This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Miles with a special edition of the podcast as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas comes into effect.

We will hear from our correspondence in Tel Aviv, where as we record this podcast, three Israeli women,

just released by Hamas after 15 months in captivity,

are due to be taken to hospital for medical checks.

Family members, of those still held, tell us about their reaction.

All the hostage families, including my own, are completely untender hooks.

I think there are emotions that we're feeling

that I don't think have an English word for.

We're in Ramallah in the West Bank,

where we get reaction to the imminent release

of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel,

and we hear what the ceasefire means

for the people of Gaza

as long-awaited aid trucks into the strip.

There have been many false starts in the efforts to bring an end to the conflict in Gaza,

but now the latest diplomatic efforts have come to fruition.

After 15 months in captivity, three Israeli hostages have been released by Hamas in Gaza.

The three women crossed the border into Israel and as we record this podcast, they're due to be taken by helicopter to a hospital in Tel Aviv.

Their release is part of a deal between Hamas and the Israeli government, which includes a six-week ceasefire and the release of

Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Our correspondent in Tel Aviv, Anna Foster, was in a square

with hundreds of Israelis as they watched the handover of the hostages in Gaza to the

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