and so yocheved lifshitz has asked--- i — the moment. and so yocheved lifshitz has asked. ..ved lifshitz has asked... i think she _ the moment. and so yocheved lifshitz has asked... i think she is _ the moment. and so yocheved lifshitz has asked... i think she is asking - has asked... i think she is asking to end her statement to the press. i am very much hoping that all the people with her will come back and the story is not over until everybody comes back and we can start building again something up. she speaks hebrew just watching 85—year—old yocheved lifshitz. talking to journalists about her abduction into the gaza strip. with her daughter by her side. of course, her husband remains amongst the hostages inside gaza. 220, according to the israeli authorities. yocheved her daughter says this story is not over, and is calling for all the hostages to be released. this is an ongoing pressure in israeli society, the concern of friends and families of hostages inside gaza. and pressure on israel's government not to take military action that could jeopardise them any further. sh

so we'll go live to yocheved lifshitz just released hostage. she's speaking at a hospital here in tel aviv as you see there. we want to listen in here when she starts to talk. >> she thanks you for coming today. she was born in 1938 in israel. >> translator: take your time. i went through hell that i couldn't have known that we get into this stage. i was kidnapped on a motor bike on my side while they were driving towards gaza. in the field. $2.5 billion didn't help. hoards broke into our homes. part were taken hostages. it was a painful act. they brought us into a gate. i was lying on the side on the motor bike. i got bruises which because of the drive it made my breathing hard. >> we're not taking questions at this point. okay. my mom is telling the horrific stories, she's saying that many, many people, a swarm of people, came through the fence, that the fence cost 2.5 billion sheckles and it didn't help a little bit. she was taken on a motor bike with her legs on one side and she was taken through the plowed fields with the men in front on o

you can see, if you look, paramedics tending to nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz. the lifshitz family put out a statement confirming that the two women were handed over to the red cross at the rafah crossing. sources tell cnn that the u.s. is trying to delay the ground incursion into gaza in hopes of getting even more hostages out and more aid into gaza. with me to discuss, former israeli ambassador to the united states michael oren. mr. ambassador, good to see you again. do you think president biden will be able to continue prevailing upon prime minister netanyahu to continue delaying the ground incursion for the reasons laid out, to let humanitarian aid in and allow more hostages out? >> i don't know that he's actually prevailing upon benjamin netanyahu to do this. the national security council has denied it. the state department has denied it. let's say for argument's sake they are asking israel to delay a bit. that's going to be one of many considerations for israel. the question of whether the troops are ready to go in, whether they've gathered enough evidence

yocheved lifshitz�*s daughter confirmed her release.t israel says more than 200 are still being held. released by hamas after more than two weeks in captivity, yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were taken out of gaza into egypt.

that was sharone i lifshitz, translating for yocheved lifshitz, translating for yocheved lifshitz, oneo elderly israeli hostages released overnight from gaza. her husband, sharone lifshitz�*s father, oded, remains as one of the hostages still in the gaza strip. in an attempt to contain the conflict, trying to stop it from spreading across the region, emmanuel macron visited israel today. speaking alongside his israeli counterpart isaac herzog, he said the first objective of the war should be to secure the release of all hostages. president macron added that it was israel's duty to fight against hamas "without enlarging the conflict." he's also due to visit the palestinian president mahmoud abbas in the occupied west bank today. if i'm here with my delegation, it is to express our support and solidarity. we share your pain. what happened on the 7th of october is an awful terrorist attack against your people, your nation, it is right. and, it was an immense shock for the whole planet, especially in france. i am here to express our solidarity today. i am here to express our solidarity tod

hostages who were held captive, kidnapped by hamas, video, new video shows nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz right after they crossed the border into egypt this evening. they were met by paramedics and taken away in ambulances. they become the third and fourth hostages released by hamas after two americans were released on friday. israel has also told the u.s. that they believe some of the american hostages still held by hamas are alive, but the fate of many others hostages remains unknown. hamas kidnapped 222 innocent people during its deadly heinous invasion on october 7th, 222, it is believed, and negotiating the release of these remaining hostages is one of the big reasons the u.s. wants israel to delay its ground incursion into gaza. the israeli defense minister saying an operation by air, ground, and sea will be coming, quote, soon. the idf today said israeli soldiers are taking part in training exercises to improve their capabilities for future ground operations. the other reason the u.s. wants israel to delay any ground offensive is to make sure that more humanitarian aid can get int

