the un says 137 trucks of goods entered gaza on friday since the pause — this makes it the biggest humanitarian convoy received since the war�*s start on 7 october. israeli media says hamas has named 13 hostages for release on saturday. senior international correspondent orla guerin has this report on the hostages�* homecoming. israeli pilots setting off for a key mission, to bring hostages home after almost 50 days in captivity. israel has been holding its breath for this. the journey began when a convoy of vehicles crossed from gaza into egypt. a glimpse of the hostages inside on the road to freedom. a number were neighbours in the same kibbutz. earlier, 72—year—old adina moshe was helped from an ambulance in egypt, moving slowly but chatting and smiling. (applause) and this was the welcome as the hostages arrived tonight at an israeli airbase. there is collective relief here that at least some have been freed. these are the 13 israelis who came back today, spanning the generations. it's an emotional moment for those whose loved ones remain trapped in gaza. i know family members of the kids who are coming back home now. i can't believe it, it'sjust — it is so happy to note they are here in israeli territory. i feel as if part of my family came back. among those freed, a mother and daughter, seen here in a family birthday video. emilia aloni, in blue, is five years old. she and her mother, daniele, now on home soil. (singing) but for many, the waiting continues. a circle of women singing and remembering. they are friends and relatives of itai svirsky. they know he won't be home soon. only women and children are due to be released. for itai's cousin, naama weinberg, mixed emotions today. when i will see those hostages back here in israel, i will be very happy for their families and for them...but very happy forthem, really. but we also need to remember that it's only the beginning and 12 or 13 hostages that will be released today, hopefully, and 50 total in the next four days, this is less than a quarter. in gaza today, streets bustling once again after the ceasefire took effect. families going to look for food or check if their homes are still standing. many here want peace for longer than four days. "we hope the ceasefire will be extended," this woman tells the bbc. "today is the first day we woke up without bombing, "without being terrified, with nothing to fear." back in israel, a helicopter landing tonight at a hospital here in tel aviv, where some of those released will have medical checks. they disembarked, shielded from view, to be reunited with their waiting families. orla guerin, bbc news, tel aviv. now to the 39 palestinian detainees released. they were accused of a range of offences, from throwing stones to attempted murder. they were released at a checkpoint in the occupied west bank and were greeted by a crowd waving flags. the group will soon be allowed to return home, according to israel's prison service. the detainees were chosen from a list of 300 women and minors compiled by israel. the vast majority are being held on remand while awaiting trial. the bbc�*s lucy williamson was on the ground throughout the day amid the celebration and reaction in the streets. the israeli army has already tried to push back the crowd of young palestinian men gathered here at the beitunia checkpoint. this is where the palestinian prisoners are due to be released in a little while and meet with their families. but as you can see this doesn'tjust families. but as you can see this doesn't just affect 39 families here in the palestinian territories, and also a lot of other people beside, it is a much bigger medical issue. and the atmosphere today is pretty tense already. we have had teargas and rubber bullets fired by the israeli army towards the crowd, stones thrown back, teargas cannabis thrown back, teargas cannabis thrown back, teargas cannabis thrown back towards the troops. —— canisters. the crowd has been growing here at the checkpoint as four o'clock has come and gone. this is where the palestinian prisoners are due to be released and meet theirfamilies but due to be released and meet their families but you due to be released and meet theirfamilies but you can due to be released and meet their families but you can see it is notjust families that have gathered here, there is an awful lot of young palestinian men and children, some of them are saying how important this was for palestinians generally. we have just had was for palestinians generally. we havejust had more was for palestinians generally. we have just had more teargas wired in this direction, there is a real rising sense of frustration here, people gathered around the red cross car. demanding to know where the prisoners are. there is a real sense of rising impatience here at the beitunia checkpoint. minutes later, another vehicle surrounded, this time enjoy. inside with 39 prisoners, women and teenagers. this is a small victory for palestinians, in a war that has already exacted a very heavy price. to israel, prisoners being released tonight are security threats. to those gathered here to receive them, they are victims of israel's occupation. and their release is a symbol. we can go live now to mara kronenfeld, who's the executive director of the us national committee for the un reliefs and works agency for palestine refugees. what sort of conditions are your colleagues in gaza reporting, we are at nearly 2a hours on from the ceasefire, doesn't seem to be holding? we are ve doesn't seem to be holding? - are very happy of course and welcome news of the ceasefire, although it is of course limited, as well as the release of hostages and visitors. this, we really are though calling for a much longer, we really are though calling fora much longer, in we really are though calling for a much longer, in fact a permanent humanitarian ceasefire, because the conditions have been so difficult and in fact we have 2.2 million people in gaza living under deplorable inhumane conditions. and it is really a human tragedy at a level, at an extreme level. we know that as your colleagues at 137 trucks of humanitarian aid had got in today, which is far more than the average of some 35-45 more than the average of some 35—45 trucks that can get in, that had been able to get in since 21 october. this is extremely helpful, given the lack of water, food, medicines, other supplies across the gaza strip, but before this conflict there were 500 trucks daily. so there were 500 trucks daily. so there will still be many in need, although of course we welcome this expanded aid. find welcome this expanded aid. and how much of _ welcome this expanded aid. and how much of that aid has made its way to your own organisation, for giving out to the people there? all organisation, for giving out to the people there?