live to our middle east correspondent tom bateman who is in jerusalem. tom, thank you for joining. what is the latest on the hostages that have been released? what we know is that they have been transferred, as you say into the hands of the red cross, taken to the raffle border crossing between gaza and egypt. they have crossed it it rafah crossing. received by it israeli officials. very significant delay as you said, we re expecting this to happen all at four o clock local time. that is eight hours ago. the delay was because it seems by a dispute about what was in the agreement relating to humanitarian aid passing from the south of the gaza strip to the north of the gaza strip. the armed wing of hamas accused the israelis of effectively not allowing enough aid to pass into the north. the israeli military category denied that and said they co ordinate about that, it s the responsibility of the united nations. it was resolved with the immediate mediation of qatar and egypt.
right now on early start, the deal just brokered with hamas, israel and egypt to let foreign nationals get out of gaza. plus the idf defending its deadly strike on a crowded refugee camp. what israel says the intended target was. and just hours from now, in a new york courtroom, oldest son of donald trump could take the stand in a fraud trial against the family business. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is wednesday, november 1. 5:00 a.m. on the east coast and we begin with breaking news, sources saying that deal has been reached to release all foreign nationals who have been stuck in gaza along with critically injured civilians. the sources say the deal is separate from any hostage negotiations. rafael romo is live for us in tel aviv. we ve just learned about this in the last hour or so. what more do we know about what happens next? reporter: good morning. first of all, we have to say that this agreement is as you mentioned befo
good morning, we are in a very, very muqqy good morning, we are in a very, very muggy farm in detract for a perfect lesson in pumpkin carving. we would love to see yours soaping your pumpkins in good or bad, we will be having a go. weather wise, fairly quiet in the next couple of days, by comparison by the end of the next week, we could see dora me, storm ciaran pushing and affecting the far south of we could see quite stormy weather. it s monday the 30th of october. our main story. israel has continued its heavy bombardment of gaza overnight, as it targets hamas in areas that are also crowded with civilians. aid workers say israel has ordered the evacuation of the al quds hospital in gaza, where14,000 people are sheltering and 400 seriously ill patients are being treated. areas near the hospital have already been hit by air strikes. more than 30 trucks carrying food and supplies entered southern gaza yesterday, which is the largest humanitarian aid convoy to the territory
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