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eli sharabi's relatives in the uk have been speaking to the bbc, giving their reaction to the news ofithout his wife. forced to speak, surrounded by gunmen. heartbreaking words. i am very happy, he said, to return to my wife and daughters. he wanted destroyed. his british wife, lianne, and teenage daughters, noiya and yahel, murdered the day he was taken. in wales, lianne's parents watched with contrasting emotions as their son—in—law was freed. he's alive, he's out. to see the emaciated state that they've put him in — and we both sat and cried. we're relieved that he's home and he's alive, but itjust keeps reminding us of what we've lost and what he's lost. the only thing that keeps us going is the fact that we know yeah. so at least there's one member of our very close family that is still alive. the family will soon travel to israel to mark and to reunite with eli. it's a combination of things, really. i that maybe we could get him back alive. i eli next week? it's reallyjust as simple i as wanting to put my arms he's still my brother. hamas destroyed his family, and they still hol

of course, sharabi amongst of course, eli sharabi amongst them, ohad ben ami and or levy. 18 hostagese tentative ceasefire since the tentative ceasefire began on the 19th of january israel in return releasing with israel in return releasing 383 prisoners. we saw another 183 palestinian prisoners being 1,83, palestinian prisoners being from israeli 18,3,palestinian prisoner,s.be'lng from israeli prisons. released from israeli prisons. they are of the prisoners they are of the 1900 prisoners due to be freed in this first stage of the ceasefire agreement, saying some agreement, israel saying some of these released prisoners will not be allowed to either return to or to be allowed return to gaza or to be allowed in the west q 77; ithey they are calling for members of z 7 members of;this cohort numerous members of this cohort of released palestinian prisoners to be sent on to further countries, sent whether? whether it is whetherit is egypt or abroad, whether it is egypt or further afield. just the second part, the reciprocal part of tentative ceasefire are being in prisoners are being rel

that is the families of eli sharabi, speaking to my colleague fiona lamdin. two of the three girls who were the sentencing of their killer should not have been televised. who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the sunday times jon donnison has this report. six months after the southport attack, the flowers may have wilted. the grief has not. now the parents of two of the victims, bebe king, who was six, and elsie dot stancombe, who was seven, speaking to the sunday times, elsie�*s mumjenni said "like her dad taking the bins out "and she'd be like, �*i�*ll come.�* "she was grateful for life." said her daughter had the power to connect with people. both families talk of the support they've received funerals last summer. they were, however, reluctant to talk about the riots that erupted following the attack. elsie�*s father, david, said, "i had sympathy for the police and that's the truth. "how dare you put them through that?" from bebe�*s father. "we know it had to be heard in court", he said, "but why did the whole nation need to see it on television?" re

eli sharabi has returned home, but to a loss that will be hard to bear. lucy manning, bbc news. region, i wasjoined by mara rudman. she's a former chief of staff for the office of the special envoy for middle east peace in the us state department. i just wonder what you think the real chances are for that phase two of the ceasefire. of course, you would have heard the comments from us president donald trump with regard to turning gaza into the riviera of the middle east. prime minister netanyahu had also said during his visit in gaza that israel reserves the right to go back in at any time. what do you think this means for the prospects of a lasting peace? sure, helena. well, first, i want to put president trump's comments aside for now. i'm happy to come back to them. to solve problems or make the world or the united states better or safer or stronger. political problems at home because he has two very are — ministers who have been holding together his coalition, his ability to be prime minister. into the first ceasefire, and the other has said that he will leave if the ceasefi

, ohad ben watching from their tel aviv home, eli sharabi's family couldn't contain their excitement. shadows of their former selves, celebration turned to shock. translation: it's mixed feelings. i i'm happy to see him standing on two feet, but he looks sad, he looks thin, he looks bad. at tel aviv�*s hostages square, the reality of the men's watching from south wales. he's gaunt, the darkness under his eyes, the pale skin, and the light gone from his eyes, the light that was always there with eli. after seeing the conditions of the hostages released today, there's a renewed sense of urgency here to secure the release of all the captives from gaza as quickly as possible. and that means an extension of the ceasefire, something that is by no means guaranteed. more than 180 palestinians were simultaneously released today under the ceasefire agreement. 70 had been convicted of serious crimes and were detained during the war and held without charge. the palestinian red crescent said seven of those released were admitted to hospital in the occupied west bank after accusations they'd been b

