truce with hamas, whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. today s releases brings the total number of hostages released during the window to sa and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the hamas attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come, and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involved in
what do we want? cease fire! away from the cenotaph, thousands of people joined a pro palestinian rally in the capital amid a huge police presence. these pictures show the scale of the demonstration, the largest to take place since the israel gaza war broke out last month. during the day, there were violent clashes between the police and counter protesters, including far right supporters. more than 100 were arrested. they came intent on confrontation, intent on violence and intent on causing trouble. we ve made a number of arrests, within the counter protest, including for possession of a knife, possession of a baton, possession of class a drugs and assault on an emergency worker. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, blamed suella braverman, saying the scenes were a direct result of the home secretary s words. she had faced criticism earlier this week for accusing the met police of bias. last night, the prime minister condemned what he described as violent, wholly unacceptable sc
hello, i m ben thompson. the israeli military says it has agreed to evacuate premature babies from gaza s main hospital al shifa to a safer place on sunday. an idf spokeswoman was unable to say how the evacuation would be carried out and the head of surgery at al shifa says no other hospital in gaza could accommodate the 37 infants at risk. this photo was sent to the bbc last night showing more than 20 babies being kept in a surgical theatre appearing to be need of oxygen treatment. alyona synenko says the situation in hospitals across gaza including the south is increasingly dire. hospitals overflowing with patience and thousands of displaced people who come there because they think they will be safer and hospitals running out of essentials. i speak without surgeons who are working in other european hospitals, they are running out of anaesthetic material and the blasts take place in the proximity of the hospital and when it happens the entire building shakes so it is