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to be handed back to israeli officials. we know that 13 is really hostages are due to be released and would also be released is separate to that deal. 39 palestinian prisoners who are being held in israeli jails also being exchanged for those hostages. now as we continue to watch those live pictures, joining us now on the line, our correspondent lucy williamson. and the occupied west bank. lucy, we sawjubilant scenes and the occupied west bank. lucy, we saw jubilant scenes there yesterday as prisoners were released by this time yesterday. we ve had these delays, what is happening where you are now? right, this sounds like we are have communication problems here. we can t make contact with lucy at the moment. so we ll keep trying, lucy williamson our correspondent in the west bank. let s head tojerusalem with our correspondent tom bateman. it seems that the problems have been ironed out now, do we know what stage the release process is at? while we know it is due to take place
people certainly being handed over. you can see a bank of ambulances. an elderly womanjust being you can see a bank of ambulances. an elderly woman just being delicately walked out as some of these transfers continue thereat rafah. so many different points in this choreography before they ultimately get back to israel and the israeli authorities have that news conference they were talking about to confirm the various transfers, but a little glimpse perhaps of one of the people that were contained in those red cross convoy in ambulances earlier as we see shots both from the air and ground. we will continue with these pictures, but as we continue to watch them, let s bring in gideon leavey, an israeli author and journalist. thank you very much for being here and being on the programme. your headline thoughts as we hear some of the thoughts and details of this hostage release. very mixed feelings, all kind of thoughts. fin feelings, all kind of thoughts. on one hand, one cannot
israel and hamas. what we know about the 13, among them women and children, and more on the separate deal that led to the release of 12 thai nationals. in gaza where it s about 5:00 p.m. local time, the fragile four-day pause in fighting appears to be holding, but today new warnings from israel that fighting will resume when the four days are done, dropping leaflets over gaza. what israel s campaign could look like once this pause is over. and we begin with breaking news this morning, any moment the first group of hostages will be released under the deal between israel and hamas. 13 women and children will be among the first group of released hostages. nbc news can confirm that 12 thai nationals have already been released under a separate deal. a fragile four-day pause in fighting began just hours ago to make way for these releases. the column of israeli tanks seen leaving gaza, and we see these bulldozers there as well. new video captured just after the pause took effec
reunited with their families and the. and as and i was taking us through in the last few minutes, we have had the first official confirmation of two of those hostages, a 72 year old and 78 year old, so we know among the hostages those two, but a number of children that we knew had been negotiated in this the first group on this the first of four days of hostage releases. let s go straight back to tel aviv. my colleague anna foster is in tel aviv. you ve been talking about how all the people gather behind you there had been trying to keep a lid on their emotions until they got to this moment, it must be a very different feeling in the last few moments. it different feeling in the last few moments. , ., different feeling in the last few moments. , . ., , moments. it is, and as we say, we have spoken moments. it is, and as we say, we have spoken to moments. it is, and as we say, we have spoken to so moments. it is, and as we say, we have spoken to so many moments. it is,