the, the, you're watching, you know the news coming to live from berlin mos releases to more hostages. the elderly women have been very united relatives at a hospital in tell of eve. their release comes in and reports for us is advising israel to delay a ground offensive in technology so that more hostages can be freed. also coming up on the show dw, visit the comports that was over, run by how ma smell attends on october 7th. and here from residents and rescue workers about a horse of the attack boss and ukraine, orders, evacuations from the her southern region. all children are ordered to leave

a southern region after russian forces repeatedly shell residential areas. the i'm quite richardson, welcome to elderly as riley hostages. have been released by the as most militant group, hamas, the women were 1st transferred to egypt, been handed over to these rarely, military before being taken to a medical facility. in tell of israel size, at least $222.00 people were captured by homos, including more elderly people and children. the united states wants is relative, delay its expected ground evasion of cause a to allow for more time to secure the release of further hostages. the medical teams bundled the free does riley hostages into wasting ambulances. the full set of jonah gyptian tv revealing the latest release at egypt. buddha with garza,

the women aged 79 and 85 were kidnapped by homeless militants from the homes. during the terrorist attack on israel more than 2 weeks ago, finally free, they would quickly transfer to tel aviv for treatment. they were 10, some really good news and that the conflict be up to see if the 2 hostages. we are very excited about the local key, then medical condition is okay. and this speaking to us, when we receive them, be brought them to their family members. the meeting was very, very, moving to the homecoming, a huge relief in mind. the shot, i believe this moment would come. i wanted this moment to come. it doesn't matter if i believed it or not, this moment is here. while the return is welcome, the women's husbands are among the 220 people. israel sees a still being held captive by him,

us as on susan teeth around these sites, the families, fia, and frustration, amounting israel has been a messing troops and we've pens at the gaza board for days. but us media report, se washington has advised it to delay an anticipation ground defensive to allow negotiations to free more hostages, an outcome the wasting. families say can't come soon enough to have these correspondent rebecca rivers in jerusalem. and she told us more about the release of these hostages. well, the 2 elderly women as we just heard, were released late last night. so they do appear to be in relatively good health. so they, we, they haven't been able to take their regular medication and the time that they has been being held hostage so that we go on the going more tests and evaluations today

. but they did in a video that was released by some us of the prisoner exchange. they did, or sorry, the hostage released i should say, nothing was exchanged, that they do appear to be in relatively good health. they've been flown to a hospital until a be whether pain checked out. if they met with their families, they've been able to talk with their families. they actually walked out of that the, the adult out across the crossing on the on foot. so they do, they do appear to be a relatively good health. now their husbands, as you just had him at report a still left behind, they're still being held hostage and goes with interest the interesting they, one of the prisoners that was released and her husband, a relatively well known peace activist and they've worked most of a lives assisting gauze ins, assisting 1002 seeking medical treatment in israel, they would go to the board to help them and help with the transport and bring them into is riley to get medical receive medical treatment. so it's not clear whether that had anything to do with the release with the decision to pick these 2 women to

be released. but it's certainly very interesting background that you can see in the video as well. the, as they're walking out with, with the most militant who's taking them to the i see i'll see humanitarian workers to full. the exchange that she turns around, she shakes the hand of the mass militants. so that is perhaps an indication also of how the hostages being treated and that they perhaps give hope for the others that are still being held, but they're still in a fairly decent condition. indeed, do we have any insights into how this release came to be? what do we know about the deal uh that secured the release we don't know a huge amount about the deal. we know it was broad could between egypt and some of the days of negotiations have been going into this prisoner exchange. in fact, there were rumors uh earlier yesterday that some 50 hostages might actually be released to june nationals being held. obviously, details still quite scan these are just room is at this stage,

but it's being reported that that is still in negotiations. macintosh has been playing a big role in these hostage releases. we saw the other 2 days ago and these 2 and they would continue to play that role. egypt also involve now it's still the israel was not policy to these negotiations. thought that they were still somehow involved in that they, that was this, the sites the session of foaming, in order to allow for the hostages, a safe return, and also for the humanitarian workers who are receiving them. to me, i have 4 people in total who've been free to by homeless, where you are in israel, is there now more optimism that we might see more people released in the coming days. i think there is, of course, this optimism, as i mentioned, we've been hearing that potentially in the coming hours or days another 50 hostages may be released. it's not clear whether that'll be released in one go. we know that so far or how mouse has not received anything of return. so there's still a chance that they'll try and use the releases as for more negotiation. but we do

