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 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 seven 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 helping the release. they also said today s release proves that we can get all the hostages back home. the israel defense forces spokesman daniel hagari said the release of four year old abigail was proof this is a justified war, fighting a
from there he returned to one of his former clubs, spurs, leading them to an fa cup win in1991. then came england. he led his nation at a home european champoinship in 1996, where football fervour gripped england as they reached the semi finals of the euros, to the strains of the song football s coming home. it was england s best major tournament achievement in 30 years. gary lineker, who venables signed for barcelona from everton and then brought him to tottenham when he took the manager s role at white hart lane, paid this tribute. first i would like to say what an incredibly sad day this is. it has actually hit me quite hard because i was very close to terry, he wasn t just a coach or manager. but he was a friend. i worked with him on television for many years. he was the only manager i had in my career that would regularly take out for lunch, where we just talked football and that started, as you rightly said, at barcelona when he signed me there. it an incredibly importa