and also, shiri bibas and her two children, kfir and ariel, whose welfare we are extremely concernedbout. israel's promised release of some 200 palestinian prisoners in exchange for its hostages did begin as planned. the prime minister's office is threatening to delay a further pull—out of israeli troops from gaza. with hundreds of displaced palestinians waiting for the green light to go back to what's left of their homes in the north, this is another very tense moment. an israeli citizen, kidnapped from nir oz. and also, shiri bibas and her two children, kfir and ariel, whose welfare we are extremely concerned about. israel's promised release of some 200 palestinian prisoners in exchange for its hostages did begin as planned. the prime minister's office is threatening to delay a further pull—out of israeli troops from gaza. with hundreds of displaced palestinians waiting for the green light to go back to what's left of their homes in the north, this is another very tense moment. the israeli military has shared a recording of the families of the four hostages reacting to a live strea

but shiri and the children still haven't returned. we have such mixed emotions and we are facing extremely complex days. important to note that last week admiral daniel hagari, the spokesman of the israeli military, said that they were, quote, gravely concerned for the fate of shiri, kfir and ariel. all eyes will also be on how this hostage release actually unfolds tomorrow. following those chaotic scenes from that release of hostages on thursday in the southern gaza city of khan younis. and now the fate of the rafah crossing depends on that. an israeli official telling us that the rafah crossing will only become fully operational as long as that chaotic hostage release we saw on thursday does not unfold once again. if it does become fully operational. the world health organization says that 50 wounded patients from the gaza strip are set to be medically evacuated through that crossing, the first time that will happen since may of 2024. >> our thanks to jeremy diamond for that report. coming up, we go inside a flight simulator with a

we are determined to the return of arbel yehud, an israeli citizen kidnapped from nir oz, and also shirin, kfir and ariel, whose welfare we are extremely concerned about. we appreciate and thank the efforts of all international mediators — united states, qatar and egypt — and we expect them to make sure hamas stands in accordance with the agreement. idf troops will continue to be deployed and operate and to do everything, everything to protect the citizens of israel. our mission is not over until every single hostage comes home. as pa rt of as part of the agreement, 200 palestinian prisoners have been released from israeli jails. we arejust released from israeli jails. we are just seeing from egyptian media that 70 of those freed palestinian prisoners have arrived in egypt. a large numbers of the others are going to the west bank and our correspondentjohn donnison is in ramallah. describe the scenes, john.— in ramallah. describe the scenes, john. ., , scenes, john. you can see the three prison — scenes, john. you can see the three prison bosses _ scenes, john. you can see the three priso

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and also, shiri bibas and her two children, kfir and ariel, whose welfare we are extremely concernedut. israel's promised release of some 200 palestinian prisoners in exchange for its hostages did begin as planned. the prime minister's office is threatening to delay a further pull—out of israeli troops from gaza. with hundreds of displaced palestinians waiting for the green light to go back to what's left of their homes in the north, this is another very tense moment. you'll land now there. —— yolande knell there. in the last fews hour, hagar mizrahi, head of the medical division at the israeli ministry of health, gave this update on the status of the four returned hostages. about one hour ago, the four captives arrived at the rabin medical centre, all of us awaited at the arrival excited and gratefulfor the privledge to be able to witness their return home. the preparation for receiving them, as well as all of those returning, include establishing a broad professional and sensitive medical and mental health framework. over the last year, we meticulously planned for the reception, tr

another somber note tonight is the birthday of two year old shiri bibas. he is the youngest israeli hostage in gaza, so there was a moment of silence here commemorating shiri bibas birthday as well. we will go back and listen to what prime minister netanyahu said. an update you, fred. if there is anything substantive in terms of the direction of the cease fire hostage deal and how it impacts when it will begin being implemented, bianna golodryga, thank you so much. >> all right. let's get more now on these fast moving events. joining us now is cnn national security analyst peter bergen. he's also the host of the in the room podcast. okay, so, peter, a cease fire, hostage deals are often fraught with dangers, but is this a detail to bring up now, or is this a detail that should have been in the agreement? >> it seems like it should have been in the agreement, but it's been a constant sticking point throughout. fred, throughout this process is a question of who is going to be released, who's actually alive, you know, which is a kind of important detail. um,

