you can see these yellow flags of the fatah movement. a man bringing up a large plate of bread to give out to people. we have food carts, tracks here. they don't know what condition these prisoners will be in. for the families, this is the moment they have been waiting for. some of them have been waiting years to see their loved ones. finally it looks like the moment has come up. there was great uncertainty right up to this morning because the list of names to be released was not confirmed. it now is. ~ , released was not confirmed. it nowis. ~ , now is. we will be back with ou now is. we will be back with you shortly- _ now is. we will be back with you shortly. you _ now is. we will be back with you shortly. you are - now is. we will be back with you shortly. you are with i now is. we will be back with i you shortly. you are with bbc news. hello there. storm eowyn was one of the most powerful we've seen for quite some time — record—breaking wind speeds across the republic of ireland. now, through the course of today, the winds are slowl

we saw reports last month of this reconciliation deal between hamas and fatah.factions. but these statements of unity are always or in the past, been very, very short lived. at the time of that reconciliation deal, hamas prominently reported on the deal, whereas we didn't see any reporting of the agreement in fatah affiliated media sources. so that's very, very telling. and also, previous reconciliation efforts between the two groups have not been realised as well. what we've also seen this week in israeli media reports is that the palestinian authority — that's a fatah controlled governing body which runs parts of the west bank — apparently they've been having talks with president elect trump on running gaza alone without hamas. but that idea hasn't in the past been rejected by the netanyahu government. they want complete control of the security situation in the enclave, and they will not allow hamas to gain the upper hand in the strip once again. and jonah, talk to us in a little bit more detail, then, about israel's view on that question of who is going to go

when fatah, under mahmoud. and under u.s. pressure, israeli pressure, didn't do that then fatah, then hamas just, you know, ruled gaza on own and had no no other. the second point that surprised me was the amount of consultation that took place within hamas's constituencies to achieve the the position it took. and that's why positions that it took remained constant and clear, and they wouldn't budge. the the americans, the jordanians, the fatah, everybody tried to induce them to just this and do this and and we'll give you this. and they wouldn't do. they just stuck to their guns there. they're such a pure of pure resistance because they feel that what they are aspiring for is their. they're not trying to kill -- or, take their land away or this. they're just asking their rights internationally. rights. and that's why they have such confidence and what they're doing. and the prisoners issue is fascinating because it was the prisoners in prison about 15, 20 years ago. the trust came up with a national consensus document. it wa

today, hamas�*s rival, the fatah movement, are out in force, keen to show their backing for the palestinianyou can see their�*s yellow flags. we've also seen a helicopter landing at an israeli hospital carrying those four hostages who were held by hamas in gaza and have now been returned to israel. you can see the helicopter that landed at the hospital. let's start by getting a round—up of all of today's events so far with middle east correspondent. another show of force by hamas, its fighters lining up by the ruins in gaza city. with the red cross ready and waiting, the first glimpse of the israeli soldiers after 15 months in captivity, in army uniforms. daniela gilboa, liri elbag, karina ariev and naama levy, all aged 19 and 20 and reportedly in good health. we are relying on footage filmed by local journalists. are relying on footage filmed by localjournalists. among israelis watching in hostages square in tel aviv, there were cheers as events unfolded in palestine square. fist cheers as events unfolded in palestine square.— palestine square. at first si . ht, palestine square. at first s

you have the fatah party that is the palestinian authority that currently is in control of the west bankmallah, and then you have hamas, the group that's been in control of the gaza strip since 2006. and when you ask palestinians, man on the street interviews, getting a sense of how they feel about these two organizations, broadly they will say that fatah is a corrupt organization that works with the israelis and is stealing taxpayer a dollars from the palestinians and hamas is the only organization fighting on their behalf. they're not given a third option. and that is part of what both the israelis and americans are going to have to grapple with in the weeks, months and years ahead. this is the reality on the ground. hamas has popular support in gaza and the west bank, and this idea of putting in a third party government to control gaza isn't going to be accepted. don't take my word for it, take the images out of gaza this morning. there are parades of hamas fighters wearing the flag, the green headband of the brigades. people in the streets are cheering. they are viewing this cease fi

