day of the temporary truce with hamas. whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons. hamas and president biden have said they would like to see an extension of the current four day truce but the israeli prime minister has maintained that his country will return to war. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more. rejoicing in israel after the darkness of recent weeks. the latest group of hostages freed from gaza waved to supporters as they are welcomed home. both israel and hamas are signalling their deal could be extended to free more of those being held. for reunions like this, after 50 days apart, young hostages finally home. emily hand embraced by herfather, thomas, who at one stage believed her dead. now she is free and he says, doing well. yesterday, we finally got emily back from the hands of the gazan terrorists. she s lost a lot of weight from my face and body. but generally doing better than we expected. emily s family
the asher family back together now in an israeli hospital. and palestinians are also celebrating the return of dozens of prisoners. desperately needed food and supplies arriving into gaza. but the israelis with a warning that the fighting will resume when the ceasefire ends. matt gutman reports from tel aviv. meanwhile, the anguish continues for the families of nearly 200 hostages still being held. president biden vows to keep up the pressure until all the hostages are free, including americans. three palestinian college students shot and wounded in vermont. the police chief there says the attack may have been motivated by hate. the shooter still on the loose. and in new york, a protest in solidarity with palestinians shuts down a busy bridge. holiday travel takes a deadly turn with a blast of winter weather. more than 100 crashes reported on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. that system is heading east tonight. our weather team times it out. the former of
in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners. four thai hostages were also released in separate deal. 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. all of this after friday s release of 13 israeli captives, in return for 39 palestinian prisoners. live now to our middle east correspondent tom bateman. what s the latest we know and what s been the reaction where you are to this latest release of hostages? that transfer now is well under way with the group of 13 israel eased back on israeli soil and do to be taken to hospitals where they will be reunited with their loved ones. a similar procedure that we saw last night, although this is much later in the day because of that very significant delay. but 13, you mentioned some of the names and faces we saw there, eight of them children, five women. among the 13 you have for the
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, who was not released with her daughter, and remains a hostage in gaza. this is shiri weiss, an accountant, a hostage released along with her 18 year old daughter, noga. maya regev was also freed. also among the women and children released on saturday was shoshan haran who was taken from her home in kibbutz be eri on october 7th. shoshan haran s daughter, adi, her children eight year old son, nave. and her three year old daughter gani yahel shoham, were also released on saturday. the hostages were freed in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails also women and children. here they are being welcomed back on the west bank. this report is from our middle east correspondent, hugo bachega. reunited at last, nine year old irish israeli emily hand and he
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