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this was a significant breakthrough at a critical yolande knell, bbc news, tel aviv. one of the hostageson thursday. so, this is an unbelievable emotional day. i know keith all his life. who will always look on the humanity and the good she is an angel, and seeing keith go out today, i was so happy. it's an unbelievable weekend for me, seeing arbel coming the first day she feels joy and happiness since october 7th, seeing arbel going out, so it's unbelievable. the energy here is crazy. out, it's unbelievable. developments from tel aviv. i spoke to him earlier. clearly, the israelis and the mediators and of the scenes when released hostages were surrounded of the three hostages. of palestinian prisoners as well so i think both sides have learned from the mistakes of earlier days. process is holding for now. and we have also seen the rafah crossing partially reopen, so thejudgment is it has been a good day all around. it is. at the long—term solution for a permanent ceasefire. but as i have said, there are elements, who are opposed to a continuation of the ceasefire, have not yet been met,

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yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem.international editor, jeremy bowen, spoke to me earlier about how the past 2a hours could impact the ceasefire deal. well, the hamas announcement, first of all, came as quite a bombshell, because the implications of brinkmanship that could end up torpedoing the ceasefire are clearly massive, not least particularly, in fact, for the palestinian population inside gaza. you know, because there is one analysis of what's going on is that the israelis — and some inside hamas as well — phase of the ceasefire, which is after 42 and at the moment negotiations for that are well, they basically haven't started. of course, watching all of this the of the hostages. hostage deal — her father is still being held.. it would be a death sentence for those hostages but there's more and more doubt being expressed over the second part of the deal. and we know that when a deal collapsed last november 23rd, it took over a year to make another deal. sentence. in terms of what you have heard about your father,

yolande knell, thank yom _ from jordan and egypt — if they refuse to take in palestinians as part ofl jordan is a superpower of stability in a volatile a plan seen as helping israel's far—right nationalists take over palestinian land. the families in this camp came from gaza, seeking temporary shelter after the 1967 arab—israeli war. when he was a toddler. he says gazans have learned the lessons of previous generations and will refuse to leave. middlezages. er the clays and he's an arrogant narcissist. that's not how things are done. jordan's government is treading a tightrope between its political ties to israel and the us, the gaza war strained existing fault lines here. queuing at food banks, adamant they can't take in any more refugees. we can't find jobs. if gazans come tojordan? we will die. butjordan is also under pressure from its key military ally. $1.5 billion a year. the choice is clear. jordan cannot take any number of palestinian refugees, no matter what the stakes are. but risks for amman mean risks for its allies, too. millions of refugees. of unrest is its biggest wea

yolande knell has more.ll the uncertainty around the gaza ceasefire agreed last month and whether it would stick. we have, yair horn, who's 46. he is argentinian—israeli, and he was taken with his brother eitan into captivity. you have sagui dekel—chen, who's 36, an american—israeli. and alexander troufanov, who's 29, a russian—israeli. at the munich security conference, israel's foreign meanwhile, members of the arab group firmly rejected intojordan and egypt. and egypt to take in gaza's now largely homeless population of 2.3 million. both nations have both rejected that suggestion. we love palestine. thank you very much indeed for being with us. i thank you very much indeed for being wi you ;. i l's» thank you very much indeed for being wi you heard l's» whether you heard president trump's, so we just got in from the us in the last few minutes, the us in the lastrfew minutes. he said we were going to but he said we were going to wait and what happen wait and see what happen and of course we are tomorrow an

the strip — through the recent stages of the war. saying this is the only solution to as you say, yolandehat does that involve? that second stage involves basically bringing home end to fighting. and, you know, we are also supposed to see a more full now, although the americans are still insisting that things are on track, that steve witkoff with qatar being a key regional mediator, pointing out that there are contradictions here between the big picture that president trump has laid out, and this stated commitment to the current ceasefire deal. to jordan and libya. he's in london. peter millett, thank you for talking to us. what your talking to us. what is your reaction to what president trump has said? i reaction to what president trump has said?— reaction to what president trump has said? reaction to what president ti a np has said? reaction to what president ti a np he word. ' reaction to what president ti a np he word. i cannot see rd is a good word. i cannot see this being in any one's interest other than far right in 7- the ground have palestinians on the ground have an affinity to

our middle east correspondent yolande knell what we are expecting today is the first of these high—level. e'ee'e. eeeeefire in gaza. �* the deal in gaza. today, under the terms of that deal, discussions supposed 7 supposed to 7 supposed to start on moving are supposed to start on moving to the next stage, a very tg thehsext stage. a very one that sensitive one because that would bring a full end to the fighting in gaza, would bring 5—2 77 theéremaining 77 7 thevremaining israeli 7 all the remaining israeli home. mrtrump all the remaining israeli home. mr trump has 77777f77n7akin7g7777 77 7 7 making clear that he wants been making clear that he wants all the different wars in the middle east to end. mr before he got on the netanyahu, before he got on the plane off to the us, he plane heading off to the us, he to reporters he said to reporters he was going to be discussing in washington, over hamas, victory victory over hamas, victory over iran and the of over iran and the release of hostages. here he the hostages. here he faces the struggle for own foundation has now given away $100 billi

