The israel hamas war. And, it has been nearly three weeks without a speaker of the house. They are now in the rink and what this delay means for some key legislation, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. Good evening, im Stephanie Ruhle live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. We begin this evening with new developments in the israelhamas war. Earlier today, two more hostages were released by hamas. My colleague richard has more on that story. It was two americans, now to israeli hostages are freed, taken out of gaza and loaded into ambulances tonight on the egyptian side of the border. Hamas Freed Nurit Cooper and yocheved lifshitz. Their release, like with the American Mother and daughter last friday, was facilitated by the red cross. Before hamas began to release hostages, we spoke to a senior hamas official, who said the group was willing to free civilians. , [inaudible] tonight, we interviewed him a b again. He told some of us wants to talk, and is open to ne
Hour gets underway on this monday night. Good evening, im Stephanie Ruhle live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. We begin this evening with new developments in the israelhamas war. Earlier today, two more hostages were released by hamas. My colleague richard has more on that story. It was two americans, now to israeli hostages are freed, taken out of gaza and loaded into ambulances tonight on the egyptian side of the border. Hamas Freed Nurit Cooper and yocheved lifshitz. Their release, like with the American Mother and daughter last friday, was facilitated by the red cross. Before hamas began to release hostages, we spoke to a senior hamas official, who said the group was willing to free civilians. , [inaudible] tonight, we interviewed him a b again. He told some of us wants to talk, and is open to negotiations. Where do we go now . [inaudible] open the borders. [inaudible] opening the borders, discussing our rights to get rid of the siege and occupation, and everything is on
Israel. Two more hostages have been released. Two older women were told, the family of yohevid confirms that she has been let go. They confirmed this just a couple of minutes ago. Lipsitd was one of the founders of the kibbutz. A Peace Activist who the paper says regularly transported patients from gaza for medical treatment in israel. She is somebody thats been talked about a lot in the news over the past two weeks. Joining us now from tel aviv is nbc news correspondent hala gorani. A lot is up in the air. Walk us through what we are able to report right now . Reporter we heard from the brigade spokesperson, the military ring of hamas, announcing the release of two hostages, a source briefed on the talks confirmed to me as well about ten minutes ago that these two hostages were released. They were chosen for release because they were elderly, without confirming the names of the hostages, but you mentioned elderly women. One of the families confirming their release. This comes a couple
People during its deadly heinous invasion On October 7th, 222, it is believed, and negotiating the release of these remaining hostages is one of the big reasons the u. S. Wants israel to delay its Ground Incursion into gaza. The Israeli Defense minister saying an operation by air, ground, and sea will be coming, quote, soon. The idf today said Israeli Soldiers are taking part in training exercises to improve their capabilities for future ground operations. The other reason the u. S. Wants israel to delay any Ground Offensive is to make sure that more humanitarian aid can get into gaza to help the innocents the innocent palestinians. As of now 54 aid trucks 15 entered gaza but Relief Groups warn much, much more help is necessary. To put this into context, the area normally gets about 455 aid trucks every day. Since october 7th gazas more than 7,000 truckloads short of normal standards. But a senior israeli official told cnn there will be no ceasefire. The idf says it hit more than 320 t
My colleague katy tur just indicated, we have major Breaking News that were covering. Two american hostages have been released by hamas. They have been held by the terror group for nearly two weeks, since hamas stormed into communities in southern israel killing nearly 1,400 people and kidnapping more than 200. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken speaks right now about it. Citizens held by hamas since october 7th were released. These Two Americans are now safely in the hands of israeli authorities in israel. We expect the team from the u. S. Embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, theyll receive any support and assistance they need, and of course were very anxious to be able to reunite them with their loved ones. We welcome their release. We share in the relief that their families, friends, and loved ones are feeling. There are still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted for in this conflict. We know that some of them are being held hostage by hamas, alon