and also, shiri bibas and her two children, kfir and ariel, whose welfare we are extremely concerned about. israel's promised release of some 200 palestinian prisoners in exchange for its hostages did begin as planned. the prime minister's office is threatening to delay a further pull—out of israeli troops from gaza. with hundreds of displaced palestinians waiting for the green light to go back to what's left of their homes in the north, this is another very tense moment. that rapport is from yolande knell. let's cross live to tel aviv and speak to our middle east correspondent, nick beake. thank you very much and welcome back to hostage square in the heart of tel aviv where this morning there was huge jubilation at the sight of those four hostages being released. theirfaces those four hostages being released. their faces light up the big screen here and they are preparing for an event later today and the emphasis will be to make the point that while there was greatjoy today the job is by while there was greatjoy today thejob is by no means done because lots of families and friends o

i spoke just moments ago with the cousin of shiri bibas, who is a mother who was abducted on octobermany will remember her because she was clutching her two children, her nine month old, very close to her as she was abducted that day. that little boy, that baby boy. nine months at the time. he would be two years old today. we don't know how if he is dead or alive. hamas claimed that he they were killed in airstrikes last year, but they just don't know. there is no evidence, no official communication by the government. but he too says there is disbelief until the hostages come back to israel. he's jimmy miller, the cousin of shiri bibas. >> i will, i will believe to everything when i will see it in my eyes that it's happening. >> i will believe it only in the second that i will see. okay, the cars of the red cross that didn't make nothing to all the hostages, even visit the hostages all this time crossing the front from gaza to israel. that's the only moment that i will believe that something it starts from this deal. and i really, really hope that it's going to continue. and it will

determined to return to the return of arbel yehud and israeli citizen kidnaped from near us and also shiri bivas and her two children, kfir and ariel, whose welfare we are extremely concerned about. we appreciate and thank the efforts of all international mediators, united states, qatar and egypt, and we expect them to make sure hamas stands in accordance with the agreement. idf troops will continue to be deployed and operate and to do everything, everything to protect the citizens of israel. our mission is not over until every single hostage comes home. >> mazie hirono. olaf scholz hamas arbel yehud. >> to about hamas are not adhering to the agreement. we are committed to the arbel yehud return that was kidnaped from nahal oz. this is the agreement we need to adhere to. it and we will do everything to make it happen. agam berger is there a reason why agam berger stayed in captivity? a gam is a very brave soldier. we are committed to a return. we and will do everything that a gam will return. did hamas. transferred the dead and the living list. we haven't received the list. we will update

and also, shiri bibas and her two children, kfir and ariel, whose welfare we are extremely concernedisrael's promised release of some 200 palestinian prisoners in exchange for its hostages did begin as planned. the prime minister's office is threatening to delay a further pullout of israeli troops from gaza. with hundreds of displaced palestinians waiting for the green light to go back to what's left of their homes in the north, this is another very tense moment. crowds of thousands of palestinians turned out in the west bank to welcome home the prisoners released by israel. our correspondentjon donnison was there as the buses arrived. well, you can see the three prison buses behind me. about 20 minutes ago, those buses arrived and frankly, pretty chaotic scenes as the prisoners got off a very large crowd and we saw the prisoners in their grey prison fatigues, many of them with shaved heads, long beards, a lot of them looking pretty thin. it has to be said. hoisted onto the shoulders, carried into the sports complex behind me. you can just see one now emerging there, a man in his 40s

growing dread over the fate of the youngest hostages, kfir and ariel bibas, along with their mother shiri. we spoke to the boy's aunt last week. >> what is it like to not know what happened >> it's paralyzing. not knowing is so hard that sometimes i just want to scream, just tell me, even if it's the worst thing, i just want to know. >> reporter: and starting at dawn israel finally allowing displaced palestinian families to return to northern gaza. a river of humanity making its way back. "we want to return," this girl says. return to a gaza city in ruins. the u.n. says 90% of houses are damaged or destroyed. but that won't stop the akila family, who walked ten miles to be here. the children tied securely together as they push into the surging crowd. the last leg of the long journey home. and president trump's middle east envoy steve witkoff is heading here to israel on wednesday. he also says he plans to head to gaza. lester? >> raf sanchez, thank you. >>> and in poland dozens of holocaust survivors returning to auschwitz 80 years after liberation, honoring the roughly 6 million jews and

