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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN ANCHOR: Well, hello and welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. I'm Becky Anderson live from Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt, where the ceasefire deal was agreed late last week and where a summit will be held Monday to formalize the first phase of this ceasefire agreement. The office of the Egyptian presidency says that leaders from more than 20 countries will be involved, including US President Donald Trump.

But first, a long and agonizing wait is almost over for Israel. In just one day, the remaining hostages in Gaza are set to be released. Israel's hostage coordinator has told families that the process is expected to start on Monday morning.

Well, these are live images from the Israel-Gaza border as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is still holding. Families have waited more than two years for this moment. On Saturday, thousands of people flocked to Tel Aviv for Hamas rally, many of them expressing hope about their loved ones return, as well as gratitude for those who brokered the deal.

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ZAHIRO SHAHAR MOR, NEPHEW OF SLAIN HOSTAGE AVRAHAM MUNDER: Today, we stand at a pivotal moment. A deal is on the table. We finally feel hope, but we cannot and would not stop now. Every single hostage must come home, the living and the deceased.

Every family deserves closure. Every family deserves to bring their loved ones home. Let's end this.

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ANDERSON: Both for Israelis and for Palestinians today, a feeling of mixture, a mixture of grief and joy, hope right now. CNN's Oren Liebermann has more on the mood in Tel Aviv.

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OREN LIEBERMANN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: There is a tremendous sense of anticipation here after two years of war, the return of the remaining hostages held in Gaza. Forty eight hostages set to be released, 20 of whom are believed to be alive, as we expect to see the first phase of the ceasefire agreement under President Donald Trump's 20 point proposal play out over the course of the next 48 hours or so.

Still, the anticipation here, we saw that and we felt it in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv throughout the day on Saturday. In the morning, there was a crowd of hundreds that were determined to be there and be together. Strangers coming together effectively as a family, waiting for the remaining hostages to come home and showing strength in a place that for so long. Hostages Square has been a location of mourning, desperation and anger, a very different feeling there.

And as it got into Saturday evening, we saw thousands, hundreds of thousands, according to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, packed the square and the surrounding streets. US Envoy Steve Witkoff was there and spoke, as did President Donald Trump's son in law, Jared Kushner. And every time they mentioned Trump, there was a loud and boisterous applause, a sense of thanks that you could very much feel for the person they view as making this happen, as pushing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to come to this agreement to sign the ceasefire to end the war and to bring the remaining hostages home.

When Witkoff tried to mention Netanyahu, a very different reaction boos across the crowd, loud and for quite some time here, until Witkoff was able to calm the crowd, and move on and say he was a part of making this moment happen. After we see Hamas release the remaining hostages, again, 20 of whom are believed to be alive, 28 of whom are deceased, we will see at some point after that.

Israel released 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences and 1,700 Palestinians detained since the beginning of the war. In preparation for that, Israel has already begun to move to Palestinian prisoners to locations and prisons in southern Israel from which they will be released and a number of them will be deported. The release of hostages, prisoners and detainees is the crucial first phase of this ceasefire agreement. After that comes the second phase, and that includes the international security force that's supposed to move into Gaza, the disarmament of Hamas as well as the rebuilding of Gaza.

But the details to make that happen crucially have yet to be worked out, and those will be very difficult negotiations that have to be held in the days ahead. Oren Liebermann CNN in Tel Aviv.

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ANDERSON: Well, let's get more now on what we can expect in these coming hours and indeed going forward. Amit Segal is an Israeli journalist. He is the chief political commentator for Israel's Channel 12 News and he writes a newsletter called "It's Noon in Israel." He joins me now from Jerusalem.

Amit, thank you. You are very well-sourced. What do to be the timing and process for the hostage release? AMIT SEGAL, ISRAELI JOURNALIST: It's supposed to be very short and hectic, commencing tomorrow at 6:00 AM Israeli time and ending, must end on Monday 12:00 PM. So there are six hours to release 20 live hostages and give or take, according to the assessment in the Israel intelligence, something like 19 to 20 bodies of deceased hostages, bringing it all together to 39 or 40.

