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Tens of thousands of people are attending a march against antisemitism in central London.

Security minister Tom Tugendhat joined celebrities including Tracy-Ann Oberman, Rachel Riley and Robert Rinder at the march, which saw people join in singing as they proceeded through the city.

Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis was among those at the front the crowd, as marchers waved Israeli and Union flags as well as placards reading "Never Again Is Now" and "Zero Tolerance for Antisemites".

Speaking on Sky News on Sunday morning, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott said: "I'm very concerned about people, particularly Jewish people, feeling safe on the streets.

"I think it is right that the police take all necessary action to make sure that people are able to walk about their home city without fear."

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Hugo Bachega
Reporting from Jerusalem

This is the third of the four-day truce agreed between Israel and Hamas that has led to the release of hostages being held in Gaza amid a pause in hostilities.

In total, the agreement will see 50 Israeli captives being freed. For every captive returned, Israel has agreed to release three Palestinian prisoners currently in its jails – women and teenagers.

What’s going to happen after the truce ends tomorrow?

Israeli officials say their war against Hamas, launched in response to the 7 October attacks, is not over. But the government has indicated it could give an extra day of pause for every 10 hostages released beyond the initial agreement.

Hamas has not reacted to it. Around 200 hundred Israelis remain in captivity in Gaza, which gives the group leverage in its fight against Israel.

Here, the fear is that an extended pause could give time for Hamas to regroup and organise its defences ahead of the possible restart of the Israeli campaign.

At the same time, if the current release of captives is successful, the government could face renewed pressure to negotiate the release of more hostages.

Meanwhile, in Gaza, the pause has brought the most sustained quiet for Palestinians in the territory since the start of the war. It has also allowed the delivery of much needed aid, as the humanitarian crisis in the territory continues.

As we've been reporting, Hamas have announced the release of a hostage holding Russian citizenship.

In a statement on the official website it says: "In response to the efforts of Russian President Vladimir Putin and in appreciation of the Russian position in support of the Palestinian cause, the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas released a detainee who holds Russian citizenship."

Reuters news agency says Hamas has announced the release of a hostage holding Russian citizenship.

We'll bring you more as soon as we hear it.

The Israeli government department that coordinates Israel's activities in the Palestinian territories (COGAT) claims Hamas is hindering the delivery of aid into northern Gaza.

As we reported earlier, the dispute over aid reaching northern Gaza was cited as one of the reasons why Saturday's hostage release was delayed. Hamas said that Israel was stopping a number of aid trucks from reaching the north - Israel denied this.

Today, COGAT posted on X, external, formerly Twitter, saying:

"A Hamas checkpoint blocked the trucks delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of northern Gaza. To Hamas, residents of Gaza are their last priority."

The UN has confirmed that 61 lorries of aid reached northern Gaza earlier today, the largest number since 7 October. They included food, water and medical supplies.

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An anxious few hours played out yesterday as the hostage and prisoner exchange was delayed.

Hamas had accused Israel of violating the terms of deal saying there were issues over the delivery of aid to northern Gaza and the selection criteria for Palestinians prisoners.

The situation was eventually resolved with the help of mediators from Qatar and Egypt.

The BBC's Gaza correspondent Rushdi Abu Alouf, who is reporting from Istanbul, spoke to the BBC's Radio 5 Live a little earlier.

He said tensions were high as it's believed 400,000 people still remain in the north of Gaza with few supplies.

"We knew from the very beginning that this was a very difficult situation and a very sensitive issue. A very fragile deal.

"Things might go wrong at any time. The Israelis are using drones in the south and in the north. Hamas says part of the deal stipulated that Israel should not fly drones.

A short time ago we posted about Hamas announcing the deaths of several commanders from its armed wing, al Qassam Brigades.

It was unclear when the men died - but the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have since said on X, external that the men were targeted before the current temporary ceasefire.

The post on X reads:

In a thread, the IDF then details the intelligence it said it had gathered on the men, alleging they were involved in planning the 7 October attacks against Israel.

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Israel's Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Social Equality says that it is important to understand that the humanitarian pause is not a permanent ceasefire.

