of the middle east. today, a third group of hostages was released as part of a four-day temporary truce between israel and hamas. we learned one of those hostages is american toddler abigail mor edan. who turned just four years old on friday while in captivity. now she is free. as the deal stands right now, 50 total hostages are promised to be released in exchange for 150 palestinian prisoners. this is the first truce after weeks and weeks of fighting. and a rare moment of positive news since the start of the war. tomorrow is day four of this four-day pause, the question is, what happens on day five, day six, the seven? the israeli military has urged civilians who fled to southern gaza not to return home, and has warned them that the idf is still preparing for the next phase of the war once this pause ends. already in gaza. according to health officials there. this is allowed hostages to leave gaza and much needed aid to be brought in. but a trucks of entered gaza under the
to increase the assistance getting into the gaza civilians who need help, and to facilitate release of hostages. who we know that innocent children in gaza are suffering greatly as well. because this war that hamas has unleashed is such with consequences. thousands have been killed, and from the earliest days of this crisis, i ve worked closely with president sisi of egypt. israeli government, killing duel of jordan, and others that the region to expand the delivery of humanitarian assistance, to help innocent palestinians in need, who are not part of hamas. under this deal, in gaza, it has now been paused for three days. over that time, 58 hostages have been released, including the tie, filipino, and russian nationals. dozens of families have been reunited. they worked urgently, urgently to take advantage of the pause, to surge aid into gaza, we moved approximately 200 aid trucks into gaza each day. loaded with food, water, medicine, fuel, and cooking gas. more is needed,
the world. it is 5:00 a.m. here in washington, noon in israel where overnight israel s full cabinet approved a deal with hamas that would release at least 50 hostages in gaza. it comes after an intense six hour long meeting in tel aviv. those set to be freed are expected to be women and children. in i exchange israel will pause fighting for four days. more humanitarian aid would also be allowed into gaza with hundreds of trucks carrying fuel and supplies. president biden issued a statement saying today s deal should bring home additional american hostages and i will not stop until they are all released. three americans could be released in this batch including a 3-year-old girl, abigail, her great aunt spoke to cnn earlier. the one thing that we all hold on to is that hope now that abigail comes home. she comes home by friday, friday is her fourth birthday. we actually need to see abigail come out and then we will be able to be to believe it. the deal was brokered by qa
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