 From Ty24 News, I'm Sivan Raveev and these are the latest developments coming to you live from Tel Aviv. Today is Day 47 of Israel's war with Hamas, the war that started when at least 1200 innocent Israeli civilians, including women, men, children, and the elderly, fell victim to a brutal massacre in southern Israel on October 7th. There are currently 236 hostages held in captivity by Hamas in Gaza, including about 40 children. The Israeli government has taken a crucial step towards bringing home these hostages held in Gaza. The government convened last night and approved the outline of the first stage to release at least 50 hostages, predominantly women and children, over the next four days. The hostage release deal with Hamas comes with conditions. In exchange for the release, first and foremost, Hamas will receive a four-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Israel will also release approximately 150 Palestinian prisoners, primarily women and minors. The agreement also includes the entry of food, medical aid, and fuel into the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army has agreed to a six-hour daily suspension of flights over Gaza, allowing Hamas to locate hostages held by their operatives and separate factions. The first hostages are expected to be released on Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that despite the temporary pause to return hostages, Israel is still at war and will continue until all war objectives are achieved, eliminating Hamas, returning all hostages, and ensuring Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel. Let's take a listen. Outside there is a lot of nonsense talk. As if after we ceasefire for the release of the hostages, we will stop the war. So I would like to clarify, we are at war, and we will continue to fight, continue to fight until we reach all our goals. Tonight, we face a difficult decision, but it is the right decision, all the security factors fully support it. They clarified in their full professional assessment the security of our forces will be guaranteed during the days of ceasefire, and that the intelligence effort will be maintained. Joining us now in studio is Gai Israeli, our I-24 News senior editor. Thank you for joining us. Please talk to us about the key points of this hostage deal. It's the story of the day. What are the key factors in this deal? So finally, almost 50 days since the start of this war, some hope for the families. We're talking about families of some 38 children that are being held by Hamas and by other groups in Gaza waiting for their release. The main point I would mention is the fact that Hamas claims to only holding on to some 30 of those 38 children. So unless Hamas does find more of these children or locates them, whether they're in the hands of other terror groups or in the hands of other individuals in Gaza, for now we're talking about just 30 of those 38 hostages. Another thing that Israel was insisting about is to release all these children together with their mothers. Hamas said that would not be possible as well. We're talking about the release of some 50 women and children. 30 of them are children and the rest will be women. But that doesn't mean that these are all the parents of the children that are being held in Gaza. It's a tough call for Israel having to agree to this ceasefire and not getting all the hostages back. It is something that has been tearing the families for such a long time. The initial demand was to release all the Israelis together. That was the demand. All of them right now, obviously, or at least turns out that that is not possible in Israel. Once it had the chance to do so, eventually voted the government voted with a large majority to accept this deal. Despite the fact that it does have many disadvantages, the Israeli Ministry of Justice has just released a list of Palestinian prisoners that could be released. One thing that Israel has stressed is that those prisoners are those that do not have blood on their hands, not directly involved in the murdering of Israelis. Nonetheless, these are security prisoners, whether they're women or teenagers. These are Palestinians who are involved in an activity that endangers the state of Israel. Nonetheless, these are ones who are not directly involved in terror, and the Ministry has just released a list of some 300 Palestinian prisoners who could be released as part of this deal. We know that 150 of them are said to be released. Right, so 150 of those 300 in this hostage deal that seems to be panning out, perhaps tomorrow. Stay with us, guy. We'll be back to discussing this hostage release deal. Meanwhile, joining us on Israel's northern border is I-24 News correspondent Robert Swift. Robert, the Iron Dome air defense system intercepted a suspicious target overnight, setting off sirens in Kibbutz, Hanita along the Lebanon border. Tell us more about that incident. Yeah, so this occurred just before midnight last night. This was yet another drone infiltration from the Lebanese side of the territory into Israeli airspace. The IDF saying that they used Iron Dome to shoot it down. There were sirens that went off in several other communities just to the west of this. This occurred on the far western end of Israel's northern border. Those additional sirens that went off in those communities, the IDF has since said, were false alarms. Now this incident was one of several drone attacks that took place yesterday. There was a string of them right along the border that took place in the mid hours of yesterday evening. And those were just several of the attacks that took place yesterday with earlier in the day anti-tank attacks taking place. Now in response to those attacks yesterday, the IDF conducted a number of air strikes inside southern Lebanon, killing a senior Hamas commander in Lebanese territory. However, overnight from what we've seen so far, it appears to have been relatively quiet after what was quite a busy day. Okay, thank you very much on our northern border, Robert. Thank you. Joining us is Professor Koby Mikhail, Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for National Security Studies and Foreign Deputy Director General at the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs. Thank you for joining. We're seeing a discussion today about the hostage release deal, and we're seeing that the transfer would take place in stages, about 10 prisoners per day in exchange for 30 Palestinian prisoners per day. And we've also seen cases of exchanging one Israeli, like in Gilad Shalit's case, a soldier who was kidnapped for five years. He was held in captivity. He was exchanged one for over a thousand. So is this considered somewhat of a success that we are now seeing 10 for 30? Good morning. You know, it's pretty difficult and even confusing to talk about success under these circumstances. But I think that Hamas is under pressure. I think that Hamas leadership understands today better than yesterday what is exactly the situation on the ground. And it looks that if they would have been more pressure, maybe the success would have been higher. But generally speaking, yes, I think that the terms are closer to the Israeli terms, to the terms that were dictated by Israel, not by Hamas. But still, we are under, I would say, a problematic circumstances which regard to the war itself and its objectives, talking about the elimination of Hamas military and governmental systems. This is something that actually interrupts it. What about the Israeli society? How are people here in Israel taking this kind of release deal on the one hand? You are getting some hostages back. On the other hand, there are many who are left behind. I'm sure that most of the Israelis are pretty happy from the idea that at least 50 Israelis, mainly children, will be released from this horrible place. But in the very same time, it looks that most of the Israelis are in a sort of a secular situation since October 7th that this is the time to accomplish the mission. And the Israeli society is ready to pay the price. And I think that the expectations are very high, the expectations from the political and the military as it was. And I think that we don't have a second chance in this regard. And if we will not be able to accomplish the mission with regard to the Gaza Strip, with regard to Hamas, then the price that we will be forced to pay in the other fronts will be very high, very high. And therefore, I think that we must accomplish the mission in this regard with all the difficulties. Now, while Israel insisted on families being released together and not having to separate mother from father from grandparents, Hamas refused. What can be said about that? I'm not sure that Hamas refused, I think that at the end of the day, we are talking about children that will be released with their mothers. If this is not the situation, then- Yes, absolutely their mothers. But some of these families are mother, father, and children. And while Israel did request to have families be released together, those fathers are being left behind. Look, I don't feel, I would say, I feel a bit confused to relate to this issue because my stand of point or my understanding is a bit different. But who am I and I'm in different place and they can understand the pain of the families. But I think that generally speaking, I think that if we would have pressured Hamas harder and if Hamas would have feel that this world is on their throat and not that this world is on our world, I almost sure that we would have succeeded to achieve much more with regard to the hostages. But at the end of the day, you know, I'm not a member of the cabinet and the cabinet has to cut the deal and to make the decision. And they have to be very, I would say, to listen very carefully to the families and the general mood of the Israeli public. And sometimes they have to make decisions that prefer, I would say, the personal security on the public security. It's very, very tough decision. But I think that if we would have pressured Hamas harder, we might have better results. Okay, those are tough calls. Indeed, thank you. Kobe Michael, please stay with us. We'll be back to you in a moment. With us down south is our I-24 news correspondent, Pierre Klosendler. Pierre Siren sounded in Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip this morning. What is the situation on the ground now? At 7 o'clock, there were two interceptions here just above where we're standing. But no casualties, no damage, according to the municipality of Zderot. And later on, at around 7.30, there was another small salvo of rockets over communities that are just a little bit down south from where we stand, Nakhal Oz and Farazah, which were the sites of two massacres during October 7. Pierre, should we be expecting more intensifying rocket fire amid hostage deal, amid this hostage deal? We are seeing that this is developing and unfolding as we speak. Hostages might be released tomorrow. Should we be expecting more rocket fire? I think that there won't be any ceasefire until the ceasefire or the temporary truce or the lull in the fighting is not clearly established. And it will be on Thursday, maybe in the morning, maybe in the afternoon. We don't know yet. What you see here is the ongoing Israeli army activity, notably the Air Force and the artillery, which are pounding here on what Dean Bowen-Boyne is showing you, the community of Beth-Khanun in the northern sector of the Gaza Strip. We know also that the Jabalia refugee camp, which is home to some 180,000 Palestinians, among whom a few tens of thousands are still remaining, is completely uncircled by the Israeli army. The Israeli army, the ground forces opened access for penetration into the camp, which will be the next target of the Israeli army. And for a full consecutive day, there are operations in the Zaitun neighborhood near the Gaza city center. The Zaitun neighborhood, which is the place of ferocious fighting for the past four days. And this is going on now. At the same time, the IDF is consolidating its positions in advance of the lull in the fighting. According to the IDF, they are not blind to what will happen during the days, the four days of lull, especially because surveillance drones won't be able to fly over the southern Gaza Strip according to the latest Hamas statement confirming the agreement. And also, we'll only be able to, and won't be able to survey the northern Gaza Strip between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. for six hours again, according to the Hamas statement. But they said they're not blind because they have boots on the ground already, and they have other means which they don't detail of surveilling what's going on in the Gaza Strip. One last point. The bombing campaign in the southern sector of the Gaza Strip, where there's no ground offensive, is still going on. And there was a ground raid in the Al-Murazi refugee camp, which is in the central part of the Gaza Strip. Thank you, Pierre Colchandler, on Israel's southern border. And back in studio with us is Gai Azraeli. Yes, so we are getting some reactions in the political field. I'll just remind our viewers that this decision, the vote in the government was approved through the large majority, the only ministers who objected the deal were those of the Jewish power party, three ministers have objected, either Marben Gvir and some of his colleagues. But we are hearing from the head of the position, Yair Lapid, this morning saying we are giving our full backing to the deal. The state of Israel has the duty to continue and operate to return all the hostages home. We're also hearing from President Joe Biden saying I welcome the deal to secure the release of hostages taken by Hamas during this brutal attack and gratify that these brave souls who have endured an unspeakable ordeal will be reunited with their families once this deal is fully implemented. Obviously, a sigh of relief for many of these families, but again, it needs to be stressed. We're only talking about children and women. We can see many of those images of those children on our screens, including a baby is young as a ton, 10 months old baby that's fear beavis on the top right side of the screen. The youngest Israeli hostage taken by these Hamas terrorists on October 7th. Another thing that is important to stress here is that we're talking about the ceasefire potentially of four days, but perhaps more. Should Hamas offer more hostages to be released, the outline says that for 10 hostages, 10 more additional hostages, Hamas will win another day of ceasefire. But the main thing for Israel is in addition to the return of these hostages is to complete the goals of this war. And that is the elimination of Hamas, both its military capabilities and its governance over the Gaza Strip. That is something that the Israeli government has stressed in its decision. These will be some days of ceasefire time for Hamas to regroup. Obviously, that's a disadvantage, but also for the IDF to prepare for the next moves. For now, this is what is expected starting tomorrow around morning or noon time, that ceasefire. And joining us again is Professor Kobe Michael. Thank you for staying with us. We are speaking about Hamas using this ceasefire period in order to rearm, to regroup. What can you tell us about that? Look, I think that any seas of the momentum of the IDF momentum is something that doesn't work in favor of us. Generally speaking, any condition that is set by Hamas and accepted by Israel is not good for us. I think that we must be in a situation where only the Israeli conditions will be realized, not the conditions of Hamas. But this is the situation. And I think that we have to be very well prepared to the day after the pose. And I think that we have to extend the attacks in the area of Ghaniunas because it looks that it becomes a more important center of gravity of Hamas. And they feel they're pretty safe. And we have to shaken their self-confidence. And generally speaking, we have to accomplish in a very systematic manner till we will finalize it with the upper hand. And the military system of Hamas will be dismantled. I think that we are in the right direction. The accumulation or the accumulated achievements eventually creates a sort of center of gravity from our point. And at the end of the day, Hamas, the military system of Hamas will be collapsed. Kobi Mikhail, thank you very much for your input. And now Kibbutz Beiri is one of the Southern Kibbutzim that was attacked by Hamas on October 7th. The images of its residents' bodies lying in the streets, the burned and damaged houses speak for themselves. And among these images are the toys of children who were murdered or kidnapped in Togasa. These toys are now being shown in Tel Aviv in an exhibition organized by the movement Free Our Kids, along with the Toys R Us Company. More in the following report by Esther Edim. On October 7th, Hamas terrorists kidnapped 29 residents of Kibbutz Beiri, among them 11 children. These torn and burnt toys collected from the Kibbutz tell the stories in place of their owners. These toys are eyewitnesses to what children went through there, after fires, abuse, massacre. And that is what is left after these horrible atrocities. Those toys that were found say two things. Either the kid was rescued and didn't take it with him, or the child is not with us anymore and the toy will never go back to its owner. Leelach, one of the Kibbutz Beiri residents, recalls what happened there on the Shabbat of October 7th. I was in a shelter in Beiri for 27 hours, without water, food, without any possibility to go out under ceaseless fire from rockets, RPGs, and small arms. Leelach survived the Hamas massacre, but her loved ones were taken hostage. For more than a month, she's had no information about them. We don't know anything about them. Nobody tells us anything. The Red Cross is not even trying to reach them. Seems like it's not interesting at all to the United Nations and other organizations that should take care of them. One of the people Leelach is waiting for, nine-year-old Emily Hand was first reported killed and is now believed to be held hostage in Gaza. I think one of the friends who was rescued from the Kibbutz saw somebody's body and thought that it's her, and told them about that. But later on there were testimonies about her walking with Raya and Hila, taken by terrorists in direction of Gaza Strip. The lives of Israelis today are full of uncertainty, as they don't even know whether their loved ones are alive or not. The only thing left to do is to speak up and make the world understand what happened on October 7th. It doesn't matter if you're a fan of Israel or not. It is only about being human and supporting humanity. We address each mother, each woman around the world and ask how they can continue their routine. When they know about 10-month-old baby taken hostage and being in Hamas captivity alone, we hear we cannot continue our routine. The world needs to understand that it is not possible to keep silent. The world needs to understand that it cannot continue its routine when there are children taken hostage. Now these are our kids, but next time it can be any kid around the world. It can be my kid, it can be your kid, it can be any kid abroad. The organization Free Our Kids is in a race to reach ambassadors and international organizations. All the time every single day we are sending letters to the Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations, so they will hear our cry and after this event we will also send the pictures. While Israeli officials are making an effort to bring the hostages back, they also remind the world about Israel's right to defend itself. Unfortunately people don't realize what really happened. They try to forget it and we can't forget and we can't forgive and we have all of the legitimate that we need to vanish Hamas. This terror organization needs to be out of this world, not only for Israel, also for the rest of the free world. Residents of Kibbutz Berry were not the only ones who came to the exhibition. They were joined by neighbors from other southern Kibbutz who survived the massacre. On that Saturday I had bicycle training and there was a heavy rocket barrage. We decided to cancel the class and go back home. On the way there we ran into 15 terrorists lying on the road who opened fire at us. It felt like a car crash, the window shattered, a tire exploded and my ears were ringing. We turned around with the back of the car towards them. They ceased fire. My friend's father got out and shouted, hey soldiers, don't shoot at us. At first we were sure that they were our soldiers. Itai and his team managed to escape and get first aid. In the meantime his parents were in a shelter at home knowing their son was wounded and not capable of helping him. The only thing they could do was hope for the best. We personally faced miracles on that Shabbat as Itai was not killed and was not kidnapped. But after we got these miracles, for us as residents of the area, it's important to bring hostages back. That is the first mission. That's all for this latest edition of I-24 News. Be sure to follow us on our website and social media platforms. I'm Sivana Reviv. Thank you for watching. Israel is in a state of war. Families completely gunned down in their beds. We have no idea where she is. Our soldiers are fighting on the front lines, but the general perception is something that certainly needs to be fought as well. I-24 News, I'm Sivana Reviv, and these are the latest developments coming to you live from Tel Aviv. Today is Day 47 of Israel's war with Hamas, the war that started when at least 1200 innocent Israeli civilians including women, men, children, and the elderly fell victim to a brutal massacre in southern Israel on October 7th. There are currently 236 hostages held in captivity by Hamas and Gaza, including about 40 children. The Israeli government has taken a crucial step towards bringing home these hostages held in Gaza. The government convened last night and approved the outline of the first stage to release at least 50 hostages, predominantly women and children, over the next four days. The hostage release deal with Hamas comes with conditions. In exchange for the release, first and foremost, Hamas will receive a four-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Israel will also release approximately 150 Palestinian prisoners, primarily women and minors. The agreement also includes the entry of food, medical aid, and fuel into the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army has agreed to a six-hour daily suspension of flights over Gaza, allowing Hamas to locate hostages held by their operatives and separate factions. The first hostages are expected to be released on Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that despite the temporary pause to return hostages, Israel is still at war and will continue until all war objectives are achieved, eliminating Hamas, returning all hostages, and ensuring Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel. Let's take a listen. Inside there is a lot of nonsense talk, as if after we ceasefire for the release of the hostages, we will stop the war, so I would like to clarify, we are at war and we will continue to fight, continue to fight until we reach all our goals. Tonight, we face a difficult decision, but it is the right decision, all the security factors fully support it. They clarified in their full professional assessment the security of our forces will be guaranteed during the days of ceasefire and that the intelligence effort will be maintained. Joining us now in studio is Gai Azriely, our I-24 News senior editor. Thank you for joining, Gai. Good morning. Please talk to us about the key points of this hostage deal. It's the story of the day. What are the key factors in this deal? So, finally, almost 50 days since the start of this war, some hope for the families. We're talking about families of some 38 children that are being held by Hamas and by other groups in Gaza waiting for their release. The main point I would mention is the fact that Hamas claims to only hold on to some 30 of those 38 children. So, unless Hamas does find more of these children or locates them, whether they're in the hands of other terror groups or in the hands of other individuals in Gaza, for now we're talking about just 30 of those 38 hostages. Another thing that Israel was insisting about is to release all these children together with their mothers. Hamas said that would not be possible as well. We're talking about the release of some 50 women and children. 