the mood. israel won't let us into gaza. blus is a palestinian city with a long history of resistance to the israeli occupation. it's a toy gun. down the street, the faces of men killed using real guns to fight israelis, some from a militia known as the lion's den. heroic martyrs here, terrorists as far as israel is concerned. amar has a stall selling sweetcorn. translation: peace is difficult, _ because you need to go back to the religion and doctrine. but we would love for the bombing to stop and for them to leave gaza, and for the prisoners to get freed, and for everyone to go back to their homes and family, because they suffered a lot in this war. may god help them. at her stall, amina is desperate for the ceasefire to work. translation: it affected us a lot here, both financially and mentally. we, especially women, are affected by what we are seeing. the children who are dying. we hope we could help, but we can only pray. a ceasefire, if it could hold, would be a considerable and an overdue achievement. but the sad truth

on the ground in gaza are the killing and destruction goes on. th officials in gaza report at least 80 people have been killed since the ceasefire was agreed on wednesday night in qatar. a little earlier i spoke to a doctor who is a gynaecologist and surgeon in humanitarian trauma who hasjust and surgeon in humanitarian trauma who has just spent a few weeks volunteering in southern gaza and nasser hospital in khan younis, the largest city in the south of the gaza strip. he started off by telling me what the situation was like they're on the ground. i was just about three weeks ago in gaza, we left gaza on boxing day. i spent a month there and the situation beyond belief, it was a dystopia. when i walked into gaza from the crossing on the 26th of november it was a really strange experience. it was as if from another world, another planet. the situation in nasser hospital, we went to support colleagues, we were four british doctors in deployment through an amazing ngo, a charity—based ngo, medical aid for palestinians, who looked after us as well as

the civilians in gaza. but you had 19 trips by the cia director involving multiple countries just on this subject, trips to the region and elsewhere in the world where he was meeting with the negotiators. you had 13 missions by the secretary of state going to 7 or 8 countries. on each of those trips i was on many of them. you also had brett mcgurk, the chief negotiator in doha tonight, and he was the one who spent weeks and weeks on this. so the effort was huge. but what, by everyone's acknowledgment in the administration, starting on december 2nd when donald trump went on truth social and said to hamas, get this done and hamas released the hostages, get a cease fire deal, or quote, there will be hell to pay in the middle east. that started a lot of pressure coming principally on israel, on netanyahu to get his right wing cabinet ministers in line and to go for the deal that thousands and thousands of people were protesting in favor of in the streets of tel aviv. so that pressure and then steve witkoff got i

we don't know what president donald - the gaza strip. d trump| what president donald trump meant by the words, we can only play the words themselves, on the wider issue you have been involved in the hostage negotiations in the first phase of this party will come hostage we still, israel has accused hamas of not releasing a certain civilian and failing to provide the agreed list of the status of the remaining hostages. how difficult is it at this time where there are still negotiations going on, and how did he actually work, you having been part of them? it is a dangerous period right now because the ceasefire is very fragile, the list of names, the condition of the remaining hostages, 26 hostages that are supposed to be released in the first 42 days according to the agreement that was reached with the help of qatar and the united states. there are a total of 90 hostages left in gaza, the remaining supposed to be released in phase two, negotiation supposed to begin no later than the 16th day of the current ceasefire period, it is unlikely

the israelis are not in control of the gaza strip. they currently are in the corridor that cuts through the northern part of gaza and the philadelphia corridor in the south. as part of this agreement, they will withdraw from those key corridors and they will lose the ability to conduct limited raids from inside gaza against cells of remaining hamas and islamic jihad fighters. as we look forward in the region, there are real questions about who will be in control of the gaza strip because you have a domestic situation for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that is serious, there are parts of the far right coalition that are keeping the prime minister in power and threaten to leave if a ceasefire deal went into effect if a deal was signed, like we are reporting tonight, and according to the reports in israeli media, there was horse trading behind the scenes with the ministers basically to say, look, we'll get some of the living hostages out of gaza, but the war will not end. what that means is that some hostages could still be ins

gaza. live in jerusalem with the latest, _ much in gaza. za. live in jerusalem with the latest, thank you. i with the latest, thank you. because prince harry's case against the publishers of the sun be settled today? the start of the trial was settled today is the two sides were in talks to settle a deal. he said he was unlawfully followed by the newsgroup. let's go live outside the court. how likely is that to be a settlement today? i is that to be a settlement toda ? ~ , today? i think it is looking like it is — today? i think it is looking like it is pretty _ today? i think it is looking like it is pretty likely. i i like it is pretty likely. i would not bet my house on it, but i think it is pretty likely there will be a settlement instead of the two—month trial, the case that prince harry has brought against the sun newspaper. this has been a bitterly contested case. prince harry essentially saying that the newspaper used unlawful tactics to access personal and private information about him and crucially the executives at the publisher k

