yes, this is arbel yehud.l yehud. she has a 29-year-old - that. yes, this is arbel yehud. she has a 29-year-old civilian | she has a 29—year—old civilian and in israel, all this week in the media were spectating that she would be released. last night when hamas gave us a list of four women to be freed, she was not on it. a lot of people asking why because under this deal, civilians are supposed to be released before soldiers, women before men. so that is how it works but she was not on this list and so what israel has a state is at hamas, through not releasing her today, is basically in breach of the deal here. and as a consequence, israel has stopped hundreds of thousands of people in gaza from returning to the north, back to their homes. they were expecting to do this today. they were getting ready today. they were getting ready to make thatjourney but so far, israel has said they are not able to do that. we have had from a hamas source tonight saying that in fact, the civilian will be released next weekend

israel has accused hamas of breaching the terms of the ceasefire because female civilian hostage arbel yehudas not included in saturday's release — and has delayed the planned return of displaced palestinians to northern gaza. now on bbc news, newscast. laura, you've been mixing with a beatle. yeah, not like a, like an earwig or something. yeah, a real beatle, an actual beatle. like a living legend beatle, a musician beatle, yes. much to my surprise, if you'd said to me last weekend, "what are you doing this week?", i would not have said, well, "i'm going to "end up interviewing sir paul mccartney." but yes, we ended up interviewing sir paul mccartney, which was, yeah, even for a crusty old sceptical hack, it was incredibly exciting, and i felt incredibly lucky to meet him. yeah. surreal. that's great. and we'll get to the colour and the content with him, it's about artificial intelligence, but as we're meeting, there's another massive story to do with the ongoing gaza ceasefire with the release of four israeli hostages. that's right. so we're talking at 2:05, sorry, 2:06 on saturday when we

in the last half hour, islamichhad has told the bbc it has given egyptian mediators proof arbel yehudstill alive. if confirmed, this would clear the way for thousands of gaza residents to return to the north of the strip today. the israeli prime minister's office had said palestinian civilians won't be permitted to return to northern gaza until she is released. in a moment, we'll hear from our correspondents across the region. but first, here's this report from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. another show of force by hamas, its fighters lining up among the ruins in gaza city. whistling, applause. and then, with the red cross ready and waiting, the first glimpse of the israeli soldiers after 15 months in captivity... ..in army uniforms. karina ariev, daniella gilboa, naama levy, all aged 20, and liri albag, now aged 19. all four apparently in good physical health. with foreign reporters currently unable to enter gaza, we're relying on footage filmed by local journalists. and among israelis watching in hostage square in tel aviv, there were cheers, as events in gaza's pale

arbel yehud needs to be brought home. that was the condition as we stipulated and as we've been talking about since the ceasefire and the agreement were declared, civilians need to be brought home first. this is what we require. now we are looking forward. and of course, as you're seeing the images coming out of israel, um, this morning, the very, very you know, powerful moments of the four soldiers standing on the stage there, jubilant and defiant in the face of hamas. and as they brought home today, we will be, of course, learning a lot from what they've endured and hearing their stories. and and i think this is just emphasizes the need to bring all of the hostages home. and this agreement has specific pieces and components that need to be complied by both sides. you can't expect just israel to give and not receive what we're expecting. arbel yehud needs to come home. >> has hamas supplied any explanation of why that wasn't done? >> so i can't really go into the specifics at this stage. of course, the we are engaging wi

this is israeli civilian hostage arbel yehud, who's being held in gaza.en the checkpoint until her release is arranged. hamas says she will be freed next weekend. president trump has now described gaza as a "demolition site" and talked about "cleaning out" the territory. it's brought accusations he was suggesting ethnic cleansing. the president said he'd like to see neighbouring egypt and jordan taking in more palestinians. here in israel, prominent far—right politicians have been delighted by president trump's comments. they want to see jewish settlers move into gaza eventually. hamas say they will continue to block any plan to force gazans from their homeland, and that palestinians must be the ones rebuilding the strip. this weekend has seen four more israeli hostages released by hamas and then reunited with their families. 200 palestinian prisoners, many serving life sentences, have been freed from jail as part of this deal. a week in and this precarious truce is holding. but it's under increasing strain, and the next stages look even more fraught. nic

