our colleague is that the rafah crossing in israel. we lost richard.e has been waiting along with the rest of us for confirmation of the return home of gilad shalit, which we now have. high focus spots in the middle east at the moment. 6 here, from egypt into israel. iñ?ñ?ñ?ñthe other key thing ist that he already is here and there are television pictures of him in egypt and the heat at least appeared to be in reasonable health. they were saying that they need to conduct more medical tests and psychological tests to see what state of mind he is in as well, before he makes a short helicopter ride to another military base north of here, which is a key moment. that is when he will be reunited with his family, his parents, who are already waiting in this base along with the prime minister bit -- benjamin netanyahu, and also the head of israel's military. taken in isolation. with all of the celebration, they will be looking over their shoulders with hundreds of palestinians also being released at the same time. >> yes, the israeli population is very conflic

we're worried about mexican they've handed that captured israeli soldier here in rafah.lves. we may get video of that later on. we haven't seen a picture of gilad shalid yet. just the confirmation from the military wing that they've been holding him the last five years. he's now been transferred to egyptian security. we're also hearing an official from the israeli government has him. only one thing about the condition of gilad shalit. before the exchange took place, they changed his clothes. they gave him new clean clothes before the transfer, but that's the only information we've received about this soldier, now 24 years old, who's been in captivity here in gaza the past five years. rosemary? >> it's just extraordinary. when would we expect to hear some details? people would want to know. this is more than five years later. they would want to know more about his current condition, how he's feeling, what he's thinking after such a long time in captivity. when are we likely to get more information on this? >> reporter: i've been pushing hamas officials to give me some inf

bullets allays thirty three year rule for nine months now and the rest is paralyzed the country led to a rafah thousand people being killed according to official estimates violence in yemen's escalated since allays recent return from saudi. arabia where he was treated after assassination attempt in. a bus and crashed into a cliff or need an easy as jar violence killed four people and injured dozens of others three dutch tourists were among the dead and investigations under way but early reports suggest they were poor road conditions and the bus was overloaded it comes just a month after a similar crash on the island left nineteen people dead. thousands of students of march through italy's capital protesting against education cuts they threw paint and flares and pranks and tried to block well we're lions but revenge they dispersed by the police have been straighter said the event marks a new wave of what's been called hot autumn which last year saw several thousand people clash with police italy recently signed off forty five billion euros of cuts to tackle its debts. i'm kevin owen thanks bein

we drove from gaza city to rafah, where hamas's armed militant wing lined the streets. hamas says multiple armed convoys were sent out this morning so israeli intelligence surveilling the skies wouldn't be able to decipher shalif's exact location of captivity. the red cross was standing by prepared to check the prisoners. the prisoner families arrived shouting, our regards to hamas's military wing. among the prisoners being released, founder of hamas's military wing as well as militants who kidnapped and killed israeli soldiers and civilians like those involved in this suicide bombing attack on a sabaro restaurant in jerusalem that killed 15 people. more than half a million people are expected to take place behind me in a big celebration for those prisoners release. it is definitely a sense of carnival and joy in the streets of gaza. john? jon: reena ninan, reporting live from gaza. so much joy in that part of the world as well as across the border in israel. you're looking live at pictures from the hometown of gilad shalif. he was a young israeli soldier only 19 years