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presence in gaza, 13,000 personnel. the agency is critical for supporting operation and the ceasefire. and yet, in two days, our operation is occupied palestine territory will be crippled as legislation passed by this takes effect. at stake is the fate of millions of palestinians, the ceasefire and the prospect for political solution that brings lasting peace and security. mr. president, in the wake of the ceasefire, we must contend with the devastation of the last 15 months and the enormity of the challenges ahead. the peer reviewed study of this traumatic reveals that the mortality figures provided by the ministry of health is a minimal estimate. 46,000 deaths is likely an undercount by 40% and the study consumes that the majority are women, children and the elderly. escaped by bombardment, death and disease. tens of thousands of people are now returning to north to search for the living and to bury the dead. palestinians are returning to unrwa. curtailing our operation now outside the political process and when trust

in northern gaza.orary relocation is usually provocative —— provocative there from president trump. indeed and it shows how ignorant he is of the conflict especially for palestinians whose whole stories refugee hood. so even at a practical level, i have friends here in the us, gazans in the us that and i want to move back to gaza. so clearly he does not have an understanding of what the land needs to palestinians. as the reporter said, he thinks of it as real estate, he does not think of how someone could be attached to a land because of its history. we be attached to a land because of its history.— of its history. we have gotten use to president _ of its history. we have gotten use to president trump - of its history. we have gotten use to president trump and l of its history. we have gotten. use to president trump and his previous term saying things off of the cuff, you say he may not be serious and has not bought theirs through, but these sorts of comments can have repercussions —— not thought this

gaza's displaced a still homeless even after coming home.outside was divided by military checkpoints, now plays of reunions. israeli soldiers withdrawn, replaced by familiar faces. the impact of this truce is taking hold, but talks are extending it into a permanent cease-fire, talks on gaza's future have not yet begun. for gazans, the road back home is open, but the path ahead is unclear. caitriona: for now come around the world and across the u.k., this is bbc news. ♪ ♪ you are very welcome. monday marked day one on the job for a new defense secretary pete hegseth. things kicked off at the pentagon, though his nomination last week was the most divisive split in years, and his approval only came after vice president jd vance cast the deciding vote in a 51-50 count in the senate late on friday night. he outlined his and the president's priorities, including border security in his response to several executive orders to come. pete hegseth: i fully support removing dei at the pentagon, iron dome for america. this is happening quickly, and as th

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in charge of gaza?rge of gaza? he: has not articulated any kind of clear plan or vision for that, the israeli government has vicariously resisted any plan or vision for that either, it's possible this kind of insecure and very harmful limbo gaza now find itself and could endure for quite some time. jeremy, thank you _ for quite some time. jeremy, thank you for _ for quite some time. jeremy, thank you for your _ thoughts and insight. that's jeremy konyndyk. president of refugees international. 0n there's a battle brewing between the us and colombia een the us and colombia over president trump's policies on immigration and deportation. colombia has ordered 25% tariffs on us imports, in response to trump's earlier threats of tariffs, travel bans, and sanctions. it all began when the country blocked us military deportation flights carrying around 80 migrants. president trump said his retaliatory measures are... colombia's foreign ministry says they are now making a presidential plane available for the retur

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fully supported to have access to gaza and enable to enter gaza and operate in gaza. >> so the ceasefire between israel and hamas. there is quite a complicated relationship also also between your government and hamas. you said your government should be invested in doing more. how do you view that in light of the complicated relationship we know between your government and hamas? >> as a person in government today and also as a mother and regular palestinian gaza was -- only natural today that it goes back to the core, and the core is today whether we like it or not is the palestinian authority. and the palestinian authority has left gaza. during the war, many of the staff in education in water and like that were paid by the palestinian authority they have continued to work. it would be challenging to mobilize everybody. but it's doable. because once you have people already working and this is what we would be working on. >> are you optimistic because the plan has three stages. yes. >> are you optimistic we can get there. >> it is not a choice or option. we can't resort top hopelessness o

