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All of the hostages freed tonight were from one kibbutz, we have just been told - Kibbutz Nir Oz.

The head of the kibbutz, Osnat Peri, has released a statement, saying: "The news this evening brings a sigh of relief to our community."

But he said the community remains "deeply concerned about our loved ones that are still held hostage", adding that out of those still held captive, 49 are from Nir Oz.

We have the list of hostages who have been released and will bring you details of who they are as soon as possible.

We've just received a statement from the Israeli military which confirms that 11 hostages "are now in Israeli territory" after being released by Hamas.

The hostages will undergo medical assessments, the IDF said, and forces will accompany them until they are reunited with their families.

Several children, including three-year-old twins, are among the hostages freed this evening by Hamas, according to Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev.

He told the BBC News Channel they had been transferred to the Red Cross, adding: "We are waiting for them to be back on Israeli soil - only when they are back at home can we say this has truly been done.

"We think it's just a matter of time now."

Regev said Israel's "framework" from the beginning was for 50 women and children to be freed over four days.

Israel has not yet confirmed it has agreed to extend the truce. The US, Qatar and Hamas have all said a two-day extension has been agreed. Regev said: "And we've said publicly and repeatedly that we're willing to give an extra day for every 10 hostages released - the ball is in Hamas's court."

But he continued: "We know who we are dealing with - a ruthless and fanatical terror organisation. We saw the sort of violence they committed against innocent civilians on 7 October - and just tonight, the people released - there are two three-year-old twins - who kidnaps three-year-olds?"

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Just joining us or need a recap? It's coming up to 22:30 in Israel and Gaza, and 20:30 here in our London newsroom - and we're waiting for further news of today's releases of hostages and prisoners. Here are the key developments:

• The Israeli military says 11 hostages are on their way to Israeli territory, as part of today's hostage deal. They include French, German and Argentinian dual nationals, Qatar said. Meanwhile, 33 Palestinians - including 30 children and three women - are being released from Israeli prisons, Qatar added
• So far - excluding tonight's expected release - 39 Israeli hostages have been freed from Gaza and 117 Palestinian prisoners have been released from Israel jails under the four-day truce
• Earlier, Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their four-day truce in Gaza for another two days, Qatar, the US and Hamas say
• Under the extension, Hamas has committed to release another 20 women and children, the US says
• UN chief Antonio Guterres welcomed the extension as "a glimpse of hope and humanity," but warned that the extra time was not enough time to meet the aid needs of the Gaza Strip
• US President Joe Biden says the pause has allowed a "significant surge" of aid to enter the strip
• But strong winds and heavy rain have worsened conditions for tens of thousands of Gazans living in tents
• A surgeon who has returned to the UK from Gaza described the situation he saw in hospitals during the fighting as "apocalyptic" - children had worms coming out of their wounds and supplies were so low he resorted to using washing up liquid to clean them, he said

We've just heard a bit more from Qatar - which has been mediating the truce - about the 11 Israeli hostages being released by Hamas from Gaza tonight.

Writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, Qatari foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said , externalthey include several dual nationals.

"The Israelis released from Gaza include 3 French citizens, 2 German citizens, and 6 Argentinian citizens," he said, adding they "were handed over to the ICRC".

He also confirmed that, as Hamas said earlier, the Palestinians being released from Israeli prisons include 30 children and three women.

As we've been reporting, Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend the truce by two days - something which is being welcomed by world leaders. It's a "glimpse of hope and humanity in the middle of the darkness of war", says UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres.

He said he "strongly" hopes it will enable the UN to increase humanitarian aid to the people in Gaza.

But he warned even with the additional time it gave, it would be "impossible to satisfy all the dramatic needs of the population in Gaza".

The UN has been delivering some humanitarian aid to Gaza via the Rafah border crossing from Egypt and it also wants to be able to use the Kerem Shalom border crossing, controlled by Israel.