we are seeing clearly aid arriving into the gaza strip. it is needed now more than ever when it comes to returning a degree all food security to people in the strip. not to mention hospitals that have been denied all sorts of supplies in the past 15 month, one of the been seeing and hearing when it comes to this age, getting to those that need it most well as of the 3rd day of the ceasefire inside deal in gaza the, the gaza strip has seen a significant influx of humanitarian supplies, a delivery uh to the b c stair tray. we understand that on the 1st day of the agreements over 600, so to humanitarian 8 trucks was sent to the cause of strip. approximately $300.00 of them. what transport set to the northern regions? and yes, today the number has increased to 9158 trucks that we have seen a breaking the way to the gaza strip and they were carrying essential food items alongside with water bottles and essential medications throughout the humanitarian organizations that have been tile as to what came on the ground in order to mitigate aggravate

pare including the gaza strip and the west bank.— including the gaza strip and the west bank. �* , ., _ the west bank. are you prepared to sit down with _ the west bank. are you prepared to sit down with the _ the west bank. are you prepared to sit down with the israelis - to sit down with the israelis before the deadline they say next week comes into force to try to work something out? qt try to work something out? of course we are, we have been asking for information, asking for cooperation, we have written so many times to the government of visual and have not received a response, it should come into place in the israeli parliament injust should come into place in the israeli parliament in just a few days and we haven't received formal communications, but we don't know whether our whole application across the occupied territories, the west bank, whether this operation is going to be allowed to continue as of the 30th of january. indie as of the 30th of january. we are in the _ as of the 30th of january. we are in the first _ as of the 30th ofjanuary. we are in the first phase of th

four female israeli soldiers are released under the gaza ceasefire deal. families of the women celebrated as they watched the handover take place live. meanwhile, around 200 palestinian prisoners have been released in the west bank as part of that same deal. these are the live pictures as huge crowds come out to greet them. hello, i'm nicky schiller. four female israeli soldiers have been freed by hamas in the second hostage—prisoner swap of the gaza ceasefire deal. the israeli military said they've been reunited with their parents at a reception point in southern israel. gunmen and crowds gathered in palestine square in gaza city as the hostages were released to the red cross in a highly choreographed handover. the soldiers had been held since being abducted from an israeli border base at the start of the october 7th attacks in 2023. a short time later, israel released these pictures showing them being received back by the military. they are now undergoing medical assessment. in exchange, israel is due to free around 200 palestinian prisoners. hamas has to

i would auree, of the war in gaza. i would agree. i — of the war in gaza. he war in gaza. i would agree, i don't think the . agree, i don't think the strategic objectives have changed one bit i think we saw from the statement made by president biden that there is no space between the support between that objective because the president stated that the elimination of hamas, and the incoming ministration under president—elect trump is stalwart in subjecting that as well. so there is still a lot of hamas senior operatives, although israel has been very successful over the course of the last 15 months. there's still a lot of capability that has to be removed to provide long—term security for israel and as important to the palestinian people are caught in the middle of this conflict. the politics of this are fascinating because for months, the israeli government and the prime minister seem to be ignoring the white house and american desires on this for a cease—fire. suddenly now, they've agreed. is that because donald trump is coming into the white house, in your

, but also in the west bank, to be able to basically show the people of gaza that they were successful in taking soldiers because, again, these are considered of higher value. and that is part of the reason that the release is different than last week. it's why there are palestinians who are convicted of terrorism that will be released as part of this exchange. and again, this all has to do with the equation that was hammered out in doha, qatar, with negotiators over the past 11 months to try and get an understanding of what this is going to look like, how many people are going to be released for these hostages. but as we look forward here again, this is not all going to be good news. the israeli people are celebrating today. i'm looking at the split screen here at the channel that's covering this. and you can see families in hostage square. one woman is holding her hand in a heart symbol. and then you see on the other side, palestinian civilians in gaza who were there in palestine square in gaza city for this release. it's not all going to be good news, thoug

well, this is the seen live on the israel gaza border. en smoke on the horizon there for much of the day. a short time ago it was reported that the israeli army said it had constructed strikes on 50 targets across the gaza strip yesterday. we will be back live with our correspondent in jerusalem injust a with our correspondent in jerusalem in just a few minutes�* time. let's turn to around. state media in iran says two seniorjudges have been shot dead in the capital tehran. it's reporting that they were attacked outside the supreme court. anotherjudge and a body guard are said to have been injured. the unidentified attacker is reported to have killed themselves after the shooting. the motive isnt clear, but both of the assassinated judges played an active role in the persecution and killing of government opponents. 0ur bbc persian correspondent, parham ghobadi, told me more about the targets of the attack. these two iranian supreme courtjudges they are notorious for handing out brutal sentences, especially death sentences, to iranian dissi