This is the timeframe. And when you add to this the shortest visit in the history of the US Presidential visits in Israel, we can get one of the most hectic days in Israel's history.

ANDERSON: Yes. Just how challenging is that hostage release going to be on the ground? It'll be followed of course, by the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Just give us some detail, some sort of granular detail on what you would expect to be happening.

SEGAL: So yes. So first of all, according to the deal, the first Palestinian murderer is to be released only after the last Israeli hostage is backed home. However, because Hamas probably doesn't know the location of eight to nine bodies of deceased hostages, so what we might look is those 39, 40 hostages back in Israel and then Israel is to release all the terrorists in the first place.

We speak about something 250 murderers with the blood of something like 600 Israelis on their hands. And in addition, 1,700 detainees from this war except those who killed and murdered on October 7 itself.

ANDERSON: Can you just give me your sense, your response to the scenes that we saw in Hostages Square last night, late. Steve Witkoff there, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump speaking to tens, if not hundreds of thousands, of people supporting the hostage families.

Some cheers, some real support for Donald Trump and his role clearly in getting this deal across the line. Boos for the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. I just want to get your sense of what you saw.

SEGAL: I would like to explain to the American audience, Tel Aviv is mainly it's like a blue state in Israel. This is the most anti- Netanyahu place in the country. And I think if there are three people that are well familiar with derangement syndromes, they are Witkoff, Kushner and Ivanka Trump.

So they are quite familiar with the fact that Netanyahu is not the most popular figure there to say the least. There is anger from least the center left is on the way. Netanyahu have been treating this hostage deal policy.

On the other side, there is a wide cross camp support for the deal in Israel. Something like 80 percent who support to 8 percent only that oppose. So I'm not sure to say the least that many Israelis liked this booze in the square. First of all, because half of the country doesn't agree with the fact that Netanyahu was not to be praised for deal.

Second, because I'm not sure this is, I mean, to boo a special US envoy to the Middle East only because the -- President Netanyahu is not something very smart in my opinion.

ANDERSON: Well, I'm not sure. I think, you know, let's be quite clear. I don't think the people in that square last night were booing Steve Witkoff. They were, and it was clear he wasn't -- I don't think surprised by what he was hearing.

SEGAL: Of course they praised him and they said they hail to Trump. However, when he tried to say something positive about Netanyahu, it was a lot of boos.

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However, when he tried to say something positive about Netanyahu, there was a lot of booze.

ANDERSON: Amit, I want to bring up a map of the Israeli withdrawal line in Gaza. This was released by the Trump administration. You've been reporting that Israel's withdrawal in Gaza is significantly deeper than known.

Obviously, this is very much part of the ceasefire deal, holding together at this point in anticipation of the release of hostages and a huge surge in humanitarian aid. What can you tell us about that and why?

ANDERSON: So first of all, according to the maps, which are quite illustrated to be honest, Israel is to control, to hold at least 63 percent of the Gaza Strip territory. However, when you take a deep look at reports from soldiers on the ground, Israel now holds something like 41 percent only. And the soldiers in Israel alike are worried that Israel is giving up something because of secret agreements between Trump, Qatar, Hamas and Israel.

From what I understand, this is not the case. There are two reasons why there is a difference. One is that, because Gaza has a very tough geographical conditions, in order to have a military control, you sometimes have to locate your bases in a place behind.

You can't have your last base on the last inch. This is one thing. And the second thing is, that there are places from which hostages are to be brought, from tunnels under the ground. So till tomorrow, Israel cannot be there in order not to hinder the efforts by Hamas to actually bring back all the hostages.

ANDERSON: Just briefly, what's your understanding the extent of Netanyahu and his government's commitment to phase two of this plan and to organize and implement the future of Gaza's security and governance?

SEGAL: So it's like a quid pro quo. Israel and I think most of Israelis would be quite happy if the job, the dirty job of dismantling each and every tunnel and demilitarizing Gaza Strip would be done by outsourcing rather than by the IDF. Only last night another soldier died of his wounds in a hospital in Israel.

