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abducted without any family. hila rotem aged 12, was taken captive with her mother raya rotem, who was not released with her daughter and remains a hostage in gaza. an accountant shiri weiss, aged 53, and 18 year old daughter, noga weiss, were realeased. 21 year old maya regev was also freed. also among the women and children released last on saturday was shoshan haran, 67, was taken from her home in kibbutz be eri on october 7. shoshan haran s daughter adi shoham, 38, her children 8 year old son, nave. and her 3 year old daughter, gani yahel shoham, were also released saturday. the hostages were released in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails, also all women and children. here they are being welcomed back in the west bank. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, has more from jerusalem. the deal is operating on a multiple three, for everyone israeli, three palestinian prisoners are released. that is why the negotiation was mediated by qatar. ....
kibbutz be eri during a visit with five other members of the family, this is her son, 8 year old nave. and her 3 year old daughter gani yahel, who are also on their way home. the hostages were handed over to the red cross inside gaza and driven across the rafah border with egypt before being transferred to the israel defense forces. a total of 13 israeli hostages were freed on saturday in addition to four thai nationals, released under a separate deal. thailand s prime minister says they are safe, and in good health, eager to contact their relatives. here s what the mother of one thai hostage has told us. translation: happy, i am really ha ! translation: happy, i am really happy! before translation: happy, i am really happy! before this translation: happy, i am really happy! before this i translation: happy, i am really happy! before this i was translation: happy, i am really happy! before this i was hoping i happy! before this i was hoping that my daughter wou ....
released, along with 21 year old maya regev. and adi shoham aged 38, who was kidnapped from kibbutz be eri during a visit with five other members of the family. this is her son, 8 year old nave. and her 3 year old daughter, gani yahel, who are also now arriving home. the hostages were released in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails also all women and children. here they are being welcomed back in the west bank. now, there had been fears the deal was off after hamas accused israel of reneging on the temporary ceasefire agreement, by not allowing enough aid trucks into gaza. that led to a delay of several hours. let s get more from our middle east correspondent tom bateman. tom, just to start, what is the latest we know about the situation in terms of this exchange between these hostages and prisoners? that transfer now is well under way with 13 israelis back on israeli soil and due to be taken to hospitals where they will be reunited with their l ....