yocheved lifshitz�*s daughter confirmed her release.he said, while i cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, i will remain focused on securing the release of my father and the 200 hostages in gaza. their release brings the total number of hostages freed by hamas to four, but israel says more than 200 hostages are still being held. released by hamas after more than two weeks in captivity, yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were taken out of gaza into egypt. freed on health grounds, hamas said — no longer hostages but survivors. both were kidnapped by hamas gunmen from their homes in nir oz, the scars of looting and destruction still mark the empty kibbutz. this was what they lived through. the vision of home they took to gaza, just three miles away. and this was what they lived through there. israeli air strikes, more than 300 a day, caught between their army and hamas. many palestinian civilians feel the same. gaza's hamas—run government says israeli strikes killed more than 400 people in a single day. hope, draining from

their names are nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz.hey were released and handed over to, by the way, the red cross at the rafah border, the crossing between gaza and egypt, and they are expected to be brought back to israel, according to the family of ms. lifshitz. they are so happy to hear that their mother has been returned but their whole bodies are focused on all of the other hostages who are stuck there in gaza. according to the nir oz kibbutz, a huge number of people from that kibbutz were either kidnapped, killed, or are still missing. they say that lifshitz was one of the founders of the kibbutz. she worked as a photographer, and she was a teacher, and she's been a peace and human rights activist throughout her entire life. cooper, for her part, moved to the nir oz kibbutz in its very early years, and she has been a teacher for early childhood education. we are seeing these women in this situation where their husbands are still stuck there as hostages. it has to be a terrifying moment for them, but they are released. that makes

yocheved lifshitz�*s daughter confirmed her release. that she is now safe, i will remain focused on securing the release of my father and the 200 hostages in gaza. their release brings the total number of hostages freed by hamas to four, but israel says more than 200 hostages are still being held. released by hamas after more than two weeks in captivity, yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were taken out of gaza into egypt. freed on health grounds, hamas said — no longer

yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were among more than 200 people abducted by hamas fighters in the attacks of october 7th, and brought to gaza. hamas, which is designated a terrorist group by many western governments including the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. the women, whose husbands are still being held, were handed over at the rafah border crossing between gaza and egypt at around 10 o'clock local time last night. president biden has called for the release of all hostages in gaza before there can be a ceasefire. lucy williamson reports. released by hamas after more than two weeks in captivity, yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were taken out of gaza into egypt. freed on health grounds, hamas said — no longer hostages but survivors. both were kidnapped by hamas gunmen from their homes in nir oz, the scars of looting and destruction still mark the empty kibbutz. this was what they lived through. the vision of home they took to gaza, just three miles away. and this was what they lived through there. israeli air strikes, more than 300 a day, caught between the

yocheved lifshitz was also critical of her own government.st described how unprepared israel was for the october 7th attack. the idf did not ta seriously. weerleft to fend for ouelves. the lack of knowledge in the idf severely affected us. they seemed unprepared for. she talked about the long series of tunnels that she was taken through, like a spider web, as she described it. what do you make of the situation that the israeli government is in right now. the bombing is creating a humanitarian disaster in gaza. some of the hostages and their family are critical of the government, who they want to prioritize getting all the hostages back over bombing gaza, and yet, it seems that netanyahu is under pressure to conduct a very violent campaign. what do you make at the position that they find themselves in, the government there? >> look, there is a duality here. you have a tension between objectives. one objective is clearly get the hostages out, and that's part of the reason why you have seen a delay in terms of carrying out a ground offensive int

the freeing of nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz was enabled by the international red cross.ony at the burial of a teenage daughter and sister. her father is still missing. also on the programme this evening... a warning of more rain to come for some parts of the uk already badly flooded by storm babet. it's revealed that a prostate cancer drug is widely available on the nhs in scotland and wales but not in england and northern ireland. and the man from stoke who bought a pool table with his lottery winnings and now captains england at the sport. and on newsnight at 10.30, we'll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today's big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow's front pages.

