Its tuesday, october the 24th. Our main story. Two israeli women, who were taken from their homes more than two weeks ago, have been released from captivity. Yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were among more than 200 people abducted by hamas fighters in the attacks of october 7th, and brought to gaza. Hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. The women, whose husbands are still being held, were handed over at the rafah Border Crossing between gaza and egypt at around 10 oclock local time last night. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the details. Freed after more than two weeks in captivity. In a video released by hamas, nurit cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz were handed over to representatives of the International Committee of the red cross. Not before 85 year old Yocheved Lifshitz turns to a masked hamas gunman, shakes his hand and says, shalom, hebrew for peace. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Group by many weste
israel says it s expanding its ground offensive in southern gaza, with witnesses there saying israeli tanks and troops are building up around the south. the world health organization says the amount of medical aid getting into gaza is was way too little and the situation there is was getting worse by the hour the israeli military are telling civilians to leave areas around khan younis that s a city israel told civilians to flee to for safety, earlier in the conflict. hospitals say they re overwhelmed with new arrivals. the world health organization says it s been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza, within 2a hours although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children s charity, unicef, says there s simply nowhere safe for people to go. the us state department says it s too early to say for sure, whether israel is heeding us advice to protect civilians in gaza
breaking news story, emergency services are responded to an incident in south wales, police have asked residents to avoid the area following assault of a serious assaultjust following assault of a serious assault just after nine following assault of a serious assaultjust after nine o clock following assault of a serious assault just after nine o clock this morning. let us cross live to the newsroom with the latest. bring us up newsroom with the latest. bring us up to day with what we know about this incident. as you see, this incident began around nine o clock this morning. armed police officers were cold to the area to dry and deal with the incident. some schools have closed because of this ongoing incident. a nearby school said in a statement to parents, they want to reassure you that as a precaution they are keeping people safe inside the building, and all perimeter gates are locked. of course this would be are locked. of course this would be a worrying time for anyone liv
to flee to for safety, earlier in the conflict. hospitals say they re overwhelmed with new arrivals. the world health organization says it s been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza within 2a hours although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children s charity, unicef, says there s simply nowhere safe for people to go. all this comes as the us state department says it s too early to say for sure whether israel is heeding us advice to protect civilians in gaza. but it did say israel was making more targeted requests for civilian evacuations in southern gaza. here is the latest from the ground from our middle east correspondent yolande knell. in the past few days israel has put out evacuation orders, particularly for the south of the gaza strip, affecting tens of thousands of palestinians, many of them people who have already been displaced by the fighting. it is t