30 of them are children and the rest will be women. But that doesn't mean that these are all the parents of the children that are being held in Gaza. It's a tough call for Israel having to agree to this ceasefire and not getting all the hostages back. It is something that has been tearing the families for such a long time. The initial demand was to release all the Israelis together. That was the demand. All of them right now, obviously, or at least turns out that that is not possible in Israel. Once it had the chance to do so, eventually voted the government voted with a large majority to accept this deal, despite the fact that it does have many disadvantages. The Israeli Ministry of Justice has just released a list of prisoners, Palestinian prisoners that could be released. One thing that Israel has stressed that is that those prisoners are those that do not have blood on their hands, not directly involved in the murdering of Israelis. Nonetheless, these are security prisoners, whether they're women or teenagers. These are Palestinians who are involved in activity that endangers the state of Israel. Nonetheless, these are ones who are not directly involved in terror. And the Ministry has just released a list of some 300 Palestinian prisoners who could be released as part of this deal. We know that 150 of them are said to be released. Right, so 150 of those 300 in this hostage deal that seems to be panning out perhaps tomorrow. Stay with us, Guy. We'll be back to discussing this hostage release deal. Meanwhile, joining us on Israel's northern border is I-24 News correspondent Robert Swift. Robert, the Iron Dome air defense system intercepted a suspicious target overnight, setting off sirens in Kibbutz Hanita along the Lebanon border. Tell us more about that incident. Yeah, so this occurred just before midnight last night. This was yet another drone infiltration from the Lebanese side of the territory into Israeli airspace. The IDF saying that they used Iron Dome to shoot it down. There were sirens that went off in several other communities just to the west of this. This occurred on the far western end of Israel's northern border. Those additional sirens that went off in those communities, the IDF has since said, were false alarms. Now, this incident was one of several drone attacks that took place yesterday. There was a string of them right along the border that took place in the mid hours of yesterday evening. And those were just several of the attacks that took place yesterday with earlier in the day anti-tank attacks taking place. Now in response to those attacks yesterday, the IDF conducted a number of airstrikes inside southern Lebanon, killing a senior Hamas commander in Lebanese territory. However, overnight from what we've seen so far, it appears to have been relatively quiet after what was quite a busy day. Okay, thank you very much on our northern border. Robert, thank you. Thank you. Joining us is Professor Kobi Mikhail, Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for National Security Studies and Foreign Deputy Director General at the Israeli Ministry of Strategic Affairs. Thank you for joining. We're seeing a discussion today about the hostage release deal. And we're seeing that the transfer would take place in stages, about 10 prisoners per day in exchange for 30 Palestinian prisoners per day. And we've also seen cases of exchanging. One is really like in Gilad Shalit's case, a soldier who was kidnapped for five years, he was held in captivity. He was exchanged one for over a thousand. So is this considered somewhat of a success that we are now seeing 10 for 30? Good morning. You know, it's pretty difficult and even confusing to talk about success under these circumstances. But I think that Hamas is under pressure. I think that Hamas leadership understands today better than yesterday. What is exactly the situation on the ground? And it looks that if they would have been more pressure, maybe the success would have been would have been higher. But generally speaking, yes, I think that the terms are closer to the Israeli terms, the terms that were dictated by Israel, not by Hamas. But still we are under, I would say, a problematic, problematic circumstances which regard to the war itself and its objectives, talking about the elimination of Hamas military and governmental systems. This is something that actually interrupts it. What about the Israeli society? How are people here in Israel taking this kind of release deal on the one hand? You are getting some hostages back. On the other hand, there are many who are left behind. I'm sure that all the Israelis or at least most of the Israelis are pretty happy from the idea that at least 50 Israelis, mainly children, will be released from this horrible place. But in the very same time, it looks that most of the Israelis are in a sort of a secular situation since October 7th, that this is the time to accomplish the mission. And the Israeli society is ready to pay the price. And I think that the expectations are very high, the expectations from the political and the military echelons. And I think that we don't have a second chance in this regard. And if we will not be able to accomplish the mission with regard to the Gaza Strip, with regard to Hamas, then the price that we will be forced to pay in the other fronts will be very high, very high. And therefore, I think that we must accomplish the mission in this regard with all the difficulties. Now while Israel insisted on families being released together and not having to separate mother from father from grandparents, Hamas refused. What can be said about that? I'm not sure that Hamas refused. I think that at the end of the day, we are talking about children that will be released with their mothers. If this is not the situation, then... Yes, absolutely, they're mothers. But some of these families are mother, father and children. And while Israel did request to have families be released together, those fathers are being left behind. Look, you know, I don't feel... I would say... I feel a bit confused to relate to this issue because my stand of point or my understanding is a bit different. But who am I? And, you know, I may be in different places and they can understand the pain of the families. But I think that generally speaking, I think that if we would have pressured Hamas harder and if Hamas would have felt that this world is on their throat and not that this world is on our world, I almost sure that we would have succeeded to achieve much more with regard to the hostages. But at the end of the day, you know, I'm not a member of the cabinet and the cabinet has to cut the deal and to make the decision. And they have to be very, I would say, to listen very carefully to the families and the general mood of the Israeli public. And sometimes they have to make decisions that prefer, I would say, the personal security on the public security. It's a very, very tough decision. But I think that if we would have pressured Hamas harder, we might have better results. Okay, those are tough calls indeed. Thank you. Koby Mikhail, please stay with us. We'll be back to you in a moment. With us down south is our I-24 news correspondent, Pierre Klosendler. Pierre Siren sounded in Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip this morning. What is the situation on the ground now? At 7 o'clock, there were two interceptions here just above where we're standing. But no casualties, no damage according to the municipality of Zderot. And later on, at around 7.30, there was another small salvo of rockets over communities that are just a little bit down south from where we stand, Nakhal Oz and Faraz, which were the sites of two massacres during October 7. Pierre, should we be expecting more intensifying rocket fire amid hostage deal, amid this hostage deal? We are seeing that this is developing and unfolding as we speak. Hostages might be released tomorrow. Should we be expecting more rocket fire? I think that there won't be any ceasefire until the ceasefire or the temporary truce or the lull in the fighting is not clearly established. And it will be on Thursday, maybe in the morning, maybe in the afternoon. We don't know yet. What you see here is the ongoing Israeli army activity, notably the Air Force and the artillery, which are pounding here on what Dean Bowen-Boyne is showing you, the community of Beth Hanun in the northern sector of the Gaza Strip. We know also that the Jabalia refugee camp, which is home to some 180,000 Palestinians among whom a few tens of thousands are still remaining, is completely uncircled by the Israeli army. The Israeli army, the ground forces, opened access for penetration into the camp, which will be the next target of the Israeli army. And for a full consecutive day, there are operations in the Zaitun neighborhood near the Gaza city center. The Zaitun neighborhood, which is the place of ferocious fighting for the past four days. And this is going on now. At the same time, the IDF is consolidating its positions in advance of the lull in the fighting. According to the IDF, they are not blind to what will happen during the days, the four days of lull, especially because surveillance drones won't be able to fly over the southern Gaza Strip, according to the latest Hamas statement confirming the agreement. And also, we'll only be able to, and won't be able to survey the northern Gaza Strip between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. for six hours again, according to the Hamas statement. But they say they're not blind because they have boots on the ground already and they have other means which they don't detail of surveilling what's going on in the Gaza Strip. One last point, the bombing campaign in the southern sector of the Gaza Strip, where there's no ground offensive, is still going on. And there was a ground raid in the al-Murazi refugee camp, which is in the central part of the Gaza Strip. Thank you, Pierre Couchendler, on Israel's southern border. And back in studio with us is Guy Azraeli. Yeah, so we are getting some reactions in the political field. I'll just remind our viewers that this decision, the vote in the government, was approved through the large majority. The only ministers who objected the deal were those of the Jewish Power Party, three ministers have objected, either Marbengrer and some of his colleagues. But we are hearing from the head of the position, Jair Lapid, this morning, saying we are giving our full backing to the deal. The State of Israel has the duty to continue and operate to return all the hostages home. We're also hearing from President Joe Biden saying, I welcome the deal to secure the release of hostages taken by Hamas during this brutal attack. I'm gratified that these brave souls who have endured an unspeakable ordeal reunited with their families once this deal is fully implemented. Obviously, aside of relief for many of these families, but again, it needs to be stressed. We're only talking about children and women. We can see many of those images of those children on our screens, including a baby is young as a ton, 10 months old baby that's fear Bivas on the top right side of the screen, the youngest Israeli hostage taken by these Hamas terrorists on October 7th. Another thing that is important to stress here is that we're talking about the ceasefire potentially of four days, but perhaps more should Hamas offer more hostages to be released. The outline says that for 10 hostages, 10 more additional hostages, Hamas will win another day of ceasefire. But the main thing for Israel is in addition to the return of these hostages is to complete the goals of this war. And that is the elimination of Hamas, both its military capabilities and its governance over the Gaza Strip. That is something that the Israeli government has stressed in its decision. These will be some days of ceasefire. Time for Hamas to regroup, obviously, that's a disadvantage, but also for the idea to prepare for the next moves. For now, this is what is expected starting tomorrow around morning or noon time, that ceasefire. And joining us again is Professor Kobe Michael. Thank you for staying with us. We are speaking about Hamas using this ceasefire period in order to rearm, to regroup. What can you tell us about that? Look, I think that any seizes of the momentum of the idea of momentum is something that doesn't work in favor of us. Generally speaking, any condition that is set by Hamas and accepted by Israel is not good for us. I think that we must be in a situation where only the Israeli conditions will be realized, not the conditions of Hamas. But this is the situation. And I think that we have to be very well prepared to the day after the pose. And I think that we have to extend the attacks in the area of Honez because it looks that it becomes a more important center of gravity of Hamas. And they feel they're pretty safe. And we have to shaken their self-confidence. And generally speaking, we have to accomplish in a very systematic manner till we will finalize it with the upper hand and the military system of Hamas will be dismantled. I think that we are in the right direction. The accumulation or the accumulated achievements eventually creates a sort of center of gravity from our point. And at the end of the day, Hamas, the military system of Hamas will be collapsed. Kobi Mikhail, thank you very much for your input. And now Kibbutz Berry is one of the southern Kibbutzim that was attacked by Hamas on October 7th. The images of its residents' bodies lying in the streets, the burned and damaged houses, speak for themselves. And among these images are the toys of children who were murdered or kidnapped in Togasa. These toys are now being shown in Tel Aviv in an exhibition organized by the movement Free Our Kids along with the Toys R Us Company. More in the following report by Esther Edim. On October 7th, Hamas terrorists kidnapped 29 residents of Kibbutz Berry, among them 11 children. These torn and burnt toys collected from the Kibbutz tell the stories in place of their owners. These toys are eyewitnesses to what children went through there after fires, abuse, massacre. And that is what is left after these horrible atrocities. Those toys that were found say two things. Either the kid was rescued and didn't take it with him or the child is not with us anymore and the toy will never go back to its owner. Leelach, one of the Kibbutz Berry residents, recalls what happened there on the Shabbat of October 7th. I was in a shelter in Berry for 27 hours without water, food, without any possibility to go out under ceaseless fire from rockets, RPGs and small arms. Leelach survived the Hamas massacre, but her loved ones were taken hostage. For more than a month, she's had no information about them. We don't know anything about them. Nobody tells us anything. The Red Cross is not even trying to reach them. Seems like it's not interesting at all to the United Nations and other organizations that should take care of them. One of the people Leelach is waiting for, nine-year-old Emily Hand was first reported killed and is now believed to be held hostage in Gaza. I think one of the friends who was rescued from the Kibbutz saw somebody's body and thought that it's her and told them about that. But later on there were testimonies about her walking with Raya and Heela, taken by terrorists in direction of Gaza Strip. The lives of Israelis today are full of uncertainty as they don't even know whether their loved ones are alive or not. The only thing left to do is to speak up and make the world understand what happened on October 7th. It doesn't matter if you're a fan of Israel or not. It is only about being human and supporting humanity. We address each mother, each woman around the world and ask how they can continue their routine. When they know about 10-month-old baby taken hostage and being in Hamas captivity alone, we here, we cannot continue our routine. The world needs to understand that it is not possible to keep silent. The world needs to understand that it cannot continue its routine when there are children taken hostage. Now these are our kids, but next time it can be any kid around the world. It can be my kid. It can be your kid. It can be any kid abroad. The organization Free Our Kids is an race to reach ambassadors and international organizations. All the time, every single day, we are sending letters to the Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations, so they will hear our cry. And after this event, we will also send the pictures. While Israeli officials are making an effort to bring the hostages back, they also remind the world about Israel's right to defend itself. Israeli people don't realize what really happened. They try to forget it and we can't forget and we can't forgive. And we have all of the legitimate that we need to vanish Hamas. This terror organization needs to be out of this world, not only for Israel, also for the rest of the free world. Residents of Kibbutz Berry were not the only ones who came to the exhibition. They were joined by neighbors from other Southern Kibbutzim who survived the massacre. On that Saturday, I had bicycle training and there was a heavy rocket barrage. We decided to cancel the class and go back home. On the way there, we ran into 15 terrorists lying on the road who opened fire at us. It felt like a car crash. The window shattered. A tire exploded and my ears were ringing. We turned around with the back of the car towards them. They ceased fire. My friend's father got out and shouted, hey, soldiers, don't shoot at us. At first, we were sure that they were our soldiers. Ita and his team managed to escape and get first aid. In the meantime, his parents were in a shelter at home, knowing their son was wounded and not capable of helping him. The only thing they could do was hope for the best. We personally faced miracles on that Shabbat as a tie was not killed and was not kidnapped. But after we got these miracles, for us as residents of the area, it's important to bring hostages back. That is the first mission. That's all for this latest edition of I-24 News. Be sure to follow us on our website and social media platforms. I'm Siobhan Reviv. Thank you for watching. There are phrases that you know from where they come from. Look here, and the package for when. And loads that you already know where they go. On International Loans Day, your people in the R.D. access our website, Recargas.altis.com.gov, select loads and type the number you want to place the load. In addition, they receive double the balance in loads of eight dollars or more. Altis, la red global de los dominicanos, is in a state of war, families completely done down in their beds. We have no idea where is she as our soldiers are fighting on the front lines, but the general perception is something that certainly needs to to be fought as well. On the I-24 News, I'm Siobhan Reviv, and these are the latest developments coming to you live from Tel Aviv. Today is Day 47 of Israel's war with Hamas, the war that started when at least 1200 innocent Israeli civilians, including women, men, children and the elderly, fell victim to a brutal massacre in southern Israel on October 7. There are currently 236 hostages held in captivity by Hamas and Gaza, including about 40 children. The Israeli government has taken a crucial step towards bringing home these hostages held in Gaza. The government convened last night and approved the outline of the first stage to release at least 50 hostages, predominantly women and children, over the next four days. The hostage release deal with Hamas comes with conditions. In exchange for the release, first and foremost, Hamas will receive a four-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Israel will also release approximately 150 Palestinian prisoners, primarily women and minors. The agreement also includes the entry of food, medical aid and fuel into the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army has agreed to a six-hour daily suspension of flights over Gaza, allowing Hamas to locate hostages held by their operatives and separate factions. The first hostages are expected to be released on Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that despite the temporary pause to return hostages, Israel is still at war and will continue until all war objectives are achieved, eliminating Hamas, returning all hostages and ensuring Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel. Let's take a listen. Outside, there is a lot of nonsense talk. As if after we ceasefire, for the release of the hostages, we will stop the war. So I would like to clarify, we are at war and we will continue to fight, continue to fight until we reach all our goals. Tonight, we face a difficult decision, but it is the right decision. All the security factors fully support it. They clarified in their full professional assessment the security of our forces will be guaranteed during the days of ceasefire and that the intelligence effort will be maintained. Joining us in studio is our I-24 new senior editor, Guy Azarelli. Guy, what can you tell us about this hostage release deal unfolding? So we are really getting more and more details about what is expected. We're speaking about 50 Israeli hostages to be released and according to what we hear the breakdown is going to be such of 30 children, eight mothers, and 12 elderly women. These are the Israelis who will be released in four rounds along those four days of that ceasefire. At the same time, the Israeli Ministry of Justice is releasing a list of 300 Palestinian prisoners that are said to be released. 