gaza. we look at the public opinion polls in places like ramallah versus gaza city the support varies.alestinians who talk to exist on a spectrum. certainly there are many who support the actions of hamas they see them as the only viable organization fighting on their behalf. they look at two options they look at hamas and said this is an organization that committed an attack on behalf of the palestinian people. they look at the pa as a corrupt organization working with the israelis. it will be interesting to see public opinion polling post war to see if it affected their support levels and that the gaza strip understanding if you go back to 2005, 2006 this was the organization the palestinian people voted for to lead their people specifically inside gaza with a population of more than 2 million palestinians. >> is hard to see how any israeli government could support a so-called two state solution for particular given what you were just talking about for this and increased radicalization sort of a weak party in many respects. if hamas is able to use this to further centralize authority

well before the gaza war. but gaza — well before the gaza war. t gaza has— well before the gaza war. but gaza has been a real blight on the record of the biden administration. the double standards between how the us administration approached human rights _ administration approached human rights and the protection of civilians _ rights and the protection of civilians in ukraine, where they— civilians in ukraine, where they threw everything that they had, _ they threw everything that they had, the — they threw everything that they had, the diplomatic pressure, their— had, the diplomatic pressure, their role _ had, the diplomatic pressure, their role in the multilateral system _ their role in the multilateral system at the

the job of rebuilding gaza is going to be difficult and costly. the u.n. that in the first three months of the war alone, $18.5 billion worth of damage has been done. and even before the rebuild begins, the u.n. also estimates of 50 million tons of rubble to be clear, about half of that concentrated around north gaza. so although many people are happy to be heading to their homes, many will be returning to very different neighborhoods that will take some time to rebuild. caitriona: we can now have a listen to some reporting from lucy williamson, who has been speaking to palestinian families about what it is like to go back to their homes. lucy: for 15 months, home was a place carried inside them. whatever else they carry, whatever they lost. today, the road home was reopened, reclaimed, remembered. the war made nomads of gaza's people. this journey is the one they waited to meet. he was walking slowly, his granddaughter's pace, family survivors, old and young. >> i collected her father in pieces from khan younis. thank god. i'm crying from happiness. i don

so it's a lot of i have order to complete siege on the gaza strip. there will be no electricity, no food, no fuel. everything is close, come, we have flashing human animals and we are acting accordingly. dylan's comment cements israel's attitude. this is north of the mass, but on the palestinian people between the nor on the 25th of october, israel pounds, gaza boy at land and sea. on the 26th, it sends in ground troops as israel, a tax, refugee camps and civilian infrastructure, capital egypt in the us try to negotiate to see sign the death toll mounts. then on november the 24, the break through a food a ceasefire was announced. initially it's seen as a success. it's when you twice in total 50 captives and a $150.00 pounds, sitting in prison is all released. but minutes after the c storm expires on december, the 1st israel, which means it's who the desktop rises, the guys that is becoming go get a view out for children. the international community led by the united nations begins to cool is a genocide. the systematic destruction of a people. israel t

these are the live pictures from the gaza strip. keir starmer and donald trump have agreed to meet soon after the uk prime minister praised the us president for his role in securing the gaza ceasefire deal. i'm lucy hawkins live at auschwitz one is the world marks world holocaust memorial day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz—birkenau. survivors in their 80s and 90s have gathered with the polish president already today at the death hole here at auschwitz one to pay tribute and remember the 1.1 million people who were murdered here. hello, i'm nicky schiller, welcome to the programme. we begin in the middle east — where thousands of displaced palestinians are returning to northern gaza. here are the live pictures from gaza. and you can see there are long lines of people streaming along that coast road, many carrying their possessions on their backs. residents were allowed to start returning on foot four hours ago. many are using this sea road. then two hours later vehicles were allowed to start moving into the no

so the question of what happens in gaza in future is unclear. and surely the egyptians, the qataris, are telling hamas, if you want us to be able to support you existing in any way in future, you've got to say yes to this deal. >> now, let's talk. jeff zeleny is here now. nice to see you, jeff. let's talk about this moment that we're in. i mean, there are going to be reams and reams of of, of paper that go into books and books and books, assuming that people still read those, let's hope they do. about this moment in history, this, this historic transition between the biden administration and the trump administration and the way that they appear to be working together to have, as audrey said earlier, this common goal and the strategy that dovetails which doesn't happen very often, and it not only is happening now, but all sides understand that common goal without question. >> i mean, the first historical guide here, as we've talked about, is, of course, the 1980, 1981, the iranian hostages, which were finally released in the opening moments of the

