hamas has released 14 more israeli hostages today, the third day of the ceasefire, and no word on the american hostages that the white house had believed could be included today. since bibi netanyahu s war cabinet accepted the deal, hamas has now released 40 israeli hostages and the release of 150 palestinian prisoners. of course, we re very happy for those released and their anguished families. net an ya hue stressed the war will continue. and assure that the day after hamas, there will be no threat to israel. i don t trust hamas to do anything right now. i only trust hamas to respond to pressure. howard: let s stop right there. the media should not fall into the hamas propaganda trap the that a this is some grand humanitarian the gesture blessed by god. they kidnapped the israelis as a bargaining chip, seizing 240 hostages, most of them civilian families including elderly people and infants. think about how barbaric that is. look at that, a 2-year-old, an 85-year-old re
that category, two women and one young child. we have reason to believe that one of those americans will be released today. until we see her out safely from gaza, in the hands of the authorities and ultimately in the hands of her family, we will not be certain. let s get right to nbc news correspondent, eric mclaughlin, in tel aviv, erin, thank you for joining us. what more can you tell us about what s expected to happen today? well, we re waiting for a news, still no word on today s expected exchange. there is this new hope that an american could be among the hostages released. this of course follows last night successful exchange of 13 israeli hostages and 39 palestinians. one of the israeli hostages released is nine year emily hand, she was on october 7th, she had been staying at a friend hamas militants, stormed into gaza and initially she had been reported dead, that s what her father says he was told, that was corrected weeks later. last night, we saw, just a he
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we began with a fox news alert. moments ago a new route of humanitarian aid rolling into the gaza strip. as were waiting for the expected release of a third wave of israeli hostages to happen at some point today. 13 israelis including four children freed yesterday bringing the total to 26. joey: trey yingst is on the ground and has the latest. we are here and hostage square where israelis are calling for as many people to be released as possible, they got more good news last night with 13 additional hostages released into the hands of the red cross and brought back to israel. i want to show you what this scene is like, somebody people all over the country calling for the release of the hostages and their hopeful this will move forward today and see another 13 possibly even more hostages released as part of the cease-fire deal. it s the third day of the cease-fire. images bringing new hope to the israeli people, emily hand the 9-year-old irish israeli citizen back into t
office is now reviewing the hostages slated for release by hamas today. this morning, an interview with kristen walker on and as somebody sees said the administration has, quote, reason to believe one american hostage will be released today. yesterday, hamas released 17 hostages, 13 israelis, four thai citizens. israel released 39 palestinian prisoners, according to the israeli prison authority. that exchange was delayed for several hours after hamas accused israel of violating the terms of that temporary truce. a diplomat telling nbc news a qatari operations team is located in tel aviv to ensure the deal continues to run smoothly. meanwhile, love much needed humanitarian aid trucks continue to enter into gaza. joining me now, nbc news correspondent, erin mclaughlin in tel aviv, israel. erin, good morning. national security adviser, jake sullivan, saying one american may be among those hostages released today. take a quick listen to his interview from earlier on meet the pr