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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,
the un says 137 trucks of goods entered gaza on friday since the pause this makes it the biggest humanitarian convoy received since the war s start on 7 october. israeli media says hamas has named 13 hostages for release on saturday. senior international correspondent orla guerin has this report on the hostages homecoming. israeli pilots setting off for a key mission, to bring hostages home after almost 50 days in captivity. israel has been holding its breath for this. the journey began when a convoy of vehicles crossed from gaza into egypt. a glimpse of the hostages inside on the road to freedom. a number were neighbours in the same kibbutz. earlier, 72 year old adina moshe was helped from an ambulance in egypt, moving slowly but chatting and smiling. (applause) and this was the welcome as the hostages arrived tonight at an israeli airbase. there is collective relief here that at least some have been freed. these are the 13 israelis who came back today, spanning the gener
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