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we start with the war in gaza and the reaction in israel to the news that the country s military mistakenly killed three of the hostages who were taken by hamas, during its operations there. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer al talalka seen here left to right were shot by israeli troops in shijaiyah, in the north of gaza. a spokesperson said they were misidentified as a threat. on friday night, in tel aviv, hundreds of people gatherhed to call on the israeli government to do more to secure the release of the remaining hostages. they were captured by hamas, which many countries consider to be a terrorist organisation, during the attack in israel on the 7th of october. the tv news network aljazeera says one of its camera operators has been killed in the south of gaza after an israeli strike. aljazeera say samer abudaqa was wounded either by shrapnel or in a drone strike on a school in khan younis. here s our correspondent injerusalem, lucy williamson. israel s army i ....
truce with hamas, whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. today s releases brings the total number of hostages released during the window to sa and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the hamas attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come, and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involv ....