back then, the story of nir oz was the story of israel.1950's, they considered themselves pioneers, hoping to transform uninhabited land near the gaza strip into an oasis and communal farm. >> we planted around 20,000 in the desert. nick: ran pauker, a landscape architect, helped create nir oz. he and the other residents held a ceremony to mark the demolition that would begin reconstruction. ♪ they know that once again, nir oz is the story of israel, this time as a community whose country failed to protect them, and must decide how to move on from october 7. ♪ >> we have to destroy the old houses. that is the healthy way. the beginning, the renewing. i think it will be better. nick: really? why? >> yes. we have enough courage to rebuild. >> it is really, really emotional, really mixed altogether. what can we do? i don't want to, you know, be hating forever. nick: hatred and hurt but also hope to create a new future. for the pbs news hour, i'm nick schifrin. ♪ amna: today, the american civil liberties union sued the trump administration ove

on saturday, hamas released another nir oz resident.ut his wife and his two children, one kidnapped at just nine months old, the youngest hostage who spent the majority of his life in captivity, israelis fear they have not survived. >> we remember the picture of her standing here under this bush, with a blanket, and crying. >> like everyone here, she remembers that moment like a flashbulb. the house frozen in time, the ransacked placing. and the home, still haunted by harbor, the neighbor's house where a woman was forced at gunpoint to watch her husband be murdered before being kidnapped herself. >> when i come out of the kibbutz, i always take a shower come a long shower, because i think about all these people who were murdered here and all the pain and sadness. i remember the fear/. >> but>> she's on the other side of the community debate, she wants to preserve the damage, so the world cannot doubt or deny. >> i think the house should be kept as they are, burned, because this is the evidence. nobody, nobody will be able to say that th

we also know that 0ded lifshitz, retired was also taken nir journalist, was also taken nir 0z with hisd, masked gunmen the as it is surrounding the coffin as it is moved into the red cross vehicle. there was a signing of that 7 7 that happen7ed 77 paperwork that happened earlier with the red cross representative this representative and now this moment, when the first of the dead hostages start ba c7k to back to israel. and you can hear, while this going on, the somewhat incongruous sound of. music playing in the background. this is the of the dead is the release of the dead hostages as well as those who but”? a: teat! a: “flea “pw ww ww www ww , wwww been released “m�*a'e' as teat! ae the-e iv» —— 7— ww w — —ww been released so but”? a: e" a: “flea “pw ww ww wwww ww w wwwww been released so far. part an exchange deal between of an exchange deal between israel and hamas where they will exchange 33 hostages for around 1900 palestinian by the end of the prisoners by the end of the six weeks of the first six weeks of the ceasefire. so far that has been holding, but ceasefire has been holding

that was more than a quarter of the population of nir oz horn, argentinian. israeli, described as a social glue in the in the community there ran the pub, brought the community together for different social events. the images you see of him on television here on the large screen, are images of some of those happier and better days. what everyone here, and we've said this many times already this morning, what everyone here is looking to see, that first glimpse, that first image of what the condition is of these three men. now, palestinian islamic jihad yesterday released video, two videos, actually, of, um, sasha trufanov. his family didn't want those videos to be shown. um, cnn and other broadcasters respect that. but what you can say by looking at those videos is this is somebody who doesn't appear to be emaciated, undoubtedly 498 days in captivity in in desperate and uncertain conditions will leave a mental scar, will have the physical scars of those bullet wounds to his legs. obviously doctors when they when they greet all three of the men, when they get t

either murdered or abducted, more than 70 abducted, more than a quarter that was of the population in nir oz. they were the kibbutz that never saw the idf make it to the kibbutz before. hamas and the others left, they weren't rescued by the israeli forces. hamas and the others just left. so that's the point that he's making, that the idf will get my father. it's late, but the other point that he makes there is he will be. and this is something we'll expect to see happen when the red cross and the bodies over to the idf. he says that he will. then his casket will then be draped in an israeli flag. um, and he says this will begin a part of closure for the families. the fact that the remains are returned, that there will be some dignity, um, and a process of grieving, he is indicating can can then begin to happen. >> and, paula, this is the difficulty of this day, isn't it, for a lot of israelis having to relive the trauma of what happened on october 7th, 2023, and working through all of this and this acceleration, apparently, of the return of the hostages and eagerness on the part of hamas

