. >> without a doubt, a very emotional moment here in hostage square. as many of the people who are here have been coming out every single weekend to protest, to call for a hostage release deal. very much like the one that we are seeing now. and indeed, there is a big screen up on stage here today where people have been watching live the images of these four israeli captives being released from hamas captivity after 15 months. these four israeli soldiers, and as that moment happened, many in this crowd started to cheer. others started to cry. it is just the emotional build up of 15 months that has finally been unleashed here. at every moment when you see these four women on the screen, we have seen cheers and people starting to applaud. what we have also heard are chants, very much like the slogans that we hear at those protests, calling for every single one of the hostages to be released. and that is indeed the message that we have heard from so many of these families as they have received their loved ones, like the three that we saw last week. of cours

this is hostage square - anxious time. it certainly is. this is hostage square and i anxious time.ainly is. l this is hostage square and for the last 15 months it has been a focal point for the friends and families of those taken by hamas on october seven. it is a place of wildly contrasting emotions at that time ranging from hope to despair. as far as people are concerned, today is a good day. earlier on there was huge applause and you could feel the relief as the four hostages were brought out. so for people here as you say, it is a moment ofjoy but also of course, there are 90 other hostages. about one third of them are thought to be dead and for the relatives it is a difficult time which continues, a dreadful time, as they await news of what will happen to their particular love ones. the israeli government _ their particular love ones. the israeli government has accused hamas of beating the deal by not releasing a civilian hostage. but hamas says that thatis hostage. but hamas says that that is due to happen next week. what exactly was the ceasefire deal asking? and we get the

in hostages who remain there. in the squarer, already posters of agam berger, already released in the ruins of jabalia in the north of gaza, handed over by hamas to the red cross, now with her cross, now reunited with her as a have come crowd here have been the: crpwd here have been i earlier sharing. i met earliersome members of the surveillance unit she was part of —— at the have been sharing. crowd he have been sharing. they have containing very they have been containing very heavily for the release of the heavily ferrtherreleaee ef the snatched from that young women snatched from that position, the army base on the edge of gaza on the 7th of we saw four of the hostages being released women hostages being released last and now the last weekend. and now the fifth, agam berger, released as vthéeyare 77 7 7 they are very? they are very excited, well. they are very excited, they expressed their relief. but for everybody, still bittersweet when they see those bittersweet when’t'ney see these know or have bittersweet when’they see

i'm mark lowen live in hostages square in tel aviv, | in hostages square in tel aviv, where the familiesal. , the government to approve the deal , . deal. these are the live pictures _ deal. these are the live pictures from _ deal. these are the live pictures from inside - deal. these are the live i pictures from inside gaza. officials say 88 palestinians have been killed by israeli strikes in the last 24 hours. our other headlines... the imf warned that donald trump's economic policy threatens global disruption and could exacerbate trade tensions. fans and influences hope tiktok will get a reprieve ahead of a us ban on sunday. the supreme court is expected to announce its decision shortly. and archaeologists in italy unearth archaeologists in italy unearth a huge bathhouse in pompeii, destroyed by a volcanic eruption nearly 2000 years ago. hello and welcome to bbc news. israel's security cabinet has recommended approving the ceasefire deal and hostage release deal agreed with hamas. it comes after a meeting lasting several hours. the full cabinet is

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this is hostage square in tel aviv that you're looking for. are getting confirmation now from the israeli government that three hostages have been released and are on their way out of gaza. now, this information is very fluid. it's moving very quickly. so i'm going to ask my control room to keep confirming to me whether we know they are out of gaza or they are at an idf base. the description that we are getting from the idf is that they are on their way out of gaza. now, here's the mechanics of this. we saw a helicopter that will take the most likely to a base, but the, the, the place they're going to come from in a gaza border crossing will probably be via ambulance. we saw a convoy of red cross ambulances who are going in to get the three women who we understand are being released today. there are three women. we do understand from reporting that we've been getting that they are in need of health care. so they will be taken first by the red cross. at some point, they'll be transferred into a helicopter, where they will probably be taken to a

