>> tal shoham yeah, a great. expectation coming there. eliya cohen 27 years old. he went to the nova music festival with his fiance. uh, she took along with them as well, her nephew and the nephew's girlfriend. uh, when, uh, elio was taken hostage, uh, hamas was opening up with gunfire, and ziv literally hid under the bodies of her nephew and the nephew's girlfriend, who was killed, shot dead in front of him. she has been campaigning so hard for his release. um, obviously a very big day. understatement, right. uh, ahead for her. uh omer shem tov. um, his. he went with two friends to the festival. they were kidnaped as well. taken hostage by hamas. they were released in the early phases of the release. so one of them injured quite badly. uh, omer pete koukov, he, um, you know, went as well to the nova music festival. their families obviously waiting to see them and and the other long term hostage as well, held for ten years. hisham al-sayed his he was held since 2015. so his family too waiting for his release expected to happen in the coming coming couple of hours.

tal shoham and a avera mengistu handed over. both are taken to the stage, as we've seen with previous hostages. they were both shaky, both looking like they'd lost weight 505 days in captivity for tal shoham and more than 11 years for avera mengistu handed off to the red cross vehicles, beginning their path to freedom, handed off to the idf. we have heard from tal shoham family already saying absolutely every emotion overflowing at the moment. so grateful for everyone that has helped bring about this moment. but the weight is now on for those other four hostages. the focus on another location further north in gaza, in nusseirat. that's sort of two thirds of the way north, if you will, in inside of gaza. um, we've seen cheers coming up from the families of those two men, the two hostages i just mentioned. but the crowd here right now, waiting to see the physical condition of eliya cohen, as you say, 27 years old. he went to the nova music festival with his fiance, ziv. ziv took with them her nephew and his and her nephew's girlfr

tal shoham was one of seven family members, all kidnapped from the same house.ister. and they were all to hope for a betterfuture. so you can imagine a situation in which you live side by side again? yes, i'm going to come back here. deal should be complete, but there are still plenty of hostages alive and dead being held in gaza. which have yet to begin. the campaign for tal is over. 0ne family's ordeal has ended. but as israelis celebrate and phase one comes towards an end, ceasefire or back to war, remains as uncertain as ever. i'v e i've been speaking to the of the programme that of the palestine programme that dc, i asked about ....., ,,5., teeth; . ”if” ”777 the news ”7” firm ”the news the 7 the reaction to the news the release of prisoners is delayed. release of prisoners is delayed-— release of prisoners is delayed. release of prisoners is delaed. �*, .,, �*, delayed. it's troubling, it's not the - time - delayed. it's troubling, it's not the - time we've . delayed. it's troubling, it's l not the - time we've seen not the first time we've seen hiccups lik

tal shoham and avera mengistu both had lost weight. uh, but you don't know.h group of hostages seems to somehow be treated in a in a slightly different way. and that's what the crowd now is waiting to see. kim. >> yeah. that's right. all right, listen, nic, we'll come back to you if we see any movement there of the hostages being released. in the meantime, i want to bring in gershon baskin, former hostage negotiator and middle east director at the international communities organization. he joins us now from jerusalem. thank you so much for being here with us. so as we wait for this second group of israeli hostages to be released, uh, i imagine, you know, again, looking at these pictures, hamas presumably wants this to go smoothly after the debacle of returning the wrong body. uh, your take on what we've seen so far and what we're expecting. >> this is. >> the. >> last release of living. >> hostages in this first phase of the deal. and there will be another release next week of, um, bodies of other hostages. hopefully, they will take the precautions to make su

tal shoham was one of seven family members all kidnapped from the same house — tal, the last to returnthe long, agonising wait finally overfor his brother and sister. at kibbutz be�*eri, close to gaza, the house where tal was taken. and they were all kidnapped from here. be�*eri is a place of scars and ghosts. hamas gunmen killed scores of kibbutz members here, 32 were taken hostage. but in a place famously full of peaceniks, ayelet dares to hope for a betterfuture. the population of people who live in gaza should stay and live in gaza. so you can imagine a situation in which you live side by side again? yes, i'm going to come back here. i'm not going to go anywhere else. i think we should really start talking about it and not fighting about it. next week, stage one of this whole complex ceasefire deal should be complete, but there are still plenty of hostages alive and dead being held in gaza. getting them out will require a whole new set of negotiations, which have yet to begin. the campaign for tal shoham is over, one institute hussein ibish if the delayed release of prisoners risks