Amichai Chikli tells the BBC: "There is no ceasefire and there will be no ceasefire with a terrorist organisation of Hamas."

He adds that Israel is committed to destroying Hamas "not just for the sake of Israel but for the sake of humanity".

Chikli, of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, continues: "The ideology of Hamas, which is the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, this ideology is extremely dangerous and we can see how this inspired the atrocities of 7 October - the massacre, the rape, the barbarism, [were] inspired by the partners of Hamas all across the world.”

Amichai Chikli criticises the ICRC, saying they have "done nothing for the hostages".

The International Committee of the Red Cross have said previously that they were only able to visit the hostages if there were agreements in place guaranteeing safe access.

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As we've been reporting, an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin overnight left five people dead.

Funerals have been taking place to bury the dead, with armed men marching among the mourners.

The Israeli military said it was conducting a raid to detain a Palestinian suspected of involvement in an ambush that killed two Israelis in August.

The West Bank has seen an upsurge of violence since the Hamas assault on Israel on 7 October. The Palestinian health ministry says that more than 230 Palestinians, both civilians and fighters, have been killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers.

• You can read more of the story here

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The UN has confirmed that 129,000 litres of fuel crossed into Gaza on Sunday.

61 lorries of aid also reached northern Gaza today, the largest number since 7 October. They included food, water and medical supplies.

People have been queueing to collect supplies of humanitarian aid on the third day of the four-day truce between Israel and Hamas.

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A nine-year-old Irish-Israeli girl is among the latest hostages to be freed by Hamas in the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Emily's father Tom Hand said the family could not "find the words to describe our emotions after 50 challenging and complicated days".

"We are happy to hug Emily again, but at the same time, we remember Raya Rotem and all of the hostages who have yet to come back. We will continue to do everything in our power to bring them back home," he said.

Read more of Emily's story here.

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A professor who leads the team at the Edmund and Lily Safra Children's Hospital has given an update on the condition of 12 of the 13 hostages released on Saturday.

Itai Pessach said it had been a long emotional night for the women and children released by Hamas who arrived at the facility at 03:30 local time (01:30 GMT).

He said none of them had needed emergency medical treatment.

Pessach added that they had also received psychological evaluations and medics were helping them prepare for their return to the community where the "whole nation would embrace them."

Separately, Israeli media report the other Israeli hostage released on Saturday, Maya Regev, was taken to a different hospital upon her release and was to undergo emergency surgery for her injuries.

The armed wing of Hamas, the al Qassam Brigades, say four of its military commanders have been killed.

In a statement released on their Telegram channel, quoted by the Reuters news agency, the group says that one of Hamas operatives that has been killed was Ahmad Al Ghandour, known as Abu Anas, who was described as a "member of the military council and the commander of the North Brigade".

It was not made immediately clear when and how they were killed.

Families of hostages gathered for a huge rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday as they waited for news of some of the hostages being freed by Hamas as part of the deal with Israel.

Addressing the crowds, Shaykh Mowafaq Tarīf, the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel, said: "At the sight of the pictures of the child hostages, eyes well up with tears. How can one harm an innocent and pure child? How can one hurt innocent women? Good, peace-loving people?

"This is the depths of inhumanity and an abyss of darkness and hatred. The Druze stand behind all the hostages.

"We feel your pain and identify with the terrible suffering you face. We share common values of human love and the sanctity of life."

He added that the return of all the hostages was "an unparalleled moral imperative".

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Relatives of hostages kidnapped by Hamas from Israel during the October 7 attacks have said they are happy to see stages being released and hopeful their loved ones will be freed next.

Omer Lubaton Granot, whose cousin Chen Almog Goldstein and her three children are believed to have been kidnapped by Hamas, said he was "thrilled" to see the first sets of hostages being released.

"It’s a very happy, happy day and I think it's the good news that our nation needed after six very long weeks."

Granot added that he wanted to see more deals being done, "to bring all of the hostages home".

Granot also shared that his cousin's children are all under 18 years of age and that he hoped that the list of women and children to be released next would include them.

"We really hope to get some good news...we are just waiting, hopefully."

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Nave and Yahal were kidnapped along with their parents and several other family members from Kibbutz Be'eri, on 7 October.

