. welcome to cnn news central. wolf blitzer is in tel aviv. the agreement has been reached to extend the israel-hamas truce by two days. since friday, 58 hostages have been released by hamas in exchange for 117 palestinian prisoners and detainees in israeli custody. today was supposed to be the fourth and final day of releases. but qatar says the agreement has been extended. the white house just confirming that hamas will release 20 additional hostages over the next two days. and brianna, there s a major caveat. this extension will only take effect, only take effect once today s releases are complete. earlier there were significant delays over today s list of hostages. we re now told, by the way, by israeli officials, that they have the final list of women and children set for release and have notified their families. we re tracking this across the region right now. cnn s oren lieberman is with me in tel aviv. the border crossing, jeremy, there were talks on two fronts. t
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
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
still being held by greek in gaza. israeli officials said that at least 13 more israelis being held captive in the territory are due to be released shortly. they will be released shortly. they will be released in exchange for 39 palestinian prisoners. the temporary truce continues to hold for a second day. each it said this afternoon there are signals that the truce could be extended for another one or two days. a delegation from qatar, which has been crucial in mediating between israel and hamas, has visited israel as well to discuss a possible extension to this deal. these are live pictures, looking across at gaza, from southern israel. you can see those pinpoints of light in the dark. this is an area that we look at a lot at the moment, because the ceasefire, the brief cessation in fighting, the first we have seen since this war began, is a crucial part of this deal. it is worth taking a moment as well to reflect on the numbers of hostages who are being released each day.