qatar is a major hamas financier. qatar blames israel for hamas attack on october 7.ystem are friends at the foundation for the defense and democracy. qatar has leaders, qatar host a political office in delhi which only now just closed. qatar amplifies hamas messaging on the state on al jazeera but yes it is owned by qatar. back to masa political takeover in gaza in 2007. qatar patronage has not moderated hamas. qatar was suspended by the gulf cooperation council over its ties to terrorism in 2017 saudi arabia, uae, by rain, several ties back then with qatar. qatar host large number of u.s. troops while we reestablish our lease there with qatar i will never know. they are trying to play at both sides. they play politicians and america. they bought billionaires in america. they bought several special interest in america. they bought sporting events but look at us, aren't we great? no you are not great for their funding anti-semitic organizations in our country and our colleges and universities. yes, qatar is a terrorist supporting regime that is moderating in this deal

obviously, hamas was taking 0bviously, hamas was taking advantage of the day.rds, hamas is trying to say that everyone is talking about, but we are here, we have seen today the military men in uniform, they look good. they were doing a lot of messaging, the first message was being sent to the israelis themselves, that the government argument that hamas was on the brink of defeat is totally baseless, given the variety and number of people showing up for the handover of the captives. so this is a very important message because they want the israeli public to realise that hamas if it is impossible and the only way forward is by putting out of pressure on the israeli government to continue the ceasefire. but israeli government to continue the ceasefire.— the ceasefire. but how successfully _ the ceasefire. but how successfully do - the ceasefire. but how successfully do think l the ceasefire. but how - successfully do think hamas and katina ceasefire on their part of course, we have this obstacle policy and is awaiting to be able to return all but the israeli gover

the destruction of hamas will be decided if hamas decides to break the deal in phase two. and with trump and mike waltz, the new national security advisor behind israel, moving forward and not biden, i think that israel is not going to hesitate and trump will let israel do whatever it needs to do to crush hamas if they falter. one hair. that's where i'm at with this. >> rabbi. would you agree with that, that it is a different paradigm now with president trump about to move into the white house, does that make a difference here? >> i hope so, because, i mean, i hope that, you know, he's never going to go and say i'll hold back, you know, weapons, etc. but the big question that a lot of people are asking, if it all boils down to we release, let's say, 200, 300, 3000 prisoners and we would have gotten all the hostages out. why didn't we do this over 400 days ago? palestinians didn't have to die. jews didn't have to die. you wouldn't have people crippled today. if this is all that it really took. so was it really a deal for the hostages, or was israel also trying to go and say

they want us to go, oh, look, we're strong hamas. we control hamas. and what we did, hamas was against israeli soldiers. they took four women. five, as i said in pjs, aside from the 16 other women that they murdered on that day on the base. and i'm just talking about that. so in that change of what they're doing is they're trying to control the visual moment. and kim, that means a lot. we're talking on tv afterwards. they're going to be clips. everybody's going to show the clip of the four women on uniform, and i want them to show the clip of the five women on that day, as i said, in pjs. and they're not giving back the civilians. it makes me wonder what happened to the civilians. are they alive? are they dead? they want to control that moment, and they're going to try and continue to do so as it goes on. and it's part of our own resilience in israel that we need to stay strong, because we need to get them back. and we're paying a very heavy price. the price that we're paying in as far as the the tried and sentenced terrorists that are in jail, that a

hamas is in the west bank, hamas is in the prisons hamas actually is wherever there are palestinians specifically in you, jordan and lebanon and syria and the gulf as there are other palestinian political trends you know, fatah still has the popular front for, the liberation of palestine has supporters. but if you're talking about the situation in gaza or the west bank today, they have joint operations, movements, sorry, joint operations rooms between the activist members of all of these organizations. so the situation is much more complex than what, you know, if if we're like a some ill informed senator up here and say, you know well, just got to support israel as. they as they demolish and destroy hamas in gaza you know that is just a recipe for the continuation. what i i think having studied a lot of genocides around the world that is a genocide and you know the way to end this through getting an iron clad lasting ceasefire. thank you. so rami, i'm going to turn to you. you know, the other word you mentioned besides humiliation was resistance. and a word that's come up a lot in, t

