Thing the us has been working much of the world. It will come one week after first in gaza, including a dual us citizen and with the us now on high alert, a Senior Biden Administration official tells cnn the us is actively pparing for a significant attack by an on us a israeli targets in the middle east. As soon as next week iran is blaming israel for an airstrike in syrithis week, that killed at least seven ircial including twtop military the commanders, Priscilla Alvarez is in washington. Nic robertson is in rusale lets get started with you, priscilla and washington. Us officials believe in attack is inevitable. What is the administration preparing for . Inevitable and perhaps on the horizon, the us and Israeli Governments working very closely to try to be in position for any potential attack by iran targeting us and israeli assets in the region. Now, as you mentioned there, the us is on high alert for what officials have described as quote, inevitable. Now its unclear how this one u
You again next week hello everyone. Thank you so much for joining me this saturday. Im fredricka whitfield. All right. Right. Now us is on high alert and actively preparing for a significant potential attack by iran on us and israeli targets in the middle east soon as next week, thats according to a Senior Biden Administration official, iran is blaming israel for an airstrike in syria this week that killed at least seven iran let me and officials, including two top military commanders, were also following an Important Development in the humanitarian aid crisis in gaza israel is preparing to reopen the Erez Crossing in northern gaza, at least temporarily to bring in aid that move follows a meeting between President Biden is israeli Prime Minister met navajo. This wig the backdrop to all of this tomorrow, mark six months since the hamas attack on israel sparked, which sparked the war in gaza. Priscilla alvarez is in washington for us and Nic Robertson in jerusalem. Priscilla, you first,
captions by vitac www.vitac.com i m kaitlan collins live in tel aviv, israel. this is a special edition of the source tonight because in just three hours from now, we expect to see the most significant break in the intense fighting that has been happening between israel and hamas in 47 days. a temporary pause is slated to begin at midnight eastern, 7:00 a.m. local here, following weeks of pain staking negotiations that have happened behind the scenes and a final burst of bombs flying across the border tonight. this carefully brokered deal that is happening, this agreement between israel and hamas is supposed to mean that at least 50 hostages, women and children, we are told, will be able to go home for the first time since the october 7th attacks. israel, in exchange has promised to free 150 palestinian prisoners, women and minors, who have been imprisoned in jails here in israel. there s another critical piece of this deal as well. that is humanitarian aid for gaza.
you re watching cnn news central. i m boris sanchez in washington. wolf blitzer is in israel where they re ten hours away from an expected truce. after a one-day delay, the hostage trade will be releasing some women and children who have been held captive. the israeli government has a list of hostages and says they ve notified their families. it s unclear if americans are included. president biden is saying his fingers are crossed one of them is a 3-year-old american toddler. reporter: as part of the deal, israel will release 150 palestinian prisoners and allow humanitarian aid into gaza. the fighting now continues. the israeli defense minister said he expected it to last another two months at least, but the qatar government says it s hopeful hostilities will stop with this deal. listen. we are hopeful. i don t know if i should say confident, but we re very hopeful. the commitment we ve seen from both sides leads us to be very positive to deal with this positivity
delay. this hour, i ll speak with a key senior adviser to the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel, and this is the situation room: special report. our top story this hour, israel now on edge as the deadline for a truce between hamas and a major hostage release draws closer and closer. our chief global affairs correspondent matthew chance is joining me here in tel aviv. he s got details. what do we know about the hostages who are expected to be released? we know there s an initial list, wolf, of 13 people on that list and that list was given by hamas to israel via qatar which has been playing a major role. all of the hostages on the list for potential release tomorrow, i m saying potential because, you know, it s already been put back once 24 hours. it s a fragile deal. they re all women and children. they believe there are as many as 40 children being held capt