there have been heart warming reunions. british hostage emily damari reunites with her mum mandy and brother as she celebrates her release. 90 palestinian prisoners are also being released under phase one of the ceasefire deal. thousands of displaced people are on the move in gaza, some for the first time in more than a year. live pictures of the donald trump ralia ahead of tomorrow's inauguration in washington. —— donald trump rally. three female hostages reunited with herfamily three female hostages reunited with her family for that they were freed a few hours ago as

part of a cease—fire deal with israel. a further 30 hostages will be released of the next six weeks as part of an exchange for hundreds of palestinian prisoners. this is the moment the first hostages to be released under the deal were transferred from captivity to the red cross. it happened in gaza city. we only catch a fleeting glimpse of the hostages. d3 appeared to be able to walk unaided as they get into the cross vehicle. those pictures emerge sometime after the exchange of taken place. details were made public. this is how israelis are gathered in tel aviv reacted when they heard the news. cheering. this is the moment the mothers of the three hostages learned they'd been handed over to the red cross. these pictures have also emerge, the reunion between the british— israeli hostage and

her mother mandy she was of course one of the three hostages released today. meanwhile across gaza many of the hundreds of thousands of people who were displaced by the fighting had begun returning to their homes for that many of which have been destroyed. these pictures show people walking back into the jabal yet area, which is targeted many times in israeli air strikes with israel says was targeting militants. our international editorjeremy bowen takes us through all today's developments — as after 15 months of war — the ceasefire in gaza begins. in the centre of gaza city, a show of force by hamas, as they handed the hostages over to the international red cross. in the white vehicles, romi gonen, doron steinbrecher and emily damari, a british—israeli dual citizen, were starting their journey back to freedom. the men and guns were there to send a signal that whatever israeli says or wants, hamas is still in charge in gaza. that sight will

infuriate israelis. israeli tv showed a glimpse of one of the hostages in a pink top, while the whole country was watching and waiting. cheering. this is the family of romi gonen. this day has been a long time coming. the families and their supporters have campaigned constantly for a deal to get the hostages back. at first light, thousands of palestinians in gaza began trying to walk home. this fragile ceasefire started almost three hours late. with zero trust on either side, israel continued its attacks here in khan younis, as it waited for the names of the women being released. gaza's civil defence, run by hamas, said 19 more palestinians were killed by israel during the delay. hamas joined the celebrations, trying to claim some kind of victory.

the israelis have destroyed the offensive power hamas used to attack them 15 months ago, but the american say hamas has nearly as many new recruits as israel has killed. after so much bloodshed, celebratory gunfire did not make jana flinch. translation: may god have mercy on the oppressed and those - who have passed and pity on us who survived. and, god willing, everyone will return home. this celebration in khan younis was filmed by a trusted palestinian cameraman working for the bbc. israel does not let international journalists into gaza to report freely. just over the border in israel is the site of the nova music festival, where hamas killed more than 380 people on the 7th of october and took a0 hostage. this weekend, with a ceasefire coming, many israelis

made their own pilgrimages, moving quietly around the photos and memorials to those who were killed. a short distance away is another memorial — the festivalgoers' cars, hundreds of them destroyed in the attack. israelis here said they wanted a deal in which all the hostages were swapped for palestinian prisoners at the same time. that's because they believed the war is going to resume. they said it was unavoidable while hamas still has armed men in gaza. they want to kill us, they want to finish us. so, what is the good questions? look. look! this is the answer, this is what they want. can we live like this? no. a ceasefire, by definition, is a compromise between enemies, but since the october attacks, prime minister netanyahu has

talked repeatedly about getting all the hostages back through total victory, the complete annihilation of hamas as a political and military force. but right now, that is not what the israeli people are being offered. tonight, thousands gathered in the square in tel aviv where the hostage campaign has based itself since the first weeks of the war. chereing. it's a night for hope and relief — in israel and gaza — and some trepidation about what might lie ahead. jeremy bowen, bbc news, tel aviv. jonah fisher is that sheba hospital with the hostages have been released and arrived. tell us about the release and the atmosphere they are? quite a moment when _ atmosphere they are? quite a moment when the _ atmosphere they are? quite a moment when the helicopter. moment when the helicopter arrived here and then vehicles drove them into the building behind me. 0bviously, drove them into the building behind me. obviously, the media is being kept at arms length.

