would be released have been put on hold. over the past week, israelis and palestinians had started to get a little more used to scenes like this of reunion and relief, with children in particular the focus of worldwide attention. for the families still waiting, now the question what are the chances that further negotiations can yield a breakthrough? so far, 110 israeli hostages held by hamas have been freed, and 240 palestinians have been released from israeli prisons. these were mostly women, children and teenagers. and in this programme, we want to put the names, faces and stories to those numbers. in that spirt, on tuesday, 84 year old ditza heiman, one of the founders of kibbutz nir oz in israel was released. she is a former social worker and also the widow of a holocaust survivor who came to the uk on the kindertransport. sisters dafna and ela elyakim were freed on sunday after being taken from their father s home, also on kibbutz nir oz. their mother shared this photo
carter s memorial service starts tomorrow at noon eastern. thanks for joining us. thanks for joining us. ac 360 starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com that s the latest development on a day that saw another 11 hostages held by hamas since october 7th, the fourth group so far, returned safely to israel, 69 freed over the last four days. this is new video of some of them arriving tonight to a hospital in tel aviv, where they will be evaluated and treated. we learned the four-day pause in fighting between israel and hamas would be extended by another two days, and more hostages would be free. in order to extend the pause, hamas has committed to releasing another 20 women and children over the next two days. we would, of course, hope to see the pause extended further. and that will depend upon hamas continuing to release hostages. again, 11 women and children got out today. you see them here, all taken from a single community, kibbutz nir oz. 11 out of the 77 who
for an extension in order to bring more hostages home. and in the last hour the palestinian foreign minister has warned that once the deal expires, it is important that innocent civilians are protected. hamas freed more hostages, including 14 israelis, in exchange for 39 palestinian prisoners on sunday. but both israel and hamas are reported to have raised concerns over the lists of hostages and prisoners set to be released today. qatari mediators are said to be working with both sides to resolve the problems. meanwhile tech billionaire elon musk is in israel to discuss tackling anti semitism online with prime minister benjamin netanyahu after a rise of hate speech on his platform x. also in the past hour, israeli government spokesperson eylon levy has given a press conference. he was asked what happens when the current four day pause ends. the campaign to end hamas and bring our hostages home will resume immediately with the end of the hostage release pause. i m not going to
of an extension as hamas offers to release more hostages. dozens of israelis who ve been held captive in gaza have been released by hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. in return, 117 palestinian prisoners have been freed. president biden said he wants to keep the deal going so all hostages can be brought home and more aid can be sent to gaza. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. free again. 14 israeli hostages released by hamas head home after their long ordeal, along with three foreign nationals. among them were is year olds dafna and ela elyakim, eight, who were finally reunited with their mum, chen goldstein almog, who was released along with her three children, and roni kriboy, released 51 days after being kidnapped from a festival where he was working as sound crew. it followed a weekend of happy reunions. people from kfar aza watched on as news of their friends avigail idan spent her fourth birthday in captivity. the israeli a