today on inside politics, negotiators are racing to try toex tend the tempt the prayer truce between israel and hamas. with just hours left before the current deal expireses. a top official tells cnn he s hopeful they will be able to continue this pause. it comes as we are standing by for hamas to release the final group of hostages as part of the current deal. cnn is covering this past-moving story from all angles. i want to start with wolf blitzer in tel aviv. it s nice of you on again on yet another critical day. a very critical day indeed. israelis are very nervous. they want to see this temporary pause continued as well. they want to see more hostages coming back to israel. there s a lot of tension going on right now. they don t know what s going to happen. every day it seems the past several days there s nervousness. will there be more hostages coming forward, will there be a delay and there have been delays and previous days as we all remember. or will this go smoo
this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start this hour with breaking news. israel says a new group of hostages has been freed. it includes an american citizen. we saw the red cross convoy leaving gaza and entering egypt. the idf says this group consists of 14 people headed right now to meet up with israeli forces. 48-year-old leat bamin is now the second american released since the start of this pause in the violence between israel and hamas. after we saw 4-year-old abigail edan released earlier this week. let s get right to cnn s oren lieberman who is in save, and cnn s jeremy diamond who is in israel. jeremy, we re learning more about this batch of hostages, including this american dual citizen. tell us more. reporter: that s right. among these ten israeli hostages who have been freed, there are four thai nationals who have also been freed. i want to read you the names that we are getting, including the woman you mentioned, the 48-year-old
to me. there is was quite a bond. thank you so much for joining us here in tel aviv tonight. laura coates live starts right now. good evening everyone, and welcome to the special two hour edition of laura coates live. abby has the night off. there is a clear violation of a shaky truce between israel and hamas, maybe spell its end? both sides of the war confront this choice, to choose between peace or to renew violence. and there two very different stories emerging this very evening, from the very same incident. clashes in northern gaza that both sides say marked a breach of an already touch and go truce. both sides are pointing fingers and laying the blame on the other first skirmishes reportedly involving explosive devices. now, it is truly a classic fog of war incidents, and yet, at least for now, both sides are choosing to look past. it we already know and witnessed a now nightly routine, the israeli government says it proceeds and is going to review our list of hostag
there was a powerful moment today, at the tribute service for former first lady rosalynn carter. her husband, seven of 77, years former president jimmy carter, emerge from hospice care to attend. he was seen there in the front row. we didn t hear from him, but their daughter amy did share a letter that he wrote to her mother, 75 years ago. my darling, every time i have ever been away from you, i have been thrilled when i returned, to discover just how wonderful you are. while i am away, i try to convince myself that you really are not, could not be as sweet and beautiful as i remember. but when i see you, i fall in love with you all over again. i does that seem strange to you? it doesn t to me. goodbye darling, until tomorrow. jimmy. there was quite a bond. thank you so much for joining us here in tel aviv tonight. laura coates live starts right now. good evening everyone, and welcome to a special two hour edition of laura coates live. abby has the night off. ther
day of the truce? as we enter the final hours of the six-day truce agreement between israel and hamas, there is new hope that new optimism is coming just this morning from a qatari official. the spokesman for the foreign ministry which has been key in brokering these deals between israel and hamas tells cnn that they are hopeful that they could announce another extension in just the next couple of hours. if not, israel has made clear that they will resume military operations against hamas in gaza. we are expecting another group of hostages to be released today even before this any talk of an extension. their families have been notified and with that, we have learned that the bevis family is not among the hostages and kfir is not among the hostages. they do not know where the bibas family. the israeli hostages have been freed since friday. with ten new releases as you just heard late last night, but still many, many more are being held in gaza. israel believes there is 161 h