arbel yehud and two other hostages before friday in exchange for the release of palestinian prisoners. in return it says israel will allow tens of thousands of palestinians to return to their homes in northern gaza, starting monday morning. egypt and jordan have rejected president trump's suggestion that they take in one and a half million gazans because the strip is — quote — "a demolition site". i would like egypt to take people and jordan to take people, you are talking about probably 1.5 million people and we just clean out that whole thing. lebanon says israeli troops have killed 22 people, as thousands of villagers tried to return to their homes in the south. exit polls give alexander lukashenko 87 percent of the vote in a belarusian presidential election dismissed as a "sham" by the us and eu. hello, i'm leila nathoo. palestinian militant group hamas will hand over female israeli hostage arbel yehud and two other hostages before friday — according to a statement that has just been released by qatari mediators. on saturday, israel accused hamas of breaching the terms of the ceas

hamas has told mediators that a female israeli civilian — arbel yehud — held hostage in the gaza stripbe released next week. israel has said she should have been freed today. it's cast some doubt on another stage of the ceasefire. the israeli prime minister's office has said that palestinian civilians will not be permitted to return to northern gaza until she is released. but the release of up to 200 palestinian prisoners has gone ahead as planned as part of the gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. two buses carrying palestinian prisoners have departed from two israel prisons. these are the pictures of those buses arriving. hundreds of gathered. there were celebrations when the prisoners arrived, they fell into the arms of their loved ones and families, many of whom have been waiting in ramallah for hours. our correspondentjohn donis and said it was a celebration after a period of nervous anticipation. of the 200 prisoners being released, we are expecting around half to arrive in ramallah today. john told us one thing that's very different from last week is that last week, when the

israel was expecting a 28—year—old female civilian hostage, arbel yehud, to be freed on saturday. we saw the four israeli soldiers come out instead in exchange for 200 palestinian prisoners, so it is real not happy about that, and they have negotiated with hamas over the weekend and got a sort of slightly earlier release for the hostages. normally it happens on saturday. this time, three will be released on thursday, including arbel yehud, and then a further release on saturday in exchange for a score of palestinian prisoners. arbel yehud was being held by islamichhad, another militant group in gaza, and that is one of the reasons for the delay perhaps, but it was not hamas holding her. for the delay perhaps, that it was not hamas holding her. thank you very much for now. ceremonies are being held in poland today to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the nazi concentration camp, auschwitz—birkenau. more than a million people, mainlyjews, were murdered there during the second world war. the date has since been designated holocaust memorial day, to mark the more than six

but israel is preventing them crossing into the north until a female civilian hostage, arbel yehud, issed. israel says she should have been freed today. hamas says she will be released next week, and another armed palestinian group, islamichhad, has told the bbc it has given egyptian mediators proof she is still alive. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, has this report. another show of force by hamas, its fighters lining up among the ruins in gaza city. and then, with the red cross ready and waiting, the first glimpse of the israeli soldiers after 15 months in captivity... ..in army uniforms. karina ariev, daniella gilboa, naama levy, all aged 20, and liri albag, now aged 19. all four apparently in good physical health. with foreign reporters currently unable to enter gaza, we're relying on footage filmed by local journalists. and among israelis watching in hostage square in tel aviv, there were cheers, as events in gaza's palestine square unfolded. the body language is positive. i must say, what seems at first sight a good appearance does not necessarily say what's going on

