to israel in any way to bring them to israel and theirfamilies. the in any way to bring them to israel and their families.— and their families. the israeli military released _ and their families. the israeli military released these - and their families. the israeli l military released these images and their families. the israeli - military released these images as the unusual daylight raid got under where special forces officer died in the incident. hamas claims at least 210 palestinians were killed, and some hostages also died during the operation. if a government minister. also ahead, the bbc obtains new video footage believed to be one of the last two sightings of missing tv and radio presenter michael mosley on symi. and the latest from the general election campaign as the conservatives pledged to stamp duty cuts, and labour promises to reform business rates.

hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. israeli forces have rescued four of the hostages who were captured by hamas last october, and who are believed to have been held in gaza since then. the three men and one woman have been taken to hospital — they're said to be in good health, and have appeared in front of cameras. news of their rescue triggered celebrations in israel — these are pictures of israelis gathering outside the hospital where the four were taken for checks and treatment. but the military operation — which israel says was based on precise intelligence it had received — was hard—fought. israel's military says it suffered some casualties. hamas says that more than 210 palestinians were killed during the raid in central gaza.

and recently, a hamas spokesperson said some hostages were also killed during the clash. 0ur middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. free again. four hostages, captured by hamas on the 7th of october and taken into gaza. finally back in israel, after a dramatic rescue. one of them was noa argamani, who is 25 and who is one of the most recognised faces of the crisis — seen here reunited with her dad. translation: i would like to thank everyone, the president _ and the prime minister, everyone. please don't forget that there are another 120 hostages in captivity. we must release them and make every effort in any way to bring them to israel and their families. by the way, it's my birthday — look what a gift i got, thanks to each and every of you. also freed, almog meirjan, 21, andre kozlov, 27, and shlomi ziv who is a0. eight months ago they were at the nova music festival in southern

israel when hamas gunmen attacked. more than 360 people were killed and at least a0 others taken hostage. this morning, the israeli military carried out a raid of the nuseirat refugee camp in central gaza. special forces went in, there were heavy air strikes. the military said this was a complex operation based on intelligence. the four hostages, it said, were found at two separate locations in the heart of the camp and were brought out under fire. israeli forces have been preparing for this rescue mission for weeks. they underwent intensive training and they risked their lives to save the lives of our hostages. if there was relief in israel, the operation meant yet more suffering in gaza. at the al—aqsa hospital in nearby deir al—balah, chaos and desperation, with doctors struggling to treat the wounded.

many arrived already dead. translation: we were at home and a rocket hit us. _ my two cousins died and my other two cousins were seriously injured. they did nothing, they were sitting at home. translation: we were buying vegetables for lunch. _ i was with my friend and we saw more than 20 planes over our heads, four helicopters, two over salah al—din and two over the sea. we were surprised by the scene. towers were razed to the ground. they did not us send warnings or leaflets, nothing. body parts spread in the streets. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited the freed hostages in the hospital near tel aviv. he is being urged to reach a ceasefire and hostage release deal with hamas. today's rescue could help lift some of the pressure.

let's speak to the israeli minister of economy and a member of benjamin netanyahu's party. i wonder if we could start with the latest news coming from gaza. hamas claiming that some hostages were killed as part of the israeli operation to rescue the four hostages. d0 part of the israeli operation to rescue the four hostages. do you believe hamas? _ rescue the four hostages. do you believe hamas? the _ rescue the four hostages. do you believe hamas? the answer- rescue the four hostages. do you believe hamas? the answer is i rescue the four hostages. do you - believe hamas? the answer is to the best of our knowledge, that's not the case. the rescued hostages is one of the most important things israel has. it is highest on our agenda. and thank god. i salute the defence force, the government, the prime ministerfor defence force, the government, the prime minister for taking that risk and bringing those four hostages back home. they were captured on october 7th from a festival, a piece festival. all the problems they had