The Israeli military has said 11 hostages are currently en route to Israel.

"Based on information that was received from the Red Cross, 11 hostages are currently on their way to Israeli territory," the Israel Defense Forces said.

US President Joe Biden has said the humanitarian pause has allowed a "significant surge" of aid to get into Gaza.

In a statement, Joe Biden said: "We are taking full advantage of the pause in fighting to increase the amount of humanitarian aid moving into Gaza, and we will continue our efforts to build a future of peace and dignity for the Palestinian people.

"We will not stop until all of the hostages held by Hamas terrorists are released. "

Sofia Bettiza
Reporting from Brussels

The European Union's foreign policy chief has condemned plans by the Israeli government to allocate new money for expanding settlements in the West Bank.

"I’m appalled to learn that in the middle of a war, the Israeli government is poised to commit new funds to build more illegal settlements,” Josep Borrell said earlier. More on the situation with settlements in the West Bank here.

Borrell said "violence spread by extremist settlers in the West Bank" - who he described as being been protected by Israeli police and military - will "not make Israel safer".

And he described the settlements as the country's "greatest security liability".

This is quite strong language from the EU’s top diplomat, given it is an institution which usually opts for more diplomatic language and prefers to leave tough political statements to individual member states.

Borrell also condemned what he described as the “disproportionate” killing of civilians in Gaza.

“The suffering of the civilian population of Gaza, depriving them of basic needs, the highly disproportionate death toll, including more than 5,000 Palestinian children, and turning half of Gaza into rubble. Most of the public opinion around the world considers it unacceptable."

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Five armed Palestinian groups joined Hamas in the deadly 7 October attack on Israel after training together in military-style exercises from 2020 onwards, BBC News analysis shows.

The groups carried out joint drills in Gaza which closely resembled the tactics used during the deadly assault - including at a site less than 1km (0.6 miles) from the barrier with Israel - and posted them on social media.

They practised hostage-taking, raiding compounds and breaching Israel's defences during these exercises, the last of which was held just 25 days before the attack.

BBC Arabic and BBC Verify have collated evidence which shows how Hamas brought together Gaza's factions to hone their combat methods - and ultimately execute a raid into Israel which has plunged the region into war.

• Read the full story here , external

As we've been reporting, Hamas says another 33 Palestinians are set to be freed from Israeli prisons later today - in addition to 117 who have been released over the past three days.

Among those freed so far is 17-year-old Wissam Tamimi, who was arrested in the occupied West Bank in June.

His cousin Janna Jihad told BBC Radio 4 earlier today that when she collected him from prison he had lost weight and it was clear he had not slept for days. He began vomiting shortly after his release, she said.

Jihad added that Tamimi had not had any formal charges laid against him since his arrest, but was accused of what she called "random" things such as throwing rocks and attending demonstrations.

Asked if this was typical, she said: "Most of my friends and cousins and all the children around me have gotten arrested at one time in their life."

The Israeli Defense Forces directed BBC questions about his case to the Israeli prison service, who have not responded to a request for comment.

Asour correspondent Lucy Williamson has reported, a quarter of the population of the West Bank has spent time in an Israeli jail.

Previously Israel has said measures like detention without trial are necessary for its security, and its actions in the occupied territories are meant to stamp out militancy and thwart future attacks.

The US has also now confirmed that Israel and Gaza have agreed to extend the truce deal - with national security spokesman John Kirby saying Hamas has "committed to releasing another 20 women and children over the next two days".

Kirby estimated that eight to nine of the remaining hostages are Americans, and said he hoped Americans would be among those released later today.

He said a sticking point over today's expected releases was over "whether two mothers could come out with their children" but, he said, it now "looks like that has been resolved".

Only one American-Israeli citizen, four-year-old Avigail Idan, has been released so far.

Lucy Williamson
BBC Middle East correspondent

In a statement, Hamas said it had agreed with both Qatar and Egypt to extend the current truce with Israel by a further two days. Israel has yet to formally confirm its agreement.

