Huge cheers as news breaks of hostages’ releasepublished at 06:42 BST
06:42 BST
Alice Cuddy
Reporting from Tel Aviv
There were loud cheers here in Hostages Square as news emerged that the first group of hostages had been handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza.
Thousands of people are gathered around the big
screen here in Hostages Square, waving Israeli flags and signs saying
“they’re coming home”.
A clock next to the screen has been keeping count
of exactly how long the hostages have been in Gaza. The man next to me tells me
he wants it to stop today.
I’ve just been speaking to Galit, who tells me
she has been joining the rallies calling for the hostages’ release almost every
week for the past two years. She says this a moment of “national unity”.