the group says nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz were let go for compelling humanitarian reasons the two women seen tonight in this egyptian tv video clip as they were handed over to israeli officials. their release and that of two americans on friday raising hopes for the families of the other nearly 200 including as many as 20 americans that may be held hostage. against that backdrop israel today stepping up its bombing campaign against targets in hamas-occupied gaza. israel's defense minister saying, "it may take a month, two or three, but at the end there will be no more hamas." well, according to four u.s. officials, the biden administration is urging israel to hold off its expected ground invasion in gaza to allow more humanitarian aid into the territory and more time for hostage negotiations our chief foreign correspondent richard engel leads off our coverage tonight >> reporter: first it was two americans. now two israeli hostages are free. taken out of gaza and loaded into ambulances tonight on the egyptian side of the border hamas freed nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz th

yocheved lifshitz�*s husband is still in captivity.s daughter sharone, who lives in london, spoke exclusively to the bbc on a flight to tel aviv. i am very excited. ijust saw pictures of my mum with ourfamily. they are all in the hospital. i'm very worried for my dad, so it's a very mixed emotion. it's wonderful to see my mum and her grace — it comes across, she's quite something. i'm so proud of her. the international red cross helped secure the release of the hostages. we have called repeatedly for access to those that remain detained, that remain as hostages, and we will continue to do so. right now, our goal is to be glad that these people will be able to make it safe home safely to their families. across gaza, there's widespread destruction, as israel's military has continued to pound targets from the air. it says it's preparing unrelenting attacks to dismantle hamas. but most of the more than 5,000 palestinians who've been killed are civilians. the united nations says 20 lorries of aid entered via the rafah crossing yesterday wit

in a video released by hamas, nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz were handed over to representativesittee of the red cross. not before 85—year—old yocheved lifshitz turns to a masked hamas gunman, shakes his hand and says, "shalom," hebrew for peace. hamas is designated a terrorist group by many western governments, including the uk. the women were taken out of gaza and into egypt to be flown back to israel. both had been kidnapped by hamas gunmen from their homes in nir oz. the scars of looting and destruction still mark the empty kibbutz. many residents were among the 1,400 killed in israel on its deadliest ever day. yocheved's husband, 83—year—old oded, is still in captivity. yocheved's daughter sharone, who lives in london, spoke exclusively to the bbc on a flight to tel aviv. i am very excited. ijust saw pictures of my mum with ourfamily. they are all in the hospital. i'm very worried for my dad, so it's a very mixed emotion. it's wonderful to see my mum and her grace — it comes across, she's quite something. i'm so proud of her. the international red cross helped secure the rel

nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz are at medical centers undergoing checkups.hat's something we saw happen with judith and natalie raanan last friday. their family members are waiting for them, we are told. but of course this news is bittersweet for a lot of families out there. a lot of the relatives of other hostages, who still have no news about their loved ones. it is believed to be 218 hostages that are still in gaza tonight. anderson cooper joins me now live from tel aviv. and anderson, i know you got to speak with yocheved's daughter, charone. what did she tell you? >> she's obviously overjoyed about the news about her mom. she was at the airport about to board a flight to come here to tel aviv to see her mom. she's going to be landing shortly, if she hasn't already gotten here. she's obviously thinking very much about her father, who is in custody, and all the other hostage families. let's listen in. >> it's impossible to describe. my mom, i think she had a good smile. i don't know. i'm so delighted. but my heart is with, you know -- this is a small ray

nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz were taken in the hamas attack two weeks ago and held hostage in gaza. this is the moment on egyptian state news that the pair were transferred to ambulances at the rafah border crossing with egypt. while i cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, i will remain focused on securing the release of my father and the 200 innocent people who remain hostages in gaza. the release brings the total number of hostages released to four but israel says more than 200 are still being held. released by hamas after more than two weeks in captivity, yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were taken out of gaza into egypt. freed on health grounds, hamas said — no longer hostages but survivors. both were kidnapped by hamas gunmen from their homes in nir oz, the scars of looting and destruction still mark the empty kibbutz. this was what they lived through. the vision of home they took to gaza, just three miles away. and this was what they lived through there. israeli air strikes, more than 300 a day, caught between their army and hamas. many palestinian civilian

