both on the release and to find out who exactly will be released, the idf is still striking gaza. more than 100 bodies were buried in a mass grave in khan younis. israel has detained the al shifa hospital director. reporter: we were expecting to see the first hostages emerging out of gaza today, but a last-minute snag means they re going to have to endure at least one more day of captivity. the white house is stressing this is only a delay and the agreement still holds. this morning, the guns in gaza were supposed to be silent. instead, the fighting continues, and so does the agonizing wait for the families of the hostages. nobody knows exactly who s included in the deal yet. reporter: both hamas and israeli officials had said the deal would start this morning, but overnight announcing a delay. the white house says it s down to final logistical details. seven members of gilad s family were kidnapped, including his granddaughter. if you could speak to your family now, wh
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
the details of the hostage handover. was it a raid? how much u.s. intelligence was involved? to what extent was the pakistani army tracking this family as they left afghanistan and came into pakistan. a lot of questions at this point. but right now, good news ab american family back in u.s. custody preparing to head home. did you say her husband was canadian? correct. and the presumption is is if you re an american citizen, you give birth to americans overseas, the presumption that they will be citizens. you have to apply to make that paperwork proper. she did not have an opportunity in captivity to apply for citizenship. we have confirmed there are three children that were part of that family. so now a family of five. all o three of them born. were we working with the canadian government? i don t have that information for you.