we amounts to ethnic cleansing of the gaza strip.— the gaza strip.e gaza strip. we don't know what president donald - the gaza strip. we don't know what president donald trump| what president donald trump meant by the words, we can only play the words themselves, on the wider issue you have been involved in the hostage negotiations in the first phase of this party will come hostage we still, israel has accused hamas of not releasing a certain civilian and failing to provide the agreed list of the status of the remaining hostages. how difficult is it at this time where there are still negotiations going on, and how did he actually work, you having been part of them? it is a dangerous period right now because the ceasefire is very fragile, the list of names, the condition of the remaining hostages, 26 hostages that are supposed to be released in the first 42 days according to the agreement that was reached with the help of qatar and the united states. there are a total of 90 hostages left in gaza, the remaining supposed to be released in phase two, neg

israeli bombardments have reduced much of gaza to rubble. mr trump's comments will be seen as unacceptable by palestinians, who see gaza as their homeland, and by arab countries, which reject the forced displacement of people. hamas says it will oppose plans and islamichhad says it will encourage war crimes. but they are already being welcomed by far—right israeli politicians, some of whom want to restore jewish settlements there. let's take a listen to what mr trump said. i'm looking at the whole gaza strip right now- and it's a mess. you would like jordan to take people? _ you would like jordan to take people? i'd like jordan- to house people from gaza to take people. i'd like egypt to take people. i'm meeting with... i'm talking to the general- tomorrow sometime, i believe. and i'd like egypt to take people. l and i'd like jordan to take j people, because, i mean, you're talking about probably a million and a half— people, and we just clean out that whole thing. - it's... over the centuries, it's. many, many conflicts on that site. and i

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first glimpses of post—war gaza.ning to meet the red cross van in gaza, rafe alfare�*s niece and nephew, with their mother. "it's been 20 years," she said. "my brother. my heart." but the homecoming of those displaced by the war here was delayed. blocked by israeli forces after israel accused hamas of breaching the deal by not releasing a civilian female hostage held by another militia group. then panic as shots were fired. israel doesn't allow outside journalists in to operate independently from gaza, but reports suggest one man was killed and others injured. israel's army said it fired warning shots into the air. across the border, 15 months of waiting ended. in the relief of hugging a parent holding a child. their return also a reminder of 90 hostages still held in gaza. for them, this isjust the beginning in a long and precarious road home. lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv. earlier, my colleague nick beake spoke to michael levy, who's the brother of hostage 0r levy. or and his wife, eynav, arrived at the super

israeli bombardments have reduced much of gaza to rubble. would oppose any plan to relocate palestinians, and islamichhad called the proposal "deplorable". but the us president's comments were immediately welcomed by far—right israeli politicians, some of whom want to restore jewish settlements there. here's what president trump told reporters on air force one. i'm looking at the whole gaza strip right now- and it's a mess. you would like jordan to house people? i'd like egypt to take people. i'm talking to general el—sisi . tomorrow sometime, i believe. and i'd like egypt to take people. l and i'd like jordan to take j people, because, i mean, you're talking about probably a million and a half— people, and we just clean out that whole thing. - it's... over the centuries, it's many, many conflicts on that site. i and i don't know, something has to happen, but it's literally- a demolition site right now. almost everything is demolished and people are dying there. - so i'd rather get involved with some of the arab i nations and build housing a

these are the live pictures from gaza.e have seen long lines of people walking along the coast road; there are a few vehicles, but many appear to be carrying their possessions on their back. some have told reporters that they do not know if their homes are still standing. the movement of people was due to start over the weekend under the ceasefire deal — but it was delayed, after israel accused hamas of not releasing an israeli civilian hostage. this is the hostages — arbel yehud. she wasn't freed on saturday when four women soldiers were. hamas says it will now release ms yehud and two other hostages on thursday, followed by three more on saturday. in other developments, egypt has rejected any attempt to relocate palestinians from gaza, after us president donald trump said he'd like to see more than a million of gaza's residents taken in by other arab nations. he told reporters that the strip was "literally a demolition site" and suggested it be �*cleaned out'. let's ta ke let's take you to auschwitz and my colleague lucy

