the, the, this is the w news coming to live from berlin. the israel from us. truth is now underway with hope to be a 4 day re pre begins after 7 weeks of war. is part of a deal that includes the release of some hostages. starting this afternoon, the hello and terry martin, thanks for joining us. highly anticipated temporary spar between israel and home.

us has been in fact now from for a couple of hours. these are live images from southern israel, looking toward the gaza strip. this fall is weeks of deadly fighting spark by the october 7 terrorist attack by from us in which more than 1200 people in israel were killed. the master on health ministry and gaza says israel's response has claimed the lives of some 15000 palestinians. although these really military has founded sirens and villages near gaza, warning a possible rocket attacks from the strip, the temporary truce between our mazda is root, seems to be holding its crossover to our correspond atanya kramer, who's the following story. for us in jerusalem, telling me the seatbar came into effect 2 hours ago, are the 2 sides adhering to it has the putting stall of the what at this point in time uh its it appears to be holding that has been

a intensive fighting uh overnight that was expected leading up to the 7 am uh, ceasefire or a pause and fighting about the discipline. there was an air raid siren in the southern communities uh, shortly after a 7 o'clock morning of incoming rockets. but since then it has been relatively quiet. but i mean, everybody here understands it's a very, very proud to you. i a truth, it's a very volatile situation, and this is very closely monitored. now, what is happening here in the next hour with regards to this uh choose as we're speaking tanya. just one or vendor of yours, we're looking at live pictures of northern gaza. there. there was on the left side of your screen the release of hostages, held by hum us. tony is a key part of sees of the ceasefire. deal. the 1st hostages. it'd be to release the softer noon. does everything appear to be on track for that to happen time you as

well as much as we know at the moment and i think, you know, this is where everybody is now concerned with, especially in israel, you know, it's a media here talking is a very emotional a day because you know, everybody hopes that this will actually happen. it says schedule to start around a 4 p. m in the afternoon, local time here. but of course nothing is ever for sure in such a volatile situation. so the 1st 13 uh hostages should be uh then released by homeless the some of these, of those 13 hostages have been notified on thursday night. also with a lot of caution because a lot can still happen until then. but of course, is also here, you know that that is a bit of a mixed feeling because this has to continue, of course, a more hostages that are waiting to be released. and that there's an agreement about 50 hostages being released over the next a days for an initial 4 days of

a pause in fighting. and of course, is also the families and relatives of those hostages that are not being notified at this point in time for the 1st stages that are asking what will happen to them, especially, you know, as fighting of what we do at some point. so there, there are 3 parts to this deal, at least there is a multiple part deal. one is the cessation of hostilities. the other is the release of hostages being held by a ma, some hostages. but they're also supposed to be palestinians released from is really jails. what more can you tell us about that agreement time of the yes. so israel has released a some days ago the list of 300 and palestinians that are held in prisoners. these are mainly young palestinians, under the age of 18, a women the young boys and young goes as well among them. and among the v

is understand from cut out that some of the names have been approved. we don't know how many will be released actually today. in return for those hostages that will be released. the 1st stage of this agreement, it says a $150.00 pounds of students that are in prison and is already present should be released as part of this deal. so we understand they will be then brought from prisons to another prison and then from there to check points, and then released back home mainly to the occupied westbank and also families. there are no preparing to, you know, to receive their relative. so if you don't know exactly when this will happen, this might be also part later today on friday, potentially after the 1st hostages will be released, but we are waiting for more details on that as well. we mentioned that there are multiple parts to this cease fire deal. it includes also allowing convoys of

a into gaza. what about those plans to get that aide in there? tanya? is that going ahead and, and how much of a difference can it make? yeah, absolutely. this is also a big part of this uh agreement. um uh that, uh, more a truck. so it'd be coming in though that has been the schools set about $200.00 a truck. so you were being told that you might determine a that should go into gaza. it seems quite a stretch because, you know, there are also a lot of, um, uh, a security measures being put in place to search those trucks before the, there's too many terminate goes in, but it's expected to go in through the egyptian gaza border through the crossing and the gardens hope to see there's too many tech humanitarian 8 to come in. but again, also for residents in gaza. we have about an estimated 1700000 people that have

been displaced during this war. and the also reports already coming in. no, it's unclear whether people are able to go back and hearing from the uh to the noise. uh, a lot of people have slept, were displaced from the northern parts. i mean, hearing from the military that they're saying that people should not go back north because this is an ongoing, it isn't a still an active was own despite the pause and fighting, they don't want people to move back. so it's a very, very difficult situation for the residents in the south of gaza. right now. are those people that are displaced? because on the one hand, you know, there is a respite. certainly no, a fighting of shelling and there will be much safe. so doing the next day, so it would be age coming in, but a lot of people are dispersed also, you know, families are dispersed and of course people want to know what happened to their homes, what happened to their properties and their belongings. back home in the north, so it's, it's not an easy situation. tanya,

