Hamas counts Israeli hostages ahead of release
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence agency says it has finished counting the living Israeli hostages and has transferred them to different locations ahead of their release which is due to take place on Monday. We also get the latest from Gaza.
Also in the programme: Has there been a coup in Madagascar? And does classical music help you study?
(Photo: People look at pictures and messages displayed at "Hostages Square" amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 12, 2025. Credit: Reuters/Hannah McKay)
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:08.7 | Hello and welcome to Newsour live from the BBC World Service in London. |
| 0:13.4 | I'm Rebecca Kesb. |
| 0:15.0 | Coming up today, we'll get the latest on the humanitarian situation in Gaza |
| 0:19.4 | as the deadline approaches for the handover of the last remaining hostages being held by Hamas. |
| 0:25.6 | NGOs warn that a massive amount of aid is now needed in Gaza. |
| 0:29.8 | We were shocked into silence as we drove through parts of Sheikh Radwan and Jabalya. |
| 0:34.6 | It really is desperate and it makes you feel a bit sick to see that scale of |
| 0:40.1 | destruction and the impact that it is having on people's lives now and probably for weeks |
| 0:46.6 | and months to come. |
| 0:48.6 | We'll have more on that and we'll get the latest on the security situation in Gaza City |
| 0:53.6 | where there are reports of clashes |
| 0:55.7 | between rival gangs and Hamas forces. But first, to news hours Tim Franks in Jerusalem. |
| 1:01.9 | This is a city and a country holding its breath, preparing in the next few hours they hope |
| 1:08.0 | to be able to exhale. The expectations are that overnight, local time, |
| 1:12.4 | in the very early hours of the morning, the 20 remaining live hostages in Gaza will be handed |
| 1:18.2 | over by Hamas, first to the Red Cross, and then to the Israeli military. The Israeli Prime Minister |
| 1:23.8 | Biniamin Netanyahu, who many in Israel, the hostage families among them, |
| 1:28.4 | have said unnecessarily prolonged this war and delayed the release of the captives. |
| 1:33.5 | This evening, Israel time addressed the nation to claim victory. |
| 1:37.6 | It is a historic event that some people did not believe would happen, |
| 1:43.4 | but our soldiers did believe so. So many |
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