150 of them will be released as part of this deal, but there is a clause according to Israel that would enable this ceasefire to continue as long as Hamas releases more Israeli hostages, one day of ceasefire for each day of 10 Israelis that will be released. It should be noted that the statement given by Hamas this morning about the deal does not mention at all that possibility of extending the ceasefire beyond those four days. Okay, stay with us, Guy. We'll be back to discussing this hostage release deal in a moment. In the meantime, on Israel's southern border is our I-24 news correspondent Pierre Kloshender. Pierre, sirens were activated this morning in Israeli communities close to the Gaza Strip. Can you provide us some more updates about this? Well, there's no damage, no casualties. There were two interceptions by the Iron Dome anti-missile missile system just over the position where I'm standing at 7 o'clock in the morning and then at around 7.30 another rocket salvo on two villages, which were the side of the October 7 massacre. No casualties, no damage. Thank you, Pierre. Joining us now in studio is Jerefael Yerushalmi, former senior intelligence officer in the IDF and our I-24 news senior editor in studio, Guy Azraeli. Thank you both for being here. I would like to continue speaking about this hostage release deal, which is unfolding at the moment. In exchange for the release of these hostages, Israel will release, as you've said, 150 Palestinian prisoners. We're discussing here, women and minors. What does this mean that they don't have blood on their hands, if you can tell me? Well, most of them were either preparing a terrorist attack that didn't succeed. They were stopped, arrested before they could perpetrate the attack. And most of the others are just people who throw a lot of cocktails or stones or were going around with a knife or were illegally into Israeli territory. So none of them have, what we say, blood on their hands, but they could have had. So this is a list of 300. The ratio that has been more or less dictated by the Hamas is one Israeli for three Palestinian prisoners, which is a difference from Gilal Chalit, which was one Israeli for a thousand and more prisoners. And that is why the list that was provided by the Israeli government is a list of 300 names, even though right now we're speaking of 150 terrorists that would be freed. But the Israeli government prefer to give a larger list so the Hamas could pick and choose. Most of these people are not affiliated to Hamas. They're affiliated to the PLO, which is the least worse solution of these people. We do not know yet where they will be released to, meaning will they go back? Most of them come from the West Bank. So will they be going back home to the West Bank or will they be released into the hands of the Hamas in Gaza? This hasn't been decided yet. It seems that they will be released back home in the West Bank. So they are indeed terrorists. They just have not perpetrated their crimes yet. Exactly. There are people who are going to kill people and they just didn't. That's the only difference. Guy? As far as the timetable of what we can expect, according to what we hear, Hamas will transfer an initial list of 10 hostages to be released tomorrow. That list will be provided to Israel tonight. And after Israel approves that list, Israel will then provide Hamas with a list of prisoners. It will release. And we should be expecting this beginning of that ceasefire tomorrow morning at around 6.30 a.m. We can see on our screens now the main provisions of this ceasefire, also mentioning the fact that IDF aerial activity over Gaza will be stopped for six hours during that ceasefire that was one of the demands of Hamas in this deal. We're seeing this condition of the aerial surveillance activity that needs to be stopped every day for six hours. What does that mean for the Israeli army? I think Rafael would be better to elaborate on that. The meaning is that Israel will not be able to see what is going on from the air, at least using drones, but the IDF does have other means. Exactly. I want to assure you you're absolutely right. We have other means and we will gather intel. The fact that the Hamas will have to move hostages around and bring them to the delivery points, apparently to the Red Cross representatives will give us intel. And if we don't get that intel from our drones, we'll gather it from other sources and other technological means we have at our disposal. Now you mentioned the Red Cross. The Red Cross will be allowed to visit the hostages held by Hamas and will be permitted to treat those who need medical attention. But this is the first time that the Red Cross will have access to reach the Israeli hostages. In 47 days, why has it taken so long? And what can we expect now? Well, the excuse of the Red Cross is that they can't force their themselves onto the Hamas and force entry into the tunnels to go and visit the people, but they could have demanded proof of life and proof of the health conditions, even without visiting physically the hostages. It's quite surprising that we have this deal, because I doubt very much that the Red Cross will be allowed to go into the tunnels and visit the hostages. So the Hamas will have to bring them somewhere at some kind of a meeting point. I'm surprised in this deal we will see if it holds, because it is really giving too much intel to the Israelis as to the whereabouts. We've gathered that most of the hostages right now are in the south of the Gaza Strip. They've been taken away because of the huge military pressure in the north. Most of the hostages apparently are in the south, in the Hanyunis area. Bringing the Red Cross to visit them and give them a treatment seems to be contradictory to what we just spoke about, like not revealing what the hostages are held. All in all, this is fire. The main question now is will it hold? How long will it hold and will it hold? This is really the main question. Will really the Red Cross arrive to these places? Will the Hamas stop shooting at our soldiers or will it force them to shoot back? And then we will be accused of breaking the ceasefire that could be an entrapment by the Hamas. It has been done before. They will try to gather intel, because right now the Hamas is underground. There's no really what's going on above ground. Now they're going to have the opportunity to put a nose out of their tunnels, see what's happening with the IDF. And they might create an incident or even an ambush, because they will try, like last time, 10 years ago, to kidnap soldiers, for instance. And this might force our forces to shoot back to defend themselves. But on the international scene, it will be presented by the Israeli Army broke the ceasefire. That's one of the possible traps. So all these have to wait. Most of the times the ceasefires do not hold, but then there is a kind of a level of incidents that we say, okay, we still keep the ceasefire going, even though there was this incident, that incident. And some incidents can be a game changer. And then the ceasefire is canceled and we're back into the chaos of war. Another important point to stress here. We're talking about some 38 children that are being held in Gaza. And according to this deal, only 30 of them will be released. Initially, that was a demand by Israel that all children will be released as part of this deal. That is not what is happening right now. And another important point is the northern front. Obviously, as Israel is engaged in this war against Hamas in Gaza, it is also engaged in an unofficial, undeclared war with Hezbollah on the northern front. We'll report this morning out of Lebanon in the Al-Watan newspaper, says that Hezbollah will also adhere to this ceasefire with Hamas during those four days, as long as Israel, as they say, will follow its commitments to this deal. If that is the case, that certainly is good news for Israel, as it has been suffering both human casualties, a lot of rocket fire, drones, anti-tank missiles on the northern front for several weeks now since the start of this war. So some relief there also on the north front, if Hezbollah indeed decides to also take part in this ceasefire. I want you both to listen to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant, who said to the cabinet in Tel Aviv that without the continuation of military pressure, there won't be any chance to bring back the next groups of hostages. Let's take a listen. Without the continuation of military pressure, there won't be any chance to bring back the next groups of hostages that we want to bring back. The release of abductees in my eyes is, first of all, a value issue, a moral issue, an issue of commitment between the state, the government, and the citizen. So, Guy, you've mentioned that only 30 of the, over the 38 children have been located and are inside this exchange deal. What, where are the others? That is not to say that they've been located. This is at least what Hamas is claiming to have, that it is holding the 30 children and these are the ones that will be released in this deal. We know very well that during that onslaught of October 7th, many Israelis were taken hostage, not just by Hamas terrorists, also by members of PHA and even just regular Gazans who joined the bloodbath, who joined the party of Jewish blood on that morning, both slaughtering Israelis in their homes, but also taking them hostage. And it's something that is inconceivable almost, but regular people from Gaza have also used the opportunity to take a Jewish person back with them to Gaza and hold them in their home or the basement. So according to these negotiations, Hamas will allegedly make an effort to find out the whereabouts of the rest of those children. And as we know, as we mentioned, the Red Cross has not reached Gaza. We don't know anything about the whereabouts of these children, about their well-being. If they are alive, where are they being held? And by whom? That is, as long as you believe Hamas, that it does not have that information itself already. And let's listen to one of the families of the hostages, Gilad Khorngold has seven relatives missing, who are believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas. Here he is reacting to the news of the pause in fighting and the Israel-Hamas hostage release deal. Take a listen. On one side, I'm happy. Second, I'm worried, okay, because nobody told me that my family would be there in this deal. Okay? There was 40 children in Gaza and they got to release only 30. Where are the others? I don't know. And I hope that everybody will release. It's terrible seven weeks. I think it's never happened in my life for sure, but in the history of the human being, like too many hostages, too many children, too many babies, too many women. I don't know how I feel. Right now, I want to be sure that my family will release, at least the grandsons and my daughter-in-law. And then we continue. And still in studio with us is Rafael Hirushalmi, former senior intelligence officer in the IDF. Rafael, some are calling this deal a very tough deal for Israel, a very difficult deal. Why is that? Well, it's difficult because we had this momentum of like winning the war, at least in the north of the Gaza Strip, and it's never good to stop an offensive when it's in full swing. So that's a difficulty, but this is a difficulty even the army is willing to cope with and the Shin Bet and the Mossad. Everybody agrees that the price to pay might be high, but there is no price for saving the lives of these children and these women. And we have to try because we have no guarantee that if we don't accept this deal right now, we can free anybody later on. There was the other school of sorts who was thinking exactly the country that we shouldn't give in now and put more pressure and it's everybody or nobody. But if you really think about it, this everybody or nobody is a very long shot, very risky. So it has been decided and it's not an easy decision to accept this first deal without knowing if there will be a second or a third deal for more hostages to be released on the ground. It means that the IDF, first of all, will be static, which is very dangerous for our troops. Some of the troops, I think, will have a well-deserved rest. They will be leaving the theater of operations, the combat zone to rest, even maybe to go home during those three or four days. Other troops will remain on the ground. We hold the positions. They will be in danger, but the IDF has the possibility to organize. There are many abandoned buildings when their troops can retreat and be more or less protected. There will be patrols to make sure nothing is cooking on the Hamas side of things. This is doable. Let's put it that way, even though it's not an easy situation. As to the North, I am not sure how much we have to consider. The Americans said we hope that in the North it will be quite as well. When they say we hope, it means they fear that the North will not be quiet and maybe rightfully so, because the Hezbollah is not part of this deal. They haven't signed the agreement, and also the Hamas of South Lebanon is not part of this deal. And we have just eliminated one of the main military commanders of the Hamas in South Lebanon who was responsible for the shooting of projectiles at Israel. And I think the country, this pose in the South, might give us leeway to strike much harder in the North. Yes, that's an important point. We speak about those 50 hostages that will be released, and obviously that's a great relief for their families. But we need to remember that there will still be over 180 Israelis still being held under those tunnels of Hamas. And we're talking about some of the children that will remain there. Also, many elderly men, their fathers of the fathers of those children, and Israeli soldiers, both male and female soldiers that were taken hostage by Hamas in this onslaught. Whether more will be released as part of this deal or not, it's very clear that Israel will have to continue the pressure on Hamas militarily. This is also something that is very important to speak about. This deal would not have come about unless the IDF would have made such great inroads inside Gaza, imposing pressure on Hamas, threatening the lives of Hamas operatives. Hamas would not voluntarily go to this deal and just release Israelis because Hamas' aim in its charter is to slaughter Israelis. And there is obviously a great concern for those Israelis who will still be remained in Gaza. Thank you both for your important input about this. And now turning our focus to the humanitarian corridor, which is seeing hundreds and thousands of Palestinians fleeing the fighting inside Gaza. More in this report from Channel 12 News. The Merkava tank has not yet cleared the route, and thousands of Gazans are already rushing forward, heading south, trying to flee the war. This humanitarian corridor is open for several hours every day, but there is one moment when the heart stops beating and the breath really stops. This happens when the intelligence personnel switch to Hebrew. Well, do you have a jeep? Are you responsible for letting us in or also taking us out? I also get you out. So this is the right jeep. Getting you safely home. Yeah. We started on the road into the Gaza Strip this morning from the burned houses of Kibbutz Baeri, through the IDF positions scattered in everywhere, until we reached the fence. A moment later, you can already see the destroyed villages, hear the shooting up close, and especially smell the battle. From here on, does the smell get better or worse? It depends if you get used to it. Yeah. Have you gotten used to it? We get used to everything. At the beginning of the trip, a report was received of sniper fire on the humanitarian crossing, and we were forced to stop. It's close. Yeah, about 100 meters. Last night, the Jerusalem Brigade cleared the area and rated the building you see here in front of us. It looks like an innocent house, but when you go in, it's not so innocent. All of the people who were here were not innocent, and during the entire attack here, there were no civilians, and everyone who was here were terrorists. And until the crossing opens, we managed to find a coffee cart in the area. What do you have to offer? Approximately, how many girls are there in Gaza? Wow, I have no idea how to answer this question. I meant some female fighters. How many female fighters? I can tell you some. Me and two others right now. Scary? Scary, tense, but okay. Mom and dad know? Yes, sure. What did they say? You know, it's hints. It's not like mom, dad, I'm entering Gaza today, because then they would just stop me. It was like this. I'm getting off standby, and they understood. And after a long hour, the signal was given. With the IDF's ground entry into the northern Gaza Strip, leaflets were distributed, calling on uninvolved civilians to leave and move south through the humanitarian corridor near Zaytun. And since then, thousands have arrived at this point every morning waiting for their turn, while the fighting continues all around. What happened? Shooting? This is an attack. Hours? Yeah, every day, more and more civilians are evacuated here, which leaves Gaza only with terrorists. It allows us to fight them freely without restrictions. We're fighting. There is the more the forces go inside, then there's a larger evacuation of the population. This is part of locating prisoners and missing persons. We're trying to make sure that the prisoners and missing persons are not being smuggled here. That is why sometimes they speak Hebrew to call the prisoners and missing persons. The flow of refugees to the south continues. But everything is under review, under control, a strict verification, and most of the steps can't be documented. Is there pity sometimes? Or pity for whom? For every human being I think is merciful. Everyone has their own threshold of mercy. I don't mean that everyone deserves it. They live in an unpleasant environment. Their fault, not their fault. That's another question. It's filmed something to tell my parents that I'm fine. I don't know. Mom, dad, everything is fine. I'm fine. Sasha, everything is fine. And it will be fine. How does it feel here? Interesting. The situation is not easy, but we are strong. That's the most important thing. Strong in a mission. And on the way out, it was hard to miss the battalion commander, the poet, and his entry video to Gaza. In the fires of war, in the burning of the fire, among stormy days of blood, I'm turning on my little flashlight to search, to search for a human being. That's all for this latest edition of I-24 News. I'm Sivan Raviv. Thank you for watching. Israel is in a state of war. Families completely done down in their beds. We have no idea where she is. Our soldiers are fighting on the front line, but the general perception is something that certainly needs to be fought as well. 24 News. I'm Sivan Raviv, and these are the latest developments coming to you live from Tel Aviv. Today is Day 47 of Israel's war with Hamas, the war that started when at least 1,200 innocent Israeli civilians, including women, men, children, and the elderly, fell victim to a brutal massacre in southern Israel on October 7. There are currently 236 hostages held in captivity by Hamas and Gaza, including about 40 children. The Israeli government has taken a crucial step towards bringing home these hostages held in Gaza. The government convened last night and approved the outline of the first stage to release at least 50 hostages, predominantly women and children, over the next four days. The hostage release deal with Hamas comes with conditions. In exchange for the release, first and foremost, Hamas will receive a four-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Israel will also release approximately 150 Palestinian prisoners, primarily women and minors. The agreement also includes the entry of food, medical aid, and fuel into the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army has agreed to a six-hour daily suspension of flights over Gaza, allowing Hamas to locate hostages held by their operatives and separate factions. The first hostages are expected to be released on Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that despite the temporary pause to return hostages, Israel is still at war and will continue until all war objectives are achieved, eliminating Hamas, returning all hostages, and ensuring Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel. Let's take a listen. Outside there is a lot of nonsense talk. As if after we ceasefire, for the release of the hostages, we will stop the war. So I would like to clarify, we are at war, and we will continue to fight, continue to fight until we reach all our goals. Tonight, we face a difficult decision, but it is the right decision. All the security factors fully support it. They clarified in their full professional assessment the security of our forces will be guaranteed during the days of ceasefire, and that the intelligence effort will be maintained. Joining us in studio is our I-24 new senior editor, Guy Azriely. Guy, what can you tell us about this hostage release deal unfolding? Yeah, so I'll really say, getting more and more details about what is expected. We're speaking about 50 Israeli hostages to be released, and according to what we hear, the breakdown is going to be such of 30 children, eight mothers, and 12 elderly women. These are the Israelis who will be released in four rounds along those four days of that ceasefire. At the same time, the Israeli Ministry of Justice is releasing a list of 300 Palestinian prisoners that are said to be released. 