bring us into the mood of hostage square now.joy throughout the evening scenes of joy and throughout the evening scenes ofjoy and celebration here, people responding to the big screen, responding to the pictures and what we are saying now is live up pictures of the women actually arriving there at sheba medical centre after the journey which of course began a few hours ago when they were handed over by hamas to the red cross, taken. we saw those pictures of them being put into the cars, crowds of people around, armed members of hamas escorting them out and of course there was thatjourney that took them down to being handed over to the israel defense forces in the south of israel at re'im, then of course that helicopterjourney israel at re'im, then of course that helicopter journey that israel at re'im, then of course that helicopterjourney that is taken them to where they are now at sheba medical centre where they will be getting medical attention. where they will be getting medicalattention. one where they will be getting medica

thank you very much and welcome back to hostage square in the heart of tel aviv where this morning thereas huge jubilation at the sight of those four hostages being released. theirfaces those four hostages being released. their faces light up the big screen here and they are preparing for an event later today and the emphasis will be to make the point that while there was greatjoy today the job is by while there was greatjoy today thejob is by no means done because lots of families and friends of the other hostages who remain in captivity in gaza say the effort can stop and they won't stop until their loved ones are released. i want to introduce you to michael whose brother was taken from the music festival. what happened with the rest of his family? happened with the rest of his famil ? , ., ., ., family? they all got there at 6:20am with _ family? they all got there at 6:20am with his _ family? they all got there at 6:20am with his wife. - family? they all got there at 6:20am with his wife. theyl family? they all got there at i 6:20am with his wife. they left their_ 6:20am with his wif

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 into those red cross vehicles and as the news broke here that they had crossed into israeli territory, we heard people once again erupt in cheers. moments ago, the crowd here was listening to admiral daniel hagari, the spokesman of the israeli military, who addressed that sh

i am in hostage square in tel aviv, where families are counting down to the moment when they hope theired ones will heading home. live from london, this is bbc news. this is the scene live in tel aviv, where israeli police say several people have been wounded in a stabbing attack in tel aviv. the attacker has been shot dead. it comes as israel prepares to receive the first three hostages under a ceasefire deal agreed with hamas. 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

we know in what has now become known as hostage square in tel aviv, the crowds are getting bigger as people are coming to see what is unfolding, to see hopefully this hostage release take place and then later we are also expecting palestinian prisoners to be released from israeli prisons, some 200 expected to be part of that prisoner release, some released into the occupied west bank, some into gaza, but others, as many of them will be serving life sentences, many others will be deported and they'll be moved to a third country, to egypt. so they're not within israel or the occupied territories. polo. >> as you're speaking, we're now seeing these live pictures out of gaza city and what appear to be some of those red cross vehicles that have become a very familiar sight during those hostage releases. that agency serving as that intermediary to make these hostage handovers happen again. these live pictures at 1048 in the morning in gaza city. and as you correctly point out, this is much more organized than last week's releases. jeremy diamond, my cnn colleague, as paul points out, more o

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 shot by a passer—by and the victim is in hospital in a serious condition. it all comes less than 2a hours b

let's take you live now to the scene at hostage square wake and see many israelis, including family membersaiting to be released. that is a focal point where the families of hostages have been gathering and holding rallies for weeks now. there is another rally taking place this evening and today, many of them were watching and waiting as they were —— there were big screens showing the hostage release that we showed you a bit earlier. the fourth only lima female —— the four female hostages released today. as you can see, there are still many people waiting and gathering with flags ahead of the value thatis with flags ahead of the value that is due to take place. at hostage square is where my colleague nick beake is and he was there earlier speaking to michael levy, who is the brother of or levy. they arrived at the supernova festival just arrived at the supernova festivaljust before arrived at the supernova festival just before the arrived at the supernova festivaljust before the attack began. they sought refuge in shelter but hamas forces entered and killed her. as the violence unfolded, th

this is the live scene in hostages square in tel aviv where families and loved ones of those still beingptive maintain their pressure on the israeli government to get the deal over the line. some hostage families i have spoken to are not happy with the shape of the deal, they want all hostages released at once, but at the moment the ceasefire deal is designed for the first phase of the deal to see 33 hostages released and successive phases to see remaining hostages, both alive and dead, to be released. we will continue to bring you all the updates from here in tel aviv and right across this region. you can visit the bbc news website for the live page with minute by minute updates. for now, back to the studio in london. studio: iwill for now, back to the studio in london. studio: i will keep you there because we are getting some more developments i want to ask you about. first of all we are hearing from the reuters news agents that hamas says any issues related to the ceasefire deal had been resolved on friday. that fits into what you are saying about things looking like they are likely t

