This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Miles, and in the early hours of Monday the 20th of January, these are our main

stories. The first three Israeli hostages released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire deal have been

reunited with their families in Israel. And a short time later...

Romi, Dohron and Emily, an entire nation embraces you, he said, welcome home.

A video message from the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank, crowds have gathered outside of a prison to see the first 90 Palestinian prisoners

freed in exchange for the three Israelis. And a ceasefire deal has allowed more aid into Gaza,

as many displaced people there return to what's left of their homes.

Massive indescribable destruction, unlike anything history has ever witnessed before.

But God willing, we will rebuild and live.

We hear from our Gaza correspondent.

Also in this podcast, in other news, TikTok has been restored in the United States after Donald Trump said he would allow the app to return.

There were many false starts in the efforts to bring an end to the conflict in Gaza,

but on Sunday the latest diplomatic push came to fruition. After 15 months in captivity,

three Israeli hostages were released by Hamas in Gaza.

That was the moment the family of Romy Gornin, one of the women released, heard the news. Her father

jumps in the air before breaking down in tears with his face in his hands.

In Tel Aviv, the hostage releases were met with huge cheers by Israelis watching the news on a large public screen.

Our correspondent Anna Foster was also there.

It's not officially called Hostages Square in Tel Aviv.

It's the square outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

But it is a place that has become synonymous with the Israeli hostages in the 470 days since

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