we expect more prisoners to be released later today, and many more trucks of aid are also said to be crossing into gaza. a major attack by russian drones on kyiv — ukraine's military say more than 70 drones were launched at the capital overnight. the former minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering george floyd has been reportedly stabbed in prison. a second group of israeli hostages — held by hamas — is expected to be released over the coming hours. israel says it has received the names of 1a people to be freed and — in exchange — it will release 42 palestinian prisoners. the temporary truce agreed between israel and hamas is continuing to hold.

this is live, looking across at the israel — gaza border, from israel. i was there yesterday when the ceasefire came into effect. it became very quiet as the ceasefire took hold. those plumes of sport —— those plumes of smoke gradually started to dissipate stop this is where the hostages being held by hamas will be returned to israel today, they will be brought

into egypt. and this is the point at which palestinian detainees are being brought to, day two of the deal, it is expected to last two more days. israeli children's hospital have released a video of hostages reuniting with their loved ones. this is the moment nine—year—old ohad, his mother and grandmother, greeted their relatives — they were released by hamas on friday. i was talking to one of the families relatives a couple of days ago,

about the nervousness, at that point they did not know if they were going to be in the first group of releases. many of those pictures have been shared on social media. some of the released israeli hostages have been receiving medical care at the schneider children's medical center. there's been this update on their condition. yesterday evening four boys and girls, three mothers and one grandmother arrived to the children's medical centre. we were very excited from the first moment we saw the kids and the parents, the hugs and the crying, and it was very, very exciting for all of us. they are in good condition and they are surrounded by our multidisciplinary teams. social workers, psychologists, nurses and doctors, they are surrounded

by the family, friends. and it was, i think, the most exciting evening that i had since i started my career. and we hope to see them all back and to see them in good condition. this square in the heart of tel aviv has become known as hostages square. all around this square our posters and pictures of the hostages. this table has been laid with an empty place and an empty chair for every single one of those hostages. yesterday evening people came here

to celebrate as the news filtered through that the first 13 israeli hostages had finally returned safely to israeli soil. scenes of anxiety and nervousness turning intojoy to israeli soil. scenes of anxiety and nervousness turning into joy and relief in the centre of tel aviv. let's take a moment to look at what we know about those freed hostages — all of whom were captured during the hamas attack on israel on the 7th of october. qatar, which has been mediating between israel and hamas, says the group was made up of 13 israelis, ten thais, and one filipino. among the israelis —

there was one 85—year—old woman, and four children, aged two, four, six and nine. the nine—year—old was ohad munder. his grandfather remains in gaza. here's how one of ohad's relatives greeted the news. the only one who got to speak with them by now is ohad's father. he spoke to them. he said that they're fine, they're healthy. we feel very worried for the other families. we feel like we're one big family with all the other families of the hostages. we're waiting for all of them to come back. i'm waiting to see ohad, and i can't wait to give him his rubik's cube, which i know he really loved. and he probably missed it so much. and that's the first thing he takes everywhere he goes.

we learned a lot more about those is hostages who were released yesterday. 50 are due to be released over a four—day period. part of this involves the release of palestinian detainees. a total of 39 people — made up of 2a women, and 15 teenage boys — were released to palestinian officials in the west bank — the majority of them were being held in pre—trial detention. their freedom was greeted with celebrations among palestinian communities — these pictures were filmed late on friday evening. the crowds waving the red, black and white flag of palestine — and also green flags of hamas. and this is sarah al—suwaisa —

one of the palestinian women who was released from israeli detention. here's what she had to say to reporters after being freed. the israelis came at ten in the morning and told us that there was a deal. we were suffering from difficult circumstances and tear gas was fired at us. we were wearing head covers all the time. the situation was humiliating and included psychological torture. in addition to cutting off the electricity for the prisoners. we were suffering from the cold without the electricity, and no one helped us. only hamas cared. those who felt our suffering, i thank them very much. and we love them very much. next we want to show you some pictures that have come into us from inside gaza. people have been waiting in long queues forfuel and aid. these pictures are from khan younis. one person said they had been waiting for gas for five hours from five in the morning.

gazans are trying to make the most of the pause in fighting to gather much needed supplies. the israeli military confirmed that four tankers containing fuel and another four carrying cooking gas entered gaza this morning. but it is a slow process to get over the border with every vehicle checked by the israeli military before making the crossing. particularly when it comes to fuel and diesel.