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this is hostages square in tel aviv which has represented the trauma of the israeli since the hostages the 7th of october, you can see people gather every day on this square and there are protests against the government, calling for a deal to bring the hostages home. there are encampments and there is a simulation of a hamas tunnel over there, representing the tunnels they have built through gaza smuggling weapons and holding many hostages inside those tunnels. it is the trauma that israelis were hoping and are still hoping that will be alleviated by the ceasefire deal that was due to come into place on sunday but it has not been approved or voted on by the israeli cabinet yet. the spokesperson for the israeli government, david mencer, has given an update to the media. translation: let me begin by telling you that as of this morning, the prime minister's office has made clear that hamas have reneged on this hostage release agreement and has created a last minute crisis — in an effort to extort last minute concessions. as such, the israeli cabinet cannot meet to agree this deal. it cann

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as i was saying, we are in hostages square, a very much a focal point on is our�*s trauma. 023 when the solar —— when this all happened. some of those who were taken hostage were seized from the novi music festival which you will remember was a festival taking place near the gaza border. there were 43 people taken hostage in that festival. 22 of them are still remaining in gaza. we can speak now to nili bresler who is a volunteer who represents some of the families and loved ones waiting for news from the hostages at the navy festivals. thank you for being with us. as far as you understand, some of those hostages from the music festival are on the list of the first to be released under the ceasefire day. tell me how you are feeling about that as we countdown to the ceasefire coming into place. figs countdown to the ceasefire coming into place.- countdown to the ceasefire coming into place. as with all ofthe coming into place. as with all of the peeple. _ coming into place. as with all of the people, supporters - coming into place. as with all| of the people, supporters and fa

and nick live in tel aviv at the place they call hostage square where our day they have been watching and absorbing everything that has been happening. —— all day. hello, i'm luxmy gopal. four female israeli soldiers freed by hamas have beeen reunited with their parents at a reception point in southern israel. they were taken by helicopter to a hospital and are now undergoing medical assessment. in exchange, israel has freed around 200 palestinian prisoners. two buses carrying detainees departed from two israel prisons. reports from egypt say 70 palestinian prisoners have now arrived in egypt from where they'll travel on to neighbouring countries. meanwhile hamas has told mediators that a female israeli civilian, arbel yehud, held hostage in the gaza strip, will be released next week. israel says she should have been freed today. in the last half hour, islamichhad has told the bbc it has given egyptian mediators proof arbel yehud is still alive. if confirmed, this would clear the way for thousands of gaza residents to return to the north of the strip today. the israeli prime minister'

israeli hostages were transferred to them and are on their way toward the idf in the gaza strip, in hostage square in tel aviv, people are chanting everyone. now, there's a real understanding here that as these hostages start to trickle out of hamas captivity, that it becomes more and more dangerous for those that remain inside gaza. and we do know there are still dozens of hostages that are still alive being held by hamas. >> that's right. trey, now, you did mention these young women will be able to meet with their family when they reach the israeli border. are are you getting any indication that we may be able to witness that live as that unfolds? >> we likely will not be able to see those images live, but we will be able to see a number of videos that will be released by the israeli military and the gpo, the government press office here in israel. just to give some some context here to how they do this. it is a process that they try to keep as low key as possible. and so initially they will not have the audio on some of the videos. they will also blur the faces of some of the loved ones. they w