However, there's quite a skepticism in Israel that it might be done first because of the enemy Hamas and second, because it takes more than two battalions to take care of the entire Gaza Strip. So there is going to be a very long negotiation in Egypt, way longer than the negotiation to bring back all the hostages.

There is what I would define as a cautious pessimism about the chances of this being agreed. Israel, the Israeli leadership believes it has guarantees for President Trump that if Hamas is not demilitarized, then we saw yesterday the pictures of Hamas so-called police officers guarding Gaza and shooting opposition figures.

So Israel might be able to finish the job as President Trump defined it in the press conference in the White House two and a half weeks ago. But I think it's a question More of 2026 than 2025.

ANDERSON: All right, good to have you. Thank you very much for your perspective from Jerusalem today.

Well, more now on Donald Trump's expected visit to Israel on Monday. An onward trip to here, Sharm El-Sheikh, where I am, for a summit with Arab, and Muslim and European leaders. Nic Robertson is here in Sharm El Sheikh and he filed this report.

NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: This is characterized as a summit by the Egyptian leadership, which are hosting this and hosted the last round and the sort of final round of talks that pushed the phase one over the line. And there'll be a lot of people here. There will be some sort of signing ceremony.

What's being signed? Who signs it? Will the Israelis? Will Prime Minister Netanyahu have signed it before the document gets here? None of that is clear at the moment. But what we do know is the leaders that were involved in supporting this from Europe, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, who just in the past couple of days has hosted a meeting to kind of hammer out that after day one, things that are required humanitarian steps, rebuilding steps for Gaza.

He'll be here, the Italian prime minister, the German chancellor, the British prime minister. The British prime minister says here going to come here. He'll praise the Egyptians, the Qatarist, the Turks, all who help mediate this, or praise President Trump for what he did.

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But it'll also say, look, we have to focus and this is what you were raising there on phase two. We have to focus, he will say on the force that will oversee the disarmament, that will oversee the ceasefire, an international security force. Well, the Hill say we need to focus on building that. And also discuss, you know, the details around forming this transitional government.

Also at the summit, you'll have the leaders of what's been called now the New York. Those are the eight Muslim majority and Arab leaders who met with President Trump, who listened to his 21 point plan, became a 20 point plan. So you'll have obviously the Egyptian president, the Turkish president, Jordanian king will be here. The Emirates will be represented here. The crown prince of Saudi Arabia is expected here. So to the

Indonesian leader, the Pakistan leader and as well as a couple of others there.

ANDERSON: Well, aid groups are standing by, hoping to surge aid into Gaza as the ceasefire takes hold. We're going to have a lot more on that after this.

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ANDERSON: Welcome back. I'm Becky Anderson in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt. In Gaza, thousands of Palestinians displaced during the war have been streaming back home, but they are finding next to nothing there. Busy neighborhoods that were once full of life are now deserted areas littered with debris. Since the ceasefire began, around 150 bodies have been recovered from the rubble across the enclave. Here's how one woman described the devastation.

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SHADHA AL-NAJJAR, FROM THE BANI SUHALLA AREA: The scale of destruction is indescribable. Nothing remains in its place. All our bedrooms are destroyed. Only the roof remains intact. It hasn't collapsed, so that will shelter us in winter. But it may take 50 years to restore it to what it was.

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ANDERSON: Well, the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is allowing critical aid to flow freely into Gaza. Egyptian state media reports about 400 trucks carrying food, medical supplies and fuel are expected to enter southern Gaza in the hours ahead. New video shows lines of trucks in Egypt's border city of Rafah moving towards Gaza around 6:00 o' clock in the morning. As part of this ceasefire deal, Israel agreed to allow 600 trucks into Gaza every day.

Well, Tom Fletcher, the UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs issued a statement saying, and I quote, "I am writing at a moment of great hope and expectation on Gaza, but with caution at the potential challenges ahead, and trepidation at the scale of the humanitarian effort required. I've been in close touch with our teams on the ground and survivors in Gaza, and the near Oz kibbutz."

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"Palestinian and Israeli civilians have long waited and hoped for this moment, and we have worked hard to get here. It must not be a false dawn."

