AS WE LEARN NEW DETAILS ABOUT PLANS TO RELEASE THE HOSTAGES.
RICHARD ENGEL IS IN JERUSALEM.
>> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN MORE
THAN 15 MONTHS OF WAR, SORROW
AND DESTRUCTION.
GAZA OBLITERATED, NEARLY 47,000
PEOPLE DEAD.
AND ISRAEL REELING AFTER A
SAVAGE HAMAS TERRORIST ATTACK
KILLED 1200 PEOPLE, 250 TAKEN
HOSTAGE.
TONIGHT IT MAY BE ENDING.
ISRAEL’S CABINET AGREEING TO THE
CEASE-FIRE AND HOSTAGE DEAL TO
GO INTO EFFECT SUNDAY.
BUT IT WILL BE A SLOW PROCESS.
ISRAEL WILL END ITS ASSAULT ON
GAZA AND RELEASE PALESTINIAN
PRISONERS.
BUT A PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE IS
STILL TO BE NEGOTIATED, AND
HAMAS HAS AGREED TO RELEASE 33
HOSTAGES IN THE FIRST PHASE, BUT
ONLY THREE ARE EXPECTED TO BE
RELEASED SUNDAY, ACCORDING TO
ISRAELI MEDIA.
DANIEL LIPSHITZ THINKS HE’LL
WAIT SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE HE
SEEING HIS GRANDFATHER.
WHAT’S GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND?
>> OF COURSE REALLY HAPPY.
UNTIL IT’S DONE, TRYING TO STAY
CALM UNTIL IT’S DONE BECAUSE WE
ARE DEALING WITH THE WORST
PEOPLE ON EARTH, THE WORST
TERRORISTS EXIST.
>> Reporter: WE VISITED HIS
HOUSE JUST AFTER OCTOBER 7th.
HERE’S THE WHOLE ROOF COLLAPSED.
HAMAS SHOT HIM, KIDNAPPED HIM
AND HIS WIFE AND BURNED THEIR
HOUSE DOWN.
TONIGHT DANIEL TELLING US HE’S
BEEN DESPERATELY WAITING FOR A
DEAL.
SO WHY NOW, DO YOU THINK?
>> TRUMP BEING ELECTED.
>> Reporter: IN GAZA AT A SOUP
KITCHEN, THIS 8-YEAR-OLD IS
WAITING TOO, HERE FOR HOURS WITH
HIS POT TO TAKE HOME TO HIS
FAMILY.
THE CROWDS ARE SO BIG, HE SAYS
HE OFTEN LEAVES EMPTY HANDED.
WHEN I HEARD THERE WAS A
CEASE-FIRE, I WAS HAPPY.
HERE THERE’S NO FOOD, HE SAID.
WHEN THE DISTRIBUTION BEGINS,
THE CHAOS IS TOTAL AND TRAGIC.
HE MANAGES TO GET SOME RICE AND
RUNS OFF.
THIS IS WHAT GAZA HAS BEEN
REDUCED TO AFTER 15 MONTHS OF
WAR AND SIEGE.
WITH A DEAL, FRAGILE AS IT IS,
THERE’S A CHANCE FOR RELEASE.
AS FOR THE HOSTAGE RELEASE,