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 would be
with herfather, tom. emily was at a sleepover at a friend s house in the kibbutz when she was abducted, without any family with her. other children freed include hila rotem, aged 12. she was taken captive with her mother, raya rotem, who was not released with her daughter, and remains a hostage in gaza. shiri weiss, a hostage released to israel along with her 18 year old daughter, noga. 21 year old maya regev was also freed. also among the women and children released on saturday shoshan haran, who was taken from her home in kibbutz be eri. shoshan haran s daughter, adi, her children, eight year old son, and her three year old daughter were also released. the hostages were freed in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails also all women and children. here they are being welcomed back to the west bank. this report is from our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega. reunited at last, nine year old irish israeli emily hand and herfather, thomas, seen he
thanks for joining us on cnn newsroom. i m michael holmes with our continuing coverage of the israel/hamas war. it is day three of the fragile four-day truce between hamas and israel and the israeli government now has the names of the hostages who will be freed on sunday. that s after day two came to a rocky but successful conclusion late on saturday with the release of 13 israelis and four thai nationals who had been kidnapped by militants on october 7. after preliminary medical check, all the former hostages were taken to israeli hospitals for care and to be reunited with families. israel s health ministry said one woman, 21-year-old maya regev, was treated for a moderate injury and is in stable condition. also among the second group is 9-year-old emily hand, whose father had initially been told she died in the october 7 terror attack. the israeli government wants to know why 13-year-old hilla rotham s mother raya wasn t released with her daughter. an israeli official