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
some of the israeli hostages who were seized by hamas during the group s deadly raids into israel in october, are due to be released. paving the way, for the first time in seven weeks, a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas has begun. hamas which is designated a terrorist group by the uk has pledged to release 50 israeli hostages. in return israel will release 150 palestinian prisoners. let s look at the timings for the day. the ceasfire got underway at 5am this morning uk time. 13 of the 50 israeli hostages are due to be released at 2pm, at the rafah crossing. and within two hours, by lipm, 39 palestinians are due to be released at a west bank checkpoint. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. as the sun rose over the gaza strip the new truce brought relative calm. and soon, after nearly seven weeks of brutal fighting, and soon, after nearly seven weeks of brutalfighting, people and soon, after nearly seven weeks of brutal fighting, people were on t
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