the anxiety, the uncertainty is the anxiety, the uncertainty is going to continue —— the children of shiried ones or alive or dead.— or alive or dead. just remind us for a _ or alive or dead. just remind us for a viewer _ or alive or dead. just remind us for a viewer is _ or alive or dead. just remind us for a viewer is just - or alive or dead. just remind us for a viewer is just joining us for a viewer is justjoining us for a viewer is justjoining us what is going on behind you. what i am expecting is the buses are going to arrive here. they set off 15 or 20 minutes ago from 0fer prison a few miles away. i imagine it was an trafficked journey up here. i imagine they will get a rapturous reception. you can see in the last 20 minutes the crowd has swelled here. many of the families who were down at 0fer prison are now happier. i imagine there will probably be fireworks, a mood of celebration and relief and for the families waiting for them they will be falling into the arms of their loved ones and greeting people who they might not have seen for years. then the ones who are not going to be

and as for shiri and the boys, i just. i just pray they're okay.ust i don't know what else to say, but i just. so, so hope so much hoping that, um, that they will be okay. >> there's. i think there's something about these babies and this family that has gotten a lot of attention because people have seen them, um, they're so they're so adorable and they're so young with so much life ahead of them. and i just i just wonder how you have gotten through and how your family has gotten through this time um, i don't i don't have a i don't have a silver lining to provide here. >> it's just been a nightmare. um, we're thinking about them all the time. we're afraid about their well-being all the time. uh it's it feels like something of out of. i don't know, like barbarian medieval war or something. it's something that no one could ever dream or think that it could happen. and especially for such young children. and, you know, children have this energy. uh, they have this lively energy. and they're smiling and they provide so much joy when they're around. and

shiri bibas turned two years old yesterday to 86 years old. the hospitals, all six of them that have been prepared to receive these hostages over the past few months have spent a lot of time planning for the arrival of all of the hostages. and it's a case by case basis in terms of where they decide each hostage goes in terms of their physical state at the time, they are also they also have the medical records of all of the hostages on hand. and this becomes especially crucial for those older hostages that may have had pre preexisting conditions prior to october 7th. and you can imagine being detained in tunnels with poor air quality and circulation, little food dehydration, emotional and physical scars as well. so the doctors here are prepared. i spoke with the head of one hospital earlier this week, who said that they are optimistic. they are hopeful, but they are also keenly aware of what 470 days can do to a person in captivity. so they set expectations low in terms of how long these patients will end up staying the minimum they're they're

very worn with hostages ranging in age from two year old shiri bibas to 86 year old shlomo mansoor. >> medical staff are prepared to treat each hostage case by case for family members. the thought of a reunion with their loved ones is almost too much to bear. >> have you thought about what you will say to a gum when you do see her face to face? >> i have been doing everything to get you home. thank you for making my dream come true. for coming home. >> now, fred, the israeli public, even israeli doctors here and nurses and medical staff know there's going to be a stark difference from the hostages that will be returning tomorrow. and those that return to november 2023, 105 were released. then. they were physically thin, dehydrated and ill. some of them were, but they were all alive. and there's a dark reality here, knowing that some of the hostages that will be released will be coming home sadly in body bags as well. fred, this time. yeah. >> it's all so sad. all right. bianna golodryga, thank you so much. all right. with us now is ahmed fouad talib. he is a senior fellow at the atlan

that we have serious concern about their condition about shiri and the baby's family, that they will come as soon as possible. we appreciate the work of the mediators and we insist that the civilians will come as soon as possible. we have commitment to all the civilian hostages to agam and the soldiers that are still kept in the hamas captivity, with without appropriate conditions. in the last few hours, hamas shows their cynical way of organizing this ceremony. they. showed this charade, show that they are taking care of these hostages. but effectively they are holding the hostages for 40, 77 days with no reason. we will not going to be quiet until all of them will come to the soil of israel. we are still in the in the gaza and we are protecting the envelope settlements of gaza and behind this mission, the soldiers are standing. who are fighting for 15 months and paying the price. the heavy price and of course, the 841. death soldiers that died in the battles and others that