tal shoham was one of seven family members all kidnapped the long, agonising wait finally overfor hishouse and they were all kidnapped from here. be'eri is a place full of scars and ghosts. 32 were taken hostage. to hope for a betterfuture. stay and live in gaza. i think we should really start talking about it and not fighting about it. which have yet to begin. today should have seen the largest release so far of palestinian prisoners. in gaza this morning a convoy of buses was ready to collect almost 450. but it hasn't happened. in the west bank where others were expected, families have been waiting all day. israel says the issue is still being discussed. 0ne family's ordeal has ended. but as israelis celebrate and phase one comes towards an end, where this goes next, on towards a more durable endowment for international peace. nature of the first phase of the ceasefire—exchange deal. living. smoothly as it has. both sides are accusing one another of blatant violations. i suspect this will done. the israelis do not want to be tarred with the brush of creating tarred with the brush of

tal shoham, omer wenkert, hisham al—sayed and avera mengisto. to be released in the first phase of thefire agreement reached a month ago. meanwhile, hamas says the remains remains from the rubble after an israeli air strike hit the place she was held in. violation of the ceasefire agreement and said israel in a separate development, the red cross says it's "concerned and unsatisfied" by the way hamas hostage release operations have been taking place. and in a dignified manner. our middle east regional editor sebastian usher there was great sorrow yesterday, and today you heard it there, obviously expressed i don't think this very first line that we've heard to douse that anger. and, i mean, this is a hamas official. for the whole of hamas, at the moment. shiri bibas�*s body, or what they say is part of her remains of her body, in the coffin, that they didn't alert israel to that fact, knowing that an in—depth is that hamas was not the actual faction that handed over to another faction after that. all of these are questions that are purely speculation at the moment. official, that doesn

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first in rafah, two hostages — tal shoham and avera mengistu — were passed to the red cross in a ceremony driven away. this time in nuseirat. eliya cohen, omer shem tov and omer wenkert who were transferred into the hands of the israeli military. reuniting with their families. and the second was avera the final hostage to be released without a public ceremony in gaza city. by his family. it comes after israel said a body returned by hamas claimed — herfamily has since said a new body handed who's in hostages square in tel aviv. a very emotional day where you are, mark? a very emotional day where you are. mark? _ are, mark? indeed. there were re are, mark? indeed. there were pretty _ here - are, mark? indeed. there were pretty _ here on - m suare watchin sc uare watchin . that bgfhigdure r which i- that bgfhigdure r which showed screen behind me which showed the pictures of very show ze- stage s—hew—byrhamas that we seen on stage s—hew—hyrharhas that we seen on a basis have seen on a weekly basis with images from another world, a 77 beamed 7 a 77 beamed into here in a sense, beamed into he

tal shoham, omer wenkert, hisham al—sayed and avera mengisto. a decade ago and have been held there sinceu the moment that we can show you now. you can see people gathered the road has gathered there, the road has been cordoned off, they are holding israeli flags. is holding israeli flags. this is outside the forensic institute holding israeli flags. this is ol tel e the forensic institute holding israeli flags. this is ol tel e the and nsic institute holding israeli flags. this is ol tel e the and they nstitute holding israeli flags. this is ol tel e the and they are tute in tel aviv, and they are waiting for body of shiri waiting for the body of shiri bibas to be delivered, we waiting for the body of shiri bibas to be i to vered, we waiting for the body of shiri bibas to be i to the ed, we waiting for the body of shiri bibas to be i to the institute. understand, to the institute. this is all part of the seas filed —— cease—fire deal, but remember these are part of tests . tests. proeihg was theie ferefiile ese efeelfifi was not her, it was therbedy was nether, it was body of an unidentifie

