rushdi abualouf, thank ou for happen. rushdi abualouf, thank you forjoining — happen.thank you forjoining us. _ ukrainian officials say russia is using prisoners of war to put pressure on theirfamilies to carry out acts of sabotage. kyiv says around half the families of ukrainian pows have been approached by russian operatives. russia denies those claims. will vernon reports from kyiv. firebomb attacks in ukraine carried out by ukrainians. some do it for money, paid by suspected russian agents. but others are motivated by the desperation of waiting for news of loved ones. svitlana hadn't heard from her husband, dima, for more than two years. he was captured not long after the full—scale invasion. translation: a ukrainian number called me. - i picked up and he introduced himself as dmitry. he spoke with a russian accent. he said if you want your husband to come home sooner, i can help, but you need to do something. either set fire to a military facility, a car or a railway electrical box. svitlana reported the call to the security service, who told her she should try to

earlier our gaza correspondent, rushdi abualouf, who's in istanbul right now, told me about the reactionalestinians. with all videos of people celebrating in the streets, but i think people were upset with the fact that. watching the last hours of the cease—fire before he goes into effect in lebanon. it might be the same in gaza, so until the cease—fire goes into effect, all people are still worried will in general. those who are supporting hamas, they say it's a victory in their voices were up a victory in their voices were up for the last year gets home so they were equally blaming hamas. we have seen this, we have seen people exposing this on social media. you know the scale of destruction in gaza is something guys i never saw before. everything is destroyed and people are happy because the cease—fire is going to be in effect and they might be allowed to go back north. they will not find, most of them will not find, most of them will not find a place to stay, a school to send their kids, a hospital to be treated. so, very grim future, very mixed feeling. and one of the terms of the ag

. - 0ur gaza correspondent, rushdi abualouf, has been speaking to a palestinian source close to the negotiationsave seen one time, maybe twice, before where the israeli and hamas delegations are in the same building. the egyptians, the americans, the qataris, and everybody involved, are in the same building, trying to put the final touches — as this official told me. we have very exclusive information about this deal. the israeli army will remain in the area called the buffer zone, something like 800 metres to the border. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says more than 46,500 people have been killed during the war. israel says 94 hostages remain in gaza, of whom 3a are presumed dead, as well as another four israelis who were abducted before the war, two of whom are dead. let's return to our panel, guto and bassima. bassima, based on the information we have about the information we have about the state of these negotiations and all the caveats, what do you think the prospects are right now for a deal to finally get across the line? h right now for a deal to finally get across the line?- right now

let's speak to the bbc�*s jonah fisher, injerusalem, and our gaza correspondent, rushdi abualouf, who'sul. i want to get from both of you the latest you are hearing from the latest you are hearing from the respective sides in this negotiation.— the respective sides in this negotiation. the respective sides in this neuotiation. ., , . negotiation. today has been a da in negotiation. today has been a day in which — negotiation. today has been a day in which we _ negotiation. today has been a day in which we have - negotiation. today has been a day in which we have heard i negotiation. today has been a i day in which we have heard some pretty strong voices against this deal, here in israel, including prominent members of benjamin netanyahu's cabinet. one of them came out this morning with a tweet, saying he thought it would be a catastrophe for israeli national security if this deal would ahead. clearly, mr netanyahu has a job to do. there was also a letter written to him by ten members of his own coalition urging him not to make that deal. yes, there are certainly opposition here. it rema

rushdi abualouf is the bbc correspondent formerly based in gaza, and is now in istanbul.e gave me this assessment. i think the final round of talks started this morning and it's already going. what i understand from a senior palestinian official who is familiar with the talks is they are putting in place the wording for the final announcement, which is supposed to be from the qataris, the main mediators in this negotiation in doha. we might hear an announcement soon, maybe an hour or two hours, talking about the progress they have made in the talks. we understand that all the issues have been solved and now it's just the final touches, the technical details are involved. two teams, a team of negotiators from hamas and from israel, they are in the same building, conducting indirect talks. and they are very close to an announcement and they believe that the deal is imminent. talk us through what you know about how the deal would work. i think it's three stages. the first stage, 42 days where hamas would release 3a israeli hostages, including women, children, sick people, an

let's speak to rushdi abualouf — the bbc correspondent formerly based in gaza — and is now in istanbuling as though they are close. they sound very optimistic that something can be happening very soon. yes. optimistic that something can be happening very soon. yes, i think the qatari _ be happening very soon. yes, i think the qatari official - be happening very soon. yes, i think the qatari officialjust - think the qatari officialjust confirmed that they are at the closest point. as we said, there is a palestinian senior official involved in the talks told me this morning that there was about six hours of meetings last night and they resume meeting today. i think most of the important, the key issue of this deal has been solved. now they are talking about very small micro details, technical details about where the israeli tanks will be moving from player to player, the buffer zone and which area the israeli army will stay. 800 metres in some areas, 600 metres. so they are talking about very small details but the key issue has been solved. we understand that hamas will release 3334 isra