more beauties than just as you see, the blue flag, beaches historical and cultural pressures. you're available roots. michelin, greenstone restaurants, come and discover not true. historical and cultural beauties. the scenes of joy in the occupied west bank as palestinian prisoners, released by israel, are reunited with loved ones. they are the latest to be freed under the gauze of society. the several venue is good to have you with us. this is elvia 0 live from the also coming up early or 3 is really is were released from captivity and gaza, including us, is really national, keep siegel and french,

just really national or for a calderon and is really citizen, the origin phoebus have also been free also it had the roof of border crossing between gaza and egypt is expected to reopen, allowing seriously injured palestinians to be transported for treatment outside of the stress the there been emotional scenes in the occupied westbank for a palestinian prisoners released by israel a been reunited with their loved ones, this is part of the latest exchanges under the gauze of ceasefire. deal between is real and home us more than 30 former prisoners were on board. the bus that arrived in ramallah in the past hour is really, authorities are releasing 183 palestinians on day 14 of the ceasefire. 72 had been serving long or life sentences. us earlier, 3 is realize we're freed from captivity and gaza. that is american is really national keith siegel. he appeared on stage and gaza city along with homos fighters

. this was the public display of his release. he was then handed over to red cross staff. israel's military has now confirmed that siegel has arrived in israel. how you might have done it in the great day has arrived. yes, i am happy, i am happy. there was no one happier than me. i'm ready with everything and i'm going by to meet you in hon eunice french's really captive officer calderon, also appeared on stage before being handed over to red cross officials. the hand over was much smoother than the release of captive stays earlier that had been described by his realist, chaotic and moments later yard indeverus was transferred to red cross officials, as well as military. he says both captives have since arrived on his really territory and they are now receiving medical checks. laura hahn is in jordan's capital. i'm on you're there laura, because he is really government and the palestinian authority of band alpha 0 from reporting inside israel and from reporting in the occupied westbank. laurie. first

of all, the is really captives that have been released. they've been outside of the gaza strip for maybe about 90 minutes. now maybe 2 hours. what is the protocol once they leave guys? where do they go? what happens to them as well? all 3 of those captives which 2 from the at one unit and one from the gauze, the city where all the school to in right across vehicles, they were taken across concepts to what's known as because the envelope a kibbutz quoted right here. this has become the absorption point, essentially for all of the it's right, the captives coming through at so that's where they do these preliminary checks is medical checks, just to ensure that okay, to continue traveling on some of the family members including one of those will these captives, jordan did pass his family member that was met him there. so he was delayed out for a little while we had all to can come to a counselor and sorry,

as the 1st person released on to and it's really been a tree helicopter. and he was been taken to a medical center. now all 3 count as are in israel, they all have been preached by these ready ami is ready, government officials of joining them. and of course, family members and friends. and that has been reaction to an area to become known as hostage square that sits in the center of tel aviv, where a family members of captives have been purchasing on a weekly basis, a purchase movement. and it's become known as a, bring them home now. so they've been joined by many ah, to 1000, to a policy of all the protest movements, many of which have been trying to bring down benjamin us now, who appointment us to from government. so they've actually extended those purchase some of those protests, a quiet and symbolic, such as releasing balloons or, or showing a long table where it's ready captive, you know, are, are not there,

these empty chairs, all the way to purchase the blocking traffic and tell it the the jerusalem and also in the, it's ready to connect that these are the problems that be holding huge pressure assessed. so these protests, the get and again, most of the day because they want to see the other 79 live captives in the next couple of phases of this deal to continue. they want to see the government carry out this deal. so they've made this very clear that it's not just this in the fashion. the 33 is past the 1st stage of the framework booked for the rest of the phases as well. then nor if we look at the palestinian prisoners, $183.00 of them are scheduled to be released from is really jails. today we are seeing footage in the center of our screen of a scene that took place about an hour ago in ramallah, where one i c r c bus. and released some of those now seeing prisoners to their relatives. or do you know at this stage,

