From southern israel. One of the two israeli women released last night, after being held hostage by hamas, has been speaking about her ordeal. Yocheved lifschitz, whos 85, said shed been through hell. Her husband is still being held. Israel estimates more than 200 hostages are still in gaza after being abducted in the attacks of october 7th. Hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. At least 700 people have been killed in gaza in the last 2a hours, according to hamas officials who also say the total number killed is now more than 5,700, including more than 2,000 children. Heres our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. He correspondent, yolande knell. May find some of ti her report he may find some of the images in her report distressing. The moment of release. In a video sent out by hamas, they were handed over to representatives from the International Red cross. But then she turns, shaking the hands of a masked gunman a
a rousing same sex marriage legislation. a rousing reception for zilpah my president who told the un climate conference that he would stop the deforestation of the amazon. south korea has demanded a presidential apology for the deadly halloween crash. and the liftoff of artemis i. to the moon and beyond. find and the liftoff of artemis i. to the moon and beyond. and to the moon to the moon and beyond. and to the moon and to the moon and beyond. and to the moon and back, to the moon and beyond. and to the moon and back, nassar s - the moon and back, nassar s most powerful rocket finally ta kes most powerful rocket finally takes off. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, midnight in london and one o clock in the morning in poland, where an investigation is under way to determine who fired a missile that killed two people. nato, and the polish government, now say the missile
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