thank you very much. that was our correspond to tony kramer in jerusalem. it was costs over to tell of eve. now, lieutenant colonel peter atlanta is a spokes person for the is really defense forces and joins is from there. thanks for being with us. the temporary cease fire took effect now 2 hours ago. tell us uh, current atlanta, what you have is your latest information about conditions in the gaza strip or is the ceasefire being respected by both sides morning. indeed, our forces are in the defensive operational lines, regrouping and then taking the necessary steps in accordance to the government and the instructions. of course, this is what we expect to vote for life through over the next few days. but we are continuing it to be vigilance and prepared for any adventurer on the thing. like to remind you that in the recent, in, in not so far away history,

we've had spies. we've come us, they've always taken advantage of them to attack and adopt a soldiers killing soldiers. so we are on, on the, on the go, we're parents, we're taking the necessary steps, but of course we are binding by the instructions of the company. what will the is really military do? criminal down up if a rocket is fired into israel during the ceasefire because there are concerns that there could be road elements in palestine that in the palestinian territories that want indeed to spoil the seatbar. so we have to be aware, as i said, that we are on the defensive positions by making the necessary steps. and in order to be prepared, not prepared for that. of course, we're on total rights attacks against us. and therefore, it is as the your reports of rodney pointed out, the very front you all situated, measuring them around, we are expecting to maintain our positions and where and maintaining our defensive

capabilities correctly saying we don't want people returning to the most precisely because this war is most of our we are in a pause and operational pause. that is dictating the way forward in the operation is currently focused on to call things festival and getting the hostages out. and maintaining conducting the, the, the, the release of the terrace and criminals coming out of as rarely prisons. and this is the focus for the next, at least 4 days. we will be prepared in order to respond to any aggression against us. how do you think this falls in the fighting will impact israel's plans to eliminate from us? is this going to compromise the is really military's ability to prosecute its war against him? us a deal for the war if it will continue, the government has set so the prime minister states of it explicitly,

our role in this is to implement the government policy in order to make sure that from us can never wield the sort of death against his records ever again. um, you know, they utilize been abused all of the tools of government in order to build their charter as capabilities in order to build the rockets in order to build the tunnel system in order to build. that's our is all me that infiltrate to this route on the 7th of october. so the, the, the, it doesn't change the end goal. it doesn't change the directive. we are but focused because the 2 goals of this war go hand in hand. we have to bring on the hostages, and this is what we're focused on today, haven't over the next few days. and we also make needs to make sure that some us never have the power again, in order to utilize it against the people of is around the neighbor that the games that people have gone to is what is really forces understand or warning displaced, palestinians and gaza. those have moved to the south, telling them not to go back to the northern part of the strip, but understand that

a mouse is telling people indeed to go north will is really soldiers stop palestinians trying to go north if they attempted i know we've been very clear, and i think it was part of the agreement that people should not be removing most. we weren't permitted people should, can kind of continue to go south, but not go to the most. there is a very, very expensive as you are aware, military presence on the grounds. the combat zone is still very active and dangerous. people should not pretend to know. lieutenant colonel peter land of the israel. uh israel's military. thank you very much for talking with us. good day, i as well for the families of those hostages being held by her mazda in garza. the past few weeks had been ribbon with the spare and trauma. now the truce could see some of them safely returned. at last, after weeks of waiting,

the families of hostages hope their loved ones. we've come home soon. i want to hope, i hope, hope, hope that it's going to happen. we've been on such a roller coaster for the past. certainly the past a week, but since october 7th, between despair and trial mind code, i just want to see the children come back. now, master group has agreed to release 50 civilian women and children, which 13 ought to be released in the 1st batch on friday. and exchange is really set to release $150.00 palestinian prisoners, mostly females and teenage males over the course of the cruise. the deed, mediated by god, are also includes affordable and fighting in both the north and south of the gaza strip, as well as increase to monetary and aid. even though the agreement is considered to break through both sides have remained cautious about st. too much before it materializes uh, based on certain circumstances,

