hisham al-sayed his he was held since 2015. so his family too waiting for his release expected to happen in the coming coming couple of hours. the location for that we understand is nusseirat, which is sort of north central gaza. um, and the handover taking place, they're expected to follow a similar pattern to what we've witnessed this morning. not quite clear on the details, but again, underlying concern given to us by israeli officials. the welfare of these men not known, a level of concern about it. of course. uh, and this is this is the process that has happened so many times. but until it happens, until they're in the hands of the red cross and the idf, um, you cannot have that level of certainty that it will go ahead. but of course, everyone here hoping and anticipating and believing hope by hope that it will happen. >> nick, we've seen since january, since the implementation of the cease fire, several long overdue reunions with those hostages that have been released alive. i wonder how what we're how today's releases co

but the last person on that list of the four to be released, saad al hisham, now 36 years old, been held by hamas since 2015, almost ten years in captivity. so high levels of concern in particular about his welfare after all of this, and that's been the concern. but the other thing this crowd realizes here, right now, of course, and i'm hearing a big round of applause going up, because i think they're looking at the images here on the screen behind me, the images of those first two hostages being driven up the road, now handed over. they've been handed over to the idf. they get driven to a base where they'll get to meet the first their family members and the crowd here, watching those first images of them driving up the road. so those big cheers going up there. but for the other, for the concern about their welfare, obviously, and about their handover, how it will be managed by hamas. a stages again may be, uh, everyone here sort of they've had that moment of cheer this morning when two were handed over. but now there's the other four. they're waiting for. >> yeah, absolutely. and nick,

one more hostage is expected to be released today — hisham al—sayed — he will be released without a public says hamas wouldn't hold their ceremony in respect for the bedouin—israeli community. earlier this week was not that of shiri bibas, as they had claimed. by hamas on friday is hers. this is live in tel aviv, where a large crowd has gathered to watch the releases in a location that's become known as hostages square. this is final part of the first phase of the gaza ceasefire deal. handover by hamas. i mean, all this parading of hostages is cynical in the fullness of time. but we need also to look at the positive. we always said that the ceasefire is fragile, it is fragile, but at the same time, both sides, all in all, when this stage is about to end, we need to look at the second phase, which is even more complicated, because it hamas the rest of the hostages, and israel moving to the end of the war. do you think it is possible to move to that second stage? or is it injeopardy? with the cynical parading of coffins of young children, i think it harmed even the little trust that was buil

tal shoham, omer wenkert, hisham al—sayed and avera mengisto. to be released in the first phase of thefire agreement reached a month ago. meanwhile, hamas says the remains remains from the rubble after an israeli air strike hit the place she was held in. violation of the ceasefire agreement and said israel in a separate development, the red cross says it's "concerned and unsatisfied" by the way hamas hostage release operations have been taking place. and in a dignified manner. our middle east regional editor sebastian usher there was great sorrow yesterday, and today you heard it there, obviously expressed i don't think this very first line that we've heard to douse that anger. and, i mean, this is a hamas official. for the whole of hamas, at the moment. shiri bibas�*s body, or what they say is part of her remains of her body, in the coffin, that they didn't alert israel to that fact, knowing that an in—depth is that hamas was not the actual faction that handed over to another faction after that. all of these are questions that are purely speculation at the moment. official, that doesn

the first was 0mer wenkert who was taken hostage the final hostage to be released today was hisham al—sayeder israel said a body returned by hamas claimed — herfamily has since said a new body handed ..an outpouring of relief and joy. israelis celebrating as the ceasefire deal brings six more hostages home alive. in gaza, more choreographed displays of defiance and firepower as the hostages emerged for the first time. tal shoham was one of seven family members all kidnapped the long, agonising wait finally overfor his brother and sister. at kibbutz be'eri, close to gaza, the house and they were all kidnapped from here. be'eri is a place full of scars and ghosts. 32 were taken hostage. to hope for a betterfuture. stay and live in gaza. i think we should really start talking about it and not fighting about it. which have yet to begin. today should have seen the largest release so far of palestinian prisoners. in gaza this morning a convoy of buses was ready to collect almost 450. but it hasn't happened. in the west bank where others were expected, families have been waiting all day. israel sa

