of an extension as hamas offers to release more hostages. dozens of israelis who ve been held captive in gaza have been released by hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. in return, 117 palestinian prisoners have been freed. president biden said he wants to keep the deal going so all hostages can be brought home and more aid can be sent to gaza. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. free again. 14 israeli hostages released by hamas head home after their long ordeal, along with three foreign nationals. among them were is year olds dafna and ela elyakim, eight, who were finally reunited with their mum, chen goldstein almog, who was released along with her three children, and roni kriboy, released 51 days after being kidnapped from a festival where he was working as sound crew. it followed a weekend of happy reunions. people from kfar aza watched on as news of their friends avigail idan spent her fourth birthday in captivity. the israeli a
to six and then five and then four. we know who we re dealing with. we re dealing with a ruthless - and fanatical terror organisation. we saw the sort of violence - that they committed against innocent civilians on october 7th. and just tonight in the people | released i ve received the list, there are two three year old twins. yes? who kidnaps three year olds? only a brutal, ruthless terrorist organisation. | so we have few illusions - about who we re dealing with. but as president biden| said on friday, he said, hamas understands one thing and that s pressure. - thank you for coming on the programme. external pressure building from the us and un for a longer extension. mark expects ten hostages for everyday letters but i wonder the longer this goes on the harder it becomes for the israeli government. it’s harder it becomes for the israeli government- harder it becomes for the israeli covernment. , . , , government. it s a pretty impossible situation. good government
couple of hours. it seems to days releases and exchanges, that appears to be progressing. we know now an extension of the cease fire for the next couple of days. extension of the cease-fire for the next couple of days. next couple of days. that s right, everything next couple of days. that s right, everything things next couple of days. that s right, everything things come next couple of days. that s right, everything things come together| next couple of days. that s right, i everything things come together in the last hour. two different threads we re talking about today. first of all, the release of further hostages today, which was always planned under the fourth day of this four day deal as it originally was. there was a delay once again today, the israeli prime ministers office early in their day there was still in negotiations going on about the list of hostages which was due to be released. that in turn delayed the list of prisoners to be released from actually