palestinians have also headed to markets in khan yonis to pick up food on the second day of the truce. israel said more than 100 trucks loaded with food supplies entered on friday. one man told the reuters newsagency that the price of vegetables had gone down on saturday as the truce allows them to access goods. let's hearfrom our middle east correspondent yolande knell who has this report. israeli soldiers biding their time. for now the guns stay silent, the truce is sticking. the skies over gaza remain quiet, also. for seven weeks israel's most intense everyone bag and he has taken their toll.

translation: we came to get our clothes, anything, wejust fled. after israel allowed fuel, and for the first time, cooking gas into gaza yesterday, palestinians have been lining up their empty canisters, hoping for a hot meal. gas is essential for us to cook, says this man, we hope we will be given some. this pause in fighting is allowing the guest influx of aid to gaza since the war began. but the biggest un agency here once this is not enough. we call for the expansion of the humanitarian operation.

last night, as a key part of the truce deal, the international committee of the red cross brought 13 israeli women and children out of gaza. all had been held hostage by hamas since a surprise attack on the 7th of october sparked a brutal war. 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli jails and greeted home by theirfamilies. today should bring more scenes like this one. in the occupied west bank. and this, in israel. while there is anguish that the war

is not over, these are moments of joy. jov- that is expected to be repeated once again today. both sides would consider yesterday to be a successful first day of this deal. let us look again at those live pictures of gaza, as seen from southern israel, because that skyline is a key part of this, that ceasefire was what started the deal yesterday morning, and as long as both sides observe at, as long as fighting does not continue, that is a key part of this deal. it is based on the bedrock of a four day ceasefire. we can see the skies above gaza are clear of those plumes of smoke that we so often see in the skyline they are from southern israel. the next stage will be the

rafah crossing, life pictures here, 14 rafah crossing, life pictures here, 1a hostages, we have been told, will be handed over by hamas in gaza, and they will be transported by the red cross through gaza and that rafah crossing, into egypt, and the hostages will be handed over to israeli officials and brought back to israeli soil once again. and then all eyes will turn to the israeli detention centre in the west bank, that has been chosen as the point at which the handover is actually taking place, 42 palestinian detainees are expected to be exchanged today for the hostages. they will be brought to this present and process there. then they will be returned to their families at a

checkpoint. we have seen scenes of people crowding out that checkpoint yesterday. they were trying at one point to keep order at the checkpoint. that is the gateway at which people will come back through, and we expect to see crowds gathering there once again, once those hostages have been released. there is that the two hour window for the prisoners also to be released. that is the expectation at this stage. people in tel aviv gathering once again, coming to hostages square, to see what is expected to be the second day of this four day deal. there is still the hope and the expectation from qatar, who brokered this deal, that it will perhaps last longer, there have been preparations put in place for the exchange of more hostages for the exchange of more hostages for prisoners if both sides decided to go ahead beyond four days. but i think at the moment, officials are very much taking each day at a time,

and we continue to follow that story as it unfolds. coverage throughout the day here on bbc news from israel and gaza. let's hand back to lewis in the studio. a march in support of palestinians in gaza is taking place in london. earlier i spoke to our correspondent simonjones as it started. they are setting off here from hyde park, planning to march to westminster, calling for a permanent ceasefire. they have palestinian flags, placards, many of them calling for freedom for palestine.

this takes place against the backdrop of the temporary four day truce, if indeed it does hold. that is somewhat optimism, a note of optimism here, but equally, speaking to one of the organisers, he told me that his fear is simply after this four truce that the bombing will begin once again, and ultimately is only going to be a stay of execution, in his words, for the palestinian people in gaza. what is different this time, although there is a big policing presence, 1500 officers on the streets of central london throughout the course of this weekend, police are handing out leaflets. i have got a copy of one of the leaflets here. it says, keep on the right side of the law. effectively this is saying to the protesters, on behalf of the police, what they can and cannot do, and it is making it very clear, the police say they will not tolerate any form of hate speech, they will not tolerate any form of support for

hamas, which is a proscribed organisation here in the uk. we know that already one person has been arrested, he was carrying a placard with some nancy symbols on it —— nazi symbols on it. we laughed at the protest here a couple of weeks ago, of this size, that coincided with armistice day. —— we last had a protest here. this time we are seeing their political rhetoric has been dialled down, but the uk home secretary, james cleverley, who has just started in this role so said he wants to make sure that thejewish