is that even possible to know if all of them or 183 have been released at this point of the it doesn't seem here at the moment. that old site is a $183.00. we know around 33 of those prisoners happiness. go to it. as you said, by boss into the cultural center in ramallah square that he met with g for the crowds in absolute heroes. welcome at the policy present, strike the heart of the palestinian, the co posting an issue. and for them it's showing the rest of the world. exactly what's coming on on the occupation. now we do know that they were released from of the present in the occupied westbank, but they will be more presidents including those $111.00 to go to guns up being released from the negative in the south room kids here present or taking it can take them to buses by bus, from other prisons, and we also know the 7 people will be deported to egypt before the sent to other countries. now. and if we judge by scenes from thursday and previous weeks,

we'll know when palestinians already into gone to the cameras will be rolling. that will be crowd screeching them. and you'll have similar scenes, family members, friends about placing them as received in the occupied westbank. so with just waiting for those scenes ready to play out, but as we know from the say, those were and staged released as we saw the release into the occupied westbank just before we spoken in gaza. laura, i'm glad you said that of that. what we think is going to happen in gaza. thank you very much for your reporting and i'll go straight to the gaza strip. because else is there a startup with whom is live from park? you're outside the european hospital, which is in southern gaza in hon. eunice, what are you expecting there? am i right that you are expecting policy and prisoners to arrive there soon? yes sir, is i'm right now in the european hospitality in the city of han eunice in the

southern parts of the gaza strip. this is the location where the palestinian released prisoners will be delivered to in order to be subject to to initial medical checks before they could be re united the gun with the family members. we are expecting their arrival at any moment. soon as the families are waiting at the other end of the hospital patiently to be over united again with them. but still now we kind of stuff on the ground. different sorts of preparations made by the international committee of the red cross, which is responsible for delivering there is a palestinian present as to the gaza strip as we have uh completely unders understood that uh the i c r c managed to carry out and to do pre departure interviews for the palestinian prison is in order to confirm the identities and to access their health condition and the fitness for the trip back to the gaza strip.

they have deployed at 2 missions. one right now is indeed a repeated hospital and the other one is waiting for palestinian prisoners income asylum of course. and once they will have the permission from the is what the authorities to make the journey into the gaza strip. they will be immediately transported to the european hospital in order to finish their medical procedures in order again to have the chance to be through united again with the family members. and uh, overall, we are expecting the release of the 150, posted in prison is a 111 of them were detained by the is with the military fully october. the 7th type 2023. and we are talking about the preparations that had been done on the ground and cooperation between the i c, r c and gauze. us health ministry interpreter uh the v. i c i. she was facilitate to the delivery of a 175 palestinian prison is it to the gaza strip and it will enable

them to reach because of a different can voice that will smooth tenuously our rights to be repeated hospital while we are at the moment as we are keeping a very close eye on the delivery of this posting it prisoners, i'm to documents the reunion moments with that beloved ones who are waiting patiently right now in the courtyard of the repeat hospital syrup and talk. i just wanna confirm something with you when they do arrive to the european hospital where you are, they 1st go through medical checks my right about that and then they are reunited with their families. that's completely right. yeah. the 1st step and the 1st procedure that must be made once the prisoners will arrive to europe and hospital is to on the go. the medical check made up by d i c r c. incorporation would cause us health ministry, the buildings that you can see right now at the becky ground. uh for the wing,

the uh, the finalizing uh, procedures. just come to an end. uh, they will have the chance to be re united with the family members. we can see a remarkable deployment for security forces to guarantee a smooth reunion between the palestinian prisoners and their families are waiting now in the courtyard of the repeated hospital. and this is a general protocols made by the ice c, r c. and because of the health ministry to ensure the safety of the will being of those present is as long as the going to be a and a very good health condition, the will be allowed to be reunited again with the families. if not, they will continue to be under the medical supervision of the medical teams of the i, c or c and a garza's health ministry into european hospital until they can make sure and give them a medicare release. to again meet the families who will have been waiting desperately for decades to meet them in such historic most moments for them. and that's all

right. thank you very much for your reporting there outside the european hospital in han eunice inside the gaza strip. as soon as you see something is movement on your end, you will let us know and we will come right back to you that social 0, sorry, couple issue, i'm sorry, but she is a program director at human rights watch and joins us from the occupied westbank so from your perspective as human rights watch, you, you look at the captain's release, you look at the prisoner's release, and you think what, what is your, your analysis today is a good day. it's a good day because 3 is rarely civilians who been unlawfully kept for more than a year, are being released in scores of palestinian prisoners, most of whom have never been subject to due process, or any kind of trial or be released injured people from casa, are going to be allowed to use for medical treatment for the rest of the crossing. and since the cease fire, these really government has relaxed most of its restrictions on humanitarian aid at