and eli sharabi. and then we also expect the release of a third hostage, or levy, who is a 34 year old father of a three year old little boy. all of these men will be returning to very different realities than the ones that they left on october 7th, eli sharabi, his wife and his two daughters were killed during hamas's attack on october 7th. his brother was also taken hostage, but died in captivity, killed, most likely by an israeli airstrike. according to the israeli military's assessment, or levy has his three year old boy who is waiting for him here in israel. he has spent half his life without his father or levy. his wife was also killed at that nova music festival on october 7th. and we are seeing here behind me hundreds of people who have gathered as they have week after week over the course of this ceasefire, to watch these images live, to watch the moment when these hostages return or emerge from captivity after more than 15 months of being held against their will by hamas or by palestinian is

watching from their tel aviv home, eli sharabi's family cheering. translation: it's mixed feelings. i i'm happy to see him standing on two feet, but he looks sad, he looks thin, he looks bad. at tel aviv�*s hostages square, the reality of the men's condition hit home, as it did for eli's brother in law, watching from south wales. and the light gone from his eyes, the light that was after seeing the conditions of the hostages released today, as possible. released today under the ceasefire agreement. 70 had been convicted of serious crimes and were serving long sentences, but the majority were gazans the palestinian red crescent said seven of those released in israeli jails. "they humiliated us for a year and a half," says this released prisoner. about the outside." on both sides reintegrating will be hard, particularly for eli sharabi, whose wife and two daughters were murdered by hamas gunmen in their kibbutz home, to where he will return on his own, but not alone. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu issued this statement during his visit to the us. translation: we will do eve

eli sharabi embraces his brother and sister just after his release from a dungeon.is father-in-law, pete brisley, comparing sharabi to how he looked before and after, was horrified. >> to see the emaciated state that they put him in. an absolute disgrace. it was an absolute shock. and we both sat and cried. it looked as though he'd come out of a concentration camp. >> reporter: just before sharabi was released hamas forced him to tell the crowds in gaza that he was excited to be reunited with his wife and daughters. however, they were all killed during the october 7 terror attack, something hamas knew very well. he did not find out until relatives broke the news back home. but there was good news too. or levy, kidnapped from the nova music festival, where hamas killed his wife, was reunited with his 3 1/2-year-old son, almog. as part of the ceasefire agreement the israeli military withdrew its forces from the netzarim corridor which split gaza into the north and south. scores of palestinians were quick to flood the roads back home. "they deprived us of food and wate

on both sides, reintegrating will be hard, particularly for eli sharabi, whose wife and two daughtersoss the country before being taken to the occupied west bank, occupied eastjerusalem and gaza. we heard from some of them about their experience in detention. this is the result of being abused while being taken from one place to another, from one bus to another. on both sides, reintegrating will be hard, particularly for eli sharabi, whose wife and two daughters were murdered by hamas gunmen in their kibbutz home, to where he will return on his own, but not alone. at least 183 palestinians were released from several israeli prisons across the country before being taken to the occupied west bank, occupied eastjerusalem and gaza. we heard from some of them about their experience in detention. this is the result of being abused while being taken from one place to another, from one bus to another. it's the result of infections with the disease that you heard about in the prisons, such as scabies in all its forms. i have a mild case. and the severe type that those who stayed behind prison

the british family of eli sharabi, one of the israeli shock at his gaunt appearance.iona lamdin. and watching their son—in—law eli, over2,000 miles yes, it was. an absolute disgrace. yeah, yeah. an awful stage show. yeah. the worst part was the emaciated look of all three face normally and... full of smiles. you see the film of him with hollow eyes and sunken cheeks, and and his face is... he was gaunt. 0h. it's ok. do you...? he's alive, he's out. while we were filming, a new photo