Samer Abdeljaber is the World Food Programme's Regional Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe. He joins me this morning from Cairo.

Can you just explain for our viewers exactly what the aid situation is, what the needs are in Gaza? And when it comes to trucks at the border? What are you hearing, what's the scale and scope of the effort and what do you expect to get in and when?

SAMER ABDELJABER, REGIONAL DIRECTOR, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME: Thank you, Becky. Good morning. It's good to be with you again.

Actually, we are actually ready. We're planning more than 80 trucks a day to go into Gaza. Our teams on the ground are actually preparing. In the last couple of days, were able to get some commodities in. But for us, the challenge now is to make sure that we're able to scale to the levels that can bring food to people.

I mean, our priority is to get the bakeries running. So we have 10 that we've managed in the last week or so to get them functional, and we want to scale it to 30. But we want to make sure that we are able to get in the food supplies that we have at the crossings to make sure that we're able to feed the whole population of Gaza. 1.6 million people is the target that we're aiming for.

ANDERSON: Yes. And I think that bakeries issue is a really important one. Just explain for our viewers around the world why it is that you prioritize getting those bakeries up and running, and where.

ABDELJABER: So it's across Gaza Strip that we're trying to get them back running. And honestly, this is -- the smell of bread gives people hope that things are going to get back to normal. And this is why we believe that it's a very important food commodity.

People in Gaza would want to see back on their tables. And that's why for us, it's a very important thing to get them functional, to make sure the distribution networks of the bread and also the parcels that we want to get into Gaza smoothly gets to people so that anxiety levels go down, so that they can trust that more food is going to come in the next days.

ANDERSON: And as I understand it, WFP has enough food for the next three months to feed up to 1.6 million people. As you've just said, that is, what, bread, wheat flour and family food parcels. So walk us through the process as you understand it in getting that those supplies from where they are at present onto the ground in Gaza. What's the process and how will it get there?

ABDELJABER: Yes. So we have a sophisticated supply chain network at the moment. We have food in Ashdod, we have food on the Jordan corridor, and we have food at the Egyptian corridor. That's going to be prioritized to get into Gaza. At the moment, we are aware of two crossings that are operational, Kerem Shalom and Kissufim.

And of course we're advocating and working and hoping that more crossings will be allowing us to actually get that to scale. The total amount of food that's ready, food on wheels, is around 54,000 metric tons, which is enough to feed people for more than a month. The remaining 170,000, the gap between the 54 and 170 is actually within our pipeline that is going to be coming in the next days and weeks to those three corridors to make sure that we're able to get them through the crossings into Gaza.

Of course, the most difficulty for us at the moment is to make sure inside Gaza, we have the ability and the conditions to be able to pick it up and get them into more than 145 distribution points that we want to make sure that can be operating across the Gaza Strip.

ANDERSON: And just explain how the WFP is efforting to ensure that these trucks are safe and secure. We've talked a lot about desperate people doing desperate things when they see aid suddenly surging and becoming available. So what is the security setup as you understand it?

ABDELJABER: So for us, it's important that we get in flow of aid at scale and that will bring anxiety levels down. With people movements at the moment, we need to diversify the crossing use and also the routes inside Gaza to make sure that it safely reaches the bakeries, it safely reach as the distribution points that we're trying to set up.

And of course, community engagement is one of our key strategy to make sure that the communities themselves are helping WFP to make sure that the commodities are reaching those destinations that we're aiming to get to.

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ANDERSON: Are you concerned about security on the ground? I mean, do you feel that you are getting enough from COGAT, for example, the Israeli coordination unit, which helps -- which is charged with ensuring that these supplies move safely and securely?

ABDELJABER: Of course we are concerned, Becky. The thing is, it's not easy because at the moment there are no proper roads inside Gaza. So we need to make sure that we're able to remove some of the rebels and clear roads so that the trucks could move at scale.

We're coordinating with COGAT and all the counterparts to make sure we're able to really scale up the flow of aid inside Gaza. So concerned of lack of law and order, absolutely. And that's why we want to make sure that we're getting at scale so at least the community trust that WFP is there.

