A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas tentatively came into effect at 9.15 a.m. UK time, following a three-hour delay caused by Israel not receiving the names of three female hostages to be freed later today. News of the imminent ceasefire emerged as Laura Kuenssberg interviewed Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones on the BBC. Among the names of the hostages due to be released today is British-Israeli Emily Damari. Kuenssberg asked Darren Jones what reassurance he could give to British families whose loved ones were captured. Jones said it would be an ‘increase in hope’ for the family of Emily Damari that her name was listed, but that families would ‘only be able to breathe’ when their relatives had been returned.
Adam Rose: ‘We don’t know who’s alive and who’s dead’
Laura Kuenssberg also interviewed Adam Rose who is a lawyer for the British families of Israeli hostages. Rose told Kuenssberg that his advice to every family had been that until a relative was safely home, they must assume ‘nothing is happening, and… prepare for the worst’.
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