Not about the earthquakes, but in israel right now where fears are building over what some suspect could be an imminent attack on the part of iran responding to an Israeli Attack on one of their top commanders in syria and that theyre going to respond not only against israel, but maybe u. S. Interests in the region. Lucas tomlinson following the fastmoving developments and whats at stake. Lucas. All right, iran has vowed to avenge the deaths of the killing of the senior commanders. The same day the aide workers were killed in gaza and thats caused Israeli Forces to go on heightened alert and President Bidens call with benjamin netanyahu, and President Biden demand ago immediate ceasefire in gaza. He did seem hopeful when speaking to reporters yesterday when leaving for baltimore. Did you threaten to stop military aid to israel. I asked them on what theyre doing. Are you abandoning israel . Are you abandoning israel . And neil, its notable the state department, the u. S. Government has
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us.. i m kasie e hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly. happening today, hamas is getting ready to release ten more hostages. that is the plan after the temporary truce with israel was extended. and new this morning, israeli officials tell cnn their families have been notified. fourth round of hamas captives were released yesterday, late afternoon. a mother and her 3-year-old twin daughters were among those released. their father, though, still being held hostage. take a look at this new video, showing 12-year-old getting a big hug from his mom, reuniting after spending 51 days in captivity. this morning, brand new details about the conditions hostages endured and the trauma they re grappling with now, like this 13-year-old, who talks about what happened to her in the third person. she says she saw horrible things but she say it with a straight face. it s like
happening now, breaking news. dramatic developments here in the middle east. the first major release of hostages since the hamas attacks on october 7th. 13 israelis and 11 foreign nationals finally free from gaza after nearly seven weeks. i m wolf blitzer live in tel aviv, israel. and i m jim acosta here in washington. president biden is vowing to return every single american hostage even though none were included in today s agreement. as the president says it s unclear if americans will be included in the next release but praised today s hand-off as a promising sign. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. you re in the situation room. the breaking news this hour, an outpouring of emotion here in israel as hamas releases 24 hostages kidnapped back on october 7th. cnn s matthew chance has details including a closer look at the video hamas released of the hostage hand-off inside gaza. they kidnapped and killed, but now hamas is showing
red cross and on the move. the idf operation dubbed heaven s door giving hope that all of those held by the hamas terror group could eventually return to their loved ones. welcome to a special edition of the faulkner focus. i m in for harris today. the temporary cease-fire between the two parties took effect as 7:00 a.m. local time, midnight eastern. shortly after, aid trucks began entering the gaza strip from egypt. several hospitals were also instructed to be prepared to receive the released israeli hostages. now those releases are in motion. general jack keane, though, warning the deal is all part of hamas s strategy. watch. at the end of the day they ll use hostages to preserve their regime and preserve as much as their fighters and military infrastructure as possible. if they re able to achieve it. it will be a strategic defeat for israel despite the physical destruction you see in northern gaza and what will eventually take place, much of the war that israel is figh