details on the deal. the news conference from the foreign minister in qatar was incredibly detailed. they have a lot of the mechanics of this deal worked out. what we know is the ceasefire is slated to begin at 7:00 in the morning, local time. this will be a temporary ceasefire scheduled to last for four days. the first phase will take place on friday. with that ceasefire holding, that would be the hope. by ii:00pm local time, the first group of hostages should be released by hamas. so these are 13 civilian women and children who will be handed over to the custody of the red cross and taken, it s thought, probably via egypt, and then on to a liaison point with the israelis. now, within two hours of that taking place, there is supposed to be the release by israel of three times that number of palestinian prisoners. so that will be 39. that s within a limited time frame. and all of this is so the sides are verifying their enemies, their adversaries in this, are doing what the d
all of this is so that the sides are verifying that their enemies, their adversaries in this, i doing what the deal says, so there is a lot of mechanics to get through but there is also of course a lot of scope for things still to go wrong and that is, i think, because we are in unprecedented territory here due to the number of captives being held by hamas, ferocity and scale of the war itself and, of course, the war itself and, of course, the way in which all of this began, with the brutality of those attacks by hamas and that is why i think there is very, very little trust between these two sides. there is none at all and what it has been replaced with is a kind of confidence and respect in the media, qatar, to hold all this together. with the mediator. around 240 people were taken hostage from southern israel during the deadly attacks on october 7. among them, civilians, soldiers, people with disabilities, children and grandparents. 0rla guerin has this report and a w
decided that bowe bergdahl was worth trading these five? and are there other prisoners around the world or in that area that we could have traded for? well, it is more like there are other options, which is equally viable and o probably more likely to have less political consequences that are available to the president. let me be very clear on this. the they are get nothing cooperation by the white house and in december of 2013, i was briefed, and i can t go on with all of the detalils because it was partly classified. but the president chose the return option. i spoke vehemently at the time, it was a mistake. no one seemed to listen. taen was one of those things where the president decided to do something which i think have you alluded to. i think a political decision on trying to clear people out of gitmo rather than try doing what was best for the nation. bowe bergdahl was not worth the trade of five five-star generals
decided that bowe bergdahl was worth trading these five? and are there other prisoners around the world or in that area that we could have traded for? well, it is more like there are other options, which is equally viable and o probably more likely to have less political consequences that are available to the president. let me be very clear on this. the they are get nothing cooperation by the white house and in december of 2013, i was briefed, and i can t go on with all of the detalils because it was partly classified. but the president chose the return option. i spoke vehemently at the time, it was a mistake. no one seemed to listen. taen was one of those things where the president decided to do something which i think have you alluded to. i think a political decision on trying to clear people out of gitmo rather than try doing what was best for the nation. bowe bergdahl was not worth the trade of five five-star generals
worth trading these five? and are there other prisoners around the world or in that area that we could have traded for? well, it is more like there are other options, which is equally viable and o probably more likely to have less political consequences that are available to the president. let me be very clear on this. the they are get nothing cooperation by the white house and in december of 2013, i was briefed, and i can t go on with all of the detalils because it was partly classified. but the president chose the return option. i spoke vehemently at the time, it was a mistake. no one seemed to listen. taen was one of those things where the president decided to do something which i think have you alluded to. i think a political decision on trying to clear people out of gitmo rather than try doing what was best for the nation. bowe bergdahl was not worth the trade of five five-star generals of the adversary, period.