is they are jewish and festival. all the problems they had is they arejewish and israeli. hamasjihadis want to is they arejewish and israeli. hamas jihadis want to kill and wipe out israel. from their perspective, 0ctober out israel. from their perspective, october 7th is just the out israel. from their perspective, october 7th isjust the beginning, they intend to do it again and again if they have the opportunity, and we must not let them have the opportunity. must not let them have the opportunity-— must not let them have the ouortuni . ~ ., ., must not let them have the ouortuni . ~ . ., ., opportunity. what do you make of the cost of these — opportunity. what do you make of the cost of these rescue _ opportunity. what do you make of the cost of these rescue operations? - cost of these rescue operations? special forces have lost an officer. that has been confirmed by the israeli government. mm—hm. the hamas health ministry claiming 200 palestinians so far reportedly killed as part of this operation. the cost to civilians is high. and israel has only ever rescued four hostages in such operations. seven hostages, i apologise, hostages in such operations. seven hostages, iapologise, in hostages in such operations. seven hostages, i apologise, in such operations. hostages, i apologise, in such operations-—

hostages, i apologise, in such operations. hostages, i apologise, in such oerations. ., ., , ., operations. the goal of hamas is to kill israelis. _ operations. the goal of hamas is to kill israelis. they _ operations. the goal of hamas is to kill israelis. they teach _ operations. the goal of hamas is to kill israelis. they teach their - kill israelis. they teach their children to kill. they are willing to die for the cause. the israelis, on the other hand, we teach our children to make a better world and seek peace. and unfortunately, hamas is using our advantage as a disadvantage. they know we care about lives, and that's what they are putting all their infrastructure, their terror infrastructure, their terror infrastructure, as part of the civil infrastructure, as part of the civil infrastructure, using human shields to protect themselves and find the hostages within families. they understand that if we retaliate and we send our troops, unfortunately some collateral damage may happen. but they use that against us, which is crazy. it's totally crazy. israelis, we do everything we can to try to bring our hostages back. if there are civilians helping the

militants hide the hostages, the civilians and the residents of gaza are taking a risk with their lives. are you saying, then, that you had intelligence that civilians were helping to shield hamas members? within the area? sorry, could you clarify that for me? it’s within the area? sorry, could you clarify that for me?— clarify that for me? it's very clear, clarify that for me? it's very clear. the — clarify that for me? it's very clear, the majority - clarify that for me? it's very clear, the majority of- clarify that for me? it's very clear, the majority of the i clarify that for me? it's very - clear, the majority of the people killed in gaza are either terrorists or people supporting terrorists. we are basically saying anywhere we find terrorists, we will hunt them down. if you are giving shield, a human shield, to terrorists, you are risking your life. we are telling the residents of gaza, shy away from hostages, move away from the terrorists, because we are going to get our hostages back. we are going to kill the terrorists. if hamas is trying to use the residents of gaza

as human shields, the human shields must shy away. we have no interest of killing civilians, not at all. never did, never will, we arejews, we are israelis, we care about life, we are israelis, we care about life, we don't want to kill innocent people ever. to get our hostages back... they must shy away or unfortunately they are risking their lives. we unfortunately they are risking their lives. ~ ., ., ., ,, lives. we heard earlier from the us national security _ lives. we heard earlier from the us national security adviser _ lives. we heard earlier from the us national security adviser saying - national security adviser saying they supported all efforts to secure they supported all efforts to secure the release of the hostages being held by hamas. including american citizens. he went on to say, this includes through ongoing negotiations or other means. two points. could you first clarify, to what extent did the us provide intelligence and logistics support? there have been local reports that this was done. and secondly, ongoing negotiations, where does likud stand

on those for a peace deal?— on those for a peace deal? israeli forces and _ on those for a peace deal? israeli forces and intelligence _ on those for a peace deal? israeli forces and intelligence have - on those for a peace deal? israeli forces and intelligence have the l forces and intelligence have the best knowledge of what's happening in gaza. we know much more than we did in the past. we know much more than hamas thinks we know. today is a great example of how we used the best intelligence to penetrate in the most intimate places of hamas. we know how to do that in the future. hamas must understand that we will hunt them down and find all the terrorists and all the hostages. if we are able to do a deal, that's certainly an option. but the other option is if there is no deal, the israeli army knows how to push, very wisely, the terrorists and the militants to a position where they will be better to negotiate with us on a better deal. specifically, i believe... we all want a deal,