hamas's strategy is doubly monstrous. mustafa barghouti is not hamas.s also part of political factions that are utterly hated, despised and deeply unpopular in the palestinian population. if we go to the elections, he's called for, which i am not opposed to it, will be clarifying hamas would win a sweeping victory and will be the destruction of gaza. you cannot rebuild gaza if hamas takes over. >> stay with us. we we have to go for a break. next on gps. we are expecting president biden to speak on the events in the middle east, and we'll be following all the new developments on the hostage release. when we come back in a moment i lay on my back, frozen, thinking the darkest thoughts, and then everything changed. >> dana said, you're still you and i love you, super man. >> the christopher reeve story. february. >> greatness hurts, but sometimes you gotta put on your game face. that's why tylenol provides fast, effective pain relief. >> that tylenol that's care without limits. >> here's to getting better with age. >> here's to bee's these two every thursd

i think it is a win for hamas? i think it is a win for hamas especially _ hamas?n for hamas especially here in - hamas? i think it is a win for hamas especially here in the west bank. basically, you cannot understate how big an issue prisoners is for palestinians here. almost every family will have a relative who at some time has been detained in israeli prison. there are thousands of palestinian presence, thousands who have been detained in the past 15 months of the war started on october seven, 2023. 1000 or 0ctober seven, 2023. 1000 or more who have been detained from gaza. so those images today of those prisoners being held aloft on people's shoulders, that is a win for hamas because it enables them to say, look, we are getting these prisoners out, we are the only legitimate resistance, as they would call it, to israel's military occupation and by comparison, their political rivals in the west bank, fatah, who have historically been more popular, they are seen as basically pretty ineffective, they failed to improve people's lives economically, they failed to a

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 strength from hamas itself. and these pictures will also be watched very closely by those in israel. there are four israeli women, as you say, that are expected to be handed back to their families today. this is the the second hostage release

who would fill the gap if hamas _ the issue of hamas.hamas were not l fill the gap if hamas were not in charge in the gaza strip? this is one of the problems. the israelis for their own reasons, mostly because it's politically controversial inside israel, the prime minister has not specified what he wants except to say he does not want hamas to be there and he does not want the palestinian authority which is the other palestinian body which is based on the west bank, he does not want them either. the difficulty with all of that is what is the alternative? is it a long—running israeli occupation? no, if they respect the terms of the ceasefire because in the second phase that rights in israel pulling out and someone has to run the territory. while there are arab countries who have said they would get involved and fun things, not least the united arab emirates, the fact is they are also attaching to that the rider that there has to be at the same time concrete progress, irrevocable progress towards palestinian self—determination, in other w

hamas cannot rule. and if you look at phase two of that, of that deal, the cease fire deal, hamas is not supposed to rule. that's supposed to be part of the ongoing agreement. and if they are, if they continue to be in power, then israel goes back in. and so really, i think this comes down to how do we get all of the international partners involved on a macro level, to be able to come in to gaza and whatever, and the west bank and begin to properly start to reset this region, is it doable? the arabs and the jews have lived together in peace, but this is a much larger political conversation that's going to involve millions and millions of dollars in good players. >> we were able here in america to change real quick, rabbi, real quick. we were able to change. a lot of americans here that were democrats were able to vote for trump. in other words, you're able to get a good message. things can change drip by drip. we can't give up on the new education. >> okay. rabbi haim mentioned aaron cohen, pleasure to

hamas. we don't know what instructions they've given to those prisoners that are being perhaps forced to speak, but right now you can see their jubilation as they give high fives, as they give thumbs up, smiling clearly ecstatic to finally be moments away from release. but again, this is a we want to emphasize the the positivity of their release without necessarily, uh, you know, giving too much credence, i guess, to the the propaganda message that is, is clearly being sent here by hamas as they're paraded in front of the world. but we saw there a very happy moment, at least while they were being, uh, you know, giving high fives and being photographed as they were released. now we see them being escorted to those red cross vehicles. paula, uh, take me through what you are seeing here and the significance of this as we see them getting finally into those vehicles and what happens to them right now? >> well, one point to mention, kim, is the fact that they were all in army uniforms. this was c

