october 7th, seeing arbel going out, so it's unbelievable.y here is crazy. out, it's unbelievable. developments from tel aviv. i spoke to him earlier. clearly, the israelis and the mediators and of the scenes when released hostages were surrounded of the three hostages. of palestinian prisoners as well so i think both sides have learned from the mistakes of earlier days. process is holding for now. and we have also seen the rafah crossing partially reopen, so thejudgment is it has been a good day all around. it is. at the long—term solution for a permanent ceasefire. but as i have said, there are elements, who are opposed to a continuation of the ceasefire, have not yet been met, hamas has not yet been completely defeated and so the war must be resumed on the palestinian side, they wanted to continue from israeli jails. the mayor of philadelphia has confirmed that all six people night were killed. less than a minute take—off. since we from donald yesterday, reinforcing ::7=. ta riffs tariffs be is in to the a??? e g. a 555 eek bright “35 ' '

earlier, we spoke to daniel lifshitz, a friend of ofer kalderon, as well as a relative of arbel yehudhe hostages released on thursday. held hostage by hamas. he told us there was a feeling ofjoy at so, this is an unbelievable emotional day. which is the neighbour of my grandparents, all of them now are back home. for my grandfather, and for my grandma, she said it's the first day she feels joy and happiness since october 7th, seeing arbel going out, so it's unbelievable. and you see the faces, you see the look on each one's out, it's unbelievable. i spoke to him earlier. in the chaotic events we saw on thursday. the palestinian groups, they expected no repeat of the scenes when released hostages were surrounded by thousands of people on thursday. and it shows that this peace process or the ceasefire process is holding for now. talks next week about the next phase, and there are people are so many prisoners have been exchanged successfully, this isjust phase one, though, of a much longer process? it is. during that second phase, more arrangements are to be made they will be mainly men

as well as relative of arbel yehud — one of the hostages released on thursday — and grandson he toldvable weekend for me, seeing arbel coming back, which is the most important hostage she said it's the the energy here is crazy. and pain it became the square ofjoy and happiness, and you see the faces, you see the look on each one's face, how calm and happy they are, how the tears go out, it's unbelievable. released. gaza being freed? what has it meant for your movement? run any country or to control people like that. and just tell us a bit more about your grandfather, who is still being held by hamas. we are very concerned. i mean, today is the first day when we see young men going out of gaza. those should happen so long time ago. great—grandfather, he has blood pressure issues, he had a lot we are not optimistic, but a like yesterday, know, aemiracle likeyesterday, gives hope, but we have no it gives hope, but we have no indication about my grandfather -e! since november 23. we are so today to happy teéay te eee everyeherrr— ~— , ~ ~ look happy teéay te pee everyeherrr— ~— , ~ ~ loo

how she cares and seeing my grandfather going out today, it's an unbelievable weekend for me, seeing arbelback, which is the most important hostage the energy here is crazy. out, it's unbelievable. correspondent, wyre davies. talk us what has been throughout the happening throughout the course of the day. the happening throughout the course of the da . , of the day. 5:25??? most strikin: °f the day.— - most striking thing - of the an; - most striking thing about " w is happening is happening today is more smoothl it ran and much more smoothly it ran and how more coordinated it much more smoothly it ran and how to 'nore coordinated it much more smoothly it ran and how to have coordinated it much more smoothly it ran and how to have been inated it much more smoothly it ran and how to have been in ited it much more smoothly it ran and how to have been in the it appears to have been in the chaotic events on 7 the israelis the the israelis the mediators the israelis the mediators and israelis and the mediators and the they 7 repeat of 7repeat of the released hostages scenes when released hostag

um, miss arbel yehoud and mr.o were the who had to be walked, uh, protected by islamic jihad. uh, um, um, activists into the red cross ambulances. so israel complained of to the mediators, particularly qatar and egypt. and that was taken care of today. so it just shows you that if they wanted to avoid what we've seen a few days ago, it could be done quite easily. and i hope the the next increments, the next batches of releases would be more similar to what we saw today than to what we saw a few days ago. but that, you know isabel, we're looking at these releases and we're all very happy and we're all elated, and there's jubilation and an expectation for the next phase. but it's only going to get more problematic, not the technicalities, not the logistics, but the political dimension of all this is going to get much more tenuous, much more problematic well, look, on monday, which is the 16th day one six. today is the 14th. so on monday, negotiations on the second phase are scheduled to begin. the second phase inclu

important hostage she said it's the first day she feels joy and happiness since october 7th, seeing arbel of tears face, how calm and happy they are, how the tears go what has the recent ceasefire meant for you and the fact that we've seen a steady stream of those held captive in gaza being freed? what has it meant for your movement? being elected and put the hostage issue as a strong and important it is to see the hostages back home, and as well to bring a ceasefire to gaza and make that's so important. can expect any more terror organisations to run any country or to control people like that. and just tell us a bit more about your grandfather, who is still being held by hamas. what are your concerns for him? to release elderly. i mean, today is the first day when we see young men going out of gaza. he has blood pressure issues, he had a lot of health we are not optimistic, but you know, a miracle about my grandfather since november 23. look what is going on here. ijust i just to ijust to bring i just to bring you ijust to bring you a statement from arab foreign who are meeting today min