this, as i mentioned, was on condition of the release of an israeli civilian hostage, arbel yehud.n't freed on saturday when four women soldiers were. hamas says it will now release ms yehud and two other hostages on thursday, followed by three more on saturday. in other developments, egypt has rejected any attempt to relocate palestinians from gaza, after us president donald trump said he'd like to see more than a million of gaza's residents taken in by other arab nations. he told reporters that the strip was "literally a demolition site" and suggested it be quote, "cleaned out". let's speak to our correspondentjon donnison, who joins me from jerusalem. extraordinary scenes of people heading home.— heading home. yes, we are talkin: heading home. yes, we are talking about _ heading home. yes, we are talking about more - heading home. yes, we are talking about more than - heading home. yes, we are| talking about more than half heading home. yes, we are i talking about more than half a million people trying to return to their homes in the gas, if they still have one left. the united

this is bbc news, the headlines qatar says hamas will free israeli civilian hostage arbel yehud and two other hostages before friday in exchange for the release of palestinian prisoners. this is bbc news, the headlines qatar says hamas will free israeli civilian hostage arbel yehud and two other hostages before friday president trump says he'd like to see a—million—and—a—half of gaza's residents taken in by other arab nations — including jordan and egypt. he is calling the strip "a demolition site" where "something needs to happen". lebanon accuses the israeli army of firing at residents trying to return to their homes in the country's south. officials say at least twenty—two people have been killed and over a hundred wounded. alexander lukashenko is on track to win a seventh term as belarusian president with 87.6% of the vote in sunday s election, according to an exit poll. lukashenko, has dismissed speculation that he might hand over to one of his three sons. now on bbc news. welcome back to las vegas. now, last week we brought you some of the big news from the consumer electronics sh

israel says hamas will hand over six more hostages this week, including civilian hostage arbel yehud.n she wasn't released along with other hostages on saturday. in return, israel will allow displaced palestinians

prevented them crossing into the north until plans are in place for the release of israeli civilian arbel yehud, who is being held by the palestinian islamichhad. the dispute came after hamas freed four israeli women soldiers and 200 palestinian inmates were released from israeli jails, the second exchange to take place as part of the gaza ceasefire deal. lucy williamson reports from tel aviv. in a theatre of war, the theatre of victory. cheering four israeli soldiers escorted by hamas to a specially built stage. naama, liri, daniella and karina smiling for the cameras. after 15 months in captivity, theirfreedom signed moments before. hostages taken by brute force, released with a pen. back home in israel, they watched them freed. tension breaking into relief. into tears. the childhood friends of leary clinging together as she appeared. a moment imagined many times, still unreal. when i saw liri smile, when i saw liri walking on her two legs. it's everything. she's a hero. she's a fighter. and this moment, this couple of minutes just show me how brave she is. cheering in exchange, israel releas

but israel has so far prevented them crossing into the north until a female civilian hostage, arbel yehudsed. israel says she should have been freed today. hamas says she will be released next week, and another armed palestinian group, islamichhad, has told the bbc it has given egyptian mediators proof she is still alive. first this report from our middle east correspondent lucy williamson. in a theatre of war, the theatre of victory. cheering. four israeli soldiers escorted by hamas to a specially—built stage. naama, liri, daniela and karina smiling for the cameras after 15 months in captivity, their freedom signed moments before. in tel aviv�*s hostage square, tension broke into joy, then relief. the childhood friends of liri albag watched together as she was freed — a moment imagined many times. still unreal. when i saw liri's smile, when i saw liri's walking on her two legs, it's everything. it's everything. she's a hero. she's a fighter. and this moment, this couple of minutes, just show me how brave she is. there was joy for those crossing into gaza too today. prisoners released by

meanwhile, hamas has told mediators that a female israeli civilian, arbel yehud, held hostage in the gaza strip, will be released next week. israel says she should have been freed today. in the last half hour, islamichhad has told the bbc it has given egyptian mediators proof arbel yehud is still alive. if confirmed, this would clear the way for thousands of gaza residents to return to the north of the strip today, in theory. the israeli prime minister's office had said palestinian civilians won't be permitted to return to northern gaza until she is released. dr lena koren feldman, director of beilinson hospital delivering a statement. this is in southern israel. let's listen in. it looks like she has not started speaking yet but that is what we are expecting to hear shortly. we will return to that statement in southern israel once we have translation services so we will return to that so you can hear what is being said exactly. we will leave that for the moment. in a moment, we will be hearing from our correspondence across the region. at first, this is our report from our middle ea