alleviate the suffering of the gaza strip. e october 8, we in the state of the tar say no effort with the constant -- under the constant watchful eye. we worked day and night to reach this moment and since our remediation efforts succeed up last november to guarantee release of 109 hostages in return for a number of palestinian prisoners. we have been working continuously in order to prevent bloodshed and put an end to the war machine for restore hope for our region and a prosperous future that will allow our people to dream of a better future for 411 days, meetings, context with our partners and both sides of the conflict until we reach this long-awaited moment today. however, today begins a responsibility for both sides will be supported by international community and the mediators in order to achieve complete success. at this is what we will be focusing on in the coming days d weeks. i would like to express thanks to all of our partners in the region and internationally for their support to our efforts all the way until we r

a kibbutz across the borderfrom gaza and it place, a kibbutz across the border from gaza and it was ctober seven. it is significant in itself but also once again it does bring up some of the accusations levelled towards benjamin netanyahu in the government that not enough was done to protect those border communities on october seven. specifically, the four women who were released today were part of a unit of seven women who are warning that there were suspicious signs in gaza. they were spiders, observers and they said a lot was going on. we heard that there warnings were ignored and sure enough... they arejoyful but were ignored and sure enough... they are joyful but they have memories of what happened that day —— they were observers and sponsors. as part of this first phase of this ceasefire deal in exchange, hamas is expected to release the condition of 26 hostages who are still to be freed in this first part of the deal. it is not clear whether hamas will say whether these people are alive or dead and match that status to the names of people. that is not clear at all. but i think

gaza? what's the future of palestinian governance in gaza? what's the future of hamas? the west bank is very volatile. so this does not end the conflict or the underlying conditions that brought about the conflict in gaza or the west bank. that will continue to be a challenge for the trump administration. and then in terms of kind of bipartisanship, look, this this issue is, you know, uniquely been a bipartisan one, not just the last couple of months, but, you know, there's broad support for the israeli government in the us congress and that we've not seen that lead to bipartisan cooperation on other issues. chris. so i think we have to you know, this is the reality. this is an issue in which joe biden and donald trump don't have a lot, don't have a lot of daylight between them. and if anything, i think, you know, trump giving this a bit of a push because there was this convergence of interest in the timing of the trump inauguration as a time to get this done. yes, that that was an interesting and successful hopefully, coordination between them. but i don't think it aug

fergal keane reports now on the future for the people of gaza. back. is it really over, many wonder? all they've lost... ..all they've endured. cheering. but relief after the ceasefire. civil defence workers no longer fearing israeli attack — over 90 of their colleagues were killed. hatem al atar, 2a years old, spent months searching for the wounded and the dead. checking for israeli snipers before going on. not knowing if he'll survive the day. hatem often led the way, into moments that could change everything. hatem! his friends rushed to help. hatem survived, to live in hope. translation: with the ceasefire deal, i will pursue my university l study, once universities are back to business. i'm single, but i will think about getting married. gunfire. establishing security is a first priority. a major aid operation is planned. the need is desperate. car horn beeps. this was a jordanian convoy, being unloaded soon after the ceasefire. two million people are displaced. the bbc followed professorjumah abu shiha as he returned home for the first time.

the destruction of gaza has left 42000000 tons of russell. i'm most proud of citizens are returning to a show of that for my lives. the how does it? i know i built this house piece by piece the bar to hunt to and when i returned to it, or if i didn't find it, as i knew it was to pull, i can see is devastation. and really the have you, i don't see my hub. i can only see destruction of the what that have done with it, but the, the whole thing of the bloodshed is an indescribable feeling. and i mean, how does a lot of but i mean what i can, i thank god that i survived. this was safely, but when we return to our homes, we found nothing, nothing but ruin and destruction. i cannot describe the scene in woods. well, this is the same right now and upon eunice, in the southern gaza people that i'm throughout the strips set the 1st full nights without fear of being foamed and woke up to the 1st full day of the seas for us. now their attention is turning to returning home or at least to what's left of the houses. this is the scene for renewal in giovanni

the gaza based ministry of health. dead has now reached around 47,000. and that's alongside 111,000 wounded. but many have said that the real figure is much higher. a recent study in the lancet medicaljournal said that that was a major underestimate. and that figure also includes around 18,000 children, 200 journalists, and over 1,000 health workers, according to doctors without borders. of course, we have to also take into account the conflicts between hezbollah and israel because that was linked closely to the gaza conflict. so in lebanon, the death toll is around 3,700. that's both combatants and civilians. and there were more than 15,000 wounded there. in terms of israeli fatalities, the israeli army has said that 840 israeli soldiers have been killed, both in gaza and on the northern front following the conflict with hezbollah, and around 815 civilians have also been killed in israel. thank you for going through those details. let's cross over to jonah injerusalem now. jonah fisher. aand again, one of the questions