drink. awesome. that's all very good. i wish these um, these acts were not bargained because they shouldn't be bargained. the, the 100, the dozens of people from casa who were arrested and held without any trial without any due process should have been released immediately, is really hostages. should have been released immediately to monitoring aid should have been slowing in chicago. so i hope that what is now being negotiated will just become part of what, how mass and israel understand to be their obligations to treat people which humanity. yeah. and both sides or messaging uh, at least to some degree we, we read the last statement earlier that they have treated their captives. well, this really is not communicating so much on it, but both sides to, to some degree messaging that they are biding by some standards of the, during the detention. how does that line up with what, you know,

with human rights watches, research on this, that i would disagree. the only thing they've done in compliance with international law, visa view the prisoners and the detainees as to release them. so 1st of all, even today is rarely hostages, were subject to public speculation by being brought onto a stage and subject to onlookers being made to wage palestinian prisoners, reportedly were made to wear a bracelet, saying that the nation of israel will not forget. this is not a humane appropriate wish treat people in particular since the war. there's been a serious deterioration in the way the israeli authorities have treated palestinian prisoners, human rights watch and other human rights groups have documented escalated a terrible cases of torture, abuse of due process to refusal, and in some cases, even rate in chile. and what i can say is that is really a kind of village found himself. you know,

these really authorities are holding now about 10000 palestinians, security or political prisoners. the vast majority of whom are without trial, either pre trial detention or just being held to detention without trial and the prisoners. even the prisoners who have been convicted. those from the west bank have been convicted in the military court system that lacks any semblance of due process and is quite different from the justice system in place for is rarely settlers living in the west bank side by side. some of the palestinian prisoners were released today in 2 days ago are being deported. and now i'm not even sure deported is the right word because they are, palestinians were being removed from what is their homeland? how do you look at that? its, its forcible transfer and its a war crime. so a number of people from calls are being released are going to be deported to egypt and that's the right word. others and previous prisoner exchanges from the west bank have been removed to gaza, even though there from the west bank,

forcibly transferring the population, living under occupation to another territory. it is a work. and if this was negotiated for, it shouldn't have been negotiated. the people being released, regarded today have a right to be released into gaza and not to be deported to their countries. what do we know about those palestinian prisoners who as you say are being forced to be transferred to other countries? are there any conditions that have been been put on where they can go, how they can remain outside of palestine? do we know anything about that? so what these rarely authorities have done both today as well as in previous days is stipulates that they will only allow the release of certain prisoners if they are deported to start countries. presumably that's been organized among the different mediators, in particular sort of the ceasefire deal. there haven't been any conditions, place that i'm aware of, except that they can't go home. and that's really the most important condition.

some of these people, um, particularly from the west bank, have been in prison for quite some time, and they want to be able to go back to their families. so we have families watching which bitter sweet emotions as their loved ones were released, but they couldn't re unite with them. you. yeah, you mentioned the bittersweet emotions. know about that. israel has been very clear that they want to see no emotion. specifically. they want to see no celebration in any part of occupied palestinian territories. uh guys or they can't do much about it. but in the west bank the occupied west bank, they've been dropping leaflets to say we want to see no support from us on this day . the policy and prisoners are being released a yes and what they've done is um a restrict the ability of people to express themselves in between you close to the area where the prisoners are being released. but once the prisoners are released, they've been going by bus, for example, to

a central area for more where they're being greeted warmly, which we know by cheering crowds. and that's something that so far as i'd say, hasn't been allowed to happen. because you know, some of these people have been in prison for decades and their families and communities are, are reading levels of choice, sorry, bushy program director at human rights watch. thank you very much for joining us now, sir. how my says it remains committed to the sci fi deal and has hailed today's hand over in a statement. the group says, despite the harsh conditions, the out, the sombre gaze working to provide the necessary health care for these really captive who holds american citizenship. the pictures of the crowd celebrating this achievements or a true testament on the approach of the resistance, deliberate, the land. the statement goes on to save a good physical and psychological condition, which the enemies prisoners appear, proves the values of all resistance. joining us on sarasota america, professor of public policy at home, i'll be in felicia university. there's