call it, to israel's military occupation and by comparison, their political rivals in the west bank, fatahty ineffective, they failed to improve people's lives economically, they failed to andy occupation. since the war started in gaza, hamas's popularity has faded, with people say hamas brought all the suffering in gaza but here in the west bank, it has surged. and those images today, they will see that stage my there i think. see that procedures rise further. you mentioned _ procedures rise further. you mentioned the _ procedures rise further. you mentioned the apparent conditions of some of these palestinian prisoners. what facilities are available for their health care post their time in israeli prisons? 0bviously, time in israeli prisons? obviously, there are hospitals, medicalfacilities in obviously, there are hospitals, medical facilities in the west bank. actually at the reception today when they arrived, there were a lot of ambulances on standby but everyone i saw coming out of the buses walked out of the buses before they were being hosted on people's shoulders. i do not see anyo

and by comparison, their political rivals in the west bank, fatah, who historically have been much moreasically pretty ineffective. they've failed to improve people's lives economically. they've failed to end the occupation. and when you look at polling, since the war started in gaza, hamas�*s popularity there has faded with maybe people saying, look, hamas brought all this suffering on the people of gaza. but here in the west bank, it has surged. and those images today, they will see that prestige rise further, i think. that's really interesting, jon. we talked earlier on about the israeli soldiers who were released and how they were taken to hospital for medical checks. you mentioned the apparent condition of some of these palestinian prisoners. what facilities are available for them, for their health care, post—theirtime in israeli prisons? well, obviously there are hospitals, medical facilities in the west bank. actually, at the reception today, when they arrived, there were a lot of ambulances on standby. but everyone i saw coming out of the buses walked out of the buses before the

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omar suleiman who was mubarak's vice president was negotiating between one group of palestinians, fatah and hamas, to bring them together with a reconciliation so they could have another election, the united states basically vetoed that whole process because israel preferred that they not be reunited. so, i don't have any feeling of success in what president obama has done in the middle east. i'm not here to criticize him, but you asked me, and i've told you the truth. my hope is, as i said in passing earlier, that the shake-up in egypt and the potential shake-up in other countries will cause some new flexibility, at least in addressing the issues with the entire international community agrees, that israel should withdraw from the west bank and east jerusalem except to modify the borders where the main settlements are, and that the palestinians should be given the right to have their own elections and choose their own people, and that palestine and israel should live in peace and harmony with a two-state solution. the impending threat now is a one-state solution, which means just one is

hamas, palestinian islamic jihad, and also fatah. and some 70 of them will not be allowed to the occupied west bank or the gaza. they will be deported to egypt. back to you. >> appreciate that. paula hancocks in abu dhabi, thank you so much. i want to bring in now jeremy diamond, who is live at hostage square in tel aviv. jeremy, the sight of so much emotion as the images of those four hostages being released was shown to the people there. take us through what you saw. >> again. yeah. people here have been following every twist and turn of. >> this release. >> from the moment when we. >> saw those first live images inside palestine square in gaza of hamas, you know, setting up the stage, setting the scene for this very dramatic, clearly propaganda filled release of these four captive israeli soldiers. we then saw as those four captives were released by hamas, were put on a stage first smiling and waving at the crowd that was there, clearly still very much under duress in their final moments of captivity. and then, as they were taken

supporters of the fatah, more progressive supporters, which critics would say is exactly why israel wouldever let him out. he is serving five life sentences. if he's going to be released in the second stage, we'll have to wait and see. >> and i'm glad you brought that up, because it's not a name that is familiar to everybody, but it is an important name, possibly in the future of a palestinian state. is there real potential discussion that marwan barghouti will be discussed? there'll be a discussion about his release in phase two, because most of the hard line israelis have said that's a nonstarter. >> you're right. i have spoken to israeli officials who have who have called for him to be released because they believe he is the only man who can bring security to israel because he would be able to lead a palestinian state and therefore bring security to israel. whether or not he'll be released. look, i can tell you from conversations i've had that hamas has in the past been very clear that they are committed to his release. he is high up there on their priority list. it surely would have b