for them — this isjust held in gaza. for them — this is just the held in gaza.e beginning in held in gaza. for them — this is just the beginning in a held in gaza. for them — this isjust the beginning in a long and precarious road home. our correspondent nick beake was in tel aviv where the families gathered to celebrate the latest release of hostages. all through saturday, hundreds of people have been coming to this place. they call it hostage square. there was great jubilation at the start when they saw on the big screen the images of the four women being freed and then being reunited with their families. what's going on now is that there's a rally and on the big screen are the images of the other hostages who have not yet been released. there are about 90 of them. it's thought about a third have died. theirfamilies are saying they won't give up their fight until everyone has been returned to israel. there was one complication in this prisoner swap today and that was the fact that for the past week or so, it had been widely reported in the israeli media that a

these are the live pictures from gaza.ve seen long lines of people streaming along the coast road — some in vehicles, others carrying their possessions on their back. over the weekend, thousands of palestinians who had hoped to be allowed back home had gathered at the military barrier which had been blocking the route. the israeli authorities had made the return of tens of thousands of palestinians to the north conditional on the release of an israeli civilian hostage. you civilian hostage. can see this sheer scale of the you can see this sheer scale of the numbers of people on the road here. what happened is that by seven o'clock this morning local time, 5am gmt, this is when the crossing open, one which has allowed people to cross on fit. at 90 m, there will be an opening allowing people to cross in cars, but there's not much room for vehicles. nobody knows what to expect when people get back. we have seen from drawing pictures of the ceasefire began, much of gaza has been reduced to rubble. you can see people carrying t

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this is central gaza today.inians who'd been told they'd be able to head north to what remains of their homes. but israel is blocking their way, accusing hamas of breaking the terms of this fragile ceasefire deal. so they wait with all they still possess. another moment of uncertainty in 15 months of war. among them, umm wael abu jarad, desperate to find her husband's body still buried in the rubble. translation: the checkpoint is still closed. _ only god knows how much time it will take for the checkpoint to open. when we cross, we will still see the destruction that took place. and we will retrieve those who are buried under the rubble. this is israeli civilian hostage arbel yehud, who's being held in gaza. israel says it won't open the checkpoint until her release is arranged. hamas says she will be freed next weekend. president trump has now described gaza as a "demolition site" and talked about "cleaning out" the territory. it's brought accusations he was suggesting ethnic cleansing. the president said he'd

their return also a reminder of 90 hostages still held in gaza. this isjust the beginning in a long and precarious road home. lucy williamson, bbc news, tel aviv. for more, i spoke with lucy williamson a short while ago. those israeli hostages have now been released, tell us more about how the exchange played out and what more we know about their condition? in out and what more we know about their condition?— their condition? in many ways this was up — their condition? in many ways this was up to _ their condition? in many ways this was up to a _ their condition? in many ways this was up to a point - their condition? in many ways this was up to a point quite i their condition? in many ways this was up to a point quite a | this was up to a point quite a smooth exchange of prisoners between hamas and israel. we saw hamas very much in control of the crowd in a gaza city, setting up a special podium, really controlling the crowd, banners strung up in preparation, the cameras were rolling, and then the four women were brought out of the hamas vehicles

aid is getting in to northern gaza. have been backed up on the borderfor several months. it is basic food aid, shelter items. we can get food aid in, shelter items is going to take a bit more time. we need other sorts of things for this to happen, rubble needs to be removed, people need to be able to access their buildings safely so we need mine clearance experts to court and off the area, carry out assessments. we also need basic such as water supply to be re—established. can ijust quickly come in 20 seconds, you are due to have that macro is anybody going to step in and take the role? rhys scale of what _ step in and take the role? rhys scale of what we _ step in and take the role? rhys scale of what we do, _ step in and take the role? rhys scale of what we do, it - step in and take the role? rhys scale of what we do, it is - step in and take the role? rhys scale of what we do, it is not i scale of what we do, it is not possible to replace. we have 8000 un staff working every single day, 25 times more than the rest of