expect that, that we will be saying, well, hostage hostage is released. and there is also an indication that the us a cooling for this plan, the imminent this expected ground invasion to be held off in order for that to happen. thank you so much for your recording. their correspondence. rebecca renters on october 7th, a couple weeks, but i re, was one of the 1st communities that was attacked by homeless terrorist more than 2 weeks later. dozens of residents have not yet been located and authorities are still trying to identify bodies to nobody's. max sandra visited the comports as part of an organized press for a word of warning to our viewers. the following report contains graphic descriptions of the hamas attack. security is tightened keyboards barely today, but don on the morning of october 7th, the army was nowhere to be seen. the more than 1000 people living here were among

the 1st to be attacked by how much fighters they roamed. dicky boots for hours firing machine guns, grenades, rocket launchers, the sled terrace, moved from house to house over ours, killing civilians were taking them hostage. today, this keyboards, this deserted all, what's left are burnt, destroyed houses, and a community in ruins. of you know, these really are sorties want the world to see this and hear from people who are there. they bring the house on the smoke them out. and when they finally opened the doors, because it was received and decided who's, who's to live boosted out a rama. gold was part of a small goop defending the keyboards. he said they fired till they ran out of bullets. and i got to tell the story because 2 angels came to people, some reserve soldiers have no idea where they came from,

the us there was a munition and a cell phone. so we can pull the families that tell them where we are. okay. and we kept them going and kept on fighting. they will start screaming on your rugs. when the fighting stopped. emergency responders, looking for survivors, found scenes of horror who was push it open to tell me what small children, a boy and a girl had started to the back and tortured and i'll say tortured now. yes, i'll say the father was without it. they took out his eye, the mother was oppressed was cut off. and while the children were brutally attacked and they asked the middle and heating the food of how of different holiday float, holiday me that this, this, this, this family was suppose the physical evidence of what happened at places around the

country. it arrives here and it makes shift. morgan central is real. these are some of the up to 200 unaccounted for. people more are still being found. we are working then nights it shift in shift, trying to identifying every age and everyone. this is hard because people were disfigured, mutilated burned. we are here doing what we're doing because we're thing. this is a whole emissions for us identifying the last casualties and, and all of the civilians that the got killed is. so in florida it's for us. we want to give them their final respect families waiting to bury their dead. and those who saw what happened are angry, as well as the raft. at the boots, barry from us killed more than $100.00 people around 10 percent of the community.

for ronnie gold whose sister in law was killed that morning, there can only be one response. israel must completely destroy garza. they made a terrible mistake. there heard us for this very bad the damage to suffer will be even worse. and the ideal zone will never think of, of doing that again. is this the only way we can live together by them understanding that it can do it to a single emergency respond or ya see land. we saw the horror says almost cannot be part of the future. we went through a lot with through the holocaust, we're going through a lot will be strong. the world is supporting us. yes, the one the piece is a very important thing. the piece. yes. but not with home us. peace seems a far away prospect. here in the ruins of people. it's been

more than 2 weeks into the war. israel has stepped off it's bombardment of gaza saying it is hitting small militant targets. demoss lead garza health ministry says more than 5000 people have now been killed in the air strikes. causes hospitals have been overwhelmed by the number of casualties. clinics are short of staff medicine and beds. they're also running out of fuels to power generators. among the most vulnerable of patients, our newborn babies a tiny child struggling to brave of life support. it wouldn't stand a chance at god as large as hospital the head of the intensive care unit for pretty much your bath, where he's at time is running out for his patients. well, and when i see them here, we call on every one to send the necessary medical supplies for this critical department for the total or else we will face

a huge catastrophe with less unaccompanied. you ought to think of you. and that's especially if the electricity is out in this department's auto body. whether off 55 babies, i'm a good one. i'm in a himself, i'm seeing a lift and lose any of those who need electricity within 5 minutes of the highest. and that's how much the part says, how much is deadly attacks on october 7, he's right, it was in force and you total the blockade of the gaza strip pictures has been cut, minutes and fuel for generators of costs running out all the while. these really add for some pounds gods are relentlessly. the bombings have flooded causes false pills with casualties. some of the women were pregnant will have just given beth, and that they know how many we have a baby who was delivered at 26 weeks of the meal. and the weight, $880.00 crowns them with a wheel. and on behalf of a similar mother was referred from the north and the number then after the house

next to her was hit by an as striking or domestic. dia, the mother was priesthood to the delivery room. and she was panicking well, but we still still see it on his face. once you realize that she was in the delivery findings, they'll do live with this baby. and he was admitted to the intensive care units with him. and that because we left us with that and i received the hospital isn't guys as knowles, israel is expected to launch a ground invasion soon added power for the hospitals. patients the all access to further south is also struggling to cope model so despairing of a new bones have not been up. there was a shortage of capabilities and hospitals, and we're afraid that things will get worse. and that we won't find treatment for our children on the 5 by the end of the world. health organization says that at least 50000 pregnant women and gaza are not receiving necessary health care over

