just three years old, released with their mother, sharon. their father is still being held in gaza. they ll be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been sharing footage of every release. israelis are very invested in this and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory even a partial one. already savouring her freedom, margalit moses, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she. freed from gaza on friday after almost 50 days in captivity. already a survivor of cancer, and now of hamas. some homecomings are overshadowed by sorrow. hila has been reunited with her uncle, yair rotem. but her mother, raya, yair s sister, was not freed by hamas, though israel says mothers and children were supposed to be released together. yair says his niece is still finding her voice. well, hila is whispering because she says that the terrorists that held them told them to keep it low all the tim
. you are live in the cnn newsroom. my colleague kaitlan collins is in tel aviv. jim acosta is off tonight. thank you for being with us. we are continuing with our breaking news. emotions running high in israel tonight as a second group of hostages make its way back home. right now, these 13 israeli hostages ranging in age from 67 to just 3 years old are on their way to loved ones after being taken from their home by hamas seven weeks ago. at the same time, some 39 palestinian prisoners are returning to the west bank to large celebrations. you can see it there. up to the minute coverage of this second day of what is expected to be at least a four-day pause in the fighting between israel and hamas. kaitlan? reporter: yeah. it s all a major question as we saw tonight. it came down to the wire with the second phase of this agreement. it appeared for a moment that the deal might be off as there was a dispute between hamas and israel over whether or not israel was living up to
aid is being allowed into gaza around 150 trucks carrying medical supplies, fuel and food entered on friday from egypt via the rafah crossing. turning to the released israeli hostages they were first taken through rafah from gaza, into egypt by road before being flown by helicopter to israel for medical checks. hospital staff gave this update on their condition. about half an hour ago, i was thrilled to be the one to receive four children, three mothers and a grandmother to the best and most caring hands here at the children s medical centre in israel. their physical condition is good and they are currently undergoing medical and emotional assessment. let s take a moment to look at what we know about these hostages all of whom were captured during the hamas attack on israel on the 7th of october. qatar, which has been mediating between israel and hamas, says the group of 2a is made up of 13 israelis, io thais, and one filipino. among the israelis there is one 85 yea
to be handed back to israeli officials. we know that 13 is really hostages are due to be released and would also be released is separate to that deal. 39 palestinian prisoners who are being held in israeli jails also being exchanged for those hostages. now as we continue to watch those live pictures, joining us now on the line, our correspondent lucy williamson. and the occupied west bank. lucy, we sawjubilant scenes and the occupied west bank. lucy, we saw jubilant scenes there yesterday as prisoners were released by this time yesterday. we ve had these delays, what is happening where you are now? right, this sounds like we are have communication problems here. we can t make contact with lucy at the moment. so we ll keep trying, lucy williamson our correspondent in the west bank. let s head tojerusalem with our correspondent tom bateman. it seems that the problems have been ironed out now, do we know what stage the release process is at? while we know it is due to take place
in at the hamas attacks on southern israel on the 7th of october who are being held more than 200 of them now, hostage inside gaza for exactly 50 days and that is where you can see large crowds starting to gather. some of them are families of the hostages who have come here they have many times over the last seven weeks, to really, i think, have many times over the last seven weeks, to really, ithink, receive support from other israelis, from other hostages, from friends and families. and this is an important moment on day two of this deal because, in the last hour, the armed wing of hamas has said on its telegram channel that it has decided to delay the second round of hostage releases and has accused israel of not adhering to the agreement and not adhering to the agreement and not delivering enough aid to the north of the gaza strip which is part of that deal brokered by qatar. until this latest development we were expecting at least 13 israeli hostages to be released, to b