For the next debate. State of the union live tomorrow morning at nih you re in the cnn newsroom. I m jessica dean in new york and this how are we are still following breaking news out of gaza, israeli forces saying they quote, located a number of bodies during combat in the gaza strip cnn international diplomatic editor, nic robertson is joining us live from jerusalem. Nic, we re still learning more details and expect more details. What do you know right now yeah, that statement by the idf is unusual. They would not normally talk about finding bodies and being in the process of a combat operation. They wouldn t comment on those details. Normal normally, i think the expectation here is for the people of israel when they hear this and for the families of the hostages, and we should be very clear here, the idf is only talking about discovering bodies, but obviously for the families of the hostages, when the idf says something like that, they re going to listen to this still stands to be p
about it. it s great to see you. our best to your wife. bill: the best to your wife. the pride of oklahoma. dana: fox news alert. alarming chaos at home and growing dangers around the world all of president biden s problems piling up with tensions in the middle east hinging on his response to iran and the stakes are high as we wait to hear from defense secretary lloyd austin following the deaths of three american service members killed in a drone attack on a u.s. base in jordan. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: good guy right there. dana: wonderful young man. the pride of oklahoma. bill: boom. i m bill hemmer, good morning. breaking a few moments ago a u.s. official confirming news that the drone that killed the three american soldiers and wounded more than 40 others was manufactured by iran. as we wait to hear from the pentagon the number of attacks on u.s. forces keeps climbing. president biden put a focus on the growing terror
israel and hamas officially in effect to allow for the long awaited release of civilian hostages who have been held by hamas sings october 7th. carley: 13 hostages are expected to be freed by the terror group this morning around 9:00 a.m. eastern time. the first of 50 in total over the next four days. joey: trey yingst is joining us now from israel. trey? trey: hey, guys, good morning. about four hours from now the first group of hostages is expected to arrive at this military base in southern israel. they will receive initial treatment and triage. they will also be able to call loved ones for the first time. after this they will be medical centers in israel. where they will be hospitalized in central secluded wards. this first group will consist of 13 people. all women and children they are reportedly from the same community in southern israel. being exchanged for 24 female palestinian prisoners and 15 male teenagers. chose the idf preparing supplies for the hostages,
breaking details on the critical israel-hamas hostage deal. the ceasefire is set and family members wait in agony to see if their loved ones will be in the first wave of captives released tomorrow morning. some very heavy news, happy thanksgiving, i m molly line. i m kevin. a spokesman for the qatari government ex claiming what we can see several hours from now. 13 in number, all women, and children, and those hostages from the same families will be put together within the same patch. obviously every day will include a number of civilians as agreed to total 50 in the four days. this as israeli defense forces say they have captured the director of al-shifa hospital. idf says under his management, the largest hospital in gaza served as hamas command and control center. in a moment, dr. hulata. but first, correspondent jeff paul joins us live from southern israel. jeff. kevin, with the original plan to release the hostages pushed back until tomorrow, it s obviously a ve
I get the sense there is more skepticism among the families of the hostages right now. As to whether or not they can actually get the outcome they want. From this government. There is skepticism. Some of them will say yes. Hamas need to be destroyed. In fact. They all agree. But they dont want that to be at the cost of their loved ones. And so, there is this potential contradiction going on there. They want them home. Everyone in israel wants them home. I dont think any thinking person would suggest they shouldnt be allowed. Be free to go home. Israel despite attempt has only managed to free one hostage. There have been a number of attempts to bring other r hostages homes. And so, it does seem the truce that something like this is going to happen. There is no sign of that coming