daniella gilboa and naama levy. they are 20 years old. liri albag is 19 now. all four are members of the israeli military. you can see their pictures up there. and they served as lookouts at a military post overlooking gaza. when hamas attacked on october 7th. in exchange, israel is expected to release 200 palestinian prisoners. as we are watching this unfold live here, i want to go to paula hancocks, who's watching from abu dhabi. paula, just emotional scenes, as you can imagine, on both sides, as we expect those israeli hostages to be released any minute now. and as well, the families of those palestinian prisoners who will also be released, what more can you tell us? >> well, kim, this is absolutely an emotionally charged day, as you say on all sides. what we're seeing at this point in palestine square in gaza city does appear to be the final preparations before the handover of four female israeli hostages who were taken into gaza on october 7th, 2023. now you can see fairly sizable crowds in this area. certainly, there is a very strong militant presence. w

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karina ariev, daniella gilboa, naama levy and liri albag.xchange for 180 palestinian prisoners held in israel. hamas is also expected to provide more information about the remaining 26 hostages, who are due to be released over the next five weeks. although it is unclear at this point whether that information will include names, orjust the number of living or dead hostages they are holding. jon donnison has sent this report. it contains scenes of hostages being taken that you may find upsetting. dawn on october the 7th, 2023, and the nahal oz israeli military base was being swarmed by hamas gunmen. thenjust i9, naama levy was one of several female soldiers to be taken hostage. these pictures were released with permission from theirfamilies. now, 475 days after she was abducted, naama's nightmare could finally be over. naama's nightmare could finally be over. she's one of four israeli soldiers named by hamas to be freed tomorrow. the others are 20—year—old karina ariev, daniella gilboa, also 20, and 19—year—old liri albag. ijust started, you k

karina arroyave, daniella gilboa, naama levy and lira alba. and you spoke earlier, and i think you made a very important point about the symbol that na'ama levy was for these people. since october 7th, we're talking about more than 477 days that they've been held in hamas captivity. in that video was one of the first that circulated around the world. naama levy being dragged from a jeep. and you just saw the fear on her face, but also the defiance. she wasn't going to be just simply killed. she was going to stay alive for her family. and when you heard from her family members, they describe her as someone who was a peace activist and continues to be a peace activist. she spent many of her years in high school going to conferences so that she could build bridges between israelis and palestinians, and still she was taken hostage on october 7th by hamas. her family members are waiting for her to come home, certainly along with the other three women, when they are able to cross back into israel, they will go to one of three reunification points al

they've been identified as karina ariev, daniella gilboa and naama levy. the three of them turned 20, in captivity. and there's also liri albag. she's 19. all four are members of the israeli military. they served as lookouts at a military post overlooking gaza. when hamas when hamas attacked on october 7th. in exchange, israel expected to release 200 palestinian prisoners. let's go now to cnn's paula hancocks, who joins us live from abu dhabi with more on what we know. again, essentially, the stage is set quite literally here with a very significant hamas fighter presence in gaza city. do we have any idea when we may see those four young ladies? >> well, paula, we don't have any indication of of timings at this point. we know that this is palestine square in gaza city, where you can see hamas fighters have convened and this is expected to be the area where the handover will take place. you can also see palestinian islamic jihad flags among the crowds as well. the fighters are armed, they are masked. and it is in many ways a show of force, a show of strengt

daniella gilboa aunt and uncle. >> as they watched. >> the moment their niece came back. remember fred? >> it was the first. >> time they had seen. her in over 15 months. they were joined. by other friends. family and here's some of those moments that we. >> captured. >> yes. yes it is i am in the home. >> of the. >> aunt and. uncle of daniella gilboa, and i have to say, it was just a. >> sheer emotion. >> so much. enthusiasm here. cheers of joy. champagne popping. we are the only. >> foreign news media. >> who. >> were. allowed to. witness this moment as family. and 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. >> daniella, 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. >>