determined to return to the return of arbel yehud and israeli citizen kidnaped from near us and also shiri bivas and her two children, kfir and ariel, whose welfare we are extremely concerned about. >> cnn's jerusalem correspondent jeremy diamond is live in tel aviv in hostage square. jeremy, there are a lot of relieved people behind you for these four women. take us there. tell us what you're seeing. >> yeah. victor. over the course of the last several hours, we have seen thousands of people gathered here at hostage square to watch every single emotional twist and turn of the release of these four female israeli soldiers who have been held captive by hamas for more than 15 months. we saw this crowd reacting as hamas began staging this release inside of the gaza strip. the kind of stunning images of these mass hamas militants preparing to release these four israeli soldiers. and then we saw this crowd react with tears of joy, with elation, as for the first time, they were able to confirm with their own eyes that these four women were indeed alive as they emerged from hamas. vehicles were t

their names are shiri who was taken hostage along with her two toddlers. status unknown. arbelia is believed to be held by islamic jihad in the gaza strip. still, according to israel with the tenets of the ceasefire agreement, they were supposed to be released from the soldiers, and they were not. therefore, israel didn't hold up its end of the bargain in terms of pulling out of a strip of land in the middle of gaza strip. and if they pulled out, that would have allowed palestinians to move from rafah to their homes in the north of the because a strip. they can't get there now. there has been some conflict in the corridor. so that has caused some friction and some friction with the deal. one more development that we're looking for, hamas is supposed to release tonight updates on the status of the 90 remaining hostages in the gaza strip, particularly which ones are dead. the latest figure we have is that 35 of the hostages, 35 of the 90 remaining hostages are dead. we'll wait to see what we get are from a hamas. mike? mike: mike toe tobin live in the middle of the action i

list release, is shiri bibas, and of course, she is the mother of five year old yarden bibas and two year old kfir bibas. nonetheless, there is a collective sigh of relief here now that these names have been made public, especially from the families of these women. i've spent a lot of time talking to these mothers, talking to these families, getting to know them over these last 15.5 arduous years. now that israel has accepted this list, even though they say hamas violated the terms once these idf spotters are in israeli custody, it's when israel will start releasing 50 palestinian prisoners for each of these, five for idf spotters. and they will also be starting to allow palestinian residents to return to their homes in northern gaza as well. erica. >> all right, bianna, really appreciate the update. thank you. boris. >> in just a few hours, the senate is expected to vote on whether to confirm pete hegseth as the nation's 29th defense secretary. right now, two republican senators are opposing his nomination, but four in total are needed to defeat it. if hegseth is confirmed, it would

. >> with hostages ranging in age from two year old shiri bibas to 86 year old shlomo mansoor, medical staff are prepared to treat each hostage case by case. for family members, the thought of a reunion with their loved ones is almost too much to bear. >> have you thought about what you will say to a gum when you do see her face to face? >> i have been doing everything to get you home. thank you for making my dream come true. for coming home. >> bianna golodryga cnn, tel aviv. >> all the latest developments in the los angeles wildfires. a return home for some, but disturbing news for others. plus, some of the biggest challenges in modern firefighting revealed by the destruction in los angeles. those stories and more when we come back. please stay with us. >> i've got good news and i've got bad news. what do you want first? the bad. >> the news is newsy. >> even more than ever. what's the good news? we're doing another season of have i got news for you. >> have i got news for you returns february 15th on cnn at morgan stanley. >> old school hard work meets bold new thinking. partnering