the statement said, with pain and deep sorrow, kibbutz nir oz announces the murder who was kidnapped from her home." there was outrage to be that of an unidentified gazan woman. over on thursday. a further six living hostages are due to be more than 600 palestinian prisoners will be freed from israeli jails in exchange. simonjones reports. crowds gathered outside israel's forensics institute of a body handed over by hamas last night. this is the last picture of her — terrified, cradling her two sons, ariel and kfir on october the 7th. said to be of shiri belonged to someone else. of a gazan woman instead, in brazen violation of the agreement. by a murderous terrorist organisation, and it was them back alive. 7th and no forgiveness for abandoning them boys were, in fact, murdered. this morning to mark the release of six eliya cohen, tal shoham, omer shem tov and omer wenkert. the two others to be freed have been held and avera mengistu. they will be exchanged for more than 600 palestinian prisoners. simon jones, bbc news. with me is said shehata, from bbc arabic. wi it me is said sheh

all four were abducted at kibbutz nir oz. hamas said they were killed, by israeli bombing. president "there are no words." some shared their reflections on the day. since october the 7th. that each of us carries, that maybe we could have done more, that maybe we did not do enough to prevent this tragedy. we are very sad that it has come to this, that we are returning bodies, and not really rejoicing of the kidnapped people, children and infants. to save those that are still alive. in the last hour we have received pictures of a private you will see there the four coffins shrouded in the israeli flag. before they were transferred by the attending israeli soldiers into the waiting ambulances. our middle east regional editor, sebastien usher and the images that you're seeing there, of people lining the streets with israeli flags, across the country. is a country in mourning. this is the first handover of hostages that has involved those who have not survived, those who are dead. we saw the coffins in this very stage managed event again in khan yunis in gaza by hamas, handed ov

has been nearly a year and a half and hamas has released three more hostages, all of them taken from nirober 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 hamas to move the cease-fire into phase number 2 and that's significant, because that phase calls for all of the hostages to be released and into this war -- and also isra

the young family from nir oz became icons for hope over despair. israelis riding an emotional roller coaster over their fate. worryingly, shiri, kfir and ariel not released with 105 other hostages freed during the first pause in fighting. november 2023. >> oh. >> oh sure, his husband jordan's fate was also unknown. he too disappeared october 7th. believed taken to gaza. the first news of shiri shafir and ariel coming late 2023, when hamas claimed they were killed in an israeli air strike, releasing a propaganda video exploiting emotional sensitivities of yarden, blaming the israeli government for their deaths. the idf called it psychological terror. months later, this security camera video captured by the idf, appearing to show shiri soon after her abduction, but until this day, the idf, unable to confirm the fate of the family, cautioning against hamas statements. when jordan was finally freed by hamas three weeks ago, everyone in israel understood the heartbreaking news awaiting him, his father and sister consoling him against the near certainty

after 497 long, agonizing days, hamas releasing three more hostages, all of them kidnapped from nir ozd 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 quickly shifted to that of concern for the 70 hostages who are still being held in captivity, and in exchange for the swap that we saw this morning, israel releasin