the final hostage to be released today was hisham al—sayed who was handed over privately in gaza city is a photojust released by hamas. the idf says he went to hospital by helicopter, accompanied by his family. earlier this week was not that of shiri bibas, as they had claimed. herfamily has since said a new body handed paul adams has the latest. six more hostages home alive. in gaza, more choreographed displays of defiance and firepower as the hostages emerged for the first time. two others held for a decade. from the same house — tal the last to return. at kibbutz be�*eri, close to gaza, the house and they were all hamas gunmen killed over 100 kibbutz members here, but in a place famously full of peaceniks, ayelet dares to hope for a betterfuture. stay and live in gaza. so you can imagine a situation in which you live yes, i'm going to come back here. i think we should really start talking about it and not fighting about it. today should have the today should have seen the largest release of palestinian prisoners, of buses was largest release of palestinian prisor to ;, of buses was

his name is hisham al-sayed. he is an israeli bedouin, so he is an israeli citizen. but he is of arab bedouin descent. and he was taken into gaza or excuse me, he crossed into gaza in 2015. he was taken captive by hamas. then his family says that he suffers from mental health issues. so he has been inside of gaza for ten years. and hamas is saying that out of respect for the fact that he is a bedouin arab, that they will not put him through the same theatrical production as the other hostages. they're going to release him without ceremony. so it may be that we don't have the same visuals on him in terms of the other five hostages. four of them were taken captive on october 7th. among them is omar shem-tov. he was 20 years old when he was kidnaped at the nova music festival. christina. he has had not one but two birthdays in captivity. he is now 22 years old. i have met his family many times. his mother left his bedroom untouched from the day that he was kidnaped more than 500 days ago. and i remember asking her at one point, are you mentally prepared for the possibil

hisham al-sayed has been held for ten years, went into gaza, walked in in 2015, taken captive, held hostagehamas ever since his wait for release has been so long. the hostages who were watching and waiting, looking at the space with their expected to walk into 505 days of captivity. the final phases, the final countdown, the last of the hours, the last of the minutes ticking by. right now, the red cross vehicles are in place. vehicles have come in that appear to be hamas. vehicles are under their escort that we would expect, and as we've seen from previous hostage releases, that's where the hostages will be inside of those vehicles. of course, the concern and that sort of expectation here, uh, is the condition that those hostages will be in the two hostages we saw released earlier, tal shoham and avera mengistu both looking thinner, both looking weak on their feet. but this is the process. the propagandized process that hamas uses in this, in these handovers that's set to it. looking set to sort of be about to begin precisely when we just don't know. this is all in hamas's control. the long

tal shoham, omer wenkert, hisham al—sayed and avera mengisto. a decade ago and have been held there sinceu the moment that we can show you now. you can see people gathered the road has gathered there, the road has been cordoned off, they are holding israeli flags. is holding israeli flags. this is outside the forensic institute holding israeli flags. this is ol tel e the forensic institute holding israeli flags. this is ol tel e the and nsic institute holding israeli flags. this is ol tel e the and they nstitute holding israeli flags. this is ol tel e the and they are tute in tel aviv, and they are waiting for body of shiri waiting for the body of shiri bibas to be delivered, we waiting for the body of shiri bibas to be i to vered, we waiting for the body of shiri bibas to be i to the ed, we waiting for the body of shiri bibas to be i to the institute. understand, to the institute. this is all part of the seas filed —— cease—fire deal, but remember these are part of tests . tests. proeihg was theie ferefiile ese efeelfifi was not her, it was therbedy was nether, it was body of an unidentifie