Both Hamas and Israel have signalled their willingness to extend the current deal, and allow the release of more hostages from Gaza.

A Palestinian official yesterday told the BBC that Hamas was prepared to release up to 40 additional hostages, which would mean a four-day extension under the terms of the original deal agreed with Israel.

Israel was reported to be leaning towards a more gradual, day-by-day approach. And it has made it clear that it’s preparing to resume the war in Gaza, at the end of the process.

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As we wait for news on the latest on today's hostage releases, we've been seeing some photos of the moment four-year-old hostage Avigail Idan was reunited with her family after more than a month in Hamas captivity.

Idan was the youngest hostage - and the first US citizen - released under a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, and was freed on Saturday.

She watched as Hamas gunmen killed her mother at the Kibbutz Kfar Aza on 7 October. Moments later, her father - Roy Idan - was shot dead. Avigail reportedly escaped and sought refuge at a neighbour's house, but was taken hostage by Hamas along with the family.

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Hamas has put out a statement, saying the list of Palestinian prisoners set to be released this evening includes three women and 30 children.

According to the truce deal between Hamas and Israel, three Palestinian prisoners are being released for every one hostage.

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Turning to the situation inside Gaza, in the last half hour the Palestinian Red Crescent has said its teams are currently heading into northern Gaza, external to deliver about 40 trucks of aid into Gaza City and the north.

Earlier, they said they hadn't been able to get aid into northern Gaza yet today. That chimed with what we were hearing from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), which told Reuters earlier they were still awaiting Israeli clearance to send aid lorries and ambulances into the north.

UNRWA delivered some aid to the northern part of the Strip on Sunday - including ready-to-eat food, tents, water and urgent medical supplies. Posting on X, external, the agency added that it was the first delivery of clean water in the north since the war began.

The UN humanitarian office (UNOCHA), also says aid agencies on Sunday delivered medical supplies to al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City, which, it says, remains operational and admitting patients "despite enormous shortages and constraints".

UNOCHA says the convoys were carefully inspected by Israeli forces before moving northwards and that at least 17 patients and wounded people were evacuated from al-Ahli hospital to Khan Younis. And they added that distribution of aid in southern Gaza - where an estimated 1.7 million internally displaced people are staying - has been accelerated over the last three days.

Louisa Pilbeam
News correspondent

Moving away from the truce deal for a moment, let's take a look at what we've been hearing from a British surgeon who has returned to London after working in Gaza.

Prof Ghassan Abu-Sittah described conditions as "apocalyptic".

He said the al-Shifa Hospital and al-Ahli Hospital were so unsanitary and supplies were so low, that he had to visit a local shop for anything he could find to try to save children’s lives.

“Several kids had worms coming out of their wounds. At one stage, I went to the corner shop to buy washing up liquid to clean them," Abu-Sittah told journalists at a news conference earlier.

"We were operating in conditions the same as those in the First World War.”

He said most of the children were amputees and estimated there were up to 900 children in Gaza with amputated limbs.

More now on the extension to the truce, which was due to expire after today but Qatar says has now been extended by two days.

Hamas has just released a statement to journalists, saying the truce will continue "under the same conditions reached before".

The current truce sees one hostage freed by Hamas in exchange for the release of three Palestinians detained in Israel, and so far has seen 39 Israeli hostages released in exchange for 117 Palestinian prisoners.

We haven't yet heard from Israel on the extension of the truce.

Qatar has just announced, external that an agreement has been reached to extend the humanitarian truce for an additional two days.

The truce had been due to expire after today. Qatar has been mediating the talks between Israel and Hamas.

Israel has notified the families of hostages due to be released today, the prime minister's office has just confirmed.

The statement did not specify how many hostages would be released.

It is the fourth exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners in four days, as part of the temporary truce deal. We'll bring you more as we have it.