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abc's marcus moore in tel aviv tonight. >> reporter: relief and happiness in israel as the families and nation watched three hostages emerge from captivity in gaza. among them this american, a 36 now father of three was taken october 7th. these moving images show the reunion with his wife who gave birthday to their third daughter while he was held hostage. there were many heartfelt reunions broadcast for the world to see. families gathered around a screen at hostage square in tel aviv. emotions quickly shifting to concern for the remaining 70 hostages, including vicky's 20-year-old son, nimrod. >> i was very glad for them, but worried for my son. this is our nation, bring him back home. >> reporter: families are imploring benjamin netanyahu to move to phase two to bring all hostages home. while in gaza and the west bank, more reunions. over 300 palestinian prisoners were released for the hostages. secretary of state marco rubio has arrived in tel aviv, and he's expected to meet with the prime minister tomorrow morning as pressure mounts on israel and hamas to move to phase two in the ce

abc's marcus moore is in hostage square in tel aviv with the latest. ng, marcus. >> reporter: janai, good morning again. it has been nearly a year and a half and hamas has released three more hostages, all of them taken from nir oz on october 7th and they include american dekel-chen. and this morning, we have seen moving images of the 36-year-old being reunited with his wife and other family members and also today will be the very first time he's able to meet their third daughter. his wife giving birth two months after he was taken. and this morning here in hostage square we've seen emotions of relief and happiness as israelis were watching the images of those hostages being released, but those emotions quickly shifted to that of concern for the remaining 70 hostages. now, in exchange for the swap we saw this morning, israel has released more than 350 palestinian prisoners, a majority of whom were detained in gaza after october 7th and they've been held in prison since then. and, as you know, there has been immense and mounting pressure on israel and ha

abc's marcus moore is in hostage square in tel aviv, where it is morning. e, they have been waiting for this moment. and they have also been praying for this very moment that we have watched unfold here in hostage square in tel aviv. and i can tell you that as the images have been broadcast on the screen, you see in the distance behind me, there were applause. there were applause when they saw the red cross vehicles arriving at that site in khan yunis, and there were applause when they first saw the three hostages, including sagi cohen, appearing out of one of the vans and then moving to the stage there. you may have just heard more applause there. the reaction here is certainly one of relief. stephanie. it has been for 497 agonizing days for these families and for the friends of the hostages. and so for this moment to unfold here is certainly a moment of relief and a brief moment of happiness. but then very quickly, the. yeah, they're just announcing the names of the hostages, saying that they have been freed. but as we hear the applause and the happiness,

abc's marcus moore is following those developments from hostage square in tel aviv this morning. u, marcus. >> reporter: janai, good morning. after 497 long, agonizing days, hamas releasing three more hostages, all of them kidnapped from nir oz on october 7th and they include sagui dekel-chen. he is the now father of three who was working in the machine shop when this attack unfolded. he rushed home to ensure that his wife and two young daughters at the time were safe in their bomb shelter. he then confronted the attackers that day and was later kidnapped. now, just a few moments ago this morning, we have seen new images, moving images, showing him finally reuniting with his wife, and he also today will for the very first time meet his third young daughter who was born while he was in captivity. she was born two months after he was taken, just really emotional. and this morning, here in tel aviv at hostage square, there were emotions of relief and happiness. people applauding, israelis applauding as they were watching these images of the hostages being released, but those emotions

abc's marcus moore joins us now live from tel aviv. good morning, marcus. >> reporter: hi, janai.d morning. this is secretary rubio's very first trip to the middle east as the secretary of state and just moments ago, prime minister netanyahu thanked the secretary for u.s. support, their strategy envisioning gaza, including how he said the gates of hell will open if all of their hostages are not brought back home. u.s. secretary of state marco rubio arriving in tel aviv overnight ahead of a meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. his visit coming as pressure mounts on israel and hamas to move the cease-fire agreement to phase two. president trump weighing in after setting a deadline for all the hostages to be handed over by noon on saturday, writing on his social media platform that it's up to israel to decide what to do about the deadline and that u.s. will back whatever decision they make. this morning, three hostages are waking up reunited with their families after being released on saturday morning in a hostage prisoner swap in khan younis. among them, 36-year-o

marcus moore is in tel aviv with the latest developments. of the three hostages hamas said they will release in the expected swap. it includes an american. chen an five other americans are among 70 people still being held in captivity. this list emerges as former american hostage keith sigel released a video statement just this morning thanking president trump for securing his release and urging the president to bring the rest of the hostages home. this was the first time sigel has spoken publicly since his release two weeks ago. this latest development comes as pressure mounts for israel and hamas to move the cease fire agreement into phase two which calls for the release of all the hostages and end to the war and the israeli army's complete withdrawal from gaza. michael? >> michael: marcus, thank you. now the latest on the flu. cdc is expected to release new numbers this afternoon as the number of flu deaths have surpassed covid deaths for the first time. erielle reshef is here with more. good morning. >> good morning, guys. it's been a tou