for an extension in order to bring more hostages home. and in the last hour the palestinian foreign minister has warned that once the deal expires, it is important that innocent civilians are protected. hamas freed more hostages, including 14 israelis, in exchange for 39 palestinian prisoners on sunday. but both israel and hamas are reported to have raised concerns over the lists of hostages and prisoners set to be released today. qatari mediators are said to be working with both sides to resolve the problems. meanwhile tech billionaire elon musk is in israel to discuss tackling anti semitism online with prime minister benjamin netanyahu after a rise of hate speech on his platform x. also in the past hour, israeli government spokesperson eylon levy has given a press conference. he was asked what happens when the current four day pause ends. the campaign to end hamas and bring our hostages home will resume immediately with the end of the hostage release pause. i m not going to
these results. that s my goal, that s our goal, to keep this pause going beyond tomorrow, so that we continue to see more hostages come out and surge more humanitarian relief in to those who are in need in gaza. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is in tel aviv with more. rejoicing in israel, after the darkness of recent weeks. the latest group of hostages freed from gaza wave to supporters as they are welcomed home. both israel and hamas are signalling their deal could be extended to free more of those being held, for reunions like this. after 50 days apart, young hostages finally home. emily hand embraced by herfather, thomas, who at one stage believed her dead. now she is free, and, he says, doing well. yesterday, we finally got emily back from the hands of the gazan terrorists. she s lost a lot of weight. from herface and body. but generally doing better than we expected. emily s family say they will throw her the biggest birthday party ever. she turned ni
of an extension as hamas offers to release more hostages. dozens of israelis who ve been held captive in gaza have been released by hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. in return, 117 palestinian prisoners have been freed. president biden said he wants to keep the deal going so all hostages can be brought home and more aid can be sent to gaza. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. free again. 14 israeli hostages released by hamas head home after their long ordeal, along with three foreign nationals. among them were is year olds dafna and ela elyakim, eight, who were finally reunited with their mum, chen goldstein almog, who was released along with her three children, and roni kriboy, released 51 days after being kidnapped from a festival where he was working as sound crew. it followed a weekend of happy reunions. people from kfar aza watched on as news of their friends avigail idan spent her fourth birthday in captivity. the israeli a
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
more humanitarian relief in to those who are in need in gaza. we ll hear more on the possibility of an 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 when she was taken hostage and she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7 attacks. members of her family have released a statement saying: 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 it until i saw her. i simply couldn t believe it. now i m a bit more relieved. not relieved completely, because there is happiness mixed with missing abigail s parents. there are other people who have not returned. i want them to return