today, the guns in gaza have gone silent. d back on may 31st. many of you covered it at the time. a sombre donald trump today laid a ceremonial wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. he did play an important role in securing the ceasefire, and he will now be the president who oversees its implementation, taking on a global diplomatic role, at the same time as he becomes america's commander in chief. mr trump is already celebrating his own return to power. the ultimate political showman, he laid on his own fireworks display last night. you guys do me a favour. just stay on that side. washington is braced and ready. trump's troops have travelled from right across america. but this time around does not feel like a hostile invasion. donald trump won a convincing election victory. america wants him to take decisive action on border security and the economy. close the border and lower the taxes. i need my groceries to lower. i need my utilities to lower back down. i can't, gas is high. i'm hoping he lowers it back down so middle

the common sense. he speaks with power with things. he said that he, we give help to gaza. what he did, he gave it, help us to leave power to those massacre. this why did the toys cause of self confidence because of it at a very superficial way of looking at the problem of the middle east. this is arrogance. this is lawrence. this is you can say hatred because it's small from stupidity the hatred to put this like this and to say that the we give us rockets and guns and to mislead some of the lead there is they have been was feeling for months that benjamin netanyahu has been avoiding the deal, what made him make this u turn and, and some analysts suggest that donald trump would be the answer. donald trump, who promised full support including money and weapons. if israel chooses to go back to worrying gaza, and there is so much talk now about reviewing fighting in the gaza strip, you think it's not going to happen. the problem is and they did it for free. the form is even 11 inch. danielle said that the will annihilate mass garza was conquered. how could you say you guys of t

the beginning of this month, just 10% of what gaza previously relied on. deal if it comes into effect offers some hope. it includes the commitment to allow the 600 truckloads per day into gaza. they have been traveling with an aid convoy from jordan and a warning that his report contains some pictures of children in distress. >> help is coming. down along the valley, the biggest aid convoy since the war began. solidarity from the kingdom of jordan. in two deliveries, 120 trucks on the road to gaza from a country that is home to many palestinians. >> we are carrying aid messes my says mustapha al cadre, this is a good deed and we are happy to be part of this operation. >> we can travel with this convoy as far as the israeli border but since the war began, israel does not allow the media to enter gaza and report independently. bbc colleagues living in gaza have been filming every day including today, the first real moment of hope. >> they are waiting for today's meager charity. little wonder that tired tempers fray. when you have lived this struggle every day

i want to tell you we have for us here the situation in gaza, the humanitarian situation in gaza has been very much on the agenda and the situation in the middle east. i'm very happy we can have this conversation with you. we also have here the qatari prime minister. other arab leaders addressing the situation. also overall in the region, we also heard hear from is really president herzog. it is important we hear from you and your for our vantage point what the situation is and hopefully what the steps are going forward to further de-escalate and further alleviate the human suffering that is on our minds and has been on our minds overall these months. i think everyone is curious to get your perspective on the situation on the ground after the cease-fire and how to make sure this is a sustained, what are the things that are being undertaken or should be undertaken to further address the situation and make sure this is sustainable, sustained. >> thank you for giving me this platform. today, what we have witnessed in gaza is nothing short of a catastrophe of a massive extent and we can o

we start in the middle east and comments by president trump on gaza. he has proposed removing 1.5 million of its palestinian residents and asking jordan and egypt to take them. he told journalists the strip was "literally a demolition "site" and suggested it be "cleaned out". israeli bombardments have reduced much of gaza to rubble. mr trump's comments will be seen as unacceptable by palestinians, who see gaza as their homeland, and by arab countries, which reject the forced displacement of people. hamas says it will oppose plans and islamichhad says it will encourage war crimes. but they are already being welcomed by far—right israeli politicians, some of whom want to restore jewish settlements there. let's take a listen to what mr trump said. i'm looking at the whole gaza strip right now- and it's a mess. you would like jordan to take people? _ you would like jordan to take people? i'd like jordan- to house people from gaza to take people. i'd like egypt to take people. i'm meeting with... i'm talking to the general- tomorrow sometime, i believe. and

the, the joy in gaza as counsel remediate is confirm a ceasefire deals being reached between israel and her boss of the 15 months of 4. we would continue to do everything we can everything possible to get together with our partners to ensure that this deal is implemented as it's agreed the i'm the pocket, this is i'll just say are life some to ha, also coming up more tax on goes despite the deal at least 30 palestinians accused of the agreement is announced. cautious optimism from families the best way the captives and gaza, hoping loved ones will return and then the 1st phase of the cease fire and police in south africa and the rest, your operation of the band of mine. $78.00 mine is a confirmed dad and many are still missing the parts of joining us off to 15 months of war in gaza. this killed voted in 46700 palestinians israel and a mass of agreed on a cease 5. the deal includes the release of the history, the captive still held in gaza and is expected to take place in 3 stages. however, these really cabinets still needs to approve it. council as prime minister, haven't been up to rom