really chaotic and shocking scenes with the release of the hostages, with the young israeli woman, arbel yehoud, as she was walked through the large crowds with the terrified look on her face while she was escorted by the militants. and that was something that really angered and shocked so many israelis leading israeli officials to first delay the handover and the release. sorry, the release of palestinian prisoners on thursday until they received assurances from the mediators, qatar and egypt, that this scene would not be repeated. and then again, another warning from israeli officials yesterday that if they saw a repeat of what happened on thursday again today, they will not go ahead with a moment. so many have been waiting for. and that is the reopening of the rafah border crossing with egypt, that lifeline for so many who are in need of urgent medical evacuations. this would be the moment where we're going to see the resumption of these medical evacuations through that crossing, something that is meant to happen today. we know that at least 50 patients or so are getting ready, prepar

arbel. ehud, that 29 year old woman who was being held hostage by hamas, she was indeed being held hostage, forgive me. by islamic jihad. we do know that some of the hostages have been held by islamic jihad and and and that their conditions have typically been different to those of the hostages being held by hamas. and their releases have gone differently as well. we don't know exactly how many are still being held by islamic jihad versus by hamas. what we do know is that there are 69 hostages currently being held in gaza. once these three hostages will be released, that number will be down to 66. of course, we've seen hostages being released over the course of the last few weeks. and overall, during this six week period, we expect that 33 hostages will be released, eight of whom will are already dead, according to hamas, an assessment that the israeli government has indeed confirmed. although we do not know the identities of which hostages are the eight who are deceased. we do expect that w

formally protested about the way in which those handovers happened on thursday, in particular with arbel yehoud that 29 year old female israeli hostage who was released and she looked absolutely terrified amid these unruly crowds and masked hamas and palestinian islamic jihad militants so that clearly changed today. and as a result, we we understand that the rafah border crossing is now being made fully operational with the first 56 wounded and sick civilians set to be transferred for medical evaluation through the egyptian crossing. >> all right. jeremy diamond for us there in tel aviv, thanks so much. and as jeremy said, this is the first time in eight months that rafah crossing is opening for the medical evacuations. that is according to the palestinian health ministry. let's go to jomana karadsheh. she joins us now from amman, jordan. and this has been long awaited for those sick and injured people. a lot of the people crossing today, children. >> absolutely, victor. and just to follow up on what jeremy was saying, two major events for palestinians taking place today that were part o

their hostages, including the young israeli woman arbel yehoud, who were forced to walk through those large, unruly crowds escorted by militants. you know, we saw the terrified looks on their faces as they had to go through that, and it was a scene that really shocked and enraged so many in israel. and the government said they did not want to see that happen. they held up and delayed the release on that day of palestinian prisoners awaiting assurances from the mediators from qatar and egypt that that would not happen again. and that's when they received those assurances and released the palestinian prisoners. but another term that was made, another condition we heard yesterday in a warning coming from israeli officials that they would not open the rafah border crossing as planned today if they saw a repeat of those scenes. and as we saw the handover, the release of the hostages appeared to be these very brief moments, these brief. um, events that took place today. far more organized, less crowds. and you saw this heavy presence of hamas militants at both sites where these releases too

one of the most chaotic releases, which involved the release of that 29 year old israeli hostage, arbel yahud. you saw her being absolutely frightened as she was being dragged through a crowd by hamas militants, a very unruly crowd. ultimately, she was safely transferred into the arms of the red cross. but israel viewed the manner in which she was released as a violation of the deal and actually delayed the release of palestinian prisoners that it was supposed to release that day as a way of of protesting that situation. since then, we have seen far more orderly releases actually unfold in gaza, and indeed, today appears to be one of those cases. once again, it's important to note that so far, we've seen two israeli hostages emerge. we are expecting a third to be released as well. that is eli sharabi, a 56 year old man who's. >> yeah. jeremy, i'm just going to interrupt you because we. actually we actually see all three of those hostages on the stage here. i have a very small monitor, but now we can see eli sharabi on the stage there as well. we can see right now that ohad ben ami, i be

remedied in conversations with the mediators and led to an earlier release than planned of that hostage, arbel, ehud, as well as two additional israeli hostages. so this is part of any ceasefire agreement you're going to see accusations of violations, you're going to see threats. the question is, how will israel respond to this and whether these alleged violations that hamas is accusing israel of can indeed be remedied in time for the hostage release on saturday to go forward as planned? >> jeremy diamond, live from tel aviv for us. thank you so much, jeremy. joining us now is cnn political and global affairs analyst barak ravid. he's also a politics and foreign policy reporter for axios. barak, what are you hearing from your sources in israel about this? >> um, i think the israeli government at the moment is still trying to figure out whether this hamas announcement, announcements are truly because of, you know, tactical issues on the ground about how many makeshift homes were allowed to go into gaza, how many bulldozers to clear out the debris has been allowed into gaza, or whether it's a mu

. >> okay, you know, the other argument is arbel.y, so if you don't like it here, go to your own country. >> but why would we? why would we do that when our forefathers were. >> instrumental in rebuilding this country after world war ii? it was our grandfathers who worked in the factories 20 20 hours. it was our grandfathers who came here and run the infrastructure. it was our grandfathers who brought you the lovely curry, which is your national dish. so how can you tell us to national dish. so how can you tel

. >> he alan milburn arbel. fina nana.. >> bebe one of the coffins was handed over, as you can hear, hundreds, if not thousands of people there, seemingly celebrating as these coffins handed over to the red cross, who then returned them to israel. what's there to say, really, about those images, tom? >> yeah, it seems like a festival type atmosphere. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> that sick, sick festival. well, three of the bodies are those of 32 year old shiri bass and her two sons, ariel and dvir, who were just four years and nine months old. >> yes, hamas say the fourth bodyis >> yes, hamas say the f

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