hamas and islamic jihad are clearly making a show out of this release. of these three, i excuse me, four women who are currently now in the hands of the red cross. we've been watching this live. thousands of people gathered in palestine square in gaza city. this is an area where israeli forces operated for months, and now hamas is organized. they have fighters there wearing green headbands. we're looking at these images here of the red cross vehicles leaving the square after briefly, we saw these four israeli hostages, four former israeli soldiers who were taken on october 7th. they are waving and smiling again. they have been forced to do this by hamas, but an indication they are indeed alive and they are in good enough health to be able to walk. we see a split screen and many of the channels that are covering this. people gathered in hostage square here in tel aviv to celebrate the release of these four israeli soldiers. and then that other side inside gaza, where the red cross vehicles are leaving the square. again, this is a moment of relief for the

another show of force by hamas, its fighters lining up by the ruins in gaza city.oss 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 sight. it _ palestine square. at first sight, it doesn't - palestine square. at first i sight, it doesn't necessarily see what is going on. in terms of body and soul.— of body and soul. many are still anxious _ of body and soul. many are still anxious among - of body and soul. many are still anxious among the - of body and soul. many are - still anxious among the crowd. everywhere here, there are signs, reminders of the dozens of israelis st

but hamas says that thatis hostage. but hamas says that that is due to happen next week.actly was the ceasefire deal asking? and we get the answer here? certainly there are lots _ get the answer here? certainly there are lots of _ get the answer here? certainly there are lots of stipulations . there are lots of stipulations as part of the ceasefire deal which we know was months in the making. there are a lot of hurdles to overcome and eventually they got there. the ceasefire deal is holding a bait it is very fragile. the whole idea is that civilians are released before soldiers and that women are released before men. as part of this here in israel over the last week so there has been speculation that they would be a civilian released in this latest exchange. what happened last night is that hamas give the forenames of the women and their soldiers from the same unit. so at the israeli government has been saying todayis government has been saying today is that yes, they allowed this to go ahead today but actually hamas had not been keeping the side of the bargain and as a c

hamas on october 7th was an organized military formation.invaded israel with 3500 troops with military formations, combat brigades. it is no longer able to do that. . it does not have military capacity. >> that argues that israel has done something that may backfire on them in terms of the humanitarian situation that has allowed to continue to recruit. >> i spent hours with prime minister netanyahu. this is a deal he fully supports. they agree, there's a moral debt to these hostages. you have to get them out. israel is going to make sure it protects its national security and we're going to make sure we do that. margaret, we got that deal without that wider middle east war that everyone was predicting. americans did not get drawn into a wider middle east war. we supported israel against hezbollah. we supported israel going after hamas. we have defanged the proxies around the nation. that led to get the deal today. that's how we got to this point. >> okay. i have to take a break here, brett. don't mean to cut you off. we will have more questio

now, according to hamas, the gaza hamas run health ministry, more than 46,000 palestinians have been killed during this 15 month conflict. >> jonathan chanley painter, thank you so much. joining us now, aaron cohen. he's an israeli special ops veteran and host of the aaron cohen show on youtube. and rabbi haim mintz, also with us once again, rabbi. so we now know, according to the hamas statement, that they are releasing 24 year old rami ganin. and i apologize if i'm pronouncing any of these names incorrectly. 27 year old emily damari and 31 year old doron steinbrecher. you've spent time with families of the hostages, rabbi. how how did they begin to process this? because obviously you have three overjoyed families this morning, but you've got around 100 others still going through the agony of not knowing 100%. >> so those that have the these three names coming out, those families right now, they're going like this. oh my gosh. oh my gosh. i mean they're making a blessing. hattieville native. we just heard great news for the other ones. the pain still goes, but they may be seeing som

