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the statement said, with pain and deep sorrow, kibbutz nir oz announces the murder who was kidnapped from her home." there was outrage to be that of an unidentified gazan woman. over on thursday. a further six living hostages are due to be more than 600 palestinian prisoners will be freed from israeli jails in exchange. simonjones reports. crowds gathered outside israel's forensics institute of a body handed over by hamas last night. this is the last picture of her — terrified, cradling her two sons, ariel and kfir on october the 7th. said to be of shiri belonged to someone else. of a gazan woman instead, in brazen violation of the agreement. by a murderous terrorist organisation, and it was them back alive. 7th and no forgiveness for abandoning them boys were, in fact, murdered. this morning to mark the release of six eliya cohen, tal shoham, omer shem tov and omer wenkert. the two others to be freed have been held and avera mengistu. they will be exchanged for more than 600 palestinian prisoners. simon jones, bbc news. with me is said shehata, from bbc arabic. wi it me is said sheh

all four were abducted at kibbutz nir oz. hamas said they were killed, by israeli bombing. president "there are no words." some shared their reflections on the day. since october the 7th. that each of us carries, that maybe we could have done more, that maybe we did not do enough to prevent this tragedy. we are very sad that it has come to this, that we are returning bodies, and not really rejoicing of the kidnapped people, children and infants. to save those that are still alive. in the last hour we have received pictures of a private you will see there the four coffins shrouded in the israeli flag. before they were transferred by the attending israeli soldiers into the waiting ambulances. our middle east regional editor, sebastien usher and the images that you're seeing there, of people lining the streets with israeli flags, across the country. is a country in mourning. this is the first handover of hostages that has involved those who have not survived, those who are dead. we saw the coffins in this very stage managed event again in khan yunis in gaza by hamas, handed ov

nick: nir oz hostages are now part of each release just a mile and a half from the kibbutz. day, one endured chaos in the crowd to reach the international committee of the red cross and his family after 482 days. on saturday, hamas released another two nir oz residents. but without his wife and their two children, one kidnapped at just nine months old, the youngest hostage who spent the majority of his life in captivity, israelis fear they have not survived. >> we remember the picture of her standing here under this bush, with a blanket, and crying. nick: like everyone here, she remembers that moment like a flashbulb. the house frozen in time, the ransacked placing. and the home, still haunted by horror, the neighbor's house where a woman was forced at gunpoint to watch her husband be murdered before being kidnapped herself. >> when i come out of the kibbutz, i always take a shower, a long, long shower, because i think about all these people who were murdered here and all the pain and sadness. i remember the fear. nick: but she's on the other side of the community debate, she

. >> on october 7th from kibbutz nir oz in. >> his mid 80s. to his daughter last week and she told us that she's. holding out. >> hope, but that she felt like. >> you know, he wouldn't. >> have. been able. >> to survive more than a year in captivity in. hamas captivity. and those are t four pictures of. the deceased. >> hostages who. >> were handed back now on saturday, ana, we expect six live hostages. these will be the six last hostages, live hostages in phase one. after that, it will be phase two. this is meant to be a more permanent cease fire and the release of more live hostages. those will be men, military men. if indeed stage two goes ahead. >> ana gorani, thank. >> you. >> for bringing us. that update again. >> those faces. >> just really tell. >> a painful story. >> now to. >> a quick. >> update on pope francis. >> the 88 year old pontiff remains. >> hospitalized with pneumonia in both lungs. >> the vatican says he did. >> have a restful night. he got out. >> of bed. >> he had breakfast. >> in. >> an arm chair and. >> is. >> continui

more than 40 other residents of their kibbutz, nir oz, including sheri's parents, were murdered that. but sheri and her kids were taken into gaza. this surveillance footage, released later by the idf, shows shiri and her children being covered. sheri's husband, yaron was captured as well, beaten by a crowd, his head bloodied. he ended up captive in gaza, to. >> where small. >> family and half of them are kidnaped. >> half of your family? >> yeah. >> i met with sheri's cousin a few days after the kidnaping. she was desperate for word of shiri and yarden and their children. >> i want to know that they are being fed. if their diaper was changed, if he forgot his formula, his bottle, something to eat. this is the only thing. that i can do. this is the only thing that helps me be sane right now is sitting here with you and talking to reporters. and showing their faces and telling their story. i want my family back. please. i want my family back. i'm trying to be strong and stoic and. and speak clearly. but i'm devastated. i'm devastated. i'm devastated. i understand. i don't know what els