hamas has told mediators that a female israeli civilian, arbel yehud, held hostage in the gaza strip,ill be released next week. israel has said she should have been freed today. it's cast some doubt on another of stage of the ceasefire. the israeli prime minister's office says that palestinian civilians won't be permitted to return to northern gaza until she is released. but the release of up to 200 palestinian prisoners went ahead as planned. two buses carrying detainees departed from two israel prisons. and in the last hour, reports from egypt say 70 palestinian prisoners have now arrived in egypt from where they'll travel on to neighbouring countries. in a moment, we'll be live with our correspondents across the region. but first, here's this report from our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. another show of force by hamas, its fighters lining up among the ruins in gaza city. whistling and then, with the red cross ready and waiting, the first glimpse of the israeli soldiers after 15 months in captivity... ..in army uniforms. karina ariev, daniella gilboa, naama levy, all age

israel says six hostages will be freed this week, including civilian arbel yehud.me minister benjamin netanyahu had accused hamas of breaching the ceasefire deal under which israeli civilians were to be freed first in exchange for the release of palestinian prisoners. israel has now said it will allow residents to return to the northern gaza strip on monday after the row over ms yehud was resolved. in other developments — egypt has rejected any attempt to relocate palestinians from gaza after us president donald trump said he'd like to see 1.5 million of gaza's residents taken in by other arab nations. he told reporters that the strip was "literally a demolition site" and suggested it be "cleaned out". our correspondent lucy williamson sent this report from jerusalem. dreams of going home aren't only for hostages or prisoners, but also for gazans displaced by the war. the road to an israeli checkpoint on gaza's coast, now a waiting room for tens of thousands impatient to return to their homes in the north. faith in the promises of gaza's cease fire deal undimmed by

had said that hamas had breached the ceasefire deal by not releasing a civilian hostage called arbel yehudeli government said that the palestinians could not pass through there, not until she was released. however, in response, mediatorsaid was released. however, in response, mediator said that they had been working with hamas in order to be able to provide proof of life, they said they had provided proof of life of arbel yehud and hope that it would be enough to allow the palestinians to continue on to northern gaza. however, israel said they would not be allowed to return as part of the deal, terms have been breached. so the latest on thatis been breached. so the latest on that is hamas saying this could have repercussions for the subsequent stages of the agreement, so as you can say, a fast developing situation there, and a sort of precarious situations when it comes to the ceasefire at the moment. we will bring you the latest on that as we get more development. but let's turn to something that is often considered the stuff of science—fiction, flying cars, could they about to become sci

will free israeli civilian hostage arbel yehud on friday — in exchange for the release of 30 palestinianrisoners. it could pave the way for israel to allow tens of thousands of palestinians to return to their homes in northern gaza. jordan rejects president trump's suggestion that arab nations take in a million and a half gazans — calling the strip "a demolition site". i would like egypt to take people and jordan to take people, you are talking about probably 1.5 million people and we just clean out that whole thing. lebanon says israeli troops have killed 22 people, as thousands of villagers tried to return to their homes in the south. and exit polls give alexander lukashenko 87% of the vote in a belarusian presidential election dismissed as a "sham" by the us and eu. hello, i'm leila nathoo. a senior officialfrom the palestinian militant group islamichhad has told the bbc an agreement has been reached with mediators for the release of an israeli civilian hostage. on saturday, israel accused hamas of breaching the terms of the ceasefire deal by not releasing arbel yehud, along with the