they abandon hamas. today in lebanon, there is a new president and prime minister, both of whom support a sovereign lebanon without hezbollah running the show or claiming any part in it. we are moving iran -- iran is in the weakest position in decades after the u.s. military helped defend israel from a rainy and missiles and supported israel's military response. look across the region. in lebanon there is an opportunity for a future free from the grip of hezbollah. in syria, a future free from assad. for the palestinian people, and incredible path to a state of their own and for the region, a future of normalization and integration of israel with all of its arab nations including saudi arabia. we've had many difficult days since hamas began this war. we've encountered roadblocks and setbacks that we have not given up. a special thanks to my team, particularly brett mcgurk who spent weeks and months working nonstop to reach this deal, many of those weeks and months out of the country. today's a cease-fire

by dozens of armed hamas fighters.nce back in israel, the women were reunited with their loved ones. the soldiers were captured in the october 7th attack 15 months ago. they were seized from an army base on the border with gaza. israel has accused hamas of breaching the terms of the ceasefire because female civilian hostage arbel yehud was not included in saturday's release — and has delayed the planned return of displaced palestinians to northern gaza. now on bbc news, newscast. laura, you've been mixing with a beatle. yeah, not like a, like an earwig or something. yeah, a real beatle, an actual beatle. like a living legend beatle, a musician beatle, yes. much to my surprise, if you'd said to me last weekend, "what are you doing this week?", i would not have said, well, "i'm going to "end up interviewing sir paul mccartney." but yes, we ended up interviewing sir paul mccartney, which was, yeah, even for a crusty old sceptical hack, it was incredibly exciting, and i felt incredibly lucky to meet him. yeah. surreal. tha

i am hamas. iam in hamas. i am in hostage square in tel aviv, where families are counting down to the moment when they hope their loved ones will heading home. dozens of people have been injured in a accident at the astun ski resort in spain. thousands of people are expected to join a let us bring you some news that has been developing here in tel aviv in the last 1.5 hours, or so. there has been a stabbing in tel aviv on a coastal road, with reports saying that a man stabbed another, he was taken to hospital and is in a serious condition. the attacker was shot by a passer—by. these are live pictures from the scene. you can see the security presence there, and the presence there, and the presence of a lot of police vehicles, following that incident. we are getting some reports that the attacker was a 19—year—old resident of the west bank, that is the part of the palestinian territory that is not gaza and does not run by hamas, and he was here without an identity card, without legal basis to be here. he was sho

the weakening of hezbollah and hamas.— hezbollah and hamas. probably man to hezbollah and hamas.ly many top iranian politicians i many top iranian politicians feel unsafe after he was assassinated in iran. the hamas leader. that is one day after the iranian president was inaugurated. he was targeted and killed in tehran. after that, another target by the israelis. and now these supreme judges have been assassinated. a former intelligence minister wants —— so high up the level of iranian intelligence, that all official should be scared for their lives.— all official should be scared for their lives. thank you. to ukraine now. _ the authorities in kyiv say at least three people have been killed in overnight russian strikes. the first blast happened in central kyiv before the air raid siren had sounded, and further explosions then shook the ukrainian capital. russia says it hit a military—industrial site which designs and manufacturers long—range rockets. president zelensky says residential buildings, a metro station, shops and cafes have been damaged. there are also reports of wate

by dozens of armed hamas fighters. attack 15 months ago. they were seized from an army base on the border with gaza. israel has accused hamas of breaching the terms of the ceasefire because female civilian hostage arbel yehud was not included in saturday's release — and has delayed the planned return of displaced palestinians to northern gaza. now on bbc news, newscast.

hamas' long time leader sinwar was killed and hamas' longest supporter iran launched attacks in israel and those attacks failed after my administration organized a coalition of nations to stop them. after i ordered the u.s. ships and planes to come to israel's defense, it shaped israel's strong and calibrated response, in destroying iran's air defenses and avoiding aest came la tore cycle of an -- escalatory cycle of an all out war. and then hezbollah and other of hamas' strongest backers was significantly weakened on the battlefield and leadership was destroyed. with our support, israel negotiated a cease-fire with them and after that, lebanon finally elected a new president who is not beholden to hezbollah. and can begin a new chapter for the lebanese people. all told, these developments in the region which the united states helped to shape changed the equation and so now the terror network that once protected and sustained hamas is far weaker p. iran is weaker. iran is weaker than it has been in decades. hezbollah is badly degraded. after 15 months of war, thousands of hamas fighter