and, bianna, you spent most of the day today at hostage square in tel aviv. what's the reaction there yeah, jake, for most of these families, especially those that would be included in the first phase, the 33 hostages that would be released over the course of six weeks. >> sunday cannot come soon enough. >> i have to say the mood at hostage square was a bit subdued. >> it definitely was not celebratory. there were people reflecting upon, yes, good news that hostages would come home, but nobody called this a perfect deal. and there's a lot of concern about the remaining hostages that would only be released in phase two and then phase three. i spoke with a woman who was there in hostage square, and here's how she described the mood. >> but i think, you know, it's not a celebratory mood because everyone knows it's not a perfect deal. >> but i think every single hostage that didn't come back, it's as if we can save the whole humanity. so on the one hand, there's relief and hope that some of the hostages and o't think there's any, you know oth some terrorists that

hostages who were far too long held against their will by hamas. 0ur correspondent nick beake was in hostages squareere the families are gathered to celebrate the latest release of hostages and explained why one of their number did not appear. yes, this is arbel yahud. she's a 29—year—old civilian. and in israel all this week, the media was speculating that she would be released. but last night, when hamas gave this list of four women to be freed, she was not on it. and a lot of people were asking why, because under this deal, civilians are supposed to be released before soldiers, women before men. so that's how it works. but she wasn't on this list. and so what israel has said today is that hamas, through not releasing her today, is basically in breach of the deal here. and as a consequence, israel has stopped hundreds of thousands of people in gaza from returning to the north, back to their homes. they were expecting to do this today. they were getting ready to make thatjourney. but so far, israel has said they're not able to do that. now, we've heard from a hamas source tonight saying that, in fa

there were hundreds here in hostage square to watch the release of three more hostages, but for two in khan younis, it wasn't like hostage releases we've seen befe. annabelle ehud, who's only 29, was pushed and pulled really through crowds of palestinians in gaza from the hamas vehicles to the red cross vehicles. she looked terrified. people here in the square looked deeply anxious as they saw these scenes play out. another hostage, 88 years old, was also taken through those same crowds. and so now prime minister netanyahu is saying that he wants assurances that future exits of hostages will not look like that, will not feel like that, and that he is holding back more than 100 palestinian prisoners from release until he gets those kinds of assurances. so this fragile ceasefire seems as fragile as ever today. we did catch up with president trump's middle east envoy, steve witkoff, here in hostage square. as he made his way through, he was mobbed by people cheering, saying thank you and saying, thank you, president trump. we got a question to him. and he told us, referring, i think, to t

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this is hostage square, where obviously you can see the pictures of the hostage, the slogan bring them home now are all over the city of tel aviv. behind me you will see as well some of the tents. the tents were set up for the family members of the hostages in the early days, and they've been there ever since. and over the past 15 months there have been structures like this tunnel behind me, a makeshift tunnel to show people what it's like to live day in and day out in the dark. behind me, over here. you'll see. you'll see a count 466 days. i believe it's actually 467 days today. so, as you can see, there aren't that many people. it is very subdued. but outsi the defense ministry, not far from where i'm standing. moments ago, there was a bigger protest, and there was definitely a lot of anger. oplepe people and an e governme will lltell is same deald have that hamanointerestedst in g, t thweeks ey making headheli last 24 what i nanister ed ha sthoage e previous hostage deals in the past. he was hoping to do so with this deal. that has sparked so much anger and so much fury among family

or crowds of people gathered to in hostages square in tel aviv they with that to support the families of the freed captives and those still waiting throughout the war and gaza. tens of thousands of held weekly protest rides across the israel, trying pressure. the is ready to go on the to reach a deal with him, us, and bring their loved ones home. meanwhile, desperately need the deliveries of a while at stall to to go into gaza. the trucks coming through the off the border. crossing counting humanitarian supplies, including wall to food and fuel. the seas 5 deal requests, $600.00 truck loads of a to be allowed into garza daily. we have correspondence live on both sides and the san jose isn't mine because as well as band, they'll just air from operating within the country. but the 1st topic about assume joins us from it off in gaza and thought we had the us president speak moments ago talking about a trucks entering gaza. how much a have we seen around pop of a and how smoothly is it going a well, sammy, based on the agreement terms, that's expected that $600.00 a humanitarian 8 trucks

