nine children and two women, were freed by hamas late in the evening. the israelis were flown by helicopter to a hospital in tel aviv. in return israel released 33 palestinians most of them teenagers from its prisons. a bus carrying the newly released people reportedly arrived in ramallah in the west bank. the un has used the pause in fighting to increase urgent aid deliveries to gazans but has warned that the consignments are a drop in the ocean. although more aid lorries are bringing supplies, they aren t carrying the winter clothing particularly needed for children. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. the flight back to freedom. ii hostages returned to israel last night after more than 50 days in hamas captivity. they included the three year old twins ema and yuly. they were captured with other relatives when hamas set fire to their home. they were freed with their mother, sharon, but theirfather is believed to remain in gaza. also relea
meanwile the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has insisted that his country will press on with its fight against hamas. translation: i want to be clear, the war is ongoing, l it is continuing. we will continue it until we achieve all our objectives. we will eliminate hamas and we ensure that the day after hamas, there will be no factor who will continue educating their children to hate and to eradicate israel, so we will continue eliminating in hamas, in the north, by the way, and in the south, we will continue that effort. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has the latest on the deal and the ongoing conflict. just a warning, some of the images in this report are distressing. a reminder of how all this began on october 7th, hamas gunmen storming across the borderfrom gaza, hunting israelis to kill or capture. around 240 were taken hostage. among them, shiri bibas, trying to shield her two little boys from the horror all around them ten month old kfir
meanwile the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has insisted that his country will press on with its fight against hamas. translation: i want to be clear, the war is ongoing, l it is continuing. we will continue it until we achieve all our objectives. we will eliminate hamas and we ensure that the day after hamas, there will be no factor who will continue educating their children to hate and to eradicate israel, so we will continue eliminating in hamas, in the north, by the way, and in the south, we will continue that effort. the bbc s us partner, cbs news spoke to one family awaiting the news of whether their loved was one of the 50 released hostages. 3 year old abigail mor edan is the youngest known american hostage. herfamily members, liz hirsh naftali and noa naftali spoke to cbs morning to share abigail s story as they await her potential release. we are hoping and praying that she is in one of the first groups but we can only know, thatis groups but we can only