Three more Israeli hostages and dozens of Palestinian prisoners have been released as part of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. But the relief felt by one newly freed father, Yarden Bibas, is bittersweet.
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00:00After 15 months in captivity in Gaza, Argentinian-Israeli Yarden Bibas is reunited with his parents.
00:12But it's a bittersweet celebration for the 35-year-old.
00:16He has been released without his wife and two young sons, who were kidnapped by Hamas
00:22alongside him.
00:24Hamas has said the three were killed in an Israeli airstrike, but Israel has not confirmed
00:30that.
00:31Yarden went home.
00:32After his wife Shiri and his children Ariel and Kafir, Terem went home.
00:38We have been looking for them for a long time.
00:42We are waiting for their response and investigating their fate.
00:46Before he was taken, Kafir, just nine months old, the youngest of the roughly 250 people
00:54taken by Hamas fighters on October 7th, 2023.
01:00The attack sparked a war that has killed more than 47,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza
01:06health authorities.
01:10Now there's a ceasefire in place between Israel and Hamas.
01:14As part of that deal, prisoner and hostage exchanges.
01:19In the latest, Hamas freed Bibas and two other male hostages.
01:25And Israel released more than 180 Palestinian prisoners.
01:30As the hostage and prisoner exchanges continue, Israelis call for the release of all the hostages.
01:37More than 70 remain in Gaza.
01:40Around half of them presumed dead, according to Israel.
01:44Some families are worried the ceasefire will not hold because of political factors.
01:52We the families waiting for our loved ones to be released in the next phases are very
01:59concerned.
02:01We turn and address US President Donald Trump, Mr. President, sir, we are deeply concerned
02:11that the extremists in the coalition and Netanyahu are attempting to sabotage the deal.
02:19With each hostage who comes home, a reminder of those who haven't.
02:25And of the long road ahead to end this war for good.
02:30James Lynn and Louise Watt for Taiwan Plus.