of an extension as hamas offers to release more hostages. dozens of israelis who ve been held captive in gaza have been released by hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. in return, 117 palestinian prisoners have been freed. president biden said he wants to keep the deal going so all hostages can be brought home and more aid can be sent to gaza. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. free again. 14 israeli hostages released by hamas head home after their long ordeal, along with three foreign nationals. among them were is year olds dafna and ela elyakim, eight, who were finally reunited with their mum, chen goldstein almog, who was released along with her three children, and roni kriboy, released 51 days after being kidnapped from a festival where he was working as sound crew. it followed a weekend of happy reunions. people from kfar aza watched on as news of their friends avigail idan spent her fourth birthday in captivity. the israeli a
you join us from qatar. tell us more about this possible news that the ceasefire could be extended beyond the four days? the four days? well, i think it is a very promising the four days? well, i think it is a very promising and the four days? well, i think it is a very promising and important - the four days? well, i think it is a i very promising and important piece of news. we hope that it does fall. you could see the benefit already from the few days of ceasefire. it has given the palestinians a badly needed respite from one of the most vicious attacks on civilian areas ever. and it has also helped the israeli families recover their relatives. and in fact it has brought into question the whole need for killing 15,000 people, to go back to square one, where hamas has originally proposed an exchange of prisoners for prisoners. and just to illustrate one important point which may be was missed earlier on in your report, the palestinian prisoners were largely children an
what difference do you think it has made? well, thanks for having me on the show. yeah, it is true. it is true that what used to be. ..a church centred in europe, out of which a lot of missionaries went out, and so came to africa and several other places in the south, we see some decline. decline that manifests itself first in the form that missionaries are no more. ..out there to be sent. church numbers are dwindling. but in the home of those missionaries. yes, yes. in germany, in germany, in france, in ireland. absolutely. and those countries where the missionaries did their work so many years ago, they re not really needed now because the catholic church is in countries such as your own in ghana. right. so that is true, that is true. but i probably not said they re not needed now. naturally, you know, every missionary can be needed if even there are ten to do the same job that one person used to do in the past. so when it comes to missionary i never talk about redundancy,
not a sensible use, i am saying to the government, review that, in light of what i go on to say. just to finish off this point, if we could briefly look at the end of this letter, on the next page, the paragraph starting, i recognise, you are there explicitly recognising that there is an issue about preserving specialist equipment for those in the nhs and other services who need it, you are expressly not talking about competing with them for these face coverings. spot on. exactly. back to the first page, most of this letter is taken up with you referring to other countries where the practice is different, countries where, in one way or another, face coverings among the general population might have been encouraged in some different settings than others. that is right. our own research had shown, others may macro from cities we were speaking to, they were using face coverings, if you have got the virus and are asymptomatic it prevents the drop it spreading to someone who may c
and the eu s head of foreign affairs, josep borrell, in calling for the truce between israel and hamas to continue. international pressure really mounting. international pressure really mounting. let s go live now to tel aviv and join anna foster. what is going to happen today? what is the holder, what we know about how this could possibly things today? it how this could possibly things toda ? . , , ., today? it was interesting hearing ou today? it was interesting hearing you describe today? it was interesting hearing you describe those today? it was interesting hearing you describe those two today? it was interesting hearing you describe those two things . today? it was interesting hearing l you describe those two things that seem quite contradictory on the face of it, the idea there is still negotiation going on about release lists, but at the same time, they are talking about a possible extension to the truce. in terms of those lists, what has happened so far is the