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.