We have great team on the ground, national and international staff that are really working 24/7 to make sure that the community engagement is at speed, to make sure that the coordination and the facilitation, and the advocacy that is needed to get those food networks back online.

ANDERSON: And talking to sources involved in this, as I understand it, 500 to 600 trucks are promised into Gaza a day, 500 to 600. And all UN agencies are cleared to support the effort. There are estimates finally that 90 percent of Gaza's water facilities have been destroyed. What will it take to restore the clean, the flow of clean drinking water, Samer?

ABDELJABER: I'm not an expert in water, but what I can tell you, absolutely it's not just food that is needed. At the moment, food, water and sanitation supplies but at the same time, we need to make sure health facilities are working and shelter facilities to make sure that the people in Gaza are able to really have a dignified response from all the partners.

And this actually reminds me of the point that what WFP is trying to do is not just for WFP operations. We are the lead in logistic cluster and we're trying to make sure that part of our supply chain is enabling all the other humanitarian partners to get in all their supplies that are needed across all those crossings. So to get to the number of trucks that we were getting through.

ANDERSON: Yes. That is a really important point and I'm glad you brought that up. I mean, WFP integral to the kind of, you know, the effective working of this wider operation. Samer, it's good to have you this morning. Thank you very much indeed for joining us.

ABDELJABER: Thank you very much.

ANDERSON: Still ahead, Wolf Blitzer is in Tel Aviv where he gets perspective from a former hostage. That is up next.

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ANDERSON: Well, welcome back to our breaking news coverage in the Middle East. I'm Becky Anderson live in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt, where the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was finalized last week and where Donald Trump will join leaders from Arab, mostly Muslim countries, and European leaders for a summit held here on Monday. The highly anticipated release of all the remaining hostages held in Gaza is expected to happen on Monday morning. That is according to Israel's hostage coordinator.

Well, thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to celebrate the ceasefire deal reached by Israel and Hamas this week. Some of the hostages families spoke at the massive rally and thanked US President Donald Trump for his role in the negotiations.

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EINAV ZENGAUKER, MOTHER OF HOSTAGE MATAN ZANGAUKER: This is the 736th day that our loved ones are held in Hamas captivity. But soon they will come back to us. My excitement is so great, there are no words to describe it. And together with me, together with us, the whole people of Israel who want the hostages home and expect to see them all return.

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ANDERSON: Well, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a central Israeli hospital on Friday that's preparing to treat some of the released hostages. Twenty are believed to be alive and will be returned home along with the remains of the 28 deceased.

With the hope for final release of all the remaining hostages appearing near, CNN's Wolf Blitzer spoke with a former hostage, Aviva Siegel, about the meaning of what finally could be about to unfold. Have a listen. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: Aviva Siegel, thank you so much for being here. You were a hostage. Your husband, Keith Siegel, was a hostage. He's American. You're originally from South Africa, but you've lived almost your whole life here in Israel. Tell us how you feel today.

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AVIVA SIEGEL, FORMER HOSTAGE: I'm the happiest. I'm smiling. I feel my heart's in a different place, and I just want them back so badly. I come from a community, kibbutz Kfar Aza. We've got two twins. And can you think about the same mother with two kids that are 28 years old in Gaza, waiting for two years for them to come back. I know them since --

BLITZER: Your two twins are still in Gaza.

SIEGEL: Still in Gaza.

BLITZER: What are their names?

SIEGEL: Gali and Zivi, and they're still there. And I can't wait. I just can't wait to jump on them and scream, and to hug their mom and say, OK, you can smile now.

BLITZER: And we know for sure they're still alive.

SIEGEL: We know that they. Sure, we know that.

BLITZER: Good.

SIEGEL: Yes.

BLITZER: God willing. So will you be there, God willing, when they arrive here in Israel?

SIEGEL: Sure.

BLITZER: You'll be hugging them?

SIEGEL: I'll be hugging them. I'll be hugging the family, their mom and all the hostages' families. We become like one big, huge family all together. I know so many of them, and I just want to hug everybody. I want to jump into the air and dance.

