Morning recap: Day two of temporary truce begins in Gaza

Good morning MEE readers. The second day of the temporary truce in Gaza has begun this morning.

The first day was filled with a mix of emotions for Palestinians in the besieged enclave. For many, the absence of Israeli fighter jets bombing on a daily basis was a beautiful sound. The brief respite, however, also allowed many to view the full scale of the carnage left by Israel's bombardment.

Palestinians used the cessation of fighting to complete ordinary tasks: going to the store, walking on the open streets, and meeting with family and friends.

Other tasks weren't so ordinary, like returning home to salvage what remained of a destroyed home or recovering the body of a relative killed in the war.

While the past few hours have been the quietest period in the duration of the current war, here is some stuff you may have missed if you're just tuning in:

• In his first full interview since becoming UK foreign secretary, David Cameron told the BBC that Israel will not be secure until there is "long-term safety, security and stability" for Palestinians

• US President Joe Biden has said that he expects Americans to be released as a part of the agreement struck between Israel and Hamas

• Thailand's foreign ministry said on Saturday that 20 Thai nationals were still being held by Hamas

• Two hundred trucks were dispatched from Nitzana to the Rafah crossing and 137 trucks of goods were offloaded by the Unrwa reception point in Gaza

• Nearly 130,000 litres of fuel and four trucks carrying cooking gas crossed into Gaza

• Israel’s military said in a Telegram post on Saturday that it shot down a surface-to-air missile fired from Lebanese territory

• Israeli forces continued their weeks-long campaign of arresting Palestinians in the occupied West Bank