israelis want our hostages back. the ones that were captured, all they did was sleeping in their pyjamas when they were taken away from their homes in israel. we want them all back. in fact, they should bring us all of them back for no price, no tight at all. but if we need to, we will negotiate a reasonable price and bring them all back home. —— no price at all. and bring them all back home. -- no price at all-— price at all. israel had here said israel price at all. israel had here said israel can't _ price at all. israel had here said israel can't force _ price at all. israel had here said israel can't force its _ price at all. israel had here said israel can't force its choices... i israel can't force its choices... your reaction to the united nations... inaudible. what is your response? inaudible question. israel unfortunately didn't think highly of the un as a biased un. i think this is a most unfortunate decision, statement, ever made at

the un. we care about people, we care about lives. we have a strong independentjudicial system. and it is totally crazy that the un even since israel is aligned with the most radicaljihad the islamic terrorists around the world. it is totally crazy. the majority of the people in the world know that. it's very unfortunate. the miners, big chain on the un leadership, taking such a decision. —— big minus, big chain. such a decision. -- big minus, big chain. �* , ., , chain. benny gantz have been exected chain. benny gantz have been expected to — chain. benny gantz have been expected to stand _ chain. benny gantz have been expected to stand down - chain. benny gantz have been | expected to stand down today. chain. benny gantz have been - expected to stand down today. he didn't. your thoughts on the opposition leader all who said he would offer a safety net to prime

minister netanyahu if he accepted the offer by us presidentjoe biden. where does likud stand on that? well, it's unclear what the deal on the table, if it's actually real. there were differences to what we perceive as a reasonable deal and what was put by president biden. the main issue is making sure that hamas does not survive after october seven massacre and atrocities. because if they do, they will do it again and again. forthe they do, they will do it again and again. for the benefit of israel and for the benefit of the world, the muslim brotherhood alliance between hamas and hezbollah, qatar and iran, it threatens not only israel but moderate arab states, threatens the west, britain... i have been listening to people in britain saying when will they ever have an opportunity, they will practice

sharia law. it's the same with the muslim brotherhood, they actually want to destroy the western world. so we realise that and we understand they will never survive this unfortunate round of violence. for the benefit of israel and for the benefit of the world. on that perspective, we may have differences of opinions with people around the world, but no prime minister, government, not benny gantz, not netanyahu, none of the leaders i know, and i'm part of them, will ever agree to see hamas survive this deal. we will see how we are able to have some kind of deal, but not on the account of the endgame. thank ou ve the account of the endgame. thank you very much _ the account of the endgame. thank you very much for _ the account of the endgame. thank you very much for your— the account of the endgame. thank you very much for your time - the account of the endgame. thank you very much for your time today. | you very much for your time today. as we have reported, hamas said more than 200 palestinians were killed during the israeli military

operation in nuseirat. 0ur correspondent has spoken to people in gaza about the hostage rescue operation. people are quite angry about the number of people killed. they said hammers should have accepted the deal on the table for quite along time. and now going in and killing people to get the hostages, they could have been released also for an exchange of some visitors in the israeli jail. some of the people also expressing their views towards the other side. they said what happened is very little compared to the period of this war, eight months. one person told me that they managed to rescue four people after four months, and this is very little achievement where they have been

defeated many times in places and hamas was able to kill some of them. so very divided palestinians, as always. they are always divided about the issue of hamas. many people supporting what hamas is doing in gaza, and they keep defending them. but today, we noticed that many, many people, in a very rare way, were criticising hamas. 0ne very rare way, were criticising hamas. one person, he lost his family. as far as i remember, two months ago in one of the air strikes. he wrote on facebook, why keeping hostages among a very crowded refugee camp, in a market, and put all of the people's lives in risk? and some went more far and they said, those who are sitting in doha, qatar, controlling our lives, should go home. l115 doha, qatar, controlling our lives, should go home.— doha, qatar, controlling our lives, should go home. us president biden has welcomed _ should go home. us president biden has welcomed the _ should go home. us president biden has welcomed the return _ should go home. us president biden has welcomed the return of -