150 of them will be released as part of this deal, but there is a clause, according to Israel, that would enable this ceasefire to continue as long as Hamas releases more Israeli hostages, one day of ceasefire for 10 Israelis that will be released. It should be noted that the statement given by Hamas this morning about the deal does not mention at all that possibility of extending the ceasefire beyond those four days. Okay, stay with us, Guy. We'll be back to discussing this hostage release deal in a moment. In the meantime, on Israel's southern border is our I-24 news correspondent, Pierre Kloshender. Pierre, sirens were activated this morning in Israeli communities close to the Gaza Strip. Can you provide us some more updates about this? Well, there's no damage, no casualties. There were two interceptions by the Iron Dome anti-missile missile system just over the position where I'm standing at seven o'clock in the morning, and then at around 7.30 another rocket salvo on two villages, which were the side of the October 7 massacre. No casualties, no damage. Thank you, Pierre. Joining us now in studio is Raphael Yerushalmi, former senior intelligence officer in the IDF and our I-24 news senior editor in studio, Guy Azraeli. Thank you both for being here. I would like to continue speaking about this hostage release deal, which is unfolding at the moment. In exchange for the release of these hostages, Israel will release, as you've said, 150 Palestinian prisoners. We're discussing here women and minors. What does this mean that they don't have blood on their hands, if you can tell me? Well, most of them were either preparing a terrorist attack that didn't succeed. They were stopped arrested before they could perpetrate the attack. And most of the others are just people who throw a lot of cocktails or stones or were going around with a knife or were illegally into Israeli territory. So none of them have, what we say, blood on their hands, but they could have had. So this is a list of 300. The ratio that has been more or less dictated by the Hamas is one Israeli for three Palestinian prisoners, which is a difference from Gilad Shalit, which was one Israeli for a thousand and more prisoners. And that is why the list that was provided by the Israeli government is a list of 300 names, even though right now we're speaking of 150 terrorists that would be freed. But the Israeli government prefer to give a larger list so the Hamas could pick and choose. Most of these people are not affiliated to Hamas. They are affiliated to the PLO, which is the least-worst solution of these people. We do not know yet where they will be released to. Meaning, will they go back? Most of them come from the West Bank. So will they be going back home to the West Bank? Or will they be released into the hands of the Hamas in Gaza? This hasn't been decided yet. It seems that they will be released back in the West Bank. So they are indeed terrorists. They just have not perpetrated their crimes yet. Exactly. There are people who are going to kill people and they just didn't. That's the only difference. Guy? As far as the timetable of what we can expect according to what we hear, Hamas will transfer an initial list of 10 hostages to be released tomorrow. That list will be provided to Israel tonight. And after Israel approves that list, Israel will then provide Hamas with a list of prisoners. It will release. And we should be expecting this beginning of that ceasefire tomorrow morning at around 6.30 a.m. We can see on our screens now the main provisions of this ceasefire also mentioning the fact that IDF aerial activity over Gaza will be stopped for six hours during that ceasefire that was one of the demands of Hamas in this deal. We're seeing this condition of the aerial surveillance activity that needs to be stopped every day for six hours. What does that mean for the Israeli army? I think Rafael would be better to elaborate on that. The meaning is that Israel will not be able to see what is going on from the air, at least using drones. But the IDF does have other means. Exactly. I want to assure you, you're absolutely right. We have other means and we will gather intel the fact that Hamas will have to move hostages around and bring them to the delivery point, apparently, to the Red Cross representatives will give us intel. And if we don't get that intel from our drones, we'll gather it from other sources and other technological means we have at our disposal. Now you mentioned the Red Cross. The Red Cross will be allowed to visit the hostages held by Hamas and will be permitted to treat those who need medical attention. But this is the first time that the Red Cross will have access to reach the Israeli hostages in 47 days. Why has it taken so long? And what can we expect now? Well, the excuse of the Red Cross is that they can't force themselves onto the Hamas and force entry into the tunnels to go and visit the people, but they could have demanded proof of life and proof of the health conditions even without visiting physically the hostages. It's quite surprising that we have this deal because I doubt very much that the Red Cross will be allowed to go into the tunnels and visit the hostages so the Hamas will have to bring them somewhere at some kind of a meeting point. I'm surprised in this deal. We will see if it holds because it is really giving too much intel to the Israelis as to the whereabouts. We've gathered that most of the hostages right now are in the south of the Gaza Strip. They've been taken away because of the huge military pressure in the north. Most of the hostages apparently are in the south, in the Hanunis area. Bringing the Red Cross to visit them and give them treatment seems to be contradictory to what we just spoke about, like not revealing where the hostages are held. All in all, this is fire. The main question now is will it hold? How long will it hold and will it hold? This is really the main question. Will really the Red Cross arrive to these places? Will the Hamas stop shooting at our soldiers or will it force them to shoot back and then we will be accused of breaking the ceasefire that could be an entrapment by the Hamas? It has been done before. They will try to gather intel because right now the Hamas is underground. There's no really what's going on above ground. Now they're going to have the opportunity to put a nose out of their tunnels, see what's happening with the IDF and they might create an incidence or even an ambush because they will try, like last time, 10 years ago to kidnap soldiers, for instance, and this might force our forces to shoot back to defend themselves. But on the international scene it will be presented by the Israeli army broke the ceasefire. That's one of the possible traps. So all this will have to wait. Most of the times the ceasefires do not hold, but then there is a kind of level of incidence that we say, okay, we still keep the ceasefire going even though there was this incident, that incident, and some incidents that can be a game changer and then the ceasefire is canceled and we're back into the chaos of war. Another important point to stress here. We're talking about some 38 children that are being held in Gaza and according to this deal, only 30 of them will be released. Initially that was a demand by Israel that all children will be released as part of this deal. That is not what is happening right now. And another important point is the northern front. Obviously, as Israel is engaged in this war against Hamas in Gaza, it is also engaged in unofficial, undeclared war with Hezbollah on the northern front. We'll report this morning out of Lebanon in the Al-Watan newspaper says that Hezbollah will also adhere to this ceasefire with Hamas during those four days as long as Israel, as they say, will follow its commitments to this deal. If that is the case, that certainly is good news for Israel, as it has been suffering both human casualties, a lot of rocket fire, drones, anti-tank missiles on the northern front for several weeks now since the start of this war. So some relief there also on the north front if Hezbollah indeed decides to also take part in this ceasefire. I want you both to listen to Israeli Defense Minister Yohav Galant who said to the cabinet in Tel Aviv that without the continuation of military pressure, there won't be any chance to bring back the next groups of hostages. Let's take a listen. Without the continuation of military pressure, there won't be any chance to bring back the next groups of hostages that we want to bring back. The release of abductees, in my eyes, is first of all a value issue, a moral issue, an issue of commitment between the state, the government, and the citizen. So Guy, you've mentioned that only 30 of the, over the 38 children have been located and are inside this exchange deal. What, where are the others? That is not to say that they've been located. This is at least what Hamas is claiming to have, that it is holding the 30 children and these are the ones that will be released in this deal. We know very well that during that onslaught of October 7th, many Israelis were taken hostage, not just by Hamas terrorists, also by members of PHA and even just regular Gazans who joined the bloodbath, who joined the party of Jewish blood on that morning, both slaughtering Israelis in their homes, but also taking them hostage. And it's something that is inconceivable almost, but regular people from Gaza have also used the opportunity to take a Jewish person back with them to Gaza and hold them in their home or the basement. So according to these negotiations, Hamas will allegedly make an effort to find out the whereabouts of the rest of those children. And as we know, as we mentioned, the Red Cross has not reached Gaza. We don't know anything about the whereabouts of these children, about their well being, if they're alive, where are they being held and by whom. That is as long as you believe Hamas that it does not have that information itself already. And let's listen to one of the families of the hostages, Gilad Korngold has seven relatives missing, who are believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas. Here he is reacting to the news of the pause in fighting and the Israel Hamas hostage release deal. Take a listen. On one side, I'm happy. Second, I'm worried, okay, because nobody told me that my family will be there in this, this deal. Okay, there was 40 children inside Gaza and they got to release only 30. Where are the others? I don't know. And I hope that everybody will release. It's terrible seven weeks. I think it's never happened in my life for sure. But in the history of the human being, like too many hostages, too many children, too many babies, too many women. I don't know how I feel. Right now, I want to be sure that my family will release, at least the grandsons and my daughter-in-law. And then we continue. And still in studio with us is Rafael Hirushalmi, former senior intelligence officer in the IDF. Rafael, some are calling this deal a very tough deal for Israel, a very difficult deal. Why is that? Well, it's difficult because we had this momentum of like winning the war, at least in the north of the Gaza Strip. And it's never good to stop an offensive when it's in full swing. So that's a difficulty. But this is a difficulty. Even the army is willing to cope with and the Shin Bet and the Mossad. Everybody agrees that the price to pay might be high, but there is no price for saving the lives of these children and these women. And we have to try, because we have no guarantee that if we don't accept this deal right now, we can free anybody later on. There was the other school of sorts who was thinking exactly the country that we shouldn't give in now. And they put more pressure. And it's everybody or nobody. But if you really think about it, it's everybody or nobody is a very long shot, very risky. So it has been decided and it's not an easy decision to accept this first deal without knowing if there will be a second or a third deal for more hostages to be released on the ground. It means that the IDF, first of all, will be static, which is very dangerous for our troops. Some of the troops, I think, will have a well-deserved rest. They will be leaving the theater of operations, the combat zone to rest, even maybe to go home during those three or four days. Other troops will remain on the ground. We'll hold the positions. They will be in danger, but the IDF has the possibility to organize. There are many abandoned buildings when their troops can retreat and be more or less protected. There will be patrols to make sure nothing is cooking on the Hamas side of things. This is doable. Let's put it that way, even though it's not an easy situation. As to the North, I am not sure how much we have to consider. The Americans said we hope that in the North it will be quiet as well. When they say we hope, it means they fear that the North will not be quiet. And maybe rightfully so, because Hezbollah is not part of this deal. They haven't signed the agreement. And also the Hamas of the South Lebanon is not part of this deal. And we have just eliminated one of the main military commanders of the Hamas in South Lebanon who was responsible for the shooting of projectiles at Israel. And I think the country, this pose in the South might give us leeway to strike much harder in the North. Another important point. We speak about those 50 hostages that will be released. And obviously that's a great relief for their families. But we need to remember that there will still be over 180 Israelis still being held under those tunnels of Hamas. And we're talking about some of the children that will remain there. Also many elderly men, their fathers of the fathers of those children. And Israeli soldiers, both male and female soldiers that were taken hostage by Hamas in this onslaught. Whether more will be released as part of this deal or not, it's very clear that Israel will have to continue the pressure on Hamas militarily. This is also something that is very important to speak about. This deal would not have come about unless the IDF would have made such great inroads inside Gaza, imposing pressure on Hamas, threatening the lives of Hamas operatives. Hamas would not voluntarily go to this deal and just release Israelis because Hamas' aim, it's in its charter, it's to slaughter Israelis. And there is obviously a great concern for those Israelis who will still be remained in Gaza. Thank you both for your important input about this. And now turning our focus to the humanitarian corridor, which is seeing hundreds and thousands of Palestinians fleeing the fighting inside Gaza. More in this report from Channel 12 News. The Merkava tank has not yet cleared the route and thousands of Gazans are already rushing forward, heading south, trying to flee the war. This humanitarian corridor is open for several hours every day. But there is one moment when the heart stops beating and the breath really stops. This happens when the intelligence personnel switch to Hebrew. Well, do you have a jeep? Are you responsible for letting us in or also taking us out? I also get you out. So this is the right jeep. Getting you safely home. Yeah. We started on the road into the Gaza strip this morning from the burned houses of Kibbutz Baeri through the IDF positions scattered in everywhere until we reached the fence. A moment later, you can already see the destroyed villages. Hear the shooting up close and especially smell the battle. From here on, does the smell get better or worse? It depends if you get used to it. Yeah. Have you gotten used to it? We get used to everything. At the beginning of the trip, a report was received of sniper fire on the humanitarian crossing and we were forced to stop. It's close. Yeah, about 100 meters. Last night, the Jerusalem Brigade cleared the area and rated the building you see here in front of us. It looks like an innocent house, but when you go in, it's not so innocent. All of the people who were here were not innocent and during the entire attack here, there were no civilians and everyone who was here were terrorists. And until the crossing opens, we managed to find a coffee cart in the area. What do you have to offer? Approximately how many girls are there in Gaza? Wow, I have no idea how to answer this question. I meant some female fighters. How many female fighters? I can tell you some. Me and two others right now. Scary? Scary, tense, but okay. Mom and dad know? Yes, sure. What did they say? You know, it's hints. It's not like mom, dad, I'm entering Gaza today because then they would just stop me. It was like this. I'm getting off standby and they understood. And after a long hour, the signal was given. With the IDF's ground entry into the northern Gaza strip, leaflets were distributed calling on uninvolved civilians to leave and move south through the humanitarian corridor near Zaytun. And since then, thousands have arrived at this point every morning waiting for their turn while the fighting continues all around. What happened? Shooting? This is an attack. Hours? Yeah, every day, more and more civilians are evacuated here, which leaves Gaza only with terrorists. It allows us to fight them freely without restrictions. We're fighting. There is the more the forces go inside, then there's a larger evacuation of the population. This is part of locating prisoners and missing persons. We're trying to make sure that the prisoners and missing persons are not being smuggled here. That is why sometimes they speak Hebrew to call the prisoners and missing persons. The flow of refugees to the south continues. But everything is under review, under control, a strict verification, and most of the steps can't be documented. Is there pity sometimes or? Pity for whom? For every human being I think is merciful. Everyone has their own threshold of mercy. I don't mean that everyone deserves it. They live in an unpleasant environment. Their fault, not their fault. That's another question. It's filmed something to tell my parents that I'm fine. I don't know. Mom, dad, everything is fine. I'm fine. Sasha, everything is fine. And it will be fine. How does it feel here? Interesting. The situation is not easy, but we are strong. That's the most important thing. Strong in a mission. And on the way out, it was hard to miss the battalion commander, the poet, and his entry video to Gaza. In the fires of war, in the burning of the fire, among stormy days of blood, I'm turning on my little flashlight to search, to search for a human being. That's all for this latest edition of I-24 News. I'm Sivan Raviv. Thank you for watching. Israel is in a state of war. Families completely done down in their beds. We have no idea where she is. Our soldiers are fighting on the front lines, but the general perception is something that certainly needs to be fought as well. For news, I'm Sivan Raviv, and these are the latest developments coming to you live from Tel Aviv. Today is day 47 of Israel's war with Hamas, the war that started with at least 1200 innocent Israeli civilians, including women, men, and children, and the elderly, when they fell victim to a brutal massacre in southern Israel on October 7th. There are currently 236 hostages held in captivity by Hamas and Gaza, including about 40 children. The Israeli government has taken a crucial step towards bringing home these hostages held in Gaza. The government convened last night and approved the outline of the first stage to release at least 50 hostages, predominantly women and children, over the next four days. The hostage release deal with Hamas comes with conditions. In exchange for the release, first and foremost, Hamas will receive a four-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Israel will also release approximately 150 Palestinian prisoners, primarily women and minors. The agreement also includes the entry of food, medical aid, and fuel into the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army has agreed to a six-hour daily suspension of flights over Gaza, allowing Hamas to locate hostages held by their operatives and separate factions. The first hostages are expected to be released on Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that despite the temporary pause to return hostages, Israel is still at war and will continue until all war objectives are achieved, eliminating Hamas, returning all hostages, and ensuring Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel. Let's take a listen. Outside, there is a lot of nonsense talk, as if after we ceasefire for the release of the hostages, we will stop the war. So I would like to clarify, we are at war and we will continue to fight, continue to fight until we reach all our goals. Tonight, we face a difficult decision, but it is the right decision. All the security factors fully support it. They clarified in their full professional assessment, the security of our forces will be guaranteed during the days of ceasefire, and that the intelligence effort will be maintained. Joining us now in studio is retired Colonel Dr. Jacques Neria, former Deputy Head of Assessment in the Israeli Military Intelligence and former Foreign Policy Advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin. And also with us is Gai Israel, our I-24 News Senior Editor. Thank you both for joining. Gai, can you please tell us what are the essential elements of this hostage deal? So according to the information given, 50 Israelis will be released in four rounds over four days over the coming days, starting tomorrow Thursday. According to what we know, the Palestinian terror group Hamas will send Israel a list of those Israelis who will be released tomorrow. That list will be given tonight. Then Israel will give a list of the Palestinian prisoners that will be released, and they were expecting the ceasefire to begin around the morning hours of tomorrow with the Israeli hostages to be released around, or at least by noon time tomorrow. Now, it is important to stress that Israel will be releasing Palestinian security prisoners from prisons. Unlike the Israelis who were taken from their homes, innocent Israelis were taken from their homes, entire families, children, babies, elderly. We're talking about Palestinians who were convicted of terror activity. Among them, the terrorist Mason Musa, who executed a stabbing attack in 2015, she seriously wounded an Israeli soldier. Fatima Shaheen, 33 years old, executed a stabbing attack in Gush Etzion in the West Bank, wounding an Israeli man 36 years old. 16 years old, Mohamed Abu Qatish, who executed a stabbing attack next to the Jerusalem light rail also is expected to be released. He was searching for a victim with a Jewish identity. And when we found one, an ultra-orthodox man, he stabbed him and seriously wounded him. He's been sitting in prison only for a year now, out of the 15 years that he was given. So it is very important to make the difference here between those Israelis taken from their homes, home from a nature party where they're celebrating life, music, freedom, peace are being released in exchange for those who attempted to slaughter Israelis. But this is something that Israel had to agree to as some 236 Israelis are being held captive by Hamas. 