with his thoughts and his choose. a main hope is that this humanitarian truth will give us all the opportunity to look into the bigger task, but we choose to implement of permanent truce. i figured that the chief long lasting piece that that you met with, you'd like to fix that um, in, in the efforts are being made to extend the truth beyond the full day period, which is well insists. it will resume its military operation in garza until it has eradicated. hum us well with me in the studio is our middle east of shiny. rosanna is surely israel was united in terms of wanting to fight from us and stop it from being able to attack it. but is, is real, equally is unified when it comes to the ceasefire deal? no, no, not at all. i mean those people are afraid that this will be the beginning of the end of the fighting, mostly on the right hand side of the political spectrum. and there's also the families themselves that are torn on the wind. some of them feel like maybe we need to keep on our operation in order to get all of the hostages out. there is

a fear that, you know, it starts with 4 days of ceasefire. it is, this is what i agreed upon. we don't know what the end point is, but it's also clear that the pressure to bring out the houses are just so strong that there's big support for that deal. and to at least try and see where this leads. now, those families of the hostages and loved ones of the hostages being held in gaza, or the convince of the is really government's priorities in this situation. again, this is a very contested issue. i mean, there is a clear understanding that these really government now sees the hostages as a priority was not necessarily the. so at the beginning, it took some time for these really it's both best and also the department of simself to say this is as equal goal for us as, as anything else as bringing out from us which was the official initial goal. however, because everything is so fragile, you know, as well,

doesn't have too many good choices. you know, how most set the rules. he started the offense he put is rather the condition of a very little maneuvering space because it has 240 of its own citizens, some, some of them also soldiers. and israel wants to bring them back. and so the, these are our dual citizens, are also other nationality, correct? the other, these still, these are 240 people who work safely. a is rarely territory behind is really recognized international border, you know, and they were, you know, taking hostage all of a sudden a lot of it due to failures of the military who carries this guilt in law as well. trying to correct now. and the government who is the one meeting, you know, israel's security operations. so there's a need of this as long as there's no, i mean, what would be the victory? what would be the, the pointing which is realistically, like we have prevail? i don't think in this terrible try to do with seeing that will be an easy one, but definitely having the hostages being left in gaza that will not be

a victory. you know, phrase or at least it's a big priority for israel is. but as i mentioned, multiple nationality to try the people who are being held in gaza right from multiple countries. and that accounts also part of the intense international pressure to come up with some sort of ceasefire and arrange this a hostage release. how did this international pressure, including the un resolution factor into israel's decision to agree to a temporary troops? it's a big part. is there a no, is it needs to work support and it is real self and started with the seizure and you started with the ground, evasion that only by putting pressure on her mazda and bringing it to the position that he needs the aid so desperately. it will have some leverage, it could, you can question the strategy and so many different ways, but is really to be like this has worked. we have managed to get home us to read to, to deal, to bring out some of the hostages. because we have created their need to get something from us, you know, through the help of the international community, keeps pressuring to bring more aid into gaza. and we need to keep in mind this is

not submitted here in 8 in the sense of this is the basic needs of 2000000 people who are now, you know, almost all squished together in the southern part of the gaza strip water fuel. i mean, the most basic needs what we've seen, we're seeing, you know, sometimes it's just, it's desperate. it's dire. and we still have about 80000 pallets. and in, in the northern part of because this report, i'm not going to get access to any of that aid. and we need to, you know, we need to see how, how can that be something that, you know, the world assist in any way, or israel agrees to change and away, or we're at the very beginning of this cease fire. we're just a couple of hours into it now. we haven't seen any any hostages released yet. that's supposed to happen this afternoon, but it appears by all accounts that the fighting has stopped. we just heard from a just really military spokes person who did not say that there has been any violation so far, so things are looking good. how did we get here? what happened in kata or within the go?

she ations took place over weeks of time with lots of international pressure, as we've mentioned. how did we get to where we are, how does that negotiation take place? there's been a lot of back and forth always through culture and the americans never directly between homeless and as well as a lot of as timothy and distrust there. and it feels like we know that this deal, the scheme of it, the general scheme of it was already on the type of last week. but it took some time for is really decision makers to be able to agree to that. they kept on feeling that may be the ground operation. maybe the military operatives on the ground can bring enough hints or information, or maybe find some of the hostages. they felt like they could maybe find a different way. they would not need them to negotiate or deal with him off. and this has been, you know, after 50 days of, of fighting it's became clear to is really policy makers that they need to find a different way. because the pressure to bring back the hostages to school and we don't know what's the health condition, we don't know what you know, the damage is done to so many of them that are kept in ways that israel is not

aware of eventually is really going to that how much so, so needs that the feel. i mean that's some sort of consensus. the home off is being, you know, taking hostages as kids, as young as 9 months old and, and their mothers, or was the liability for how much you know, in the world, you know, read and when comes of a war war, conduct rules, international law that has become us in a very precarious position in meaning way. also technically taking care of families in young children. that's not easy. definitely in that dire conditions and guys are now. so the feeling is that this is a rare moment for both moments. are sharing the same interest, assuming this expire holtz, it's initially set up to go on for 4 days, where during which 50 hostages being held by hamas are to be released and a $150.00 palestinians being held in is really jails are to be released. the women and miners i'm told, assuming that all goes goes to plan what happens that?