community in london also feels protected, because it is clear that many in thejewish community are feeling intimidated, and extremely worried by the situation here. but a lot of protesters, the first group have set off towards whitehall, people here determined once again to make their voices heard, but the police insisting that if they see any placards that they feel are against the law, if they see any flags that they feel are inappropriate, then they will move inappropriate, then they will move in quickly to take action. as we are listening to you, we are seeing the aerial footage of the protesters, and in the background we can hear the helicopters, presumably above you. talk us through the geography, just explain where you are, where it is starting, and when it is heading to. i am it is heading to.

iam in it is heading to. i am in park lane, in the centre of london. what is going to happen is the roads around here will be temporarily shut, and the protest will pass by trafalgar square, then it will go on to whitehall, past downing street, into the heart of westminster, the heart of politics here in the uk. we are expecting events to last until 5pm this evening, that is when the cut—off is from the police. once again, tens of thousands of people out on the street saying, we need a ceasefire, and that needs to be immediate.

what is your assessment of where things stand? things stand 7 first i things stand? first i want to thank the british people who are going down to the streets showing their support for a national law, and to our calling for a ceasefire, and political solutions, and war not be the first option. people in palestine suffer a lot, in west bank and gaza we suffer from a war on us. we hope that the ceasefire will stay forever and israel will make peace with the palestinians, and use a political solution to end the israeli

occupation. people in gaza are trying now to get more food, medical supplies, preparing themselves for the winter. in the west bank we suffer a lot from settler violence, but i am personally happy to see israeli hostages coming back to their homes and families, at the same time i was happy to see palestinian women and children unified with their palestinian families and released from jails. you said there that you hope that this temporary pause would become permanent, that there would be some political solution, what would that the political solution look like, in your eyes? israel could make this deal 50 days ago, 48 days ago. they could have

made the exchange without 15,000 made the exchange without15,000 palestinians being killed, without that massive destruction of palestinians houses and neighbourhoods and cities in gaza. the political solution, either one state solution, we all live in this country with equal rights, or a two state solution, according to international law, and the consensus of international community. we, as palestinians living under israeli supremacy, to eliminate violence, reduce it to a minimum, they must understand that the safety and security of the palestinians are guaranteed. we, the palestinians, should be treated as a nation, as a nation who deserve equal rights, justice, freedom and equality. we are not animals who are seeking shelters and food. this is what we

want as palestinians. we want peace and the other ones that are refusing the peace and going on with their violence, with their war and genocide in gaza, and building more settlements, now. israel is building more settlements, and we suffer from the israeli extremist government, israeli officials... there will be many in the israeli government who will take grave issue there are some of the language use, but we appreciate your time, thank you for coming on the programme.

to stay with us on bbc news, we have plenty more caverns from the region. it isa it is a chilly and crisp day, the skies are clear, the ceiling it will turn cold, and there will be a widespread frost on the way. from the motion of the clouds you can guess where the air has been coming from, from the north, but temporarily we will see something a little milder coming out of the west, ahead of this weather front again. that will also bring a fair amount of cloud and rain for some of us on sunday. here are the

temperatures. tonight the skies are clear, once again sharp frost will form across scotland, england as well, but starting to turn a little less cold through the night out towards the west. western fringes of wales milder, and plymouth, elsewhere temperatures around freezing or below. this area of low pressure will be moving across the country during the course of sunday, that means very different weather tomorrow for many of us. we have got the crisp sunshine through today. tomorrow it is thick cloud towards the west, some outbreaks of rain over northern ireland, wales, the south—west, slightly higher temperatures. through sunday night into monday that low is across the

centre of the british isles, that leaves a legacy of cloud for monday, and some outbreaks of rain. not a pretty picture going to work early in the morning on monday. winds coming from the north once again. that colder air will return, back to single figures across most of the uk. is this colder weather going to hang around? yes, through most of the week. weather fronts dry to come in and bring slightly milder air, but it will stay on the chilly side. temperatures are single figures in the week ahead, but it will not necessarily be sunny, rain, and sleet.

