they included the three year old twins, ema and yuly. they were captured with other relatives when hamas set fire to their home. they were freed with their mother, sharon, but theirfather is believed to remain in gaza. also released were brother and sister erez and sahar kalderon. their relative spoke about his relief as he waited to see them again. i m finding that it s difficult to go from a state of endless anxiety about their fate, to a state of relief and joy. i believe it will take time. this is an exciting and heart feeling moment, but we also understand that it is the beginning of a difficult rehabilitation process for sahar and erez, who are still young and have been through an unbearable experience. the truce between israel and hamas allowed the return of dozens of hostages but dozens more are still in captivity. over 150 of our hostages men, women, children, babies over 150 other hostages men, women, children, babies who s taking care of them? who is hold
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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it s 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. israel ramping up efforts to annhilate hamas. combat troops are on the ground in gaza pushing deeper into northern and central areas and live to mike tobin where can you hear new israeli strikes against strikes. yes, we are walking israeli airstrikes. we heard a cannon behind me. a israeli soldier freed from hamaoms captivity, private uri freed by an effort from shin bet intelligence. we know from israeli spokesman she .s providing intelligence. she is providing useful information. she s been checked by a doctor backy with family and okay. in light of that israeli forces on the ground, israel s prime minister is refusing discussion of a cease-fire saying now is time for war and civilized nations should back israel. just as united states would not agree tost cease-fire afterf thire bombing of pearl hard harr or after the terrorist attack of 9/11 israel will not agree to cessation of hostile advertise with hamas after the h