hostages are expected to be released in exchange for a four day temporary ceasefire and the release of 150 palestinian women and teenagers from israeli presence. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin reports and there are distressing images from the start. a reminder of how all this began on october 7th, hamas gunmen storming across the borderfrom gaza, hunting israelis to kill or capture. around 240 were taken hostage. among them, shiri bibas, trying to shield her two little boys from the horror all around them. ten month old kfir had just started crawling. ariel, who s four, loves climbing and batman. now they and their mother are expected home in the coming days, along with dozens of other women and children. they don t know yet that hamas killed their grandparents. shiri s cousin, yifat, is caught between hope and torment. i don t know what kind of children will come back to us. the trauma, what they saw. and until i see them in my own eyes, i don t believe a
hostages under a temporary truce agreement with hamas will not happen before friday. the deal was agreed last night by israel and hamas which is designated a terrorist organisation by some western governments. it could also mean a delay to a four day temporary ceasefire and the release of 150 palestinian women and teenagers from israeli prisons. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports and there are distressing images from the start. a reminder of how all this began on october 7th, hamas gunmen storming across the borderfrom gaza, hunting israelis to kill or capture. around 240 were taken hostage. among them, shiri bibas, trying to shield her two little boys from the horror all around them. ten month old kfir had just started crawling. ariel, who s four, loves climbing and batman. now they and their mother are expected home in the coming days, along with dozens of other women and children. they don t know yet that hamas killed their grandparents. shiri s
temporary halt of hostilities. hamas says some details have yet to be finalised. the fighting has continued these pictures show a series of explosions in gaza overnight. it s also likely to resume at some point, even if it is paused israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said that his country will continue to fight against hamas, until absolute victory was achieved. aid agencies had already been voicing concerns about the situation in gaza. some trucks carrying humanitarian supplies have been able to cross into the territory this week. but pictures like these showing people struggling to secure bottles of water in gaza indicate how difficult conditions there are. we ll bring you the latest on all of these developments in this programme but we start with this report on the delay to the hostage and prisoner exchange deal from our middle east correspondent tom bateman. well, the sense we had all day was that according to the agreement, the ceasefire would start a
meanwile the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has insisted that his country will press on with its fight against hamas. translation: i want to be clear, the war is ongoing, l it is continuing. we will continue it until we achieve all our objectives. we will eliminate hamas and we ensure that the day after hamas, there will be no factor who will continue educating their children to hate and to eradicate israel, so we will continue eliminating in hamas, in the north, by the way, and in the south, we will continue that effort. the bbc s us partner, cbs news spoke to one family awaiting the news of whether their loved was one of the 50 released hostages. 3 year old abigail mor edan is the youngest known american hostage. herfamily members, liz hirsh naftali and noa naftali spoke to cbs morning to share abigail s story as they await her potential release. we are hoping and praying that she is in one of the first groups but we can only know, thatis groups but we can only
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