live from tel aviv, this is bbc news. the 24 hostages released by hamas yesterday are starting now to be reunited with their families. a second group of israeli hostages is expected to be released over the coming hours. israel says it has received the names of 14 people to be freed and, in exchange, says it will release 42 palestinian prisoners. the temporary truce agreed between israel and hamas is continuing to hold. these are live pictures

from the scene. from southern israel. we expect more trucks through rafah carrying aid to be crossing into gaza. i'm lewis vaughanjones with the other main stories. a major attack by russian drones on kyiv, ukraine's military say more than 70 were launched overnight. a former minneapolis police officer convicted of killing george floyd has reportedly been stabbed in prison. as we follow this developing story in israel on the second day of that deal to release israeli hostages held by hamas in gaza in return for palestinian prisoners. that deal has been brokered by qatar. but egypt also one of the key players involved as an intermediary in those talks.

there has been a statement released by egypt that says that egypt has received positive signals from all parties for an extension of the gaza truce for one or two days. important to put that into context because as i was saying, egypt are only one of the parties involved. the qataris have been taking the lead on this. they have been making the main announcements. nothing from the qataris yet, from israel or hamas. but egypt are at the table for those talks and they have released a statement saying they believe there are positive signals for potential extension of that truce. the original deal did put provisions in place with the list of palestinian prisoners who potentially could be released, which was longer than it needed to be, there were 300 rather than 150 names, which would give scope for the deal to be extended over several more days. israel said that for every ten further hostages who were released over and above that 50 israeli or israeli dual

nationals, they would agree to an extra 24 our pause in the fighting. that is an interesting line from egypt and one that we will continue to watch as we bring you continuing coverage from here in israel of the story today. now, time for a look at today's sport. hello to you. erling haaland's goal was not enough for his team. the deadlock was broken by haaland's goal — a 50th in just 48 league games. 17 faster than the previous best. trent alexander—arnold got an equaliser with ten minutes to go, manchester city at one point.

mauricio pochettino will not be in the dugout for chelsea's match against newcastle, as he's serving a touchline ban. we are going to face a team that is really strong. it we are going to face a team that is really strong-— really strong. it is going to be told. really strong. it is going to be told- and _ really strong. it is going to be told. and it — really strong. it is going to be told. and it is— really strong. it is going to be told. and it is a _ really strong. it is going to be told. and it is a team - really strong. it is going to be told. and it is a team that - really strong. it is going to be told. and it is a team that is l told. and it is a team that is building now to compete in the champions league. it is going to be tough. that is the aim for the next season for us. that's why i think it is going to be tough and we need to be ready to compete and fight in every single game.— be ready to compete and fight in every single game. yes, our home form has been _ every single game. yes, our home form has been very _ every single game. yes, our home form has been very strong. - every single game. yes, our home form has been very strong. with . every single game. yes, our home - form has been very strong. with some difficult _ form has been very strong. with some difficult fixtures as well. you look back at _ difficult fixtures as well. you look back at our — difficult fixtures as well. you look back at our last league game, arsenal— back at our last league game, arsenal here was a really strong performance, doggy performance. full of determination, discipline, quality _ of determination, discipline, quality. and i think the level of opponents can be very similar for us this weekend so a similar type of performance and atmosphere would be more than _ performance and atmosphere would be more than welcome. that match and five others kick—off in half an hour.

on friday, harry kane and kylian mbappe both scored, to take their teams top of their respective leagues. but in germany, at least, bayern munich's advantage might not last until the end of saturday. bayer leverkusen can retake the lead in bundesliga with a win at werder bremen. that match has just kicked off. as they all have in germany. as they all have in germany. also, borussia dortmund face borussia monchengladbach. in serie a, walter materazzi begins his second spell in charge of napoli with a game against atalanta, while in la liga, barcelona have started against rayo vallecano. in the early game. 1—0 to rao pellicano. only about 20 minutes left. atletico madrid feature later on saturday. japan's vissel kobe have won their firstj—league title, after beating nagoya grampus 2—1 to take the championship, with a game to spare. yuya osako sent a ball into the box for haruya ide to give kobe a 12th—minute lead. and they scored a second just two minutes later through yoshinori muto, giving them the win — and the title — for the first time

in the club's history. once again, novak djokovic can seal serbia's progress in the davis cup. a win for the world number one would take his country into the competition's final. he's playing jannik sinner, of italy. the two last met twice at the atp tour finals. the italian won the round—robin match, but djkokovic won the final. in the first set, sinner has broken djokovic's serve twice to lead by four games to one. he hasjust djokovic's serve twice to lead by four games to one. he has just taken a 5—1 lead in malaga. serbia are one up in the tie, after another victory for miomir kecmanovic. despite losing the first set on a tie break, he won the next two against lorenzo musetti. katie taylor says she's never felt more motivated, as she tries to regain the world light—welterweight title later. the irish fighter suffered the first defeat of her career in may to england's undisputed champion, chantelle cameron, and will be in the unusual position of underdog as she heads into the ring in front of her home fans. the weigh—in followed rioting in dublin, after three children and a woman were stabbed in the city.