well, the mechanism is such as long as how much is willing to keep them releasing hostages is really grant at more ceasefire days for every 10 sold. any 10 hostages found and was based is really to give another 24 hours is real hopes to extend that a ceasefire further and further. also, i love your optimism making it all the way to the 4th day, but is what is very cautious. there's the fact that the 1st day goes, you know, as planned, does not mean that the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th will go on as planned, is really, is, are talking about taking it one day at a time. fragile is the word correct. it's really, really clear that 3, you know, resuming the fighting afterwards will be a tricky issue. and i thank you so much. that was i'm at least dental is tranie rose on this. you're welcome to as well international humanitarian aid trucks in egypt are now waiting for the green light to head through the roof or crossing into a gallon. so in addition to a centrals like food and water tankers will also be taking in fuel. these live

images from the roof of border crossing, show those a trucks lining up, egypt says a $130000.00 leaders of diesel fuel and 4 trucks carrying natural gas will be delivered daily to garza including 200 trucks of paid. now that would boost the deliveries that the u. n. and other agencies say are needed in the territory. well here in germany, there is also hope that the hostages who hold german citizenship will be among those released of course, and many of the people kidnapped by him us are you will citizens. as we mentioned earlier, this includes members of one family from the keyboards, berry, whose house was burned during the october 7th terrorist attacks. a relative told dw, that 11 family members were taken hostage that day. 8th, are still believed held hostage in garza for those are german citizens, including 2 small children among the families hoping to

be re united with loved ones or some with roots going back to the crimes of the nazis in germany, 11 members of the show, home of a dory family were killed or kidnapped by him. us the youngest, 3 years old. your old navy, and 3 year old, the a hell siblings snatched by how most terrorists, the whole family ripped apart? no, they may just be coming home for grandfather dillard, the beginning of the end of a living nightmare. i go to had them use them and i of that and probably there will be those be done in the 1st time to just a checkup and other things. but i don't know. i don't know as a single, they go to doing what they're going to say. the family descended from holocaust survivors are among those come off hostages to hold german citizenship.

last month, relatives travel to bad lynn to pressure german officials to help bring their loved ones home. in the center of the german capital on thursday. street talk just drawing attention to their cause. the single exec in the visa on our children, on the visa body service, the battery come us keep nothing shows we are dealing a site between this we should not forget it and 9 that should the whole will disappear, guessing without being on. so there's no, all the families at the heart of this tragedy can do is wait while the temporary spar between israel and homos has begun and it does appear to be holding the pause and fighting is set the last 4 days. and it comes after some of the deadliest fighting in the history of the israeli, palestinian conflict. hostage and prisoner releases our parts of the truth and are

due to take place later on today. let's cross back now to our correspond, tonya kramer who's following the story for us from jerusalem. tanya, this is a big moment. obviously, how are people in israel feeling now that the cease fire is underway as well? i think it has been an emotional rollercoaster for many here and it's rather i think it's also unprecedented is where these have seen prisoners swaps and hostage release as before, but not on the scale. and not, you know, with children because this is what we are expecting this afternoon if to cease by a holes. and if everything goes according to plan, we will see 13 hostages being released hopefully in the afternoon, around 4 pm local time. and most of them will be children that have been held in gaza over the past 7 weeks, almost now since october 7. so this is uh, you know,

very emotional for many people here. and of course, everybody's holding their breath right now, or whether this will happen as, as planned. and the afternoon will cease for is supposed to last 4 days. but is these really military is already looking at the next stages of war? what, what, what should we expect in the coming hours and days? tanya? well, as you said is a ceasefire. that should last 4 days. it's a very franchise as these for a two's opposing fighting. it might be extended as you have heard, but again, it's been has made it very clear that this is just a pause and fighting that the war will resume afterwards. have you heard a defense minister u. s. government also saying that he expects of war that could last another 2 months or even more because they want to continue, you know, trying to eliminate all the structures of homos and thomas itself. so this is

a longer, a longer war. is that to come? not over yet, tanya, thank you so much. are correspond to tony kramer, their interest. when you're watching dw news from berlin. i'm terry martin. thanks for being with us. the,

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