a lot of messaging going on on both sides, but almost has actually put out a statement saying we are treating to the captives. well, it matters to them how this is perceived, i presume, and is real, but also beyond israel is specifically mentioned, the is really the american is really dual national. yes, it doesn't matter to them. and as i said earlier, this has very much symbolic as far as they're concerned. i mean, they are very aware of that as i have come around the same number, if not twice, 3 times of prisoners, if they wished to do so by tomorrow morning. but for them, it is very important that to the cease fire and the, the, the 1st the, the uprising, the, the fact that they've done this 7 the folks over event. and then they showed the resilience throughout 1514 months, of course, very heavy bombardment. they're now able to release some prisoners, which is what city wide was, was worried about at the very beginning. this whole thing as far as he's concerned,

was initiated with his wish to offer the same freedom to his colleagues back in those present. so the fact that they'd be able to do this is symbolically very important to them. it is also a way to show the rest of the world, the illegal and humane conditions under which tens of thousands of policy is left arbitrary for years and is ready to prisons and also on it since it's interesting to split screen right that we've seen today. is that because on the one hand you have home us wanting to stage the release of the captives and there's several layers to this. one of them is for them to show and they put out the statement saying we treated the capt as well. they also want to show project control of the gaza strip and to some extent support from god. since on the other hand, israel releasing the fallacy and prisoners, they want to show nothing. of course, there's nothing to be probably about in a, you know, capturing $10000.00 people imprisoning them. i'm presenting them under those circumstances. taking them through ministry course without you processing. so

there's nothing to be proud about. they would need to do it hush hush as much as possible and of course, and also for their own population. they don't want to show the depth compromise too much. a lot depends on the pro 5 of those individuals. and i think would be very interesting to go through the one by one at some stage and see what kind of prisoners as well have actually allowed out. and would be interested in some numbers to that point. a 183000 prisoners to be released today. 18 of them were imprisoned on life sentences. $54.00 on link fee sentences, a $111.00 or those were being. ringback taken sent back to god. yes, but what is important is, are there any potential political details amongst those that can provide the horizon to the future? this is very important in the, in the context of sun today. the existing culture kind of thing as this

administration lacks credibility to tennessee, how much is being questioned, even within god's out, despite the control that they've shown. clearly it's very difficult for the population to keep the same level of support having suffered so much and evidence and actual world that sense of community makes us assistance and dependent on how much compromising been there in a very difficult position. and we need to look for alternatives. so thing was those paper least prisoners could be future palestinian leaders of sometimes, essentially. and if the, the in prisons now there are many legitimate leaders or at least seen by the white population, has potential meters that uh, is there a may have released or from us about 4. and we need, we need to take that into consideration given the current circumstances, but to what's really badly needed. now i think if we move on to phase 2 and then a lot of questions are left to phase 3,

which is going to be the most difficult. and i think we need to look for international protection of the policy. now populations in line with i, c, j, 0 lane and everything else that's happened over the last year so that the policy is need to be offered international protection to allow them the time to grow that leadership again and to lead them into the independent state that they wishful you know, when you say international protection, i would point out the 2 thirds of the countries in the world today recognized palestine as a state. so really when you're talking protection, it's really a handful of key powerful countries. yes, yes. i mean, the guys district was under protection, they're back in the 1950s, and it's not impossible to go back to that stage. the most important is to realize that the policy is the rest buy. they need some space even to develop politically. if you don't want to come out, so you don't want to have to, i'm a senior administration then what do want and of course, as i cannot afford to occupation if they go to it and that coordinates with

international know, does the united states can afford it you know, so we need to allow them that space to develop their own system. and it's something that the judge agreed to recognize in the context of syria today. you know, they've allowed the serial revolution now the time to try and build up it's, it's a political structures in the hope that it will come up with a sustainable outcome. and this is absolutely necessary, i think in the context of palestinians today. so to america, thank you very much. we'll talk again think that's bringing already. goldberg is really political commentator. you're joining us from tel aviv or the uh footage. we were talking about the split screen reality, right, that we've been covering for the last few hours of these really, capt is being released from the gaza strip and palestinian prisoners being released from is really jails. what of this reality? what have is really seen on their television screens on their social media, etc. very little. these are, these are not privy to the scenes as