Yesterday they were part of a group of hostages released by Hamas in the second exchange for Palestinian prisoners.

The children were able to leave captivity with their mum Adi Shoham, 38, and grandmother Dr Shoshan Haran, 67.

Dr Haran's husband, Avshalom, an economist and dual German-Israeli citizen, was killed in the Hamas attack, while Adi's husband, Tal, 38, remains in captivity.

• You can read about all the hostages that have been released here.

Lucy Williamson
Reporting from the West Bank

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The first thing 17-year-old Mohammad dar-Darwish did yesterday was get his hair cut.

After seven months in an Israeli jail, reclaiming his own identity was important to him.

The Palestinian teenager was freed by Israel, along with 38 other women and minors, in return for Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

Dar-Darwish was convicted by a military court of throwing Molotov cocktails at Israeli soldiers in April. He denies doing it.

As he was moved from prison on the day of his release, he says Israeli prison guards initially told him he was being taken to court.

He said he was “dizzy with happiness” when he arrived back in the West Bank, and found his father and brother in the crowd waiting to greet the prisoners.

After the 7 October attacks, Mohammad told me, guards took the blankets, cooking equipment, radios and televisions of Palestinian prisoners.

“They only gave us one portion of food between seven or eight people – we were always hungry. They couldn’t get to Gaza, so they punished us.”

Until his release, the only information about the war in Gaza came from new arrivals at the prison, he said.

He described people arriving in custody with fresh injuries: broken teeth, a badly bruised hand, and a large cut to the head that was left to heal untreated.

Israel’s prison service says all its prisoners are detained according to the provisions of the law, and that they have the right to make a complaint if they wish.

I ask Mohammad what he thinks about the Israeli hostages who were taken by Hamas, and used to buy his freedom.

Does he have sympathy for them?

“They were living in heaven, as guests of Hamas,” he replied, “while we were in prison, living each day in hell”.

• The BBC has reported that hostages held by Hamas are held in underground tunnels and suffered injuries during their violent abductions from their homes on 7 October.

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Palestinian officials say seven people have been killed in the occupied West Bank overnight.

News agencies are reporting that five of those people were killed in Jenin, which Israeli military says it had raided to detain a man wanted for alleged involvement in an ambush in August.

Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, said the city was stormed by forces "from several directions firing bullets. They surrounded the government hospital, the headquarters of the Red Crescent Society".

It's also reported by Wafa that bulldozers caused damage on several streets in Jenin.

Hugo Bachega
Reporting from Jerusalem

The delay in the release of hostages on Saturday showed how delicate the truce between Israel and Hamas is. For hours, there were fears the deal could collapse.

Hamas accused Israel of violating terms of the agreement, saying there were issues over the delivery of aid to northern Gaza and the selection criteria for Palestinians prisoners being exchanged for captives being held.

Mediators from Egypt and Qatar, countries that helped broker the arrangement, helped solve the impasse. Late at night, 13 Israeli hostages – six women and seven children – were finally freed. Four Thai nationals were also released.

In return, 39 Palestinians were freed from Israeli jails. Six of them are women while all the others are minors.

Today is the third day of the four-day pause in hostilities. In total, 50 Israeli hostages and 150 Palestinian prisoners are to be released.

As part of the carefully negotiated deal, the Israeli government has received a list with the names of those expected to be freed later, and their relatives have already been informed. But the families know that, as seen yesterday, any late-minute obstacle could delay the process.

Meanwhile, more aid is expected to enter Gaza, as a humanitarian crisis continues and many hope for an extension of the truce.

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The uncle of two Israeli siblings held hostage but freed yesterday has been speaking about his relief at their release.

Ahal Besorai’s nephew Noam Or, 17, and his sister Alma, 13, had been taken from their home in Kibbutz Be'eri on 7 October.

Besorai told the BBC about the “nerve-wracking “ exchange and how he then spoke to them via a video call at a hospital.

“They have some difficult stories to tell of the way they were captured and treated. They were not aware that their mom, my sister, was murdered," Berosai said.

"We had to bring the sad news to them. That was quite a traumatic exchange and they were not with their father. They had been held separately.”