on monday, a hamas spokesperson said 79-year-old nurit cooper and 85-year-old yocheved lifshitz had beenet go for humanitarian reasons and poor health grounds. hamas shared video showing armed fighters releasing the elderly hostages to red cross officials. just before the video ends, lifshitz reaches back to shake the hand of one of her captors, saying "shalom" -- the hebrew word for "peace." earlier today, lifshitz spoke to reporters in tel aviv, describing a harrowing scene as she was kidnapped and driven off to gaza on a motorbike with two hamas fighters, then forced to walk for miles through a network of underground tunnels. once in gaza, lifshitz says her treatment improved. she says she was seen by a doctor, fed well, and had the opportunity to wash. her daughter sharon translated her remarks to reporters. >> my mom is speaking about the time there. she is telling us about sharing food with the people. when she first arrived, they told him they are muslims and are not going to hurt them and that they ate the same food that hamas was eating. amy: israel believes about 220 other host

hamas freed nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz. their release, like with the american mother and daughter last friday, was facilitated by the red cross. before hamas began to release hostages we spoke to a senior hamas official who said the group was willing to free civilians. >> well, if you stop the aggression, it can be implemented in the next hour. >> reporter: tonight we interviewed him again. he told us hamas wants to talk and is open to negotiations. >> so where do we go now? >> stop the aggression, open the borders. we are ready to release all. we don't need to have anyone in our houses. i'm talking about open migration, opening the borders, discussing our rights to get rid of this siege and occupation, and everything is on the table to be discussed. >> reporter: at the white house president biden was asked about a potential ceasefire and said hamas has it backwards. hostages out first. >> we should have those hostages released and then we can talk. >> reporter: today israel raised its estimate saying there are 222 hostages

yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were among more than 200 people abducted by hamas fighters in thes designated a terrorist group by many western governments including the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. the women, whose husbands are still being held, were handed over at the rafah border crossing between gaza and egypt at around 10 o'clock local time last night. president biden has called for the release of all hostages in gaza before there can be a ceasefire. lucy williamson reports. released by hamas after more than two weeks in captivity, yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were taken out of gaza into egypt. freed on health grounds, hamas said — no longer

. >> reporter: out of captivity, tonight 85-year-old yocheved lifshitz, 75-year-old nurit cooper, theirill thought to be in the hands of the hamas. ahead of their release, yocheved lifshitz's grandson spoke of his grandparents kindness. >> my grandfather and grandmother were taking people to get their treatment there are two is really hospitals. >> it comes as israeli forces launched a ferocious new assaul. hundreds of explosions and some of the heaviest bombardments gaza has seen in two weeks of israeli air strikes. i had have been expected ground offensive, u.s. officials warn of an escalation of violence across the region, especially from irani and backed groups like hezbollah in lebanon. cbs's debora patta is in northern israel. >> reporter: we just arrived at the border town to film the evacuation when we were ducking for cover. air raid sirens were followed within seconds by a loud blast. what you've just been hearing is exactly why authorities from the last few thousand people left in this town to evacuate to safety. this little mile from this house had been hit by a porter insid

yocheved lifshitz, who's 85, said she'd been through hell. her husband is still being held.n gaza —

and daniel lifshitz is yocheved's grandson. i just want to start first with saying, thank god for you and your family, and i know you're still missing your grandfather. but to have her home. we see just a brief glimpse of a woman of steel and of great grace in how she treated even her captors. but you shared some photos that you've taken at the hospital of you and her together over this past 24 hours. how is she doing? >> so, firstly, i saw her yesterday when arriving. and my feelings were very mixed because the last time i saw my grandmother, she was a powerful full of life woman, and seeing her like that on the first scene in the hospital was from one side, i was really happy, and i was feeling like thank god she's home. and from the other side, i saw a woman that had been abused that is suffering so much, suffered a lost or missing or she doesn't know and we don't know of her husband in the last 60 years. and -- >> she hasn't seen him since they were abducted from the kibbutz, she has not seen him? >> the last time she saw h

