the three will now be transferred gathered in tel aviv, to celebrate and wait for news bank. prisoners is taking place under the fragile ceasefire

hostages to be released. a few minutes later he was followed by yarden bibas — the father of two infant children believed to have died the third hostage — keith seegol — was handed over around an hour later in a separate ceremony in gaza city. in exchange, a palestinian advocacy group says israel previously reported. since the truce took effect on january 19th, have been exchanged

as part of the deal. show you the live pictures 5 tel 7 tel aviv. this pictures from tel aviv. this is hostage for more hostage square for more than one year now, the friends and relatives of the people held in have been camping out and gaza have been camping out and for their release. he is at hostage square in tel aviv. as well as relative of arbel yehud — one by hamas. thank you forjoining us on bbc can you tell us what it news. can you tell us what it feels like date seeing the feels like to date seeing the release of more hostages and of your friend keith crucially of your friend keith seigel? crucially of your friend keith sei . el? , crucially of your friend keith seiuel? , , , ., , i: if day. - day. to date being

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people like that. tell us more about. grandfather, - people like that. tell us more about. grandfather, oded about your grandfather, oded lifshitz, who is by lifshitz, who is being held by hamas. he is quite elderly. what are you for him? what are you concerned for him? we are very concerned. we are disappointed from the lack pressure around the world, of pressure around'thewortd. the international from the international community release elderly community to release elderly children. today is and children. today is the first when we see men scout out of gaza. thi'oféa'é.” "agar" going out of gaza. that should a long time ago. have happened along time ago. grandfather have happened along time age. grandfather 84 old. my grandfather is 84 years old. he is a great grandfather. he blood issues. he ezzee—eeeéf’;%gg aof rash" aof healthproblems has a lot of health problems his lungs. we are not with his lungs. we are not optimistic, but america yesterday, when the hostage was it giees hope. hie no 7 about no 77 about my have no indication about my . e... .. ..- . . . ....., since have no indication about myo- ,- --. . ,--.-. since november. so so my ' a so today to see are so happy today to see everyone clapping. at what

gomgs :--;— gang .°n......e ion—55 going on hereiunbelievable 77 i hope we i hope we can have for joy. i hope we can have it for my grandfather.— my grandfather. your has my grandfather. your _ has been i my grandfather. your - _ has been named my grandfather. your has been named as grandfather hassbeeh named as of the 33 hostages to be this first released in this first phase of this and i'm sure you eagerly agar " his thank j 7 thank 7 so thank 5 so much for release. thank you so much for inning. release. thank you so much for joining. on bbc release. thank you so much for lqlhing. on bbc news. release. thank you so much for joining. on bbc news. the joining us on bbc news. the list is not — i!!! list is not enough indication. . do not have names of who is we do not have names of who is with us and who is not. thank ou for with us and who is not. thank you for clarifying _ with us and who is not. thank you for clarifying that. - the event this morning in gaza, a very different from a very different handover from the one we saw 30 which was chaotic. ., . ., . , about the chaos on

received about the chaos on thursday which risked lives z: the hostages being released. of the hostages being released. today was very orderly, it was 2:25: could see the organised, you could see the was done, locations selected. even m e“— location on thursday earlier this you this morning and can't you nice, it was completely scene, eeeeze: w_cene, “eh control cloud control —— macro control, no one was allowed to get near the red cross cars or the hamas fighters to release the captives. israel delivered the protest after thursday and hamas took it seriously. monday will mark . 60th _ hamas took it seriously. monday will mark . 60th day _ hamas took it seriously. monday will mark . 60th day of- hamas took it seriously. monday will mark . 60th day of the - will mark the 60th day of the first of the agreement first phase of the agreement when discussions will be going for the second phase which will look at ending the conflict. —— the 16th day. how confident are both 7 both77s7it7ie7s7 7 77 77 7 7 both sides are committed to you both sides arecommitted to the ceasefire work? i’m we have 7 we have heard not confident wee-have heard israeli not confident; wee-have heard israeli prime not confident wee-have heard israeli prime minister the israeli prime minister threatened they bolt threatened that theywould bolt collation which was

threatened that theywould bolt collatior bring i was threatened that theywould bolt collatior bring an |s threatened that theywould bolt collatior bring an end to the supposed to bring an endto the and the israeli war. and the lsraelirwithdrawal gaza. what is more is 7 is as 7 77 777” is7 t7he7tuesday of important is the tuesday of this coming week, benjamin will be with netanyahu will be with president trump and the —: of president trump, emissary of president trump, and then we might hear trump telling president trump telling netanyahu that he benjamin netanyahu that he expects him go through expects him to go through with the deal to the end. which the deal to the end. in which case benjamin netanyahu will be a collision course with on a collision course with members of his own government. yo; .:.— jf t7 fa tens; ftei’; ya ex7p7la7in 7 you ex7p77la7in how 7 you ex7p77la7in how significant 7 can you explainhow significant intervention can you explainhow significant here intervention can you explainhow significant here because intervention can you explainhow significant here because we ntervention can you explainhow significant here because we have ention can you explainhow significant here because we have seenr is here because we have seen the former president biden also. he said. to a ceasefire. why are achieving a ceasefire. why are things that fit with president trump time around? trump this time around? ' w before the 20th, was in the private meeting i was in the private meeting with one of the of the with one of the heads of the israeli negotiating team who told me that in three weeks, ——— - would be agreement, they would be an agreement, and when i looked at my calendar i saw three weeks of january saw that three weeks of january 20, it was very clear the 20, it was very clear that the israelis had received the