first in rafah, two hostages — tal shoham and avera mengistu — this time in nuseirat.ya cohen, omer shem tov and omer wenkert who are also now in the hands of the israeli military. the final hostage to be released today is hisham minutes he was handed over without a public ceremony in gaza city. earlier this week was not that of shiri bibas, as they had over by hamas on friday is hers. gathered to watch the releases in a location that's become known as hostages square. the gaza ceasefire deal. let's speak to sebastian usher injerusalem. isa is a lot to get through. first of let's talk m— what we are about to see which is the release of more than 600 who have been palestinians who have been detained by that “happening happenirigiizn; 7 ”is happening in the 7 happening in the next few is happening in the next few minutes, is it? we is happening in the next few minutes, is it?— minutes, is it? we are expecting _ minutes, is it? we are expecting l to - minutes, is it? we are expecting l to come, | minutes, is it? we are - expecting l to come, certainly 7, the next 7 the ne

tal shoham, omer wenkert, hisham al—sayed a decade ago and have been held there since.e last few hours — daniel hagari — spokesman for the israel defense forces — gave a news briefing where he spole about ariel and kfir bibas. following a forensic examination, we can confirm that baby kfir bibas, aged just ten—months—old, and his older brother ariel, aged four, were both brutally murdered by terrorists while being held hostage in gaza. killed in an air strike. ariel and kfir bibas were murdered by of the mood in israel. what i think you're seeing, really, is the grief prime minister benjamin netanyahu described hamas, at nothing to seek revenge. and said that it was a gross, cruel and evil violation of the ceasefire deal that shiri bibas had not been returned. so an extremely distressing situation, of course, for yarden bibas, shiri's father, her husband, the father of the two little boys, as he awaits more news to bring the remaining hostages back. a lot of hostage relatives have long felt that he has over the survival of the ceasefire deal. you are still seeing a lot

first in rafah, two hostages, tal shoham and avera mengistu, eliya cohen, omer shem tov and omer wenkert were also handed over. these are pictures of two of the hostages, reuniting with theirfamilies. the first was omer wenkert, who was taken hostage the final hostage to be released today was hisham accompanied by his family. over by hamas on friday is hers. at the end of a week full of despair and uncertainty... ..an outpouring of relief and joy. israelis celebrating as the ceasefire deal brings six more hostages home alive. others held for a decade. from the same house. tal, the last to return. the long, agonising wait finally overfor his at kibbutz be'eri, close to gaza, the house where tal was taken. and they were all kidnapped from here? be'eri is a place full of scars and ghosts. hamas gunmen killed over 100 kibbutz members here, but in a place famously full of peaceniks, ayelet dares to hope for a betterfuture. the population of people who live in gaza should so you can imagine a situation in which you live i'm not going to go anywhere else. and not fighting about it. deal should

first coming out of captivity, 40-year-old tal shoham snatched by hamas on that fateful october 7th. plus, 39-year-old avera mengistu hailed after crossing into gaza 10 years ago. militants putting on a propaganda display before the handover to the red cross. next, three israelis in their 20's, eliya cohen, omer shem tov and omer wenkert grabbed from the music festival on that same terrible day and another terror photo opportunity. all looked thinner and showed some signs of illness in the past and 36-year-old hisham al-sayed having also been held captive for a decade after he, too, crossed into gaza. the freed hostages brought to the idf and israel all reuniting with close family members, all now at hospital here in tel aviv. set to be exchanged for these after a security assessment by israel, some 600 palestinian prisoners. across israel today, israelis celebrated amidst sadness, four will be released next week and then some 60 held my hamas and shiri bibas and two young sons has been handed over. an unknown woman had been brought back with the children. the bibas family saying tod

first emerging from captivity, tal shoham, snatched on october 7th day. and avera mengistu held off crossing into gaza 10 years ago. militants putting on propaganda display before the handover to red cross. next, three israelis in their 20's, eliya cohen, omer shem tov, and omer wenkert. grabbed by hamas at the music festival on that same terrible day. in a terrorist photo opportunity at another gaza location, all looked thinner and showed some signs of illness endured. as well as 36-year-old hisham al-sayed released, having also been held captive for a decade after he, too, crossed into gaza. the freed hostages, mike, were brought to the idf and israel can choppered to a hospital in tel aviv reunited with close families, and one of the younger hostages said he fancied is burger. set for these after the security meeting tonight, 600 palestinian prisoners. across this day, people celebrated amid sadness four more deceased hostages are planned for the coming week and after that some 60 alive and dead will still be held by hamas. as the body of shiri bibas,

