00:00Tanya Cremer is in Jerusalem for us. Tell us more about the hostages condition
00:06first of all. Well I can tell you you know when the first images appeared of
00:12them being let out of the cars and then paraded there on stage by Hamas you know
00:18people you could feel the relief obviously of people watching this but at
00:23the same time you know there's a lot of shock and anger over their very visible
00:28you know frail condition some of them you know they looked all very gaunt and
00:35frail when they appeared there so we heard from Israeli health officials
00:40some time ago they're now in Iqilof Hospital in Tel Aviv and they said
00:45they're suffering from significant malnutrition but they also have to
00:52deal now with the reality now that some of their they are now being told that
00:58some of their loved ones are no longer alive. We also heard from the Prime
01:04Minister's office shortly after the handover took place they were expressing
01:10great concern about their condition and that this will not go unaddressed that
01:14they were conveying this message to the mediators and there's certainly also a
01:19lot of pressure now after seeing those three hostages being released and their
01:25conditions as they were from the relatives and we heard also from the
01:29hostages families forum putting out a statement then now it's the time there
01:34no more postponement no revenge we are expecting leadership now putting much
01:39more pressure now on the leadership on on the government here to bring all the
01:44remaining hostages home. Tania what do we know about the condition of the
01:48Palestinian prisoners released? Well we also saw the buses then shortly after
01:55this handover of the Israeli hostages then some of the buses with Palestinians
02:02held in Israeli prisons there made their way some of them to the occupied West
02:06Bank some are also to Gaza 183 prisoners and detainees were released in this
02:13exchange we understand some of them were serving long sentences or life
02:20sentences but we also heard from rights groups there that seven of those now
02:26former detainees had to be brought to hospitals they were accusing Israeli
02:31prison service of mistreatment we also heard from the Israeli army they put out
02:37a statement that they will not allow celebrations in the occupied West Bank
02:41and that they will act against it now part of this group of people that were
02:46released today there also go to Gaza some of them have been detained after
02:52October 7 under suspicion that they were involved in the October 7 attacks but
02:57these people were not so they were released today they were held under
03:01administrative detention detention without trial and they're also going
03:05home now as part of this larger deal. According to media reports Benjamin Netanyahu
03:11has dispatched a delegation to Qatar for the next phase of the ceasefire talks is
03:15that a positive signal for the negotiations?
03:20Well it certainly tells us that I know something is moving forward usually we
03:27would have seen on day 16 already now we are in the middle of this first phase
03:32where 33 hostages will be released in exchange for Palestinian detainees but
03:39on day 16 already both sides should have been coming back to the negotiation table
03:45of course indirectly with the mediators to discuss the second phase which will
03:50then see the release of all the remaining hostages further withdrawal of
03:55the Israeli military and also talks about a more permanent ceasefire but we
04:01understand from the Israeli side at least this had been postponed until
04:04after the return of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who went to
04:08Washington this week now it's of course there has been a lot of opposition
04:12within his own cabinet we still have one far-right party there they have said
04:18they want to see the war resume they don't want to see the second phase being
04:22implemented but of course as I also said earlier there's much more pressure now
04:26from the Israeli public to go through to the second phase but the situation has
04:32become slightly more complicated now after the remarks and statements by
04:37President US President Donald Trump about quote taking over Gaza and the
04:43resettlement of 2.3 million people residents there in Gaza which is
04:49according to international law forced transfer and illegal so this has become
04:54more complicated now but we also have to say you know so far there have been ups
05:01and down in this process but so far both sides have been keeping you know the
05:06stages and so it has been moving forward but the next day certainly will be
05:11crucial to see where this is going. And we will be watching great though to get
05:16some of the details of that progress from you the very latest Tania Kramer in
05:21Jerusalem
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