stories from around the world. let s begin in the middle east, and two further hostages taken from israel by hamas have been released. they were two russian women, one, 73, on the left hand side, and 150, on the right. one is 50. they are now with its special forces insight is really territory. idf special forces inside israeli territory. the israeli army says it s investigating claims by hamas that three hostages, including a baby, were killed in an israeli missile strike. hamas says ten month old kfir bibas died, along with his four year old brother, ariel, and their mother, shiri. the whereabouts of the father, yarden, remains unknown. family members say they ve been informed of the claims. on monday, the israeli army said the missing family members had been transferred by hamas to another palestinian group in the gaza strip and were being held in the southern city of khan younis. the us is reported as saying it is hopeful the truce in gaza can as pa rt of as part of
the idf has confirmed that two russian women are now safely back russian women are now safely back in israel and others are also in the process of being transferred. the six day temporary truce is due to end in just a few hours. senior israeli government adviser mark regev told the bbc in the past hour that israel would agree to an extension as long as hamas continues releasing hostages. meanwhile, israel says it has carried out a raid on thejenin refugee camp in the occupied west bank, and killed two senior terrorists . the palestinian authority says two children were also killed by gunfire in jenin. my panel tonight to discuss all this is kezia dugdale, former leader of the scottish labour party now a professor at the university of glasgow and american journalist. leader of the scottish labour party now a professor at the university of glasgow and american journalist. and author brian stelter who is a special correspondent for vanity fair. we ll be speaking to them
released people resportedly arrived in ramallah, in the west bank. the international red cross has been helping transport freed hostages from gaza and palestinian detainees from israel. in this war, they re maintaining a role of a neutral intermediary. for more on this let s speak to matt morris from the international committee of the red cross. thank you forjoining us. first of all, explain what the role is of the red cross when it comes to the transportation of these hostages. yes, so we work in conflict zones around the world and we have done so for very many years. our role, it is quite clear. once an agreement is reached, the two site have come to an agreement and they have decided what that agreement entails, then they come to us, the idea being that perhaps we are the trusted organisation that can be given the role of transferring people. once that agreement is made we are then requested to do this. what that has entailed over the last four days, as you have been descr
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this is what a spokesperson for the israel defense forces had to say about the situation. we will rescue our hostages at all costs. it is our duty, it is our moral responsibility of the israel defense forces. it is why we fight and why we must keep on fighting until all our hostages are home. with more on the hostage release, here s our senior international correspondent orla guerin in tel aviv. inseparable and coming home tonight. emma and yuli, twin girls just three years old, released with their mother sharon. their father is still being held in gaza. they ll be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been sharing footage of every release. israelis very invested in this and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory even a partial one. already savouring her freedom, margalit moses, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she. freed from gaza on friday after almost 50 days