. >> on october 7th from kibbutz nir oz in. >> his mid 80s. to his daughter last week and she told us that she's. holding out. >> hope, but that she felt like. >> you know, he wouldn't. >> have. been able. >> to survive more than a year in captivity in. hamas captivity. and those are t four pictures of. the deceased. >> hostages who. >> were handed back now on saturday, ana, we expect six live hostages. these will be the six last hostages, live hostages in phase one. after that, it will be phase two. this is meant to be a more permanent cease fire and the release of more live hostages. those will be men, military men. if indeed stage two goes ahead. >> ana gorani, thank. >> you. >> for bringing us. that update again. >> those faces. >> just really tell. >> a painful story. >> now to. >> a quick. >> update on pope francis. >> the 88 year old pontiff remains. >> hospitalized with pneumonia in both lungs. >> the vatican says he did. >> have a restful night. he got out. >> of bed. >> he had breakfast. >> in. >> an arm chair and. >> is. >> continui

more than 40 other residents of their kibbutz, nir oz, including sheri's parents, were murdered that. but sheri and her kids were taken into gaza. this surveillance footage, released later by the idf, shows shiri and her children being covered. sheri's husband, yaron was captured as well, beaten by a crowd, his head bloodied. he ended up captive in gaza, to. >> where small. >> family and half of them are kidnaped. >> half of your family? >> yeah. >> i met with sheri's cousin a few days after the kidnaping. she was desperate for word of shiri and yarden and their children. >> i want to know that they are being fed. if their diaper was changed, if he forgot his formula, his bottle, something to eat. this is the only thing. that i can do. this is the only thing that helps me be sane right now is sitting here with you and talking to reporters. and showing their faces and telling their story. i want my family back. please. i want my family back. i'm trying to be strong and stoic and. and speak clearly. but i'm devastated. i'm devastated. i'm devastated. i understand. i don't know what els

the young family from nir oz became icons for hope over despair. israelis riding an emotional rollercoaster over their fate, worryingly, shiri, kfir and ariel not released with 105 other hostages freed during the first pause in fighting. november 2023. >> oh. >> sherry's husband jordan's fate was also unknown. he too disappeared october 7th. believed taken to gaza. the first news of shiri and ariel coming late 2023, when hamas claimed they were killed in an israeli air strike, releasing a propaganda video exploiting emotional sensitivities of yarden, blaming the israeli government for their deaths. the idf called it psychological terror. months later, this security camera video captured by the idf, appearing to show shiri soon after her abduction. but until this day, the idf, unable to confirm the fate of the family, cautioning against hamas statements. when yarden was finally freed by hamas three weeks ago, everyone in israel understood the heartbreaking news awaiting him, his father and sister consoling him against the near certainty of his loss.

hamas's massacre on kibbutz nir oz on october 7th, 2023. didn't really know if sagi what his condition was. and at any given moment, whether he was alive. um. hamas has never allowed red cross visits to any of the hostages. so really, it's it's. we understood the day before yesterday in our first conversation with sagi, a couple minutes after that little piece that you showed that we all survived by virtue of love. and a kind of mystic optimism, and that that brought us to that wonderful, wonderful moment on saturday. >> he called you his heroes for keeping his story out there. um, and you did. you spent so much time putting his story out there. tell us a little bit, if you would, about his not knowing until just before being released that his wife had survived, that he was going to meet a daughter who he had not met, and who he has missed a lot of time with, and that he would see his other kids. >> well, it turns out and again, this is i'm not a a person of faith, and i don't believe in mysticism, but there was something mystic going on he

nir oz 74 hostages taken, 117 people murdered or taken hostage, more than a quarter of the kibbutz. and that kibbutz, among all of them. the idf didn't get there until after hamas and the other groups had left. that sense of that community lost out in so many ways. all of that adds up, jim. >> and there still hasn't been a full scale investigation, right, of the idf response and the intelligence failures leading up as well. just so many threads coming together there. nic robertson in jerusalem, thanks so much. coming up, the largest federal agency of them all, now under the doge microscope, the coats that could be coming to the u.s. military, plus a storied maritime icon, the ss united states prepares for its final chapter. one of the five things you have to see this morning. >> is missing punches, unnecessary check reversals, unnecessary time sheet corrections, unnecessary unentered, sick time. >> get paycom and make the unnecessary, unnecessary. >> ontario, canada stable and secure. when the world around us isn't, you can rely on us for energy to power your growing economy and for

