Relatives of Israeli hostages prepare for their release
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Anticipation is growing in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv where families and friends of the remaining Israeli hostages have gathered ahead of their expected release by Hamas after two years of captivity in Gaza. Around twenty of them are thought to still be alive. As part of an exchange Israel will free nearly two-thousand Palestinian prisoners under the terms of the ceasefire deal brokered by the Trump administration. The US president, who is travelling to Israel, has said that he believes the ceasefire in Gaza will hold and that the war is over. Also: the leader of an elite army unit in Madagascar that sided with demonstrators against the president has been sworn in as the chief of the country's armed forces, leading to talk of a possible coup; how the temperature of your nose can determine your stress levels; and the actor, Tom Hollander, tells the BBC that live performance is crucial in fighting the growing use of AI on screen.
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| 0:40.4 | The remaining Israeli hostages are due to be released from Gaza shortly as part of a US-broker deal. |
| 0:46.1 | In exchange, Israel is expected to free nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. |
| 0:51.6 | Fears the growing of a military coup in the Indian Ocean Island of Madagascar. |
| 0:58.8 | Also in this podcast, how the temperature of your nose can determine your stress levels. |
| 1:05.1 | We hear about a new scientific expedition to the Antarctic and actor Tom Hollander says live performance is crucial |
| 1:13.0 | in fighting the growing use of AI on screen. AI is trying to achieve perfection the whole time |
| 1:19.7 | and what the real world will have on its side imperfection and mistakes, which is why live |
| 1:24.7 | performance will become more and more valuable. |
| 1:34.0 | We begin in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. |
| 1:51.2 | As we record this podcast, large crowds, many draped in Israeli flags have gathered for the long-awaited homecoming of the remaining 48 hostages. |
| 2:02.2 | About 20 of those taken by Hamas two years ago are thought to still be alive and will be reunited with their families very soon if the terms of the U.S. broker deal are honored. |
| 2:04.5 | These women are among the crowds. |
| 2:07.2 | We are here because we are very excited, |
| 2:13.9 | and we're here because we are waiting in anticipation for our people to come back. I'm not happy with the deal, but the most important thing is to get those hostages back. |
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