of the tunnel area, where the focus of the tunnel area, where the focus of the tunnel area, where the focus of the operation has been. you cannot see the exact area where, finally, those hand drillers managed to actually get through the debris, pushed through just to actually get through the debris, pushed throughjust a to actually get through the debris, pushed through just a small pipe, and that was the pipe that was actually used to bring out on stretchers, one by one, the men. let me show you some of the pictures from some of the moments after the men got out. the chief minister there welcoming, one by one, as the men came out. some beaming smiles, some looking shell shocked after what they had been through. there is one of the huge smiles, but it has been such a desperate rescue operation at times, with huge setbacks and, as the days stretched out, for the families it was absolutely agonising. but of course, there was good news along the way because they did manage to ge
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, seen he
in the attack on kibbutz be eri. this is the moment she was reunited 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. this is accountant, shiri weiss, aged 53, a hostage released to israel along with her 18 year old daughter, noga weiss. 21 year old maya regev was also freed. also among the women and children released on saturday was shoshan haran, 67, was taken from her home in kibbutz be eri on october 7. shoshan haran s daughter, adi shoham, 38, her children, eight year old son, nave and her three year old daughter gani yahel shoham, were also released on saturday. 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 in
during the 7th of october attack, for 150 palestinian women and children held in israeli jails. israel still expects that to happen but not before friday and there will be a similar delay to the temporary halt in hostilities. hamas says there are still details to be finalised regarding the list of people to be exchanged. for now, the fighting continues there was a series of explosions in gaza through the night. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country will continue to fight hamas until absolute victory is achieved. aid agencies are extremely concerned about the humanitarian situation in gaza. some trucks carrying supplies have been able to cross into the territory this week. my colleague anna foster is live in tel aviv. thank you. this has been for weeks now a gathering point for people who have family members who are being held hostage in gaza, friends as well but also ordinary israelis who come to see their posters and pictures and empty table and t
a subtle message shift, but a strong message from secretary of state tony blinken saying that far too many palestinians have been killed. and senator joe manchin says he is not running for re-election and threatening the democrats chances of keeping control of the senate next year and stoking speculation of a third-party presidential run. and dispatching alerts across the country with letters sent to election offices in six states and workers finding fentanyl in one office. john and sara are off today. i m kate bolduan with omar jimenez. this is cnn news central. this morning, secretary of state tony blinken says that israel must do more to protect palestinian civilians and seen as one of the most direct condemnations so far of the civilian death toll of the hamas-israel war. and this as strikes hit a hospital in gaza. watch this. explosions were seen near two hospitals where israel says that hamas has placed some of the headquarters underneath in tunnels. just a few m