however, promoter eddie hearn insists the fight isn't under threat. all of our security measures will be consulted with the authorities and the police — as they have been through the whole period. and as i said, the measures that are already in place are well beyond that of a normal event. but obviously, if we have to, it's not a problem also. so, you know, if there is a conversation to be had, it will be had, but at the moment, everybody comfortable with the measures in place and ready to move forward with the event. qualifying for the season—ending abu dhabi grand prix is currently under way. world champion max verstappen was quickest in the first session. ferrari's colour sainz only 16. —— carlos sainz. you can follow the action on the bbc sport website. that's all your sport for now. welcome back to tel aviv, you're watching bbc news, i am anna foster and we are alive with continuing

coverage of israeli official saying 14 israelis held hostage in gaza are due to be released today in the next few hours. and they are being freed in exchange for 42 palestinian prisoners as part of a temporary four date truce agreement between israel and hamas that is at the moment holding for a second day. —— four day. as rayleigh officials say another 200 trucks carrying humanitarian aid are in the process of heading into gaza from egypt. according to the idf, the israel defense forces, these strokes are in additions to those transporting diesel and cooking gas entering from egypt,a diesel and cooking gas entering from egypt, a small amount of diesel and gas going through. that is a key part of the steel because that is something that has been very limited until this point. let's talk to our bbc arabic correspondent in jerusalem. keep talking to us. remind us where we are at this point in the day. because the ceasefire appears to be holding and we are

saying more humanitarian aid is successfully making its way into gaza. , �* successfully making its way into gaza. , ~ ., ,, gaza. yes. and hamas spokesperson toda said gaza. yes. and hamas spokesperson today said the deal could _ gaza. yes. and hamas spokesperson today said the deal could have - gaza. yes. and hamas spokesperson today said the deal could have been l today said the deal could have been scuppered if the israelis didn't agree to send more trucks to the north of gaza. and the israeli ministry, the israeli army said they will start to send more than 50 trucks to the northern part of gaza. and this is, was very much welcomed by many people in that area, a particular area which was subject to very heavy bombing. as you mentioned moments ago, egypt announced that it has received positive signs from all parties that the truce might be extended for a day or two. this news is very much welcome in gaza. of

course, because of the humanitarian by a situation they have been going through since the beginning of the war. hamas as well is likely to welcome such a move as well. band welcome such a move as well. and what have we _ welcome such a move as well. and what have we been hearing today about people who have been trying to go back to their homes? we saw some of that in khan younis and we saw people displaced from the north of the strip trying to return to their houses. the idf, the israeli military told them not to, they said it was still an active war zone. people still trying to do that today? people still trying to do that toda ? , , ,., ~ people still trying to do that toda ? , ., , ., today? yes, we spoke to several --eole today? yes, we spoke to several peeple inside — today? yes, we spoke to several people inside gaza. _ today? yes, we spoke to several people inside gaza. they - today? yes, we spoke to several people inside gaza. they are - today? yes, we spoke to several i people inside gaza. they are taking advantage of this truce to go and visit their homes, to see what is left of it. and many are saying that they are aware of the dangers they are facing by going back to their homes up north because the israeli army told them not to. also, we