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tal shoham, omer wenkert, hisham al—sayed a decade ago and have been held there since.e last few hours — daniel hagari — spokesman for the israel defense forces — gave a news briefing where he spole about ariel and kfir bibas. following a forensic examination, we can confirm that baby kfir bibas, aged just ten—months—old, and his older brother ariel, aged four, were both brutally murdered by terrorists while being held hostage in gaza. killed in an air strike. ariel and kfir bibas were murdered by of the mood in israel. what i think you're seeing, really, is the grief prime minister benjamin netanyahu described hamas, at nothing to seek revenge. and said that it was a gross, cruel and evil violation of the ceasefire deal that shiri bibas had not been returned. so an extremely distressing situation, of course, for yarden bibas, shiri's father, her husband, the father of the two little boys, as he awaits more news to bring the remaining hostages back. a lot of hostage relatives have long felt that he has over the survival of the ceasefire deal. you are still seeing a lot

the final hostage to be released today is hisham minutes he was handed over without a public ceremonygaza city. earlier this week was not that of shiri bibas, as they had over by hamas on friday is hers. gathered to watch the releases in a location that's become known as hostages square. the gaza ceasefire deal. let's speak to sebastian usher injerusalem. isa is a lot to get through. first of let's talk m— what we are about to see which is the release of more than 600 who have been palestinians who have been detained by that “happening happenirigiizn; 7 ”is happening in the 7 happening in the next few is happening in the next few minutes, is it? we is happening in the next few minutes, is it?— minutes, is it? we are expecting _ minutes, is it? we are expecting l to - minutes, is it? we are expecting l to come, | minutes, is it? we are - expecting l to come, certainly 7, the next 7 the next few 7 the next few hours, 7 has been slightly has compared tly delayed” 7 7 7 7 has compared to delayed” has compared to some ed” has compared to some ed the has co hostage o some ed the has co host

the first was omer wenkert, who was taken hostage the final hostage to be released today was hisham accompanied by his family. over by hamas on friday is hers. at the end of a week full of despair and uncertainty... ..an outpouring of relief and joy. israelis celebrating as the ceasefire deal brings six more hostages home alive. others held for a decade. from the same house. tal, the last to return. the long, agonising wait finally overfor his at kibbutz be'eri, close to gaza, the house where tal was taken. and they were all kidnapped from here? be'eri is a place full of scars and ghosts. hamas gunmen killed over 100 kibbutz members here, but in a place famously full of peaceniks, ayelet dares to hope for a betterfuture. the population of people who live in gaza should so you can imagine a situation in which you live i'm not going to go anywhere else. and not fighting about it. deal should be complete, but there are still plenty getting them out will require a whole new set of negotiations which have yet to begin. one family's ordeal has ended. where this goes next, on towards a more durable ce

all looked thinner and showed some signs of illness in the past and 36-year-old hisham al-sayed having also been held captive for a decade after he, too, crossed into gaza. the freed hostages brought to the idf and israel all reuniting with close family members, all now at hospital here in tel aviv. set to be exchanged for these after a security assessment by israel, some 600 palestinian prisoners. across israel today, israelis celebrated amidst sadness, four will be released next week and then some 60 held my hamas and shiri bibas and two young sons has been handed over. an unknown woman had been brought back with the children. the bibas family saying today shiri was returned home. you're right, brian, the first phase of the cease-fire agreement is set to end in the coming week. talks for the d decisive second phase with a lot of lives at risk. bryan: greg, live from tel aviv. thank you. what's next as the phase one of the deal is near its end. with me, senior strategic analyst, jack keane. that's the question, the first phase is set to end on march 1st. do you think that phase two wi

