the un says 137 trucks of goods entered gaza on friday since the pause this makes it the biggest humanitarian convoy received since the war s start on 7 october. israeli media says hamas has named 13 hostages for release on saturday. senior international correspondent orla guerin has this report on the hostages homecoming. israeli pilots setting off for a key mission, to bring hostages home after almost 50 days in captivity. israel has been holding its breath for this. the journey began when a convoy of vehicles crossed from gaza into egypt. a glimpse of the hostages inside on the road to freedom. a number were neighbours in the same kibbutz. earlier, 72 year old adina moshe was helped from an ambulance in egypt, moving slowly but chatting and smiling. (applause) and this was the welcome as the hostages arrived tonight at an israeli airbase. there is collective relief here that at least some have been freed. these are the 13 israelis who came back today, spanning the gener
a military offensive that began, after 1,200 people were murdered and around 240 hostages were taken by hamas, seven weeks ago. our middle east correspondent tom bateman is in jerusalem with more. as far as the framework of the deal and day when i think the prisoner exchange element of this has been shown to have been extremely successful. given just how challenging it has been for the two sides to pull this deal together through the mediator, qatar. the conditions on the ground remain extremely challenging. think about the weeks of war that led up about the weeks of war that led up to this. the unprecedented nature of the fighting that we have seen. and the brutality of the events. so the remains the risk that things can still go wrong. having said that we now go in today to of the israeli sayings say they have been handed a list via qatar from hamas of the next batch of hostages to be released. so the hopes will be that this can all be repeated once again on saturday. let s
official ceasefire. better than returning to live in a tent. translation: we returning to live in a tent. translation: returning to live in a tent. translation: we bear the bombing. translation: we bear the bombing. we translation: we bear the bombing, we got translation: we bear the bombing, we got use - translation: we bear the bombing, we got use of- translation: we bear the bombing, we got use of the destruction, we got used to the martyrs, we got used to everything. it s enough. i d rather go back home and staying here in schools. bbc verify has been analysing exclusive satellite images showing the widespread destruction in gaza. merlyn thomas has more from the bbc verify hub. this image is from may. now, it s a neighborhood of beit lahiya between gaza city and the northern border with israel. and a reminder, this is what it looked like before the war began. now, as you can see here, these are densely populated areas, lots and lots of residential blocks, as you ca
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of uk jobs. on bbc london, we meet the specialist police team in london s busiest hospital trauma ward, working alongside medics on newsnight at 10:30pm. we speak to a relative of the three of the hostages released by hamas as a humanitarian truce gets under way in gaza. we will also hear from an aid worker on the ground there. good evening from tel aviv, on a significant day in the war between israel and hamas. in this square over the last almost seven weeks, the families of israeli hostages have gathered for information about their loved ones. it s quiet now. well, today, there was good news. 13 of the captives are now back with their families, as well as 39 palestinians, held in israeli jails. the successful swap came after a pause in the fighting in gaza early this morning a temporary ceasefire lasting initially for four days, allowing the hostage deal as well as aid into the territory. hamas also released ten thai nationals and one citizen from the philippines who were