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his wife was killed. 52 year old eli sharabi. and teenage daughters were killed in the attack, and 56 year old ojai ben ammi. he and his wife were both taken as hostages. s was released in the first ceasefire deal between israel and hamas, though some israeli hostages have now been released. other families remain in an agonizing wait. among them the family of a young man whose mother grew up in berkeley are today in the bay's. kris sanchez is following their story. good morning kira. alana hale is one of the young people who was kidnaped by hamas on october 7th of 2023, and his mother knows exactly how it happened because it was caught in horrifying detail on camera. the kidnaping we have, the kidnaping video where hamas took the, you know, the, you know, took the video. so we can see how this happened. the video of alana being dragged away by hamas is hard to watch, but his mother does not want people to forget how he and the other hostages were kidnaped from the nova music festival on october 7th of 2023. she also wants the wor

the british family of eli sharabi, one of the israeli it comes as international aid organisations have raised october the 7th attack. his british—born wife and their two daughters were killed. an absolute disgrace. and disgusted about the grandstanding, you know, obviously, they've been told what to say. an awful stage show. yeah. full of smiles. you see the film of him with hollow eyes and sunken cheeks, and his face is... he was gaunt. 0h! do you...? he's alive, he's out. oh, wow. wow! oh, my god, eli! they had two teenage girls, noya and yahel. shot and killed them in their safe house. i was sitting there, cuddling lianne's teddy bear. i think i made him wet, actually. he's had to live with that for the last 16 months. if he didn't see it, then somebody�*s had to tell him that, "your family are gone." celebrating her 50th birthday. instead, they'll be visiting her grave. noya and yahel�*s graves. onto lianne's grave. you've lost so much. the only thing that keeps us going is the fact yeah. so at least there's one member of our very close family that is still alive. we hope to be par

the men are owe had ben ami, eli sharabi, and or levy. they were barely recognizable and had lost weight while in captivity. as you see their release, they've paid unimaginable prices. sharabi's wife was killed and ohad's wife was kidnapped and later released in the first cease-fire agreement in 2023. a statement was released this is what a crime against humanity looks like. the whole word must look at ohad or eli returning after 491 days of hell, starved, emaciated and pained, being exploited by vile murderers. and they were exchanged for 183 prisoners, some accused of killing citizens. there are scenes of joy at central israel at the hospital as one father, ohad, is reuniting with his daughters, but you understand that the israeli people grasp the reality of the situation. there are still dozens of living hostages held by hamas inside gaza in horrific conditions. rich. >> trey yingst in tel aviv. thank you. for more on this, israeli ambassador to the united nations joins me live. thank you for joining me this afternoon. >> the prime min

eli sharabi, ohad ben ami and or levy all appeared to be gaunt, frail and weak.hey were freed in exchange for the release by israel of 183 palestinian prisoners — seven of whom had to be taken to hospital, according to the palestinian red crescent. but as the three emerged looking gaunt and weak, shadows of their former selves, celebration turned to shock. translation: it's mixed feelings. i'm happy to see him standing on two feet, but he looks sad. he looks thin. he looks bad. at tel aviv�*s hostages square, the site of what the men had been reduced to hit home. after seeing the conditions of the hostages released today, there's a renewed sense of urgency here to secure the release of all the captives from gaza as quickly as possible. and that means an extension of the ceasefire — something that is by no means guaranteed. more than 180 palestinians were simultaneously released today under the ceasefire agreement. 70 had been convicted of serious crimes and were serving long sentences, but the majority were gazans detained during the war and held without charge.

eli sharabi, ohad ben ami and or levy all appeared to be gaunt, frail and weak.cording to the palestinian red crescent. israel says it is sending a delegation to doha for the next phase of ceasefire talks. our correspondent wyre davies reports.

the moment ohad ben—ami, eli sharabi and or levy were paraded by hamas to the world. yes, it was.nd that was an absolute shock, and we both sat and cried. yeah, yeah. and disgusted about the grandstanding, you know, the false interviews. the worst part was the emaciated look of all three face normally and... full of smiles. and his face is... 0h. it's ok. do you...? he's alive, he's out. oh, wow. oh, my god, eli. they are inhuman, these... i can't call them people. eli was married to their daughter, lianne. i was sitting there cuddling lianne's teddy bear. but, yeah, it just... if he didn't see it, then somebody�*s had to tell him in a week's time, pete and jill should have been with lianne have a chat. you've lost so much. will it help you to see eli? that we know eli is back. yeah. that is still alive. we hope to be part of getting him back to some sort of normal. for now, the focus is on helping and supporting eli. girls for the years that they were around. so we live on our memories. during a fire there in 2017. criticism put to her by laura kuennsberg. one of them told us, "t

