Good evening. I'm Nick Schiffran. Jeff Bennett and Amna Navas are away.

Tonight on the news hour, finally free. The first set of Israeli and foreign hostages and

Palestinian prisoners are released during a four-day pause.

I emphasize to you, the families, and to to you the citizens of Israel we are

committed to the return of all our hostages this is one of the goals of the

war then parents of young athletes who suffered repeated head injuries speak out about the risks they wish they had known earlier

And it's Friday Jonathan Kapart and Eliana Johnson weigh in on the week's headlines. Welcome to the news hour. Seven weeks of captivity. Seven weeks of

worry for the families of some hostages is now over.

Today, Hamas released 13 Israelis and 11 Thai and Filipino workers

kidnapped in the October 7th terrorist attack.

In exchange, seven weeks of war in Gaza is now on pause.

Israel silenced the guns and allowed more humanitarian aid to reach Gaza.

The hostages range from 4 to 85 years old, and tonight they are receiving medical care surrounded

by their families.

Tonight the sounds of freedom, horns and rousing cheers. The first Red Cross trucks carrying released

hostages arrived at the raft across into Egypt. Women and children loaded onto buses

that crossed into Israel to be reunited with their families after

49 days of captivity.

Among the released, 85-year-old Yafa Adar, mother to three, great-grandmother to seven.

On October the 7th, she was abducted from Kibbutz Niroz and paraded through Gaza City.

Her oldest grandson is still a hostage.

Also released the Mundar family, 78 year old Ruti, 58 year old Karen,

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