over the weekend, israel accused hamas of violating the cease-fire agreement after arbel yehud was not among the hostages released saturday. as a consequence, it stopped hundreds of thousands of palestinians who were trying to get back to their homes in north gaza. a statement was issued confirming that arbel willll be released as well as two other hostages in addition to three other hostages will be released on saturday as part of the original cease-fire agreement. in return, israel will allow from today the return of the palestinians to the north of gaza to their homes or what is left of it. in the meantime, as you mentioned, president trump sent shockwaves around the world when he suggested that up to 1.5 million palestinians pretty much all of the population in gaza should be resettled in other countries like jordan or egypt in order to clean out the enclave. while the proposal outraged egypt, jordan and, also, the palestinians, saying that they reject the proposal, because the fear is that they will never be allowed to return home, frances. >> claudio lavanga, thank you. >>> sever

arbel yehud, paving the way for displaced palestinians to return to northern gaza on monday. president trump reverses his plan to impose sanctions and tariffs on colombia after it agreed to accept deported migrants from the us. a report on the south korean plane crash details how the pilots spotted a flock of birds seconds before they declared an emergency. hello and welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. we begin with news out of the middle east. israel says hamas will hand over six more hostages this week, including civilian hostage arbel yehud. israel had accused hamas of breaching their ceasefire terms when she wasn't released along with other hostages on saturday. in return, israel will allow displaced palestinians to return to northern gaza from monday morning. since the ceasefire deal came into force, seven hostages and more than 200 prisoners have been released. lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. dreams of going home aren't only for hostages or prisoners but also for gazans displaced by the war. the road to an israeli checkpoint on gaza's coast now a waiting room for

israel says hamas will hand over six more hostages this week, including civilian hostage arbel yehud.e wasn't released along with other hostages on saturday. in return, israel will allow displaced palestinians to return to northern gaza from monday morning.

qatar announced an agreement has been reached to release israel hostage arbel yehud. president trump suggested egypt and jordan could be among the countries to accept more refugees, adding palestinians should leave the gaza strip to, quote, just clean out that whole thing. joining me now is claudio lavanga. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frances. that's right. over the weekend, israel accused hamas of violating the terms of the cease-fire agreement after arbel yehud, an israeli civilian was not released last saturday. as a result, thousands of palestinians were stopped from returning back to their homes or whatever is left of it. now early this morning, hamas issued a statement saying arbel will finally be released before friday alongside two other hostages, in addition to three hostages who will be freed on saturday as part of the original cease-fire agreement. and in return, israel will allow the palestinians to return to the north of the enclave. as you mentioned, president trump has sent shockwaves across the world with his proposal of resettling up to 1

this is an israeli military hostage, arbel yehud, held in gaza, issue says it will open the checkpointanged and hamas says she will be freed next weekend. president trump called gaza a demolition site and talked about cleaning out the territory, bringing accusations he was suggesting ethnic cleansing. the president said he would like to see neighbouring egypt and jordan taking on more palestinians. here in israel prominent far right politicians have been delighted by the comments of president donald trump, wanting to seekjewish settlers moving into gaza, hamas say they will block any point first from their homeland gazans and palestinians must rebuild. for more hostages were released by hamas this we and really with their families, hamas this we and really with theirfamilies, 200 palestinian their families, 200 palestinian prisoners theirfamilies, 200 palestinian prisoners many serving life sentences have been freed from jail as part of this deal. the weekend and the precarious truce is holding but under increasing strain and the next stages look even more fraught, nick beake, bbc news

on saturday, israel accused hamas of breaching the terms of the ceasefire deal by not releasing arbel yehud, along with the four female israeli soldiers. the islamichhad official said she will be freed on friday in exchange for the release of 30 palestinian prisoners. that paves the way for hundreds of thousands of displaced palestinians to return to their homes in northern gaza. many have gathered in central gaza — waiting for the israeli military to allow them to head to the devastated north. gazan hospital officials say one person was killed and several injured when israeli soldiers opened fire on the crowd. that news comes after president trump said he'd like to see 1.5 milion of gaza's residents taken in by other arab nations — including jordan and egypt. he's told journalists the strip was "literally a demolition site" and suggested it be �*cleaned out'. in response, jordan's foreign minister said his country "firmly rejects" any displacement of palestinians from gaza — where israeli bombardments have reduced large areas to rubble. but the us president's comments are already being wel

