kayleigh: this is a fox news alert. after nearly 50 days of captivity, hamas has freed 24 hostages, and they say they will release more in the coming days. correspondent jeff paul is on the ground in israel with the latest. yeah, and we are learning tonight that, on top of the 13 hostages released today, the israeli government believes there could be another 13 released tomorrow. but the mood right now a bit bittersweet on the ground in israel, because people know there are still more than 200 people being held captive inside gaza. nonetheless, today was a very significant first step, and we could see more scenes like that if this cease-fire that went into effect at 7:00 a.m. this morning holds. here s what we know about people released today. 24 hostages released by hamas, 13 are israelis, 11 are foreign nationals. among the israelis freed, we know four of them were kids ages two to just nine years old. one of the kids, the 9-year-old, actually had a birthday inside gaza
welcome to this special edition of hannity . i m jason chaffetz in forgh sean tonight. i hope you allt. had a very happy thanksgiving. of a today, as part four day pause in fighting between israel and hamastween i, 24 hostages, including 13 israelis, have been release d from gaza. remember, these hostages have been hel red gaza, since the hamasmas at attacktas back on october 7th. and after today s release, 240 hostages still reportedly remain captive in gaza, with an estimated ten americans among them. here now with the latest on the ground in israeherethe lr very own jeff paul. jeff. earnin good evening, jason. and we are learning tonightg reat on top of the 13 people who were released today, we re expecting maybe another cd 13 could come out tomorrow. but got to tell you, here on the ground in israel, the mood is bittersweet, mentioning sort of what you were just saying, that there s more than 200 people who are still being held captiv whoe in gaza. but today was a hu
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