(25 Jan 2025)
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Petah Tikva, Israel – 25 January 2025
1. People gathering outside Beilinson hospital
2. People cheering as helicopter carrying hostages lands, pan to helicopter landing
3. People wrapped with Israeli flag
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Erik Kwailo, US-Israeli citizen:
"I live close by and I came to support the cause and we want all the hostages to come home, obviously, so we are waiting for that to happen."
5. People cheering
6. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Mirav, Petah Tikva resident:
"We are joyful so all will return back peacefully and Bibas family to return to us, Amen. We love you all, only to return home in peace, Amen, all of them."
7. People cheering UPSOUND (Hebrew) "No (country like Israel), there is no one like Bibi (Benjamin Netanyahu)."
8. Policemen guarding helicopter
STORYLINE:
A crowd of people celebrated outside a hospital in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv, on Saturday as a helicopter arrived with four freed Israeli hostages.
Earlier, the four female soldiers had been taken to an Israeli army base, where they were reunited with their parents, and could be seen in pictures hugging them emotionally.
The four, who were held hostage by Hamas, were returned safely to Israel after the militants paraded them in front of a crowd of thousands in Gaza City.
In exchange, Israel released 200 Palestinian prisoners as part of the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
The truce is aimed at winding down the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and the militant group.
The fragile deal has so far held, quieting airstrikes and rockets and allowing for increased aid to flow into the tiny coastal territory.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel would not allow displaced Palestinians to begin returning to northern Gaza, which had been expected to begin by Sunday, because a civilian hostage who was supposed to be released by Hamas had not been freed on Saturday.
Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza has killed more than 47,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities.
The ministry doesn’t distinguish between combatants and civilians. The war was sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which killed around 1,200 people.
AP video shot by Paz Bar
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