palestinian islamichhad — has told the bbc they've agreed to free the israeli civilian hostage arbel yehud on friday — in exchange for 30 palestinian prisoners. president trump says he'd like to see a—million—and—a—half of gaza's residents taken in by other arab nations — including jordan and egypt. he is calling the strip "a demolition site" where "something needs to happen". lebanon accuses the israeli army of firing at residents trying to return to their homes in the country's south. officials say at least twenty—two people have been killed and over a hundred wounded. alexander lukashenko is on track to win a seventh term as belarusian president with 87.6% of the vote in sunday s election, according to an exit poll. lukashenko, has dismissed speculation that he might hand over to one of his three sons. now on bbc news — the president's path. we were on the path to the presidency. now we're on, drum roll, please... both: the president's path. i was waiting for you to say it. president donald trump has delivered on his promises so far to be fast and furious in everything that he's done si

group palestinian islamichhad, has told the bbc they've agreed to free the israeli civilian hostage arbel yehud, on friday, in exchange for 30 palestinian prisoners. president trump says he'd like to see a—million—and—a—half of gaza's residents taken in by other arab nations, including jordan and egypt. he is calling the strip "a demolition site" where "something needs to happen". lebanon accuses the israeli army of firing at residents trying to return to their homes in the country's south. officials say at least 22 people have been killed and over a hundred wounded. belarus is voting in a presidential election, which the eu has described as "a total sham". alexander lukashenko is all but certain to secure a seventh term. lukashenko, has dismissed speculation that he might hand over to one of his three sons. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm gavin ramjaun. four defeats in a row now for tottenham, as the pressure piles on manager ange postocoglou once more, following their loss to leicester. chelsea unveiled their record signing, and come away with a vital win

israel says — hamas will hand over six more hostages this week, including civilian hostage arbel yehudire terms — when she wasn't released along with other hostages on saturday. in return, israel will allow displaced palestinians to return to northern gaza from monday morning. in other developments —

it will free israeli civilian hostage arbel yehud — on friday — in exchange for the release of 30 palestiniansoners. it could pave the way for israel to allow tens of thousands of palestinians to return to their homes in northern gaza. president trump says he'd like arab nations to take in a million and a half gazans — calling the strip "a demolition site" where "something needs to happen". i would like egypt and jordan to take people, you are talking about probably 1.5 million people and we just clean out that whole thing. lebanon accuses israeli soldiers of firing at residents trying to return to their homes. officials say at least 22 people have been killed. voting wraps up in an election slammed as a sham. alexander lukashenko prepares to return to power in belarus with all real challengers either in prison or in exile. hello, i'm leila nathoo. a senior officialfrom the palestinian militant group islamichhad has told the bbc an agreement has been reached with mediators for the release of an israeli civilian hostage. on saturday, israel accused hamas of breaching the terms of the ceasefire

group palistinian islamichhad has told the bbc they've agreed to free the israeli civilian hostage arbel yehud on friday in exchange for 30 palestinian prisoners. president trump says he'd like to see 1.5 million of gaza's residents taken in by other arab nations — including jordan and egypt. he is calling the strip "a demolition site" where "something needs to happen". lebanon accuses the israeli army of firing at residents trying to return to their homes in the country's south. officials say at least 22 people have been killed. israel's forces have missed a deadline to leave the area. belarus is voting in a presidential election — which the eu has described as "a total sham . alexander lukashenko is all but certain to secure a seventh term. lukashenko has dismissed speculation that he might hand over to one of his three sons. now on bbc news, click. welcome back to las vegas. this week we are _ welcome back to las vegas. this week we are bringing you more. now, this place is a tourist hot spot. it attracts travellers from all over the world because it's unique. the architecture is quite some

