Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners exchanged
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
More than two years after attacking Israel on October 7, 2023, Hamas has handed over the last 20 living hostages. Meanwhile, Israel has begun releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Donald Trump, who brokered the deal, has spoken to the Israeli parliament, hailing what he called the "dawn of a new Middle East".
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| 0:33.8 | I'm Barry Sanderson, and at 13 hours GMT on Monday the 13th of October, we're covering a major day of news in the Middle East. |
| 0:41.8 | All 20 of the living Israeli hostages, those taken more than two years ago in the 7th of October attacks, have been released. |
| 0:49.2 | Palestinian prisoners and detainees around 2,000 in total are also being freed. |
| 0:55.8 | And President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have both spoken to the Israeli Parliament, celebrating what |
| 1:00.9 | the US leader called the historic dawn of a new Middle East. |
| 1:10.0 | A monumental day for Israelis and Palestinians, as people from both sides were handed over as part of President Trump's ceasefire deal. |
| 1:18.5 | The last 20 living hostages held by Hamas and Gaza are now back in Israel after more than two years in captivity. |
| 1:24.7 | In exchange for the hostages, Israel is releasing 250 Palestinian |
| 1:29.5 | prisoners and more than 1,700 detainees and the first groups have begun arriving in Gaza |
| 1:35.0 | and the West Bank. In Israel, there was jubilation. Our correspondent Yuland Nell has spent the day |
| 1:40.4 | in what's become known as Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. |
| 1:49.0 | We've been hearing has been about the hostages, mainly focused on that, |
| 1:52.3 | with people tuned in to the main Israeli TV channels. |
| 1:57.4 | And then it's been punctuated with music, moments like this, |
| 1:59.0 | which are kind of moments of reflection. |
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