— the people there? all of the trucks that _ the people there? all of the trucks that come _ the people there? all of the trucks that come in - the people there? all of the trucks that come in through | trucks that come in through rafah, whether they come in from the world health organization, the world food programme or elsewhere, they are met by unrwa at the inside of rafah, so unrwa is the organisation, the primary logistics partner that is able to take those goods and disperse them to what is now1 million displaced palestine refugees and palestinians more broadly across the gaza strip. and many of these million people are staying in completely overcrowded conditions. there is one school, a school that should have only been able to have 2000 individuals, now holds 39,000 people stop and we are talking about one shower for every 4000 5000 people, a bathroom may be for 5000, 6000 people. fin bathroom may be for 5000, 6000 --eole. ., ., ., people. on that note of displaced _ people. on that note of displaced people - people. on that note of displaced people we - people. on that note of| displaced people we are people. on that note of - displaced people we are hearing that israel has told those in gaza not to try to return to their homes in the north while this ceasefire is under way. are your colleagues on the ground reporting that many are trying to do that is mac i don't have any information about that. i don't have any information about that.— don't have any information about that. ., ~ ., ., about that. i do know however that one of — about that. i do know however that one of the _ about that. i do know however that one of the aspects - about that. i do know however that one of the aspects of - about that. i do know however that one of the aspects of the | that one of the aspects of the ceasefire, and of course we hope it is extended into a permanent one, is that unrwa is able to get needed resources to those in the north who had been suffering so much. we hope our ability to get aid there will increase, i have to say on a personal note, our colleague who works at unrwa usa, he just lost his brother and his brother's wife and their four children who are in the north in gaza city. so there were airstrikes up untiljust a couple of, at least up until a couple of, at least up until a couple of, at least up until a couple of hours before this ceasefire took hold, tragically.— ceasefire took hold, tragically. ceasefire took hold, trauicall . �* ., tragically. and indeed we have s - oken tragically. and indeed we have spoken to _ tragically. and indeed we have spoken to him _ tragically. and indeed we have spoken to him on _ tragically. and indeed we have spoken to him on this - spoken to him on this programme, so please do pass on our condolences. how hopeful are you that this ceasefire might be extended beyond these initial four days? might be extended beyond these initialfour days? i might be extended beyond these initial four days?— initialfour days? i am... all i can say — initialfour days? i am... all i can say is _ initialfour days? i am... all i can say is we _ initialfour days? i am... all i can say is we hope - i can say is we hope desperately. people cannot continue to live under these conditions. these are mothers and fathers and doctors, pharmacists, teachers who, some of them have reported actually today that they have been wearing the same clothes for 45 days straight. they have to stand in line to use the restroom, to wash themselves, and they are fearful even in the south, fearful, even within unrwa installations, fearful of being killed by our strikes. we have had 69 unrwa buildings that have been impacted by this, 23 have been directly, these are clear violations of international humanitarian law, and the truth is one is in gaza right now. the ceasefire must be extended, it has to be permanent.— be extended, it has to be permanent. be extended, it has to be ermanent. ~ ., ., ., permanent. we have heard of some individuals _ permanent. we have heard of some individuals trapped - permanent. we have heard of some individuals trapped in l permanent. we have heard of i some individuals trapped in the al—shifa hospital still, some medics and patients there without water and electricity, they are reporting they have no medical supplies. will there be any effort or can there be any effort to rescue those people during this time? i effort to rescue those people during this time?— effort to rescue those people during this time? i am hopeful that with this _ during this time? i am hopeful that with this ceasefire, - during this time? i am hopeful that with this ceasefire, we - that with this ceasefire, we are hopeful we can get more aid, as i mentioned, to the north of the street. i know my colleagues will be doing everything they can to get aid in the northern part of the strip, where al—shifa hospital is. mara kronenfeld, unrwa, thank you forjoining us. earlier, i also spoke about the conflict with former us ambassador gina abercombrie winstanley, who's president of the middle east policy council. the cease—fire seems to be holding in the first group of hostages and detainees have been exchanged. is this the beginning of the end? it is a day with some significant wins all the way around. a win for the israel in getting important people home again, a win for the united states and our partners for the negotiations that made it happen. a win for qatar as many had been pressuring it to distance itself from hamas and yet, without that connectivity this could not have happened. and of course a win for palestinians who are getting home prisoners, many of whom are women and minors. sentenced for throwing stones, some detained "administratively" — something we do not have the us where you can be detained without charge and without trial. so wins all the way around and most importantly a win for diplomacy, and that is the way we resolve this. the way we move forward is putting diplomacy out front. did you expect that some american hostages would have been in this first wave of hostages released, given that american diplomacy you are speaking about? well, it would have been to our preference for americans to have been included, but we have had american citizens released earlier. i will say that as many have observed in the last few days, hostage taking has a long historic pattern in conflict. and