Humanitarian reasons. Around 200 hostages are still being held in gaza, and israels airstrikes and total siege of the territory, cutting off food, water and medicines, will not end until all of them are freed. Desperately needed humanitarian aid has still not reached the besieged people of gaza. Emergency aid trucks stocked with supplies sit on the border with Egypt Waiting to be let across the Rafah Crossing as part of a deal to allow in limited aid. Lets bring you more now on the fate of those two american hostages freed by hamas. Us President Joe Biden spoke with the two women, telling them that their government will fully support them as they recover and heal. Our correspondent Barbara Plett usher brings us more from inside the halls of the State Department. The release of the hostages disrupted the day here at the State Department. We were sitting down for the Daily Briefing and then we were told that it would be delayed for two hours because of Breaking News. Now, they didnt say
Report. And to our viewers thanks very much for watching. Erin Burnett Outfront live erin Burnett Outfront live from israel starts right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com outfront next, live from israel, President Biden now on his way here, stepping into a tinder box growing more volatile by the hour. Hundreds feared dead after an explosion at a hospital in gaza and protests already immediately overnight here tonight spilling out into the street across the region. Plus, The Brave Cnn journalist sending his daily updates to us. Well, he and his family have fled Northern Gaza and are now desperate for clean water. Youll see that. And hamas arsenal. Im going to show you firsthand the massive amounts of weapons that hamas used to pull off the deadly attack in israel. Youll see for yourself. Lets go outfront. And good evening. Welcome to a Special Edition of outfront. Im erin burnett live from tel aviv tonight. And we begin with the Breaking News. President biden right now is in the ai
it is the top of the hour. i m boris sanchez along side jessica dean in washington, d.c. tracking an israelied a vance inside gaza right now and the rush to get thousands of civilians out of gaza through egypt while another high-stakes visit to israel conducted by u.s. secretary of state antony blinken. weighing all factors trying to avert a wider war in the region. the secretary of state departed last hour. before leaving he reiterated israel s right to defend itself and addressed the immense civilian suffering unleashed inside gaza. listen. we will be talking about concrete steps that can and should be taken to minimize harm to men, women and children in gaza, and this is something that the united states is committed to. i m not getting into the details here but it s very much on the agenda. when i see a palestinian child, a boy, a girl, pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building, that hits me in the gut as much as seeing a child in israel or anywhere else. notably,