instead, he's made a deal with hamas.on: our message l is very clear, that a ceasefire deal is a surrender to hamas. we will only support a deal if all hostages are released. that would send the message to the enemy that we are the rulers. benjamin netanyahu's coalition crisis is going to be of little importance to donald trump, who is always going to put the interests of his own presidency first, and he wants to re—enter the white house being able to claim, with some justification, that he was able to deliver a ceasefire that joe biden could not. now, longer term, the structure of the ceasefire could be a problem because it's over a period of weeks and months and it's in phases, and that gives plenty of time for events to happen that could be exploited by those who want the ceasefire to fail. outside the prime minister's official residence, supporters of the hostages suspect netanyahu could be one of them. they say he prolonged the agony of hostages and all israelis by delaying a ceasefire for months. we lost too many pe

hamas joined the celebrations trying to claim some kind of victory. the israelis have destroyed the offensive power hamas used to attack them 15 months ago. but the americans say hamas has nearly as many new recruits as israel has killed. after so much bloodshed, celebratory gunfire did not make janah flinch. translation: may god have mercy on the oppressed and those - who have passed and pity on us who survived. and god willing, everyone will return home. this celebration in khan yunis was filmed by a trusted palestinian cameraman working for the bbc. israel does not let international journalists enter gaza to report freely. just over the border in israel is the site of the nova music festival, where hamas killed more than 380 people on the 7th of october and took a0 hostage. this weekend, with the ceasefire coming, many israelis made their own pilgrimages, moving quietly around the photos and memorials to those who were killed. a short distance away is another memorial. the festivalgoers' cars, hundreds of them destroyed in the attack. israelis here

but we killed thousands of hamas fighters.e tunnels, most of the bunkers, most of the command positions, most of the launchers, most of the rockets. all this we did. israel is strong enough to bear with the margin that has... ..still exists with hamas, and we will be able to deal with it any time in the future if we will need to. there is, you know, a certain ridiculous attitude. on the one hand, some of the leaders of israel, particularly the prime minister netanyahu, talks about destroying iran and destroying all the, you know, internationalforces that are threatening the state of israel. and on the other hand, he is creating a sense of terrible fear and panic because a few thousand hamas fighters that are not near threatening the very existence of the state of israel. this is... all right, so you say israel can live securely with a remnant of hamas in gaza? i just want to...very quickly i want to move onto... i want to move onto the west bank, if i may. i know, i know, but let me finish what i say, please, ok? don't interfe

they want hamas out of the picture.cess, we will be in a situation like we were in iraq where we're going to be in perpetual state of insurgency with hamas as this deal comes into play is now still being the only force in gaza. i think if you zoom out of these photos we are seeing today, yes, the voters themselves, they looked like a mas is still totally in charge. if you zoom out there were only several hundred people at the shows of force as they are being framed. hamas is still massively decimated but there is just nobody else there to really pick up the gauntlet instead of them and therefore they will in the coming weeks try to rebuild. thank you forjoining me. a plan to rebuild gaza is not yet in place — and will form part of the next phases of the ceasefire negotiation. for now, displaced palestinians have started to return to the homes they fled. fergal keane reports now on the future for the people of gaza. from every face... ..the war stares back. "is it really over?", many wonder. all they've lost... ..all the

hamas joined the celebrations trying to claim some kind of victory.have destroyed the offensive power hamas used to attack them 15 months ago. but the americans say hamas has nearly as many new recruits as israel has killed. after so much bloodshed, celebratory gunfire did not make janah flinch. translation: may god have mercy on the oppressed and those - who have passed and pity on us who survived. and god willing, everyone will return home. this celebration in khan yunis was filmed by a trusted palestinian cameraman working for the bbc. israel does not let internationaljournalists enter gaza to report freely. just over the border in israel is the site of the nova music festival, where hamas killed more than 380 people on the 7th of october and took a0 hostage. this weekend, with the ceasefire coming, many israelis made their own pilgrimages, moving quietly around the photos and memorials to those who were killed. a short distance away is another memorial. the festivalgoers' cars, hundreds of them destroyed in the attack. israelis here said they had