message from the trump incoming israelis had received the message from that'rump incoming israelis had received the message from that presidentiming did not want this issue face he entered the on his face when he entered the white house. netanyahu white house. benjamin netanyahu is a supporter of president trump he wants to start on 7 7 w 7 w with? 77 7w 7 77 7 wrthhim he 7 the right fit with him, he did not want create problems not want to create problems between the president and ; 7— for that as the foreign 77 foreign to 77 foreign to visit new administration. now the new administration. now the question whether trump will question is whether trump will keep the pressure on benjamin netanyahu, and whether he will adhere to that pressure and move forward with a second deal. the big problem here is that there is no determination deal. the big problem here is that will �*e is no determination deal. the big problem here is that will rule no determination deal. the big problem here is that will rule gaza termination deal. the big problem here is that will rule gaza when ration deal. the big problem here is that will rule gaza when the m who will rule gaza when the war ends. israel will not accept hamas continuing to control gaza, norwill the gaza, nor will the united states and yet there has been states andye�*tthere has been determination made by anyone no determination made by anyone who is to control gaza. who is going to control gaza. and foremost the first and foremost is the for the palestinian w— e 7 n to i would people to decide and i would suggest that the palestinians observe the damage that has been done to gaza, tens of thousands of people killed, thousands of peepleeil—led. ~~ ~ thousands of peepleeil—led. ~~ ~ thousand wounded,

thousands of peopleeil—led. ~~ ~ thousand wounded, 80% hundred thousand wounded, 80% of the buildings destroyed, no housing, infrastructure, 2 housing, no infrastructure, 2 million people homeless, and whether or not the in fact want hamas to continue to govern territory. 7 that, territory... , that. territory... . releases, we thatterritory. . releases, we have seen images 7images of images of hamas gunmen those images of hamas gunmen the hostages, a surrounding the hostages, a real show of the 555755 you www 77ww77 7 777w7 you assess their group. how do you assess their strength at the moment? crucially, how will they take part in any future negotiations? has not been destroyed by israeli military, they have the israeli military, they have had the ability to stage the puttingw w show they are putting on. . ... strength, they have around of gaza. supervising the 7 suj the sing the suj the homeless 7 suj the homeless people the south to the north to soar a, from or 7 7 1h; s7tr7ip,7 a, agree or 7 7 to strip; 57. the agar 5f7 7 7 1h; s7tr7ip,7 57. the 7|7r7n7arket 7 7 the gaza strip, a mass market making clear show that making it clear show that they are in control. watching are still in control. watching this, it is a good thing we are still in control, because israel an agreement with israel made an'agreement with to deliver israeli

hamas to deliver the israeli hostages, and if hamas was not in control, we would probally never see those hostages again. the political really, the political question, the of what really, the political question, the in of what really, the political question, the in of ' the war over, it still to be ass. it. still'needs or... ..-..-...- by is safer. it still'needs tabs” by the undertaken by the palestinians, by the arab countries, e-=:: 7 the other 7 7 the otherarab 7 7 the other arab parties and and the other arab parties and the israelis together with the americans. there will be no of gaza if hamas reconstruction of gaza if hamas is in power, no one put a 7-—w zi—z into if hamas is dollar into gaaa if hamas is in because of the unit control because of the unit will be destroyed no one will be destroyed again. no one is going to throw away that money in the billions of that need to be dollars that need to be invested there.- dollars that need to be invested there. ., ,, 5 ., 5 invested there. thank you very much. invested there. thank you very much- to _ invested there. thank you very much. to show _ invested there. thank you very much. to show you _ invested there. thank you very much. to show you these - invested there. thank you very much. to show you these live | much. to show you these live 53:51 can see on your pictures you can see on your this is southern screen. this is southern israel, these ambulances are arriving in that area, we arriving inthat area, we the released hostages. expect the released hostages. be 7 expect the released hostages. be —— 7 expect the released hostages. be —— they will be from

