group of hostages being held by hamas is expected to be released. wolf? 13 women and children are set to be freed in that first group. the israeli government says it has the list of names and has notified the families. but in advance of all of this, israel says it has conducted hundreds of strikes in gaza. cnn s jeremy diamond is a few miles from gaza right now. he s joining us from sterot and he just heard a bombardment last hour. we also have oren leiberman here with me in tel aviv. oren, let me go to you first. walk us through what we ll see on the ground. wolf, a few moving parts here and it all requires meticulous planning which is why we might have seen that delay last night. we ll see hundreds of aid trucks begin to enter gaza for that desperately needed humanitarian assistance there, then nine hours after that pause in fighting begins we ll begin to see the release of those 13 women and children, the first group of hostages. they ll go to the red cross from hamas,
top of the hour. glad you are with us on this special holiday edition of cnn this morning. israel says that hamas hostages won t be released until tomorrow. we are standing by for word from qatar, the down mediating the deal, on when the truce will begin. fiery explosion shuts down a significant border crossing with canada following a speeding bentley which hit a median and burst into flames. the driver and his wife killed. the fbi saying this was not be a act of terrorism. and also the macy s thanksgiving day parade starting in half an hour. officials saying there are no specific threats around the annual tradition. and they are warning of a heightened threat environment though. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. we have a team covering this from tel aviv to cairo. and we re waiting for qatar to announce when a four day truce will begin so that the hostages can start to be released. you see they willing ready for the press conference. we ll bring it to you
this is cnn breaking news. we do continue to follow the breaking news this morning. this time tomorrow morning 13 women and children who are held hostage inside of gaza should be free. qatari officials held a press conference and laid out the details. the truce begins at midnight tonight. and then the first group of hostages will be released. the list of the names of those women and children to be releasrelease ed in this first group is now in the hands of the israeli officials. the prime minister s office says with that list in hand, they are contacting the families of the remaining hostages, and last hour, one family received word while live on air with us that their loved ones are not part of the group. and qatar says that once the truce begins, desperately-needed aid will move into gaza, and the trucks are waiting right now at the rafah crossing. kaitlan collins with us now. and a lot of moving parts in the last couple of hours. what are you hearing there? yes, k
around the world. i m in for kasie hunt. happy thanksgiving to those in the u.s. it is 5:00 a.m. in washington where the white house officials are hope hopeful that hamas will begin releasing hostages on friday now. plans to release the first hostages today under the deal reached between hamas and the israeli government ran into a snag yesterday just hours ahead of a truce negotiated as part of the deal. now israel says that the first group of hostages, women and children, won t be released until friday at the very earliest. reasons for the delay unclear. they with working on final details. and they say the primary objective is to make sure that the hostages are brought home safely. officials in qatar which is mediating the negotiations said timing for the truce could be announced at any moment. and oren lieberman is live for us in tel aviv. what are you hearing at the moment about the timing? reporter: we don t have official word on the timing. expectation is that it could
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m max foster with our continuing breaking news coverage of the war between israel and hamas. israel has signed off on a deal to release at least 50 hostages held in gaza by hamas. a move bringing hope to families waiting the return of their loved ones. the government overwhelmingly backed the deal after a six hour long cabinet meeting. the hostages to be freed are expected to be women and children. in exchange israel will pause its campaign against hamas for four days. hamas says 150 palestinian prisoners also women and children will be released from israeli jails as part of the deal. qatar brokered the deal and says the start of the humanitarian pause will be announced within the next 24 hours. more now from matthew chance in tel aviv. reporter: more than 50 hostages held in gaza could be freed over the coming days. after the israeli cabinets an proved that controversial deal to pause its military