here is what the family of yocheved lifshitz had to say about her release. >> i've seen a picture of in a bed, in a hospital bed. she is waving her hand. i know that she is well enough to speak. and well enough to walk. i think that she walked across the border. so my mom's story is an amazing story. my heart is with my father and the other 218 people railroad so that are still held hostage. this is a great sign that other things can happen. >> so much joy and light and happiness from one side and so much sadness and still this roller coaster. we don't go out of it. and now my grandmother is back, but still now i'm more afraid about my grandfather, that he is still there and still no men being released. >> both women will get a complete physical examination by doctors before being discharged in the coming days. the families are hopeful this means more hostages will be released very soon. joining me now is associates professor of international security and conflict resolution with the political science department of the university college london. thank you so much for joining us. >> g

and you know, you heard from yocheved lifshitz her frustration. and i spent about 45 minutes with her grandson last night. and he shared that incredible frustration. that why would his grandmother and all of these npts people h innocent people be put in this horrific situation because of this failure. and pamela brown saying that they were using land lines, he they were deep underground. and when they were actually doing the preparations above ground, right, like actually the dry runs, that israel saw it and didn't recognize it for what it is. thought it was more of the same. so sort of sometimes that something is staring you in the face and you don't necessarily recognize what it is. but we've seen the battle plans. i've seen them from two of the kibbutz found on the hamas soldiers. they are dated a year before and extremely specific. but the numbers are in the documents. you see sort of an extension almost like a corporate office type of thing, it is truly staggering. and pa la'smela's reporting thay were me meeting deep unde underground. and ne

nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz. both israeli citizens, both taken from their kibbutz on october 7. mrs. lifshitz and her husband are founding members of the kibbutz. she and mrs. cooper were handed over in southern gaza, where they each were examed by medics. now the medics telling an egyptian media outlet that mrs. kuiper and lifshitz were in stable condition. just a few moments ago, we got this video of a military helicopter carrying the two freed women now safely back here in israel. this comes with sources telling cnn that the biden administration has been pressing israel to delay its ground incursion into gaza to allow more time to get hostages out and humanitarian aid in from the south. that said, national security spokesman john kirby tells cnn tonight, quote, we don't believe this is the time for a ceasefire. there's certainly a lot to get to in the hour ahead. we begin with my conversation with yocheved and nurit lifshitz daughter. when we spoke, she just got the news of her mother's release and was at heat

. >> that was the daughter of released hostage yocheved lifshitz.itz is one of two israeli women released by hamas yesterday. we heard about her experience in captivity just a short time ago. >> her release comes just days after hamas released american hostages judith and natali raanan. they are still holding more than 200 people captive israeli husband and father, you see him right there, is believed to be among them. his wife says she watched him being taken away from their kibbutz in handcuffs. joining us now is his brother-in-law. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. good morning. >> the pain is something no one can imagine. who has not gone through this. but, what can you tell us about any hope you may have now that we have seen four hostages freed? does it bring you some hope? >> it does bring some hope. it's a conflicted feeling. i think we're realizing that dual nationals first of all will be prioritized by all parties involved. and second, probably women and children. my sense is that my brother-in-law hopefully will be released eventual

nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz were taken in the hamas attack two weeks ago and held hostage in gazaer crossing with egypt. while i cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, i will remain focused on securing the release of my father and the 200 innocent people who remain hostages in gaza. the release brings the total number of hostages released to four but israel says more than 200 are still being held.

she is tell her story this morning at the hospital. 85-year-old yocheved lifshitz told reporters how she was abducted and held captive underground for weeks. >> the grandmother says they stormed her kibbutz and took her away on a motorbike and beat her with sticks. she says they took her in hamas' underground tunnel network and held had her with four other ginls. they had guards, a doctor and paramedics who took care of them. hamas had a stockpile of shampoo and other toiletries for hostages to use. >> there are huge network of tunnels underneath. it looks like a spiderweb. when she first arrived, they told them that they are muslims and they are not going to hurt them. and that they share -- they ate the same food that the hamas was eating. >> they have released four hostages as israeli troops gear up to launch an assault by gaza by ground, sea, and air. the israeli military says it struck more than 400 targets across gaza in the past day killing hamas commanders and fighters as more than 200 hostages are believed to be held by hamas inside gaza including 30 children. let's go to er