karina alev and daniella gilboa. i wanted to me sure i got those in the right order.en were exchanged for 200 palestinian prisoners in a coordinated show, hamas militants handed over the hostages to israel on a stage in gaza city's palestine square, their families watching, shouting for joy, seeing their children alive and safe. you see them there. seven hostages in total have been set free since the start of the ceasefire hostage deal. last sunday morning. our time. a total of 33 israeli hostages are expected to be released over the next several weeks. during the first phase of that ceasefire deal, according to the terms, 30 palestinians will be released for each israeli civilian hostage, 50 palestinians for each soldier. that's why 200 will be released today. meanwhile, president trump's campaign promises of immigration enforcement have taken shape during his first week in office for his second term. across the country, there are reports that ice agents arrested hundreds of unauthorized migrants and the first here in the bay area, a man in san francisco. we have vid

the release of four israeli soldiers — naama levy, liri albag, daniella gilboa and karina ariev is the

daniella gilboa age 24 idf soldiers who were all abducted from hamas by hamas from nahal oz on october 7th, 2023. today we salute and embrace them and their families as they reunite just now, after so long, we cannot and will not forget the 90 hostages, including women, children and elderly men still remain 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 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. 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. >> mazie hirono. olaf scholz hamas arbel yehud. >> to about hamas are n

yes. >> i am in the. >> home of. >> the aunt and uncle of. >> daniella gilboa. >> and i have to say, it was just. a sheer emotion. so much enthusiasm here. >> cheers of joy. >> champagne popping. we are the only. >> foreign news media who were allowed to witness. this moment. >> as family and 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 palestin

karina ariev, daniella gilboa, naama levy, all aged 20, and liri albag, now aged 19.ll 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 inside, inside the body, inside the soul. among the crowd, many are still anxious. everywhere here, there are signs, reminders of the dozens of israelis still held captive in gaza. it's not clear who's alive and who's dead. and there are worries, too, about whether this fragile ceasefire will hold to free them all. and now, israel is accusing hamas of breaching the terms of the ceasefire deal, as it's not released israeli women civilian hostages first. we are determined to return, to the return of arbel yehud, an israeli citizen, kidnapped from nir oz. and also, shiri bibas and her two c

the release of naama levy, liri albag, daniella gilboa and karina ariev is the second exchange to takece as part of the gaza ceasefire deal. meanwhile, crowds of palestinians turned out in the west bank to welcome two buses carrying detainees released from two israeli prisons. as part of the ceasefire deal, thousands of displaced gaza residents were supposed to be allowed to return to the north of the strip today. but israel has so far prevented them crossing into the north until a female civilian hostage, arbel yehud, is released. israel says she should have been freed today. we have 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, leary, 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 app

the second is daniella gilboa. the third, naama levy. of relief, but what happens in the next 24 hours of course is crucial. we have the president because we saw what happened we have the precedent because we saw what happened last weekend with the first round of hostages being released, but these are the four names and what will happen is that hamas will hand over the women to the red cross and the red cross will then deliver them to idf forces that remain in the gaza strip, so that is what will happen. we anticipate it will take place tomorrow, but of course, just like we saw last weekend, there might be some delays in this process but this is what we are hearing from hamas and these are the four names that they have just released. we wait for any israeli action although i'm sure that we wait for any israeli reaction although i'm sure that will come in the next half an hour, but take me through the exchange and what we are likely to see over the weekend. the first part of this would be the women being released and being brought back to

karina ariev, daniella gilboa, naama levy and liri albag will be released on saturday. — a new world record. we'll talk live to a german engineer who's spent four months living underwater. all of that is coming up. now with all the latest sport, here's tanya. hello from the bbc sport centre. novak djokovic says he may have played his final australian open after he was forced to retire injured in his semifinal against alexander zverev. he had heavy strapping on his upper left leg after injuring it in his quarterfinal — but fought hard to take the opening set to a tie break. after zverev won it 7—5, djokovic decided the pain was too intense to continue. as he conceded defeat to the second seed, some of the fans booed him as he left court for what may be the last time in melbourne. there is a chance, i willjust have to see, yeah, how the season goes and i want to keep going. but whether i am going to have a revised schedule or not for the next year, i am not sure. i normally like to come to australia and play and i have had the biggest success in my career here. so if i am

but daniella gilboa also releasing karina ariev today.eir family members have, we've been told the israeli government has released photos of their reunion with their parents, and they are quite moving. indeed, one can imagine how long these families have waited to see their daughters, so we will wait to see how much access. last week we had quite a bit of access and very closely were able to watch how these trucks were driving by with the the female hostages in them last week. i think this is a bit more cordoned off this time around, but we do see from the camera there that angle of these hostages coming out of the helicopter. we're expecting a second helicopter to land as well. >> yeah. bianna, those pictures. i hope we can turn around those pretty quickly for our audience, because seeing these expressions on the faces of these families, from the moment that you were with one family and they were watching on television to having her back in their arms. i mean, it really does give you chills to now know that they are together. we're watch

