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
singing. in tel aviv tonight, friends and campaigners coming together. there is hope here and there is caution. the first israeli hostages should be coming home tomorrow. 13 families should be reunited. but it s bittersweet. many hostages will remain in gaza. only 50 are due to be released during the ceasefire. sisters dafna and ella are not on the list for tomorrow, according to their mother, maayan. she tweeted tonight, it s incredibly difficult. i long for their return but i am relieved for the other families . gil dikman says all the families will share the joy when hostages come home. his cousin carmel is being held. she s 39 and loves to travel. her sister in law, yarden, is also trapped in gaza. even if our hostages won t be released in the next few days, the fact that there will be hostages released, pictures of children and mothers coming back, that s very, very strong and i think people are going to feel as if it s their own children. in gaza, one more day of dea
and four trucks of gas will be delivered daily to gaza once the truce begins, as well as 200 trucks of aid each day. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman is injerusalem with more details on the deal. all of this is so that the sides are verifying that their enemies, their adversaries in this, are doing what the deal says, so there s a lot of mechanics to get through but there is also, of course, a lot of scope for things still to go wrong and that is, i think, because we are in unprecedented territory here due to the number of captives being held by hamas, the ferocity and scale of the war itself and, of course, the way in which all of this began with the brutality of those attacks by hamas, and that is why i think there is very, very little trust between these two sides. there is none at all. what it s been replaced with is a kind of confidence and respect in the mediator, qatar, to hold all this together. those being held hostage include civilians, soldiers, people w