5000 due to gifts best soon in a life threatening environment. in more than 50 trucks and 3 convoys have passed through the russell border crossing from egypt since saturday, bringing aid for civilians and gaza, they were carrying food, water, and medical supplies. agencies say that aid is only a tiny fraction of what is needed. the deliveries also don't include fuel. the un says fuel is urgently needed for water and sanitation systems. hospitals as well as baker, is able to use the country director for care in the palestinian territories. i spoke to her earlier and i asked her about the situation in gauze and now that thousands of a trucks have entered to thank you so much and for your question and interest in knowing the situation in gaza. and but you're going to do it in a situation is becoming more and more critic going on by the hour and not by the day. and so we started to come by days when the system, the medical assistant,

is going to to be of service. and when the, because these are going to be out of service. but now we come thinking hours, as you can see in this image, we have been able to secure and funded if disappears. mississippi's for, for immediate requirements that are needed for surviving and life saving and this includes water, food, and everyone is asking for a few with because it says the basic electricity and drinking water is an issue with a good supply. medical supplies that are required again for life saving, not only for the emergency or an emergency aid, but also for the in patients in the, in the hospital. this is of course, as you can see in the images and the overcrowding that the consumption of contaminated want to we already started to see in the a u. n. schools and to overcome the what are what because is expected shelters and

which are schools for instance, storage facilities or physics owned by the u. n. we started to see signs of the diseases. what's involved diseases like diety, yeah. rash and even even other diseases back. but it's are, are becoming more and more risky at the simple, it's always a very desperate situation. i. so i just wanna jump in because you're limited time . i'm curious. do you tell us who is negotiating with whom to get trucks and with more aid? and are there any signs that a constant flow of trucks will be allowed or at all? what is that, this is the negotiations are happening to they you and, and they are leading on behalf of all of the international nation that you, any didn't organization. when we were the only requirements, they do the analysis also and collaboration with the different actors and they will lead to many go. she ation design. and oh, as you mentioned, this was a very tiny amount of the truck incident going daily basis. but i think is what

come, we hope that more more trucks are, are entering, but also on the default that do have a on the some of the station and you just supplied a 100 and a, just the d p as you know to, is not in the negotiation of the intern very limited amount of fuel was, was entering was allowed to enter gather for the in facilities. but of course this, the, this is restricted to the people themselves and those who are benefiting from this those days. but there are many asked as many people who are and civilians in the, in the center and who would not even access the designated shopkins by the way. fuel certainly hasn't a sticking point for israel. they're worried about how mosse will be able to use it for their purposes. i'm wondering if you can tell us a little bit about the distribution of the aid that has made it into gaza. who is your organization, coordinating with, to decide what goes where, and is it possible to work with the mazda authorities to this end? so, i will explain to you what we do in care international. and this is,

i assume what is happening with other organizations. that the distribution of 8, so even if these trucks imagined with me that they entered gas and it was safe for them to enter. now the infrastructure is to view the fixes and also the safety and security. our colleagues and workers to distribute is not guaranteed. so what happens is that we are cool with the navy with 2 main act as it's present and also that u. n. a that you and specifically on the role of managing bishop as they have sort of center nice area. when we send all these a mississippi's and they wouldn't be distributing them. also, on the other hand, this, this focus on the summit as the people in the chart that in the same time, guess that and our partners, they wouldn't be also distributing for those who are outside of the shifted. so for instance, people in the, in the, in certain areas that are not necessarily inside the interest. so this is how we manage to do the transportation so far. thank you so much for taking the time to

speak with us on the to be about this important issue that is he about tv, country director for care in the palestinian territories. we really appreciate your time. things got turned to some other news now and souls as a boat carrying a group of north korea and citizens, apparently seeking to defect, has crossed into south korean waters. the vessel was intercepted off the eastern port city of sako, and those of board were brought to safety. it is the 2nd known case of north koreans crossing the sea border to seek defection in the last few months. 9 people cross the western sea boundary on a fishing boat back in may and most north korean escapees make their way through china and south east asia. let's go more on this from journalist franco smith joining me from the south korean capital sol for more. a friend, can you tell us a little bit more about what south korean officials have set on this?