they'd been brutally treated in israeli jails. this released prisoner. about the outside." for eli sharabie wife and two daughters were wyre davies, bbc news, tel aviv. translation: we will do everything _ translation: we will do everything we _ translation: we will do everything we can - translation: we will do everything we can to - translation: we will do - everything we can to - back everything we can to bring back our hostages. we will take care eur hestages. we willtake care . ~ ~ their security. eer heeteeee. we willteke care . ~ ~ their security. this is an i nave i gave the instruction i gave the delegation to tell meteors and 77 that. president trump demand that. president trump agreed with me, we will do everything to bring back all of hostages, but how mass the hostages, but how mass won't be there. we will eradicate how mass and bring? our atleast 183 palestinians were released from several israeli the occupied west bank, occupied eastjerusalem and we heard from some of them about their experience in detention. translation: this is the result of being - abused while being take

these are the before and after pictures of ohad ben ami or levy and eli sharabi. following their release as part of the cease fire exchange in the israel-hamas war. cnn's jerusalem correspondent jeremy diamond joins us from tel aviv, israel, with the latest. and jeremy, of course, there was the the excitement and the relief to have them home. but i'm sure, you know, that was tainted a bit by the condition that these men appear to be in. >> without a doubt, this was an emotional roller coaster today at hostages square, as hundreds of israelis gathered here to watch as these three israeli hostages were released after 491 days of captivity. initially, yes, there was that sigh of relief to see them alive. there were cheers. there were applause as this crowd saw these men emerge as they have watched over the course of the last several weeks. every saturday, as men and women have been released from hamas captivity. but today, as they got a closer look at the condition of these men, there was a different, more pained look on the faces of many here. and that's because of

eli sharabi embraces his brother and sister just after his release from a dungeon.ather-in-law, peter brisley, comparing him to how he looked before and after was horrified. >> to say the emaciated state that they put him in, it's a disgrace. it was an absolute shock when we first sat and cried. it looked like he had come out of a concentration camp. >> reporter: before his release, hamas forced him to tell the crowds in gaza that he was excited to be reunited with his wife and daughters. however, they were all killed during the october 7 terror welcome to, something hamas knew well. he did not find out until relatives broke the news back home. but there was good news, too. one kidnapped from the nova music festival where hamas killed his wife was reunited with his 3 1/2-year-old son. as part of the cease-fire agreement, the israeli military withdrew its forces from the corridor which split gaza between the north and south. scores of palestinians were quick to flood the roads back home. "they deprived us of food and water, but we are still alive" that cease-fire is

ohad ben-ami or levi and eli sharabi, looked frail and malnourished.aeli leadership has vowed to address this with mediators, as the families of some of the hostages are calling for a faster timeline to get the remaining hostages freed from hamas captivity. the family of eli sharabi reacted to his condition, saying this. >> what made it worse was when we actually saw elie was to see the emaciated state, that they put him in an absolute disgrace, and it was an absolute shock. and we both sat and cried. >> the latest release comes as palestinians are starting to return to new parts of gaza amid fresh israeli withdrawals. the ceasefire is delicate but still is progressing as planned, despite no clear path forward for phase two. president trump was asked this weekend about his plan for taking over gaza. >> any further deliberations on gaza, sir? the timetable for a takeover? no. no deliberations. it's been very well received. where basically the united states would view it as a real estate transaction, where we'll be an investor in that part of the world.

eli sharabi, his wife and his two daughters were killed on october 7th by hamas. his brother died in captivity after being held hostage for several months, likely killed by an israeli airstrike. according to an assessment by the israeli military and or levy, his wife was killed in front of him at that nova music festival on october 7th. he has missed more than half of his life so far of his three year old boy. but today i'm told that his little boy is waiting for him at a hospital, waiting for him to return. >> and jeremy, do we know how many hostages are currently being held by hamas? how many others are being held by islamic jihad? because the one release that seemed to be fairly chaotic, where at least two israeli hostages were forced to walk through that palestinian mob, they were held by islamic jihad, if i'm not mistaken. and that was one of the reasons why it didn't seem to be quite as organized as what we're seeing today. >> yeah, you're right. arbel. ehud, that 29 year old woman who was being held hostage by hamas, she was indeed being held hostage, forgi

