hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, 36 straight to breaks new us from israel, the defence forces there have said an israeli soldier has been released from gaza, they said private 0ri megidish was released during id f ground operations, she was kidnapped by hamas on october 7th. she has had apparently medical checks, and is said to be doing well, and has met herfamily. we are expecting to hear from well, and has met herfamily. we are expecting to hearfrom israel s prime minister, binyamin netanyahu shortly, we will go to him just as soon as he starts talking, the family of the three hostages who appeared in that video released earlier by hamas are expected to be speaking publicly to, that has been delayed. we expected to start in the next couple of minutes but that has been pushed back but as soon as that started we will carry that here on bbc news. now the bbc does not normally broadcast hostage videos but through is a still from today s video that has be
soldier who d been held since october the 7th. three other hostages appear in a video released by hamas. all that is the situation on the ground in gaza continue to escalate, as israeli tanks are seen on a key highway outside gaza city. tonight we will bring you the latest from our correspondents on the ground in israel and gaza. we also will have the latest from the uh security council, which is once again meeting to discuss the situation in israel gaza. and as israel ordered the evacuation of a number of hospitals in gaza, we focus in on the desperate situation of thousands of people and patients there. we come on air tonight as israel says its ground offensive has led to the rescue of one of its soldiers who was held in gaza by hamas. these pictures show private ori megidish back with herfamily pictures show private ori megidish back with her family again. she has had medical checks and said to be doing well, and has met herfamily. word of her release comes as israeli forc