heard from the civil defence committee inside gaza saying that they are in desperate need in northern gaza for equipment to dig out the bodies under the rubble and also equipment to bury the dead, and they are mentioning a risk of a health crisis because of the body decomposing under the rubble in these areas. and let's talk a moment as well about that ceasefire, which appears to be holding. but as well about that ceasefire, which appears to be holding.— appears to be holding. but it is a very delicate _ appears to be holding. but it is a very delicate situation. - appears to be holding. but it is a very delicate situation. we - appears to be holding. but it is a very delicate situation. we know| very delicate situation. we know israeli forces have remained inside gaza and they say they are still in defensive positions. what have we heard about the situation there, is everything holding as firmly as hoped for? 50 everything holding as firmly as h0ped for?— everything holding as firmly as hoed for? ., ., ., hoped for? so far, there are no sins hoped for? so far, there are no signs that _ hoped for? so far, there are no signs that the _ hoped for? so far, there are no signs that the truce _ hoped for? so far, there are no signs that the truce is - hoped for? so far, there are no signs that the truce is not - hoped for? so far, there are no i signs that the truce is not holding. but anything can happen. because as

a regular army is supposed to observe and follow instructions, but in gaza, there are several armed factions and they are not coordinating with each other. and also, you have some non—fighters as well who might be tempted to break the ceasefire. this is what the israelis are saying here in jerusalem and in tel aviv. but so far, things are holding quite well. but anything can happen, obviously. this is a very volatile situation still. �* ., this is a very volatile situation still. ~ . ., ,., ,., still. and what about the border between israel _ still. and what about the border between israel and _ still. and what about the border between israel and lebanon? i still. and what about the border - between israel and lebanon? because of course, that has been extremely active in the last seven weeks as well. hezbollah in lebanon are not part of this agreement. does it look like things of quieting down there or is the exchange of fire continuing?— or is the exchange of fire continuing? or is the exchange of fire continuin: ? , ., continuing? -- things are quieting down. yesterday _ continuing? -- things are quieting down. yesterday saw _ continuing? -- things are quieting down. yesterday saw the - continuing? -- things are quieting down. yesterday saw the most - continuing? -- things are quieting - down. yesterday saw the most intense rocket launching from inside the

lebanese territory towards israel, towards the north of israel. so it seems there is an escalation, but not a full—scale war like many would have feared at the beginning of this conflict. but there is an escalation and there is also an escalation in the war of words as well between the hezbollah and the israeli army. but so far, we cannot say that there is a sign of another front similar to the one happening in gaza opening up 11 on. ., ~ the one happening in gaza opening up 11 on. . ,, i. ., the one happening in gaza opening up “on. . ., “ the one happening in gaza opening up “on. .~g ., “ 11 on. thank you, from bbc arabic -- o enin: 11 on. thank you, from bbc arabic -- opening up — 11 on. thank you, from bbc arabic -- opening up in — 11 on. thank you, from bbc arabic -- opening up in lebanon. _ 11 on. thank you, from bbc arabic -- opening up in lebanon. some - 11 on. thank you, from bbc arabic -- opening up in lebanon. some more i opening up in lebanon. some more live pictures of the rafah crossing. we were talking about the humanitarian situation, about how this deal makes provision for more aid, far more aid than has been crossing so far. the early part of this war, nothing at all was getting through the rafah crossing from egypt into gaza. we started to get a

slightly higher number of trucks. but under this deal, more than 200 a deal —— a day, as well as four truckloads of diesel and cooking gas are making their way into gaza and you can see these live pictures from the rafah crossing of those lorry—loads of aid on their way through. which again suggests that midway through day two of this deal, things are continuing as things are in place for a further exchange of israeli hostages for palestinian prisoners later in the day. but let's focus on that aid making its way into gaza at the moment. juliette touma is director of communications for the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees. she has more detail on what's inside the aid trucks. basic medical supplies, food, medicines, drinking water, some cleaning material and hygiene kits. very, very important,

as basic as this sounds, because when i visited one of our shelters, it was very overcrowded. you see, people were literally on top of each other and they lacked the basic hygiene supplies. some of them have not washed for days on end. some of them left with only their clothes on them that they have not changed for 45 days. so it's absolutely fundamental that these basic items, as basic as they might sound, get in and more gets in. at the moment, the hostages who were released yesterday from gaza as part of that humanitarian aid deal are being treated at various hospitals inside israel. and there is a group, the hostages and missing families forum, they have come together and they are being supported logistically, medically. they have

got all sorts of people inside israel who come together to give them everything that they need at them everything that they need at the moment. one of them is... professor hagai levine. the medical director. he has been involved in making sure the released hostages get the medical care they need and he gave an update of the condition of the hostages released yesterday and also about some of the challenges they now face. we have been preparing for the worst when hoping for the best. it seemed like that at least the hostages that were released yesterday are relatively in better shape than our worst expectations. obviously, especially the kids have an amazing ability to recover. and some of them have been with their family members, with their mothers, so that also can ease their situation. but, you know, it's a very long recovery process and we don't know yet exactly what are their medical