how much of a political win is this for hamas? in the west bank. you know, basically, you cannot understate how big an issue prisoners is for palestinians here. almost every family will have a relative who at some time has been detained in an israeli prison. there are thousands of palestinian prisoners. that have been detained in the past 15 months since the war started on october seventh 2023. 1,000 or so more who've been detained from gaza. so those images today, of those prisoners being held aloft on people's shoulders, that is a win for hamas because it enables them to say, "look, we're getting these prisoners out. "we're the only legitimate resistance," as they would call it, "to israel's military occupation." and by comparison, their political rivals in the west bank, fatah, who historically have been much more popular, well, they are seen as basically 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, h

in gaza, hamas can never again threat israel from gaza.se conditions have to be set. we in the biden administration have been very clear, we want to see this deal reach all three phases, every hostage come home. i think the trump administration very much shares that objective and the template, the roadmap, again, that the president set out in may, this was the roadmap ultimately to ending the war, getting everybody home is the only way to do it. that roadmap is now in place. we have a ceasefire today in gaza and we have a good chance to get every hostage home and we have to do everything we can to make that happen. >> well, hamas according to the secretary blinken has recruited almost as many new militants as it has lost over the course of this war. blinken said that this week week. >> hamas has been significantly deci decimated. it's leader yahya sinwar was killed in october. in october 7th it was an organized military formation, it invaded israel. it is now no longer able to do that. it does not have military capacity. >> but that argues

hamas itself is quite extreme. hamas is disputed how much islamic jihad is under its control. just that there was proof of life of that hostage that was probably intended to reassure the israeli side and to allow the israeli side and to allow the next phase is to go forward. hopefully she will be released very soon. that is also important for the step—by—step for the palestinians who need to get back to northern gaza to be able to do so.— back to northern gaza to be able to do so. there have been members _ able to do so. there have been members of — able to do so. there have been members of the _ able to do so. there have been members of the israeli - members of the israeli far right, this deal hasn't been popular with them from the very beginning. as we see more and more these palestinian detainees being released the criticism here, as it progresses into the next stages, which i could be even more difficult to implement. first let's be clear, the two extreme right extremist members of prime minister netanyahu is coalition have not been supportive. they were willing to give up

in the last few minutes, hamas - learned? in the last few minutes, hamas have i learned?as 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, and i can give you the names. the first soldier to be released tomorrow is karina, and the second is danielle. the third is nama on the fourth hostage is liri. for their families it is a huge moment of relief, but what happens now in the next 2a hours is crucial. we saw what happened last week 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 they will then deliver them to idf forces that remain in the gaza strip. that is what will happen and we anticipate it will take place tomorrow. but of course just like we saw last weekend, there might be some delays in this process stop this is what we are hearing from hamas, these are hearing from hamas, these are the four names they have just released. we are the four nam

indeed sinwar became the leader of hamas in gaza.for getting these hostages back they are releasing people who have done bad things to israelis, people on the long list, not people released today but set to be released. there are people that have murdered israelis, they had planted bombs in blown up multiple israelis. that is the other side of this, the price which is being paid for each one of these hostages. the potential risk for the future, if you like, that israel is creating by letting these people but the record of violence free. as we've heard, among those released is british israeli dual national emily damari. the 28—year old's family have roots in beckenham in south east london. our special correspondent lucy manning has been speaking to some of her family. here in north london there has been somejoy amongst the family and supporters of emily damari that she has been released, tempered by the fact that there are still hostages being held for been gathering to celebrate her release and also to call for the release of other h

this was absolutely hamas propaganda.so behaved abominably, to be honest with you. israelis were... why? because israelis were told and were warned that these women were in a very fragile state, that there would be no access to them before they got into closed hospital rooms, that they wouldn't even be able to see their families. there was all kinds of caution put out there, and at the end, the israeli government, what is called the government press office cameras, which is... the government press office is a branch of the israeli prime minister's office. they were waiting for these women literally behind the hospital doors. ifound this to be prurient and verging on the obscene. so these women, these young women, even if they were asked for their permission, were in no position to give it. so imagine the situation with these families, the tension, you know, lack of clarity in their situation. i don't know, i have no evidence to suggest that they did or did not give permission, but even if they were asked to give permissio

