i can assure you, rabbi mintz, i just want to update our viewers the briefing by daniel hagari of the ended. >> so it was more, from the looks of things, a statement, a couple of minutes that would to me, we're still waiting for the translation from hebrew. i should have had you guys listening to it, but that would indicate to me that we are still not. we are now 5.5 minutes past this ceasefire. it is not in place, i would imagine, is what daniel hagari was saying. >> well, whatever he was saying is obviously we don't have any names. the 2 or 3 things i really would love to say on this entire matter. first of all, let's stop for a moment. there are families that are going to be reunited with their loved ones. that in itself deserves a celebration. the second thing that is very important we have to recognize israel did go into gaza and destroy a lot of stuff, but to go and say that they don't know names, excuse me? they have bombers, all suicide bombers, all around hostages. they know exactly where they are. i mean, if somebody wants to say they don't know where they are, then who's ru

let's listen to the idf spokesperson daniel hagari. the october 7th massacre, our mission has been clear — bring home all the hostages held by hamas in gaza. today, as part of this ongoing efforts, we welcomed home four more israeli hostages after 477 days in hamas captivity. liri albag, age 19, naama levy, age 20, karina ariev, age 20, daniella gilboa, age 20. now, the trauma of the hostage taking crosses every structure and person in israel. but it is worth saying that there is a very big disagreement about how the government's policies have or have not helped the return of the hostages. i know this myself because of interviews i've done. our correspondents in the region say this has divided opinion in israel. they want all the hostages back but many israelis blame the prime minister for delaying the release of hostages so there is a lot more going on than just that one statement implies. that's right. and the background to all of this throughout has it not been also, whether or not benjamin netanyahu, who is the seen as many people

daniel hagari accused hamas of not abiding by the ceasefire agreement of releasing personnel.assacre, our mission has been clear — bring home all the hostages held by hamas in gaza. today, as part of this ongoing effort, we welcomed home four more israeli hostages after a77 days in hamas captivity. liri elbag, aged 19. naama levy, age 20. karina ariev, age 20. daniela gilboa, age 24. four idf soldiers who were all abducted by hamas from nahal 0z on october 7th, 2023. today, we salute and embrace them and theirfamilies as they reunite just now after so long. we cannot and will not forget the 90 hostages, including women, children and elderly men still remaining in brutal conditions in hamas captivity. hamas failed to meet its obligations to first release israeli female civilian hostages as part of the agreement. we are determined to the return of arbel yehud, an israeli citizen kidnapped from nir oz, and also shiri bibas and her two children, kfir and ariel, whose welfare we are extremely concerned about. we appreciate and thank the efforts of all international mediators — unit

. >> so, kim, in this, this this statement from daniel hagari. he said that. that they would be expecting more hostages to be released in the coming weeks, but was talking specifically also about the four israeli female soldiers that have just been released by hamas. they are now, we understand, in israeli territory. they are going to be taken to an initial screening area in southern israel, where they will have that immediate medical checkup and then be reunited with their parents. now, from that point, they will then be taken to a hospital where their longer term recovery will begin and where they will have the reunion with the wider family. so a very similar situation to what we saw on sunday. but we did hear from hagari some some criticism about the way that the hostages were handed over from hamas to the international red cross. we did see in palestine square within gaza city that that they were brought up onto a stage and in front of a fairly sizable crowd, not just of standers by and and residents, but a significant number of palestinian fighters as wel

and israel's top spokesman for the military, daniel hagari, just commented on the situation, saying that they are indeed back in israeli territory, adding that during this time the israelis must remember those soldiers that fell alongside these four israeli soldiers who were taken from an observation unit at the nahal oz base along the gaza border on october 7th. hagari goes on to say that hamas did not obey to the agreement. they did not adhere to the terms of the deal. they were supposed to be releasing civilian hostages first, and that still the israeli people are waiting for the remaining civilians to be released from gaza as part of this agreement. but again, the latest information that we have, four female israeli soldiers were just released from hamas captivity as part of this broader ceasefire agreement. >> trey, what can you tell us about next steps for these four brave young women? >> so the next steps, they'll be meeting with their mothers and fathers at this reunification point along the gaza border. and then they will be taken to a local hospital here in central israel. and

knows her house is unlikely to have survived in the largely leveled city of rafah in the south daniel hagari. i swear when the ceasefire comes, she says, i will celebrate and rejoice and i will not sleep all night. we hope that this cloud of despair finally lifts. hope and despair go hand in hand in gaza. paula hancocks, cnn, abu dhabi. jeremy fraga rahel solomon for more perspective on the reality on the ground in gaza. >> we do want to go to juliette touma. she's the director of communications for the u.n. agency for palestine. palestine refugees. she's joining us from amman, jordan. juliette, thank you very much for for taking time to to check in with us. >> thanks for having me. >> and certainly on a very, very eventful last hour and a half or so. i wish we were talking about a current active ceasefire. your organization publicly welcomed this ceasefire, and hostage deal that is, at least for now, on pause. and we also heard from your commissioner general that called for and i'll read this directly from him for a rapid, unhindered and uninterrupted humanitarian access to those suffering