lowen is in tel aviv and has been speaking to friends and relatives of those held by hamas. 0n hostages squareaviv, which has been very much a focal point of israel's national trauma over the last 15 months since the 7th of october 2023, when this all erupted when hamas gunmen stormed israel, killing 1,200 people and taking some 250 hostage. some of those who were taken hostage were seized from the nova music festival, which you'll remember was a festival taking place near the gaza border. there were 43 people taken hostage in that festival. 22 of them are still remaining in gaza. and we can speak now to nili bresler, who is a volunteer who represents some of the families and loved ones waiting for news from the hostages at the nova festival. nili bresler, thanks for being with us. as far as you understand, some of those hostages from the nova music festival are on the list of the first to be released under this ceasefire deal. just tell me how you are feeling about that in the as we count down to the ceasefire coming into place. as with all of the people, the supporters and families of family

and now he's had a substitute, potentially in hostage square with the family members. so he's been saying he expects this deal to continue, but he has been seeing the steel and you know, he will certainly want and the trump administration who wants to see the steel carry on to the 3 the 3 phases, considering they was such a huge pause all these negotiations with the, with the, all the mediators involved and include the us kata at egypt. and of course, hum us. and it's ralph. so they will want to see this come to fruition and he's certainly back to oversee it unless and some supports to some of the captive families. and we also know that he met with some top promising and officials in the out of just a few days ago. who would be very close advisors to the posting in authority present with the boss? okay, thank you very much, laura. obviously those a 110 prizes. i get to be released. i will be going straight to you when we find out more information. meanwhile, as well as buying on you an agency full palestinian refugees in his own raw has come into effect. now products u

hostage—prisoner swap of the gaza ceasefire deal. the israeli military said they've been reunited with their parents at a reception point in southern israel. gunmen and crowds gathered in palestine squaren gaza city as the hostages were released to the red cross in a highly choreographed handover. the soldiers had been held since being abducted from an israeli border base at the start of the october 7th attacks in 2023. a short time later, israel released these pictures showing them being received back by the military. they are now undergoing medical assessment. in exchange, israel is due to free around 200 palestinian prisoners. hamas has told mediators that a female israeli civilian — these are the pictures of them being handed over at the border, received by the israeli troops. hamas has told mediators that a female israeli civilian — arbel yehud — held hostage in the gaza strip — will be released next week. israel has said she should have been freed today. it's cast some doubt on another stage of the ceasefire. the israeli prime minister's office has said that palestinian civilians will not be permitted to return to northern gaza until she is released. but the release of up to 200

what's become known as hostage square in tel aviv. they've been protesting for the past 15 months, really trying to put pressure on benjamin netanyahu, whose government to finally strike a deal. now, of course, family members of those civilians believe that they would be released on saturday. so they will be waiting now to see of course, if they will be released this week and then we'll see the next batch. it's going to happen on saturday. but when we sold a release all to for is ready. so just on saturday, we saw them being crated in gosset's in palestine square in central garza. and that was met with jubilant crowds. and of course that was also reflected with the cheaper than crowds in, in ramallah when the $200.00 palestinian prisoners were released. so i know that the, they did actually stop those pro chests in the past couple of weeks in hostage square, but they resulted them on staff day because they won't already continue keep pump. this pressure on netanyahu's government to ensure that these funds are 42 days of the 1st part o

2000 detainees are set to be released over a 6 week period on crowds of people have gathered in hostages square in tel aviv to support the families of the freed captives and those still a thing throughout the war and gals. tens of thousands of held weekly protests across his route to pressure these right the government to read should deal with him us to bring the captives home. meanwhile desperately needed deliveries of aid of started to go into gaza. the trucks are coming through the wood off border crossing, caring humanitarian supplies, including wall to food and fuel. the seas 5 deal requires $600.00 truck loads of 8 to be allowed into guns daily. and the source code is not mine because they as well as band out is here from operating within the country. so how does that start with the life? is the reaction that to the ton. now i understand those 3 is very, the captives have now left garza and all in is around. right. that's right. these really military releasing footage, showing the 3 now former captive leaving dogs the interview goals and being handed over to is really forces. after they w