it devastated gaza, and most of the people of gaza were displaced. ties, entire cities in gaza have been flattened. i've been inside on visits with the israeli military, and i haven't seen that level of devastation anywhere in the world. there are places that it truly looks like a moonscape, and the people who have been forced down into southern gaza, and there are 2.2 million people, are going to now start heading back to the north, which was the area of gaza that was the most damaged, and realize that their homes, their neighbors homes, everything they knew is gone and has been reduced to rubble. for israel, this has been a tremendously traumatic experience. it has been divisive. it has seen fights between the left wing and the right wing, fights between hostage families and the government hostage families. accusing prime minister netanyahu of deliberately trying to use this incident to score political points to favor, to curry favor with the right wing. this has been a traumatic experience for israel, and it is traumatic right now you're seeing lib

who is going to care about the about gaza? because experience taught us that the at six after the war, as we say, everyone is concerned and there are international conferences of donors and everyone promises the sky for gaza. and very soon later gaza is forgotten and gaza sinks again into its siege. let's remember it's the biggest cage in the world into it's poverty, into its hopeless conditions and this i would expect this time to to be different. but very small chances because those issues, for example, don't interest the trump administration at all. what do they have with human rights? what do they have with palestinians? i mean, this is the last thing that they would care. i guess. >> a quick update for our viewers as we see these pictures out of gaza city, where we expect for additional israeli hostages to be released together with columnist gideon levy, former adviser to former prime minister shimon peres. i'm wondering if, again, it is important to to recognize that the the importance of this moment for the families of i

it's detained in the gaza strip since october. the 7th 2023. it will also allow palestinian civilians to return to the north. the 2nd phase includes the release of the remaining living captives and the establishment of a permanent ceasefire. it will see the full was to all of these really forces from the philadelphia court or as the border area with egypt. this clause was a stumbling block in previous f as to reach an agreement. then the final stage will focus on a long term reconstruction mindful gaza and the exchange of bodies of the deceased . joining us now here in the studio, is luciano soccer, who is an associate professor of golf quantity except contact university. and also with us mom at almost 3, a professor at the doha institute for graduate studies to discuss this deal, the ceasefire agreement. and whether or not it could lead to lasting peace in a garza and for palestinians. momma deals thoughts twist about this agreement. how do you view this? is this a temporary, just a temporary deed or something that could lead to more sustainab

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it will remain on the gaza-egypt border. ill remain capable of preventing massive hamas rearmament through the smuggling tunnels on that border, what we call the philadelphia corridor. and, you know, when the israeli army redeploys out of gaza, it's redeploying 20 minutes drive away. this is not, you know, leaving afghanistan, so to speak. and we're going to get our people out or as many of them as we possibly can. it will last for as long as it can. and we haven't fundamentally given up anything strategic. we're going. >> and does that change in the in the second phase, the requirement for israeli withdrawal in the second phase seems bigger, massive, probably including philadelphia. >> the actual negotiation on the second phase begins 16 days into the first phase. that's those are the terms of the agreement. so we don't entirely know who will be released, and we don't entirely know what we're talking about. >> do you think that second, those negotiations will be successful? >> it would demand a much, much bigger political co

the aid reaching northern gaza has come in from the north. e capacity inside gaza. as unrwa, we were running large—scale aid programmes before the war. we have the networks, we have the community acceptance, we have the people on the ground who can do this work. in many ways, the distribution of supplies — supplies that have been outside gaza for several months, this is the easy bit. we have got to move away from thinking about people's needs in gaza as a function of the volume of aid, the number of aid trucks that get in. real rebuilding process here will take an awful lot of time. we are notjust talking about food, health care, buildings, roads, infrastructure. we've got individuals, families, communities that need to be rebuilt. the trauma that they have gone through, the suffering, the loss, the grief, the humiliation and the cruelty that they have endured over the past 16 months, this is going to be a very, very long road. every person in gaza has been traumatised by what has gone on. everyone has lost something. most of those homes are n

the administration would include representatives from gaza and the p.a. and select meaningful conversations with communities in gaza and hand over complete responsibility to a fully formed administration as soon as feasible. they would operate in close cooperation with a senior u.n. official who should oversee the international stabilization and recovery effort. an interim security mission would be made up of members of partner nation security forces and vetted palestinian personnel. its responsibilities would include creating a secure environment for humanitarian and reconstruction efforts and ensuring border security which is crucial to preventing smuggling that can allow hamas to rebuild the capacity. we would stand up a new initiative to vet a force to gaza to focus on law and order and gradually take over from the interim security mission. these arrangements would be enshrined in a u.n. security council resolution. some partners have expressed their willingness to contribute troops for the mission but only if it's agreed gaza and the west banks are re

