reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news this morning, a tentative hostage deal reached pending israeli government approval. now, the israeli prime minister s office just announcing the war cabinet will convene at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. so one hour from now. this after a hamas leader said the group is, quote, close to a truce agreement with israel and multiple news reports are outlining the possible framework of a deal that would include a temporary cease-fire and the release of at least 50 hostages held by hamas in exchange for palestinian women and children in israel. let s get right to nbc s keir simmons in tel aviv, israel. and gabe gutierrez is with us from the white house. what do we know about the details of this plan? reporter: well, we know that prime minister netanyahu has said that he hopes that there will be good news soon, that there is going to be a series of israeli government meetings coming up in the coming hours that will finish with a meetin
consider the terms of a temporary truce. what could be an imminent deal to release dozens of hostages. a senior u.s. official and source familiar with the talks in the region tell nbc that would include hamas freeing around 50 women and children in change for 150 palestinian prisoners being held by israel. in addition, fighting would be paused for several days to allow for fuel and other aid to get in. president biden sounding optimist, saying it s looking good to bring the hostages home and we expect this deal to dominate at a pentagon press briefing that is scheduled to start any minute now. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with raf sanchez who reports from tel aviv. what more to we know about what this deal entails? whether israel is going to go along with it? do we know which meeting netanyahu is in right now? reporter: so, chris, he is still in this meeting with the full cabinet. it has been going on for an hour. we think it
headquarters in new york city. all signs are pointing to a potentially huge breakthrough in gaza. dozens of women and children held by hamas may be on the verge of coming home. nbc news learned there is a tentative deal to secure their release in exchange for as many as 150 palestinian prisoners and a five-day break in the fighting. that s according to a senior u.s. official and a source familiar with the talks in the region. here is president biden a short time ago. very close. very close. could bring the hostages home very soon. and we have more to say, we will. but things are looking good at the moment. if the deal holds, it would be an answered prayer to the families of those hostages. what does it mean for the future of the war? and to the hostages left behind? plus, a really important hearing, one of donald trump s co-defendants in georgia could get sent back to jail. will the judge revoke harrison floyd s bail over a series of social media posts, including nine of
this is cnn breaking news. we are following significant breaking news this morning. sources tell cnn a hostage deal between israel and hamas could be announced as soon as today. here are some of the details. we are told the potential deal calls for the release of 50 women and children. in exchange, a four to five day pause in fighting and three palestinian prisoners swopd for each civilian hostage released, 150 being held. sources say israel and hamas are still working on the names of those who would be released. officials are hoping that one of the first will be 3-year-old abigail here. she is the youngest american hostage. her parents were killed by hamas. we spoke with her great aunt a short time ago after this news broke. she is cautiously optimistic here is more of what she told us. we can t get our hopes up in a way that just believes it s going to happen right if in the next couple of hours. when i think about that on friday is abigail s fourth birthday and she s
suing after a report highlighting anti-semitic content on the site sparked a devastating advertiser exodus. now, unfortunately, a severe storm system could come at the worst possible time. what you need to know. coming up, i m kate baldwin with omar jimenez. this is cnn news central. it is very close. that s the word from a u.s. official to cnn, and the word also now from two israeli sources, a hostage deal could be announced as soon as today. there seems to be a lot of moving parts and a lot of things happening at one. listen to the latest and urgent painstaking work to get the hostages released. innocent victims were kidnapped on october 7th. here s what john kirby said. obviously we are laser focused on the american citizens we know are being held hostage. everybody should be out now, but here we are in negotiation, and we re getting closer to the end, we believe, of that negotiation, so again, i m going to be careful. the israeli prime minister s office just annou