of hostages to be released on the sixth day of the temporary truce between israel and hamas. twelve more hostages were released from gaza on tuesday some shown here bringing the total number now freed to more than 80. today s hostage handover included ten israeli citizens, and two thai nationals. in return, israel has released another 30 palestinian prisoners. theyjoin the 150 other palestinians mostly women and teenage boys who have so far been released from israeli jails since the truce began on friday. among the israeli hostages released should there be another extension? we certainly hope so and thank you for having me on tonight. i can confirm at this hour that israel has received another list of potential hostages who may be released tomorrow. we are notifying the families of the people who appear on the list and all other families of hostages who are still being held in the gaza strip. we talk about 173 hostages who are still there and we certainly hope that this
a very warm welcome. president biden has warned that a continuation of the conflict in gaza would only play into hamas s ideology. in what appears to be a softening of the us stance, mr biden said on social media, and without mentioning israel, that continuing down the path of terror, killing and war is to give hamas what they seek. it comes as intelligence chiefs from the us, israel and egypt are continuing talks in qatar to try to further extend the current six day pause. earlier, 12 more hostages were released from gaza bringing the total number now freed to more than 80. tuesday s hostage handover included 10 israeli citizens, and two thai nationals. in return, israel has released another 30 palestinian prisoners. theyjoin the 150 other palestinians, mostly women and teenage boys, who have so far been released from israeli jails, since the truce began on friday. tal heinrich, spokesperson to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, told the bbc, the israelis are willing
bringing the total number now freed to more than 80. today s hostage handover included ten israeli citizens, and two thai nationals. in return, israel has released another 30 palestinian prisoners. theyjoin the 150 other palestinians mostly women and teenage boys who have so far been released from israeli jails since the truce began on friday. the original four day pause in fighting was extended by two days to allow for more hostages to be freed. about 160 are still being held in gaza, and its believed the youngest of those is just ten months old, as orla guerin reports from tel aviv. it s a nerve racking wait for hostages to come home, among them a baby. the truce is due to last until tomorrow. these are anxious hours. will baby kfir bibas be freed? he is the youngest hostage, just ten months old. israel has taken him to its heart. kidnapped with him, his brother, ariel, who s four and loves his batman costume. their mother, shiri, held them in her arms, trying to pr
to join us today. of course we re hoping for the best for these three college students and their families. thank you. i appreciate that. we ll keep you posted and let s just, you know, hope we don t see this again and there s no room for hate as everybody has been saying throughout this process and as the victims have been saying and the families. let s hope the suspect is apprehended and our students in this country aren t subject to such attacks in the future. all right. thank you so much. all right. hello, again, everyone. thank you so much for joining us. i m frederica whitfield alongside wolf blitzer in tel aviv. and we have this breaking news, just moments ago, some of the israeli hostages released by hamas today arrived at the schneider children s medical center. this was the moment a helicopter carrying them touched down. we re also learning all 17 hostages released today have now been transferred to hospitals. it marks a dramatic end to the 50-day ordeal that
one israeli man, whose wife and two daughters were among the israeli hostages released, says he won t celebrate until the last of the kidnapped return home. translation: i m happy that. i have received my family back. i m allowed to feeljoy and it is ok to shed a tear. that is a human thing. but i m not celebrating. i will not celebrate until the last of the hostages returns. israel says it has received a list with the names of the next 13 israeli hostages to be released by hamas. most of them are children. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has more on the hostage release and what s expected next. well, it was in a hospital close to tel aviv that eight of the israeli hostages were taken. they were the four children released today, and four women three mothers and one grandmother. the director of that hospital said they were in good physical condition, but that they were carrying out further medical and emotional checks on them. we have also had the other is really h