we just would like to tell you we have for us here the situation in gaza, the military situation in gaza has been very much on the agenda, also, the larger situation in the middle east. i'm very happy that we could have this conversation with you. we have also had here the prime minister, other arab leaders addressing the situation, also, overall in the region, we also heard from the israeli president , so i think it is very important we hear from you and from your vantage point what the situation is, and, hopefully, what the steps are going forward to further de-escalate and to further alleviate the suffering that is on our minds and has been on our minds over all these months, so i think everyone is curious to get your perspective on actually what is now the situation on the ground after the cease-fire, and how to make sure that this is a sustained cease-fire. what are the things that are being undertaken or you think should be undertaken to further address the situation and to make sure this is sustainable? min. aghabekian: thank you for getting this platform. today, what we have witn

the mood. israel won't let us into gaza. stinian city with a long history of resistance to the israeli occupation. it's a toy gun. down the street, the faces of men killed using real guns to fight israelis, some from a militia known as the lions den. heroic martyrs here, terrorists as far as israel is concerned. >> peace is difficult, because you need to go back to the religion. but we would love for the bombing to stop and for them to leave gaza and for the prisoners to get freed and for everyone to go back to their homes and family because they suffered a lot in this war. may god help them. jeremy: amina is desperate for the cease-fire to work. >> it affected us a lot here both financially and militarily. we, especially women, are affected by what we are seeing, the children who are dying. we hope we can help, but we can only pray. jeremy: just outside is the jewish settlement, home to leaders of the settler movement. this woman has lived here for 50 years and now she is working through her list of right-wing connections as

the mood. israel won't let us into gaza. palestinian city with a long history of resistance to the israeli occupation. it's a toy gun. down the street, the faces of men killed using real guns to fight israelis, some from a militia known as the lion's den. heroic martyrs here, terrorists as far as israel is concerned. amar has a stall selling sweetcorn. translation: peace is i difficult, because you need to go back to the religion and doctrine. but we would love for the bombing to stop and for them to leave gaza, and for the prisoners to get freed, and for everyone to go back to their homes and family, because they suffered a lot in this war. may god help them. at her stall, amina is desperate for the ceasefire to work. translation: it affected us a lot here, both - financially and mentally. we, especially women, are affected by what we are seeing. the children who are dying. we hope we could help, but we can only pray. a ceasefire, if it could hold, would be a considerable and an overdue achievement. but the sad truth is that

and also for the people of gaza. out the havoc and destruction we have wrought there. not all israelis are, i am a zionist deck israeli who wants peace. i have been protesting for peace for much longer than these past 15 months. for much longer than these past 15 month-— for much longer than these past 15 months. . ~' , ., , . 15 months. thank you very much, we will see _ 15 months. thank you very much, we will see whether _ 15 months. thank you very much, we will see whether peace - 15 months. thank you very much, we will see whether peace comes as of tomorrow morning. as she was saying there, it is unclear how many of the 33 hostages are still alive. how many of the 33 hostages are stillalive. in how many of the 33 hostages are still alive. in fact, the israeli government is now saying they believe at least 25 of the 33 are alive. but possibly the remaining eight are to be released already dead. the youngest of the people on that list is turning two years old today. of course, the trauma on the other side, with almo

the moment. hagar is so desperately needed across gaza at the moment. how many fithters gaza at the moment. oment. how many fighters were killed where - gaza at the moment. how many fighters were killed where i - gaza at the moment. how many fighters were killed where i am | fighters were killed where i am now, in central and south of gaza, the challenge we have been having is that we have been having is that we have been providing a third of the ration people are supposed to have. we are forced to stop some of the key decrees that were up and running up to m in the whole south of the strip —— the whole south of the strip —— the key bakeries for but we have to contemplate now is to have to contemplate now is to have a proper food have to contemplate now is to have a properfood ration have to contemplate now is to have a proper food ration that people can have, and it all depends on the bread, they are actually cute to get water. it is the same in the north of gaza —— they are actually queueing. gaza -- they are actually queueing-— gaza -- they are actually ttueuein. ~ ., �* ., ., queueing. w

