Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners released in Gaza deal
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You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Sunday, the 26th of January. Four Israeli hostages and 200 Palestinian prisoners are released in the second exchange of the Gaza ceasefire deal. Thirteen foreign peacekeepers are killed in eastern Congo. And a drone strike on a hospital in the Sudanese city of El Fasha is reported to have left nearly 70 people dead.
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Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas have carried out a second hostage and prisoner exchange as part of their Gaza deal. Four female Israeli hostages were handed over in return for 200 Palestinian detainees, a ratio of 50 to 1. The releases in Gaza were a lot more orderly than the chaos seen in the first swap on Sunday. Israeli captives Karina Ariev, Daniela Gilboa and Nama Levy, all aged 20, and Liri Albag, 19, waved as they were paraded on a stage in the Palestinian territory. Lucy Williamson has this report from Tel Aviv.
It was a moment of theatre in a theatre of war. Four women, led by Hamas fighters, to a podium in Gaza City. Israeli soldiers, captured by Hamas gunmen 15 months ago, freed live on camera with a signature from the Red Cross. In Tel Aviv, Liri Elbag's friends watched her release, a moment imagined many times, still unreal. CHEERING Tal Dimant is a childhood friend.
When I saw Liri's smile, when I saw Liri's walking on her two legs, it's everything. It's everything. This moment, this couple of minutes, just show me how brave she is, how brave she was there. Liri is a hero.
In Gaza today, the waiting continued. Families gathered near the coastal road, waiting for Israeli troops to leave and the promise of returning to their homes in the north.
We are returning to the north. We are being reborn today. By God's will, we will return safe and well to our families.
That return is now delayed after Israel accused Hamas of breaching the deal by delaying the release of a civilian female hostage, Abel Yehud, believed to be held by another militia group.
Lucy Williamson in Tel Aviv. Over in Ramallah, there were celebrations as buses arrived carrying released Palestinian prisoners. Our correspondent John Donison was there.
On a crisp, sunny day in the occupied West Bank, there was celebration as 200 Palestinian prisoners were given their freedom in exchange for the four Israeli hostages. A large crowd, including many of the prisoners' families, gathered in Ramallah, falling into the arms of their loved ones after they were bussed in from the nearby Offa prison. As he stepped off one of the buses, dressed in grey prison fatigues, we spoke to one of the prisoners, Baka Hariwish.
Thank God, it's a great feeling. I can't describe this feeling. I have been in jail six years and two months.
121 of those released today have been serving life sentences. Some have been convicted of multiple murders in Israeli courts. The longest-serving prisoner has been in jail 39 years. The youngest detainee is a 16-year-old boy. Just over half the prisoners to be released will be allowed to return to their homes in the West Bank.
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Sebastian Usher 2 min
Emery Makumeno 2 min
Richard Hamilton 2 min
Stephanie Prentice 2 min
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Rudiger Koch 1 min
Lucy Williamson 1 min
John Morgan 1 min
Owen Bennett-Jones 1 min
Tal Dimant 1 min
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