in the last few minutes we have had footage released by the israeli authorities of what is big going on inside the hospital behind me. really, really emotional scenes of ronnie, doran and emily being reunited, notjust with their families but of course their mothers went to meet them as they emerge out of gaza but their friends as well. hugging, lots of singing, crying for that this has been a very emotional day here at the hospital. emotional day here at the hospital-_ emotional day here at the hosital. , ., , hospital. they will have been preparations— hospital. they will have been preparations for _ hospital. they will have been preparations for what - hospital. they will have been preparations for what they i hospital. they will have been | preparations for what they go through it next to try and recover from the emotional and the physical burden that they've had in the last 15 months or so.— they've had in the last 15 months or so. yes. there are clearly physical— months or so. yes. there are clearly physical injuries, - clearly physical injuries, which are already being addressed. we saw emily, the british— israeli national with

bandages on one hand. we know she was shot as she was taken by hamas on october seven, 2023 it appears that almost immediately she came out of gaza that was addressed by medics down there and no doubt will be looked at again here. we also know that ronnie has most likely that injuries which need to be addressed. in terms of general health, all three of them were walking and they seemed clearly in buoyant mood so that in terms of what this means psychologically, there will be psychologists available here to work with them. they will have to begin to try and address and work through the trauma they will no doubt experience of the last 15 months being held captive in gaza. possibly in tunnels, being hidden away. we don't know yet how they've been treated by their hamas captors. but for the accounts of other

hostages perhaps not very well. almost certainly have had a miserable time for that period in captivity. there will be physical and psychological things that will be addressed by the team here at the sheba medical facility for that one of the biggest hospitals in the middle east. they will have all the special is that they need on hand to start the process of coming to terms with what happened to them.- coming to terms with what happened to them. these the first three _ happened to them. these the first three hostages _ happened to them. these the first three hostages to - happened to them. these the first three hostages to be - first three hostages to be released without tell us about the process now and how long this will take. it’s the process now and how long this will take.— this will take. it's a complicated - this will take. it's a l complicated process this will take. it's a - complicated process and this will take. it's a _ complicated process and in many phases. effectively the way it works is a group of israeli hostages are released and then in return palestinian prisoners and detainees are released for that they have 90 palestinian prisoners being released, each of the israeli hostages that were released there will be a series of releases over the

following week. this is a six week temporary cease—fire. during that period they will be 33 hostages released by hamas if everything goes according to plan. they are children, women, the elderly, the second the injured foot that we're not expecting all of the 3312 survived this and to still be alive. israel is being prepared for the fact that live hostages being released is likely that in some of the releases that follow it is going to be the bodies of israeli hostages being returned as well as hostages who have survived. some of this is clearly difficult for the israelis because these are some palestinian prisoners released as people they would view as serious potential risk to israel. talk us through how people are receiving that side of things. the concept of the prisoner exchange. this

of things. the concept of the prisoner exchange.— prisoner exchange. this is something _ prisoner exchange. this is something which - prisoner exchange. this is something which israel. prisoner exchange. this is| something which israel has prisoner exchange. this is - something which israel has gone through in the past put the release of a soldier who was captured and held in gaza and then the police led to a release of more than a thousand prisoners, many of whom went on to commit crimes. in deed eisa law became the leader of hamas in gaza. people here are acutely aware that in return for getting these hostages back they are releasing people who have done bad things to israelis, people on the long list, not people released today but set to be released. there are people that have murdered israelis, they had planted bombs in blown up multiple israelis. that is the other side of this, the price which is being paid for each one of these hostages. the potential risk for the future, if you like, that israel is creating by letting these people but the record of violence free. you

talk to us — record of violence free. you talk to us a _ record of violence free. you talk to us a moment - record of violence free. you talk to us a moment to - record of violence free. you talk to us a moment to go l talk to us a moment to go about the pictures being released from inside sheba hospitalfor that we and i'll show you those pictures that have been put out as well of the hostages, the freed hostages coming through the hospital. let's listen in.

those pictures being released by the israeli government of the hostages being released in hospital. you can see the emotion as they were able to hug theirfamily members emotion as they were able to hug their family members for the israeli government pictures coming into us from the hospital. jonah, the emotion there is tangible, isn't it? yes. 0ne there is tangible, isn't it? yes. one can only imagine what these friends and families have gone through after the last 15 months since these three women were taken, initially not knowing whether they had survived the hamas attacks of october the 7th. and then it really hanging on every little scrap of information that emerged from the gaza strip to try and work out what the fate

of their friend and daughter had been over those months. trying to follow the attempts to resolve this conflict, have a cease—fire agreement put in place, and how much they have felt when for example last summer a deal appeared close and possible only to fall away and possible only to fall away and the prospects of peace appeared very bleak. even this morning how must it felt to wake up knowing that three female hostages were due to be released but that have everything effectively be put on hold because hamas had not released the names of those three hostages and respectively the cease—fire being delayed even at the very last moment this morning those mums who were there outside gaza to welcome them, those friends, those family both here and around the world would have been clinging onto every little detail and finally tonight here at shiva medical center, those

who are here have been able to hug their loved ones for the first time in a sheba long time. —— medical. people coming in and out of the hospital, the friends who have come to see them. there isjubilation here. this is come to the end for these three women for that this of course the realization that this is a process that will have to go on week after week and in deed that there are some hostages who have not been included as part of this phase one. further negotiations will need to take place to try and secure their release to. fisher, thank you very much indeed. as we've heard emily damari, have roots in beckenham in south london. lucy manning has been speaking to some of her family. here in north london there 1537 00:15:56,414 --> 00: