nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian joins us now from tel aviv. yasmin, tell us you spent some time with keith. >> segal's family. >> what did they tell you? how are they feeling? yeah. >> they were. >> incredibly emotional. we were at the kibbutz where some of his family members and friends actually live, about 30 minutes outside of tel aviv. we were there. >> early this. >> morning. emotional, happy. >> elated. >> cautiously optimistic. >> just some of the words. >> to kind of. >> describe alicia. >> and what they were feeling this morning. and the. >> lead up. >> to his release. >> they were worried was it. >> going to. >> go. >> through when it would happen? >> would he. remain safe? >> and the. >> moment alicia. >> the room was. >> silent. >> watching him being handed over to. >> the. >> red cross and then just total. >> and absolute elation, as if just. >> a weight had. >> been. >> lifted off. >> of their shoulders. >> the stress of 484. >> days of captivity. >> in which keith. >> segal was kept by hamas in gaza. that stress now relieved, it

but i'm going to go to my colleague, nbc's yasmin vossoughian, who as we've been speaking about where they might go, yasmin has gathered some information about the condition of the hostages that were released this morning and where they're headed. so, yasmin, i'm not going to see you. i'm going to stay on this shot while these helicopters get ready yeah. okay. so we are in hoxton square right now, ichilov hospital, which is actually just a little bit a ways away from where i'm standing right now. it's where actually keith segal was hospitalized and then subsequently released, i believe, just yesterday. that is where one of the hostages is going. there's another hospital as well, in which the two other hostages are going to. that is called sheba hospital. it's a suburb of tel aviv. noga is right in that if they were in critical condition and they needed immediate care, there was a hospital near the gaza border in which they would have been taken to. it seems as if, despite the fact that we saw them emaciated, not well, needing help onto the stage when they were being transferred over t

joining me now from tel aviv is my colleague, nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian. yasmin, good afternoon to you in tel aviv. keith segal is the first american to be released in this particular cease fire agreement. what's the significance of that? and has have you heard from his family? >> incredibly significant, ali, to say the least. i mean, the first israeli american dual citizen to be released in this stage. i should be clear in this stage of the hostage negotiations of the cease fire. i was with his family this morning. ali. as keith segal, was walked across by hamas, by islamic jihad and handed over to the red cross and driven out into israel across the border and reunited with his family. we were sitting in a kibbutz about 35 minutes or so away from tel aviv, and there was cautious optimism leading up to his release, obviously hoping and praying that that he would be okay, he would be safe wondering what he looked like, having not seen him for 484 days. ali. and then the moment in which he emerged from the truck and it was definitely extended, as you mentione

joining me now from hostage square in tel aviv is nbc news's yasmin vossoughian. you and i have been talking all morning. when we talked last hour, we were talking about the israeli hostages released. let's now turn to the 183 palestinian prisoners. and again, we have to describe this because some of them are are in there for adjudicated crimes and some are not. some are administrative prisoners. talk to me about who they are and where they went. >> 183 as you mentioned, that's the number in totality. some of them went to the west bank. some of them went to gaza as well as you mentioned. some of them have not been put on trial, some with long sentences, others who were captured directly after october 7th in gaza. seven of them in the west bank were sent directly to hospitals in the west bank area, who, by the way, we know from doctors without borders, is in in kind of dire humanitarian straits and needing medical aid, many of them stating because they actually had malnutrition, starvation from being imprisoned for quite some time. others that were sent back to gaz

joining me now from hostage square in tel aviv is nbc's yasmin vossoughian. of course, you and i were together as this. these releases were taking place. what's happened since you and i last talked to a couple hours ago? >> it's been incredibly intense. reunions across the board in gaza and the west bank here in israel as well. we've seen the video streaming in for the three hostages, along with videos that we've been seeing of reunions in gaza and the west bank. let me let me talk you through the hostages first, and then i'll move over to gaza and the west bank. you mentioned how the three hostages were emaciated. there was kind of a lull over this crowd when we saw the images of the hostages approaching that stage, only because it was as if they were worried, obviously, for their health, their safety, being shocked at their appearances. they had a difficult time getting up onto the stage. they were then made to say things into the microphone made by the islamic militants on that stage. it was interesting in that they said the war must end. we must abide by t

joining me now from tel aviv is nbc's yasmin vossoughian. yasmin, good to see you. phase two. other important aspects of the deal are starting to take effect, including the partial reopening of the rafah crossing between gaza and egypt. >> yeah, which is major ali, as we're kind of talking about the humanitarian aid that is desperately needed, especially in the north of gaza. but let's not forget the south of gaza as well. those evacuees that went to the south to rafah. the mayor of rafah putting out a statement, i believe, two days ago, saying they were in dire need of humanitarian aid, especially when it comes to housing, to tents, to caravans, to mobile homes. they have 40,000 plus residents that have nowhere to live. hence the reason why they need this rafah border crossing to be opened. and then when you talk about the netzarim corridor that you just talked about, which was part of the ceasefire agreement opening up, allowing free passage of palestinians from the south to the north, that is also allowing that desperately needed humanitarian aid to the north. because when

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. >> nbc's yasmin vossoughian in tel aviv. aaron david miller. senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace and a former arab-israeli negotiator. so, kelly, i know you were at that press conference last night and you actually asked the president about. his idea. where did this proposal come from? >> well, part of what this is stemming from is the president's view, speaking in some ways, not as a statesman, but as a real estate developer. he looks at that land and sees the potential. he talked about taking it over and taking responsibility for the dangers there, like a developer would pay back taxes and clean up any hazardous materials on a site from a world point of view. this is a stunning and provocative assertion by the president, and he has been frustrated by arab nations in the region that have not been more helpful to trying to take displaced palestinians. he is trying to speak to the reality that there is so much destruction. and how do you preserve peace under these circumstances? it was a surprise and it is something t

i want to get right to nbc's yasmin vossoughian, who is in tel aviv. ut this? >> yeah. >> i mean. >> you said it. ali. >> right? the pictures, the video there is remarkable. >> it's stunning, to say the least. >> they started streaming. >> in about two. >> hours ago, approximately. five hours or so ago is. >> when these. >> explosions actually took place. when it comes to those building, we're looking at 20 or so residential buildings. and you have to understand that in jenin, the way in which these residential buildings are built, they're built vertically, right? so it's not one apartment, for instance, per floor. there are several apartments on every single floor in these residential buildings. so you're looking at a massive loss for many of these families who no longer have a home. let's talk about evacuations, because 15,000 or so confirmed at least 15,000, i should say people have been evacuated from jenin camp so far. so we haven't heard of any casualties from these explosions. but again, a major, massive loss of homes and personal belongings for

joining us now from tel aviv is nbc's yasmin vossoughian, also with us, richard haass, president emeritusons. so, yasmin, how is the prime minister's visit being seen there? >> listen. >> jose, as you as you. >> well know. >> prime minister. >> netanyahu is. >> not nec >> popular in. >> a liberal. >> bastion like tel aviv. >> if you were to go to jerusalem. >> for instance, that would be a different conversation. >> but for. >> the most. >> part, his leadership has not been incredibly. >> popular over. >> the last. >> three plus years. >> now. >> with. >> the. >> involvement of. >> president trump. >> there has certainly. >> been a shift, it. >> seems. >> in the confidence. >> of actually. >> getting and keeping. >> a deal done. >> and what. >> is so. >> interesting to see. >> is both the voices that are. >> coming out. from israelis and palestinians, while they both agree. on what they see as. >> a. >> lack of leadership from. >> prime. >> minister benjamin netanyahu. they see as hopefulness with president. >> trump's involvement in. >> these ceasefire negotiations. >> let's take a littl

. >> tel aviv is nbc's yasmin vossoughian. with us, peter baker. >> new york times chief white house correspondent and an nbc news political analyst. so, yasmin. >> president trump is making statements about gaza. >> as the cease fire. >> negotiations are. >> trying to move. >> to. the next. >> phase, a very delicate. >> phase. >> yeah. >> incredibly delicate. >> while the prime. >> minister is. >> gifting president. >> trump with a. >> gold pager as. >> a. >> reference to those. >> surprise attacks. >> on hezbollah. >> fighters. >> you have to understand the. >> landscape here. in israel right now. >> jose. >> to really. >> see how fragile. >> this moment is for. >> this cease fire deal and even. >> getting to phase two. >> if you. >> look. >> at what's. >> happening in the west. >> bank, many feeling. >> as if. >> the war has. >> actually shifted to the. >> west bank. >> the continued explosions in jenin just. >> last weekend. 100 plus. >> residential buildings were. >> in fact exploded. people losing their homes, their belo

our yasmin vossoughian in tel aviv. and joel rubin, former deputy. assistant secretary of state, joining us as well. gabe, the president, appeared to be reading from a script at times. we have reported. >> these comments. >> were not off the cuff. so what do we. >> know about how. >> this came about? >> hi there. good morning. yes, these. >> comments were. >> not off the. >> cuff from sources. familiar with the process. we understand. >> that he. >> did. >> speak with prime minister. >> benjamin netanyahu about. >> these comments beforehand. >> and we just. >> heard from. >> national security adviser mike wallace that. >> the president had been. thinking about this. >> for quite some. >> time, that he'd. >> be that he. >> had been. >> receiving briefings from his. national security. >> staff, as well. >> as. his middle east envoy. >> steve witkoff. >> and he does think that this would be a plausible idea. >> and let's. >> listen to a little bit more about what he had to say. >> about it last night. >> i envision a world, people living there, the worl

joining us now to try to sort it out, nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian, who is on the ground for us in israel. council on foreign relations senior fellow of middle east and africa studies stephen cook and punchbowl news co-founder and msnbc political contributor contributor who can help us understand what's happening on the ground in washington. jake sherman, we're going to go to yasmin in a second. we're having some audio difficulties with her. so, jake, i'm going to begin with you on this. it was a statement that he had to have known would have gotten a giant reaction, not just here at home, not just on capitol hill, but around the world. what i found most interesting about the reaction, though, is that the republican party has done so little to push back on donald trump since he won reelection, certainly in the past two and a half weeks. all of his nominees seem to be going through. but yet on this issue, you are getting some notable pushback. we're going to put some of it on the screen for you. there's rand paul saying, what are we doing? this is not what you campaigned o

msnbc correspondent yasmin vossoughian is in tel aviv with the very latest details. >> emotions werehe west bank as well. let's talk about the israeli hostages first. we had already 34 years old whose wife was killed on october 7th. he was reunited with his family, also coming back to a young child, we had ohad ben-ami reunited with his three daughters along with his wife, who was also held captive for 54 days. and then we had elie sharabi, 52 years old, whose wife and daughters were killed on october 7th, reuniting with his family after being released, all of them thin and gaunt when they were released, before being handed over to the red cross for the first time. during these hostage exchanges, they were told to speak on stage in central gaza. they said they wanted the war to end, that hamas did in fact not harm them. when we're talking about the palestinian prisoners, 183 palestinian prisoners were released, some of them to gaza, some of them to the west bank. in the west bank, seven of them went straight to hospital because of malnourishment, starvation as well. in gaza, many of

. >> and nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian in tel aviv. so. >> kelly. >> you were in the in. >> in the moment. we were all reacting. >> i was. >> you know. updating and rewriting. nbc nightly. >> news for. >> the west coast. >> but you just zeroed in on exactly what. >> people want to know. what is your legal authority? >> and we didn't get a clear answer to that. and that is one of the things that remains a pressing question. under what power and with what force or cooperation with the president try to execute such a plan? he did not speak to the decades of risk and peril to americans in that region, when the u.s. has had any military presence, and how that has often been the route of attempts to rattle, radicalize those who would act against the united states in terrorism. so there's so many questions. the president was leaping ahead by decades to some new future for that area. and speaking of it, far more from his comfort zone of being a real estate developer, of clearing out the destruction, the very real destruction, and redeveloping

nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian is standing by there. yasmin, what's the reaction that you're hearing so far? >> i think, mika, it's important to be frank. >> about the situation here in the middle east, and it. feels as if president. >> trump has. >> literally dropped. >> a nuclear bomb on the middle east. lamiere is right in that. >> donald trump campaigned on getting the united states out. >> of foreign wars. >> it feels as if, after yesterday evening. standing aside prime minister bibi netanyahu. >> that donald. >> trump may very well have gotten the united states. >> into another war. >> this is the type of rhetoric. that will unite, that can feasibly unite. >> the middle east. >> right? we have heard from mbs of saudi arabia. denouncing what donald. trump has said. we have heard, obviously, from islamic militants, from the palestinian authority to islamic jihad to hamas, who have all understandably denounced what. >> donald trump. >> has said. we have heard iran denouncing what donald trump has said, even from egypt. >> and. >> the

. >> joining us now, nbc's yasmin vossoughian in tel aviv. asmin, this is all occurring here in the united states. while we're awaiting the next round of names of those hostages who are supposed to be released by hamas. how is this impacting talks there? >> it's a little bit of a cat and mouse, because right now we're waiting for those names, as you mentioned. we're awaiting three names right now who we know are said to be men. those names have been delayed so far. however, we got word from a hamas spokesperson saying in fact, they were committed to implementing the cease fire deal. but that was followed up by saying that they don't feel as if israel is keeping up their end of the bargain in providing humanitarian aid in the way in which they have promised. and what they're talking about specifically is tents and caravans, for instance. we've had terrible weather here over the last 48 hours or so, 50 mile an hour winds, consistent rain as well. so if you think about north gaza right now, you have hundreds of thousands of residents without shel

yasmin vossoughian is live in tel aviv. >> reporter: good morning. it was emotional in hostage square as three more hostages were released. a man whose wife was killed on october 7th, he is returning to a young daughter. a 56-year-old was taken along side of his wife, she was released after 54 days in captivity. and ellie shabady, 52 years old, his wife and daughters were killed on october 7th. he was tafken along side of his brother. his brother was killed in captivity. all of the hostages were held hostage for 491 days. they were released in central gaza today. they were marched onto the stage and made to speak in front of a crowd of palestinians sayg in part the war must end. they didn't look well. they in fact were incredibly emaciated. the prime mipster releasing a statement on social media saying in part that the shocking images we have seen today will not go unnoticed. in exchange, 183 palestinian prisoners were released to hamas and the west bank. 76 remaining hostages between now and the end of phase two to be released, israeli hostages that