first emerging from captivity, 40-year-old tal shoham, plus 39-year-old avera, he was held after crossinggaza ten years ago. militants putting on a propaganda display before the handover to the red cross. next, three israelis in their 20s, eliya a, omer and omer, grabbed at the music if festival on that same fateful day. all looked thinner and showed system signs of illness endured. as well as 36-year-old hishan al-sayed having also been held captive for a decade. choppered to a hospital nearby here and reunited with close family. one of the young younger hostages say ising he fancied a burger. said to be exchanged for these after that security meeting tonight, over 600 palestinian prisoners. across israel, people celebrated amid sadness. four more deceased hostages planned to be released in the coming week, after that some 60 alive and dead will still be held by hamas. as the body of shiri bibas, the mother of two young son, symbols of the hostage horror, hard has been handed back by hamas. an unknown woman had been brought back with the children earlier. the bibas family saying today sh

eliya cohen, omer shem tov, tal shoham, omer wenkert, hisham al sayed, and avera mengistu, all of themby masked hamas gunmen and israel releasing hundreds of palestinian prisoners as phase one of the cease-fire deal nears its end. negotiations for phase two expected to begin in the coming days. the fragile deal almost breaking down on thursday after hamas failed to release the body of shiri bibas handing over the body of a gazan woman instead. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowing revenge. hamas quickly releasing another body overnight, israeli forensics confirming the remains are shiri's. the remains of the two bibas boys released earlier this week. the idf saying forensics show 4-year-old ariel and 8-month-old kfir were deliberately killed by hamas. hamas blames israeli air strikes. earlier this week, four bombs planted in buses in central israel, no one was injured. but the attack coming in apparent response to the idf's ongoing operations in the west bank. and negotiations to begin phase two are set to begin next week. if they are successful we could see the release of a

tal shoham released one of the first to be released. 505 days of captivity, along with avera mengistu. he'd been held for 11 years. both of them look frail. both of them taken up on stage. and then the release of three more hostages that we just. witnessed. eliya cohen omer shem tov and omar. witkin. he also released. they're also taken up on stage. also looking way, way, way thinner than when they were taken into captivity. but what the what? the crowd here really loves and gets uplifted by is when the cameras on the big screen cut to the families who are celebrating. and we're seeing that today so much celebration. we've seen tears, we've seen singing, we've seen jumping for joy. all the gamut of emotions and some of those reunions for those first two releases already happening, and the others soon to be in the arms again of their loved ones. >> all right. nic robertson, reporting from hostages square there as the last living hostages handed over in phase one. thanks so much. so new this morning, the government purge continues. this time it's at the pentagon. officials announced fri

. >> shaky on his feet. 40 year old tal shoham. also looking weak. avera mengistu, nearly 11 years a hostage. hamas as ever in force and in control of the propagandized handover. this day, the last of the planned and agreed living hostage releases. avira's friends bursting into song as they watch his release. towle's family greeting his freedom from 505 days in captivity with tears. and then the real deal. tal waving to the crowds, hugging his son. meanwhile, in a crowded hostages square in tel aviv, anticipation for the other releases growing cheers rising as evora hugged his family. and then the big moment. eliya cohen, followed by omer shem tov and omer wenkert, all three of them noticeably thinner, paraded in hamas's last scheduled public planned live handover away from the cameras. hisham al-sayed, hostage for a decade, too ill for the stage, quietly handed over to. as their families began celebrations. each of the hostage releases bringing hope to those still waiting. yehiel alexander, mother of idan, the last living american hostage still held

. >> shaky on his feet, 40 year old tal shoham also looking weak.vera mengistu nearly 11 years a hostage. hamas as ever in force and in control of the propagandized handover. this day, the last of the planned and agreed living hostage releases. avira's friends bursting into song as they watch his release. tal's family greeting his freedom from 505 days in captivity with tears. and then the real deal. tal waving to the crowds, hugging his son. meanwhile, in a crowded hostages square in tel aviv, anticipation for the other releases growing. cheers rising as avera hugged his family. and then the big moment. eliya cohen, followed by omer shem tov and omer wenkert, all three of them noticeably thinner, paraded in hamas's last scheduled public planned live and over, away from the cameras, hisham al-sayed, hostage for a decade to ill for the stage, quietly handed over to. as their families began celebrations. each of the hostage releases bringing hope to those still waiting. uriel alexander, mother of edan, the last living american hostage, still held by h