omar suleiman who was mubarak's vice president was negotiating between one group of palestinians, fatah and hamas, to bring them together with a reconciliation so they could have another election, the united states basically vetoed that whole process because israel preferred that they not be reunited. so, i don't have any feeling of success in what president obama has done in the middle east. i'm not here to criticize him, but you asked me, and i've told you the truth. my hope is, as i said in passing earlier, that the shake-up in egypt and the potential shake-up in other countries will cause some new flexibility, at least in addressing the issues with the entire international community agrees, that israel should withdraw from the west bank and east jerusalem except to modify the borders where the main settlements are, and that the palestinians should be given the right to have their own elections and choose their own people, and that palestine and israel should live in peace and harmony with a two-state solution. the impending threat now is a one-state solution, which means just one is

reluctantly, but immediately after the election i did meet with with mahmoud abbas, who's the head of fatah and who's the president of the plo and the government. and i also met with a medical doctor in ramallah at the carter center headquarters, election headquarters, who is a medical doctor and who was elected as one of the members of the he's in prison now along with with most of the other ones who were elected to serve in the government of the hamas candidates. and the leaders there are israeli prisoners prisons now. but i met with him and one of my main things was why don't you recognize israel and get this stigma away from you all. and why don't you oh, why do you have terrorist activities? and he pointed out to me facts that have not been disputed by anyone that since august of thousand four, hamas has not conducted a terrorist act that resulted in the death of a single israeli citizen. this was a self-imposed ceasefire, which i call a hudna. and he said, we will extend this hudna to years, ten years, 50 years if the israelis will reciprocate. but to repeat myself, not a single israe

poll after poll shows that he has the support of both hamas supporters and fatah supporters, the more hamamdjian live for us in israel, though, danielle, thank you. joining us now, the henry kissinger distinguished professor at the johns hopkins university school of advanced international studies, as well as being a columnist for bloomberg opinion. hal brands, his new book is titled the eurasian century hot wars, cold wars, and the making of the modern world. how good to see you, daniel just well detailed the distrust that the families of these hostages have for the netanyahu government. these deals have been close before and have fallen apart. this does seem to be the closest yet. and we heard the reassuring words from admiral kirby a few moments ago. but give us your assessment of the lay of the land, and walk us through the pockets of resistance that netanyahu is facing within his own coalition. can he get by them for a number of months? >> the big challenge politically in israel was that netanyahu would would perhaps lose the support of the farthest right members of his own coalit

and of course, it's not just hamas, it's of course, fatah of the palestinian authority on the west bankd this is where netanyahu, likud are very, very worried. they're worried particularly about one man, which is marwan barghouti, who is a charismatic figure. he's a brilliant man. he's in on terrorism charges for murder. he's been in for a long time. but he and his cousin who is out are very, very powerful forces. there are new political force or new ish. and the israeli. right. i mean, the mainstream democratic right, like likud, for example, the likud bloc of benjamin netanyahu seem to be very worried about about this element. so it's back to your point. there are so many known unknowns. they're not unknown unknowns. they're not unknown unknowns. they're not unknown unknowns. they're known unknowns about this. and then we can go into the whole security picture, which is just simply dreadful. >> why is it then that when we have these and we've seen it over many years, and when israel release prisoners in return, in these sort of deals, there is always a huge number released. and then t

here, hamas's rival fatah, day or the yellow flags, they want to show that they are behind their palestiniant the release of these prisoners, and another 1600 prisoners will be released in this deal, it gives a boost to the popularity of hamas in the west bank. we can 'ust of hamas in the west bank. we can just see _ of hamas in the west bank. we canjust see the bus fare. this can just see the bus fare. this is an emotional moment for those families. some of those prisoners have been held for 38 years. prisoners have been held for 38 ears. , ., �* , prisoners have been held for 38 ears. , . �* , , years. yes, that's right. these eo - le years. yes, that's right. these people at _ years. yes, that's right. these people at the _ years. yes, that's right. these people at the front _ years. yes, that's right. these people at the front of - years. yes, that's right. these people at the front of the - years. yes, that's right. these people at the front of the bus, you can see some red cross staff. behind them, any moment now, you will see prisoners getting off. there will be emotional scenes. we i