and then there's elie sharabi, who again, it is just this bittersweet moment who will have a reunionher. but having lost one brother and returning to a family now gone, a wife and children now gone. we saw a report. we got a report from the hospitals here saying they are incredibly emaciated. they have not had they are malnutrition and have been so for quite some time. and then we shift over to gaza and the west bank. i talked about 183 palestinian prisoners who in fact were released. seven of them went directly to the hospitals in the west bank for treatment. we also have prisoners that went directly to hospitals in the south of gaza, to a european hospital in the south of gaza, and images streaming in from there as well, them also facing malnutrition and dire medical straits. and as you can understand, and as we've heard repeatedly, they do not have the supplies necessarily, both in gaza and the west bank, to treat some of these medical ailments that these prisoners are facing at the moment. but nonetheless, really mixed emotions here, ali, across the board with these three hostage

amid a show of force from hamas fighters, as the minibus carrying ali sharabi, ohad ben—ami watchingm their tel aviv home, sarabhai's family but as the three emerged looking gaunt and weak, shadows of their former selves, celebration turned to shock. translation: it's mixed feelings. i he looks thin. at tel aviv�*s hostages square, the reality brother in law, watching from south wales. and the real... the light that is always there with eli. after seeing the conditions of the hostages released as quickly as possible. that is by no means guaranteed. under the ceasefire agreement. 70 had been convicted of serious crimes and were serving long sentences, but the majority were gazans detained during the war and held without charge. the palestinian red crescent said seven of those released were admitted to hospital in the occupied west bank they humiliated us for a year and a half, says this released prisoner. about the outside on both sides. home, to where he will return on his own, but not alone. buddha davis, bbc news, tel aviv. on the hostage releases. gaunt than we have previously see

on the far left or levy in the middle, and eli sharabi. this is following their release there. at the bottom, the three men freed were freed. the three men were freed as part of the cease fire agreement in the israel-hamas war. >> cnn jerusalem correspondent jeremy diamond joins us now from hostage square in tel aviv, israel, and shocking images of these these men, after 16 months now in captivity. >> yeah. >> that's. >> exactly right. and we were here in hostages square as hundreds of people were watching on the large television screen above the stage as these men emerged from captivity. and initially what we heard was exactly what we've heard over the last several weeks, every single saturday, which was cheers, applause, a very moving scenes. but then you saw as it started to hit people what these three men actually looked like as they emerged from captivity. and then you saw far more pained looks on people's faces. and that is because of the condition in which these men have emerged after 491 days of captivity. all of them looking quite thin and frail. i think the most shock

eli sharabi, 0had ben ami and 0r levy all appeared to be gaunt, frail and weak.whom had to be taken to hospital, according to the palestinian red crescent.

elie sharabi, a 52 year old taken hostage from kibbutz be'eri on october 7th. he will be released, but sadly he will not be returning to his wife or his two daughters who were killed on that terrible day. his brother was also taken hostage on october 7th, but he died in captivity, likely killed by an israeli airstrike. according to the israeli military, then we have ohad ben-ami, who is now 56 years old. he was also taken hostage from kibbutz beit ari. and you can see in this video the reaction of his family, including one of his daughters and his wife, rose ben-ami, who was also taken hostage. but she was released as part of that november 2023 ceasefire agreement. and then lastly, we have orr levy, a 34 year old who was kidnaped from the nova music festival on october 7th. sadly, his wife was among those who were killed by hamas on that terrible day at that music festival. he is, however, going to be returning to his three year old son, who has been waiting for 491 days now for his father to return. we've also learned, according to hamas, that 183 palestinian

the freed hostages are eli sharabi, ohad ben-ami and or levi.been transferred to israel's military by the red cross. so far, 21 israelis and five thai hostages have been released in the first phase of the ceasefire deal, hundreds of palestinian prisoners have been set free in return, nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian joins us from tel aviv. >> yasmin, what is happening right now and what are you hearing from the israeli government? i will note on the screen we are seeing a helicopter landing, i believe, at the hospital in tel aviv. and it's our understanding there is one of the hostages is on that helicopter. >> yeah. so if you take a listen, actually, you can actually hear that the chopper kind of circling where i'm standing right now. so that's ichilov hospital. it's actually where keith segal landed last weekend. i was on the air with alicia at the time, and that was the first obviously israeli american to be released. he landed at ichilov hospital. that is where ohad ben-ami is landing now in that chopper. and those images that you'r