should go home. us president biden has welcomed the return of the - should go home. us president biden has welcomed the return of the four| has welcomed the return of the four hostages, saying he won't stop until all the hostages, home and a ceasefire is reached. he made the comments during a press conference with the french president emmanuel macron during his two—day state visit to france. during the speech, the us president also spoke about the us president also spoke about the war in ukraine, saying russia's president putin is not going to stop at ukraine. ilil" president putin is not going to stop at ukraine. ., , president putin is not going to stop at ukraine. ., _, , ., at ukraine. our two countries are standin: at ukraine. our two countries are standing with _ at ukraine. our two countries are standing with the _ at ukraine. our two countries are standing with the ukrainian - at ukraine. our two countries are. standing with the ukrainian people as they fight off putin's aggression. yesterday i announced $225 million in new security assistance to ukraine, the sixth package we have provided since we signed the national security legislation earlier this year. i wish we could have done it when we wanted to, six months earlier, but we got it done. with $61 billion in additional aid to ukraine... i commend france and european allies for their leadership. the eu has

provided over $170 billion in assistance to ukraine since the war began. because we know what happens if putin succeeds in subjugating ukraine. and it won't stop... we know putin won't stop at ukraine. it's about much more than ukraine. all of you that will be threatened. we are not going to let that happen, the us is standing strong with you, standing with our allies and with france. we will not walk away. the man who assaulted the danish prime minister has been remanded in custody for 12 days. the assailant is a 39—year—old polish man who is said to have been drunk and under the influence of drugs. the assault took place last night in central copenhagen. the man hit mette fredriksen on the shoulder, causing her to stumble and suffer minor whiplash injury. she has cancelled all her engagements after that.

in the uk, parties are back on the campaign trail following last night's seven—way debate, where politicians locked horns over the economy, armed forces, nhs, immigration and climate policy. today, the conservatives are pushing a permanent cut to stamp duty and labour is outlining its position on business rates. here's our political correspondentjessica parker. stepping into a new day, trying to leave the old one behind. rishi sunak�*s decision last week to depart early from d—day commemorations in france led to an apology and some unusually blunt words from within his own ranks. what happened was completely wrong and the prime minister has rightly apologised. "completely wrong" was not a phrase another cabinet minister chose to repeat today. the prime minister has made a mistake, he's apologised for it, and he's apologised to those that

would have been particularly hurt by it. i would say, actually, looking at his record since he became prime minister, he actually cares about veterans hugely. you've seen the whole transformation? as the conservatives seek to move on, there has been a manifesto spill — a pledge to permanently get rid of stamp duty tax for some first—time buyers, and announced measures for motorists. you take risks, right? labour say they will overhaul business rates and crackdown on late invoice payments. 0n tax, one of keir starmer�*s top team has acknowledged keeping current thresholds means many will pay more, but are there any tax cuts planned? everything in our manifesto — there won't be any surprises on tax. all of our plans are fully costed, fully funded, and none of them involving tax rises over and above those that we have already set out. are parties dancing around hard truths when it comes public finances? the snp thinks so.

the biggest issue in the election is that the labour and conservative parties have signed up to another period of spending cuts. while the liberal democrats' quest to court attention continues, as they say they would create new national parks and spend £4.5 billion planting 60 million trees. you're right, it is a significant investment, but i believe this is hugely important for our environment. but soon, the chatter around individual policy announcements will change. manifestos are being readied for publication — the full set of pledges and costs. that's a par. jessica parker, bbc news. new cctv of a man believed to be the missing tv and radio presenter michael mosley on the greek island of symi has been seen by the bbc. dr mosley vanished four days ago

while on holiday on the island, which is between kos and rhodes. his four children have arrived on the island to help look for him and the family have described the last few days as "unbearable". 0ur correspondentjoe inwood reports from symi. just a few hours walking on the hills of symi is enough to leave you exhausted. so imagine what it would be like entering your fourth day in this unforgiving landscape. the major search operation to find the missing broadcaster michael mosley has today focused on the hills to the north of the village of pedi. so that search and rescue helicopter has been circling for maybe half an hour or so. there's been a huge amount of emergency services activity focused on those hills, and that's because we know from cctv taken at this spot that, on wednesday at about 1:30pm, two o'clock, michael mosley passed this road and headed into those hills. the search is focusing on the hills because, finally,

a picture has emerged of michael mosley�*s movements. he left the beach where he'd been with his wife, clare, at about 1:30 on wednesday. he was then picked up on a camera at a coffee shop here. a second one at a restaurant here, and then, finally, the one at the marina, before he is thought to have headed into the hills. the disappearance of michael mosley has been a major story in greece. here on symi, locals have even joined the search, as have british holiday—makers. this morning, she came in my room and said, "let's go and look for michael." it would have been terrible. we know the paths, so we... we're just staying there. we're within 2km of where he's got to be, so it was, let's try and help. at the heart of this is not just michael mosley, but his family as well. today, his wife clare released a statement...