a whole coming and liberation of the post and inside is, are the networks don't cover it, is are the new sites don't coverage? we are fully ensconced within our level of trying to get as much of the hostages as you can uh, engage the levels of that respect and their privacy. we, we don't see what's happening in the past. okay, how is really, is feeling today on the 4th day of is really captives being released from the gaza strip. please and happy that these captives are these captives, these hostages are coming home, not at all, try on, send engulfed in, in a lot of frustration. because it is very clear now that we have been told was the victorious war to be changed and at least has ended up being a few foul campaign that has achieved little but destruction. and the return of

these hostages was presented to us. we thought it was the bare minimum, the. ready owes its citizens and now it is present, it is the highest achievements. and before me, the chief, this the bare minimum of the chief, much at all there are $33.00 captives the or schedule that are on this phase. one of the deal is that last 6 weeks until march 1st is going to see the release of the if it goes through of $33.00 captives total. but 25 of them are alive. 8 of them, israel has confirmed or dead, is there. talk about that, that, you know, the last few times they've been releases. there have been seeds of joy because people are coming out alive. the next few times. it's not gonna be the same thing. and there is little talk of it. uh, there is a general uh, reluctance talk about what's happening beyond the immediate images of the immediate

return. there are things that fall as early as know like for example, the fate of the b. that's my family. the father, you know that he was released today. the mother and her and she and her 2 children, i actually are most likely dead and have been dead for more than a year. still i, the areas are not talking about it are not willing to acknowledge either officially and often private means that they are most likely that there will be a lot of frustration. there will be a lot of sadness that would be a lot of anger when these bodies, our return statement, all seem to be directed from us. that i think the more profound truth is that our frustration and our need are directed at ourselves. we can't believe this is where we are after 16 months. okay. so if you say this to your is really friends, colleagues, neighbors, what kind of reception do you get a well, it depends. if i say that says setting that is uh, like if i, for example,

close this on the social media platform, i will get a lot of angry responses on a section several se, you're right in principle, but you're not giving enough consideration to the sheer to the pressure and to the anger others who she is the of trees are generally. ready has very little will to acknowledge publicly that the situation in which we find ourselves is also israel's doing that. what we did just brought us to this phase, not just the file sub human nature of homelessness, which is that most is are, these are likely to talk about there is recognition. uh, last time hostages were released in november of 2023. there was jubilation industry . so it was a sense that we've gotten away with, they said we're not going to be dragged into a war. we're not going to be driving into a genocidal campaign after 15 months. there's absolutely no installation,

there's happiness returning. there's also a sense of shame, a sense of having a band and uh, and there's a sense of having far the very shoot war. it is important to remark that audibly anywhere. and i could probably even say not at all. is there a sense of regret or even conscious awareness, but the effects of the past 15 months of the palestinian population in the us already goldberg, political commentator, joining us some televi. thank you for speaking to us on elsie's 0 will speak again . thank you for having us. and while the releases have been going on, a group of sick and injured palestinian children have begun crossing into egypt for medical treatments. this is through the roof of border crossing. now that border has been open for the 1st time and nearly 9 months. there had been some discrepancy over numbers, but we can now confirm from the gaza health ministry that 50 patients, accompanied by 61 caregivers, are leaving to be treated abroad. many are suffering from chronic diseases

including cancer and they've been unable to get treatment string, israel's 15 month war, $400.00 pounds thing is we're allowed to go in total as part of the ceasefire agreements. but not all will be allowed to return to gaza. or with david is a founder of inara, that's the international network, the aid relief and assistance. she explains that hundreds of policy and children need medical evacuation out of gaza in order to receive life saving medical care. more than 12000 people who are on this list are waiting medical evacuation, and among them are 2500 children who actually need to be able to emergency leave the gaza strip when we say emergency. and these are, you know, children, individuals who either need treatment to quite simply save their life or their ones that need urgent treatment to ensure that their condition does not deteriorate and put their life at risk. there's an entire system, it's very clunky and.