people have been and hours that people have been without their loved ones, a70 days so far. we have got those three names of hostages who are going to be released today. one of them is emily damari, she is a british israeli hostage, and a british israeli hostage, and a source close to her family has said, let me just tell you a little of what she says. all her mum mandy wants to do is hug her, but she won't believe it until she sees it. it has been a tortuous a7i days but are particularly tortuous 2a—hour is, referring to the delay we saw this morning, until she is out and maniche can see she is out, it hasn't happened until it happens, it is not done until it's done and there is a long road to head. that is a source very close to emily damari's family. we have been hearing the stories of those people who are waiting to be reunited with their loved ones, and one of them is with me now. thank you forjoining

us. i think it says a lot that family members like you, you still come out here and you speak to people like me, you still don't know what has happened. so let's talk about him. tell us about him and what happened to him on the 7th of october. . . , happened to him on the 7th of october. ., ., , ., ~ october. tamir was taken when he was 18 _ october. tamir was taken when he was 18 years _ october. tamir was taken when he was 18 years old. _ october. tamir was taken when he was 18 years old. he - october. tamir was taken when he was 18 years old. he is - october. tamir was taken when he was 18 years old. he is an i he was 18 years old. he is an idf soldier, but his unit deals with humanitarian issues in gaza, so ironically he was taken early that morning. he managed to text to me that morning asking me if i was ok. he had no idea that terrorists were already inside his race where he was texting me, and i asked him to take good care of himself and text me whenever he can. and 20 minutes afterwards,

he was brutally taken by hamas terrorists. the way we found out was through my youngest daughter. she was ia at the time. she came to me around four o'clock that saturday screaming that she had seen her brother being abducted over instagram, and she came to me with this video where i saw my son hiding his face, scared, with his pyjamas. he was barefoot, he had no glasses on and he was terrified. and this is the last footage of him, being led into gaza while a terrorist is holding his neck and dragging him over the concrete walls into gaza, and this is the last footage of him. �* ~ , him. and i think it is important _ him. and i think it is important for - him. and i think it isj important for people him. and i think it is - important for people watching to know that you don't receive updates, you don't have

anything, anything at all to let you know how he is, where he is, what his condition might be? it isjust he is, what his condition might be? it is just silence, he is, what his condition might be? it isjust silence, isn't it quite silencejust be? it isjust silence, isn't it quite silence just silence. i spoke with the president of the red cross, and she said there is no way for us to get in and check on the hostages because hamas won't let us. and so here i am with no clue what happened to my son, if he is being bullied or he gets food sunlight or if he is even still alive, i have no idea. and we said right at the start there, these conversations, every time you tell this story, it hurts. but it is important for you to keep telling the story to keep tamir�*s picture and his name out there so people don't forget about him and the others. . , ., others. that is true. i owe it to tamir. — others. that is true. i owe it to tamir, and _ others. that is true. i owe it to tamir, and i _ others. that is true. i owe it to tamir, and i have - others. that is true. i owe it to tamir, and i have it - others. that is true. i owe it to tamir, and i have it to . others. that is true. i owe it| to tamir, and i have it to my

daughters that looks at me every day and needs to see me fighting for tamir every day and needs to see me fighting fortamirand every day and needs to see me fighting for tamir and for them, for theirfuture. i don't know what is going to be next. as the hostages will return, and there will be fewer in captivity. we are very scared that we will lose the support of the public, and it is really necessary that everybody will stick with us until the end, until the last one is home. find until the last one is home. and we have been _ until the last one is home. and we have been talking _ until the last one is home. and we have been talking about those 33 hostages that are due to be released in this first phase, but it is particularly people, and sadly, tamir being a soldier, you know that the next six weeks won't include him, you know that already, so it is extra pressure for this to do well, to keep moving forward. , to do well, to keep moving forward-— to do well, to keep moving forward. , , , ., forward. yes, this is not the deal we _ forward. yes, this is not the deal we hoped _ forward. yes, this is not the deal we hoped for. - forward. yes, this is not the deal we hoped for. even - forward. yes, this is not the - deal we hoped for. even though

