committed to releasing another 20 women and children over the next two days. in exchange, 33 palestinians are to be freed by israel and just two hours ago we have also seen the first pictures from the west bank where the bus carrying those detainees released by israel arrived there. memo, on the humanitarian aid front that is flowing into gaza as a result of that temporary truce, further truckloads of supplies entered the gaza strip on monday with food, fuel and medicines being distributed by aid organisations. he is more from the bbc, on all the days development. inseparable and coming home tonight. emma and yuli, twin girls just three years old, released with their mother sharon. their father is still being held in gaza. they ll be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been sharing footage of every release. israelis very invested in this and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory even a partial one.
this is what a spokesperson for the israel defense forces had to say about the situation. we will rescue our hostages at all costs. it is our duty, it is our moral responsibility of the israel defense forces. it is why we fight and why we must keep on fighting until all our hostages are home. with more on the hostage release, here s our senior international correspondent orla guerin in tel aviv. inseparable and coming home tonight. emma and yuli, twin girls just three years old, released with their mother sharon. their father is still being held in gaza. they ll be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been sharing footage of every release. israelis very invested in this and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory even a partial one. already savouring her freedom, margalit moses, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she. freed from gaza on friday after almost 50 days
saying more palestinian prisoners to be freed from israeli prisons in the event that a release of more israeli hostages is carried out by hamas. the short statement says the next batch of 50 people are all female. for more on all the days developments here s orla guerin. inseparable and coming home tonight. emma and yuli, twin girls just three years old, released with their mother sharon. their father is still being held in gaza. they ll be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been sharing footage of every release. israelis very invested in this and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory even a partial one. already savouring her freedom, margalit moses, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she. freed from gaza on friday after almost 50 days in captivity. already a survivor of cancer, and now of hamas. some homecomings are overshadowed by sorrow. hila has been reun
inseparable and coming home tonight. emma and yuli, twins, just three years old, released with their mother, sharon. theirfather is still being held in gaza. they will be picked up by military helicopter. like these boys, freed last night. the government here has been showing footage of every release. israelis are very invested in this. and the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, needs a victory, even a partial one. cheering. already tapering her freedom, already savouring her freedom, margalit moses, who is 78. she tells hospital staff in tel aviv they are amazing. so is she, freed from gaza on friday, after almost 50 days in captivity. already a survivor of cancer, and now of hamas. some homecomings are overshadowed by sorrow. hila has been reunited with her uncle, yair rotem, but her mother, raya, yair s sister, was not freed by hamas, though israel says mothers and children were supposed to be released together. yair says his niece couldn t speak aloud for weeks. hila is
good evening. had there not been an extension to this four day truce, then the fighting would have resumed in just under two hours time. as it is, both sides will stand down for a further two days. so far, 11 israeli hostages have been released with more palestinians expected to be freed. we can show your life prison images where authorities are standing by. the us national security council spokesman, john kirby, said the us welcomed the extension. the humanitarian pause in gaza now in its fourth day, will be extended for another two days through thursday morning. israel time. this humanitarian pause has already brought a halt to the fighting, together with a surge of humanitarian assistance. now, in order to extend the pause, hamas has committed to releasing another 20 women and children over the next two days. we would, of course, hope to see the pause extended further. and that will depend upon hamas continuing to release hostages. that is the picture you are looking at o