they are 79-year-old nurit cooper and 85-year-old yocheved lifshitz. both were taken from their homes in the southern israeli kibbutz of neroz which is just near the gaza border. both of their husbands were kidnapped with them. they were not released. we do have some video of lifshitz making her way to an ambulance. her daughter releasing a statement that reads, in part, i cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, i will remain focused on securing the release of my father. we also have new video of cooper in a stretcher being treated by medics. her husband is still being held by hamas. that is the reality. while these two women are free, and that is something that is important and so wonderful for their families. there are still 218 civilians being held against their will. hostages in gaza, this is according to the idf, ten americans are still unaccounted for. and that is why according to sources american officials are pressing israel to delay its ground offensive, something that appears to have been successful over these past few days. to

this all comes as hamas has released two more hostages, 85-year-old yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper nbc news' jay gray is following the developments. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after her release, we're hearing from an 85-year-old grandmother being held by hamas. in fact, we saw as she was turned over from soldiers, she shook hands with her captors before leaving. she said she was treated well, given food and medicine. and she questioned why the idf did not take the warnings three weeks before the attack, she said there's information so many allowing how and why did this take place. they're working through multiple channels of communication, trying to get a message to residents in gaza, telling them they'll pay them and protect them if they can get information about those hostages that are being held. as for the aid moving into gaza, we know that 54 aid trucks have moved in over the last three days. no fuel is moving into the area. and palestinian authority ministry of health says the hospitals are now at 150% of capacity. we know that many of those hospitals are running out of

yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper. they were placed in ambulances. they then switched vehicles and were driven to the crossing which is not far away at all in israeli territory and now are being medclal processes before being reunited with their families. the big question is going to be going forward, will we see more of this drip, drip hostage release? hamas seems to be addressing not just the governments of the region, not just the prime minister of israel, but also the israeli public, by saying look, so long as there's no incursion, every couple days, every three days, maybe there will be a hostage release and the families of the hostages have been putting a lot of pressure on the israeli leadership, asking them to delay this incursion until more hostages are out. and as far as the u.s. president, president biden, is concerned, there is also some pressure placed on prime minister netanyahu to try to get more humanitarian aid in, joy. so we're going to be watching, but it looks so far as though this long anticipated ground incursion is on hold at l

it comes as hamas has released two more hostages, 85-year-old yocheved lifshitz, and 79-year-old nurite have video of their helicopter landing in israel. the two transported by ambulance to a tel aviv hospital. a short time ago, lifshitz spoke to reporters counting her terrifying experience as her daughter translated. >> my grandmother, my grandmother is a very, very strong woman. i don't know anyone stronger than her. and to see her in this fragile situation, mental situation -- >> she did say hamas terrorists beat her on the day she was taken, but she's been well treated in the two weeks since. the husbands of both released women are still being held captive. >>> here at home, leaders in richmond are under new fire for a proposed resolution accusing israel of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. the city's mayor and vice-mayor introducing the resolution, which council members are expected to vote on later today. that measure reaffirms support for gaza and calls out israel for its air strikes and plans for a ground assault. on social media, bay area jewish groups are calling that resolutio

today, we heard from one of the hostages released last night, 85-year-old yocheved lifshitz >> a swarm of people came through the fence. >> reporter: her daughter helped her describe what she called two weeks of hell >> she was taken on the back of the motor bike. >> reporter: recounting how she was hit by sticks by her kidnappers, kept inside underground tunnels with five others lifshitz's husband remains a hostage. while today at the u.n., families of hamas captives pleaded for their return >> why is no one crying out for these people be allowed for access to the red cross? why is no one demanding just proof of life? >> reporter: eli david's brother is being held, too, kidnapped from the music festival where hamas gunmen executed hundreds of israelis he shared with us the videos hamas posted online >> he is handcuffed with his hands behind his back, and a terrorist holding a gun in one hand, and in the other hand, headlocking my brother. >> reporter: eli, like many israelis, wants the world to see these images to understand what israel is up against. >> we know that he is alive. >> r

