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Israel sent troops into a hospital in southern Gaza on Thursday where it said hostages may have been held, as medics warned the key medical facility was operating in "catastrophic" conditions. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken later said he believed an agreement on a truce in the Israel-Hamas war and the release of hostages remained possible but that "very hard" issues were still to be resolved. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.