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with herfather, tom. emily was at a sleepover at a friend s house in the kibbutz when she was abducted, without any family with her. other children freed include hila rotem, aged 12. she was taken captive with her mother, raya rotem, who was not released with her daughter, and remains a hostage in gaza. shiri weiss, a hostage released to israel along with her 18 year old daughter, noga. 21 year old maya regev was also freed. also among the women and children released on saturday shoshan haran, who was taken from her home in kibbutz be eri. shoshan haran s daughter, adi, her children, eight year old son, and her three year old daughter were also released. the hostages were freed in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails also all women and children. here they are being welcomed back to the west bank. this report is from our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega. reunited at last, nine year old irish israeli emily hand and herfather, thomas, s ....
come to bbc news. we will have more of an escalating situation in gaza in just a few minutes. but let s start with that breaking news that hamas has released a video, appearing to show three israeli women being held hostage. the bbc is not showing the video, which has been described as distressing . israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu described the video as cruel psychological propaganda , and said his government was doing it all it could to bring hostages home. worth reminding people before we go to lyse doucet injerusalem that the uk us and many other western governments have proscribed hamas as a terrorist organisation. live now to our chief international correspodnent, lyse doucet injerusalem. a really disturbing development that is bound to up the pressure on benjamin netanyahu?- is bound to up the pressure on benjamin netanyahu? already huge ressure on benjamin netanyahu? already huge pressure on the benjamin netanyahu? already huge pressure on t ....