over the course of the last several hours, we have seen thousands of people gathered here at hostage square to watch every single emotional twist and turn of the release of these four female israeli soldiers who have been held captive by hamas for more than 15 months. we saw this crowd reacting as hamas began staging this release inside of the gaza strip. the kind of stunning images of these mass hamas militants preparing to release these four israeli soldiers. and then we saw this crowd react with tears of joy, with elation, as for the first time, they were able to confirm with their own eyes that these four women were indeed alive as they emerged from hamas. vehicles were then brought onto a stage inside of gaza, and ultimately then transferred into the custody of the international red cross. the red cross has now taken them through the gaza strip to an israeli military position, and from there israeli soldiers took custody of them, drove them to a military base in israel, in the southern part of israel, right across from the gaza strip, where they have been reunited with their mothers, a

back here in hostage square, where so many have pushed the government for a deal, heartbreak amid the celebration. >> the deal that they're signing is very much the same deal that they had in may. carmel was there on the list for the very first phase, and they didn't sign it in time. >> reporter: and david, netanyahu speaking to both president biden and president-elect donald trump about the deal. but many people we have spoken to tonight are worried. they're not confident this initial cease-fire will lead to phases two and three of the deal, and lasting peace in gaza. david? >> david: that makeshift tunnel and those faces of all of those loved ones, it's a stark reminder of the more than 400 days that the families have been waiting for news. and let's just hope their loved ones come home alive. thank you, tom, who was right there today when this broke. let's get right to our chief foreign correspondent ian pannell, also in tel aviv tonight. a question for you, ian, as well, and it's what so many are asking tonight. how will the incoming administration and mideast leaders keep this te

. >> let's bring in nbc's daniele hamamdjian, who is in tel aviv's hostage square. think, as richard just pointed out, there are many israelis who wanted this to end, who want to see the return of the hostages, who want to see the families who have lost loved ones to be able to have the remains of their loved ones brought back. but i wonder what you're seeing and what you're hearing on the ground there from people who are out at almost 10:00 at night there in tel aviv. >> yeah, well, this is hostage square, which has been ground zero really, for the family members of the hostages. and you can see behind me photographs of the hostages. bring them home. now, that's the slogan that you can see all over the city of tel aviv. and there are tents in the back. it was set up in the early days for the family members, and they have been there ever since. but i have to say it is fairly empty here tonight. i mean, one woman came up to us and said, i ran here as soon as i heard, but where is everybody? and the answer is, is that there is no, as richard said, there's it's too earl

. >> you're looking at hostage square in tel aviv, where israelis are waiting for the release of threeostages from gaza. we'll bring you any updates as soon as we get them. and president joe biden is set to make remarks on the ceasefire next hour. but as he steps down tomorrow, democrats are now looking to find their way out of electoral exile. here with me now is a man with a very long history in democratic politics. the former mayor of chicago and white house chief of staff, among other things. also ambassador to japan, just back from that. rahm emanuel, thank you so much for being here. you are, of course, wrapping up your term as ambassador. you've shared some foreign policy advice with donald trump and an op ed for the washington post about how he can win the nobel peace prize that he's hunting for one. and you say that the ceasefire, of course, is going in effect. today is a good start, but it is just the beginning. you have been in government a long time. does he have a real opportunity to find, in your words, a grand bargain? >> only if he's willing and his team is willing to e

welcome to hostage square in tel aviv, which has become a focal point for israel's trauma since the 7th where people have been camping out, holding protest rallies and demanding the return of israel's hostages. there are still almost a hundred hostages in gaza and under the first phase of the ceasefire deal 33 would be returning home when the ceasefire comes into place. there are various different tents across the square and this is a tent for one of the kibbutz that was overrun by hamas on the 7th of october. it was in an area right on the border with gaza. i am going to ask a former resident to come out and join us. thank you for speaking to us. what is your reaction to the ceasefire deal? i am in short i am happy about it. i am in short i am happy about it i_ i am in short i am happy about it i hope— i am in short i am happy about it. i hope after a short while it. i hope after a short while it will— it. i hope after a short while it will turn_ it. i hope after a short while it will turn into a full deal. i hope _ it will turn into a full deal. i we all_ it will turn into a full deal