hostage, he was kidnaped along with his older brother, ariel, who you're seeing there, his mother shiri and his father yarden, and the reason people are holding their breath. chris is his name. the names of that family are on that list, but we do not know whether they are dead or alive. hamas has said that those two little boys and their mother were killed in an israeli airstrike early on in the war. israel has never confirmed that, but they have indicated they have serious concerns about the safety of that family. and so we will not know until this deal gets underway as scheduled on sunday, exactly the fate of the bibas family. we are also waiting to see when exactly these two americans, who are scheduled to come out during the first phase of the deal, might emerge. that's keith siegel. he's 64 years old, and ziggy dekel, he is 36. they both qualify for the humanitarian phase of the deal. so we expect that they will come out during this first 42 day ceasefire. but it's likely to be towards the second half of the ceasefire because they are men and the priority is getting those women out

determined to return to the return of arbel yehud and israeli citizen kidnaped from near us and also shiri bivas and her two children, kfir and ariel, whose welfare we are extremely concerned about cnn's jeremy diamond joining us now live from hostages square in tel aviv. >> jeremy, get us up to speed on the latest. obviously, a lot of emotions that we've been seeing and hearing from the crowd there behind you. >> yeah, without a doubt, the crowd here has been following every twist and turn of this movement this morning, from the moments when we saw hamas fighters and hamas vehicles set up in palestine square in the gaza strip, until the moments when those four israeli soldiers who have been held captive for more than 15 months, arrived at that square, were brought up on stage. this crowd behind me at the first sight of seeing those four women knowing through those live images that they were indeed alive and relatively well, at least from a physical standpoint, erupted in tears of joy and cheers. an extremely emotional moment where in israel, as we have seen every single one of these hosta

he was not yet 6564, looking almost 84, very worn, with hostages ranging in age from two year old shiri bibas to 86 year old shlomo mansour. >> medical staff are prepared to treat each hostage case by case for family members. the thought of a reunion with their loved ones is almost too much to bear. have you thought about what you will say to a gum when you do see her face to face? >> i have been doing everything to get you home. thank you for making my dream come true, for coming home. >> and jake, we can tell you that the israeli cabinet has been deliberating over the cease fire hostage deal for seven hours now. it is expected to be approved. and here's the tiktok we can expect to see on sunday at 1215. that is when the cease fire would go into effect at 4 p.m. local time. here is when hamas would hand over those three female civilian hostages to the red cross. and it is the moment when the red cross then hands these hostages to idf when they are in idf custody, is when you'll start to see palestinian prisoners released here in israel. that that is where things stand right now. of cou

. >> with hostages ranging in age from two year old shiri bibas to 86 year old shlomo mansoor, medicaltaff are prepared to treat each hostage case by case. for family members, the thought of a reunion with their loved ones is almost too much to bear. have you thought about what you will say to a gum when you do see her face to face? >> i have been doing everything to get you home. thank you for making my dream come true. for coming home. >> bianna golodryga cnn, tel aviv. >> still ahead, the panama canal. definitely on the radar of president elect trump and has been for a while. new cnn reporting on what's behind trump's threat to reclaim the critical waterway. you're in the cnn newsroom. >> laura coates live weeknights at 11 eastern on cnn. >> very nice going, lou. nothing like a little confidence boost to help ease you back into the dating scene. of course, that also includes having a smile you feel good about. fortunately, aspen dental specializes in dentures and implants made just for you with affordable options and flexible ways to pay. and now they're $0 down plus zero interest i

who is 29 years old and was kidnaped from her kibbutz, nir oz, on october 7th of 2023, along with shiri bibas is the other female hostage in gaza right now, so the fact that neither one of them appear to be on this list is causing a delay in response of getting these lists, these names public, and so that we can bring them to you. and also a very twisted sophie's choice kind of dilemma here for the government questioning what to do next. do they follow through or do they call hamas out for breaking the rules here? hamas in turn, for these idf soldiers would be getting 50 palestinian prisoners in exchange instead of the 30 for civilian hostages. pamela. >> all right. thank you for bringing us the latest there, bianna. and i also want to go to aaron david miller, who i believe is here with us now to give some analysis on this. what bianna just said about the deal, and it's it's hit a bit of a snag. >> yeah. thanks for having me, pam. look, this is not an agreement between israel and switzerland, between a close u.s. ally and an organization which successive administrations has categorized