our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports.ch more orderly than the last hostage releases. israelis ofer kalderon and yarden bibas first of khan younis, swiftly taken away by the red cross. two hours later, us born keith siegel was forced to pose on stage in gaza city for his handover. and free the hostages. there are lots of pictures here of the youngest hostages seized in that deadly hamas assault — the red—haired bibas boys. they have become among the internationally recognised held captive. i have a five—year—old child. it is unbelievable that two little children not one more than 180 palestinian prisoners are being released by israel in this latest exchange, including dozens serving long or life sentences. without trial or charge. and as the gaza ceasefire holds, the first wounded crossing, it's reopened. remaining israeli hostages and a full end to the war, and nothing is guaranteed. earlier, we spoke to daniel lifshitz, a friend of ofer kalderon, as well as a relative of arbel yehud — one of the hostages released on thur

let's speak to to our middle east correspondent yolande knell, who is injerusalem.'s deal with these comments by president trump. i mean, who is seriously going to believe that america is going to buy gaza and from whom? i that america is going to buy gaza and from whom? i mean, of % gaza and from whom? i mean, of . r ~, of gaza and from whom? i mean, of g of- about - gaza and from whom? i mean, of g of- about what . but a lot of concern about what 2’ ’ mean for ceasefire this could mean for ceasefire talks. does seem to this could mean for ceasefire talks changed does seem to this could mean for ceasefire talks changed context m to this could mean for ceasefire talks changed context for o hayelchanged the context for somewhat. ~ . v those somewhat. what's the state g now? - so, there is an israeli team that gone negotiating team that has gone along to qatar being this alang ta daha, qatar being this mediator. but while these talks are supposed to move on to the next of discussing the next stage af would see more end to the a more permanent end to the fighting, the

our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports from tel aviv. of the latest hostages.levy, 3a, and eli sharabi, aged 52, looked thin, weak and pale. they were forced to give statements surrounded by masked gunmen. and after cheers went up from those watching the live feed in kibbutz beeri, where two of the three men there was shock as friends took in their changed appearance and tears from his family waiting for their reunion. adding to their pain, it's still not clear if he knows his british born wife, leanne, and two daughters were killed 16 months ago. wrists were skinny. but what really hit home was his face. he was gaunt. the light that is always there with eli. in hostages square, the main family support group, talks on a sensitive second stage for the gaza ceasefire are soon due to start in earnest, and many israelis and palestinians worry a full end to the war and the return i'm afraid. we will not go through with it. and i'm hopeful, iam. the consequences of losing a loved one in the hands of terrorists. and i wish this end to no one. no one. increased with pr

our correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem.tage of this ceasefire deal. we are looking now, more than three weeks into this initial six week phase, like this is, you know, the most delicate that the ceasefire really has been. and it is just still quite a little puzzling exactly what was the result of that security cabinet meeting yesterday. the israeli prime minister, in his video statement, he came out saying there had been a unanimous decision reached, and that was that hamas had to return what he said was "our" hostages by noon on saturday, otherwise the ceasefire would end. but it has been pointed out he didn't say "all our hostages", echoing what president trump's language was when he recommended this high stakes ultimatum to hamas. that would mean all the hostages, potentially all 76 still held by hamas, both alive and dead, in the gaza strip. he could have meant the hostages that were already scheduled to be released this saturday, three, by hamas, under the existing terms of the deal that hamas had said it was freezing

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reported. was greeted in ramallah. was the scene as three more bus loads of palestinian prisoners yolande knell has this report. much more hoarsely than the hostage releases. ofer last hostage releases. ofer kalderon, keith siegel and yarden bibas appeared. they must taken by the ; cross. two hours later. us keith cross. two hours later, us keith siegel posed born, keith siegel was posed in gaza city for his handover. but soon they were emotional for all three men, rsunionsfor—all three men. with reunionsfor—ell three men. with loved including with loved ones captured on 7th october released. w liireleased. these and previously released. these families have been at the heart of high—profile to of high—profile campaigns to pressure the israeli government w{iiéffflfinw”' " {liefifflfi’nwtel"z "f”hbépita'l " '7' hospitaltoday ' ' 7' cheers. these events were were cheers. these events were seen as bittersweet. there are lots of pictures he had the youngest hostages the haired, fwhiaire’dfblue?’ ' w haired, bluegrass have become the they have become the international of international symbol of