1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: Incredible scenes out of Tel Aviv, well out of Gaza City. Actually, 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: when it comes to the release of the hostages, three 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: hostages from Israel have now been released by Hummas. So 4 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: you've got these hooded Hummas terrorists with AK forty seven's 5 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: handing over three young Israeli women to the Red Cross, 6 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,280 Speaker 1: who will then hand them over to the IDF. The 7 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:22,759 Speaker 1: three hostages have been handed back. At the same time, 8 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:27,480 Speaker 1: you've got hundreds of Palestinian prisoners being released from Israel. 9 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: And Jeffrey Miller is with us this morning for the 10 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: very latest. Jeffrey, good morning to you, international morning. Good 11 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: to have you on the show, an international geopolitical analyst. 12 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: Of course, this has been a sort of a touch 13 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: and go overnight, hasn't it. 14 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 2: It has, And we all had our breath last night 15 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 2: when the seaspile was delayed for several hours and there 16 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 2: was a possibility perhaps that the whole thing would have 17 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 2: fallen over, But in the end it was just delayed 18 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 2: and it has come into fall them. That's good news 19 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: for all of Palestinians, for Israelis as well. Has just 20 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 2: been catastrophic's been devastating over the past fifteen months and 21 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 2: it's just such good news to see this ceasefire in 22 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 2: place and those first hostages returning to their families. 23 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: And obviously everyone's hoping that it holds. Phase one is 24 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:19,320 Speaker 1: thirty three hostages in exchange for about two thousand Palestinians. 25 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: Do you expect it to hold? 26 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 2: Look, it's anyone's guess. Really, it's just so early, i 27 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,600 Speaker 2: think in the piece to really make any great productions. 28 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 2: It's a very complex deal. It's a three phad deal, 29 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 2: and we won't get the details of the second phase 30 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: until the fortnight's time, So basically in a fortnight's time 31 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:44,479 Speaker 2: they will begin talks on the specifics of the second 32 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 2: phase of the deal. So at the moment, Israel still 33 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 2: has some forces around Gaza, and then in the second 34 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 2: phase they meant to make a complete withdrawal. But it's 35 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,400 Speaker 2: very much that it's very much dependent on the success 36 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 2: of the first phase. So you know, really, if you 37 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: want the Sea Star to be a success, the message 38 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 2: for both Israelis and Palestinians and for Hamas is ready 39 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,399 Speaker 2: that they've got to make it work and they've got 40 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 2: to hold up their end of the bargain. And that's 41 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:15,240 Speaker 2: just critical because we just cannot go back to what 42 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 2: we've had. Almost forty seven thousand Palestinians have been killed 43 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 2: in this war. It's been devastating, of course for Israel 44 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,280 Speaker 2: as well. We shouldn't forget those twelve hundred Israelis who 45 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 2: were killed way back on October seven, twenty twenty three, 46 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 2: and they've been many Israeli soldiers killed in the wars 47 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 2: as well. So it's been an absolute catastrophic event for 48 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 2: the Middle East. It's transformed the Middle East, and we 49 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 2: can all hope that this is the beginning of a 50 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:44,399 Speaker 2: new dawn and that things will get better from here 51 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 2: on in. 52 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 1: Absolutely, Jeffrey, thank you for that. Jeffrey Miller, international geopolitical 53 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: analyst here on news Talk said, we've just gone thirteen 54 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 1: minutes after seven o'clock. It is fascinating watching these pictures 55 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: and people Palestinians now returning home, but their homes are 56 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 1: all just rubble, some of them saying, well, I'll pitch 57 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 1: a tent on top of the rubble because this is 58 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: what I used to call home, this is where I 59 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: used to live, and this is where I'll return to. 60 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: But I mean, what kind of life are you going 61 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: to start living there? And Who runs Gaza after all 62 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 1: of this is the next big question. For more from 63 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 1: the Mic Asking Breakfast, listen live to news talks i'd 64 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: Be from six am weekdays, or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.