today because she was born a few months after he was taken captive on october 7th, 2023, from kibbutz nirreleased are horn, 46 years old, and the dual russian israeli national, who's name is sasha trufanov, 29 years old. he turned 29, in captivity. now we this morning watched as hamas and palestinian islamic jihad, the other militant group inside gaza, paraded the men on stage. they had them hold up certificates. one of the men, in fact, the israeli american sagi cohen, was given, apparently, according to hamas, gold earrings for. >> the. >> daughter he hadn't met yet who was born while he was kidnaped and taken captive inside of the gaza strip. on the other side, israel released 333 prisoners back into gaza that were arrested after october 7th, as well as 36 men who were serving life sentences there. two, there was sort of a stage managed production in a sense, because they had them wear these shirts with star of david inscriptions as well as we will not forget, we will not forgive, written both in hebrew and in arabic. and alex, just to wrap up, because this is really what everyone is n

all three men were kidnaped from kibbutz nir oz.. i caught up with sharon, her mother and father. elderly mother and father were both taken. on october 7th. her mother was released 17 days after being kidnaped, but her father is still inside gaza and she does fear the worst for him. listen to our conversation. >> do you. >> have any information. about his condition? how he's doing anything? >> we know his. >> chances are slim. >> we know. >> and we know that you know, i know that because when i hugged him at the end of august 2023, i felt his older, you know, he's a he's a strong ox, but he was an older strong and a frail. he was injured. he was shot on the 7th of october. he he needs medicine that he has not received for very long. and the conditions in gaza are horrific. >> and. >> alex, as you mentioned, israel released hundreds, the largest number, in fact, of palestinians since the cease fire agreement was signed. there were men serving life sentences. and we talked about the stage management, sort of on the hamas side, the isr

. >> nir oz.citizen, a russian israeli citizen who turned 29, in captivity. he is actually being held by the palestinian. >> islamic jihad. >> not hamas. >> and that group has. issued and put. out three. proof of life videos. and in the last one, he was talking about some dire conditions that the hostages are living through. and that, of course, is a cause for concern as far as his family is concerned. and there is 46 years old. all three men, by the way, were taken from. kibbutz near oz on october 7th, and all three suffered losses as well, particularly sasha trufanov. we understand that his father was killed on october 7th, and there was also among those who were abducted, his girlfriend and his mother. both were released in previous hostage prisoner exchanges. now, in exchange for these three hostages, there will be palestinian prisoners released. 33 palestinians serving life sentences and 333 palestinians arrested after october 7th in gaza will be released by israel as well. this is all part o

nir oz. macy's. >> oh, this is macy's you used to work at. >> yeah. >> the one that rejected me., you know, i did think that i was going to be able to make a decent living, to be able to save and, you know, have money for retirement. and my job's gone. my money's gone. and starting all over from scratch is scary right now. >> here we are. >> oh, this is charming. >> this isn't exactly the life i envisioned, but i'm trying to make lemon drop martinis out of lemons. >> three vanessa yurkevich. thank you so much. and thank you for joining us. i'm pamela brown. stay with us. inside politics with dana bash starts after a short break. >> life. >> diabetes. >> there's no slowing down. >> each day is a unique blend of people to see and things. >> to do. >> that's why you choose glucerna to help manage blood sugar response. uniquely designed with carb steady glucerna. bring on the day. >> dupixent can help people with asthma breathe better in as little as two weeks. so this is better. and this dupixent is an add on treatment for specific types of moderate to severe asthma. it's not for su