50 of them will be released that still lives over 180 that will be still stuck there in the terror tunnels of Hamas and still no information to this hour about their whereabouts. We are hearing that the Red Cross will finally be able to see them, see for their condition and finally supply them with some medicine and aid that they need. Okay, now that's just a fraction like you say. There are still so many more hostages still there. And we don't know if the Red Cross will be visiting only those who are meant to be released or the entire group altogether. Yes, we're talking about women, elderly, men, anyone over the age of 18 is not even said to be released except for a group of 12 elderly women that will be part of this list. Thank you, Guy. And on Israel's southern border is our I-24 news correspondent, Pierre Kloschendler. Pierre Sirens were heard this morning in Israeli communities close to the Gaza Strip. Can you give us an update? Well, the rocket salvos were at 7 and 730 this morning. And since then, no more rockets at this time. There were two interceptions overhead at 7 o'clock in Zderot. The municipality says that there's no damage, no casualties. Later on, a half an hour later on, there was also a rocket strike targeting two villages, which are the site of October 7 massacres. But there are also no reports of casualties, no damage. Thank you very much, Pierre on Israel's southern border. And with us still in studios, retired colonel Dr. Jacques Neria. Jacques, the Israeli army is meant to refrain from flying over the Gaza Strip for about six hours each day. You say that that varies on the area. Yes, on the southern part where we haven't advanced, there's a complete introduction of it's a no fly zone for all our drones there. This is one thing. And the northern part of Gaza is the it's limited to six hours between 10 o'clock in the morning to four o'clock in the afternoon. This is what is allowed in the northern part. This is one of the conditions. But what is worrisome in this agreement is the fact that it is an open-ended agreement, meaning that at the end of the four days, Hamas can claim that they have another 10 assages. For each 10 assages, Israel will give another day of ceasefire, meaning at the pace and the quantity of assages he has. He can very easily drag us into a month's at least, a situation where at the end of the months, we would be forced to stop the war at all because of international pressure or because of the fact that inside Israel there will be such pressures against the government or even among the government itself that they would say, okay, let's stop it right now. And this would be, of course, from the military point of view a failure because the mission, our first and foremost mission, is to eradicate Hamas militarily and politically from the Gaza Strip. And this will not be done if we accept this deal with Hamas. One comment to that as part of the vote in the government about this deal, there is a clause that is meant to prevent that prolonging of time, saying that within 10 days at most, a new government decision will be needed in order to extend this ceasefire. Obviously, Hamas has a cynical, murderous... Can you hold the positions when Hamas will tell you, I have 10 more. We'll always attempt at least to keep Israel hostage and threaten the lives of other Israelis unless Israel stops the fire. And we know that Hamas is a terrorist organization, it's not exactly a reliable partner to negotiate. It's not an NGO, definitely not. Certainly not an NGO. Let's take a listen to Israeli defense minister, Yuvav Galant, who said in the cabinet in Tel Aviv that without the continuation of military pressure, there won't be any chance to bring back the next groups of hostages. Let's hear it. Without the continuation of military pressure, there won't be any chance to bring back the next groups of hostages that we want to bring back. The release of abductees in my eyes is first of all a value issue, a moral issue, an issue of commitment between the state, the government, and the citizen. Jacques, we mentioned refraining from flying over the Gaza Strip, presumably in order to allow Hamas to locate the other hostages. Well, is that an excuse? And where are these other hostages? This is an argument that Hamas has presented because he says that he has not... All the hostages are not under his protection because some of them are with the Islamic jihad, and some of them are with mafia families that invaded the localities on the 7th of October and two hostages and keep them inside their own families. So this is what he is claiming. And we say that Hamas is the master of the Gaza Strip. He is the responsible, and he has to show us all the evidence and try to bring all the hostages under one roof. And this is the reason why Hamas is saying that I don't have all of them right now. I will try my best. And this is what is being planned by Hamas, saying, okay, let's do the first part of the deal. And we will manipulate the Jews by saying that we have another 10. Every time it will be good for you and good for me to replenish our our weapons to reestablish contact with our lost units to know exactly what we have and to reinforce our fortifications so that when we meet the Israeli army will be much more ready than we were in the past. Yeah, the cynical and radical Israeli government will have no legitimacy in the Israeli public unless it finishes the job of eliminating Hamas that is very clear Israelis will not return to their homes in the southern border and questionable regarding the northern border as well, unless Hamas is eliminated and less Israel achieves the ultimate goal of this war to prevent Hamas from being able to attack Israelis any longer. And whether there'll be a delay or not, the Israeli government will not be able not to fulfill this job. Now, as we speak about Gaza, there's also two other fronts, of course, that Israel is dealing with. The first is the West Bank, IDF troops operated overnight in the town of Tulkarem, killing six terrorists there. But perhaps even more interesting are the developments in the northern front. Well, a report out of Lebanon this morning said that Hezbollah will adhere to this ceasefire that Israel has with Hamas. It is still remains to be seen whether that will be in fact implemented. But what we do know this morning is that Hezbollah chief Hassan Asrallah has met this morning with officials of Hamas. They have, quote, discussed coordination and developments on all resistance fronts, especially Gaza and whether they will adhere to this ceasefire or not. We also know that Iranian foreign minister is on his way to Lebanon right now, also expected to meet with Hezbollah chief. And again, a reminder for all of us of Iran's heavy, heavy involvement in these recent developments in the coordination of this war, so many meetings between the Iranian officials, Hezbollah officials in Lebanon together with leaders of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad over recent months before the start of this war and they continue to coordinate their actions as we speak. What you say brings me to question what is blink and coming for the fourth time here in Israel next week. For me, this is a diplomatic move, meaning that he's here to discuss the after-war. He's discussing the after-war. We have another American envoy in Lebanon, Hockstein, who is coming also after having convinced the Lebanese government that Israel will not attack Lebanon. And that is obviously all very premature as Israel has very far from achieving its goals. Exactly so. Okay, the war is yet to be finished and speaking of the north, let's tune into our I-24 news correspondent on Israel's northern border, Robert Swift. Robert, there are reports that a four-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas might also apply to the Lebanon border. What can you tell us about that? That's correct. It's understood that the United States, they have expressed their hopes earlier this morning that that would be the case, that the ceasefire would apply here. And the report that Guy just mentioned a minute ago, it's worth noting that in that, it discussed the fact that the Hezbollah and the Lebanese army were in communication with each other due to their concerns. It's the harvest season right now and many of the Lebanese residents in southern Lebanon need to get to their crops and are unable to do so because of the war. So it's possible that that has factored into Hezbollah's decision to take part. Now Hamas and Hezbollah, it's understood that they have had a sit-down this morning, that they have discussed whether or not to proceed in this regard. And so there are indications here that the ceasefire could continue on, that the ceasefire that could take place soon will apply here to the northern border. That is significant in itself because if the violence were to continue up here whilst there was a pause in the south, that might not give the various warring factions the reprieve that they're looking for. And so the concerns that some Israelis are expressing with regards to Hamas essentially catching his breath, it's possible that Hezbollah would be in a similar situation. For now though, the conflict is continuing up here. There's reports that Israel has conducted airstrikes in the south of Lebanon in the early hours of this morning and yesterday there was numerous drones launched from Lebanese territory infiltrating into Israeli airspace. Thank you very much Robert on Israel's northern border. And back in studio I'd like to go back to discussing this hostage release deal. Jacques, not all the hostages are included. Israel had hoped not to separate families to keep mother, father, children together, grandparents, but that's not the case. Hamas did not agree. I hope we won't have to face tragedies because I mean we know of cases where mothers were killed during the 7th of October massacre and the kids were kidnapped to Gaza together with their father. So if we are talking about reuniting families, I mean mothers with kids, what about their fathers? So the father will remain in Gaza and the kids will be handed over to Israel. There are difficult cases. Now people know for sure according to what the IDF spokesman says that they know that their children have been kidnapped or abducted. Now and what would happen if after the four days they will see that no kids are coming back? Well their own children are not coming back. These are the real tragedies and certainly there will be a lot of resentment against all this deal with Hamas. So I think that basically we have to differentiate between two categories of hostages, the soldiers, women and men. Okay, this is the prisoners of war, POWs, and the civilians who are just abducted from their homes, from their beds, and they were mistreated, and they were butchered, and they were killed, and some of them raped, and some of them kidnapped. So these are two categories that we have to deal differently with Hamas. On the one hand, there's no compromise. We should not compromise. We should get all the civilians from any age beyond the age of 18. Okay, this is agreed. 18 is the age of enrollment in the army. So from that age and onwards, we have to get all those civilians who were not part of any war with Hamas. And unfortunately as things are today, we are right now only on the first phase of this exchange of hostages towards in return of prisoners. And I hope that there is in the process that there's something agreed of how we continue after we finish the first stage. Because if this is the end of it, then this is a big failure. Yeah, and so part of the heart is happy that all these hostages are being released, especially the children. But the other part of the heart is broken because so many are being left behind. And there's kind of like a selection, and we use this word a lot when we refer to the Holocaust, the selection in hostages and who gets to come out, who gets to live, who stays behind. Yeah, and we're talking about, let's say, 37 Thais, the citizens of Thailand that were, I mean, daily workers in agriculture. There was talk about between the government of Thailand and Hamas that they would be released. Where are they? Why are they released? And what is their function in this in this war between Hamas and Israel? They have nothing to do in that. What about all the foreigners that were in the Russians and the Italians and the Argentinians? All that they were just visitors or living there in the area. They have nothing to do with Hamas. So and this is a big question that I mean, when we talk with Hamas, we have to take into consideration those those who are not Israelis. And that should be part of all the deals that we do with Hamas. And yet Israel still agreed in last night's meeting the government did. Well, you know, having, having negotiating in the past about the release of our navigator, Ron Arad, I can tell you very clearly that what is offered to you, take it today, because tomorrow it won't be there. Because this psychopath will change his mind every minute, every minute. So if if we have reached a sort of deal, I hate the word deal, but if we have reached an arrangement right now, let's take it and and and see afterwards how we continue. And if we have reached this deal like this arrangement, it's because of our military pressure. It's not because of a beautiful eyes. It's because of military. So we have to continue that in order to get the rest of them. And certainly not because of the kindness of Hamas. Let's take a listen to one of the families of the hostages. Gilad Korngold has seven relatives missing who are believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas. Here he is reacting to the news of the pause in the fighting and the Israel-Hamas hostage release deal. Take a listen. One side, I'm happy. Second, I'm worried, okay, because nobody told me that my family will be there in this this deal. Okay, there was 40 children in South Gaza and they got to release only 30. Where are the others? I don't know. And I hope that everybody will release. It's terrible seven weeks. I think it's never happened in my life for sure, but in the history of the human being, like too many hostages, too many children, too many babies, too many women. I don't know how I feel. Right now, I want to be sure that my family will release, at least the grandsons and my daughter-in-law. And then we continue. Too many hostages, too many women, too many children, and we're in face of this deal with Hamas. How could we trust that Hamas will even keep its word, Guy? We are hearing this morning from Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in the U.S. And one interesting thing that he has in his statement is that the International Red Cross will be given access to treat the hostages remaining Gaza for the first time since they were taken hostage on October 7th. That would be a first sign of life of all these hostages. If that indeed happens, obviously many of them are in need of medication. Many of them as well, wounded, some of them seriously wounded. In the attack we saw Mia Shem, for example, one of the Israeli French national, I think as well, hostage that was shot in her shoulder, as we could see in the video. There are many other cases like this of Israelis who are seriously wounded, have yet to receive proper treatment or been seen by the Red Cross. So if indeed, as part of this deal, the Red Cross will reach to all these Israelis underground, at least we'll know more about their condition, perhaps they will get some much needed treatment. Hopefully so. Thank you very much for your input. And changing focus as we look at the relief initiatives underway during this war, a non-profit organization called In Unity Rebuild is securing donations to support Israeli organizations helping residents of border communities in the South. More in this report from Israel's Channel 12 News. Turning a hotel room into a kindergarten, one of the many challenges facing the Eshkol Residence Association. These communities near the Gaza Strip, devastated by the October 7th massacre, are trying to rebuild a sense of normalcy far from home. Our task is to meet the needs of the Eshkol residents. There's housing and food of course, but on top of that, there's also schooling, making sure the children are looked after. The residents need to be cared for both physically and psychologically. People have left home with nothing, and some have nothing left. And then of course, we want to reconstruct communities so that people can regain a sense of belonging. There are needs that necessitate substantial financing for communities that have suffered tremendous losses. This is one of the six organizations that are being helped by the In Unity Rebuild organization, a volunteer platform that connects donors with vetted Israeli associations. Our goal is to enable anyone around the world, whether they're Jewish or not, to have a trusted platform to help the victims of the massacres and the reconstruction of the affected areas. People can get in touch with us and we offer them a follow-up of the aid provided thanks to their donations. After October 7th, 30 volunteers from the city of Hadha-Sharon joined forces to do their bit. It was unthinkable to remain inactive while Israel was going through such a crisis. We immediately got in touch with six organizations operating on the ground, including associations of local residents affected by the massacres, an association that helps loan soldiers and United Hatzala, which provides emergency relief throughout the country. We work with them and make sure they get the donations they need. Since the start of the war, donations have been pouring in. All over the world, people are stepping in to support Israeli associations in need. We get help from all over the world, from the United States and Europe, of course, but there are also people from Australia and from Saudi Arabia who are involved. It's growing. But there's still a long way to go. The Ashkel Residence Association, for example, still lacks the resources to help young people. It's crucial that we help young people. They are one of the hardest hit populations. The 32 villages in the Ashkel Council all share the same secondary school, so everyone knows everybody. All the kids have lost loved ones or had friends kidnapped. Our job is to give them as much peace of mind and self-confidence as possible. Whether through sport, yoga, or meditation exercises, we try to help them regain a sense of normalcy. While the war on the Gaza Strip is likely to be lengthy, the displaced inhabitants have no prospect of returning home. But they are already trying to rebuild their lives. In Unity We Rebuild, offers a way to help them achieve this. That's all for this edition of I-24 News. We have rolling coverage, providing you with the latest coverage from Israel. We'll be back at the top of the hour for more news. I'm Sivana