as family and 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 administr

the release of naama levy, liri albag, daniella gilboa and karina ariev is the second exchange to take

the moment, what we understand is that these four newly freed israeli hostages, karina ariev daniella gilboa, naama levy and liri albag, they are all at a military base in southern israel, the military base where we believe that they have now been reunited with their mothers, and shortly thereafter they will be flown by military helicopter to a hospital here in the tel aviv area, capping 15 months of uncertainty, 15 months of anguish for their families. and shortly thereafter, we expect israel to begin to release some 200 palestinian prisoners, many of whom are serving life sentences. because this time we're talking about the release of israeli hostages, and israel is paying what can be described as a steeper price for their release. of the 50 palestinian prisoners being released for each of those hostages, 30 of them are serving life sentences and they will be released today. now, we do have questions about what the next steps will be inside the gaza strip. we expected that today, people in gaza who have been displaced from their homes in the north of the strip, would be allowed to return h

. >> ari, daniella. gilboa.y. >> hamas political official in doha. >> are alive. >> this has been confirmed. >> to us in. the past hour. >> all four, of course, were. female soldiers at the surveillance unit at. >> the nahal. >> oz military base. >> now, it's also. >> been confirmed. >> to us that in. >> exchange for. those female soldiers and remember that israeli officials had been saying all along leading up to the ceasefire deal that they knew. >> they. >> would have to pay a heavy price for those female soldiers. and that price is the release of prisoners serving life sentences. >> in all. >> we're going to see 200 palestinian prisoners released. >> tomorrow, among them. >> 80 serving long sentences. >> and 120. >> serving life sentences. and as we understand it. >> they. >> will not be released into the west bank. >> they will. >> be released to a third country. where exactly is unclear? possibly. turkey? qatar? >> egypt? it is still unclear. >> now. we. >> there. had been. >> reports in israeli. >> media

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the others are 20—year—old karina ariev, daniella gilboa, also 20, and 19—year—old liri albag.t with naama levy's mother, ayelet. her message to her daughter then: stay strong. you just need to survive. just take it day by day, hour by hour. i'm doing the same, i'm thinking of you all the time, and you will get through this, you will come back to our hug and to our love and to heal. and you will have so many, many years and moments of happiness in your life, and you will be an inspiration to others. so you just have to hang in there. mummy�*s waiting for you. "our sisters�* voices are screaming out to you," reads the sign, as this afternoon injerusalem, other hostage families and their supporters continued their vigil — finally, with some hope. so for the families here in israel, it's another anxious night of waiting, another night of uncertainty. and on the palestinian side, there are families waiting too. last weekend, 90 palestinian prisoners, mostly women, were bused out of israeli jails to be back with their loved ones. around 180 more are expected to be freed tomorrow. th

liri albag, age 19, naama levy, age 20, karina ariev, age 20, daniella gilboa, age 20.e 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 to be very hard line, whether or not his political fortunes have been helped or hindered by what's been going on with the israeli bombardment of gaza, the dreadful loss of life in gaza and his handling of the original, appalling october the 7th attacks from hamas, proscribed as a terror group by many governments, inclu

larry sabato karina elle reeve, naama levy and daniella gilboa. are set to be part of the latest round of hostage for prisoner exchanges. our teams are positioned across the region ahead of the swap. >> welcome to. >> the lead, i'm jake tapper. we start this hour with our politics lead and the politicization of federal disaster aid. today, in his first presidential trip outside washington since his inauguration, president trump visited disaster stricken north carolina, where the impacts of the massive flooding in the aftermath of hurricane helene are still being felt roughly four months later. while criticizing fema's response to hurricane helene during the biden years, trump indicated that he may get rid of the federal agency and believes responses to disasters should be left to the states. >> i'll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling fema, or maybe getting rid of fema. i think, frankly, fema is not good. >> right now. president trump is on his way to los angeles, california, to view d