And I just want the world to understand that the good needs to win. People need to come home, and just live, and live a life with their families. They don't deserve to be there underneath the ground, begging to live.

I touched death with Keith. Keith, my husband, was there for a year and four months. I was there for 51 days, and I touched death so many times.

BLITZER: How did you get out and how did Keith get out? SIEGEL: I got it out on a deal. A deal that all the women and the

children after 51 days. He stayed there for a year and four months, and he came out on a deal.

BLITZER: And he's American?

SIEGEL: He's American.

BLITZER: And he was just, you told me in Washington meeting with President Trump.

SIEGEL: Yes.

BLITZER: He didn't meet President Trump. He spoke to him. And I want to say that Keith, since he came back for the last eight months, has been five times in the States.

I was there 17 times. I met everybody that you can think about. I met more than a hundred congressmen and I became very close to Witkoff. I talk to him all the time. And I want to thank President Trump.

BLITZER: You're talking about the President's personal special envoy, Steve Witkoff?

SIEGEL: Yes. And he's working hard around the clock, and I want to thank him for that from the bottom of my heart. I want to thank him from this whole country. We need to smile. We've been waiting for it for too long. It's been so sad, just so sad.

And for us, Keith and I, being a hostage, knowing what's happening there and what they're feeling, the hostages is one of the worst things that any person can go through.

BLITZER: So many of the hostage families I've been seeing here at Hostage Square are telling me they give so much credit to President Trump for making this happen.

SIEGEL: You know, I want to say that he's got such a big part in it, and I want to thank him, and we all want to thank him. But I do know that soldiers have been working so hard and so many of them have died.

BLITZER: Israeli soldiers?

SIEGEL: Israeli soldiers have died because they've done everything they could to bring the hostages home. So I think it's like a work that they did together. And our president, Bibi Netanyahu, has pushed and wants them home alive.

And we've got so many hostages that didn't make it. So it's a very happy moment because I think the little ones that will come back and will be able to live their lives with their families and their families have been waiting. But there's lots of sadness of the ones that will never come back alive.

BLITZER: A lot of people here are so excited, like you are, so happy that this is about to take place, but they're also so nervous that God forbid something could go wrong. Are you among them?

SIEGEL: No. I'm happy it's going to happen. I'm keeping my strength for good things, and it's going to happen. It can't not happen, it just can't not happen. It's going to happen.

I believe that from the minute I heard that the deal is coming true, I believe it. And I've been around people that have asked me, are you sure about it and what happens if it doesn't happen? I'm sure about it. It's going to happen.

BLITZER: I'm with you. I hope you get to hug all those hostages who are coming back very soon.

SIEGEL: Can I give you a hug?

BLITZER: Please. OK.

SIEGEL: Thank you.

BLITZER: You touched my heart.

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ANDERSON: The release of those hostages, a reminder expected on Monday morning. Well, Donald Trump has spoken about this being a new do just for Israelis and Palestinians, but for the wider region as well. After speaking at the Knesset on Monday, he'll come here to Sharm El-Sheikh to join those leaders from Arab Muslim majority countries, along with a number of European leaders who have been involved in mediating this deal and supporting the roadmap for peace designed by Donald Trump.

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And they'll be here for a signing ceremony and summit on Monday afternoon, right. More from us in the coming hours, for the time being, though, I want to pass you back to Ben Hunt who is in Atlanta. Ben?

BEN HUNTE, CNN ANCHOR: Thank you so much. There's a lot going on, let's get into it. Pro-Palestinian demonstrations took place around the world on Saturday, a day after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect.

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UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKERS: No more lives. Occupation no more.

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HUNTE: Protesters in London waved Palestinian flags while chanting Free Palestine and occupation no more. Police patrolled the event and were seen removing people from the crowd.

Meanwhile, around 5,000 Palestinian supporters took to the streets of Berlin. These demonstrations come as the first phase of the ceasefire is being implemented. But some attendees questioned whether the US Broker deal will last while also criticizing Israel.

