developments coming out of israel and gaza. the israeli military says its troops are now in the heart of khan younis, which they call a hamas stronghold . it follows an intense overnight bombardment. it follows what they call the most intense day of fighting. the islamichhad organisation posted this video which it says it shows are fighting against israeli forces in the city. the un food programme says the resumption of fighting has intensified the hunger crisis intensified the hunger crisis in gaza and also along without more details emerging of the october seven attack. bbc has been hearing evidence that women in israel was sexually assaulted, raped and mutilated by hamas. israeli investigators that have gathered more than 1000 testimonies from witnesses and those are handled the bodies of the victims after the attack. lucy williamson has more from jerusalem and a warning, this report contains distressing details. out of the chaos and mass trauma of the hamas attacks, new
hostages come out and search more humanitarian relief into those who are in need in gaza. we ll hear more on the possibility of that extended truce later, from our correspondent on the ground. it all comes as m more israelis held by hamas including nine children as well as three foreign nationals were released on sunday. among them is abigail idan, the first us citizen to be freed. she was just three at the time she was taken hostage, and she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. members of her family have released a statement, saying. we hoped and prayed today would come. the family also thanked the qatari and us governments for helping to secure her release. here s her grandfather, speaking earlier. translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe it translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe it until- translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe
truce with hamas, whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. today s releases brings the total number of hostages released during the window to sa and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the hamas attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come, and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involved in
from there he returned to one of his former clubs, spurs, leading them to an fa cup win in1991. then came england. he led his nation at a home european champoinship in 1996, where football fervour gripped england as they reached the semi finals of the euros, to the strains of the song football s coming home. it was england s best major tournament achievement in 30 years. gary lineker, who venables signed for barcelona from everton and then brought him to tottenham when he took the manager s role at white hart lane, paid this tribute. first i would like to say what an incredibly sad day this is. it has actually hit me quite hard because i was very close to terry, he wasn t just a coach or manager. but he was a friend. i worked with him on television for many years. he was the only manager i had in my career that would regularly take out for lunch, where we just talked football and that started, as you rightly said, at barcelona when he signed me there. it an incredibly importa