ceasefire deal between israel and hamas, which is only forfour days. oscar pistorius is due to be released on parole after he ii released on parole after he 11 years after he murdered his girlfriend, rena steenkamp. welcome to the programme, what has been a dramatic and hugely significant day in the war between israel and hamas. for the next four days, the fighting in gaza has paused as a temporary ceasefire kicks in. hostages have been policed mcaleese, also hostages have been released. this was the moment when 2a hostages who had been held by hamas were driven across the border into egypt by the international red cross. israel says all of them are in good health, they include 13 israelis, six of them elderly women, all children and their mothers. in the next few days, total of 50 israeli hostages are due total of 50 israeli hostages are due to be released. ten thai nationals and a filipino were also released today under a separate steel. while those scenes were unf
the ceasefire came into effect at 7am local time this morning, a shaky start to that ceasefire, i could still see and hear the sounds of firing until about 7:15am, but since then things have generally been quiet. it looks like this ceasefire is holding, there we can still hear things like drones in the sky above us. this is an important steel because the hope is that in the next few hours, the largest group so far israeli hostages will be released from gaza. this deal has taken weeks to negotiate between israel and hamas, brokered by qatar. what they are hoping is that 50 hostages, all israeli nationals or dual nationals will be released in groups over a period of the next four days. we know these will all be women and children, we know that male hostages are not expected to be released in this group. israel has already contacted their families and they are waiting now anxiously for the next few hours for the bronze to be returned to them. we know they will be given medical c
been mediated by qatar, 13 israeli hostages are due to be released later today, with 50 being released over the four days. as part of the agreement, israel will release 150 palestinian prisoners. sir stephen o brien is a former un under secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. hejoins me now. tell us what has been happening at the border and how difficult it is been for some of these eight trucks to get through. how long they have been there, how long the jets were. you are in a hot part of the world so it has been a long, arduous time for people to be waiting but there has been plenty of time for assessments by the professionals, not least for the unh wr, to which i used to run, which has been really active in making sure there is a real assessment for the people, particularly in south casa, where they have been gathering to have the humanitarian supplies distributed to them to help them survive and maintain some kind of ability to give th