Raviv. Thank you for watching. Those who call themselves Muslims and those who think they have done something good, to hear in the Quran, don't want children, don't want women, don't want women. It's not a blessing, it's a blessing from God. It's a blessing from God, from God, from God, from God, from God, from God, from God, from God, from God, from God, from God, from God. There are a lot of people who think the same thing, that it's not us, it's not them. There are terrorists who are not connected to any religion. The road hasn't been built yet, I don't understand what's going on there. We start to enter into the area, and I start to move to the villages. I see people walking on the street, I see people walking in the streets, I see people walking in the streets, I see people walking everywhere. I see two groups of people walking in the streets, I see a bus, the person in front of me is going to go to the police station, and then you see him walking in the streets, and you see a few people walking there. Where do I start, where do I live? What do I do, how do I do it? I don't even want to talk to you, I don't even know what to do, I just sit and work. If there's something you don't know, you say, there's no problem, it's a secret, it's a secret, it's when I was told to leave the village, and I found myself at home, in Yushen. Because we came to the area, near Gaza. You enter the houses, you go to the square, you see a picture of five people, family, father, mother, children, you go to the square, you see five people walking on the street, and you say, oh, I'm going to destroy the whole family. They just threw them and put them on the other side there. Who's the first one to leave? And what is the family that will go against it? They open the food outside, they made Jews, not at home, not at one, not at two. And on our day, we take a group of people, we take them on a three-day day, we eat from the fruits we saw, and then suddenly you see five people at home, you leave. You enter the house, you go to another group, you enter another house, you see a picture of five people walking on the street, and then you leave, and you go to another group. And then you approach the group of people, they come to pick up the people, to eat, to eat, to drink it, and all of them are sitting on the side of the street. I remember that in Ramon, when he just left the country, and he left on the street, how did I get out of the country? The street is empty, and we are not there. As a result of work, you get a place of rent and rent and rent, and you have to pay, sometimes you have to pay by the time you get there, so you stay there, you continue to pay every time, at the moment everything is fine. You try to save what you have left, to save the first moments, from the first and second moments, to pay the rent, to try to return to life, to live there. When you enter the house, and you see people that you love, it's everywhere in the house, it's not, I don't think it's normal, so we do this work, we build, and that's it, you are also a part of humanity, you continue, you have to live, you continue to work. You are angry, you are angry, you say, okay, I have to get up, I continue to go, there is no house here, I can't let myself get out of it. I have to get myself tested, we continue, you live the same day, you return home, the time is 45 minutes, 50 minutes, the ambulance is gone, with all the people in front of him, no one knows anything, no one knows anything, all the people in the house are silent, they don't talk. You looked at my friend in the eyes, I understood what he was going through and what I was going through. After that, I went back, to see my regular life, you say, I, at the moment, am in Ghanedin, Ghanedin is 40 minutes from here. I was part of this country, and I know what it's going to be like for me. There is no evidence of this for many times and many times. This is the most important thing that I have ever done for the whole world, we will succeed. We will stay together, continue to be together, the people of Israel, the Chazak, Muslims, Druze, Jews, Christians, we are one people, we will not open up to the world. And help the two of us, we hope that the days will be better for them. The October 7th massacre could have been a greater tragedy, if not for the men as well as the women who put their lives on the line. One of them is Moran, a mother of two, from the small town of Ofakim, 15 miles from the Gaza Strip. On Saturday morning, we were awakened by a missile alert. We understood that this is a serious situation. In my district, people are getting hurt. A mother and her son were killed. I turned on the police radio and heard things I hadn't heard in over 20 years. Moran, a staff officer in the Israeli police, was hearing her co-workers battling the terrorists that entered Israel, many of them targeting the Nova Festival being held just by the Gaza border. She rushed to the closest battle location. It was all of 250 yards from her home. Police were already there, but she took command. I ran inside. I see cops here and there. What we know at this point is that we were dealing with four terrorists. Later, we caught five. They barricaded themselves into a house with hostages. This house of another hero, Rachel and her husband David, were held hostage for 20 hours. While the police and the terrorists were battling outside, Rachel kept feeding the terrorists cookies and drinks, trying to steal time until the police could burst in. Under fire, Moran tried to find shelter while moving forward to the battle area. We were under heavy fire. They were shooting at us from the direction of the house. A hand grenade is thrown at us, but thank God it didn't explode. We hid behind the garbage, which gave us some kind of a shelter. And we started shooting at them. Two policemen were wounded and we extracted them under fire. We understood that we needed to call the special units. At this point, the district commander arrived. Moran updated him on the situation. They decided to stabilize the situation until additional forces would arrive to negotiate with the terrorists. But Moran's job was not over yet. A civilian reached me and told me that in the next street there are more terrorists. At this point, I smiled. I said, okay, show me some pictures. I couldn't believe there were more terrorists. Another family's house is taken by terrorists. Luckily, the terrorists were on the balcony. But inside the home, a mother, father and their two children were hiding in a locked room with a kitchen knife. The district commander ordered Moran to go over there and take charge. From what we know, there are three terrorists at the balcony of a second house. We hid here and slowly we made our way, looking for the right house. My co-worker, Roi, signaled me. As you can see, the fence is high and we had to think how to enter. We also don't know exactly where they are. While the force led by Moran entered the house's balcony, the terrorists hid at the back inside a small structure. As she realizes the gravity of the situation, she makes a phone call. I stopped to make a phone call to my kids. I told them to take care of themselves, that I love them, and that God is great. I just had that need. Policemen started to surround the house, positioning themselves on the roofs of the neighboring homes. The point was to flash out the terrorist location, since it was still quiet. I instructed one of the cops to shoot. Before giving the order to shoot, they got the family out. Now the terrorists fired back and Moran was wounded, but she kept fighting. My position was always here. I stood here with other officers. We were aiming our guns at the back room. After a long battle, an officer climbed the roof. Where was he located? He climbed here and he was able to talk in Arabic with the last terrorist that was still alive. He finally surrendered. Like Moran, many other women showed their bravery on October 7th. Inbal Lieberman saved her entire village, Niraam, when she understood the situation early on and gave as many guns as possible to the members of the Kibbutz. Orban Yehuda, an officer in the IDF, gunned down 15 terrorists protecting and saving the people of Kibbutz Yated. But all of them prefer not to think of themselves as heroes. I find it hard to take the credit. There are other cops, heroes who left their homes and came to fight with no fear. I don't like the term hero. I find it awkward, the media and all that. But the reason I agreed to give an interview is to convey the next message. The Israeli police were at the front line. Policemen who came from their homes, who gave their lives, were killed or wounded. If it weren't for the police, we would have the same massacre we saw in the villages closer to the border. We have a strong police that is constantly under scrutiny. Ariela, the owner of the house, asked not to be on camera. But she stops us to talk with Moran, sharing the memories of that day. She tells Moran her older child lives in the room at the back of the house. Later he found a note in Arabic saying 945 and the address of a synagogue close by. Moran and her team saved many other Israelis since the terrorist plan was to shoot up the neighborhood synagogue that was packed with people praying, since it was the Sabbath and the holiday as well. They may not like to be called heroes, but Moran, Imbal, Orr and even Rachel are only few of the women who gave their all to save as many people as possible. On that Saturday morning, as they rampaged through southern Israel, dozens of terrorists also attacked the city of Sterot and tried to take over the police station. One of the police officers at the station was Master Sergeant Mor Shakuri, a 29-year-old resident of the city. She called me and said, Mom, it's important for me that you know that if I don't survive, I love you. I love dad and take care of my sister. When they realized that there were terrorists outside the station, several police officers went up to the roof and fought them from there. They remained there for eight hours, fighting a non-stop battle. While Sterot's standby squads fought the terrorists from the outside. Her commander came to me at seven o'clock and told me she let us, said how many were injured. She spoke with the paramedic, with everyone, and believe me, I didn't even feel that she was in distress. I know more. She does not give up. If she was a coward, she would be alive with me. Mor was supposed to get married in June to her partner David. He is also a police officer. She was killed during a battle she was leading, and she shot terrorists and rescued the wounded, and in the end, protected the residents of the South. It's not something that comforts us and brings her back, but it is something, giving us the strength that in the end, she fought until her last minute and was a hero. They found her with drawn pistols, four cartridges on her. Do you understand? And with all the pain, I'm proud of her that she contributed and safeguarded us. For four years, we were on the same path. She was simply a fighter. The late captain, Edna Nimri, a squad commander in the Artillery Corps, was supposed to complete her service as a swimmer, but decided that she wanted to serve as a fighter. On Saturday morning, she was with her team at the base in Naha'oz, when terrorists broke into it. We got up on Saturday with the intention of having a picnic at the base, at the outpost, which is not her outpost. She has been serving on the northern border for the past year. She had just replaced a team that was there on holiday and we planned to come to her to have a picnic there. When they realized that the base had been infiltrated, she and her team jumped out of bed and barefoot in pajamas. They went out to fight the terrorists. Edna and her team ran to the protected area, where they already found something like 30 terrified female observers. She and four female warriors were the only ones with weapons. She took the side that was closer to the entrance and everything was quiet. And with the gestures, she pointed where to aim, drew the weapon, terrorists entered, and her female warriors and Edna eliminated them. This is the last photo that Edna actually took. As you can see that at first she was really with them on this side. If you think it was a protected room, well, she was initially on the exposed side, and then she jumped to the other side to cover the other opening. Edna stayed fighting and was killed by terrorist fire. Only two and a half days later, did her family receive the notification of her death. She was always a fighter. Always wanted to be equal among equals, whether in swimming, whether in theater, whether in school graduation ceremonies. She didn't feel unequal. She thought she deserved it. She was always ahead. I am angry with her. Yes, she shouldn't have been there. On Saturday morning, 90 newly enlisted recruits were at the Zikim base. At the gate, Sergeant Edna Alon Levy, a rescue fighter, was with one of the Rookies. She immediately understood the danger. About 10 terrorists arrived there, equipped with RPGs, grenades. They started shooting at them and the staff. The officers joined her in the battle. Her entire staff fell with her. Six, including Edna, along with another recruit, were killed in this battle. And managed to prevent the occupation of the camp and save the recruits. I think that Edna's story undoubtedly proves how much female fighters can do, and even more. I'm just proud of her and hope I can be as brave as her. Yes, she's simply a hero. Everyone's hero. Edna had finished a military training course two months ago and was supposed to go on to officers' course. In addition, she was supposed to go to pilot training in a week. After she decided that there were other targets she hadn't conquered. What do you miss the most? That she came here to harass me. Even when I didn't have the strength. You come here and just run out of energy, get straight into bed, and she'd just come, yell at me, like, what's going on? And this, I miss her teasing. She should come and tease big time. In this war, more and more heroic stories of brave women are being reported. We know so far that 37 female soldiers were killed, seven female police officers, a Shin Bet woman, and a paramedic on duty. Women who paid with their lives while others continue to fight, even now. Warm weather, a blue sky, and four chillful young people going down to the sea to surf. A pastoral picture that is so different from the hell that Rotem and Ophir went through just one month ago at Kibbutz-Kvar-Aza. And then Yashary Targan took off, took off his clothes, took off his clothes, and went to the police. And I, my mother, we stayed at the house in Mamad. And then, all the time, we were on the phone trying to understand what was going on. And then we started listening to the news about the house, and then we realized that it was scary. Simply, the whole house was destroyed. And then we started listening to the stories of the house, and then we called my father and told him the stories of the house. In the middle of the night, we heard a sound in the air from the window, and it was the moment we realized that he was starting to knock on the door. Really. It's not even to be heard. For a few minutes, after that, we heard a sound in the living room. One of them knocked on his door, and there was a sound in Israel. You really heard a sound in Israel? Really. Maybe 40 times in a minute. Really. As Rotem Ofir and their families were huddled inside the safe rooms, outside on the green pats of Kfar Azad, an inferno was already raging. If we put a knife on the door of Mamad, and then we entered the safe room, under my room, and then we entered the room, and then the guards entered the room, and Mamad looked at us, and saw everything they saw. And then they looked at us, and we were in the safe room. That was the moment that they opened the door, and then, the guard turned to be a guard, and then we started to shout. This is where we stay, in a safe room, and we enter there. Or that we come, and there is a way to hide. Even though there were still dozens of armed terrorists roaming around outside, indiscriminately murdering anyone they encountered, Rotem, his mother, and sister decided to leave the house. They hid in the storeroom for nine hours until the IDF forces rescued them. We contact my father and his friends, and the guard doesn't answer. And then, at that moment, we were already in the safe room, so I looked at my mother, as if she was in the safe room, and then I thought she was really dead. And then she explained to me that she found him, and that he was in the safe room dead and dead. Good friends of mine contacted the IDF, and they told us that a family that just got close to us was planning to help, and that my father was in a difficult situation. I said, of course, to my father, and that it was not possible to get out. We brought it to another family who had just left the house, and they brought it to our house. And my father, my big brother, suddenly there is a letter in the house, in Hebrew, which means a lot of life in the house, which is open. The hours passed, the darkest came, and Ophir and his family were still shuttered in the safe room, for 20 long hours until the rescue team arrived. One month later, Rotem, Ophir, and the other children of Kfar Azha, who survived the massacre, were evacuated to Kibbut Shfaim. Started their day at the sea. The Hagar Shalim, who was in the middle of the sea, was taken to the beach. The beach was full of water, and the water was filled with water. The water was filled with water, and the water was filled with water. The water was filled with water, and the water was filled with water. The water was filled with water, and the water was filled with water. The Hagar Shalim, my wave association, was established with the aim of helping boys and girls at risk through surfing, as mobilized for a new mission. We arrived in October, and on Saturday, we were getting ready to go to Eroha. We were getting ready to go to Eroha, for the first day. From the beginning, they were so excited, and they realized that there is no life between them. We know that we are in a critical time in that period to create some kind of inspiration, to bring the faith back to the sea, to the beach, to the beach, to experience and bring the most interesting things. The huge thing was They don't think about anything, and they come out, and everything is dry, and suddenly it's really cold, and they see you, physically, it's so difficult to breathe. At one point, you laugh from all the distance, that you have to go home, that we failed to breathe, but you laugh from all this, and you laugh with your friends. For everyone, there is a point in his mouth, so I think it's his mouth. One day after we arrived in Spain, we met a few young people here in Spain, and I was talking to one of them, and he said to me, I know I'm going to talk to you, but I can come to talk to you. He said, yes, we're going to talk to each other later, and it's really cool. Really, it's so cool to come, and there's a feeling, what they hear is just the sounds. That's it. The presence of the sea and the interception with the right crowd, with the right person, can simply be created by making a field, and making a field of movement, and making a direction to place where you need to go. We are here with them as each individual, and the committee here is really giving every single day in a meeting, in the chaos, in the struggle of work, from the financial crisis, from financial crisis. You are returning safely, and you are taking this forward. And this is just the beginning, it is clear to everyone that there is still a long road ahead for these young people who left the innocents, memories and sweet childhood experiences in the Gaza border village. We still eat, we don't eat. Maybe we did, but we can say that we are fine. We are fine, I think no one is. No one is fine. And when I realized that we did, there was a second day. Janan Ben Ali came to save us and then I stood there and said, fuck, I am a soldier. I am a soldier, I sit here, I sit with Janan Ben Ali. Wow, I am a soldier. I was shocked that I was a soldier. Now is in a state of war. Families completely gunned down in their beds. We have no idea where is she. As our soldiers are fighting on the front line but the general perception is something that certainly needs to be fought as well. I am Sivan Rafeeb and these are the latest developments coming to you live from Tel Aviv. Today is Day 47 of Israel's war with Hamas, the war that started when at least 1200 innocent Israeli civilians including women, men, children and the elderly fell victim to a brutal massacre in southern Israel on October 7th. There are currently 236 hostages held in captivity by Hamas in Gaza including about 40 children. The Israeli government has taken a crucial step towards bringing home those hostages held in Gaza. The government convened last night and approved the outline of the first stage to release at least 50 hostages, predominantly women and children, over the next four days. The hostage release deal with Hamas comes with conditions. In exchange for the release, first and foremost, Hamas will receive a four-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Israel will also release approximately 150 Palestinian prisoners, primarily women and minors. The agreement also includes the entry of food, medical aid and fuel into the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army has agreed to a six-hour daily suspension of flights over Gaza, allowing Hamas to locate hostages held by their operatives and separate factions. The first hostages are expected to be released on Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that despite the temporary pause to return the hostages, Israel is still at war and will continue until all war objectives are achieved, eliminating Hamas, returning all hostages and ensuring Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel. Let's take a listen. Outside