in general the global south has taken. If you see the responses coming from Spain and Belgium, from Europe, these are the only two European countries which strongly have spoken in favor of ceasefire and kind of criticized Israeli aggression in Gaza. Even the responses, if you see, have basically said that any such statements made by, say, Prime Minister of Spain or the Belgian leadership would basically, the kind of aggressiveness the Israel has shown comes from the confidence that it has the backing of the US and other strong, powerful European countries. And until that pressure remains, of course Israel is in no need to kind of look for any long-term solution to the conflict in the region. Thank you so much for that analysis. Nonetheless, it's difficult to not notice the fact that after Netanyahu and Israeli leaders made such tall claims at the beginning of the offensive, the truth itself in some ways has shown that has shown the failures of their strategy. Unfortunately, thousands of Palestinians are losing their lives in this process. We'll come back to you next week as well for more analysis on this developing situation, especially what happens after ceasefire.