eliya cohen, omer shem tov, tal shoham, omer wenkert, hisham al sayed, and avera mengistu, all of themby masked hamas gunmen and israel releasing hundreds of palestinian prisoners as phase one of the cease-fire deal nears its end. negotiations for phase two expected to begin in the coming days. the fragile deal almost breaking down on thursday after hamas failed to release the body of shiri bibas handing over the body of a gazan woman instead. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowing revenge. hamas quickly releasing another body overnight, israeli forensics confirming the remains are shiri's. the remains of the two bibas boys released earlier this week. the idf saying forensics show 4-year-old ariel and 8-month-old kfir were deliberately killed by hamas. hamas blames israeli air strikes. earlier this week, four bombs planted in buses in central israel, no one was injured. but the attack coming in apparent response to the idf's ongoing operations in the west bank. and negotiations to begin phase two are set to begin next week. if they are successful we could see the release of a

as well as 36-year-old hisham al-sayed released, having also been held captive for a decade after he, too, crossed into gaza. the freed hostages, mike, were brought to the idf and israel can choppered to a hospital in tel aviv reunited with close families, and one of the younger hostages said he fancied is burger. set for these after the security meeting tonight, 600 palestinian prisoners. across this day, people celebrated amid sadness four more deceased hostages are planned for the coming week and after that some 60 alive and dead will still be held by hamas. as the body of shiri bibas, the mother of two young sons, symbols of this hostage terror has now been handed over for hamas. an unknown woman had been brought back with the children earlier. the bibas family saying, shiri was returned home. mike, the decisive second phase of the cease-fire agreement was supposed to start next weekend, but talks regarding this have barely begun. a lot is at stake, a lot of lives at risk. back to you. >> we'll follow it all. greg palkot live in tel aviv. greg, many thanks. >> u.s. special envoy g

. >> so so, hisham, the other thing that's really fascinating is these 200 pound bombs are being delivered to israel, literally ahead of marco rubio's trip. also, donald trump's messaging around, you know, all hell will break loose. and still talking about all the hostages being released. this is kind of contradictory to what we're seeing on trying to keep the ceasefire in place going on into phase two. do you how fragile do you think this is? >> i think the ceasefire is very fragile when it comes to phase two. the israelis, particularly netanyahu's cabinet, but more generally, um, have expressed two very contradictory aims one, to try to get as many hostages out as possible and to get all of them home. and at the same time, netanyahu's government is likely to fall unless he agrees to resume the war on gaza. you can't you can't do both of those things at the same time. um, so there's a quandary there for the israelis. um, when it comes to pressure from the united states, as you mentioned, these 2,000 pound bombs have just been delivered. the biden administration didn't actually pause deliv

hisham al-sayed walked into gaza. reasons unclear. back in 2015. hamas captured him and held him hostage ever since. releasing him now, he is understood to have difficulty breathing. also, the mental strain of being under duress for so long. there's concerns about that. but coming back to his family, coming into israeli hands, getting to. professional hospitals and a level of care that he wouldn't have been able to have in gaza as gaza's been under such heavy bombardment. the hospitals there so heavily damaged. the emotional. rising of the support of the families of all the other hostage hostages we've seen released today as they've watched on their screens, on tv, at home or with other people here standing in the hostages square, watched the release of those five other hostages today. when when they've seen those images, there's been huge cheers when they've seen the images of the families waiting, cheering as they're watching and seeing their loved ones being released. it's been an emotional uplift today, but no one is under any illusion about th

noticeably thinner, paraded in hamas's last scheduled public planned live and over, away from the cameras, hishamsayed, hostage for a decade to ill for the stage, quietly handed over to. as their families began celebrations. each of the hostage releases bringing hope to those still waiting. uriel alexander, mother of edan, the last living american hostage, still held by hamas. >> we heard a lot of stories that edan was standing up for people and trying to help them, and they gave us a lot of strength to continue to do the fight and to make sure that every american understands that there is still one american hostage in gaza, and he is alive. >> families of palestinian prisoners and detainees kept waiting for their loved ones, while the israeli prime minister held a security consultation, a violation of the agreement, according to hamas. frustrations mounting through the evening. >> i have been sitting here waiting for my son since noon, and i still don't know if they will bring him or not. i will stay here waiting for him. i miss holding him in my arms. not a day goes by without my crying for him