. >> yair horn, 46 years old, also taken from kibbutz nir oz, is due to be released tomorrow in exchangeeement. >> israel will release. >> 36 palestinians serving life sentences. some of them are expected to be deported and will not be allowed to stay in the west bank. and 333 palestinians that were arrested in gaza after october 7th are also due to be released. >> ana. okay. hala gorani, thank you for bringing us the latest from tel aviv. up next, the city of brotherly love, celebrating their big super bowl victory with a parade that's set to begin in just moments. we're live in philly. >> next. >> next. baby: liberty! mom: liberty mutual is all she talks about since we saved hundreds by bundling our home and auto insurance. baby: liberty! biberty: hey kid, it's pronounced "biberty." baby: liberty! biberty: biberty! baby: liberty! biberty: biberty! baby: liberty! biberty: bi-be-rty! baby: biberty! biberty: and now she's mocking me. very mature. mom: hey, that's enough you two! biberty: hey, i'm not the one acting like a total baby. mom: she's two. only pay for what you need ♪ liberty. l

she was born two months after he was taken from kibbutz nir oz on october 7th. display of hostages in gaza, in khan yunis, in the southern part of the besieged enclave by hamas. the hostages were made to hold certificates. one of them was given some sort of trophy. we understand that sagi cohen, whose daughter, as we mentioned, his third daughter, was born while he was in captivity, that hamas militants gave him a gold coin, we understand, for his new baby girl. now, this, of course, very stage managed and whatever these hostages had to say in public, probably these were things that were they were made to say under duress. you also had on the palestinian side of things, 36 life sentences. so palestinians serving life sentences, 36 of those released and over 300 who were arrested, taken inside of gaza after october 7th, returned to gaza and there to you kind of had a battle of the optics because those palestinians who were released by israel were made to wear shirts with we will not forget, we will not forgive, written both in hebrew and in arabic. and it's the p

hamas's massacre on kibbutz nir oz on october 7th, 2023. didn't really know if sagi what his condition was. and at any given moment, whether he was alive. um. hamas has never allowed red cross visits to any of the hostages. so really, it's it's. we understood the day before yesterday in our first conversation with sagi, a couple minutes after that little piece that you showed that we all survived by virtue of love. and a kind of mystic optimism, and that that brought us to that wonderful, wonderful moment on saturday. >> he called you his heroes for keeping his story out there. um, and you did. you spent so much time putting his story out there. tell us a little bit, if you would, about his not knowing until just before being released that his wife had survived, that he was going to meet a daughter who he had not met, and who he has missed a lot of time with, and that he would see his other kids. >> well, it turns out and again, this is i'm not a a person of faith, and i don't believe in mysticism, but there was something mystic going on he

. >> from kibbutz. >> nir oz.citizen, a russian israeli citizen who turned 29, in captivity. he is actually being held by the palestinian. >> islamic jihad. >> not hamas. >> and that group has. issued and put. out three. proof of life videos. and in the last one, he was talking about some dire conditions that the hostages are living through. and that, of course, is a cause for concern as far as his family is concerned. and there is 46 years old. all three men, by the way, were taken from. kibbutz near oz on october 7th, and all three suffered losses as well, particularly sasha trufanov. we understand that his father was killed on october 7th, and there was also among those who were abducted, his girlfriend and his mother. both were released in previous hostage prisoner exchanges. now, in exchange for these three hostages, there will be palestinian prisoners released. 33 palestinians serving life sentences and 333 palestinians arrested after october 7th in gaza will be released by israel as well. this is all part o

time today because she was born a few months after he was taken captive on october 7th, 2023, from kibbutz nirreleased are horn, 46 years old, and the dual russian israeli national, who's name is sasha trufanov, 29 years old. he turned 29, in captivity. now we this morning watched as hamas and palestinian islamic jihad, the other militant group inside gaza, paraded the men on stage. they had them hold up certificates. one of the men, in fact, the israeli american sagi cohen, was given, apparently, according to hamas, gold earrings for. >> the. >> daughter he hadn't met yet who was born while he was kidnaped and taken captive inside of the gaza strip. on the other side, israel released 333 prisoners back into gaza that were arrested after october 7th, as well as 36 men who were serving life sentences there. two, there was sort of a stage managed production in a sense, because they had them wear these shirts with star of david inscriptions as well as we will not forget, we will not forgive, written both in hebrew and in arabic. and alex, just to wrap up, because this is really what everyone is n

all three men were kidnaped from kibbutz nir oz.. i caught up with sharon, her mother and father. elderly mother and father were both taken. on october 7th. her mother was released 17 days after being kidnaped, but her father is still inside gaza and she does fear the worst for him. listen to our conversation. >> do you. >> have any information. about his condition? how he's doing anything? >> we know his. >> chances are slim. >> we know. >> and we know that you know, i know that because when i hugged him at the end of august 2023, i felt his older, you know, he's a he's a strong ox, but he was an older strong and a frail. he was injured. he was shot on the 7th of october. he he needs medicine that he has not received for very long. and the conditions in gaza are horrific. >> and. >> alex, as you mentioned, israel released hundreds, the largest number, in fact, of palestinians since the cease fire agreement was signed. there were men serving life sentences. and we talked about the stage management, sort of on the hamas side, the isr