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the release of naama levy, liri albag, daniella gilboa and karina ariev is the second exchange to take

female soldiers karina ariav, daniella gilboa and naomi levy, all 20 years old, as well as 19 year old they were paraded on a stage in carefully choreographed scenes, hamas projecting an image of order and authority in gaza city. relief in tel aviv as supporters gathered to watch the moment they were freed. >> emotions are running very high here. cheers and clapping as those hostages are handed over from hamas to the red cross. >> amid hugs and tears of joy. these long separated families were finally reunited. >> and lifted him. >> leary thanking all the citizens of israel for supporting their families. the four young women were taken to a hospital in central israel. their medical condition determined to be stable. >> i must say the excitement is overwhelming. i was amazed by their strength. these are resilient women who bravely survived long days of torment. they are here with us, strong and remarkable. >> but questions now, as many were expecting one civilian to be among those released in saturday's exchange. 29 year old abel yahud in exchange for the release of these four hostages.

liri albag, 20 years old and an observer, 21-year-old daniella gilboa that appeared on a hostage videoe brought home an naama levy appeared in one of the many horrific images from october seventh. it she seen with blood-soaked sweatpants while being manhandled into a fraud by four and gaza city picked only female not on the list is that the hangup called for female civilians and children to be released before the soldiers. two young boys with her not on the list and another person not on the list. that is the situation they are expecting to get out tomorrow martha. >> martha: thank you. >>> a lot of development in the middle east and who the rebels suddenly releasing the crew of a ship. you remember the video? they came in on a helicopter and seized the ship more than a year ago. the people have been on the ship the entire year and now they are being released at. it happened a month after the october seventh attack. the rebels saying they will scale back attacks now post trump inaugural because of the cease-fire in gaza. now the who the, iran proxies tars being dozens of ships in the p

>> hey, good morning, karina arroyave, daniella gilboa, naama levy and larry alberg. four israeli hostages are now home. they're meeting with their families right now along the gaza border. after being released from hamas captivity earlier today, there was an organized handover in gaza city at palestine square, at which point hamas paraded these hostages across a stage as people cheered in the area of gaza city. they were then released into the custody of the red cross and taken to an idf reunification point along the gaza border, and that is where they remain at this moment, where they're able to meet their parents. they'll be evaluated by a team of doctors and psychologists, and then flown to a hospital just north of tel aviv. all of this coming together as part of that ceasefire agreement. this is the second group of hostages to be released from gaza. 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 soldier

female soldiers karina ariev, daniella gilboa and naama levy, all 20 years old, as well as 19-year-old liri albag paraded on a stage and carefully choreographed scenes, hamas projecting an image of order and authority in gaza city. the young women smiling and waving at the cheering crowd in palestine square. the four taken captive on october 7th with one other israeli soldier seen in this video. relief in tel aviv where supporters gathered to watch the moment the hostages are freed. emotions running very high here. cheers and clapping as those hostages are handed over from hamas to the red cross. their families celebrating as they're handed over to the idf. gi gilly was returned in the first hostage prisoner exchange. >> what would you tell the family members of those hostages released? >> well, they are experiencing something that i experienced very closely. their life will be turned upside down again, but this time to the up side. >> reporter: thousands of replaced palestinians are on sunday hoping to go back to what's left of their homes in gaza where american volunteer dr. omar mal

the uncle of freed hostage daniella gilboa described the moment of her release to cnn. >> my my sister didn't stop to to cry, but it's it's a cry of like having a birth. she's like giving a birth right now. and she she just got her daughter back. daniella as part of the deal, we also saw the release of 200 palestinian prisoners by israel. >> with us now is khalid elgindy. he's a visiting scholar at georgetown university center for contemporary arab studies and the author of the book blind spot on the history of america and the palestinians. good to see you. i want to start with today's events. you know, we saw hamas fighters essentially parading those hostages, you know, up through the streets and then on stage before they were actually handed off to the red cross. what did you take away from that moment well, a couple of things. >> i mean, first, it's it's not insignificant at all that this exchange took place. um, even though we're we're just one week into this, uh, phase one of the ceasefire, the fact that we've now seen two rounds of captives being released on both sides, that's en

had exclusive international access to watch these hostages return with the aunt and uncle of daniella 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 th