one of the things that we know is that when hostages have been taken, by palestinians, they indeed have been used to get palestinian prisoners released. we know about one place where over a thousand prisoners were released in exchange for that one israeli. so in many ways the hostages may have been fairly safe because there was a pattern of using them to exchange. so does my expectation and i think many of us are hopeful that continued diplomacy will lead to the release of all of the rest of the hostages. indeed, there is some expectation in some circles that the cease—fire may even be extended, that negotiations can carry on and some more individuals will be released. that would be preferable. again, this has been collective punishment for the palestinians with the siege having 60 trucks come through with humanitarian assistance. it's been important. but keep in mind the usual number of trucks coming into the gaza strip is in the hundreds, not in the tens. so far more is needed. the international community has made it clear, the president of the united states has made that clear, we heard him say the first reason for this humanitarian pause was to allow humanitarian assistance into the gaza strip. it is in everyone's interest to continue this and allow diplomacy to help us get to the next phase, which is a solution to this conflict, which will not happen as long as there is a military interaction going forth. both the israeli prime minister netanyahu and hamas has said once the cease—fire is over at the war will return. the us position is one of firm support for israel. are we likely to see that change if we do see a return of exchange after the cease—fire? i think the support of the us is unshaking. that is the reality. we have heard the president say that, we have heard the secretary of state say that. that does not mean that we are not going to be pushing for longer pauses, something that may lead to a cease—fire because we have been very clearfor a long time. there is not a military solution to this conflict. the only way to truly eradicate hamas, to end their control of the palestinian people, is to give the palestinian people a viable, credible alternative. and that comes through diplomacy, not through military conflict. are you concerned about the attacks that there have been on us troops in the region? absolutely. as this war continues, the possibility and to the danger of the conflict spreading is a very real one. both sides, with lebanon and syria, hezbollah and the israeli idf have been very careful about the tit—for—tat that has been going on. but it only takes one a rocket or one missile to hit the wrong place, to have this go out of control. so this is absolutely a concern by the us government. gina abercombrie winstanley, from the middle east policy council speaking to me earlier.. as we heard from orla, earlier, some gazans are using the temporary truce to return to their homes — but many have been destroyed. bbc verify has been analysing exclusive satellite images showing the widespread destruction in gaza. merlyn thomas is in the bbc verify hub with more. but first, this image is from may. now it's a neighborhood of beit lahiya between gaza city and the northern border with israel. and a reminder, this is what it looked like before the war began. now, as you can see here, these are densely populated areas, lots and lots of residential blocks, as you can see here. now, i want you to follow this as i go and show you what this looks like after. and this image, this is the latest satellite image that we've got. this was taken yesterday. and as you can see here, that is the majority of destruction of those buildings on the eastern side. just to show you again, this is what it looked like before and this is what it looked like after — buildings brought down to rubble. and i want to show you another image. this is, again, before the war. so firstly, if we look at this corner of the image, can see this residential block here, really urbanised. you can see this large tower block. i'm going to show you what this looks like after — this is, again, taken from the latest satellite imagery from yesterday. all of that brought down to rubble. before, you can see those green patches of area, the tower block that's there. and after. i'm actually going to show you another detail in this image. so if you look up here, this is a large empty courtyard. you can see there from the satellite image in may. and this is what it looks like after. now, i'm going to show you what this looks like, a bit more zoomed in, just to show you. so this is what that area looks like. this is an image. this is an image, is a symbol on the israeli flag, the star of david, and it's carved into the ground. and we've actually confirmed this with footage that the idf have released on the 17th of november using machinery. and they've made these lines that we saw, the symbol i've just showed you. and we've geolocated this to be the exact same spot on that satellite image. and the intense bombardment and israeli advance has had a massive impact on gazan civilians. over the past few weeks, we've seen videos of people fleeing the north with possessions in hand women, men, children fleeing the north. and we have some idea of how many people have been displaced. so this is data taken from the un of how many people have been displaced during the war. so on 8 october, we know that about 123,000 people were being displaced. and on 16 october that number increased to a million. and the latest data we have is from 21 november. so that is 1.7 million people. that's just over three quarters of the whole of gaza's population. and so far in this conflict, most of the intense bombardment has been in the north of the gaza strip. so people have been moving south. here, this video we were able to verify this morning —— let's turn to some important news around the world. the world food programme has warned that afghan families being forced to return from pakistan will struggle to feed themselves through the winter. thousands are rushing to the border as pakistan mandates that all 1.7 million afghans living in the country illegally must leave. islamabad has so far not listened to calls from refugee agencies to reconsider its deportation plans. pakistan justified its decision saying afghan nationals had been behind suicide attacks, smuggling and other crimes on pakistani territory. there's new fallout in the victory of hard—right populist geert wilders in netherlands elections last week. the party of the country's outgoing prime minister of 13 years, mark r