i have not seen too many hamas flags here today. hamas is more popular in the west bank than it is in gaza where it has lost popularity. they feel that the palestinian authority is doing nothing for them. the worry for the moderates is that this war has boosted hamas's prestige in the west bank and there are real fears that there could be our war in the west bank. we have already seen the most deadly 15 months in terms of violence in the west bank in decades. we have seen extensive military operations just this past week injenin, 13 palestinians killed there. there is really no sense of optimism. there is really no sense of optimism-— there is really no sense of o timism. , ,., ., ,, optimism. there is some talk that israel— optimism. there is some talk that israel is _ optimism. there is some talk that israel is going _ optimism. there is some talk that israel is going to - optimism. there is some talk that israel is going to focus . that israel is going to focus its security efforts and its forces in the west bank rather than gas.

cheering four israeli soldiers escorted by hamas to a specially built stage.ma, 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 appeared. a moment imagined many times, still unreal. when i saw leary smile, when i saw leary walking on her two legs. it's everything. she's a hero. she's a fighter. and this moment, this couple of minutes just show me how brave she is. cheering in exchange, israel released 200 palestinians from its jails to gaza, egypt and the occupied west bank. first glimpses of long—lost relatives, first glimpses of post—war gaza. running 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

and more than likely it's going to be, hamas coming out, or at least hamas officials coming out and tryingresume some of the roles that they've performed before the war took place. so talking about permanence, talking about this being a long term, a longer term thing is very problematic for mr. netanyahu in relation to gaza discussions. it's also problematic for him when we're thinking about his own political strength. here in israel, he relies on, two far right, basically extremist parties to keep his coalition, in a majority. and those, those parties have made it clear that they are not happy that the war is ending. and indeed, they are arguing explicitly that they would like a commitment from mr netanyahu to go back to war in six weeks�* time when this first phase of the ceasefire agreement expires. so some idea there of the political tightrope that's been walked here and why, in mr netanyahu's address, the emphasis was so much on going back to war, the possibility of fighting again rather than anything really about the possibilities of peace. let's take a moment to take a look at how t

hamas is not the same hamas as it used to be before october 7th. we hit them hard.dead -- look at the leadership, they're all dead. they don't have the capabilities to threaten israel. but when you look at those pictures, you understand there are tensions. that's why we want to go out and finish the job, to make sure hamas will not stay in gaza not only for our security, but also for the future of the palestinians. with hamas, there is no future for gaza. so i'm telling leaders who come to me at the u.n., if you really care about the palestinian people, help us to get rid of hamas. brian: you have to identify a leader amongst them that you could possibly deal with. some say it's this guy, and excuse me if mys pronounce him -- mispronounce him, burgati, they said he wants to come out and and be a voice of reason. others say absolutely not. >> absolutely not. he is a murderer. he killed dozens of israelis. we need a leader who wants to live with us, not to kill us. so i think the time will come, and we will find a partner among the palestinians to work with, but we ar

hamas, in a statement, blamed technical issues, saying this, quote, the hamas movement confirms its commitment to the terms of the cease fire agreement and points out that the delay in the delivery of the names to be released in the first batch is due to technical field reasons, whatever that means. but at this time, it's unclear when the ceasefire terms will move forward. and as you said, the idf continues to attack inside gaza until hamas complies. >> jonathan chanley, thank you so much. joining us now, doctor rebecca grant. she's a senior fellow at the lexington institute. thanks for joining us. doctor grant via phone. i wonder if you see this latest delay, doctor grant, as a speed bump and inevitable speed bump, perhaps, or whether this is something that truly threatens this ceasefire. >> hopefully a speed bump. you know, we knew this would come down to the wire with hamas. i'm encouraged that they say they're still committed. but, you know, this is a sign that it's going to be a rocky couple of days. even if this does proceed. and i'm not surprised to see israel and netanyahu keeping up t