nor, it seems, will the greek authorities. they say they will continue their search until michael mosley is found. joe inwood, bbc news, on the greek island of symi. an american veteran who flew back to france for the d—day celebrations has got married near the beaches where the allies landed 80 years ago. harold terens, who is 100 years old, married his 96—year—old fiancee, jeanne swerlin, in the small town of carentan—les—marais. mr terens was a radio technician, who assisted fighter pilots in the skies over normandy.

huge congratulations to the happy couple. just to remind you, all of our top stories including the top story today, the rescue of four hostages from central gaza by israeli forces, can be found on the bbc news website. they with bbc news. hello. it's been a pretty decent start to the weekend. there was a good deal of sunshine around across most of the country. a bit of cloud here and there, a few showers mostly in the north. part two of the weekend doesn't look quite as good. it will start certainly quite chilly. but we've got a couple of weather fronts pushing down from the northwest that will increase cloud through the day with some splashes of rain. and we've got this weather front approaching the northwest of the country to move through this evening. showers merging together to produce longer spells of rain for the north and west of scotland. so unsettled, breezy, showery in the north, turning cloudier for northern ireland, but clearer skies for large parts of england and wales

with lighter winds here. so it will turn chilly for most, single digits, i think, for the majority of the country. but with more cloud across northern ireland, we will fall to around ten degrees in belfast. so sunday, then, we've got low pressure still towards the norwegian sea there, bringing northern westerly winds into the country. we start to have quite a bit of sunshine. scotland, england and wales, cloudy skies for northern ireland, southwest scotland in towards northwest england, north wales. and that cloud with splashes of rain will spill south—eastwards through the day. so it will turn cloudy across much of england and wales, probably the best of the sunshine across the far south west and the northern half of scotland doing pretty well with sunny spells. but there will be blustery showers here and a cooler day to come, i think, because of more cloud around, temperatures of about 12 to 17 degrees. as we move through sunday night, that area of rain splashes across the irish sea to much of england and wales, becomes confined to southern and eastern areas by the end of the night. so where we have the cloud and the rain, then, a less cold night here, 10 to 12 degrees under clearer skies. further north, it will turn chilly.

we start to pick up a northerly wind as we move into monday. that rain slowly clears away from the south and east. it may take a while to clear the east of england. eventually it will do that. it's a bright day for most, sunshine and showers. most of these across the northern half of scotland, where they will be quite blustery and a chilly northerly wind at that. temperatures, 10 to 1a degrees in the north, 15 to 17 further south, giving some sunny spells. and we hold on to this chilly northerly wind through tuesday, even into wednesday as well. and before low pressure starts to move in from the south west, that'll cut off the chilly northerly and temperatures will slowly recover towards the end of the week. but it's going to be a fairly unsettled and a cool week to come with a little bit of sunshine here and there.

this is bbc news. the headlines. emotional reunions for the four hostages rescued in central gaza as they finally get to hug family and friends. all four were abducted from hamas at a musical festival on october seven. hamas at a musical festival on 0ctoberseven. doctors hamas at a musical festival on october seven. doctors say they are 0ctober seven. doctors say they are doing well. the israeli military has released these images as the raid got under way in an unusual daylight operation. 0ne special forces

officer died of his injuries. hamas says 210 palestinians were killed, some hostages died during the operation, large number of casualties have been brought to a hospital, taken to hospital in central gaza. the bbc has obtained new footage believed to be one of the last sightings of the missing tv and radio presenter michael mosley. now on bbc news, time for the sport. hello, and welcome to sportsday — i'm nesta mcgregor. here's what's coming up in the programme. it's victory for st helens and wigan warriors on a poignant challenge cup final day at wembley. the long wait is over for northampton saints — after they beat bath in an epic to get their hands back on the premiership title. in paris it's un, deux, trois.

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