hi, everyone. i m alicia menendez in for nicolle wallace. it is 4:00 in new york. 11:00 p.m. in israel and gaza, where we may be on the verge of a breakthrough in the unprecedented hostage situation on the ground there. sources tell nbc news that a tentative deal has been reached for release of some of the hostages held by hamas. a spokesperson for the israeli military cautioning in the last few hours that there is no final deal yet, but that there is, quote, some progress. the israeli cabinet meeting to discuss the issue at this hour. here are the terms as it stands right now. this is according to a senior u.s. official. 50 women and children would be traded for 150 palestinian prisoners in israeli custody. there would also be a pause in the fighting for four days to allow for more rounds of hostages exchanges and for more humanitarian aid to enter gaza. up to 300 to 400 trucks per day. overall, the deal adds up to what u.s. officials are calling the most significant diploma
right now, a tentative hostage deal reach, pending israel approval. at this moment, prime minister netanyahu is meeting with his war cabinet. the potential deal inclusion a four to five-day pause in fighting to arrange for hostages being released. now, these numbers are subject to change. joining us is raf sanchez, and what officials in israel doing? what are we hearing? reporter: how so i, as we speak, benjamin netanyahu is sitting down with the war cabinet. in an hour, it will be the slightly larger security cabinet, but the critical meeting is the full cabinet, which will be at 1:00 p.m. eastern. that s where we expect the israeli government will vote to approve this tentative deal. jose, as you said, knowledge is time until -ized, but you expectation is the israeli government, having negotiated this tentative agreement will now approve at the full cabinet. there are a number of far-right members of benjamin netanyahu s government who might vote against it, but it s bel
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headquarters in new york city. all signs are pointing to a potentially huge breakthrough in gaza. dozens of women and children held by hamas may be on the verge of coming home. nbc news learned there is a tentative deal to secure their release in exchange for as many as 150 palestinian prisoners and a five-day break in the fighting. that s according to a senior u.s. official and a source familiar with the talks in the region. here is president biden a short time ago. very close. very close. could bring the hostages home very soon. and we have more to say, we will. but things are looking good at the moment. if the deal holds, it would be an answered prayer to the families of those hostages. what does it mean for the future of the war? and to the hostages left behind? plus, a really important hearing, one of donald trump s co-defendants in georgia could get sent back to jail. will the judge revoke harrison floyd s bail over a series of social media posts, including nine of
whether to sign off on a deal to free some women and children held hostage by hamas. cnn correspondents are in the region and right here in washington covering this critical moment in the war, first i want to go to cnn s matthew chance in tel aviv, israel. what s the latest word on this deal and what it entails? reporter: well, that deal, pam, is still being debated by the israeli cabinet. they ve been meeting for hours, and it could be several hours still, we re told, before a decision is finally reached but the terms of that deal are pretty clear, it would involve the release of at least 50 israeli hostages from gaza by the palestinian group, hamas. over a period of between four and five days, so there would be about ten people every day being released. in the meantime, israel would pause its conflict, pause its hostilities there and allow for that hostage release to take place. the israelis have said they d be open to the possibility of a further pause as well as long as