i'll come back to you in the next hour, because we do want to bring you idf spokesperson daniel hagari. let's let's listen in. >> i would like to know about the conditions. we have to act responsibly. it's. irresponsible to listen to other sources that there are no official sources. please don't spread rumors. it's important. we continue with the agreement to return of the hostages, and we are waiting for additional hostages that are intending to come in the next few weeks. hamas did not fulfill its agreement to return civilians first. we are going to make sure that she. that we have serious concern about their condition about shiri and the baby's family, that they will come as soon as possible. we appreciate the work of the mediators and we insist that the civilians will come as soon as possible. we have commitment to all the civilian hostages to agam and the soldiers that are still kept in the hamas captivity, with without appropriate conditions. in the last few hours, hamas shows their cynical way of organizing this ceremony. they. showed this charade, show that they are taking care

in phase one of this agreement, and idf spokesman daniel hagari had this to say earlier this morning. >> hamas failed to meet its obligations to first release israeli female civilian hostages as part of the agreement. 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 israel

daniel hagari, the chief spokesman for the israeli defense forces, just confirming they are all in good condition. they are in israeli hands. and right now they're back in israel with. >> all right. ian pannell for us. and once again, as part of this initial phase, three hostages, three young women have been released. this will continue for another six weeks. and we are expected to hear about more hostages that could be released in the coming days, including americans. stay with abc news live and abcnews.com for continuing coverage. we'll have a full wrap up later this evening on world news tonight. for now, i'm whit johnson in new york. we'll send you back to regular programing. and for some of you that's gma. good day. >> this has been a spe >> jonathan: upholding a ban on its app unless sold by its chinese parent company. elizabeth schulze joins me with the latest on tiktok's fate. let me start with you, elizabeth. tiktok as of last night not available to the vast majority of americans. >> completely shut down. when you log into the tiktok app, you don't see your feed, you can't scro

important to note that last week admiral daniel hagari, the spokesman of the israeli military, said that they were, quote, gravely concerned for the fate of shiri, kfir and ariel. all eyes will also be on how this hostage release actually unfolds tomorrow. following those chaotic scenes from that release of hostages on thursday in the southern gaza city of khan younis. and now the fate of the rafah crossing depends on that. an israeli official telling us that the rafah crossing will only become fully operational as long as that chaotic hostage release we saw on thursday does not unfold once again. if it does become fully operational. the world health organization says that 50 wounded patients from the gaza strip are set to be medically evacuated through that crossing, the first time that will happen since may of 2024. >> our thanks to jeremy diamond for that report. coming up, we go inside a flight simulator with a commercial pilot to get a sense of what flying into reagan national airport at night looks like. why? he says flight procedures should be reexamined to keep this disaster from

now, moments ago, idf spokesman daniel hagari had this to say about the four freed hostages and another they had initially expected to be released. >> hamas failed to meet its obligations to first release israeli female civilian hostages. as part of the agreement. 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

>> daniel hagari make you feel. brand new? because.d night. >> i was in luther's band and we were opening for marvin gaye at radio city music hall. and in those days you had two shows a night at radio city music hall. so we played our show. then during the intermission, we ran over to the recording studio and recorded my very first song, which was everybody dance, everybody dance doo doo doo doo, clap your hands, clap your hands. >> everybody dance. doo doo doo doo doo. clap your hands, clap your hands. >> luther came and he brought all of his singers. and it sounded amazing. after i cut everybody dance with luther, it just was magical. it was like, wow, this is the sound. this is something special. and it's chic. >> love. your feet. >> say chic. freak out. have you heard about the new dance craze? >> listen to us. >> i'm sure you'll be amazed big fun to be had by everyone. it's up to you. >> surely can't be done. >> young and old are doing it. i'm told it's called a freak. they're doing it night and day. i. we'll show you the way. ah,

daniel hagari speaking in the last hour.li military has shared a recording of the families of the four hostages reacting to a live stream showing the hostages being returned to the the idf. take a look. excited talking, cheering and applause let's speak to our middle east correspondent yolande knell who's in tel aviv. let's start with the news that they have those for female young soldiers released —— four young soldiers released —— four young soldiers released —— four young soldiers released. they look to be in good health. yes. look to be in good health. yes, i was speaking _ look to be in good health. yes, i was speaking to _ look to be in good health. yes, i was speaking to someone - look to be in good health. yes i was speaking to someone from the health team from the hostages and missing families forum and they said the fact that they walked out and were able to give thumbs up and appeared on the stage, they appeared on the stage, they appeared to be in good physical health, although as many have been pointing out, we