trial. but wove got breaking news in the hostage deal in the israel-hamas war. israeli officials saying talks are continuing and on track, but the release of prisoners has been delayed until at least friday. they did not give a reason f the delay, and it s unclear what this means for the timing of the pause in the fi. the top line deal parameters 50 israeli hostages, all women inroups over a four-day pause in the fighting. inexchange for 150 palestinian prisoners that are curntly held by israel. israeli prime minster benjamin netanyahu saying this late today. translator: as the prime minster of israel, i often find myself in a position in which i need to make very difficult decisions between a hard choice and an everyone harder one, and that is the case with the release of the hostages. and three of the released hostages or to be released hostages are are american according to jake sullivan, the national security adviser. right now the ball is in hamas court. if th
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now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. many more details released from the white house on this hostage negotiation which apparently president biden has been engaged in from the start, with the understanding that the only way to get israel to agree to a cease-fire was through this hostage release, and so this will be a cease-fire. they now expected to be four or five days and possibly extended beyond that, depending on whether hamas is going to continue to release hostages. in the white house releasing some details about the americans who could be released in the very first group of hostages released. we ll get all into that with ben rhodes in this hour. a lot of hopes pinned on this negotiation. thanks, alex. breaking news tonight, prime minister benjamin netanyahu s office it telling nbc news that the israeli government has agreed to the framework of a deal to secure a release of some of the hostages held by hamas and a cease-fire to accomplish that
reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news this morning, a tentative hostage deal reached pending israeli government approval. now, the israeli prime minister s office just announcing the war cabinet will convene at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. so one hour from now. this after a hamas leader said the group is, quote, close to a truce agreement with israel and multiple news reports are outlining the possible framework of a deal that would include a temporary cease-fire and the release of at least 50 hostages held by hamas in exchange for palestinian women and children in israel. let s get right to nbc s keir simmons in tel aviv, israel. and gabe gutierrez is with us from the white house. what do we know about the details of this plan? reporter: well, we know that prime minister netanyahu has said that he hopes that there will be good news soon, that there is going to be a series of israeli government meetings coming up in the coming hours that will finish with a meetin
consider the terms of a temporary truce. what could be an imminent deal to release dozens of hostages. a senior u.s. official and source familiar with the talks in the region tell nbc that would include hamas freeing around 50 women and children in change for 150 palestinian prisoners being held by israel. in addition, fighting would be paused for several days to allow for fuel and other aid to get in. president biden sounding optimist, saying it s looking good to bring the hostages home and we expect this deal to dominate at a pentagon press briefing that is scheduled to start any minute now. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with raf sanchez who reports from tel aviv. what more to we know about what this deal entails? whether israel is going to go along with it? do we know which meeting netanyahu is in right now? reporter: so, chris, he is still in this meeting with the full cabinet. it has been going on for an hour. we think it