kayleigh: this is a fox news alert. after nearly 50 days of captivity, hamas has freed 24 hostages, and they say they will release more in the coming days. correspondent jeff paul is on the ground in israel with the latest. yeah, and we are learning tonight that, on top of the 13 hostages released today, the israeli government believes there could be another 13 released tomorrow. but the mood right now a bit bittersweet on the ground in israel, because people know there are still more than 200 people being held captive inside gaza. nonetheless, today was a very significant first step, and we could see more scenes like that if this cease-fire that went into effect at 7:00 a.m. this morning holds. here s what we know about people released today. 24 hostages released by hamas, 13 are israelis, 11 are foreign nationals. among the israelis freed, we know four of them were kids ages two to just nine years old. one of the kids, the 9-year-old, actually had a birthday inside gaza
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[exploexplosions] israel rejecting calls for a cease fire as it advances troops further into the g gaza strip. iran now threatening the united states, saying our nation would be, quote, hit hard if washington did not implement a cease fire in gaza. rachel: pro palestinians protesters rallied ahead of secretary of state antony blinken s meeting tomorrow, thousands of protest theres were raging through the streets of the nation s capital, calling out president biden for giving aid to israel. we demand a cease fire! not another dime! vandals hitting the white house, smearing red paint on the northwest gate. some even trying to climb over the gates. jonathan hunt is on the ground in jerusalem with the latest. jonathan. reporter: will, pete, rachel, we are hearing from the white house this morning that some 300 americans have made it out of ga. gagza, but some remain in there, part of antony blinken s latest round of diplomacy is aimed at getting the remaining americ
[background sounds] pete: israel continues its strikeses against hamas against forces in gaza advancing its ground activity in the region. the idf says its iron dome intercepted a drone coming from the lebanon earlier today after taking down rockets from gaza overnight. wisconsin e will this comes as iran said the u.s. would be, quote, hit hard if washington did not implement a ceasefire in gaza, but israel s maintaining a ceasefire is not an option. look, we re not going to have a ceasefire with hamas. it s like you having a ceasefire after the bombing of pearl harbor or with isis, it s absurd. and i was glad to see the administration say heir not even asking for a ceasefire. pete: meanwhile, thousands of pro-palestinian protesters raging through the streets of our nation s capital yesterday. rachel: vanned arals hitting vandals smearing red paint on the northwest gate. some even tried to climb over the gate. will: jonathan hunt is on the ground in jerusalem with the lat
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