the largest u.n. presence in gaza, 13,000 personnel. the agency is critical for supporting operation and the ceasefire. and yet, in two days, our operation is occupied palestine territory will be crippled as legislation passed by this takes effect. at stake is the fate of millions of palestinians, the ceasefire and the prospect for political solution that brings lasting peace and security. mr. president, in the wake of the ceasefire, we must contend with the devastation of the last 15 months and the enormity of the challenges ahead. the peer reviewed study of this traumatic reveals that the mortality figures provided by the ministry of health is a minimal estimate. 46,000 deaths is likely an undercount by 40% and the study consumes that the majority are women, children and the elderly. escaped by bombardment, death and disease. tens of thousands of people are now returning to north to search for the living and to bury the dead. palestinians are returning to unrwa. curtailing our operation now outside the political process and when trust

the door. we still have so many, so many hostages in gaza in the dungeons of gaza going through barbaric torture. one of them is the grandfather of daniel lefschitz right here, daniel, stand up. daniel is a 36-year-old israeli, a wonderful guy. the family comes from kibbutz near oz. it's a kibbutz which was devastated, burned, and abducted and raided by terrorists, and many hostages were taken hostage, including his grandfather and his grandmother. his grandmother, yochet, a heroine in and of herself, was freed. and she's unbelievably strong and impressive. his father, grandfather oded, who's 84 years old, has been there in captivity. he's in the list for the first round. oed is a huge peace activist. oed would volunteer for palestinians in gaza. -- in gaza every day to take them to israeli hospitals and yet he was taken in the most brutal way to gaza and we pray that him and all the other hostages will come back immediately according to the agreement as soon as possible with no ifs and buts, and i think we all have to express our gratitude. [applause] fareed: so let me ask you about the prospec

on day 16 of the gaza strip.t phase, they would begin to negotiate the second phase of the deal, which would involve the release of more hostages, prisoners and more discussions over the shape of a post—war gaza. how would it be rebuilt and who would govern it? a couple of additional lines i want to bring viewers. axial is our reporting a us official also saying a gaza ceasefire deal has been reached, so bit by bit, strands of information all seems to be heading in the same direction. let me bring you up—to—date with a press release that's come from the hostages and missing families forum headquarters. we saw pictures a bit earlier in the afternoon of those families in hostage square in tel aviv, and let me take you through what they have said. they say, in they have said. they say, in the light of reports about an imminent agreement, we welcome and deeply appreciate the return of every hostage, each one representing hope and relief not only for their immediate family but for our entire community. we urgently pul

gaza city. and in egypt, hundreds of aid trucks are at the rafah border crossing, ready to enter gaza as soon as the fighting stops. cnn's nadia bashir is live in beitunia, west bank, where we expect to see palestinian prisoners released. but first we go to salma abdelaziz in london with the latest on the ceasefire. so, salma, many in israel and gaza incredibly anxious as that planned ceasefire deadline passed with no ceasefire. so bring us up to speed. where do things stand right now? >> yes. you often hear in these cases, kim, that every minute, every delay costs lives. in this case, it literally did. at least ten people killed in airstrikes this morning after the cease fire was set to take place. that's according to local officials on the ground. we now have word from a senior israeli official that that list has been received by the israeli government. it is unclear at this time if the guns have fallen silent, but i think it's an indication of just how dire the conditions are on the ground that people were already trying to return to whatever remains of their homes in the north of the country

happening in washington, injerusalem we are still waiting to hear if the israeli cabinet vote on the gazafire deal when that might take place. it has been delayed and had been expected to happen earlier but israel accused hamas of reneging on part of the agreement. one of the key points of the deal was the key points of the deal was the release of all israeli hostages. in the first six week phase, 33 hostages including women, children and elderly people would be exchanged for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. thank you very much forjoining us, your brother is currently held in gaza, and you and your other families held in gaza, and you and your otherfamilies are held in gaza, and you and your other families are poised held in gaza, and you and your otherfamilies are poised on the brink of what you hope is the brink of what you hope is the return of your loved ones. what do these days and hours feel like for you as you wait? thank you for having me. the past few days have been very difficult. we've been advocating for 15 months and have heard for so many months since may we are on th

the targeting of every facets of life in gaza. the bliss ration not just of palestinians themselves, but their institutions, religious, cultural, educational ones, of the memory of their ability to have a future in the gaza strip. there is ample evidence of all of this being filmed on uploaded by is ready soldiers and gaza. but many international jar, and this doesn't really seem very interested the, [000:00:00;00] the, there has been a remarkable number of videos posted by is really soldiers on social media depicting themselves, pillaging property, mocking the death and destruction that they are causing. and most egregious lea, a torturing humiliating and mocking to turn palestinian prisoners local, pre, pre, the images of mass out as of torture, of palestinians of numbering their bodies, which is that i'm in a sense of images. one of us have seen from 110 and one of the of these images are testament to what about his opinions have long been saying, which is that this, this set to the gene is utterly violent. we saw the nature thr