for more details about this vessel that crossed the m d l, the military demarcation line, the maritime military demarcation line into a south korean waters. they said now the boat was 7.5 meters long, it was a wooden boat. it was also reported by fishermen in the area and then tracked by the south korean military and coast guard using thermal imaging. those 4 people were one man and 3 a women, but there. um i, danny, these are not going to be released at this time. the last crossing uh on the east c. this is uh the waters between south korean japan to replace back in 2019. and then as you mentioned in may that other crossing was on the west sea on the other coast of the korean peninsula back in, in may of this year. and as you mentioned, usually defectors,

travel across the chinese border and then make it to south korea from there or from another 3rd country clare. so. so what happens to those 4 people? now? what kind of lives can defectors from north korea expect to live? and how often do we see this happen? well 1st off, they go to a place called honda one. it's a as re settlement support center, and it's a mandatory, a 3 month stay there. we're a north screen defectors receive some counseling. they receive some language and cultural education. there are some language differences now that the trees have been separated for 7 decades, and they also get some job training. then when they come out of that $101.00 facility, they get some housing stipend and, and some health care. as the number of defectors has declined precipitously with the cobit 19 pandemic, it's back up a bit this year. and we have

a total of $34000.00 or so the factors for more 3 and now now living here in south korea, thank you so much for that. update that is it frank smith in salt. we really appreciate it. thank you. the german chancellor, olaf schultz and ukrainian prime minister of denise eserman, how are expected to attend a german ukrainian economic form in berlin. today. event focuses on rebuilding ukraine, but that task is incredibly challenging considering russian attacks do continue due to that intense artillery fire authorities in the southern ukrainian region of her son have ordered a forced evacuation of children. officials say that more than $800.00 children are expected to be moved to say for areas. ukraine says that russian forces have been showing civilian infrastructure there frequently before the holiday. let's talk to of course, on an economy and keep nick, good to see you. and they've been in terms of tax reporting close to the front line and recent days has russian stepped off its attempts to push through cranes forces

back as well. it was really a sense up till, i guess the last 10 days or so that russia was basically trying to distract the crating force from that country pensive to put pressure in locations as far away from each other as possible to try and kind of spread those ukrainian forces as thinly as possible, but it doesn't really seem like russia is now serious about trying to take the kind of of difficult that is north west of west virginia city. it is a place that has being fought for since french 14, basically whether a very good ukraine defense is there, a trenches there, all kinds of mine fields. and we've seen very significant russian losses. and it really seems like the russians are now coming across the same problem to the cranes have had of trying to storm mine fields with almost vehicles being attacked from the sky by drones. a huge loss in terms of personnel and the real kind of need to try and find new stresses and try and let smaller groups of soldiers on foot to try and make some kind of progress. but it's not working for now. and the reading suspicions on the local level,

they're on the right hand side. they say the russians are trying to take full of donates grades and all the remaining parts. the region still under your grading control can till the end of the year. that speed supposedly the goal that they've set themselves and they certainly seem a willing to spend a lot of life and a lot of tech on trying to achieve that. and just like the dangers that that will clearly posed to civilians. many people living in those areas are not leaving. you spoken to many of them as you've traveled and reported from across the country. why do people choose to stay despite the risk of the it is always a really difficult question. and one that's pretty difficult to understand. if you're not living that um, for the most part, it has to be said that it slows the older people who stay against the old. it's a colleague of mine mix and once films a couple living in a cellar who had a daughter in k of who was taking them to leave said the police to try and get them out and they refused to leave even though they had some were waiting for them in case of but now we've had this news of compulsory factors for children,

at least in the capstone region, that is at the western ukraine control port that is constantly under selling from the russians on the other side of the pro river. it is very difficult. people tell you they don't want to be refugees, they might leave for a few months and then come back and say, we don't want to be thankful to stay on someone else's rooms. we want to have all gotten all friends our jobs, but it is a very emotive topic and one, when you look at your brand new social media, there is a lot of criticism for these people who, you know, put the children out these rates. they say, well, if you want to stay, stay but send your kids to safety and now the government is taking that next step and is, you know, giving no choice to those parents. thank you so much for as always, that is nick connelly reporting from keith and that is our show for now. if you want more news and analysis where you can find online at dw dot com coming up next for a short break. we'll have eco africa where they've gone and active as risking for life to stop while life punctures. stay tuned for that. thank you so much for

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