there is a lot of nonsense talk, as if after we ceasefire for the release of the hostages, we will stop the war. So I would like to clarify, we are at war and we will continue to fight, continue to fight until we reach all our goals. Tonight, we face a difficult decision, but it is the right decision, all the security factors fully support it. They clarified in their full professional assessment the security of our forces will be guaranteed during the days of ceasefire and that the intelligence effort will be maintained. Just moments ago, we heard sirens go off near Israel's southern border in those communities living there and we go to our I-24 news correspondent, Pierre Klosschendler down south. Pierre, what's the situation on the ground? Well, the latest developments are this explosion that you can see behind me with the plumes of white smoke, gray smoke coming out of a certain area of the Hanun and it seems that it's the neutralizing of the tunnel because there were two explosions, one after the other, in the same area without the intervention of the Air Force and that could be the destruction of a terrorist structure. Now, just moments before that, there was a rocket alert where we are. There was no interception, neither explosions, so we don't exactly know what happened but definitely no interception and no explosion. Now, the army is going on and pounding the northern sector of the Gaza Strip because although it has full control over certain areas and the whole northern Gaza Strip has been cut off and encircled by the Israeli army from the southern sector, the pounding goes on. The encirclement of the Jebaliah refugee camp which hosted up until the war, 180,000 inhabitants is encircled. There are targettings over Sherzahed which is on the northern western outskirts of the Jebaliah camp and southeast of Jebaliah in Zleitun, which is a neighborhood of Gaza City. The operation is going on for a fourth consecutive day. A ferocious battle has occurred there in the first two days and now the situation is not clear. There are raids, ground raids in the southern sector according to Palestinian reports in the Almurazi camp in the central sector of the Gaza Strip, not the location of the ground offensive. It was a raid, a nightly raid according to Palestinian reports and there are bombings of targets all over the southern Gaza Strip. Now the army is still pressing on Hamas and PiG targets until the ceasefires come to fruition and then trying to consolidate both defensive and aggressive positions of the IDF. Thank you, Pierre. We will continue to get updated with you down south. And joining us in studio now is our I-24 News Middle East correspondent Ariel Ozaran and Dr. David Shimoni, commander of Commanders for Israel Security. Thank you both for coming in. We are in face of a hostage release deal supposedly to begin tomorrow. I'd like to ask you, Dr. Shimoni, what has the IDF actually accomplished thus far and does this deal and this pause and ceasefire, does it jeopardize that? Well, the pause was not a part of the military plan. The military plan was to go ahead full force with the limited speed because, as you know, the IDF is not going very aggressively. It's going very cautiously because of civilians stood around, because of hostages stood around. But the pause was not part of the military plan. The question is, can the military gain some advantage from this pause? And the answer is yes. First of all, yesterday, the military and the intelligence community told the government, told the cabinet that they can deal with any consequence of this pause. We say, you know, the Hamas will take the opportunity to reinforce itself, to reorganize itself, but it's true also about the IDF. The IDF, if there's no fire, much easier to bring supplies to the troops to exchange troops to bring food ammunition unharmed. We know that there will be a limit on reconnaissance flights, especially drones over the Gaza Strip, which is something that will disrupt some of the intelligence picture, but it doesn't seize fighters, jet fighters, from flying high above Israeli territory and taking a look at what's going on there or above the sea and taking a look. So we're not losing all of the intelligence grip of what's going on. As far as intelligence goes, the release of 50 hostages will enable us to learn more about the condition of those who are remaining in prison or in the tunnels where they are. There's a lot of uncertainty. As you know, the Red Cross has not visited our hostages. And those released will be able, hopefully, many of them are kids and maybe they're not very well informed, but they will enable us to learn more about people that we don't know if they're alive, if they're dead, if they were executed while in captivity. So generally, I say the military can... It wasn't our plan to have a pause in the fighting, but we can find the benefits of this pause, and the military assured the political... the government, the cabinet, that once they get the order to resume fighting, they can do it with full force. So this might benefit the IDF as well. In a way, yes. Okay, let's take a look at our northern border, Israel's northern border. Joining us now is I-24 News correspondent Robert Swift. Robert, it appears that a four-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas might also apply to the Lebanon border. Should we expect more Hezbollah strikes before the ceasefire? Yeah, I think it's probably a safe assumption that that will be the case. And now just to update you, 10 minutes ago, there was yet another rocket siren sounding on the northern border, this one occurring in the far western end of Israel's northern border in the community of Rosha Nikra. This community has come under attack on a number of occasions from mortar fire, no confirmation yet of the weapon system used, but that's the situation there. Let's move on to the actual implications of the ceasefire here. Now, yesterday we saw a lot of activity, both Hezbollah and Israeli military. The fact that a ceasefire is coming into play in the near future could well mean that there's likely to be an uptake in attacks as both sides essentially look to get strikes in before the ceasefire. We've seen that discussed with regards to Gaza and what's true there could equally be true here. Now, in the last few hours there's been Lebanese media and social media reports referring to Israeli airstrikes both taking place in the western end of southern Lebanon and also one closer to us in the east also taking place in southern Lebanon. This could be an indication of that sort of strikes going in before the ceasefire that I was just referring to, or this could just be continuing efforts by the Israeli military to hit Hezbollah and Hamas targets in southern Lebanon. We saw that yesterday and we've seen that many other days during the war up here in the northern border. Robert Schwift on Israel's northern border, thank you very much. And in studio with us is our Middle East correspondent Ariel Osaran. We're hearing Robert up in the north of Israel talking about the risks from Hezbollah and we know there's a meeting between top Hamas officials and Nasrallah and Beirut. And we're just hours before the Iranian foreign minister is expected to visit Lebanon as well. What does all of this mean? Well, before that I'll just give a quick update regarding the prisoner, the hostage deal. Saudi El-Khadath TV reporting that Israel has received the names of the first 10 hostages were expected to be released tomorrow morning. That means that things are moving forward, things are indeed coming into fruition. I will note that in the different reports leading up to the deal or the announcement of the deal overnight, Qataris have said that raised the option that some of these hostages aren't necessarily alive, meaning that we know that there are already hostages that they have claimed Hamas and Tastay and some of Jihad have been killed. This deal could include those as well. So this is something that we need to prepare and prepare ourselves for. As for the northern border, look, we've seen close meetings between Hamas and Hezbollah since the start of the war, obviously leading up to the war. This shows that they're in close coordination, especially given the fact that Hamas would like to see a more intense support by Hezbollah regarding what's going on down south as far as Hezbollah is concerned, albeit this is short of a full-scale war. Indeed, Hezbollah is suffering a lot of losses on the border following Israeli strikes. The presence of Hussana M. Abdullah Yan, the Iranian foreign minister, this would be, I think, his third or even fourth visit to Beirut since the start of the war, and that shows that Iran is keeping close tabs on what's going on, not only regarding Hezbollah, but the fact that there's a top Hamas delegation present, we see on screen now the photo between Nasrallah on the right sitting across from him is Khalil al-Khiyyah, he's the deputy head of Hamas and Gaza, Osama Hamdan sitting next to him, two key Hamas officials. Obviously, they're not in Gaza because that is not the place to be for Hamas leadership right now, but this just shows how the axis continues to work in close tandem, obviously under the supervision of Iran. And do you believe that Hezbollah will adhere to this ceasefire? Will they cease as well, seeing as they're not actually officially part of the hostage release deal? Indeed, they're not. One can guess from today until the end of history, but if we're looking at what is being said at least on the ground, Lebanese media newspaper Nidal Watan reporting this morning that Hezbollah will adhere to the ceasefire agreement as long as Israel does so too. We need to take this with a grain of salt because all reports in Lebanese media could be intended to kind of mislead the readers, but I think the fact that even this report is out in the open here, we're seeing it on the screen right now, I think raises the possibility that indeed Hezbollah will adhere to the ceasefire. I think as far as they're concerned, they would like to see a cessation of cross-border fire as well along the border, given their significant casualties. But of course, with this rapidly evolving war and multiple fronts, there's no guarantee that they will indeed adhere to the ceasefire. Now David, we discussed before how the IDF will benefit or suffer from this kind of pause in the fighting, and is there a chance that while they were in a certain momentum, stopping might harm them, might have soldiers kidnapped? There's always that danger, and I believe precautions are being considered and taken. Yes, there is a danger that the situation will be exploited, that Hamas fighters will infiltrate again to our ranks and try to kidnap soldiers. I think the army is in full alert. I don't think the soldiers will be gaining a lot of sleep. During these nights, they'll be in full alert and waiting for any such event. I don't think, I mean, I wouldn't put it behind the Hamas intention because we don't really trust what they say even when they agree to a ceasefire. But I don't think there's a real actual threat there. Now Hamas will use the four days to rearm most probably. They will probably try to extend the ceasefire, ask for another day in return for more hostages and then another day. How will this impact the IDF? Well, first of all, the more days pass and we have the full reserve army mobilized, it's difficult to maintain such tension, such alert preparedness. The country's economy is suffering. People are not going to work. So the longer it takes, the more of the burden on the military, on the families of the soldiers, on the Israeli economy. But I believe if we're talking about a few more days, and again, I think there was a clause in the deal that says that we can extend the deal up to 10 days. And then, again, our politicians assured us that they will resume fighting. And yes, we are aware of the fact that Hamas can play tricks on us and say we have five more kids hiding someplace. We need two days to go out and find them and bring them over. And it will have to be a very tough Israeli decision whether Israel agrees to extend this ceasefire beyond these 10 days. Well, first of all, we're talking about four days. I spoke earlier about the ability of the military to absorb the consequences of this ceasefire. Yes, the Hamas will try to regroup and equip itself and improve its hiding positions and move from place to place. We will do the same. We will also exploit these days to improve our positions to get better observation points. We can maneuver. We can't open fire, but we can maneuver. We can move troops. We can bring supplies. We can build things that were damaged. We can replace tanks. We can do many things during this ceasefire, and we will exploit it. Let's listen to Israeli Defense Minister Joav Galant who said to the Cabinet in Tel Aviv that without the continuation of military pressure there won't be any chance to bring back the next groups of hostages. Let's take a listen. Without the continuation of military pressure, there won't be any chance to bring back the next groups of hostages that we want to bring back. The release of abductees, in my eyes, is first of all a value issue, a moral issue, an issue of commitment between the state, the government, and the citizen. Now David Netanyahu said Israel will continue the war after the hostage exchange. What could be the next steps of the operations? We have a lot of areas in the southern part of the Gaza Strip that have been bombarded and attacked mostly by the air, but not by ground forces. And eventually, if the intention is to destroy Hamas infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, then the military will move to the south with troops, with tanks, with the engineering corps that expose the tunnels and try to blow them up and neutralize the charges. So I believe that after the ceasefire, if the fighting will resume, you will see the IDF moving south. How do you see this forecline? Well, I mean, we don't really have to guess too much because according to Israeli leaders, Defense Minister Jov Galant, and also leaflets that the IDF itself has dropped over neighborhoods in the eastern part of Chanyunis, which is the main city in South Gaza. The next step is to go into southern Gaza. It will be a lot more challenging. It will be a lot more precise, at least according to the IDF. Why is it going to be more challenging? Because the population of South Gaza doubled itself since the start of the war, given that all the residents of the north moved down south. And also there's the criticism of Israel that they're calling on the residents of northern Gaza to go down south, so what do they expect? Obviously, the answer of the IDF to that is that there is a designated humanitarian area, and the western part of Chanyunis on the coast. That's where also all the humanitarian aid and supplies are going. That's where new field hospitals are being opened, so in Rafa, but also mainly in Al-Muassi. So if indeed the operation continues in full steam, full force, here we're seeing those leaflets right now on the screen. If it does continue, which is expected to continue, the IDF will expand its operations south of Wadi Gaza. The question is whether they will wait to do so until completing the operation in the north, not quite sure, perhaps actually the opposite will happen to try and show that the IDF is indeed operating in full steam once the ceasefire is completed. But obviously the option of extending the ceasefire and including new hostages, the limit is 99 hostages in addition to the 50. Once Israel reaches that, it will have to release all Palestinian female and minors who are detained inside Israel. So I mean, we can see that the operation in the south is almost uninhabitable. However, this does, when will this happen? It depends on the complete duration of the ceasefire. We have yet to see. Thank you very much, both of you, for your input. Ariel Oceran and David Shimoni, thank you. Kibbutz Beria is one of the southern Kibbutzim that was attacked by Hamas on October 7th. The images of its residents' bodies lying in the streets, the burnt and damaged houses speak for themselves. And among these images are the toys of children who were murdered or kidnapped in Togasa. These toys are now being shown in Tel Aviv in an exhibition organized by the movement Free Our Kids, along with Toys R Us. More in the following report by Esther Eden. On October 7th, Hamas terrorists kidnapped 29 residents of Kibbutz Beria, among them 11 children. These torn and burnt toys collected from the Kibbutz tell the stories in place of their owners. These toys are eyewitnesses to what children went through there, after fires, abuse, massacre, and that is what is left after these horrible atrocities. Those toys that were found say two things. Either the kid was rescued and didn't take it with him, or the child is not with us anymore, and the toy will never go back to its owner. Lilah, one of the Kibbutz Beria residents, recalls what happened there on the Shabbat of October 7th. I was in a shelter in Beria for 27 hours, without water, food, without any possibility to go out under ceaseless fire from rockets, RPGs, and small arms. Lilah survived the Hamas massacre, but her loved ones were taken hostage. For more than a month, she's had no information about them. We don't know anything about them. Nobody tells us anything. The Red Cross is not even trying to reach them. Seems like it's not interesting at all to the United Nations and other organizations that should take care of them. One of the people Lilah is waiting for, nine-year-old Emily Hand, was first reported killed and is now believed to be held hostage in Gaza. I think one of the friends who was rescued from the Kibbutz saw somebody's body and thought that it's her, and told them about that. But later on there were testimonies about her walking with Raya and Hila, taken by terrorists in direction of Gaza Strip. The lives of Israelis today are full of uncertainty, as they don't even know whether their loved ones are alive or not. The only thing left to do is to speak up and make the world understand what happened on October 7th. It doesn't matter if you're a fan of Israel or not. It is only about being human and supporting humanity. We address each mother, each woman around the world, and ask how they can continue their routine. When they know about ten-month-old baby taken hostage and being in Hamas captivity alone, we here, we cannot continue our routine. The world needs to understand that it is not possible to keep silent. The world needs to understand that it cannot continue its routine when there are children taken hostage. Now these are our kids, but next time it can be any kid around the world. It can be my kid. It can be your kid. It can be any kid abroad. The organization, Free Our Kids, is an race to reach ambassadors and international organizations. All the time, every single day, we are sending letters to the Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations, so they will hear our cry. And after this event, we will also send the pictures. While Israeli officials are making an effort to bring the hostages back, they also remind the world about Israel's right to defend itself. Unfortunately, people don't realize what really happened. They try to forget it, and we can't forget, and we can't forgive. And we have all of the legitimate that we need to vanish Hamas. This terror organization needs to be out of this world, not only for Israel, also for the rest of the Free World. Residents of Kibbutz Beri were not the only ones who came to the exhibition. They were joined by neighbors from other southern Kibbutzim who survived the massacre. On that Saturday, I had bicycle training, and there was a heavy rocket barrage. We decided to cancel the class and go back home. On the way there, we ran into 15 terrorists lying on the road who opened fire at us. It felt like a car crash. The windows shattered. A tire exploded, and my ears were ringing. We turned around with the back of the car towards them. They ceased fire. My friend's father got out and shouted, Hey, soldiers, don't shoot at us. At first, we were sure that they were our soldiers. Itai and his team managed to escape and get first aid. In the meantime, his parents were in a shelter at home, knowing their son was wounded and not capable of helping him. The only thing they could do was hope for the best. We personally faced miracles on that Shabbat as Itai was not killed and was not kidnapped. But after we got these miracles, for us as residents of the area, it's important to bring hostages back. That is the first mission. The residents of southern communities live with the hope that they will soon see their kidnapped friends, relatives, and children. But in the meantime, all they have left of them are these mementos and memories. That's all for this edition of I-24 News. We have rolling coverage providing you with the latest from Israel. We'll be back at the top of the hour for more news and updates. Be sure to follow us on our website, I-24 News.tv, and across our social media platforms. I'm Sivan Raveave. Thank you for watching. Is in a state of war, families completely done down in their beds. We have no idea where she is. Our soldiers are fighting on the front lines, but the general perception is something that certainly needs to be fought as well. I'm Sivan Raveave, and these are the latest developments coming to you live from Tel Aviv. Today is Day 47 of Israel's war with Hamas, the war that started when at least 1200 innocent Israeli civilians, including women, men, children, and the elderly, fell victim to a brutal massacre in southern Israel on October 7th. There are currently 236 hostages held in captivity by Hamas in Gaza, including about 40 children. The Israeli government has taken a crucial step towards bringing home those hostages held in Gaza. The government convened last night and approved the outline of the first stage to release at