tal. >> shoham. >> who was taken from the nova festival on october 7th. he was freed. one of these hamas spectacles. we've seen those over the last several weeks into a microphone thanking his captors, and then was taken by red cross workers there and then in the nuseirat area that's in central gaza. three more hostages were released. those were all men in their 20s, civilians. they were all kidnaped from the nova music festival on october 7th. they seemed they seemed thinner than when they were taken. if you compare it to the pictures that we've of them that that have circulated for over 14. >> months now. >> but they were waving. they were smiling. so i'm sure that was provided some comfort to their family and loved ones, that they didn't look as frail and as emaciated as some of the other hostages we've seen released. >> christina probably really happy to be home or heading home, i would imagine. i want to ask you, we're nearing the end of this perscribed phase one period, and what comes next has not been agreed to yet, hasn't been set up. as you talk to regular isr

first emerging, 40-year-old tal shoham.en years ago. militants putting on a propaganda display before the handover to the red cross can. next, three israelis in their 20 thes -- 20s, grabbed by hamas if at the music festival on that same terrible day. in a terrorist photo opportunity at another gaza location, all looked thinner can showed some signs of illness endured. as well as 36-year-old hisham if al-sayed released after a decade. the freed hostages choppered to a hospital here in tel aviv and reunited with close family. one of the younger hostages saying he fancied a burger. set to be exchanged for these after a security meeting tonight, over 600 palestinian prisoners. across this day people celebrated amid sadness four more deceased hostages planned to be released in the coming week. after that some 60 alive and dead will still be held by hamas. as the body of shiri bibas, the mother of two young sons, symbols of the hostage horror, has now been handed over by hamas. an unknown woman had been brought back with the chi

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elia cohen, omar shem—tov, tal shoham, omar hencote, hisham al—saeed and avera mengistu are set to be tomorrow. it comes after hamas has said the remains of israeli hostage shiri appeared to be mixed with other human remains in what it claims was an israeli airstrike. it comes as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said hamas will pay for failing to release sheree's body as agreed. the idf said it had instead received the remains of an anonymous body without identification, and accused hamas of violating the shaky ceasefire. two bodies were identified as her children, kefir and ariel, while the body, believed to be sherry's, did not match any hostage and remains unidentified. meanwhile, a bbc documentary about gaza has been pulled from the bbc iplayer. the corporation says they are conducting further due diligence following the broadcaster's admission that a child featured in the film was a son of a man who worked as hamas's deputy minister of agriculture. a statement from the bbc said there have been continuing questions raised about the programme and in the light of these, we

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us president trump fires senior officials at the pentagon, first in rafah, two hostages — tal shohamnd avera mengistu — they were then handed over to the israeli military. then, just over an hour ago, there was another release eliya cohen, omer shem tov and omer wenkert, of the israeli military and intelligence services. the last of the six to be freed today, it comes after israel said a body returned by hamas earlier this week was not that of shiri bibas, as they had claimed. her family has since said a new body handed over this is live in tel aviv, where a large crowd has gathered to watch the releases in a location that's become this is final part of the first phase of let's speak to yossi mekelberg, senior associate fellow at chatham house. at chat very -iouse. at chat very much. at chat very much for being with us, a pretty stage—managed affair once again us, a pretty stage-managed affair once agair_ us, a pretty stage-managed affair once agai $7? on h affair once agai $7? on um affair once agai $7? on fighters on show, a big stage the handover, did you of j of it? 7 make of it?

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we have had a from the family of statement from the family of tal shoham, who said we must seize thisre deal. within the next few we are next few minutes, we are expecting the release of the expecting the release ef the �*four hostages in this other four hostages in this area it —— cross ateajt." nuseirat. red cross ready to receive vehicles are ready to receive there and they the?! thete end they gill fieee to then! these. and they gill mass to here then! these. end they gill mass to here in israel. thejourney to here in israel. it will be a —— ofjoy it will be a jolly —— ofjoy the families of fer thefei�*fl'ss sf the were released fer thefei�*fl'es ef the were released today hostages were released today after a week of agony for many of the �*families. on of the other families. on hamas handed over the thursday, hamas handed over the first four dead bodies of hostages to israel. the remains bibas was correctl of shiri bibas was correctly handed to israel. the handed over to israel. the body was that of fourth body was that of oded lifschitz, he was 83 when he was seized by hamas, a ret