politicsnation. tonight s lead a hope for peace. right now, we re getting more details on the third group of hostages and prisoners exchanged by israel and hamas in what was the third day of the cease-fire. 14 new israeli hostages were released to the international red cross this afternoon. along with three foreign nationals. one of them a four year old american girl. president biden addressed the release earlier today. let me put it this way, i d like to see the pause go on as long as privileged kept coming up. meanwhile, israeli released 39 palestinian prisoners. all of them minors, according to officials from the neighboring country of qatar. we will keep you updated throughout the hour, as we learn more about the released in the look ahead to tomorrow. the final day of the pause. here in the united states, authorities are investigating whether the non fatal shootings of three palestinian college students in burlington, vermont, was a hate crime. tonight, our cal
from jerusalem. the weather is changing, conditions will worsen for the hundreds of thousands displaced inside gaza. there have been reports of an israeli airstrike on an indonesian hospital, the hamas run health ministry says the number is 12. israeli forces have not commented on a specific operation but maintain their forces are targeting what they say are terrorists and terrorist infrastructure. in another development of the last few hours the israeli defence forces have released sets of videos which they believe will bolster their argument that hamas have been using the largest hospital al shifa hospital as a command centre. it released cctv images, which it says show two hostages being taken by hamas into al shifa, after they were abducted from southern israel on the 7th of october. one is injured and wheeled in on a trolley. the bbc has not been able to verify the video. the idf also released video which it says shows a 55 metre long tunnel, beneath the hospital complex
and terrorist infrastructure . as the weather worsens across the region, the situation on the ground for hundreds of thousands of people who have fled south in gaza in recent days and weeks will become much tougher. we can check on the humanitarian situation on the ground. live now to ramallah where we re joined byjohn entwistle, spokesperson from the international federation of the red cross. thank you for speaking to us on bbc news. heavy rain with us. i assume the same way you are and in up give usa the same way you are and in up give us a sense of the situation on the ground this morning. us a sense of the situation on the ground this morning. thank you for the time. ground this morning. thank you for the time- as ground this morning. thank you for the time. as you ground this morning. thank you for the time. as you rightly ground this morning. thank you fori the time. as you rightly report, the situation the time. as you rightly report, the situation is the t
it s been a delight. we ll see you back here next week. all in, with two months until voters weigh in, a new iowa rivalry heats up. i delivered on 100% of my promises. all of this vendetta stuff, we can t go down that. reporter: florida s governor is all in on iowa. will it pay off? we have to send a great signal, and then maybe these people just say, okay, it s over then. reporter: republican presidential candidate ron desantis is here for an exclusive interview, next. plus, choose your opponent. facing political headwinds come on, man. president biden ramps up his attacks on former president donald trump. will that be enough to sway swing voters? our panel is here to discuss. and under pressure, amid outcry over gaza deaths free palestine! reporter: president biden rejects calls for a cease-fire, while his administration says they re working on a deal to bring back the hostages held by hamas. are they close? deputy national security adviser john
described al shifa hospital in gaza as a death zone after a visit by a un team. international doctors spent an hour at the site and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire. they say there is a mass grave at the entrance. the palestinian red crescent has evacuated 31 premature babies by ambulance from the hospital, in coordination with un agencies. the head of the world health organization posted this picture of one of the babies on x. he said they were very sick . the israeli military remain inside the complex. last week, benjamin netanyahu said they had found a hamas command and control centre underneath the hospital. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments, deny they have a base at al shifa. on saturday, hundreds of people including some patients left the hospital on foot. but 20 health workers and about 300 critically ill patients remain at al shifa. meanwhile, the prime minister of qatar has said only minor obstacles rem