karina ariev daniella gilboa naama levy and liri albag were all released by hamas today. and here's the moment when they were reunited with their families. >> are you? >> really? >> they were part of the second round of releases under the israel-hamas ceasefire and hostage agreement. israel believes 90 hostages are still being held in gaza, although it's unknown how many of them are alive. another 26 hostages are expected to be handed over in phase one of this deal. israel's prison service, saying it released 200 palestinian prisoners today as part of that deal. some of those released were serving life sentences, and they were welcomed by thousands of palestinians in the israeli occupied west bank. it comes less than a week after the first group of prisoners were freed, and among them a journalist who was jailed for her social media posts. but after ten months behind bars, she's now back with her family and a young daughter who barely knows her mother's face. cnn's nada bashir has more on this. >> little al-sharaa is still. >> adjusting to finally. >> having her mother ba

. >> daniella. gilboal four. >> female soldiers, as i've said. but they were part of the. >> surveillance unit at. >> nahal oz base. >> what we have also been. confirmed told by hamas. >> is that in. >> exchange for these. >> four women. >> israel will release. >> a total of 200 prisoners. this has been confirmed. >> to us. >> just in the past five minutes, and. >> 80 of. >> those. >> 200 are serving long sentences, 120 are serving life. >> sentences. >> and therefore. >> they will. >> not be, as we understand it, released. >> into the west. >> bank like. >> we saw. >> last weekend. instead, they will be sent to a third country. it's unclear which one just yet, whether it be. >> qatar. >> turkey or. >> egypt possibly. >> so we're still waiting for confirmation. >> on that. >> there was also talk. >> that hamas. >> would. >> provide an update on the condition of the remaining hostages. that would take us down to 26 hostages. it is unclear at this point if they are going to do so, but it doesn't look like. >

the released hostages are all female soldiers karina, ariana, daniella gilboa, naama levy and lira albaaeli military base near the border with gaza, where they were serving at the time of hamas's attack on october 7th. in a highly choreographed show of force. you're watching some of it right now. this is from much earlier this morning. hamas militants marched the hostages across the stage in gaza. in gaza city, before handing them over to the red cross. red cross then took them in vehicles, took them to the israeli forces, who took them across the border to the idf base. they were then flown by a military helicopter to a hospital in petah tikva, which is north of tel aviv, northeast of tel aviv. really? in exchange, israel has released 200 palestinian prisoners, several of whom were serving long prison terms. 114 of them were released into the west bank, 70 were sent to egypt, 16 were taken to gaza. video shows several who were released into the west bank city of ramallah. here you see them all in those those sort of gray outfits. joining me now from hostage square in tel aviv is nbc ne

hamas today, just within the last hour, releasing four israeli hostages karina arroyave, daniella gilboaba are soldiers who were taken hostage at their base, nahal oz. the hostages were initially met by the red cross in gaza and just moments ago, crossing into israel, meeting idf, meaning the idf. they will now reunite with their families in the southern part of the country. for now, back to the country. for now, back to dateline. welcome back to "dateline." i'm andrea canning. authorities concluded that pravin varughese's death was an accident, saying he was drunk, got lost in the woods, and froze to death, but an autopsy found no alcohol in his blood, and pravin's mother, lovely, was convinced, there had to be another explanation. then, she discovered, police had not shared a key detail about the night pravin disappeared. here's dennis murphy with "at the edge of town." dennis murphy: in the town where her son had lost his life, tiny, soft-spoken lovely was finding her voice. lovely varughese: i am not trying to blame anyone or point fingers. we just demand answers. dennis murphy: the

emotional reunions for the families of karina ariev, daniella gilboa, naama levy, and liri albag.vernight in tel aviv, crowds gathered to push for the remaining 33 hostages, which includes two americans set to be released in this first phase of the deal. the release of those four hostages, the fragility of that deal very much felt here. many people worried that the ceasefire just won't hold. for the relatives of those still held captive like levy's brother, it's an anxious wait. >> i still cannot breathe because my brother is still there. >> reporter: and in southern lebanon today at least 11 killed where the idf continuing to stay in their positions at the end of a 60-day truce. meanwhile, no official reaction from jordan, egypt, or israel to trump's comments on gaza, but touting the mass expulsion of palestinians, that will be extremely controversial here in the middle east as the ceasefires in gaza and lebanon continue to be tested to the limit. gio? >> gio: and let's hope those ceasefires stay in place. all right, britt, thank you so much. >>> now to president trump winding up