and mental problems. and despite the excitement and thejoy, as you said, we will have to follow up and see what exactly they need. for some of the people, they don't have a home to return to. their homes, their community were burned to the ground in the october 7th massacre, genocide. and they now will have to hear many bad news about their beloved, theirfamily members, theirfriends, that were murdered. well, here in tel aviv at the moment, the sun is starting to set. she backed the sabbath is starting to end and people in the background are gathering in the background —— shabbat. people are coming here together in hostages square, joining together in hostages square, joining together and singing. there is expected to be a large rally in the

next few hours, people travelling from all over the country in support of those hostages who have been held for more than 50 days now. again, a big part of this deal is the ceasefire as we were talking about. lieutenant general sir tom beckett is the executive director of iiss—middle east. he told us more about what the idf and hamas are likely to be doing during this ceasefire. in simple terms, in impact campaigning planning, what the idf will be thinking about is three things. what is, what if and what next? what it is what is happening now, is the ceasefire holding, the hostages continuing to be released? and if they are, they will maintain their defensive stance in northern gaza. but the what if is if either of those two breakdown, the ceasefire breaks down or hostage releases stumble, or if indeed, they are told to resume the campaign, and

that will be, what they do with the release —— with the rest of northern gaza? we already know that much of it is uninhabitable and that is probably only about 200,000 of the population left there. israel currently controls about less than half of the northern gaza. so what does it intend to do there? and that is the what if? and the what next piece is what does it do when it is told to continue? and it seems clear now that hamas and the associated groups, the leadership have withdrawn into southern gaza and likely concentrated around khan younis. so israel have to consider how it deals with that because say the gold continues to be to destroy hamas as a military entity, then it will have to take action in the south. and that is going to be very problematic. the self, the numbers are swelled by the movement of displaced people from northern gaza. and hamas will continue to hide amongst them. so it will be a difficult campaign plan for them. it

will also be incredibly difficult to explain to this part of the world, the arab world come away the campaign has moved to the south, where that was supposed to be a refuge. is that ceasefire continues to hold, let's look at these live pictures. interesting you can see smoke, dark smoke billowing into the sky. it is normally a feature of the skyline of gaza at the moment, seven weeks after this war began. we are in a ceasefire period right now, but interesting to see that column of smoke rising into the sky. you can also see as well it is just ten to five now in israel and gaza. sun starting to set. shabbat coming to an end, people are gathering, they are thinking about hostages due to be released, that group of 14 due to be released, that group of 14 due to be released, that group of 14 due to be released in the next few hours and a group of 42 palestinian

detainees from israeli jails due to be exchanged, as we look through those live pictures. we will keep you up—to—date with that story as it develops throughout the day here on bbc news. for now, lewis has the rest of the day's stories from london. studio: thank you for that. in other news. an appealfor donations for a brazilian courier who intervened to stop a stabbing in dublin has raised more than £300,000. caio benicio helped by hitting the attacker with his motorbike helmet. more than 28,000 people have contributed to the online campaign, called "buy caio benicio a pint". three children and a woman were injured in the stabbing, which took place outside a school on thursday. it sparked violent clashes in dublin that night and a large police operation on friday, as our correspondent tomos morgan explains. it was a kind of strange situation

in dublin last night because we're in the run—up to christmas, just a month to go, and you expect the city to be bustling, really. but actually, it was very quiet for a friday night. and you could see and you could hear the police presence across the city centre. as you mentioned there, a couple of arrests, but nothing like what was seen on thursday night. and let me just run through again, you mentioned there the series of events that took place on thursday. at about 1:30 on thursday afternoon, a knife attack took place outside of a school. a five—year—old girl was critically injured. she's still in hospital. and a school care assistant is also still in a critical condition, with another few children also injured in the process. after that, the suspect was detained. we know very few details about that. we know that he is in his forties, he has lived here for 20 years, he is an irish citizen. but we know nothing behind the motive, or any more behind his background after that. following that attack, rumours started swirling on whatsapp, signal and telegram messaging services online about that individual,