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what we think is going to happen in gaza. thank you very much for your reporting and i'll go straight to the gaza strip. because else is there a startup with whom is live from park? you're outside the european hospital, which is in southern gaza in hon. eunice, what are you expecting there? am i right that you are expecting policy and prisoners to arrive there soon? yes sir, is i'm right now in the european hospitality in the city of han eunice in the southern parts of the gaza strip. this is the location where the palestinian released prisoners will be delivered to in order to be subject to to initial medical checks before they could be re united the gun with the family members. we are expecting their arrival at any moment. soon as the families are waiting at the other end of the hospital patiently to be over united again with them. but still now we kind of stuff on the ground. different sorts of preparations made by the international committee of the red cross, which is responsible for delivering there is a palestinian pres

palestinians being forced out of gaza. ., ~ ., of gaza. nick, thank you for brinttin of gaza.or bringing us _ of gaza. nick, thank you for bringing us up-to-date - of gaza. nick, thank you for bringing us up-to-date on | bringing us up—to—date on developments. let's turn out to lebanon. the health ministry has accused the israeli army of farragut residents who were trying to return to the the south of the country. israel's military missed today's deadline to leave the area, as a 60—day ceasefire deal expired. it has not said how long its forces will stay in lebanon. both israeli troops and hezbollah fighters were supposed to have completed their respective withdrawals. let's cross live to beirut and join our correspondent there, hugo bachega. just bring us up to date with what we've heard about these deaths. 50 what we've heard about these deaths. , ., deaths. so this morning right after this deadline _ deaths. so this morning right after this deadline expired, l deaths. so this morning right. after this deadline expired, we saw some dramatic images of thousands of residents t

these are the live pictures from gaza.ve seen long lines of people streaming along the coast road and the towns. some are in vehicles, others carrying their possessions on their back. over the weekend, thousands of palestinians who had hoped to be allowed back home had gathered at the military barrier which had been blocking their route. the israeli authorities had made the return of tens of thousands of palestinians to the north conditional on the release of an israeli civilian hostage, arbel yehud. she wasn't freed on saturday. for other women soldiers were freed then. four other women soldiers were freed then. hamas says it will now release ms yehud and two other hostages on thursday, followed by three more on saturday. in other developments, egypt has rejected any attempt to relocate palestinians from gaza, after us president donald trump said he'd like to see more than a million of gaza's residents taken in by other arab nations. he told reporters that the strip was "literally a demolition site" and suggested it be "c

i know you work with children in particular, including children in gaza. you are joining us from, you stumbled today, but you've been to the strip multiple times during this war. can you bring us a little bit behind the scenes of how something like this works? we know that there have been thousands of people thousands, right? this is the w h o saying there's thousands of people who need care. we need to leave the strip because there is care that they need that they can't get inside the strip. how does this then kind of get worked out on who gets to go as well. actually, cyril, there's more than 12000 people who are on this list are waiting medical evacuation, and among them are 2500 children who actually need to be able to emergency leave. because a strict on, when we say emergency, and these are, you know, children, individuals who either need treatment to quite simply save their life or their ones that need urgent treatment to ensure that their condition does not deteriorate and put their life at risk. there's an entire system, it's very clunky, it's qui

they were held captive in gaza for nearly 500 days. bibas was captured with his wife and two young sons in october 2023, his youngest only nine months old when he was taken. at this time, it is not clear whether his wife and his children are alive. as for american keith segal, his family released an emotional statement this morning saying in part that they are, quote, filled with indescribable excitement. finally, after 484 long, terrifying days and nights full of immense worry for our father, we can breathe again. as we begin this hour, we are waiting for keith segal to be reunited with his family. nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian joins us now from tel aviv. yasmin, tell us you spent some time with keith. >> segal's family. >> what did they tell you? how are they feeling? yeah. >> they were. >> incredibly emotional. we were at the kibbutz where some of his family members and friends actually live, about 30 minutes outside of tel aviv. we were there. >> early this. >> morning. emotional, happy. >> elated. >> cautiously optimis

israel doesn't allow international journalists into gaza.iamson working with local camera teams set as this report from jerusalem. lucy: for 15 months, home was a place gazans carried inside them. whatever else they carried, whatever they lost. today, the road home was reopened. reclaimed. remembered all made nomads of gaza's people. this journey is the one they waited to make. he was walking slowly. his granddaughter's pace. family survivors, old and young. >> i collected her father in pieces from khan younis. thank god, i am crying from happiness. i don't want anything except to enter my land. lucy: more than half a million people were displaced from northern gaza during the war. some of those returning now fearful of what home will look like. others who don't remember it all. >> my feeling is indescribable. what am i expecting? we will see the same destruction we have seen here. there is no alternative. we are going from emptiness to emptiness. lucy: this is the home many returned to. satellite images suggest three quarters of gaza city's