Ukraine is hoping for some diplomatic momentum from the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke of US President Donald Trump on Saturday, saying the progress in Gaza could set an example for Ukraine. Kevin Liptak has the details.

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kevin liptak cnn CNN White House reporter: President Trump's phone call on Saturday with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy just underscored that for all of the success that the President has had in brokering this agreement in Gaza, the war in Ukraine still remains an outstanding conflict that he has so far been unsuccessful in trying to resolve.

In this phone call, which Zelenskyy described as positive and productive, the Ukrainian leader congratulated the President for his success in this Gaza arrangement. And he wrote on social media that, "if a war can be stopped in one region, then surely other wars can be stopped as well including the Russian war," suggesting that the President's success in the Middle East could lend momentum to his efforts to try and resolve the Ukraine conflict.

That does reflect something that I've heard from administration officials over the last several days, which is that the President's deal making success between Israel and Hamas could potentially lend further grist to his efforts to try and resolve the Ukraine war. Now, how exactly that happens remains unclear. So far, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin has shown no signs that he's ready to let up in Ukraine. And President Trump's efforts to arrange a trilateral meeting between Zelenskyy, Putin and himself have so far been unsuccessful.

One thing that I think it's almost certain that Zelenskyy and Trump discussed on this phone call was Zelenskyy's requests for those long range Tomahawk missiles that would allow Ukraine to strike much further inside Russian territory.

President Trump said last week that, quote, he had sort of made a decision on whether to provide those weapons to Ukraine, but that he wanted to hear from Kiev first about how precisely it planned to use them. Now, this conversation occurring as President Trump prepared to depart for the Middle East. He's expected to leave on Sunday afternoon for Israel, where he will address the parliament there, the Knesset.

He will also travel to Sharm El-Sheikh, the Egyptian Red Sea resort where this deal was finalized last week. He's expected to participate in a signing ceremony there. Also on hand will be another of a number of his foreign counterparts, including the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, and the French president, Emmanuel Macron.

Now, I think the sentiment inside the administration in the lead up to this trip was probably best vocalized by Jared Kushner, the President's son-in-law, who was speaking in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on Saturday when he said that they were not going to sell celebrate that night. They would celebrate once the hostages come out. You know, the administration acknowledges that this is still quite a fragile moment. As one US official said last week, "there's still just a lot of ways that this can go wrong. So certainly a sense of celebration and anticipation, but also a recognition that this deal remains a delicate one." Kevin Liptak, CNN, the White House.

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HUNTE: At least 15 people were arrested in a protest outside an immigration enforcement facility near Chicago on Saturday as tensions mount between the state and Donald Trump. The protest was declared an unlawful assembly with police in riot gear as they advanced on protesters. Video shows the protesters clashing with the police.

And in this video, workers are seen installing a barricade around the ICE facility. That comes after a judge ruled a fence they installed earlier had to be taken down because it extended into the middle of the roadway. The Department of Homeland Security says the fencing is needed because the local government is failing to control crowds of protesters.

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Meanwhile, all of this comes as a federal appeals court ruled that the National Guard's troops cannot be deployed in Illinois as the court process plays out. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals also said that the troops could remain federalized for the time being. And these rulings are in response to President Donald Trump's efforts to deploy the National Guard to Chicago following protests at that ICE facility.\

Last week, Trump ordered troops from Texas and Oregon to assist in quelling protests. However, local leaders say police have the situation under control and that sending in the National Guard only adds fuel to the fire.

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BERTO AGUAYO, POLICY CO-CHAIR LATINO LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: Our city is under siege. Our communities are being terrorized and torn apart. And every single person who looks brown is scared because, you know, despite their claim that they're going after the worst over the worst, they're going after citizens and undocumented people alike.

Reports show that over 71 percent of people that have been detained have no criminal records. They're going after families, they're going after tamales street vendors, they're going after people just coming outside of Home Depot. And that's what we're witnessing on the ground, and that's what we're seeing.

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HUNTE: This ruling is the latest in the battle between Trump and Democratic led cities and states as courts decide whether he's exceeded his authority by deploying troops to Oregon and Illinois.

