one israeli man, whose wife and two daughters were among the israeli hostages released, says he won t celebrate until the last of the kidnapped return home. translation: i m happy that. i have received my family back. i m allowed to feeljoy and it is ok to shed a tear. that is a human thing. but i m not celebrating. i will not celebrate until the last of the hostages returns. israel says it has received a list with the names of the next 13 israeli hostages to be released by hamas. most of them are children. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has more on the hostage release and what s expected next. well, it was in a hospital close to tel aviv that eight of the israeli hostages were taken. they were the four children released today, and four women three mothers and one grandmother. the director of that hospital said they were in good physical condition, but that they were carrying out further medical and emotional checks on them. we have also had the other is really h
the next three days of the truce. thousands of displaced palestinians have used the pause in fighting to go back to their homes despite israeli warnings that the war is far from over. let s get this update from our middle east correspondent, tom bateman. let s show you some live pictures from gaza. this is kind newness, and this is the gaza skyline. the pause in fighting seems to be holding. this is exactly 2a hours now since that truce began, and as you can see it is looking calm, which bodes well for the release of further hostages promised later on today. we are also hearing, a lot of aid getting in yesterday and hopefully more to come as part of this deal, there is more flow of aid than has been happening in recent days so hopefully that will continue on later today. let s get this update from our middle east correspondent, tom bateman. well, it was in a hospital close to tel aviv that eight of the israeli hostages were taken. they were the four children released today,
mediated by qatar and egypt they re being taken to a medical centre south of tel aviv. the un says 137 trucks of goods entered gaza on friday carrying humanitarian aid. this makes it the biggest humanitarian convoy received since the war s start on october 7. israeli media says hamas has named 13 hostages for release on saturday. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel is working to get more hostages home. we have now completed the return of our first abducted children, their mothers, additional women. children, their mothers, additionalwomen. but children, their mothers, additional women. but i stress to you, the families, and you, citizens of israel, we are committed to returning all our people abducted. this is one of the goals of the war and we are committed to achieving all of the goals of the war. the us played a major part in securing the ceasefire deal and president biden says they won t stop until all the hostages are home. today has been the product
a military offensive that began, after 1,200 people were murdered and around 240 hostages were taken by hamas, seven weeks ago. our middle east correspondent tom bateman is in jerusalem with more. as far as the framework of the deal and day when i think the prisoner exchange element of this has been shown to have been extremely successful. given just how challenging it has been for the two sides to pull this deal together through the mediator, qatar. the conditions on the ground remain extremely challenging. think about the weeks of war that led up about the weeks of war that led up to this. the unprecedented nature of the fighting that we have seen. and the brutality of the events. so the remains the risk that things can still go wrong. having said that we now go in today to of the israeli sayings say they have been handed a list via qatar from hamas of the next batch of hostages to be released. so the hopes will be that this can all be repeated once again on saturday. let s
official ceasefire. better than returning to live in a tent. translation: we returning to live in a tent. translation: returning to live in a tent. translation: we bear the bombing. translation: we bear the bombing. we translation: we bear the bombing, we got translation: we bear the bombing, we got use - translation: we bear the bombing, we got use of- translation: we bear the bombing, we got use of the destruction, we got used to the martyrs, we got used to everything. it s enough. i d rather go back home and staying here in schools. bbc verify has been analysing exclusive satellite images showing the widespread destruction in gaza. merlyn thomas has more from the bbc verify hub. this image is from may. now, it s a neighborhood of beit lahiya between gaza city and the northern border with israel. and a reminder, this is what it looked like before the war began. now, as you can see here, these are densely populated areas, lots and lots of residential blocks, as you ca