the suspect�*s background. and then these rumours, they swirled a crowd, and the crowd gathered in the centre of dublin and caused violence in the city centre, breaking shops, setting police cars on fires, buses on fires. there was a complete pandemonium there for quite some time. there were also some opportunists that took advantage of the situation as well, we're told, from what happened. and as you mentioned there, 500 people involved. the garda, the police here, they've now charged 32 people and are still investigating the violence that took place. but i've spoken to a number of people since i've been here over the past 24 hours and some of them have mentioned that something was brewing. there had been a number of far—right protests recently. some of those took place outside the irish parliament, outside of here, and something was potentially going to happen. of course, no—one could have predicted the level that was seen

on thursday, that that would have happened after such an horrific event, the stabbing earlier in the afternoon. but some have mentioned to me that possibly, the police here and thejustice minister hadn't quite taken seriously enough the threat from the far—right, growing far—right, here in ireland. now, it must be said, of course, there is no political presence here of far—right, but it has been growing as the number of immigrants have come. that threat from the far—right has also grown as well. just before i go, take a look at these pictures. two baby elephants. this is alto, who has given birth to twins — which is very rare for elephants. both calves are female and they were born at the samburu national reserve in northern kenya. they're african savanna elephants, which are classified as an endangered species.

some spectacular pictures from mount etna in italy. where the volcano is erupting again. a substantial flow of lava stood out against the white snow covered peaks in the mountain. this is sicily. italian officials haveissued this is sicily. italian officials have issued an alert for nearby air traffic. but so far, the nearest airport is just 20 miles or so away and is unaffected by the volcano. that appeal for donations for a brazilian courier who intervene to stop a stabbing in dublin and has raised more than £300,000. so this is the live page, the fundraising page. and you canjust see is the live page, the fundraising page. and you can just see 333,000 euros, 31,500 separate donations. an extraordinary effort for his extraordinary effort for his extraordinary efforts in that situation in dublin. plenty more to

come. to stay with us here, we have continuing coverage of all the events in gaza and israel. as the sun begins to set, we await updates of the hostages and prisoner release. stay with us here. i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc news. hello. it's a chilly and crisp day out there. the skies are generally clear, too, and that means that this evening, it's going to turn cold. and once again, we've got quite a widespread frost on the way. let's have a look at the satellite picture. and from the motion of the clouds, you can guess where the air has been coming from — from the north. but temporarily, we will see something a little bit milder coming out of the west, ahead of this weather front here. and that's also going to bring a fair amount of cloud and some rain for some of us on sunday. so here are the temperatures — saturday, mid—to—late afternoon,

around about 3 to 6 degrees celsius. tonight, the skies are clear. so once again, a sharp frost will form across scotland, england as well, but starting to turn a little less cold through the night out towards the west. so belfast, 3 degrees. i think the western fringes of wales milder too, and plymouth, around seven celsius. but elsewhere, temperatures around freezing, or even below. now, this area of low pressure will be moving across the country during the course of sunday and that means very different weather tomorrow for many of us. so we've got the crisp sunshine through today we'll all have had. tomorrow, it's a case of thicker cloud out towards the west. some outbreaks of rain moving through northern ireland, perhaps around the irish sea, wales, the south—west, the south, slightly higher temperatures — ten in belfast, 13 in plymouth, whereas in aberdeen and newcastle, it's more like four or five. and then through sunday night into monday, that low moves

right across the centre of the british isles, and that also leaves a legacy of cloud for monday and some outbreaks of rain. so, not a pretty picture. back to work early in the morning on monday with outbreaks of rain. and notice, the winds are coming from the north once again. so on the backside of this low, as it pulls away, that colder air returns, so back to single figures across most of the uk. now, is this colder weather going to hang around? so we're looking for these blues to stick around and, yes, they do through most of the week. weather fronts try to come in and bring some slightly milder air, but i think it's going to stay on the chilly side. so temperatures into single figures in the outlook for the week ahead, but it's not necessarily going to be sunny. in fact, farfrom it. at times, some rain, a bit of sleet, maybe mountain snow.

live from tel aviv. this is bbc news. back together at last — the 24 hostages released by hamas yesterday are starting now to be reunited with their families.

these are live pictures from southern israel. a major attack by russian drones on kyiv — ukraine's military say more than 70 were launched overnight. a second group of israeli hostages — held by hamas — is expected to be released over the coming hours. at least 13 people are to be freed, in exchange for the