we saw pictures a bit earlier in the afternoon of those families in hostage square in tel aviv, and letey have said. they say, in they have said. they say, in the light of reports about an imminent agreement, we welcome and deeply appreciate the return of every hostage, each one representing hope and relief not only for their immediate family but for our entire community. we urgently pull for a framework which ensures the return of every person held captive after more than 400 to two days, our loved ones continue to endure an emotional distress. 0ur ones continue to endure an emotional distress. our mission remains unfinished until all the hostages, both living and dead, are returned home. let me bring you back in, mark, because that is so critical to this was to steal. a ceasefire will come after space two and three and an initial pause for those 46 days you were taking us through, but absolutely central is the return of the hostages and, as we are talking, we don't know the exact numbers of those alive and those who are not. no, the israeli government believes that about a third of th

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thoughts, people have been continually crowding throughout the day in what's become known as hostage square at, you know, i've, i've been that i've seen these families that seen that day in day out. but uh, from uh, tweets really prisons earlier today, these prisoners, some of whom had been setting long prison sentences life sentences even for they've now been released and being treated in welcome does he have always in the occupied restaurant in ramallah, waiting out of policy and slang. fast, almost, and i look at it last week, maybe the women and mine is being released to being held in the administrative detention. and this becomes a very professional issue with my students because they cannot be held indefinitely to other school. in this, every time a senior soon effected by a family member or friends with himself being present at some points which is consistent, right? has even going to extend to protest can lend you in jail and you from the testimonies that we've seen in the past week, kindly answers questions we, we understand that we can do for president us to give out some thoughts

live at hostage square in tel aviv where the loved ones of those held in gaza wait nervously to see if keir starmer arrives in kyiv to sign a partnership deal to deepen security ties. he says the uk would �*never let up' on support for ukraine. the indian film star saif ali khan, is in hospital, being treated for multiple stab wounds after an intruder broke into his home. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy, welcome to bbc news now, we start in the middle east where there's still much uncertainty, despite the hostage and ceasefire deal that's been announced between israel and the palestinians. the agreement is set to take effect on sunday after diplomatic efforts led by qatar

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daniele hamamdjian is in hostage square. ges, because they were soldiers, it's 50 palestinians. so there's 200 palestinians who have been released into ramallah in the west bank. are all of them people who will stay there or are some of them people where the condition is they're going to have to go off to a third country. >> you know. >> depending on the. sentence they were. >> serving, some of them will. >> end up living in exile. possibly egypt, qatar or turkey. 114 out of the 200 have been dropped off in ramallah. 70 of them are expected to go to a third country. >> again. as i say. >> possibly egypt. for now. >> what's unclear to me. >> as you see, we're in. >> tel aviv, where hostages square. what's unclear to me is, you know, what kind of. scenes we're going to see in ramallah. >> and i've got just so you know, danielle, i've got pictures of ramallah right now, actually, we're looking at that right now. so carry on with what you're saying. but i'm just telling our audience we've got now, these are pictures of the palest

i want to go back to cnn's bianna golodryga, who is in hostage square in tel aviv. what's happening there now, bianna? it looks again pretty subdued. >> yeah. and i was thinking back to the point that you made because i was noticing the same mood here, and somebody put it perfectly to me by saying that that you could cut the tension here with a knife. this has just been such a roller coaster process. not just these last few weeks, as we did see these developments moving towards an ultimate deal. but over the past 15 months, 466 days to be exact. and now here we are. the fact that you even read that note and the report from the prime minister's office, that there appear to be some issues where there are disagreements between what israel agreed to and hamas. nonetheless, they do appear to agree that a deal will be in place in the coming hours. even headlines like that make people very, very nervous here because we have not seen these hostages come home, even though there are reports that a deal is imminent, it's now done and they should start coming home in the next f

