At least its a Beautiful Day here in washington. See you again here. Thank you so much for joining us. The news continues on cnn news central. Good afternoon, im Brianna Keilar with Boris Sanchez here in washington. We are following breaking developments in the middle east. Today the Israel Defense forces say that the majority of hostages captured by hamas are still alive. The terror group claims that it will free them if there is a pause in fighting. The red cross has been in touch with hamas, seeking access to those captives, and russia says kremlin officials have communicated with hamas about haj hostage releases. On the military front the idf says it is prepared for a broader conflict and as the world braces for the next phase of its operations,enally a move into gaza, the carnage continues there. The latest, a Greek Orthodox church compound leveled by an idf air strike. Youre looking at video of it now. Cnn cant independently confirm the number of casualties, but the Health Minist
We are back now with Breaking News out of The Middle East. Two american hostages have been released by hamas. They are now in israel. The State Department is expected to give a briefing in minutes. Lets get to tel aviv with the news. Kaitlan collins helped break this story. What are you learning about the two americans and their release . Reporter yeah, amazing news for the families of judith and Natalie Ranaan who have desperately been waiting for word on their loved ones, and we have confirmed theyre the two american hostages who have been released and now in israel according to the prime Minsters Office here. Theyre on their way to a Military Base where theyre going to be meeting their family whos waiting for them tonight. Judith and natalie, many people are familiar with their story. Theyre from illinois and they were just in israel visiting. Natalie just graduated from high school. She was here with judith, their mother. They were celebrating a relatives 85th birthday. They were s
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on in gaza. deadly attack, those in the south. really forces are headed that way. this is the israeli government faced with tough questions today about what it knew in when after reports from the nbc news in the new york times that intelligence about what hamas was planning, and when. also today the fallout from the historic vote in congress to remove george santos. it may have been information shared by one of his colleagues that sealed his fate. also this, our donald trump hitting the campaign trail in iowa. the will wake up two losses on his claims of immunity due to presidential and we will speak with charles blow about his new documentary, from south to power. we want to start this hour in the middle east for prime minister benjamin netanyahu wrapped up the prime as israeli forces wrap up operations in gaza. here s some of what was said. translator: we maintain a very firm negotiation under fire, from morning tonight. i discussed extensively with president biden. w