condition exchange of the gaza ceasefire deal. 34—year—old or levy was captured at the nova music sharabi52, were both taken from kibbutz beeri. mr netanyahu said the distressing images they'd seen president isaac herzog called it a crime against humanity. to receive medical treament. of the latest hostages. but when they emerged, ohad ben ami, who's 56, by masked gunmen. and after cheers went up from those watching the live feed in kibbutz beeri, where two of the three men were seized from their homes, there was shock as friends took in their changed appearance adding to their pain, it's still not clear if he knows his british born wife, leanne, and two daughters were killed 16 months ago. albeit he's wearing baggy clothes, you can see that his wrists were skinny. he was gaunt. and the real... the light that is always there with eli. in hostages square, the main family support group more delays in bringing the remaining captives home. talks on a sensitive second stage for the gaza ceasefire and palestinians worry a full end to the war and the return i'm afraid. we will not go through wit

eli sharabi or levi and ohad ben-ami. it took place in what has become a standard and rather disgusting, highly choreographed piece of propaganda and show of force. this time each hostage, all appearing very frail, were marched onto a makeshift stage in gaza and forced at gunpoint to deliver short remarks thanking their captives. they've since been handed over to red cross officials, who have handed them over to israeli soldiers. they are back in israel. this is the same air force base that you're looking at right now where they are before heading to hospitals in tel aviv. in exchange, israel has released 183 palestinian prisoners, mainly into ramallah in the west bank. this is the first round of hostage and prisoner exchanges since the cease fire began on january 19th, the day before the second inauguration of donald trump. joining me now is nbc news international correspondent raf sanchez. raf, what's the latest on the newly released hostages? and obviously you've watched this unfold a few times now. so tell me what we

now, two of them, the first two, sharabi and ben-ami. they were abducted from be'eri, where they lived during those october 7th attacks. most of their family members were killed. the third, levi, he was abducted from that nova music festival, where his wife was also killed in a bomb shelter in october, where both of them had been hiding during that concert. now, these three names are going to add to the 18 hostages who hamas has already released since the cease fire deal began on january 19th. so this is going to be the fourth such prisoner exchange in as many weekends. they normally happen on saturdays. hamas is expected to release 33 hostages by the time the first stage of the cease fire ends, about three weeks from now, though, hamas has said that eight of those 33 hostages have already died and israel on its side. they're expected to release about 1900 palestinian prisoners. now, so far, all of this appears to be going relatively according to plan. but there have been some major hiccups. now, hamas just today announced that these nam

eli sharabi, ohad ben ami, and or levy all appeared to be gaunt, frail and weak.lestinian prisoners — seven of whom had to be taken to hospital, according to the palestinian red crescent. israel says its sending a delegation to doha for the next phase of ceasefire talks. from jerusalem, our reporter joe inwood sent this update

eli sharabi, ohad ben ami, and or levy all appeared to be gaunt, frail and weak.hey were freed in exchange for the release by israel of 183 palestinian prisoners — seven of whom had to be taken to hospital, according to the palestinian red crescent. israel says its sending a delegation to doha for the next phase of ceasefire talks. from jerusalem, our reporter joe inwood sent this update so there's been significant anger in israel today about the three hostage handovers, partly about the way they were done. once again, we saw what looked like a very stage managed event. rows of hamas fighters and the men paraded on stage given certificates, and this time made to give interviews. but i think the greater element of anger comes from the way they look. with previous hostage exchanges, it was said that people looked superficially, reasonably well. the three men released today did not. they were incredibly gaunt. their families say they barely recognise them. and it's been confirmed by the hospital they've now been treated at that they are malnourished. and this was som

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they are three men eli, sharabi, ohad, ben, ami and or levi.after more than a year of captivity. and this morning on capitol hill, israel's prime minister netanyahu met with house speaker mike johnson and praised him. president trump after the white house sanctioned the international criminal court over their arrest warrant for the israeli leader with a razor thin majority. speaker johnson is walking a tightrope to get the republican budget through the house. we're expecting to see the outlines of the gop plan on monday, but it's going to face stiff resistance from democrats, especially when it comes to the likely extension of the trump tax cuts. and then there's the debt ceiling fight, which is sure to unfold again in mid-march. joining me now is democratic congresswoman debbie dingell of michigan. so what do you expect the democratic strategy to be in confronting the trump budget and its tax cuts? andrea, first of all, i'm so. >> honored to be here on your last show. >> and i missed. >> a plane i didn't miss. i skipped because i wanted to be

