. i m kaitlan collins live tonight from israel. this is a special edition of the source because hours from now, a deal, if israel and hamas can keep it. weeks of negotiations have led both sides to this point where we are right now. if everything falls, what has been a very delicately choreographed script, some families will finally be able to breathe a sigh of relief. but failure will spell heartbreak for many of them. what we know now is that 13 israeli hostages who have spent weeks in hamas captivity are now scheduled to have freedom. dozens of palestinian prisoners are also slated for release in exchange for the release of those hostages. all of that is happening in addition to what is expected to be a complete pause in the fighting in gaza as we have seen aid trucks already lining up at the rafah crossing to go into gaza, desperately needed aid as you just heard. we ve already watched one delay to this deal followed by an intense burst of fighting happening on the g
i m gillian turner in for martha. breaking right now on this special edition of the story, we re learning more about the two dozen hostages released by hamas. here s red cross vans carrying them to safety a short while ago. among them, 13 israelis including young mothers like danielle and her mother, daron asher and her daughters. now, to the dismay of many people today, no americans have been freed as originally thought. president biden says he doesn t know as of now when they will be. meanwhile, prime minister benjamin netanyahu s senior adviser is standing by to give us more details. we begin first with fox team coverage, lucas tomlinson with president biden in nantucket. first, trey yingst on the ground in southern israel. here at the air base, some of those released hostages are receiving the first medical treatment in israel before they are taken to other regional hospitals. this has been a day of anticipation. so many across this country waiting to see if their l
this is cnn breaking news. welcome to cnn news central. we re tracking the release of 24 hostages now safe in israel. right now 13 israelis, ten thai citizens and one filipino citizen are free after 48 days as hostages of hamas and other groups in gaza. this video, you see the bus that was carrying them entering israel. this video taken moments ago. israeli officials say the freed hostages are en route to receive further medical care and to be reunited with their families. the 39 palestinian prisoners being released by israel in exchange today as part of this agreement are also as we understand it on the move. wolf? and we now have the names and ages of the 13 israelis who were released today. this is from the israeli government. let me read the names of those released and their ages. hannah, 76. adina, 72. karen, 54. daniel, 45. doron, 34. emilia, 5. raz, h4. aviv and channa. we have coverage of the developments unfolding. let s begin with clarissa ward at the children
palestinian prisoners, according to qatari officials. hamas will hand over these hostages to red cross workers somewhere inside gaza. they will then enter israel through one of two places, either directly from gaza, right here, or further south from egypt down here. once in israel, they will be taken directly to hospitals by helicopter. now, the larger agreement calls for a pause in fighting for four days, a total of 50 hostages of the estimated 236 being held will be freed. americans are not expected to be released today, but some are part of the four-day agreement that includes abigail adan, whose fourth birthday is today. she turns 4 today. she was kidnapped on october 7th by hamas terrorists, who murdered her parents. this morning, we have seen some aid trucks crossing through from egypt, through the rafah crossing. here are some images of that. this is part of the agreement. we have teams of reporters standing by at all the crossings and across the region. let s get righ
nic robertson, cnn, sderot, israel. and a special thanks to nic robertson for automatic this excellent reporting. to our viewer, thanks very much for watching. the sauource with kaitlan collins starts right now. good evening. i m kaitlan collins live from israel tonight as this is a special edition of the source. we are here on the ground in tel aviv, hours from now. a temporary truce is slated to begin and desperate families on both sides of the israel and gaza border will hopefully get an answer to their prayers. for some, it s an anxious wait that could be coming to an end as hamas does plan to release at least 13 hostages on the first day in exchange for 39 palestinian prisoners. israel has continued to pummel gaza tonight, but all the fighting is supposed to stop at midnight eastern, 7:00 a.m. local. that; of course, what that pause is going to look like if everything goes according to plan, and that is a big if here. the pause is going to last four days. and abo