dana hamas claimed many months ago that kfir, ariel and their mother shiri were killed inside of the gaza strip by an airstrikes. the israeli government has yet to be able to confirm that information. hamas never released any evidence, any proof of that claim. and, you know, i've spoken with the bibas family, several members of that family, including most recently last night, i spoke with the uncle of yarden bibas, the father of those of those young babies, and he told me that the family is still holding out some hope that that perhaps they are alive. you know, we do. this agreement has talked about women getting out, children getting out. it has talked about men over the age of 50. kfir and ariel bibas, if indeed they are still alive and if their bodies are being held, they are the only children still being held hostage by hamas at this hour. and so we do expect that they will be emerging from the gaza strip, alive or dead. is is the uncertainty here? and and we don't know exactly when their families will know which one of those outcomes it will be. but we do expect that they will l

. >> and dana hamas has said that those two babies, kfir and ariel, as well as their mother, shiri, that they are dead. but the israeli government has yet to confirm that. and tonight, yair, their uncle, told me that he is still holding out hope, as is the rest of the family, that just perhaps they may come out alive as part of this agreement. >> dana, it's just so brutal, so heartbreaking on so many levels. thank you so much, jeremy. appreciate your reporting. and up next, we're going to come back to the united states and look at jack smith's conclusion. revealed his final report. the special counsel says the evidence is there to convict the president elect for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. >> laura coates live tonight at 11 eastern on cnn. i'm howie mandel. >> the newest ambassador of skechers. >> funny story. how i became an ambassador. >> i went to the store and i lied and said i was an ambassador. do i get a discount? the owner called me and said, would you like to be an ambassador for skechers? and i said, yes, try skechers slip ins. >> want a next level clean swish wi

let others turn now to yossi schneider, the cousin of shiri bibas, joining us live at hostage square.being with us, yossi schneider. tell us what you know of your family being on this list and whether it is confirmed they will be part of the 33 to be released? there is a list of 33 people and my family is supposed to be on this list. we have no information about them, we don't know if they are alive or not, injured, when and if they are going to come back so we just have to wait and pray. what do you know of their condition and of their health, if anything?— condition and of their health, if anything? they disappeared with the kids _ if anything? they disappeared with the kids on _ if anything? they disappeared with the kids on the _ if anything? they disappeared with the kids on the 7th - if anything? they disappeared with the kids on the 7th of - with the kids on the 7th of october. we have heard nothing 0ctober. we have heard nothing about them. the declaration from hamas in december that they have been killed. no evidence that that has really happened so we actually don't know wha

we are determined to the return of arbel yehud, an israeli citizen kidnapped from nir oz, and also shirihildren, kfir and ariel, whose welfare we are extremely concerned about. the israeli military also shared a recording of the families of the four hostages reacting to a livestream showing the hostages being returned to the the idf. take a look. excited talking, cheering and applause you can see the joy on the faces of those families. the four hostages are now having medical checkups. joining me now are our gaza correspondent, rushdi abualouf, who's in cairo, and bbc world service middle east editor sebastian usher. sebastian, you could see the m sebastian, you could see the joy and relief on the faces of the family. these female soldiers are back home. yes, that's incredibly _ that's incredibly understandable, and the emotional connection has been between israeli people and all the hostages who were taken there, —— theirfaces the hostages who were taken there, —— their faces greet you, theirfamily members you, their family members describing you, theirfamily members describing what the

we are determined to the return of arbel yehud, an israeli citizen kidnapped from nir oz, and also shiri and her two children, kfir and ariel, whose welfare we are extremely concerned about. we appreciate and thank the efforts of all international mediators — united states, qatar and egypt — and we expect them to make sure hamas stands in accordance with the agreement. idf troops will continue to be deployed and operate and to do everything, everything to protect the citizens of israel. our mission is not over until every single hostage comes home. daniel hagari speaking in the last hour. the israeli military has shared a recording of the families of the four hostages reacting to a live stream showing the hostages being returned to the the idf. take a look. excited talking, cheering and applause let's speak to our middle east correspondent yolande knell who's in tel aviv. let's start with the news that they have those for female young soldiers released —— four young soldiers released —— four young soldiers released —— four young soldiers released. they look to be in good health. yes. loo