the israeli prime minister's office says hamas will now hand over that civilian hospital tan arbel yehudng with agam berger along with an unidentified male hostage on thursday, in addition to three others to be released on saturday. we are learning new details about the four hostages released over the weekend and their time in captivity. israeli media reports one was held alone in a tunnel for a long time. they survived on one pita bread a day and were forced to clean and cook for the terrorists and their families. president trump meanwhile suggested most of gaza's population will be at least temporarily resettled in other arab countries. >> take people, and i would like jordan to take people. i mean you are talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing. >> egypt, jordan and palestinians all rejected that idea. >>> elon musk is facing new allegations of anti-semitism, this time for comments he made about moving past the crimes of the nazis during a video address to a far-right political party in germany. >> i think there's like, frankly, too m

israel says hamas will hand over six more hostages this week, including civilian hostage arbel yehud. israel had accused hamas of breaching their ceasefire terms when she wasn't released along with other hostages on saturday. in return, israel will allow displaced palestinians to return to northern gaza from monday morning. in other developments, egypt has rejected any attempt to relocate palestinians from gaza after us president donald trump said he'd like to see 1.5 million of gaza's residents taken in by other arab nations. he told reporters that the strip was "literally "a demolition site" and suggested it be "cleaned out". hamas says it will oppose any plan to relocate palestinians. for more on the situation, our correspondent nick beake sent this update. just a few days ago, president trump was talking about the gaza strip as if it were a piece of prime real estate. he said it was a phenomenal location by the sea with the best weather. now, though, he's describing it as a demolition site and says it's over and that it needs to be cleaned out. and that has sparked a lot of concer

we are determined to return to the return of arbel yehud and israeli citizen kidnaped from near us and also shiri bivas and her two children, kfir and ariel, whose welfare we are extremely concerned about. >> cnn's jerusalem correspondent jeremy diamond is live in tel aviv in hostage square. jeremy, there are a lot of relieved people behind you for these four women. take us there. tell us what you're seeing. >> yeah. victor. over the course of the last several hours, we have seen thousands of people gathered here at hostage square to watch every single emotional twist and turn of the release of these four female israeli soldiers who have been held captive by hamas for more than 15 months. we saw this crowd reacting as hamas began staging this release inside of the gaza strip. the kind of stunning images of these mass hamas militants preparing to release these four israeli soldiers. and then we saw this crowd react with tears of joy, with elation, as for the first time, they were able to confirm with their own eyes that these four women were indeed alive as they emerged from hamas. vehi

but israel has so far prevented them crossing into the north until a female civilian hostage, arbel yehudd. israel says she should have been freed saturday. we have this report from our middle east correspondent lucy williamson. ina in a theatre of war — the theatre of victory. four israeli soldiers escorted by hamas to a specially—built stage. the four smiling for the cameras after 15 months in captivity. theirfreedom cameras after 15 months in captivity. their freedom signed moments before. hostages taken by brute force released with a pen. back home in israel, they watched them freed — tension breaking into relief. into tears. cheering the childhood friends of liri clinging together as she appeared. a moment imagined many times. still unreal. when i saw liri smile, _ many times. still unreal. when i saw liri smile, when - many times. still unreal. when i saw liri smile, when i - many times. still unreal. when i saw liri smile, when i saw - i saw liri smile, when i saw liri walking on her two legs, it's everything. it's everything. she's 0k. she fighted and this moment, this couple of m

hamas will hand over six more hostages, including arbel yehud, paving the way for displaced palestinians flights. a report on the south korean plane crash details how the pilots spotted a flock of birds seconds before they declared an emergency. celebrations and protests. some call it �*australia day', others, �*invasion day'. hello and welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. we start today in the