israel is calling their gaunt, frail appearances shocking the family members of ohad ben ami elez, eli sharabir levy are speaking out about what they've been through and they're demanding the release of all the remaining hostages. >> yesterday. after a year and four months, i saw my brother again. i hugged him, but he wasn't the same hall who left home on october 7th. he came back in poor physical condition. anyone who saw the pictures and videos couldn't ignore it. for 16 months he was hungry, barefoot and in constant fear that every day can be his last. >> survived hell. >> the return of the. >> hostages. >> yesterday leaves. >> no room for doubt. they all must return. we will not stop fighting until the last hostage come home. >> meantime, five thai workers are finally back home and reunited with their families after being held hostage by hamas for more than a year. our john vause brings us the story of their reunion. >> reporter. >> the embrace says everything words cannot about returning home. one of the five thai hostages recently released after more than 15 months in hamas captivity, cl

it was particularly striking to see the image of eli sharabi, a 52 year old who was taken hostage from kibbutz be'eri on october 7th. the difference between how he looked before he was taken hostage and how he looks now really striking. clearly, he has lost a lot of weight, and really, these images are driving the israeli public to focus on the remaining hostages in gaza. and these images driving a public debate here in israel over the fate of this cease fire agreement, with many saying that it is a reason to push to extend this agreement and to ensure that all of the remaining hostages in gaza come home now. earlier this week, it's important to note that the israeli defense minister, the former israeli defense minister, yoav gallant, noted that the agreement that is bringing these hostages home now is identical to the one that hamas agreed to in july. and his point being that all that has happened since then are wasted months during which many of these hostages have faced dire conditions. but in addition to that sense of urgency, we did see the emotional reunions between these three n

the men are ohad ben-ami or levi and elie sharabi.ere released from the central city of deir al-balah. ohad and elie were kidnaped from the community of berry, and or was kidnaped from a bomb shelter near the nova music festival. they returned barely recognizable and clearly had lost significant amounts of weight while in hamas captivity. as you see these images today of their release from gaza, remember they've all paid unimaginable prices. elie, rabbi's wife and two daughters were murdered on the morning of october 7th in their home. or levy's wife was killed in front of him along the side of the road, and ohad's wife was kidnaped with him and later released. during the first cease fire agreement in november of 2023. israel's president isaac herzog released a statement saying, quote, this is what a crime against humanity looks like. the whole world must look directly at ohad or and elie. returning after 491 days of ####, starved, emaciated and pain being exploited in a cynical and cruel spectacle by vile murderers. i can't emphasize

the three hostages, who are all male israeli civilians, 56 year old ohad ben-ami, 52 year old elie sharabi and 34 year old orlev. hamas militants abducted all three men during the october 7th attack on israel in 2023, which prompted the war. during the attack, rabi's wife and daughter were murdered. his brother was taken hostage and later killed. levy's wife was also murdered. ben-ami, his wife, was taken hostage but was released during the week long ceasefire in november of 2023. the first phase of this new gaza ceasefire began on january 19th, nearly three weeks ago now. you are looking live again. this is central gaza for the latest hostage exchange. all three of the hostages now are being paraded in front of the hamas audience here before being taken to israel, where they will eventually be reunited with their families and given health assessments. so since this ceasefire began again nearly three weeks ago, 18 hostages and more than 550 palestinian prisoners have been freed. and this first phase, it calls for the release of 33 total hostages, including eight of whom are confirmed dead.

this morning there was relief from the crowd here in hostage square, even as ohad ben ami, eli sharabilevy, all of them looking very thin and frail were handed over to the red cross in deir al balah. hamas again very much projecting this image of authority and order on the streets in gaza with another highly choreographed ceremony. netanyahu referring to their gaunt appearances in a statement saying, we will not move on from the shocking images we saw today and vowing a response. now, israel is releasing 183 palestinian prisoners as part of the first phase of the cease-fire deal, 1,900 prisoners will be released in return for 33 hostages. american sagui dekel-chen among six u.s. citizens still held in gaza. whit? >> whit: all right. britt clennett for us, thank you so much. >>> we turn to the growing legal battles over the trump administration's efforts to reshape the federal government and its workforce. abc's senior white house correspondent selina wang joins us now from washington with the latest move by a federal judge now. selina, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, whit

