Lise Doucette

In Israel, they say the country believes that they changed forever after October the 7th. Everywhere you go and today in that square, the banners of the hostages, they line all the streets and squares. In Tel Aviv, in many other cities, they line the hallways in.

In Israel, they say the country believes that they changed forever after October the 7th. Everywhere you go and today in that square, the banners of the hostages, they line all the streets and squares. In Tel Aviv, in many other cities, they line the hallways in.

Israel's the international airport in Ben Gurion just outside Tel Aviv they feel that these are their sisters and brothers and and family members that they there's been this solidarity and solidarity among the families too and people will be watching around the world because this is such as one of those exquisite human moments of rare happiness which will give rise to

Israel's the international airport in Ben Gurion just outside Tel Aviv they feel that these are their sisters and brothers and and family members that they there's been this solidarity and solidarity among the families too and people will be watching around the world because this is such as one of those exquisite human moments of rare happiness which will give rise to

cautious hope that this can be the beginning of something where all of the hostages will go home those who are alive and the remains of those who did not survive so that their family knows at least what happened and then the hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who will go home many of them have been languishing in prison under administrative detention not yet being charged never knowing when they would be free this is a time of intense emotion

cautious hope that this can be the beginning of something where all of the hostages will go home those who are alive and the remains of those who did not survive so that their family knows at least what happened and then the hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who will go home many of them have been languishing in prison under administrative detention not yet being charged never knowing when they would be free this is a time of intense emotion

on both sides, in this deeply, deeply political deal, in a war the likes of which the region has never seen, and so many hope that there will be an end to that war, but it's fraught with risk. But this moment is one, a very, very human moment.

on both sides, in this deeply, deeply political deal, in a war the likes of which the region has never seen, and so many hope that there will be an end to that war, but it's fraught with risk. But this moment is one, a very, very human moment.

The church of the Virgin Lady of the Girdle, in the heart of the old city of Homs, said to be one of the oldest churches in the world. And these streets saw some of the worst of the fighting in Syria's war. We came to this church nearly a decade ago when President Assad's forces pushed the rebels out of the old city of Homs. And then the church was cold and dark.

The church of the Virgin Lady of the Girdle, in the heart of the old city of Homs, said to be one of the oldest churches in the world. And these streets saw some of the worst of the fighting in Syria's war. We came to this church nearly a decade ago when President Assad's forces pushed the rebels out of the old city of Homs. And then the church was cold and dark.

The pews shattered, smashed and scattered across the floor. And now the rebels are back in control of Syria. How do you feel today?

The pews shattered, smashed and scattered across the floor. And now the rebels are back in control of Syria. How do you feel today?

You're Syrian, you're a Christian, you're a woman.

You're Syrian, you're a Christian, you're a woman.

What is your main worry? Um...

What is your main worry? Um...

Just listen to the sound of the city. There's a lightness in the air now. It's so different from the darkness of a decade ago when Syrian forces lay siege to the old city and neighbourhoods nearby.

Just listen to the sound of the city. There's a lightness in the air now. It's so different from the darkness of a decade ago when Syrian forces lay siege to the old city and neighbourhoods nearby.

Dr. Hayan Al-Abrash survived the Old City siege, two years treating patients under fire, underground. Now he's back, for the first time in 10 years. We're going into this empty, charred warehouse now. Dr. Hayan thinks this is... where they had their underground secret makeshift hospital. Going down the stairs, oh, dark, dank, cold, chilling.

Dr. Hayan Al-Abrash survived the Old City siege, two years treating patients under fire, underground. Now he's back, for the first time in 10 years. We're going into this empty, charred warehouse now. Dr. Hayan thinks this is... where they had their underground secret makeshift hospital. Going down the stairs, oh, dark, dank, cold, chilling.