karina ariav, daniella gilboa, naama levy and lira alba were all abducted from an israeli military baset the time of the attack on october 7th. in a highly choreographed event for the cameras, hamas militants marched the hostages across a stage in gaza city before handing them over to the red cross. the red cross then handed them over to israeli forces, who took them across the border to an israeli military base. they were then flown via military helicopter to a hospital, where they were treated. in exchange, israel has released 200 palestinian prisoners, several of which were serving long prison terms. 114 were released into the west bank, 70 were sent to egypt and 16 were taken to gaza. video shows several celebrating in the west bank city of ramallah. all of this occurs as part of phase two of the ceasefire deal signed between israel and hamas. this aerial footage shows the complete destruction of gaza, what was once home to more than 2 million palestinians. in the days after phase one. many of the survivors of the past 15 months returned to their towns to find everything destroyed.

karina ariev daniella gilboa naama levy and laurie liri albag were all released by hamas today. this marks the second round of releases in the israel-hamas ceasefire and hostage agreement. another 26 hostages are expected to be released in phase one of this deal, and cnn's jeremy diamond filed this report. >> reporter. >> flanked by armed hamas militants, this is the surreal moment four israeli soldiers emerged from 477 days of captivity. but before they are freed, one final moment of hamas propaganda, smiling and waving as a crowd of hundreds whistles and cheers, their first taste of freedom looks more like this. the rush of emotions as they embrace their parents for the first time on israeli soil. hamas militants had taken them hostage 15 months earlier at the nahal oz military base near the gaza border, where the four women served as field observers monitoring militant activity in gaza. their warnings to commanders about hamas preparations for an attack ignored. in one of the most searing images of october 7th, one of the soldiers, naama levy, is seen being taken into gaza, h

naama, levi, muriel bowser, karina elle reeve and daniella gilboa. and given that this was not the list that israel had been anticipating, there was a lot of trauma and concern here in the country as these names weren't made public yet. these names were circulated a concern among the family members of those of the two female civilian hostages that are expected to be among the 33 released, namely that of arbel yehuda, 29 years old, who was kidnaped from her kibbutz on october 7th, 2023. the other female civilian, who is expected to be part of this 33. list release, is shiri bibas, and of course, she is the mother of five year old yarden bibas and two year old kfir bibas. nonetheless, there is a collective sigh of relief here now that these names have been made public, especially from the families of these women. i've spent a lot of time talking to these mothers, talking to these families, getting to know them over these last 15.5 arduous years. now that israel has accepted this list, even though they say hamas violated the terms once these idf spotter

the uncle of freed hostage daniella gilboa described the moment of her release. >> my my sister. didn't stop to to cry. but it's it's a cry of like having a birth. she's like giving. giving a birth right now. and she. she just got her daughter back. daniella. >> as part of the deal, 200 palestinian prisoners were released by israel. cnn's jeremy diamond is in tel aviv. jeremy, i mean, this was an event really, for all to see, right? especially the hostages being released by hamas, parading them out on the street there before the stage. what was the message that was being sent in that moment? >> it truly. >> was a remarkable moment. and hamas, clearly taking advantage of the fact that it has the world's attention on it as it is releasing these hostages. wave after wave today in particular, we saw a lot of the pageantry of this hamas propaganda event, as they had these four female israeli soldiers who have been captive for more than 15 months, emerged from these hamas vehicles, be taken up onto a stage where they were then smiling and waving at a crowd. this is obviously hamas's wa

karina arias, daniella gilboa, naama levy, who you might remember, was that young woman paraded throughback on october 7th, and then on the right of your screen, lira, aalborg. she was 18 years old when she was taken captive at that observation post on the israel gaza border. a hostage video was released of her just a couple of weeks ago, and today she is free after 477 days in captivity, we spent the morning with her extended family as they gathered around the television, along with, frankly, the rest of israel, and they watched in real time as she was released from gaza. and i want to play you just a little bit of a conversation i had with her aunt there. take a listen. when you see lira for the first time, what will you do? >> hug, a big hug and they just say how much we miss her. that's it. we won't ask anything. just give her a big hug. maybe we'll cry for sure. we'll cry and we'll say how much we miss her. and that's it. and she's a hero. >> you hear her? they're just saying she'll give her a big hug and she will give her the space to say as much or as little as she wants to about