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
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 welcome home. to free more of those being held. for reunions like this, after 50 days apart young hostages finally home. emily embraced by her father thomas who at one stage believed her dead. now she is free and he says doing well. believed her dead. now she is free and he says doing well. yesterday we finall not and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily back and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily back from and he says doing well. yesterday we finally got emily back from the - finally got emily back from the hands of the gazan terrorists. she s lost a lot of weight from her face and b
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truce with hamas, whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. today s releases brings the total number of hostages released during the window to sa and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the hamas attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come, and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involved in