Ago members of her family spoke to the media in the last hour. Im so happy youre finally coming home. Weve missed you so much, and hope to you were alive. And safe. And we know you are so brave and strong and so glad your mom made it through this. Natalie and, julies we love you so much, we will see hopefully next week, and were going to celebrate. Were going to have a big party and were going to hug you in case you. We are the first hostages freed since hamas kidnapped more than 200 people during the october 7th attack on israel. In a statement President Biden said, quote, we have not cse our efforts to secure the release of those who are still being held. I think the government of qatar and the government of israel for their partnership in this work, end quote. Just outside gaza, trucks carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid are still waiting to enter. More than 100 trucks are stuck on the egyptian side of the rafah border between egypt and gaza. This comes as an israeli airstr
Israel has confirmed that two american hostages have been released by hamas. Judith and Natalie Raanan, who are mother and daughter, were taken after the hamas attack on israel earlier this month. The groups Telegram Channel says qatar had helped mediate their release, which was done for which was done for humanitarian reasons. President biden says he is overjoyed. Just a few lines to bring you from president macron, whos been speaking in the last few minutes about this. He says he hopes the release of fridays hostages leads to similar operations in the coming days, including for french citizens. He also says the French Military Intelligence Directorate has concluded that the gaza hospital blast, which we report on tuesday, was not due to an israeli strike but probably a misfiring palestinian rocket. That would tend to echo what Us Intelligence is saying. Hes also saying they are going to be supplying more humanitarian aid to the Rafah Crossing to support the aid coming across. Some li
We start with the latest on the Israel Gaza War. The United Nations Security Council has been discussing calls for a humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. Its Secretary General warned that the situation there has reached a dangerous new low, as israel prepares for a Ground Offensive. Its a week ago today that hamas a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments launched its attack on israel. During the night the Israeli Military continued, as you can see from these pictures, to hit targets from the air. The Israel Defence forces also released this video of air strikes on what it says are anti tank Missile Launchers in gaza. The army also confirmed it has carried out localised raids inside gaza ahead of its expected Ground Offensive. Officials say the raids were to eliminate the threat of terrorist cells and infrastructure. In other developments, the United Nations estimates than Tens Of Thousands in gaza have fled after the israeli evacuation warning. The original de
The israeli army is conducting localised raids in northern gaza, wherei million palestinians were told today to relocate ahead of a much bigger Ground Operation that is expected. In a day of rage ordered by hamas, there were protests across the middle east, and more rockets fired from gaza towards tel aviv. With me on the panel tonight sunday columnist and deputy Political Editor at the mail on sunday, anna mikhailova. Also here from atlanta, the attorney and democratic strategist, chris bruce. In the next few minutes we will get the thoughts of the former israeli Prime Minister, ehud olmert. And we will bring you up to speed with the chaos in the us House Of Representatives where republicans are still struggling to appoint a speaker. Good evening. The israels military has ordered the evacuation of more than 1 million palestinians from the northern section of the gaza strip, a move the United Nations has described as calamitous. The 24 hour deadline provoked a desperate scramble with f