on where things stand at this hour. plus, we will talk to the doctor leading the team, treating the released hostages, as we learn more about their time in captivity. meanwhile, israel released more than 100 palestinian prisoners in the last four days, mostly women and teenagers. we will look at who they are, and any moment now, first lady and president biden are due to arrive in georgia to attend the memorial of former first lady, rosalynn carter. we begin this hour with more on the breaking news in the israeli and hamas war. this morning israel and hamas are accusing each other of violating the pause in fighting as it enters into a two-day extension. last hour, the senior adviser to prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed the potential breach of the truce. when our perspective, i think the incident is closed and we are still on, i believe, for the release of ten additional hostages, women, men and children tonight. today s hostages are part of an additional 20
and medicine through a pipe. there s been a series of snags, a few days where we thought they were close to being rescued but lots of problems with the machinery. there was high powered drilling machines use, there was issues with one of the major machines which broke last week as well. some relief that given everything. 0h, here we are, we finally have a picture. this is the first worker who has been rescued. we don t have a name, but this is the picture everyone will be relieved to see, that he seems safe and well and is now safe as he comes out of the tunnel. and to remind you, this is part of a massive infrastructure project that the prime minister has put in place, a very ambitious project. a few billion dollars going into the highway project, which is aimed at connecting 400 pilgrimage sites, so it is huge. this is the first picture of the first rescue worker to be out of the tunnel. some details as well. i ve just received some more details about the photo, so if we ca
hostages come out and surge 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 avigail 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. 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 w
day of the temporary truce with hamas. whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons. hamas and president biden have said they would like to see an extension of the current four day truce but the israeli prime minister has maintained that his country will return to war. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more. rejoicing in israel after the darkness of recent weeks. the latest group of hostages freed from gaza waved 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 my face and body. but generally doing better than we expected. emily s family
of the current four day truce but the israeli prime minister has maintained that his country will return to war. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more. rejoicing in israel after the darkness of recent weeks. the latest group of hostages freed from gaza waved to supporters as they are welcome home. to free more of those being held. for reunions like this, after 50 days apart young hostages finally home. emily embraced by her father thomas who at one stage believed her dead. now she is free and he says doing well. believed her dead. now she is free and he says doing well. yesterday we finall not and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily back and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily back from and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily back from the - finally got emily back from the hands of the gazan terrorists. she s lost a lot of weight from her face and b