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
but for venables, it was the defining moment of a remarkable career. how old are you? 16. the football is your whole life. yes. he wanted it to go on being your whole life. yes. and so it proved that teenager was soon knocking in goals for chelsea. but it was as a manager that venables truly blossomed. in 1982, he guided queens park rangers to the fa cup final. before a stunning move to barcelona, where he won the spanish league title and earned the nickname el tell. next came tottenham, where he lifted the fa cup before a clash with chairman alan sugar and controversy over his business dealings saw him sacked. but in 1994, england came calling and venables coaching prowess reached its peak. 0h, brilliant. oh, yes. at a european championship on home soil, his team made it all the way to the semi finals. carried on a wave of national euphoria. agonisingly, defeat to germany on penalties ended their hopes. but venables had given the fans an experience they and he would never fo
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
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