The ceasefire deal will end the agonizing weight of dozens of families whose loved ones have been held hostage in Gaza.

Some of them are American. As Nick reported earlier, the first phase of this deal will include the release of two Americans.

One of them is Seguid Dekelchen, kidnapped from Kibbutzner-Az, while trying to defend his family on October 7th.

I spoke to his father, Jonathan, before the U.S. confirmed

that Segui was on the list to be released in phase one.

Jonathan, thank you so much for being with us.

Good to see you.

Thank you for having me.

I just want to begin with your reaction to the announcement of today's deal.

What did you think when you heard the news?

Well, my first reaction is gratitude to the two administrations, the outgoing Biden and

the incoming Trump administrations, for really being the catalyst to make this happen.

You know, it's a very rare thing, I think, in American politics today for something like this

to happen, sort of put aside the partisanship, and to work together, shoulder to shoulder

over the course of the last few weeks to bring us to the brink of ending this madness in Gaza and bringing our 98 hostages home.

I know the details are still emerging, but the hostage release is likely to occur in phases,

likely to begin with women. Have you heard anything about when you might expect Sagi to be

released? Is it possible?

He could be part of this first phase?

Honestly, we really don't know.

There's a lot of background noise.

We will be wiser in six weeks, you know, once this first phase is completed.

...