it was particularly striking to see the image of eli sharabi, a 52 year old who was taken hostage frombutz bari on october 7th. the difference between how he looked before he was taken hostage and how he looks now really striking. clearly, he has lost a lot of weight, and really these images are driving the israeli public to focus on the remaining hostages in gaza. and these images driving a public debate here in israel over the fate of this cease fire agreement, with many saying that it is a reason to push to extend this agreement and to ensure that all of the remaining hostages in gaza come home now. earlier this week, it's important to note that the israeli defense minister, the former israeli defense minister, yoav galant, noted that the agreement that is bringing these hostages home now is identical to the one that hamas agreed to in july. and his point being that all that has happened since then are wasted months during which many of these hostages have faced dire conditions. but in addition to that sense of urgency, we did see the emotional reunions between these three newly fre

eli sharabi, ohad ben-ami and or levi were all freed as a part of the first 42 day phase of the cease fire agreement between israel and hamas. in exchange, israel released a group of 183 palestinian prisoners from the ofer military prison in the occupied west bank. and still to come on the katie phang show speed bump how the courts are slamming the brakes on trump's ploy to remake the federal government holding the line as one of the last standing checks on trump's broad ambitions for on trump's broad ambitions for his presidential power. keep for more than a decade farxiga has been trusted again and again, and again. ♪far-xi-ga♪ ♪far-xi-ga♪ ask your doctor about farxiga. >> where's your pain? right here. >> right here. >> both knees. >> take on the pain. >> with copper. >> fit mobilizer the. >> next generation. >> and compression technology. >> hyper advanced compression sleeves with built in blue infrared fibers for even faster recovery and pain relief. >> you feel good, you. >> play good, and this. >> copper fit mobilizer. i guarantee you it's going to be the reason why you see me

i think the most shocking one was eli sharabi in terms of a before and after of what he looked like beforewas captured and kidnaped from his home in kibbutz be'eri on october 7th. and how he looks today as he is being released. he has clearly lost an enormous amount of weight during his time in captivity. we also know that or levy, the 34 year old man who was released today, the reason he is being released is because he's considered a, quote, humanitarian case, meaning that he is likely either wounded or or or ill in some way. and so that may also point to his condition. after 15 months in captivity. we now do understand that all three men are indeed in israel. they are on their way to that re'im military base in southern israel, where we will finally see their first moments reuniting with their families very, very shortly. from there they will be taken by helicopter to hospitals here in central israel, in tel aviv, where on the outskirts of tel aviv, where they will be reunited with the rest of their families and begin a long road to recovery. >> well, jeremy, speaking of a long road, let

it was particularly striking to see the image of eli sharabi, a 52 year old who was taken hostage from kibbutz bari on october 7th. the difference between how he looked before he was taken hostage and how he looks now really striking. clearly, he has lost a lot of weight, and really these images are driving the israeli public to focus on the remaining hostages in gaza. and these images driving a public debate here in israel over the fate of this cease fire agreement, with many saying that it is a reason to push to extend this agreement and to ensure that all of the remaining hostages in gaza come home now. earlier this week, it's important to note that the israeli defense minister, the former israeli defense minister, yoav galant, noted that the agreement that is bringing these hostages home now is identical to the one that hamas agreed to in july. and his point being that all that has happened since then are wasted months during which many of these hostages have faced dire conditions. but in addition to that sense of urgency, we did see the emotional reunions between these three newly

and then we had elie sharabi, 52 years old, whose wife and daughters were killed on october 7th, reunitinggaunt when they were released, before being handed over to the red cross for the first time. during these hostage exchanges, they were told to speak on stage in central gaza. they said they wanted the war to end, that hamas did in fact not harm them. when we're talking about the palestinian prisoners, 183 palestinian prisoners were released, some of them to gaza, some of them to the west bank. in the west bank, seven of them went straight to hospital because of malnourishment, starvation as well. in gaza, many of them went to a hospital in in southern gaza, to a european hospital there. humanitarian aid, 600 plus trucks are coming in to gaza every single day because of this cease fire deal that is currently ongoing. but what is needed right now is caravans, is mobile, homes is tents. we have had horrible weather here over the last 72 hours. i'm talking high winds, rain as well. for those gazans that do not have a roof over their heads, tents, caravans, mobile homes are desperately need