he was one of the founders of the kibbutz nir oz, where he was taken from, and someone who volunteeredtually in a humanitarian organization driving palestinians to israeli hospitals. so and the six live hostages, as we've been discussing, will be set free tomorrow. jose. >> hala gorani in tel aviv, thank you so very much. i appreciate it. and joining me now is the international spokesperson for the israeli defense forces, lieutenant colonel nadav shoshani. colonel, thank you very much for being with us today. you say that you actually were able to confirm that those two little children were not killed in an israeli airstrike. what did you confirm and how did you get to that confirmation? >> good evening. >> and thanks for having me. absolutely. what we. what has. >> happened in the last. >> 24 hours is as. >> we receive those. >> four caskets. that were supposed to be for. israeli hostages. >> deceased hostages. >> we took. them into. >> an examination. >> a forensic. >> examination that this. >> is protocol. but also. >> something. we do because. >> we. >> know who we're. >> dealing w

a little late, he says, because, of course, in their kibbutz near nir oz, which oded lifshitz was a founder of in 1955, the kibbutz, where there were 117 people either murdered or abducted, more than 70 abducted, more than a quarter that was of the population in nir oz. they were the kibbutz that never saw the idf make it to the kibbutz before. hamas and the others left, they weren't rescued by the israeli forces. hamas and the others just left. so that's the point that he's making, that the idf will get my father. it's late, but the other point that he makes there is he will be. and this is something we'll expect to see happen when the red cross and the bodies over to the idf. he says that he will. then his casket will then be draped in an israeli flag. um, and he says this will begin a part of closure for the families. the fact that the remains are returned, that there will be some dignity, um, and a process of grieving, he is indicating can can then begin to happen. >> and, paula, this is the difficulty of this day, isn't it, for a lot of israelis having to relive the trauma of what happ

smashed apart that glue, that social fabric of nir oz, the kibbutz that the three came from close to the fence with gaza, 117 members either murdered or taken hostage, 76 taken hostage. that was the biggest number of hostages taken from any kibbutz. now the majority have been returned. not all of them. etan. that year's brother, is still held captive. but friends will be going to the pub in nir oz. uh, today to to to celebrate. um, yes. release. because he ran the pub that was part of the social glue organizing social events, keeping the bringing the community together a community of little more than 400 people shattered. of course, by october 7th, decimated by october 7th. but in a small way, today, getting three pieces of that community back to help ease a little bit of the pain and help a little bit of their rebuilding and beginning again. but of course, so many in that community not coming back and lost and that will be reflected, uh, when they meet each other again as well, because there will be stories to be shared that these three captives will not know about. they will not kn

all of that and emotional as well, because the community, the kibbutz that they came from, nir oz, was one of the hardest hit, the most hostages taken from there, more than 70, 117 people killed or taken hostage from there. the only community that the idf did not get to before hamas and the other groups had left. they felt very alone. so at all those levels, the country grieving for them today and feeling that pain. so many people out on the streets and the bodies, as we've been saying, being taken to a medical institute for forensic analysis. and we've heard now from oded lifshitz family saying, and let me read you the statement, because we've just got it in here saying that they now have a positive confirmation that his body was returned by hamas, saying 503 agonizing days of uncertainty have come to an end. and we hoped and prayed so much for a different outcome. our family's healing process will begin now and will not end until the last hostage is returned. and i was speaking with one of oded's daughters at the weekend just a few days ago, and even then she was telling me they were

was murdered and taken from kibbutz nahal oz, the same kibbutz where shiri and her boys and husband were taken from. and netanyahu has yet to visit nir oz. he's yet to step foot on this kibbutz, where 1 in 4 were either murdered or captured. so i think there's a lot of anger, but i think collectively, as families of hostages, we understand that the only thing we can do is continue to fight until every single last hostage living and not come home and then figure out what's next. the fight is the more important piece, not the revenge, not the anger. >> are you worried that the cease fire won't hold that phase two won't get underway? >> of course. thursday night, busses were blowing up in israel with what would have been a very coordinated terror attack that hamas took responsibility for, which in many ways felt like a trying to blow up this deal, knowing that we had six living hostages coming home today. we live right now in a very fraught reality in which we we as family members of hostages and israelis, and i think the entire jewish world want to make sure that every single hostage comes home. and our job is to keep the pressure on n

nir oz 74 hostages taken, 117 people murdered or taken hostage, more than a quarter of the kibbutz. and that kibbutz, among all of them. the idf didn't get there until after hamas and the other groups had left. that sense of that community lost out in so many ways. all of that adds up, jim. >> and there still hasn't been a full scale investigation, right, of the idf response and the intelligence failures leading up as well. just so many threads coming together there. nic robertson in jerusalem, thanks so much. coming up, the largest federal agency of them all, now under the doge microscope, the coats that could be coming to the u.s. military, plus a storied maritime icon, the ss united states prepares for its final chapter. one of the five things you have to see this morning. >> is missing punches, unnecessary check reversals, unnecessary time sheet corrections, unnecessary unentered, sick time. >> get paycom and make the unnecessary, unnecessary. >> ontario, canada stable and secure. when the world around us isn't, you can rely on us for energy to power your growing economy and for

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