'There are a number of hostages that have lost their lives'

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00:00The list has been forwarded now to the Israelis from Hamas, and as you say, there are a number

00:06of hostages that have lost their lives, that are dead. They're going to be handed back,

00:09their remains handed back too. But obviously the great thing for the families is that

00:15some are coming through alive and well. The Israeli government earlier in a news conference

00:21revealed aspects about the psychological torture they're saying that some of these hostages have

00:26undergone, and clearly that points to an issue of a war crime being committed. So clearly those

00:32hostages will go through some kind of psychological evaluation in order to basically get their minds,

00:38their heads straight to start remaking their future and getting back to some kind of normality.

00:43The situation as we look at it going forward is that we're expecting that release on Thursday

00:47of the two hostages that were in question, that's Agenberger and Abel Yehud, a third as well.

00:56And this will coincide of course with the visit of Donald Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, who's coming

01:02to the region at the same time. We're also hearing that there's a Hamas delegation going to Cairo

01:06to continue to discuss the accord and its implementation. So many things are happening

01:11at the same time here, which point to things being more positive. But on the other hand,

01:16whilst the guns have gone quiet in the Gaza Strip, in the other Palestinian territory,

01:20the West Bank, there are still operations happening there. The Israeli Defense Force, IDF,

01:25carry out an operation in Jenin around the refugee camp there. There's been a drone strike on a house

01:30just north of Ramallah with a Hamas operative killed there. And just around the corner from

01:35where I'm speaking to you in East Jerusalem, there was a New York Times reporter who was roughed up

01:40as soldiers raided a house where he was interviewing a Hamas prisoner who came

01:45back at the weekend. So there are many elements that sort of point to a more delicate situation.

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