women freed by hamas arrived at a tel aviv hospital. 79-year-old nurit cooper and 85-year-old yocheved lifshitz were taken hostage during the deadly october 7th hamas raids along with their husbands who are still being held. lifshitz's grandson says his family is excited and thrilled she's been released and hopes she's in good health. this latest hostage release comes days after two americans were also freed, but israeli officials estimate more than 200 hostages are still being held by hamas. >> it's crime against humanity. >> reporter: nir shani says hamas took his 16-year-old son during the kibbutz be'eri attack. >> he's a boy. he's not a warrior. he was taken from his room and from his bed. >> reporter: israeli air strikes have intensified in recent days, and there are new warnings for evacuations in gaza ahead of an imminent ground invasion. two sources told cbs news the white house has sought to slow israel's plans for a ground invasion in order to free hostages and a give aid to gaza. yesterday president biden was asked if he supported the exchange of hostages for a potential cease-fire.

you're seeing here an image of yocheved lifshitz, 85 years old.is still detained inside of gaza. we're waiting for the image of the release to come to us. we're understanding it will take place at the rafah border crossing with egypt. this is where we understand israeli authorities will be taking custody of these two hostages. this follows the release last week of two other hostages that were detained by hamas. we now know there are more than 200 others, by the way, inside of the gaza strip, and it followed pretty much the same modus operandi, the hostages were handed over to the international red cross and then they were ferried to the border crossing in the southern part of the gaza strip that you see highlighted there on the map and handed over to authorities there. we're waiting for that transfer to take place and the images to reach us. back to you. >> do we know anything about their condition? do we know, they're 79 and 85-year-old women, do we know anything about how they've been treated or not yet? >> so we understand that one of the hosta

the interesting thing about that handshake in shalom you know, yocheved lifshitz, she had been a peacebring peace between israelis and palestinians that could have been a moment between her and that militant. but also you know, there is that really strong effort by the united states right now to get these hostages freed. there's reporting that there could be a large release of hostages that israel would hold off on that ground invasion if that is possible. but you know, the israelis still seem very intent to launch a ground invasion to eliminate hamas. it's likely that israel will eventually go into gaza. reed? >> we thank you for your reporting, ian lee. be safe over there. and here at home, the jewish community relations council sounding the alarm and urging people to speak up. tonight, the richmond city council is set to vote on a resolution of solidarity with palestinians in gaza. it's called resolution r1 and accuses israel of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. pretty strong language there. the jcrc calls the resolution inflammatory and biased. we've reached out to the councilmembers

meanwhile, one of the hostages released by hamas, 85-year-old yocheved lifshitz, is speaking out saying she went through hell but was treated kindly and provided for. her husband is one of the more than 200 hostages still being held. israel's ground invasion seems to be on hold for now while these negotiations continue to free more of the hostages. but the air strikes continue, and so do the rockets as this bloody war rages on. anne-marie? >> all right, ian lee in tel aviv. thank you. >>> our other top story -- the chaos in the capitol. divided house republicans are now on their fourth speaker nominee. two of them happening yesterday alone. the newest pick, louisiana's mike johnson, coming just hours after number three bowed out. it is the latest twist in a remarkable three-week deadlock that has left congress leaderless and paralyzed. will johnson have the support to win the gavel before today's expected floor vote? skyler henry has the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: house republicans say louisiana's mike johnson is the man they want to become the next speaker. johnson won on t

yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper only landed here in tel aviv from egypt in the early hours. ng 85-year-old lifshitz was ready to share her story, saying, "i went through hell," describing how hamas kidnappers draped her over a motorcycle. "i was lying on my side with my legs here and my body there," she said. "and a group of guys hit me with sticks on the way." she said militants took away her watch and jewelry as she was led down a vast network of tunnels she said looked like a spider web. but asked why she shook the hand of a hamas gunman when she was set free, she said her captors treated her with softness and "supplied all our needs." lifshitz also criticized israeli defense forces for not doing more to pick up the threat from gaza before militants launched their attack. lifshitz and cooper's husbands are still believed to be held by hamas along with at least 220 more hostages according to israeli officials. the israeli air force dropped leaflets over gaza today, asking residents to reveal the whereabouts of those hostages in exchange for a reward. this amid some of the i

