some of the israeli hostages who were seized by hamas during the group s deadly raids into israel in october, are due to be released. paving the way, for the first time in seven weeks, a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas has begun. hamas which is designated a terrorist group by the uk has pledged to release 50 israeli hostages. in return israel will release 150 palestinian prisoners. let s look at the timings for the day. the ceasfire got underway at 5am this morning uk time. 13 of the 50 israeli hostages are due to be released at 2pm, at the rafah crossing. and within two hours, by lipm, 39 palestinians are due to be released at a west bank checkpoint. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. as the sun rose over the gaza strip the new truce brought relative calm. and soon, after nearly seven weeks of brutal fighting, and soon, after nearly seven weeks of brutalfighting, people and soon, after nearly seven weeks of brutal fighting, people were on t
and terrorist infrastructure . as the weather worsens across the region, the situation on the ground for hundreds of thousands of people who have fled south in gaza in recent days and weeks will become much tougher. we can check on the humanitarian situation on the ground. live now to ramallah where we re joined byjohn entwistle, spokesperson from the international federation of the red cross. thank you for speaking to us on bbc news. heavy rain with us. i assume the same way you are and in up give usa the same way you are and in up give us a sense of the situation on the ground this morning. us a sense of the situation on the ground this morning. thank you for the time. ground this morning. thank you for the time- as ground this morning. thank you for the time. as you ground this morning. thank you for the time. as you rightly ground this morning. thank you fori the time. as you rightly report, the situation the time. as you rightly report, the situation is the t