least 50 hostages, predominantly women and children, over the next four days. The hostage release deal with Hamas comes with conditions. In exchange for the release, first and foremost, Hamas will receive a four-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Israel will also release approximately 150 Palestinian prisoners, primarily women and minors. The agreement also includes the entry of food, medical aid, and fuel into the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army has agreed to a six-hour daily suspension of flights over Gaza, allowing Hamas to locate hostages held by their operatives and separate factions. The first hostages are expected to be released on Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that despite the temporary pause to return the hostages, Israel is still at war and will continue until all war objectives are achieved, eliminating Hamas, returning all hostages, and ensuring Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel. Let's take a listen. Outside there is a lot of nonsense talk. As if after we ceasefire, for the release of the hostages, we will stop the war. So I would like to clarify, we are at war, and we will continue to fight, continue to fight until we reach all our goals. Tonight, we face a difficult decision, but it is the right decision. All the security factors fully support it. They clarified in their full professional assessment the security of our forces will be guaranteed during the days of ceasefire and that the intelligence effort will be maintained. Just moments ago, we heard sirens go off in Israel's southern, near Israel's southern border in those communities living there, and we go to our I-24 news correspondent, Pierre Klochendler, down south. Pierre, what's the situation on the ground? Well, the latest developments are this explosion that you can see behind me with the plumes of white smoke, gray smoke coming out of a certain area of Beth-Hannon, and it seems that it's the neutralizing of a tunnel because there were two explosions, one after the other, in the same area without the intervention of the air force. That could be the destruction of a terrorist structure. Now, just moments before that, there was a rocket alert where we are. There was no interception, neither explosions, so we don't exactly know what happened, but definitely no interception and no explosion. Now, the Army is going on and pounding the northern sector of the Gaza Strip because although it has full control over certain areas and the whole northern Gaza Strip has been cut off and encircled by the Israeli Army from the southern sector, the pounding goes on. The encirclement of the Jebaliah refugee camp, which hosted up until the war, 180,000 inhabitants, is encircled. There are targettings over Sherzad, which is on the northern western outskirts of the Jebaliah camp, and southeast of Jebaliah in Zretun, which is a neighborhood of Gaza City. The operation is going on for a fourth consecutive day. A ferocious battle has occurred there in the first two days and now the situation is not clear. There are raids, ground raids in the southern sector according to Palestinian reports in the Almorazi camp in the central sector of the Gaza Strip, not the location of the ground offensive. It was a raid, a nightly raid according to Palestinian reports and there are bombings of targets all over the southern Gaza Strip. Now, the Army is still pressing on Hamas and PIG targets until the ceasefires come to fruition and then trying to consolidate both defensive and aggressive positions of the IDF. Thank you, Pierre. We will continue to get updated with you down south. And joining us in studio now is our I-24 News Middle East correspondent Ariel Ozaran and Dr. David Shimoni, commander of Commanders for Israel Security. Thank you both for coming in. We are in face of a hostage release deal supposedly to begin tomorrow. I'd like to ask you, Dr. Shimoni, what has the IDF actually accomplished thus far and does this deal and this pause and ceasefire, does it jeopardize that? Well, the pause was not a part of the military plan. The military plan was to go ahead, full force with the limited speed because as you know, the IDF is not going very aggressively. It's going very cautiously because of civilians stood around, because of hostages stood around. But the pause was not part of the military plan. The question is, can the military gain some advantage from this pause? And the answer is yes. First of all, yesterday, the military and the intelligence community told the government, told the cabinet that they can deal with any consequence of this pause. We say, you know, the Hamas will take the opportunity to reinforce itself, to reorganize itself, but it's true also about the IDF. The IDF, if there's no fire, much easier to bring supplies to the troops, to exchange troops, to bring food, ammunition unharmed. We know that there will be a limit on reconnaissance flights, especially drones over the Gaza Strip, which is something that will disrupt some of the intelligence picture. But it doesn't seize fighters, jet fighters from flying high above Israeli territory and taking a look at what's going on there or above the sea and taking a look. So we're not losing all of the intelligence grip of what's going on. As far as intelligence goes, the release of 50 hostages will enable us to learn more about the condition of those who are remaining in prison or in the tunnels where they are. There's a lot of uncertainty. As you know, the Red Cross has not visited our hostages and those released will be able, hopefully, many of them are kids and maybe they're not very well informed, but they will enable us to learn more about people that we don't know if they're alive, if they're dead, if they were executed while in captivity. So generally, I say the military can... It wasn't our plan to have a pause in the fighting, but we can find the benefits of this pause, and the military assured the government, the cabinet, that once they get the order to resume fighting, I think they can do it with full force. So this might benefit the IDF as well? In a way, yes. Okay, let's take a look at our northern border, Israel's northern border. Joining us now is I-24 News correspondent Robert Swift. Robert, it appears that a four-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas might also apply to the Lebanon border. Should we expect more Hezbollah strikes before the ceasefire? Yeah, I think it's probably a safe assumption that that will be the case. Now, just to update you, 10 minutes ago, there was yet another rocket siren sounding on the northern border, this one occurring in the far western end of Israel's northern border in the community of Rocha Nikra. This community has come under attack on a number of occasions from mortar fire, no confirmation yet of the weapon system used, but that's the situation there. With regards to the actual implications of the ceasefire here, now, yesterday, we saw a lot of activity, both Hezbollah and Israeli military. The fact that a ceasefire is coming into play in the near future could well mean that there's likely to be an uptick in attacks as both sides essentially look to get strikes before the ceasefire. We've seen that discussed with regards to Gaza and what's true there could equally be true here. Now, in the last few hours, there's been Lebanese media and social media reports referring to Israeli airstrikes, taking place in the western end of southern Lebanon and also one closer to us in the east, also taking place in southern Lebanon. This could be an indication of that sort of strikes going in before the ceasefire that I was just referring to, or this could just be continuing efforts by the Israeli military to hit Hezbollah and Hamas targets in southern Lebanon. We saw that yesterday and we've seen that in many other days during the war up here in the northern border. Robert Schwift on Israel's northern border, thank you very much. And in studio with us is our Middle East correspondent, Ariel Oceran. We're hearing Robert up in the north of Israel talking about the risks from Hezbollah and we know there's a meeting between top Hamas officials and Nasrallah and Beirut. And we're just hours before the Iranian foreign minister is expected to visit Lebanon as well. What does all of this mean? Well, before that I'll just give a quick update regarding the prisoner, the hostage deal. Saudi El-Khadath TV reporting that Israel has received the names of the first 10 hostages who are expected to be released tomorrow morning. That means that things are moving forward, things are indeed coming into fruition. I will note that in the different reports leading up to the deal or the announcement of the deal overnight, Qataris have said that raise the option that some of these hostages aren't necessarily alive, meaning that we know that there are already hostages that they have claimed Hamas and Tastay and some of Jihad have been killed. This deal could include those as well. So this is something that we need to prepare and prepare ourselves for. As for the northern border, look, close meetings between Hamas and Hezbollah since the start of the war, obviously leading up to the war. This shows that they're in close coordination, especially given the fact that Hamas would like to see a more intense support by Hezbollah regarding what's going on down south as far as Hezbollah is concerned. This is short of a full-scale war. Indeed, Hezbollah is suffering a lot of losses on the border following Israeli strikes. The presence of Josef Amir Abdelayyan, the Iranian Foreign Minister, this would be, I think, his third or even fourth visit to Beirut since the start of the war, and that shows that Iran is keeping close tabs on what's going on, not only regarding Hezbollah, but the fact that there's a top Hamas delegation present we see on screen now, the photo between Nasrallah on the right sitting across from him is Khalil al-Khiyyah, he's the deputy head of Hamas and Gaza, Osama Hamdan sitting next to him, two key Hamas officials. Obviously they're not in Gaza because that is not the place to be for Hamas leadership right now, but this just shows how the axis continues to work in close tandem, obviously under the supervision of Iran. And do you believe that Hezbollah will adhere to this ceasefire? Will they cease as well, seeing as they're not actually officially part of the hostage release deal? Indeed, they're not. One can guess from today until the end of history, but if we're looking at what is being said, at least on the ground, Lebanese media newspaper Nidal Watan reporting this morning that Hezbollah will adhere to the ceasefire agreement as long as Israel does so, too. We need to take this with a grain of salt because all reports in Lebanese media could be intended to kind of mislead the readers. But I think the fact that even this report is out in the open here, we're seeing it on the screen right now, I think raises the possibility that indeed Hezbollah will adhere to the ceasefire. I think as far as they're concerned, they would like to see a cessation of cross-border fire as well along the border, given their significant casualties. But of course, you know, with this rapidly evolving war and multiple fronts, there's no guarantee that they will indeed adhere to the ceasefire. Now, David, we discussed before how the IDF will benefit or suffer from this kind of pause in the fighting. And is there a chance that while they were in a certain momentum, stopping might harm them, might have soldiers kidnapped? There's always that danger, and I believe precautions are being considered and taken. Yes, there is a danger that the situation will be exploited, that Hamas fighters will infiltrate again to our ranks and try to kidnap soldiers. I think the army is in full alert. I don't think the soldiers will be gaining a lot of sleep. During these nights, they'll be in full alert and waiting for any such event. I wouldn't put it behind the Hamas intention because we don't really trust what they say even when they agree to a ceasefire, but I don't think there's a real actual threat there. Now, Hamas will use the four days to rearm most probably. They will probably try to extend the ceasefire, ask for another day in return for more hostages, and then another day, how will this impact the IDF? Well, first of all, the more days pass and we have the full reserve army mobilized, it's difficult to maintain such tension, such alert preparedness. The country's economy is suffering, people are not going to work. So, you know, the longer it takes, the more of the burden on the military, on the families of the soldiers, on the Israeli economy. But I believe if we're talking about a few more days, and again, I think there was a clause in the deal that says that we can extend the deal up to 10 days. So, and then, again, our politicians assured us that they will resume fighting. And yes, we are aware of the fact that Hamas can play tricks on us and say, we have five more kids hiding someplace, we need two days to go out and find them and bring them over, and we'll have to be a very tough Israeli decision where Israel agrees to extend this ceasefire beyond these 10 days. Well, first of all, we're talking about four days. I spoke earlier about the ability of the military to absorb the consequences of this ceasefire. Yes, the Hamas will try to regroup and equip itself and improve its hiding positions and move from place to place, but we will do the same. We will also exploit these days to improve our positions, to get better observation points. We can maneuver. We can't open fire, but we can maneuver. We can move troops. We can bring supplies. We can build things that were damaged. We can replace tanks. We can do many things during this ceasefire, and we will exploit it. Let's listen to Israeli Defense Minister Joav Galant, who said to the Cabinet in Tel Aviv that without the continuation of military pressure, there won't be any chance to bring back the next groups of hostages. Let's take a listen. Without the continuation of military pressure, there won't be any chance to bring back the next groups of hostages that we want to bring back. The release of abductees in my eyes is first of all a value issue, a moral issue, an issue of commitment between the state, the government, and the citizen. Now David Netanyahu said Israel will continue the war after the hostage exchange. What could be the next steps of the operations? We have a lot of areas in the south, southern part of the Gaza Strip that have been bombarded and attacked mostly by the air, but not by ground forces. And eventually, if the intention is to destroy Hamas infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, then the military will move to the south with troops, with tanks, with the engineering corps that expose the tunnels and try to blow them up and neutralize the charges. So I believe that after the ceasefire, if the fighting will resume, you will see the IDF moving south. How do you see this forecline? Well, I mean, we don't really have to guess too much because according to Israeli leaders, Defense Minister Yav Galant, and also leaflets that the IDF itself has dropped over neighborhoods in the eastern part of Chanyunas, which is the main city in South Gaza. The next step is to go into southern Gaza. It will be a lot more challenging. It will be a lot more precise, at least according to the IDF. Why is it going to be more challenging? Because the population of South Gaza doubled itself since the start of the war, given that all the residents of the north moved down south. And also there's the criticism of Israel that they're calling on the residents of northern Gaza to go down south. So what do they expect? Obviously the answer of the IDF to that is that there is a designated humanitarian area in Muassi and the western part of Chanyunas on the coast. That's where also all the humanitarian aid and supplies are going. That's where new field hospitals are being opened also in Rafah, but also mainly in Al-Muassi. So if indeed the operation continues in full steam, full force, here we're seeing those leaflets right now on the screen. If it does continue, which is expected to continue, the IDF will expand its operations south of Wadi Gaza. The question is whether they will wait to do so until completing the operation in the north. Not quite sure, perhaps. Actually the opposite will happen to try and show that the IDF is indeed operating in full steam once the ceasefire is completed. But obviously the option of extending the ceasefire and including new hostages, the limit is 99 hostages in addition to the 50 once Israel reaches that, it will have to release all Palestinian female and minors who are detained inside Israel. So I mean we can see that the operation in the south is almost uninvitable. However, this does, when will this happen? It depends on the complete duration of the ceasefire. We have yet to see. Thank you very much, both of you, for your input, Ariel Oceran and David Shimon. Thank you. Kibbutz-Beri is one of the southern Kibbutzim that was attacked by Hamas on October 7th. The images of its residents' bodies lying in the streets, the burnt and damaged houses speak for themselves. And among these images are the toys of children who were murdered or kidnapped in Togasa. These toys are now being shown in Tel Aviv in an exhibition organized by the movement Free Our Kids, along with Toys R Us. More in the following report by Esther Eden. On October 7th, Hamas terrorists kidnapped 29 residents of Kibbutz-Beri. Among them, 11 children. These torn and burnt toys collected from the Kibbutz tell the stories in place of their owners. These toys are eyewitnesses to what children went through there. After fires, abuse, massacre, and that is what is left after these horrible atrocities. Those toys that were found say two things. Either the kid was rescued and didn't take it with him, or the child is not with us anymore and the toy will never go back to its owner. Lilah, one of the Kibbutz-Beri residents, recalls what happened there on the Shabbat of October 7th. I was in a shelter in Beri for 27 hours, without water, food, without any possibility to go out under ceaseless fire from rockets, RPGs and small arms. Lilah survived the Hamas massacre, but her loved ones were taken hostage. For more than a month, she's had no information about them. We don't know anything about them. Nobody tells us anything. The Red Cross is not even trying to reach them. Seems like it's not interesting at all to the United Nations and other organizations that should take care of them. One of the people Lilah is waiting for, nine-year-old Emily Hand, was first reported killed and is now believed to be held hostage in Gaza. I think one of the friends who was rescued from the Kibbutz saw somebody's body and thought that it's her and told them about that. But later on there were testimonies about her walking with Raya and Hila, taken by terrorists in direction of Gaza Strip. The lives of Israelis today are full of uncertainty, as they don't even know whether their loved ones are alive or not. The only thing left to do is to speak up and make the world understand what happened on October 7th. It doesn't matter if you're a fan of Israel or not. It is only about being human and supporting humanity. We address each mother, each woman around the world and ask how they can continue their routine. When they know about ten-month-old baby taken hostage and being in Hamas captivity alone, we here, we cannot continue our routine. The world needs to understand that it is not possible to keep silent. The world needs to understand that it cannot continue its routine when there are children taken hostage. Now these are our kids, but next time it can be any kid around the world. It can be my kid. It can be your kid. It can be any kid abroad. The organization Free Our Kids is an race to reach ambassadors and international organizations. All the time, every single day, we are sending letters to the Red Cross, UNICEF, United Nations, so they will hear our cry. And after this event, we will also send the pictures. While Israeli officials are making an effort to bring the hostages back, they also remind the world about Israel's right to defend itself. Unfortunately, people don't realize what really happened. They try to forget it, and we can't forget and we can't forgive. And we have all of the legitimate that we need to vanish Hamas. This terror organization needs to be out of this world, not only for Israel, also for the rest of the free world. Residents of Kibbutz Berri were not the only ones who came to the exhibition. They were joined by neighbors from other southern Kibbutzim who survived the massacre. On that Saturday, I had bicycle training, and there was a heavy rocket barrage. We decided to cancel the class and go back home. On the way there, we ran into 15 terrorists lying on the road who opened fire at us. It felt like a car crash. The windows shattered. A tire exploded, and my ears were ringing. We turned around with the back of the car towards them. They ceased fire. My friend's father got out and shouted, Hey, soldiers, don't shoot at us. At first, we were sure that they were our soldiers. Itai and his team managed to escape and get first aid. In the meantime, his parents were in a shelter at home, knowing their son was wounded and not capable of helping him. The only thing they could do was hope for the best. We personally faced miracles on that Shabbat as Itai was not killed and was not kidnapped. But after we got these miracles, for us as residents of the area, it's important to bring hostages back. That is the first mission. The residents of Southern communities live with the hope that they will soon see their kidnapped friends, relatives, and children. But in the meantime, all they have left of them are these mementos and memories. That's all for this edition of I-24 News. We have rolling coverage providing you with the latest. From Israel, we'll be back at the top of the hour.