Laura coates live starts right now. A. Laura. Hey abby, thank you so much. A great show as always. Ill read that book, for sure. Ill see you again here tomorrow night, okay . Im sure you can. All my free time. There are two more hostages now freed, but what about those who are still being held . There are more than 200 of them and they are somewhere in gaza. Tonight on laura coates live. The news tonight is bittersweet. Seeing the footage of 79 year old cooper and 85yearold thing helped out is an image none of us will soon forget. The frailty, their age, all of us trying to imagine how they were treated the day they were taken, what happened in those moments, let alone what they must have endured in the interim. Well now both women are freed, theyve been released by hamas after more than two weeks in captivity. Medics say that two unaffiliated media outlet that theyre both in stable condition. They are in a tel aviv hospital tonight. But their husbands, who were kidnapped with them, ar
Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and all around the world, as we continue our coverage of israel at war. I am Rosemary Church. 16 days after hamas abducted more than 200 people from israel in a deadly attack the gaza based Militant Group has released two more women from captivity. The hostages identified as Israeli Citizens nurit cooper and yochi lifshitz, were handed over to the red cross at the rafah Border Crossing into egypt. They were carried away into ambulances and taken to a Medical Center in israel to be reunited with their families. Earlier, the daughter of lifshitz told cnn she was relieved her mother has been released, but noted that her father is still being held by hamas along with many other people. This is not a political issue, this is a humane issue. We have lost so many people are going to funerals every day. This is a ray of light, when there is so much darkness. I cannot wait to hug my mom and see other members of my community a
Into this situation. They stormed our kibbutz, they kidnapped me. Bring them home, bring them home. Nothing will be the same because at the end of the day our community lost 10 of its population. Sandra begin a brandnew hour breaking moments ago, two Security Sources telling reuters a Rocket Attack has targeted an air base in iraq which hosts u. S. And other forces just west of baghdad. An update from john kirby. He is going to be joining Karine Jeanpierre at the White House Press briefing, expected to begin just moments from now. Bill also well hear from the pentagon as a new report reveals the u. S. Military is stepping up its surveillance now in the middle east. Sandra a lot happening at this hour, over on capitol hill, lawmakers on the House Foreign Affairs committee are set to receive a classified briefing on the threat from iran. Another busy day in our Nations Capital and beyond. Sandra smith in new york. Bill, great to have you here. Bill i dont know roberts is off today. Bill
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
Rachel straight to a fox knew news alert. Right now live images showing smoke rising over the hamascontrolled territory, fighting comes as egyptian Officials Say the rafah if Border Crossing is closed again after a limited amount of humanitarian aid was allowed to enter the strip. Joey the gates briefly open about three hours ago allowing no more than 20 trucks hauling food, water and medicine into southern gaza. The u. S. Warning stranded american citizens to expect, quote, a potentially chaotic and disorderly environment on both sides of the crossing, end quote. Its unclear if any foreigners were allowed in. Pete reports are that 20 were allowed to go in because thats what was agreed upon. This comes on the heels of hamas releasing two american hostages friday. Judith ranaan and her daughter natalie were taken to an Israeli Military base. Secretary of state apt any Anthony Blinking says he believes the majority of the hostages are still alive. Meanwhile, an Israeli Ground offensive i