daniela gilboa, age 24.e 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 — united states, qatar and egypt — and we expect them to make sure hamas stands in accordance with the agreement. idf troops will continue to be deployed and operate and to do everything, everything to protect the citizens of israel. our mission is not over until every single hostage comes home. as pa rt of as part of the a

naama levy, liri albag, daniela gilboa and karina ariev were seized by hamas from an army base in southern is the second such exchange under the ceasefire deal which came into effect last sunday. hamas is also expected to provide information about 26 israeli hostages due to be released over the next five weeks. 0ur correspondent nick beake is injerusalem and gave us the latest details. it was overrun by hamas fighters on october seven. some videos were taken by those fighters as they seized people, these hostages and took them to gaza. the four women been released on saturday were part of this unit and they had warned because they were spotted there had been suspicious signs there was possibly some sort of assault coming and it does seem those warnings were not acted 1539 00:16:25

and 20-year-old karina ariev, daniela gilboa and naama levmy. militants threw levmy into a jeep on october 7th, 2023, abducting her and hundreds more into gaza. >> someone speak english. >> reporter: hamas freed the four to the red cross in a mass propaganda spectacle in gaza city's biggest square. just miles north in israel families erupted with joy and relief blanketed the crowd at hostages square. >> i just couldn't stop myself crying since the moment i saw her getting out of the car, i ws crying like a baby. >> these are not just people. these are our brothers and sisters. >> reporter: many might say similar for the nearly 200 palestinians that israel released from prison in exchange. 47-year-old wael aburida reunited with his family after a dozen years. he was halfway through a 25-year prison term for joining palestinian islamic jihad, a u.s.-listed terror group. "thank god my son returned home safely," said his mother. kissing and holding him close. ramy inocencio, cbs news, tel aviv. >>> up next, intense weather is taking a toll on an agi

hamas saying it will free karina ariev, daniela gilboa, and naama levy, all 20 years old, as well as9-year-old liri albag tomorrow. naama's mother pleading for this moment. >> i just want to be back home and have naama back home. >> reporter: 33 hostages, including two americans, are expected to be freed in the first phase of the deal during a six-week truce. in exchange, israel is to release another 200 palestinian prisoners tomorrow. with the ceasefire holding, families inside gaza returning home to staggering destruction. mahmoud al badafla says the bodies of his wife and five of his young children are still under the rubble of his bombed-out home. "i hope i can bring them out," he says, "and bury them." whit, if all goes to plan, those four hostages could be freed as early as tomorrow morning, and then the palestinian prisoners should be released. whit? >> whit: and so much hope this plan holds. tom, thank you. >>> back here tonight, new developments in the deadly shooting of a border patrol agent in vermont. the agent shot and killed during a traffic stop near the canadian borde

friends saw their loved one, their niece daniella gilboa, 20 years old, alongside three other female hostages for the first time in 15.5 months. >> daniela. she is a daughter of a lioness. they are fighters and they are proud jewish girls who never lost hope. and i'm sure that danielle never daniela never lost hope. >> we didn't. >> know what to think. you know, we just wanted to think good things. but we didn't know how. how we how how, how we're feeling. and you just want to hug her. want to see her and to hug her. >> meanwhile, 200 palestinians say they are back with their families after being released from israeli prisons. cnn's nada bashir joining us live from jerusalem with more. nada. >> that's right. paula. we saw the release of those palestinian prisoners yesterday in the occupied west bank. the second weekend in which we have seen this kind of exchange. but this was a very different weekend to the first weekend where we had seen a majority of women being released, as well as teenagers being released. a number of them, of course, had been charged under administrative detention, meaning no charges laid against them. this time. wh

friends saw their loved one, their niece daniella gilboa, 20 years old, alongside three other female hostages for the first time in 15.5 months. >> daniela she is a daughter of a lioness. they are fighters and they are proud jewish girls who never lost hope, and i'm sure that danielle never daniella never lost hope. >> we didn't. >> know what. >> to think. >> you know. >> we just wanted. >> to think good things. but we didn't know how how we how how we're. >> feeling. >> and you just want to hug her, want to see her and to hug her. >> i can understand you just want to hug them. israel's prison service today confirming 200 palestinian prisoners were released as part of that ceasefire deal. the group included some who had been serving life sentences, and they were welcomed by thousands of palestinians in the israeli occupied west bank cities of ramallah. israel is expected to release 2000 palestinian prisoners in phase one of this deal. and cnn is learning tonight, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is trying to arrange a meeting with president trump in washington in the coming weeks. a spokesperson for netanyahu cautioned the plans

