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BBC Breakfast Interrupts Show for Live Update on Gaza Ceasefire, Expected Hostage–Prisoner Exchange

The broadcast said Hamas would free 20 people thought to be alive plus 28 bodies under a US‑backed truce.

Overview

  • Presenters Sally Nugent and Jon Kay told viewers the exchange was due to begin as the programme went on air.
  • The hosts reported crowds gathering in Tel Aviv and families assembling at the Re’im military base awaiting news of releases.
  • They said aid lorries were crossing into Gaza and that people were returning to the territory’s north with much of Gaza City in ruins.
  • Guest Nivi Feldman of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum became tearful as she described reports of hostages being chained, beaten and not fed daily.
  • Viewers reacted emotionally on social media, with messages expressing heartbreak for families and hopes for a lasting peace.