still hurting. jesse: too bad. bret: thanks. good evening. i m bret baier. the u.s. navy intervenes as an israeli-linked vessel is targeted by houthi rebels. we will bring you that. the vulnerability to fraud on president biden s original student loan bailout plan. and the train carries migrants in mexico toward the u.s. border as the crisis on the southern border continues. bret: but, first, breaking tonight. israel and hamas has have agreed to extend their temporary cease-fire and hostage for prisoner swap for another two days. this news comes as about the same time as a fourth such exchange was completed today. correspondent alex hogan starts us off tonight live from jerusalem. good evening, alex. good evening, bret. israel says it will resume military pralingses in gaza with full force if hamas does not honor its commitment to release more hostages it. is the early hours of the fifth day of this cease-fire. and now the latest released hostages are currently at a
be in the group released today. both sides are talking about extending the truce, which would allow for more hostages to be released in the coming days. we are taking the necessary steps in order to be prepared for a new mobilization, a renewed attack against hamas and its strongholds, wherever they are holding out. they are still holding over 100 around 200 hostages. ten people a day, that could be 20 days. so we need to keep that in mind. here s a look at the women and children who have been freed from gaza since friday. we ve been seeing celebration, and emotional reunions in israel, here, you can see a cheering crowd greeting a convoy of buses carrying released hostages. we re also proud of well wishers waving israeli flags outside the hospital, where the former captives arrived in military helicopters. and yesterday we did see the release of the first american hostage, there she is, 4-year-old abigail adan. president biden says that abigail is getting the care sh
you are in the cnn newsroom. i m alex marquardt in washington alongside kaitlan collins in tel aviv. jim acosta is off tonight. thank you very much for joining us. israel moves towards a fourth and possibly final day of its temporary truce with hamas. so much will demand on how many more hostages get released after three successful days of hostage releases. hamas says it wants to extend the pause in the fighting. a source telling cnn that israel s war cabinet is also discussing that possibility. but today it was yet another emotional day for so many families in israel. a third group of 17 hostages held inside the gaza strip since early october, they were finally freed. here are some of the early images, or images we ve just again some of those families, finally imbembracing after weekf uncertainty. a total of 17 hostages today, including three thai nationals, and these pictures that you re looking at there, those are 14 of the israeli hostages who were released from captivi
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the u.s. and all around the world. i m max foster live from london with the continuing cover of the israel/hamas war. it s now the fourth day between the tempers between israel and hamas. and after the hostages expected to be released from gaza in the hours ahead. 17 were released. today set to be the football day of the agreement. but hamas says it wants to extend the pause in the fighting beyond a four-day deal. a source tells cnn, the war cabinet is also discussing that possibility. as part of an additional deal, an additional 39 prisoners and detainees were released from jails on sunday. all were males 18 years old and younger. clare sebastian follows all of this from london. so, today is the last day of the truce. what do you expect to happen today. as you said, israel is receiving a list, they re discussing it. we don t have any more as of yet. they re going to release more information when they have it. i thin
and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october seven attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involved in helping the release. they also said today s release proves that we can get all the hostages back home. the israel defense forces spokesman daniel hagari said the release of four year old abigail was proof this is a justified war, fighting a