red cross, the neutral intermediary who actually transport the hostages through gaza. the white house has said its hopeful that a us citizen will be among those freed. yesterday, hamas freed another 13 israelis who were taken hostage during the attacks on october the 7th. they are all women, teenagers and young children. four thai nationals were also released. among the group was nine year old emily hand. she was at a sleepover at a friend s house in the kibbutz when she was abducted, without any family with her. there was an emotional reunion last night. there was an emotional reunion last night. 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, the hostages were freed in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails
kibbutz be eri during a visit with five other members of the family, this is her son, 8 year old nave. and her 3 year old daughter gani yahel, who are also on their way home. the hostages were handed over to the red cross inside gaza and driven across the rafah border with egypt before being transferred to the israel defense forces. a total of 13 israeli hostages were freed on saturday in addition to four thai nationals, released under a separate deal. thailand s prime minister says they are safe, and in good health, eager to contact their relatives. here s what the mother of one thai hostage has told us. translation: happy, i am really ha ! translation: happy, i am really happy! before translation: happy, i am really happy! before this translation: happy, i am really happy! before this i translation: happy, i am really happy! before this i was translation: happy, i am really happy! before this i was hoping i happy! before this i was hoping that my daughter would be
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
along with her daughter, 18 year old noga weiss, along with 21 year old maya regev. adi shoham aged 38, who was kidnapped from kibbutz be eri during a visit with five other members of the family. this is her son 8 year old nave. and her 3 year old daughter gani yahel. the hostages were released in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners. you consider celebrations in the west bank in the last hour orso the west bank in the last hour or so as some of those prisoners are reunited with their loved ones. officials there is a six women and 33 children were among the prisoners released. four thai hostages were also released from gaza in a separate deal. there had been fears the deal was off after hamas accused israel of reneging on the temporary ceasefire agreement, by not allowing enough aid trucks into gaza. that led to a delay of several hours. all of this after friday s release of 13 israeli captives, in return for 39 palestinian prisoners. for the latest on what s happe