A tightly knit community in Tennessee is in mourning after a grim assessment from officials after an enormous blast at a military explosives plant. No survivors have been found, and they're assuming 16 people have died. CNN's Isabel Rosales has more on that investigation.

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ISABEL ROSALES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: We've learned that all families have now been notified. And the big update here is that the number of those presumed dead has actually gone down from 18 people to 16, after the sheriff's office were able to locate two individuals who were not inside of the building.

But the work still continues, the investigative work to figure out the cause of this explosion and also DNA work to try and identify these remains. The sheriff saying that the families of these workers understandably are upset. The Sheriff of Humphreys County, Chris Davis, was visibly pushing back his words.

He was upset. He revealed that he himself personally knew some of these individuals killed at the explosion. Meanwhile, another person who was hurting is Janie Brown, who sought comfort at a prayer vigil. She says she knew or worked with some of the victims. Listen.

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JANIE BROWN, NEARBY RESIDENT, FRIEND OF VICTIMS: It's gonna be a sad day in our community for a while. They were loved by their families and by their communities. They've been all around the communities. Everybody knew them and it's just a sad, sad day.

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ROSALES: Sheriff Davis warned that this could take a matter of days, if not weeks to come to answer as to the cause of this explosion. And further complicating that and slowing investigative efforts down is that this is what the sheriff described as a volatile environment due to unexploded ordinance. They're working to clear that out and to further make progress in this investigation. Isabel Rosales, CNN, Bucksnort, Tennessee.

HUNTE: OK. When we return, Diane Keaton, a truly original movie star, has died. We'll take a look at the legacy that she leaves behind in film and beyond.

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HUNTE: A Hollywood original, Diane Keaton has died at 79. The Oscar winning actress was loved for her award winning film roles, her dramatic and comedic moments and her quirk style. CNN's Stephanie Elam takes a look back at her storied career.

STEPHANIE ELAM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Skilled at both drama and comedy, Diane Keaton was one of Hollywood's most enduring actresses. Born Diane Hall, the LA native landed her first major roles in Broadway productions like "Hair" and Woody Allen's "Play It Again Sam," a role she later reprised on the big screen.

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ELAM: But it was another Woody Allen romantic comedy that launched her into stardom, "Annie Hall."|

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ELAM: The 1977 classic was loosely based on her relationship with Allen, and showcased her quirky personality and style. It also earned her an Academy Award for best actress.

DIANE KEATON, ACTRESS: Annie Hall gave me everything. Annie Hall gave me the opportunity to do all the things that I've been privileged to do.

ELAM: She was Allen's muse in several of his other films including "Interiors" and "Manhattan."

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ELAM: Keaton made her mark in dramas as well. She played Kay Adams, the wife of mob boss Michael Corleone, in the iconic "Godfather" films.

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KEATON: I think that she was not a typical mafia wife, that's the problem. She didn't fit. She was the wrong fit. And I thought that was what was interesting about my part. I remember always the door being shut in my face.

ELAM: Keaton also gave a powerful performance in the dark, violent "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" and earned Oscar nominations for her work with then boyfriend Warren Beatty in "Reds" and opposite Meryl Streep in the family drama "Marvin's Room."

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ELAM: Keaton turned to lighter fare in later years, starring in comedies like "Father of the Bride," "the First Wives Club" and "Something's Gotta Give."

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ELAM: Off screen, Keaton's attire generated buzz and made her a fashion icon and influencer. Her self-styled gender bending wardrobe first grabbed attetion in "Annie Hall" and often featured men's ties, suits, vests, thick belts and hats.

And while she had relationships with a few of her famous co-stars, Keaton never married. She did adopt two children in her 50s and in addition to acting, directed TV shows, wrote best selling memoirs, and pursued her passions of photography and preserving historic buildings. Diane Keaton, a Hollywood original who brought her unique, unconventional style to a host of unforgettable roles.

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HUNTE: Well, thank you for joining me and the team. I'm Ben Hunte in Atlanta. CNN's Becky Anderson has more of our breaking news coverage after this short break. See you tomorrow.

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