. 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
thank you so much for being with us. at this hour there are a lot of questions about where things are headed in israel and gaza. we could be just hours away from either military operations resuming in gaza to take out hamas, or the fragile truce between israel and hamas being extended. two very divergent paths this war could take today. and even before getting there, there is uncertainty about today s expected hostage release. so far 40 israeli citizens have been freed since the truce began and another 18 foreign nationals. at this moment today s release hangs in the balance let alone the possibility of an extension. the issue is where are the mothers? we are told there are no mothers on today s list and as part of the agreement mothers are supposed to be released with their children. now, as we wait to see how this develops, we are seeing new pictures of emotional family reunions, 9-year-old emily hand with her sister in the hospital, her father initially thought she w
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the u.s. and all around the world. i m max foster live from london with the continuing cover of the israel/hamas war. it s now the fourth day between the tempers between israel and hamas. and after the hostages expected to be released from gaza in the hours ahead. 17 were released. today set to be the football day of the agreement. but hamas says it wants to extend the pause in the fighting beyond a four-day deal. a source tells cnn, the war cabinet is also discussing that possibility. as part of an additional deal, an additional 39 prisoners and detainees were released from jails on sunday. all were males 18 years old and younger. clare sebastian follows all of this from london. so, today is the last day of the truce. what do you expect to happen today. as you said, israel is receiving a list, they re discussing it. we don t have any more as of yet. they re going to release more information when they have it. i thin
kidnapped by hamas was just released. the lead starts right now. after more than 50 days held captive by hamas, 11 more hostages are freed tonight after israel and hamas agree to pause fighting for a few more days, leading to more hostage releases to come. and the only israeli man released by hamas so far has a dual russian/israeli citizenship. why him, and how did he spend four days on the run? was his release a hamas favor to vladimir putin. plus, the palestinian prisoners who israel is letting go, and the two-tiered justice system for many of them that led to so many of them being held without trial in the first place. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. also this hour we re going to get to the major arrest of the man police say shot three college students in vermont. the suspect was in court today. the college students were speaking english and arabic at the time of saturday s shooting wearing the traditional palestinian keffiyeh scarves. a spokesman for the
goli, taste your goals. as of this moment, there seems to be a complication or even a snag in the scheduled release of the israeli hostages by hamas terrorists, and this is the fourth scheduled day of the release, but right now, sources tell cnn there is a question about mothers as part of the deal mothers are supposed to be released with their children, but there seems to be some mothers missing on the list today. israel considers this a violation of the fragile deal. with that issue hanging in the balance is the hope that this truce is going to be extended beyond today. israel is making the stance clear if more hostages are not released, military operations are going to be taken to take out hamas. we are learning from the hostages that have been released what they have been living through. one of the hostages taken from music festivals was escaped from captivity, only to be recaptured and then finally released to the israeli officials yesterday. kaitlan collins is in te