reunited with their families and the. and as and i was taking us through in the last few minutes, we have had the first official confirmation of two of those hostages, a 72 year old and 78 year old, so we know among the hostages those two, but a number of children that we knew had been negotiated in this the first group on this the first of four days of hostage releases. let s go straight back to tel aviv. my colleague anna foster is in tel aviv. you ve been talking about how all the people gather behind you there had been trying to keep a lid on their emotions until they got to this moment, it must be a very different feeling in the last few moments. it different feeling in the last few moments. , ., different feeling in the last few moments. , . ., , moments. it is, and as we say, we have spoken moments. it is, and as we say, we have spoken to moments. it is, and as we say, we have spoken to so moments. it is, and as we say, we have spoken to so many moments. it is,
path of destruction, we will make sure they get there, and we have shown enormous progress in reaching that goal. kevin: major spielman, always a pleasure, the best to you and your countrymen as we continue to follow this story. thank you so much. arthel: absolutely the best, sir. absolutely. 2:00 p.m. on the east coast, 9:00 p.m. in israel. a special edition of america reports . i m arthel neville. we are waiting to hear from president biden. meanwhile, here with my friend kevin corke. kevin: great to be with you. we are anticipating hearing from president biden, he ll be apparently making a statement and commenting on the first wave of hostages being released. he is in nantucket, massachusetts, lucas tomlinson is there, we ll go to that as soon as we have it. but arthel, kick it off with trey yingst. arthel: we are going to wait for the president but first trey yingst in southern israel, we have heard a lot from the idf. and some of the hostages have been release
footage is released showing hostages held nearly seven weeks held by hamas taken back to israeli soil. 13 hostages headed home, the first wave headed into gaza and into the hands of the international red cross and egyptian officials. getting to see a chance to see loved ones, some young ones are unaware their parents are dead. john roberts and sandra smith have the day off. special edition of america reports, a live look at the petunia checkpoint in the west bank, prisoners are expected to be reunited with families. 13 israelis have been freed under the israel-hamas deal and the egyptian state information service says ten thai nationals and one filipino have also been released in a completely separate deal. according to the idf, israeli special forces are with hostages who underwent medical checks inside israel. this is the moment the hostages crossed back home into israel. and the country and those around the world were able to at least for a moment cheer their return.
In a show of solidarity, dozens of rallies will also be taking place in major cities across the globe, including New York, Washington, D.C., Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris. The post