hamas will do — dealing with monsters. us suffer and stop this deal with any kind _ suffer and stop this deal with any kind of excuse and they did it before — any kind of excuse and they did it before and we fear they will do it— it before and we fear they will do it again so we cannotjust become _ do it again so we cannotjust become and hope for the best —— become and hope for the best —— be cairn — become and hope for the best —— be cairn and _ become and hope for the best —— be calm and hopefully best. we have _ be calm and hopefully best. we have to — be calm and hopefully best. we have to keep going until he is here — have to keep going until he is here because i want to believe it is actually happening when i had him — it is actually happening when i had him with my own hands. you have been _ had him with my own hands. gm. have been waiting for news and you came here speaking to us this evening as we wait any moment for hamas to release this list of the remaining 26 hostages due to release in this first phase. they a

say hamas has nearly as many new recruits as israel has killed.celebratory gunfire did not make janah flinch. translation: may god have mercy on the oppressed and those - who have passed and pity on us who survived, and, god willing, everyone will return home. this celebration in khan yunis was filmed by a trusted palestinian cameraman, working for the bbc. israel does not let international journalists enter gaza to report freely. just over the border in israel is the site of the nova music festival, where hamas killed more than 380 people on the 7th of october, and took a0 hostage. this weekend, with the ceasefire coming, many israelis made their own pilgrimages, moving quietly around the photos and memorials to those who were killed. a short distance away is another memorial. the festivalgoers' cars, hundreds of them destroyed in the attack. israelis here said they'd wanted a deal in which all the hostages were swapped for palestinian prisoners at the same time. that's because they believed the war is going to resume. they said it was unavoidabl

four israeli soldiers escorted by hamas to a specially—built stage.g for the cameras after 15 months in captivity. theirfreedom cameras after 15 months in captivity. their freedom 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. cheering the childhood friends of liri clinging together as she appeared. a moment imagined many times. still unreal. when i saw liri smile, _ many times. still unreal. when i saw liri smile, when - many times. still unreal. when i saw liri smile, when i - many times. still unreal. when i saw liri smile, when i saw - i saw liri smile, when i saw liri walking on her two legs, it's everything. it's everything. she's 0k. she fighted and this moment, this couple of minute, just show me how brave she is. cheering in exchange, israel released 200 palestinians from its jails to gaza, egypt, and the occupied west bank. first glimpses of long—lost relatives. chanting first glimpses of postwar gaza. running to meet the red c

when hamas attacked on october 7th.in exchange, israel is expected to release 200 palestinian prisoners. again, we're watching a very fluid situation right now on the ground in the middle east, as is cnn's paula hancocks, who joins us live from abu dhabi with what we know right now as we see these live pictures out of gaza city. paula. yes, paula. so this. >> certainly shows that. >> there is activity. this is in the in. >> the. >> palestine square. >> of gaza city. and what we are seeing is potentially dozens, maybe more of hamas fighters that have gathered in this particular area. you can see them that they are masked, they are armed as well, many of them holding the hamas flag. and it appears as though they are preparing for this hostage release. now, this is just happened in the last few minutes or so. they are in this particular square. you can see the white cars there, the white trucks, they are believed to be hamas cars are some of them have the flag on as well. and certainly it appears as though this is the prep

hamas longtime leader sinwar is dead.as sponsors in the middle east have been badly weakened by israel, backed by the united states. hezbollah, one of hamas's biggest backers, was significantly weakened on the battlefield and its leadership was destroyed. even as we worked for diplomatic solutions in lebanon, we provided ongoing assistance and support to israel's military campaign against hezbollah, including its efforts to take out the terror. the terror infrastructure along the border between israel and lebanon. israel's campaign was extensive, extremely successful, so much so that by the end of november, the united states had brokered a cease fire in lebanon. hezbollah did what it said it would never do it, cut it, cut its deal, and abandoned hamas. and today, lebanon, in lebanon, there's finally a new president and prime minister, both of whom support a sovereign lebanon. without hezbollah ruling the show, running the show or playing any part in it. the assad regime next door in syria is gone. removing iran's ready ac