we are determined to return to the return of arbel yehud and israeli citizen kidnaped from near us and also shiri bivas and her two children, kfir and ariel, whose welfare we are extremely concerned about cnn's jeremy diamond joining us now live from hostages square in tel aviv. >> jeremy, get us up to speed on the latest. obviously, a lot of emotions that we've been seeing and hearing from the crowd there behind you. >> yeah, without a doubt, the crowd here has been following every twist and turn of this movement this morning, from the moments when we saw hamas fighters and hamas vehicles set up in palestine square in the gaza strip, until the moments when those four israeli soldiers who have been held captive for more than 15 months, arrived at that square, were brought up on stage. this crowd behind me at the first sight of seeing those four women knowing through those live images that they were indeed alive and relatively well, at least from a physical standpoint, erupted in tears of joy and cheers. an extremely emotional moment where in israel, as we have seen every single one of

saturday but israel has so far prevented them crossing into the north until a female civilian hostage, arbel yehud released. israel says she should have been freed saturday. we have this report from our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson. in the theatre of war, the theatre of victory. four female israeli soldiers escorted to hamas to especially build stage. naama levy, liri albag, karina ariev, daniella gilboa, release, theirfreedom karina ariev, daniella gilboa, release, their freedom fun moments before, hostages taken with brute force, released with a pen. back home in israel, they watched them three, tension breaking into really. into tears. friends of liri albag cling together as she appeared. a moment imagined many times, still unreal.- many times, still unreal. when i saw her _ many times, still unreal. when i saw her smile _ many times, still unreal. when i saw her smile and _ many times, still unreal. when i saw her smile and walking - many times, still unreal. when i saw her smile and walking on| i saw her smile and walking on two legs, it is everything, it is everything. she is a

prevented them crossing into the north until plans are in place for the release of israeli civilian arbel yehud by the islamichhad. the dispute came after hamas freed four israeli women soldiers on saturday. they had been taken hostage from a military base on the gaza border in the 7th of october 2023 attack. and 200 palestinian inmates were released from israeli jails , the second exchange to take place as part of the gaza ceasefire deal our correspondent nick beake is injerusalem and has more on president trump's comments and reaction to them. from the israeli perspective, the right wing here has already said that this is fantastic news. you've got prominent right wing politicians saying that this is exactly what they want to be hearing from america. we know that there are far—right extremists here who say that gaza should be their homeland, and they'd like to seejewish settlers move there. in terms of the reaction from palestinians. if you put yourself in the position of those families, we saw pictures just a moment ago of people waiting to move from the south, where they've been displaced b

ceasefire on track, ending a deadlock between israel and hamas over the fate of israeli hostage arbel yehud. the 29-year-old is a civilian and israel says she should have been released ahead of the four female soldiers who were freed yesterday. israel warning that until yehud's freedom is secured it won't allow thousands of palestinian civilians to return to northern gaza. the roads already clogged with families desperate to go home. but tonight israel says a last-minute deal will see yehud released on thursday along with soldier agam berger and a third unidentified hostage. three more hostages will be freed on saturday. and in return palestinian civilians can start heading back north tomorrow. and after those emotional reunions yesterday, the families of the four freed soldiers tonight speaking out. >> we are so grateful to have karina here with us. she is only beginning to process what she's been through. a very special thanks goes to president trump. >> reporter: but the president also causing a diplomatic storm, suggesting u.s. allies egypt and jordan should take in most of gaza's popul

this is the hostages — arbel yehud. she wasn't freed on saturday when four women soldiers were. says it will now release ms yehud and two other hostages on thursday, followed by three more on saturday. in other developments, egypt has rejected any attempt to relocate palestinians from gaza, after us president donald trump said he'd like to see more than a million of gaza's residents taken in by other arab nations. he told reporters that the strip was "literally a demolition site" and suggested it be �*cleaned out'. let's ta ke let's take you to auschwitz and my colleague lucy hawking. we are going to take you to polish president do the speaking outside the death while outside block 11 here. translation: ., , ., translation: people who were here and murdered _ translation: people who were here and murdered at _ translation: people who were here and murdered at this - here and murdered at this place. but this is also a day which 20 years ago in 2005 was declared by the united nations organisation as the international holocaust remembrance day. because as we know very well, concent

prevented them crossing into the north until plans are in place for the release of israeli civilian arbel yehud