77 from 7 to 77 77 from 7tothe taken from gaza to the of the gaza strip and will be taken to the then there iarill betahsn to the facility in southern medical facility in southern this is where we israel, this is where we have seen so many of the hostages for medical being taisen for medical??? ~~ ... this is the scene in treatmentthis is the scene in square in tel aviv, the hostage square in tel aviv, the relatives and the of relatives and the supporters of those being held captive in tiggge being held captive in to meet there, gaaa continuing to meetthere. �* more campaigning for more release. let's cross over tel aviv. and speak to our scenes of and expectation. we had some cheering and sighs of relief as the first of the israeli came out in lsraeli hostages came out in...— .. . . younis lsraeli hostages came out in —— . . younis in southern a khan younis in southern gaza a of hours ago ofer and yarden bibas are kalderon and yarden bibas are two £1le --. from their homes

two men taken from their homes gunpoint on the 7th of at gunpoint on the 7th of october, both of them captured with their loved ones. they e with their loved ones. they . over to red were handed over to the red cross and much orderly = -7 -=47 than the hostage display than the hostage handover we source very close to that seen on thursday when islamicjihad to be in charge there. appeared to be in charge there. we have since heard that leis hate since hear... thatthefyi ”’ ”” ”"' at hospitals in have arrived at hospitals in israel having been taken by israel having beerutaken by the cross and over to red cross and handed over to israeli military forces and i: r iigr; “r “r if firs-l gone through initial medical checks and the first the checks and the first of the reunions with their families. checks and the first of the reun willwith their families. checks and the first of the reun will now their families. checks and the first of the reun will now be irfamilies. checks and the first of the reun will now be irfa toies. checks and the first of the reun will now be irfa to meet their extended families and other ones and of course in the case of these'two men. are families that have very prominent campaigning their release. we also saw for their release. we also saw within course of the day, within the course of the day, we had the other hostage, keith . .--5.m.1°. . . 777734507 us 7 7 7 7w7who7 us born, 7 7who usbornhe 7

7 7w 7vvho7 us born, he7wa7s seagal, who is us bornthe was by hamas to the red in gaza city close to the ruins of the port. we did not see him immediately. he to be given assistance appeared to be given assistance as he was walking to the vehicle. he 65 years was captured 7 was captured from old. he was captured from his home with his wife. we old. he was captured from his home that with his wife. we old. he was captured from his home that he rith his wife. we old. he was captured from his home that he was ris wife. we old. he was captured from his home that he was ris wife when know that he was injured when gunmen entered 77he in he ina he in a safe room his wife when 77wh7iis7w7ife when their7 77 7 7 777h7i7s7 a. when {harms with his wife when their window was broken he was dragged was broken and he was dragged out. had broken ribs and a out. hehad broken ribs and a wound to his hand. we bullet wound to his hand. we been waiting for news that have been waiting for news that he had handed over to forces and arriving israeli forces and was arriving on israeli soil. it has back on israeli soil. it has been remarked that while ofer kalderon and will been remarked that while ofer kalc be n and will been remarked that while ofer kalc be ablei will been remarked that while ofer kalc be able to will been remarked that while ofer kalc be able to reunite will now be ableto reunite with �* children and each of them

their children and each of them four children, the wife of has four children, the wife of keith and of the children keith and two of the children of ofer kalderon in november 2023. and the back in november 2023. and the postage ceasefire deal. first postage ceasefire deal. —— hostage ceasefire deal. —— hostage and ceasefire deal. hes? taken with his wife and he was taken with his wife and his two children, the youngest of the hostages held, and we not 7 not had77 not had7any not hadany news not he situation. news said been f5o5r'5g15ally.said they had been in an israeli strike killed in an israeli air strike near to the beginning of nearitoithe beginning of the military has war. israel's military has consistently they have not able to eerily that. m been able to verify that. i'd say that hopes for say that hopes have dimmed for �* survival say that hopes have dimmed for �*survival no. say that hopes have. dimmedinc - m— say that hopes have. dimmedinc i a m— say that hopes have. dimmedinc i a sense of what _ say that hopes have dimmed for a sense of what happens ire us a sense of what happens next. we have a live picture in the bank ibank and orer prison westbank and the qfer'prison are. we are expecting

they are. we are expecting prisoners to then freed 7 77fr7e7ed grown; 7 77 7 be freed following these hostage releases. that's right. in total, hostage releases. that's right. in total, 183 — in total, 183 palestinian prisoners due be prisoners due to'rbe'released. �* names were put out, more their names were put out, more than of them are we re israeli forces were i:.7:.7.w israeli forces during jjrirr’ israeli forces during their55'5’ ’ by israeli forces during their offensive in gaza. we know that or palestinians haire thousands of palestinians have been up over the been picked up over the course of the past 15 many of of the past 15 months, many of them in very controversial them kept in very controversial conditions these detention in southern israel, centres in southern israel, held without charge. held without trial and access to lot of complaints l5awyers. a lot of complaints human rights groups about from human rights groups about the situation in which they have been held. there is also alison is due to be as a result �*the released as a result of the deal —— released as a result of the