of the tunnel, particularly for all the people who have gathered here in what is now known as hostage squareng home and after a year and a half of war, this could possibly lead to a pathway to the end of the war, but the violence continues. just about an hour and a half ago here in tel aviv, a 19-year-old palestinian from the west bank town went on a stabbing attack at an open air cafe here in tel aviv, randomly stabbing people. he was shot by a passerby by and shot, presumed dead. one person is in critical condition after that attack. the health ministry says in 23 palestinian have been killed. houthi plan to fire until the last minute when it goes into affect. as a result, two times the sirens have wailed and had to take cover with incoming. (siren sounding). now, as israeli hostages are released palestinian prisoners will be released as well. some of them convicted for involvement in violent attacks on israelis. as a result, the government a short time ago announced that those families who have been impacted by palestinian violence will receive notification that the attacker who harmed on

we'll let you get back to following this developing news as, again, people in israel at hostage square celebrating with joy and relief the return of four of their female israeli soldiers in a hostage release deal. this week, we also have jameel jaffer. he's the director of the national security law and policy program at george mason university, and former chief counsel and senior advisor for the senate foreign relations committee. thank you for again, joining me, your reaction to what we've been watching unfold live this morning. >> obviously, a big day for the israeli community, the entire israeli community, to get these these four young women, 119 year old and 320 year old female soldiers back, but they're going to pay a high price for it. they're going to trade for every one of these female soldiers that's coming home. they're going to trade 50 palestinian detainees. 30 of each of those, 50 are serving life sentences. these are people who have committed murder, plotted terrorist plots, the like. and so at a high price, today's today's exchange, but an important one to get these four

hostage square in tel aviv, people are gathering, singing, prating, calling for an agreement to bring their loved ones home. you can see the posters in so many people are being held. one of the soldiers expected to come out and the agreement if it does take place starting sunday. each of these faces has a story. they have family members and loved ones who are waiting for them to come home. i think we talk often about the numbers, sandra and john. we talk about the number of hostages that will be exchanged for palestinian prisoners. each number at these numbers represent a family member, father, son, daughter since october seventh periods. >> sandra: prayers all over the world. continuous prayers for the hostages to be released, trey, john. >> john: president biden claiming credit for this spire till yet to be seen by his own administration is divided on who deserves the credit. peter doocy is live at the white house with the latest know who is it, peter! >> good question, john. president biden might think it is a joe president trump deserves any credit, but his top diplomat said it is

hamamdjian is there. >> reporter: there are only a few people gathered tonight in hostage square. e family member telling me they want to see all the hostages back before they can celebrate. >> reporter: jimmy miller's cousin and her children, a 10-month-old baby and 4-year-old boy, were kidnapped. >> i will believe to everything when i will see it in my eyes, that it's happening. i will believe it only in the second i see. >> reporter: this latest conflict began on october 7th, when hamas massacred more than 1,200 people in israel and took more than 250 hostages, among them 12 americans. only three are thought to be still alive. two are on the list for phase one release. lester recently spoke to the family of the americans including the sister of 20-year-old edan alexander, who's not on the list. >> so it's been like a year that like my best friend i was growing up with has just been like gone from my life. i'm sorry. >> no, it's okay. >> it's been very difficult. >> reporter: in gaza tonight, people were hanging on every word, as news trickled i in that a deal was coming. and whe

they call it hostage square.he 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 particular civilian, arbel yehoud, would be released but she wasn't on the list that hamas submitted on friday night. why was this? people were wanting to know. the israeli government have said that hamas have broken the terms of the deal and so today prevented hundreds of thousands of gazans going further north in returning to their homes. we have been hearing from one hamas source that next weekend, in f

hostages square as it has been known, where the families have been gathering.ks by hamas and they have been calling on benjamin netanyahu and his government to agree to a ceasefire deal. so they can be reunited with their family members. and as we can see on the screen, someone speaking in tel aviv. we will bring you more on that. and earlier, we did tell you as well that the israeli security cabinet has begun meeting as well. now, they are convening to approve that deal that has been inked with zero and hamas. and as we are telling you just now, the israeli prime minister's office saying if all is finalised once this cabinet meeting concludes, they are expecting the first of the hostages as part of