hisham al-sayed has just been released. he's now in red cross custody on his way to being in custody of the idf. that is the sixth and final hostage who has been released today in these very delicate negotiations. richard. >> i want to pick up on simmons point about reagan and his his footing in. foreign policy and the sort of anchoring, if you will, in. in the. middle of in the late 20th century, u.s. foreign policy aligned with europe, sort of cementing what came out of world war two. he noted in one of his speeches that the idea that this this generation would have to be the generation to stand in defense of liberty and so forth. and now you have republicans being the generation that will actually turn its back on that liberty for the people of ukraine, the self-determination that they would seek. what i mean, with these continued sort of attempts. >> to. >> sort of reshape the government less about what republicans do, because in. >> many respects. >> it doesn't matter anymore. they've played their hand. what other spac

hisham al-sayed, hostage for a decade, too ill for the stage, quietly handed over to. as their families began celebrations. each of the hostage releases bringing hope to those still waiting. yehiel alexander, mother of idan, the last living american hostage still held by hamas. >> we heard a lot of stories that idan. >> was standing. >> up for. >> people and. >> trying to help. >> them. >> and they gave us a lot. >> of strength. to continue to do the fight. >> and to. >> make sure that every american understands that there is still one american hostage in gaza, and he is. >> alive. >> families of palestinian prisoners and detainees kept waiting for their loved ones, while the israeli prime minister held a security consultation, a violation of the agreement, according to hamas. the moments of reflection this day, too, for those israeli hostages who didn't make it home alive. the bibas family and oded lifshitz, his grandson daniel, hoping talks and releases can be extended through islam's holy month of ramadan. >> if we will make. >> sure there. >> will be a release on.

as well as 36-year-old hisham if al-sayed released after a decade.aviv and reunited with close family. one of the younger hostages saying he fancied a burger. set to be exchanged for these after a security meeting tonight, over 600 palestinian prisoners. across this day people celebrated amid sadness four more deceased hostages planned to be released in the coming week. after that some 60 alive and dead will still be held by hamas. as the body of shiri bibas, the mother of two young sons, symbols of the hostage horror, has now been handed over by hamas. an unknown woman had been brought back with the children. the bibas family saying shiri was returned home. the decisive second phase of this ceasefire if agreement was supposed to start next weekend. talks a regarding this is have barely begun. a lot at stake, a lot of lives at risk. jon? jon: lots of obstacles ahead. greg palkot in tell aavive, thank you. >>> -- tel aviv thank you. >>> with today's final live hostage exchange, what about phase two? it is set to begin march 3rd, a little over a week f

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elia cohen, omar shem—tov, tal shoham, omar hencote, hisham al—saeed and avera mengistu are set to be tomorrow. it comes after hamas has said the remains of israeli hostage shiri appeared to be mixed with other human remains in what it claims was an israeli airstrike. it comes as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said hamas will pay for failing to release sheree's body as agreed. the idf said it had instead received the remains of an anonymous body without identification, and accused hamas of violating the shaky ceasefire. two bodies were identified as her children, kefir and ariel, while the body, believed to be sherry's, did not match any hostage and remains unidentified. meanwhile, a bbc documentary about gaza has been pulled from the bbc iplayer. the corporation says they are conducting further due diligence following the broadcaster's admission that a child featured in the film was a son of a man who worked as hamas's deputy minister of agriculture. a statement from the bbc said there have been continuing questions raised about the programme and in the light of these, we

the fourth hostage that was due to be released, hisham al—saeed, will now be freed without a pubuc willow be freed without a public ceremony later on today. this comes as israel's army have reported that the body of hamas hostage shiri bebe has been identified. they say it's likely she was killed while in captivity with her two young sons. the foreign secretary has called hamas's failure to return the right body of the israeli hostage sick and abhorrent. now, sir keir starmer is expected to confirm a timeline to raise defence spending as he prepares to travel to washington to meet donald trump next week, with reports suggesting he will invite his counterpart to the uk for a state visit. the prime minister will have to walk a tncky minister will have to walk a tricky line stateside, balancing the uk's support for ukraine with the need to keep the us on side. this comes as president trump has accused emmanuel macron and keir starmer of doing nothing to end the war in ukraine. meanwhile, he also said volodymyr zelenskyy and vladimir putin need to get together and he thinks a peace deal can