being released back into the gaza. and there are also palestinians for the 1st time, are being allowed in months, are being allowed to cross out of the gaza strip into egypt to receive critical medical care with all these going on is it, are you able to describe the overall move in gaza right now well virginia is that most fee and you guys are right now sir, is, is a mix of relief, excitement and grief for those people who have been separated from the loved ones to get treatment outside the gaza strip at the moment in the ruthie. and so the, uh, the general sentiment i can see on the outside in the eyes of everyone here is extreme level of happiness. people are right now. ok, chanting sign up, right thing. there are just trying to perform national music and every one of them for, for them today is a day of celebration. we can see the level of joy on devices in the eyes of elderly women, children, and men who came today's here to be re unite to the guns with the family members. you can hear the back of ground. the sound

dw news live from berlin militants in gaza. say they will hand over and is really civilian woman before the next hostage, prisoner swap israel and says, our ability of food must be released before it will allow displace gardens to return to the north. tens of thousands of palestinians are left waiting, desperate to return to what's left of their homes. also coming up, donald trump suggests, quote, cleaning out palestinians from the gaza strip to be re settled in egypt and jordan hardliners in israel. welcome the idea and exit polls in bella, roost as presidential elections give, alexander lucas franco, over 87 percent of the vote. the opposition is calling it. break the i. melissa china, thanks for joining us. the palestinian islamic jihad group in gaza says it will release is really civilian hostage, our bell, your food before the next plan hostage, prisoners swap with israel, according to the israel ha ceasefire agreement. rebellious food should have been released by his loss on saturday. but who must delayed their release ov

literally in in gaza city by the port of gaza. we understand, and it seems that at any minute now, we are going to be seeing that handover of keith siegel to the red cross before he is taken to that handover to israeli forces. and so what we're seeing kim today is a real contrast to what happened on thursday. those chaotic, shocking scenes that took place with the handover of hostages, including the release of arbel yehoud, that young woman who was made to walk through large crowds. and you could see how terrified she looked as she was escorted by the militants who handed her over. and that is something that infuriated and shocked so many in israel. and we saw the reaction from the israeli government, where they delayed the release of palestinian prisoners on that day, waiting for assurances, they said, from the mediators, qatar and egypt, to ensure that those scenes would not be repeated. we also heard the warnings yesterday from israeli officials saying that they have made clear that unless they see a very different scene today,

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the start of the war and gaza. but the violence also stepped up in the west bank, and now it appears to be stepped up. once again, we will continue to follow this and bring you more details. more information on this as an when we get it now is real, has also launched in the air striking central gaza the target at a car, enjoying at least 4 people. that attack happened on our rashid road, used by palestinians returning to their homes in northern guys. if this is the aftermath is really media says the vehicle was trying to cross into northern gaza without being checked. it's a number of sick and injured palestinians and gaza boarding buses to leave the besieged strip for treatment abroad. the roof of border crossing with egypt is opening for a 2nd day with israel's approval. it's part of the agreement to allow for medical evacuation. we'll cover all of this uh, with our correspondence across the strip. in a moment. we'll be talking to target bloom and rossa 1st. so let's go to honey mountain with your in gaza city. h

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very childs to the gaza strip. but what we can completely see in the repeated hospitals is ongoing preparations made to by the i c r c. incorporation with garza's health ministry regarding preparing medical points to conduct a different source of medical checks for a palestinian prisoners who are scheduled to be released today. what we are witnessing is a remarkable sort of sort of delayed for the release of those prisoners as they have no further details about the tool. now the faith are they going to be released today or even to a be to late to late hours of today is not like i'd be back around at the end of that road. the families of palestinian prisoners was scheduled to be released today are still anxiously and desperately waiting for the return of the of their id folder, a family members of from these very jails and are waiting for all posted in prisoners to be free. today, if there's a grubbing sentiment of decision regarding the collapse of that a release today, and it might be delayed following the scenes

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