After Hamas said it will release six living Israeli hostages and return four bodies, family members expressed both happiness and grief ahead of the release, while Palestinians in Gaza maintain hope that the ceasefire will hold.
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00:00Family members of Israeli hostages held in Gaza expressed mixed emotions of happiness
00:07and grief ahead of the next release.
00:11The mother of a hostage held by Hamas who is not slated to be released in the first
00:15phase of the ceasefire said she is worried about the ceasefire holding.
00:20I'm scared. I won't get to the point where I can hug him and feel him again and start
00:29our lives again. There is a chance this is the end. And I'm really terrified. And we
00:38haven't got to the second stage yet.
00:41The surprise acceleration and releases were apparently in trade for Israel's allowing
00:46mobile homes and construction equipment into Gaza. Israel began allowing entry of rubble
00:53removing equipment on Tuesday, including bulldozers from Egypt that were seen cleaning rubble
00:58near the Rafah border crossing.
01:00Meanwhile, Palestinians in Gaza expressed hope that the ceasefire will hold as the first
01:05phase nears its end. The warring sides have yet to negotiate the second phase, in which
01:11Hamas will release dozens more hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli
01:16withdrawal.