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the first was omer wenkert who was taken hostage the final hostage to be released today was hisham al—sayedis a photojust released by hamas. the idf says he went to hospital by helicopter, hostages were released. there were pretty large crowds on hostages square the behind me which beamed screen behind me which beamed the live pictures of this very stage show by hamas that we've seen on a weekly basis with really images from in offence world, beamed into here another werld rbeemeeirinte here aviv, another werldrheemeeirinte here aviv, the another worldrheameeirinto here aviv, the wasteland of in tel aviv, the wasteland of gaza, where hostages were gaza, where those hostages were released in a show where hamas surrounded them and fighters surrounded them and took them up on stage. they blew kisses to the crowd, they blew kisses to theirowd. they made blew kisses to theirowd. they made to l1lew kisses to theirowd. they made to sign documents and ihanded handed over to the ’ fh'a'fiééti’oie? i; ii}; rea" ’ w then handed over to the red cross led into israel. now here in israel and as are now he

believe the names of those four are set to be released are lyor cohen, omer shemtov, omer hencote, and hishaml—sayed. those are the four that we are expecting to be released very shortly on those live pictures that you can see if you're watching on television. >> and as i say, as this develops, we'll bring you the latest here on gb news. now moving on, because sir keir starmer has defied president donald trump by announcing further support for ukraine and fresh sanctions on russia. >> that comes as the us president condemns the prime minister and french president emmanuel macron for not doing anything to end the ukraine—russia war, just days before they're due to visit the white house. >> well, earlier, president zelenskyy has apparently conceded to washington's demands and is expected to sign a mineral deal as part of an ongoing peace deal negotiation. now, when trump was challenged on whether both world leaders were dictators. here is what the us president had to say. >> i think that president putin and president zelenskyy are going to have to get together because, you know what? we want to

on 7th october 2023 and the second was avera mengistu, who had been held in gaza since 2014. was hishamody handed paul adams has the latest. at the end of a week full of despair and uncertainty... ..an outpouring of relief and joy. two others held for a decade. from the same house — tal the last to return. brother and sister. and they were all kidnapped from here. be'eri is a place full of scars and ghosts. hamas gunmen killed over 100 kibbutz members here, 32 were taken hostage. stay and live in gaza. so you can imagine a situation in which you live side by side again? yes, i'm going to come back here. and not fighting about it. next week, stage one of this whole complex ceasefire deal should be complete, but there are still plenty getting them out will require a whole new set of negotiations which have yet to begin. the campaign for tal is over. but as israelis celebrate and phase one comes towards an end, where this goes next, on towards a more durable ceasefire or back to war, remains as uncertain as ever. let's speak now to 0liver mcternan, mediator and director of the forward thin

hostage on october the 7th — the two others to be freed have been held for around a decade in gaza — hishamd and avera mengistu. they will be exchanged for more than 600 palestinian prisoners. the second phase, which would see a full israeli withdrawal from gaza, is meant to start at the end of next week. but talks to get to that point haven't yet begun. simon jones, bbc news. our correspondent mark lowen is in tel—aviv and joins us live from hostages square. this time last week there was the of three hostages, this this time last week there was the when three hostages, this it this time last week there was the when should |ostages, this it this time last week there was the when should we ages, this it this time last week there was the when should we expect his it this time last week there was the when should we expect the it six, when should we expect the release to begin?— six, when should we expect the release to begin? six, when should we expect the release to beuin? u, ., ., , release to begin? good morning. yes, we are here — release to begin? good morning. yes, we are here i hostages