it is saturday morning, good morning to you, welcome to cnn, i am victor blackwell. i m isabel rosales, amara walker is off today. thanks for joining us. israeli combat operations against hamas are entering their second day after the collapse of the week long truce, israel s military says they have hit 400 targets in just the first 24 hours since the truce expired. they ve been directing most of their firepower toward targets in southern gaza. the hamas-run ministry of health says 178 people have been killed since hostilities resumed. israeli officials say the extended humanitarian truce collapsed after hamas did not provide the names of the women and children still held hostage, that was part of the agreement, despite the truce ending u.s. officials say talks to release more hostages are still ongoing. we begin with cnn s ben wedeman, who is in jerusalem, ben, what is the latest you re hearing on the fighting? reporter: well, certainly, isabel, it seems that there ha
of cnn news central. wolf blitzer is live in tel aviv, israel for us. it is now the sixth day of the israel-hamas truce. a pause that is expected to last only a few more hours. what are the chances it will be extended? more hostages are set to be handed over by hamas. and sources say that includes at least one american. as this exchange plays out today, there is a full-court press underway to extend the truce yet again perhaps to include the release of adult male hostages, which is a major sticking point at this point. the top white house hostage envoy is in israel. this is very important to note. and officials from qatar, the key mediator in all of this, are optimistic. reporter: there are still 161 hostages believed to be in gaza right now. the red cross was supposed to be able to visit them by the end of the fourth day of this temporary truce. sources tell cnn, those visits still have not happened. that would be a clear violation of the current agreement. i want to b
right now on early start, israel has a list of hostages that could be freed today. could the truce be extended. plus the pause allows more aid to flow into gaza pl weep have more on how much and from where it is coming. and nikki haley just scored a big endorsement from a group with incredibly deep pockets. will money help put a dent in donald trump s huge lead. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is wednesday, november 29, pa:00 a.m. in washington, noon in gaza where the extended truce between israel and hamas is now in its sixth and possibly final day as negotiators work toward the release of more hostages. we re learning that talks in doha have been positive. a source telling cnn that they are in agreement to extend the pause in fighting. more hostages are set to be freed in the hours to come. sources say a list of names has been given to israel and families have been notified. hamas released 12 hostages at the ra
you join us from qatar. tell us more about this possible news that the ceasefire could be extended beyond the four days? the four days? well, i think it is a very promising the four days? well, i think it is a very promising and the four days? well, i think it is a very promising and important - the four days? well, i think it is a i very promising and important piece of news. we hope that it does fall. you could see the benefit already from the few days of ceasefire. it has given the palestinians a badly needed respite from one of the most vicious attacks on civilian areas ever. and it has also helped the israeli families recover their relatives. and in fact it has brought into question the whole need for killing 15,000 people, to go back to square one, where hamas has originally proposed an exchange of prisoners for prisoners. and just to illustrate one important point which may be was missed earlier on in your report, the palestinian prisoners were largely children an
of the middle east. today, a third group of hostages was released as part of a four-day temporary truce between israel and hamas. we learned one of those hostages is american toddler abigail mor edan. who turned just four years old on friday while in captivity. now she is free. as the deal stands right now, 50 total hostages are promised to be released in exchange for 150 palestinian prisoners. this is the first truce after weeks and weeks of fighting. and a rare moment of positive news since the start of the war. tomorrow is day four of this four-day pause, the question is, what happens on day five, day six, the seven? the israeli military has urged civilians who fled to southern gaza not to return home, and has warned them that the idf is still preparing for the next phase of the war once this pause ends. already in gaza. according to health officials there. this is allowed hostages to leave gaza and much needed aid to be brought in. but a trucks of entered gaza under the