. >> yair horn, 46 years old, also taken from kibbutz nir oz, is due to be released tomorrow in exchangeeement. >> israel will release. >> 36 palestinians serving life sentences. some of them are expected to be deported and will not be allowed to stay in the west bank. and 333 palestinians that were arrested in gaza after october 7th are also due to be released. >> ana. okay. hala gorani, thank you for bringing us the latest from tel aviv. up next, the city of brotherly love, celebrating their big super bowl victory with a parade that's set to begin in just moments. we're live in philly. >> next. >> next. baby: liberty! mom: liberty mutual is all she talks about since we saved hundreds by bundling our home and auto insurance. baby: liberty! biberty: hey kid, it's pronounced "biberty." baby: liberty! biberty: biberty! baby: liberty! biberty: biberty! baby: liberty! biberty: bi-be-rty! baby: biberty! biberty: and now she's mocking me. very mature. mom: hey, that's enough you two! biberty: hey, i'm not the one acting like a total baby. mom: she's two. only pay for what you need ♪ liberty. l

she was born two months after he was taken from kibbutz nir oz on october 7th. display of hostages in gaza, in khan yunis, in the southern part of the besieged enclave by hamas. the hostages were made to hold certificates. one of them was given some sort of trophy. we understand that sagi cohen, whose daughter, as we mentioned, his third daughter, was born while he was in captivity, that hamas militants gave him a gold coin, we understand, for his new baby girl. now, this, of course, very stage managed and whatever these hostages had to say in public, probably these were things that were they were made to say under duress. you also had on the palestinian side of things, 36 life sentences. so palestinians serving life sentences, 36 of those released and over 300 who were arrested, taken inside of gaza after october 7th, returned to gaza and there to you kind of had a battle of the optics because those palestinians who were released by israel were made to wear shirts with we will not forget, we will not forgive, written both in hebrew and in arabic. and it's the p

all of that and emotional as well, because the community, the kibbutz that they came from, nir oz, was one of the hardest hit, the most hostages taken from there, more than 70, 117 people killed or taken hostage from there. the only community that the idf did not get to before hamas and the other groups had left. they felt very alone. so at all those levels, the country grieving for them today and feeling that pain. so many people out on the streets and the bodies, as we've been saying, being taken to a medical institute for forensic analysis. and we've heard now from oded lifshitz family saying, and let me read you the statement, because we've just got it in here saying that they now have a positive confirmation that his body was returned by hamas, saying 503 agonizing days of uncertainty have come to an end. and we hoped and prayed so much for a different outcome. our family's healing process will begin now and will not end until the last hostage is returned. and i was speaking with one of oded's daughters at the weekend just a few days ago, and even then she was telling me they were

>> so, eli, to nir oz point combined with that is what's happening right now, minimizing the role of russia, making him seem more dismissed in the eyes of trump. i mean, he seems to be at that 90 minute phone call. you talked about rubbing a whole lot of elbow. >> well, i mean, trump is not trump is letting vladimir putin off the hook. i mean, he's giving russia sit downs with the u.s. with no conditions that happened yesterday. russia hasn't conceded anything. and they're not calling on russia to make concessions. this is taking place as russia continues to to bomb ukraine this week. and so yes, i think it's clear that trump you know, trump i mean, a lot of republicans can stand up and say that that we all know that that putin started this war. lindsey graham actually spoke with zelenskyy today. zelenskyy posted about that. so there has been some outreach expressing look, there is bipartisan support and bicameral support here in the u.s. but if the president is increasingly emboldened, president early in his second term is out there sort of running roughshod over the norms, ignoring

he was one of the founders of the kibbutz nir oz, where he was taken from, and someone who volunteeredtually in a humanitarian organization driving palestinians to israeli hospitals. so and the six live hostages, as we've been discussing, will be set free tomorrow. jose. >> hala gorani in tel aviv, thank you so very much. i appreciate it. and joining me now is the international spokesperson for the israeli defense forces, lieutenant colonel nadav shoshani. colonel, thank you very much for being with us today. you say that you actually were able to confirm that those two little children were not killed in an israeli airstrike. what did you confirm and how did you get to that confirmation? >> good evening. >> and thanks for having me. absolutely. what we. what has. >> happened in the last. >> 24 hours is as. >> we receive those. >> four caskets. that were supposed to be for. israeli hostages. >> deceased hostages. >> we took. them into. >> an examination. >> a forensic. >> examination that this. >> is protocol. but also. >> something. we do because. >> we. >> know who we're. >> dealing w

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