gilboa. one of those hostages. and you saw earlier just the videos of the raw emotion, the joy of these, these family members as they saw daniela for the first time in 15.5 months. and i spent quite a bit of time with her uncle rozi, who then let me know, victor, that while he's he's thrilled that daniela is home, he's also concerned about the remainder of the hostages, the 90 plus hostages that include two of his cousins. it's something i've heard from a number of people. here is their gratitude to president trump. there seems to be a universal feeling here that this deal would not have happened without the forceful pressure from donald trump during his campaign and then on his inauguration day as well, surrounded by those family members of the hostages. here's what he said to me about trump's influence here daniela, she. >> is a daughter of a lioness, and as a daughter of a lioness, she she acts very bravely. i would say. and she to see daniela here going proud, walking proud on hamas a theater, i would say. just demonstrating from what staff she's waiting for and all the other girls over there. they are fighters and they are

niece daniella gilboa, 20 years old, alongside three other female hostages for the first time in 15.5 months. and there are no words. they were on the phone just moments ago with daniela's parents. i'm standing here with esther, who is good friends with daniela's mother, and described to me, you know daniela very well. describe what this moment was like for you when you saw her. >> it was. i was very excited. i want to scream. you can scream. no, no, no. daniela. she's so. she's good, so good. and she walked on the on the ground. your feet. yes. why? i'm very excited. i don't have what to say. i just want to hug her. >> why was it important for you to be here in this moment and see her on the television? >> because we are all waiting for all the all the hostages and the. and daniela. i want to be with her family to to happy with them. >> we are so happy to be here with you on such a joyous moment, and to witness your family gather here. there were just sheer screams of joy, something this country, something these families haven't done in 15.5 months. so seeing their loved ones return, seeing the fact that on the television screens they were seeing in real time the fate,

gilboa. we've been here for about two hours and witnessed with them in real time. these four female hostages come out seeing their reaction in the moment when they saw daniela. friends, family have gathered here, the entire community here has been supportive of this family. we were here for the moment. then when daniela's mother got on the phone with her brother, her uncle here behind me and just the sheer joy, the screams, the popping of champagne bottles, they're still glued to the television here, watching every moment we saw the mothers of these four hostages on television here in local news a few moments ago, seeing their daughters and reacting to that moment and just speaking to these family members, daniela's aunt, seconds after she saw her, she was lost for words for a moment. >> but it's very vienna i just want to jump in for for one second. vienna. i just want to jump in for one second, because you mentioned daniela's mother. she will presumably be in, you know, we won't see her. but in some of the images behind us, we're showing the base where the where the hostages will be taken will be taken in those red cross vans. that is where presumably the,

we heard from the family of daniela gilboa.rvived a77 days of hell in gaza and now she has returned to a family embrace with us. the family says that they pray for the speedy return of the other hostages and thank people for their prayers. they writes, how we longed for this moment. that is the family of daniela gilboa, 20 years old, one of the four young women soldiers that have been released. this is the helicopter that we sort take off from the army base, which is where the hostages were taken after they were handed over by hamas in gaza city earlier this morning. they were taken to the border and handed over to the israeli military and now we can see them in the helicopter. i want to go back to our correspondence... we will go back to him shortly. we can see the close—up of that helicopter, where those four women, the second group of hostages released since the ceasefire deal was agreed, and the first batch were released last sunday. this is the first phase of this ceasefire and hostage release deal. that helicopter is now

naama levy, liri albag, daniela gilboa and karina ariev are all soldiers who were seized from their armytober seventh attacks. in return, israel is expected to release about 180 palestinian detainees. it is the second such exchange under the ceasefire deal which came into effect last sunday. hamas is also expected to provide information about the remaining 26 israeli hostages due to be released over the next five weeks. 0ur correspondent nick beake is injerusalem and gave us the latest details. hamas have made this announcement, giving the names of the four hostages who will be released tomorrow. as we expected, they are four women and they are members of the idf, the israel defense force, and i can give you the names, the first soldier to be released according to hamas, karina ariev. the second is daniella gilboa. the third, naama levy. the fourth hostage according to hamas to be released tomorrow is liri albag. they warned that there had been suspicious signs that there was possibly some sort of assault coming, and it does seem that those warnings were not acted upon. the four women's