it could be a few phases, but still, to have a done deal with everything agreed in the beginning would be much easier for us to go through, but when we know that only on the 16th day, they will start discussing the details of the second phase, it is really scary for us. not knowing if we will see our children back home, who will survive, who will last that long. i will survive, who will last that long-— that long. i know it is enormously - that long. i know it is enormously difficult, | that long. i know it is - enormously difficult, and i thank you for telling us about tamir, once again, thank you very much for being with us in hostage square. those are stories that we hear and have reflected on a lot in the last a70 days or so, always difficult to tell but i think it is something that these families have made a really concerted effort to do, to make sure that those pictures, those images, and you see it around the square here in tel aviv. there are posters of those

individuals that have been here for the whole of the last 15 months, and you know those pictures have been burned into the public consciousness here in israel. you see that when you arrive at the airport, you see them on billboards here in tel aviv, you see them absolutely everywhere you go, and that is not something that has ever forgotten here and that is not something that has everforgotten here in israel, but the situation with the hostages is always there and is always front of mind, and is always front of mind, and on a day like today when we saw the ceasefire this morning, we know how difficult it has been for those families, and as we were saying, emily damari's family speaking to the bbc and really explaining how enormously difficult it is at a moment like this, and until they actually have her back with them, they have no idea at all whether that will happen, whether that next stage of the agreement will push through, and whether things will happen the way that they are supposed to. so while we are continue to

bring you coverage of this story through the day, and as we were saying, there are various elements to what will happen today, the release of israeli hostages, and much later on today, we expect it will probably be into this evening, the release also of palestinian prisoners who are being held in israeli jails, around 90 or so of them we expect to be released from prison in the occupied west bank. we are told that on that 90 or so, the majority will be women, around 15 teenagers in ten men, but again that is a list of names which has been agreed and decided upon by hamas and israel. i'm going to say in consultation, but the crucial underlying context of thatis crucial underlying context of that is the consultation all goes through mediators. they are not direct discussions that ever happened between israel and hamas. you are hearing about the qatari side of things, the egyptian side of things, the egyptian side of things, and also crucially the us side of things as well, and the way that momentum from the

incoming president, donald trump, many people think has really pushed the ceasefire agreement to where we are just now. let's talk about the situation for people in gaza as well, many of whom are hoping to start to return home today, and many of whom are hoping that the start of a more significant amount of humanitarian aid will start to move into gaza. let's dr mohammed abu mughaiseeb is from humanitarian charity medecins sans frontieres, he's in rafah in gaza and joins me now. thank you for being with us. for many people, it is almost impossible to imagine the conditions in gaza, imagine the difficulty for civilians living there. what have you been seeing and witnessing in your work there?— work there? first of all, good news today — work there? first of all, good news today that _ work there? first of all, good news today that the - work there? first of all, good news today that the ceasefire has been claimed at least. at a70 days, we were calling for

this ceasefire, which was too late. there is a massive destruction in gaza, if you're in gaza you see the massive destruction and you see your population of 1.9 million, 900,000 living in the south, evacuated from the north. you have hospitals which are partly destroyed. everything in terms of life here is totally destroyed. the destruction was catastrophic, and i think the only good thing is that they will not be any kind of military actions, people will at least have no fear, but the pain is coming now. people will try to go back to their demolished homes, and i think the shock will be there when they see how things are, especially in gaza.- they see how things are, especially in gaza. there is a clause in _ especially in gaza. there is a clause in this _ especially in gaza. there is a clause in this deal, - especially in gaza. there is a clause in this deal, although| clause in this deal, although it doesn't come into play until

further down the line, whereby people who need extra and better medical treatment in gaza will be able to leave, to come