daniel lifshitz, thank you _ those things? daniel lifshitz, thank you very _ those things?amily and this agonising wait for news about your grandfather. thank you very much for talking to us. breaking news to bring you in the last few minutes. the french president emmanuel macron has announced two french israelis will be among the first hostages to be freed by hamas. unclearwhether first hostages to be freed by hamas. unclear whether they would be released on sunday or whether they would be released in the week after that first release because under the terms of the ceasefire deal, groups of the ceasefire deal, groups of hostages would be released every week for six weeks. amounting to 33 hostages released in that first phase. so the families of the loved ones wait with bated breath for news of the ceasefire deal getting over the line and to see whether their loved ones are coming home. we will continue to bring you all the latest from here in tel aviv and from across this region. for now, back to you in london. thanks very much. and we will return to mark when we get more

daniel lifshitz is the grandson of 84 year old hostage oded lifshitz, who is among the dozens of namesn that initial list of 33. daniel, thanks so much for joining. >> thank you for welcoming me. those are such an exciting footage. it's unbelievable to see them coming back home. you know, they are all like family for me. >> yeah, they must be. and i've noticed that speaking to the hostage families for all these months since october 7th, that even when you personally don't get good news, your family, the relief of seeing your grandfather come home, you feel joy for your fellow family members who are having that moment of joy. >> absolutely. and, you know, it's it's so amazing to see those hostages going out and feeling so much joy for them as each one of them, amanda. emily mother is like a family for me already. and yarden ghonim and. merav and as well amit and oded, the sister of. doron. and i felt it when omer neutra was announced that he was murdered on october 7th. and i cried so much over him and i said, wow, i've never felt so sorry and cried so much for someone i don't know. yea

daniel lifshitz things he will wait several weeks before he sees his grandfather, oded. >> reporter:t is going through your mind? >> first of all, i'm really happy. of course, until it is done i'm trying to stay calm untiit is done because we are dealing with the worst people on planet earth, the worst terrorists that exist. >> reporter: we visited oded's house after october 7th. >> here the whole roof collapsed. >> reporter: hamas shot oded, kidnapped him and his wife and burned their house down. tonight daniel telling us he has been desperately waiting for a deal. so why now do you think? >> trump being elected. >> reporter: in gaza at a soup kitchen, 8-year-old abood is waiting too. here for hours with his pot to take home to his family. the crowds are so big he says he often leaves empty handed. [ speaking in a global language ] >> reporter: when i heard there was a ase-fire i was happy. here there's no food, he says. when the distribution begins, the chaos is total and tragic. abood manages to get some rice and runs off. this is what gaza has been reduced to after 15 months of w