see some of those former prisoners, the palestinians on board that bus. making their way back into gaza and onwards. we re going to have more on this story across the program. first were going to take a closer look at some of the hostages that were released by hamas today. amongst the group were sisters, they were attacked at their home. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the attackers themselves. also for the first time today a us citizen was released. abigail idan was just three at the time that she was taken hostage. she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were attacked and killed by hamas gunmen during the october seventh attacks. i m joined now by anna foster who s in tel aviv. you ve been following events throughout the day in the last few days. just take us through events taking place in the last few hours. let me talk you through what we seen today because the day actually began with more of a sense of anxiety that
12 hours from now, a long hope for a truce will take effect in the israel-hamas war. it is scheduled to last for only four days, but in that time, hamas has promised to release 50 hostages and israel is going to release 150 palestinian prisoners and allow more aid into gaza. the deal was negotiated by the kingdom of qatar, and the spokesman is hopeful that with this deal hostilities will stop. we are hoping that we don t see any delays, and we have reached a point now where everything is in place, and we are ready to go on the ground, so we are hopeful that as i told you by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow, everything will stop. the first hostages are set to go free 4:00 p.m. local time tomorrow, and that is 9:00 a.m. eastern, and that is going to include 13 women and children. and the government has notified their families. becky anderson is in doha, and can you walk us through the outlines of the deal? yeah. here is what we do know. at midnight eastern time, which is 7:00 in the mo
hello, i m boris sanchez in washington, alongside wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel. in just 11 hours when the clock strikes midnight in the united states, the fighting will stop. at least that s the new plan for the temporary truce between israel and hamas after a one-day delay. the pause will be followed by the first group of hostages released by hamas. this morning, the qatari government laid out an updated framework. listen. the beginning of the pause will be 7:00 a.m. friday. the 24th of november. and it will last as agreed for four days. and the first batch of civilians to be released will be around 4:00 p.m. on the same day. they will be 13 in number, all women and children. and wolf, cnn has learned the israeli government has received a list of 13 women and children who will be released tomorrow, and their families have been notified. interesting, the first group of palestinian prisoners, boris, is also set to be freed by israel at that same time on friday, 4:00
today as the calls for israel to pause its war on hamas grow louder. what s next and before we can go of the war, ahead. the shady bunch. donald trump jr. and eric trump take the stand in new york s 250 million dollar civil fraud trial. just days before the most indicted former president in u.s. history, and his daughter, ivanka, take the stand. the new gag order in the case. the tough questions the former first family is facing, and why it all means for the three criminal trials against donald trump. and a victorious revival. might one-on-one conversation with tony award winning director kenny leon about bringing ozzy davis is pearly victorious back to broadway for the first time in more than 60 years, and how this satire on race and segregation has incredible relevance today. i m jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. we start this hour with the latest on the push for a pause in the israel-hamas war. new video in overnight show secretary of state anthony blinke
israel-hamas war in the situation in gaza is just getting worse. according to the palestinian health ministry, more than 22,000 people have died in gaza, with more than 57,000 injured and thousands missing. israeli strikes continue to bombard gaza today. striking an area that had previously been declared a safe zone by israel according to palestinian officials. almost 2 million people have been displaced. 85% of the population. and least half are starving though the stresses that, quote, everyone is hungry and skipping meals is the norm, in a striking interview for the world food program he had never seen anything like this before in terms of severity and speed. situation is particularly bad in rafah, on gaza s border with egypt, where there are at least