tonight 85-year-old yocheved lifshitz and 75-year-old nurit cooper. thought to be in the hands of hamas. >> it's okay. let's go. >> reporter: ahead of their release, yocheved's grandson spoke of his grandparents' kindness. >> my grandfather and grandmother were taking the sick people from gaza strip who cannot get their treatment there to israeli hospitals. >> reporter: it comes as israeli forces launched a ferocious new assault across gaza. hundreds of explosions in and some of the heaviest bombardment gaza has seen in two weeks of israeli air strikes. ahead of an expected ground offensive, u.s. officials warn of an escalation of violence across the region, especially from iranian-backed groups like hezbollah in lebanon. cbs's debora patta is in northern israel. >> reporter: we just arrived in the border town of kiryat shmona to film the evacuation of residents when we were ducking for cover. the air raid sirens were followed within seconds by a loud blast. what you've just been hearing is exactly why authorities want the last few thousand people lef

in a video from hamas, nur and yocheved lifshitz walked by armed militants and handed over to red cross the u.s., several hundred hollywood stars adding their names to an open letter to president biden asking him to keep his focus on the more than 220 hostages still being held. those families with only hope the hold on to. earlier tonight, i spoke with john polin and rachel goldberg whose son hersh was presumed abducted by hamas at that music festival in israel. they arrived late today from jerusalem. tomorrow they will appeal to the u.n. to help bring the hostages home, hoping their son may be among them. john and rachel, thank you so much for joining us. you've just flown in from israel. we're so grateful to have you on "nightline." first, about the news today, that two more hostages were released. your reaction to that. >> well, i was with every hostage that is released, we are thrilled for their families. that's -- and we're thrilled actually for the actual hostages. but since we know what the families have been going through, it's been like a whisper of relief and of course hope th

yocheved lifshitz, who's 85, said she'd been through hell. her husband — who is 83 — is still being held. israel estimates 220 hostages are still in gaza, after being abducted in the attacks of october 7. hamas, which is designated a terrorist group by the uk, said the release was for "humanitarian reasons". meanwhile, israel is continuing its aerial bombardment. at least 700 people were killed in gaza in the past 2a hours, according to hamas officials. they also say the total number killed is now more than 5,700 — including more than 2,000 children. 0ur international editor jeremy bowen reports — and a warning, it contains some very distressing images. after the doctors had examined yocheved lifschitz, she came out of the hospital in tel aviv saying she went through hell in gaza, from the moment hamas took her as a hostage. translation: l was laying _ on a motorcycle, my body on one side and my legs on the other, and the hamas men beat me on the way. they didn't break my ribs, but hurt me very much. like so many israelis, she's astounded by

released by hamas after more than two weeks in captivity, yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were taken out of gaza into egypt. freed on health grounds, hamas said — no longer hostages but survivors. both were kidnapped by hamas gunmen from their homes in nir oz, the scars of looting and destruction still mark the empty kibbutz. this was what they lived through. the vision of home they took to gaza, just three miles away. and this was what they lived through there. israeli air strikes, more than 300 a day, caught between their army and hamas. many palestinian civilians feel the same. gaza's hamas—run government says israeli strikes killed more than 400 people in a single day. hope, draining from the chance of peace, still surfaces in the chance to save a life. ibrahim from blackpool is trying to leave gaza with his mother and three siblings. they have been living here for a year. buildings very close to us on our street, destroyed. we had to flee the house, flee our flat where we were living, and go to khan younis and stay with family members. there were 43 of us staying in one flat. 0n

this time, two elderly israeli women. 79-year-old nurit cooper and 85-year-old yocheved lifshitz.d into egypt last night. their medical team saying they're in good condition. lifshitz even speaking at a press conference this morning. she said she was hit during her capture and taken into tunnels in gaza that looked like a spider web and that a doctor saw her during her captivity the releases are bittersweet because there are still about 220 hostages to go, including children and americans hamas claims to be releasing civilians for humanitarian reasons in an apparent effort to improve its image. israel says don't believe it the israeli government released footage it said was taken from dashboard cameras and body cameras worn by hamas fighters reportedly showing them killing civilians in cold blood during the october 7th attacks that left more than 1,400 israelis dead israel remains shaken and furious. but its closest allies are cautioning the country not to be blinded by revenge the gaza strip is at a breaking point. hospitals are running out of even reserve fuel. and with no gas f