from southern israel. one of the two israeli women released last night, after being held hostage by hamas, has been speaking about her ordeal. yocheved lifschitz, who s 85, said she d been through hell. her husband is still being held. israel estimates more than 200 hostages are still in gaza after being abducted in the attacks of october 7th. hamas, which is designated a terrorist group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. at least 700 people have been killed in gaza in the last 2a hours, according to hamas officials who also say the total number killed is now more than 5,700, including more than 2,000 children. here s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. he correspondent, yolande knell. may find some of ti her report he may find some of the images in her report distressing. the moment of release. in a video sent out by hamas, they were handed over to representatives from the international red cross. but then she turns, shaking the hands of a ma
and while real madrid s position might not surprise many, this is real sociedad, leading inter milan in group d. they take on benfica in lisbon. sevilla are the third la liga side involved on tuesday and they host arsenal. bayern munich are top of the group that manchester united and copenhagen are in, the german champions are in turkey to play galatasaray. the texas rangers have reached major league baseball s world series. defeating the defending champions in the process. in fact, they demolished the houston astros in the pivotal game seven of the american league championship series. home runs from adolis garcia, corey seager and nathaniel lowe saw the rangers wrap up an 11 4 victory. sending them to the world series for the first time since losing back to back fall classics in 2010 and 2011. it was. remarkably. a seventh straight win in the alcs for the away team. with garcia hitting two homers. going deep for a fourth consecutive game. he s an incredible tire talent and w
hospital, al shifa, where conditions have become desperate while fighting continues outside. a spokesman said the infants would be moved to a safer hospital on sunday. and overnight, the world health organisation has warned that it has lost communication with the hospital in gaza city. a surgeon there previously told the bbc the hospital had run out of water, food and electricity and that the intensive care unit had been struck. meanwhile, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has reiterated that the war in gaza will continue until hamas is destroyed and all the hostages it s holding are free. the bbc s lucy williamson reports from southern israel, and a warning some of these images may be distressing. gaza s main hospital is now the eye of this military storm. staff here say they ve been under constant fire for the past 2a hours. the dead trapped here, along with the living. we would like to bury their bodies. we tried yesterday to make a big grave in shifa hospita
connected with is. she was mistreated by her own family, which is even more upsetting. but she stayed true to herself. she didn t believe them when they treated her like she was less than them. and i think for children, when a child s bullied, they tend to eventually believe the bullies. they think, i am. i must be the problem. and cinderella didn t. and then her life got better. these beautiful things happened, things evolved, and she brought her authentic self to the ball, i d like to say. and.and that, in my opinion, is what shined through, was the time of love at first sight and things in all fairy tales. but that s not really what it was about for me. it was about that. and even the beauty of the fairy godmother, of this trusting there will be people out there who can see you for who you are, the best of you, and will help you and look for them. and it helped me persevere through it. and i look back on it now, and i think it helped drive me towards what i do now. hmm.
jerusalem. thanks forjoining us. these reports coming out of gaza pentagram picture of the humanitarian situation there. what more can you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? how hospitals in gaza are coin: ? ~ . coping? well, with great difficulty- coping? well, with great difficulty. they coping? well, with great difficulty. they are - coping? well, with great difficulty. they are all i coping? well, with great - difficulty. they are all pretty much surrounded in gaza city, because the israelis argue these are places where hamas fighters have based themselves, and consequently there have been intense battles going on around us hospitals. the israelis say they are not targeting hospitals per se, and they are trying to get the civilian populations that are clustered around them to try to leave, and also starting to think about evacuating the hospitals themselves, so that israel can concentrate on dealing with hamas. there is a small development on upfront this