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With conditions at Gaza hospitals getting worse,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today said that

any cease fire agreement must include the release of all the Israelis Hamas is holding in

Gaza.

Netanyahu also said that pressure from Israeli ground operations pushed Hamas to

negotiate about the hostages but there are reports tonight that Hamas has

paused the talks because of the ongoing chaos around Gaza's hospitals,

which is what Special Correspondent Leila Molana Allen

begins her report with tonight.

And we should warn you that some of the images may be disturbing. Hospitals across Gaza are on the brink of collapse.

Doctors have been working by flashlight to treat patients. But staff at Al-Quds Hospital today were unable to

continue under the conditions and were forced to stop accepting new patients.

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