happening now, breaking news. dramatic developments here in the middle east. the first major release of hostages since the hamas attacks on october 7th. 13 israelis and 11 foreign nationals finally free from gaza after nearly seven weeks. i m wolf blitzer live in tel aviv, israel. and i m jim acosta here in washington. president biden is vowing to return every single american hostage even though none were included in today s agreement. as the president says it s unclear if americans will be included in the next release but praised today s hand-off as a promising sign. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. you re in the situation room. the breaking news this hour, an outpouring of emotion here in israel as hamas releases 24 hostages kidnapped back on october 7th. cnn s matthew chance has details including a closer look at the video hamas released of the hostage hand-off inside gaza. they kidnapped and killed, but now hamas is showing
story. i ll see you next sunday. . hello and welcome, everyone, i m michael holmes. appreciate the company, and it s midnight here in atlanta, 37:00 a.m. in and list of hostages that hamas is prepared to release on saturday and has notified their families. according to an israeli source, several children are on saturday s list. day one of the truce that hamas released 24 people who had been held hostage since october 7th. 13 of them were israelis, 11 were foreign nationals, all of them were taken to several tel aviv hospitals for medical evaluations. among the non-israelis were 10 thai citizens and one filipino who spent the night in the same medical center near tel aviv and they cautioned that the process is far from over. translator: the site of those that have safely crossed the border into israel provokes a profound sense of relief, yet our hearts remain with the hostages still held in gaza. tonight, we embrace the family of the hostages keeping them constantly in o
the un says 137 trucks of goods entered gaza on friday since the pause this makes it the biggest humanitarian convoy received since the war s start on 7 october. israeli media says hamas has named 13 hostages for release on saturday. senior international correspondent orla guerin has this report on the hostages homecoming. israeli pilots setting off for a key mission, to bring hostages home after almost 50 days in captivity. israel has been holding its breath for this. the journey began when a convoy of vehicles crossed from gaza into egypt. a glimpse of the hostages inside on the road to freedom. a number were neighbours in the same kibbutz. earlier, 72 year old adina moshe was helped from an ambulance in egypt, moving slowly but chatting and smiling. (applause) and this was the welcome as the hostages arrived tonight at an israeli airbase. there is collective relief here that at least some have been freed. these are the 13 israelis who came back today, spanning the gener
kaitlan collins is in tel aviv bringing us the minute by minute coverage of the second day of this truce agreement. reporter: yeah, you really see what those red cross vehicles mean to the hostages. i spoke to the family of one grandmother who was released yesterday who said, she had been underground for so long that she didn t know when she did see sunlight if she was taken to being released or executed until she saw the red cross vehicles yesterday. you just see how powerful that moment is. in this next phase of the deal between israel and hamas comes after hours of a delay in the deal where you are seeing the two sides try to work something out. there were hours of uncertainty when a dispute with hamas was unfolding over the amount of aid that was going into gaza which is a major component of this deal. and then with just hours to spare, qatari officials are involved. they were able to get the deal on track after some phone calls including one with president biden. now i
. welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. i want to get to our continuing coverage of the israel-hamas war. it s 4:00 a.m. in atlanta, 11:00 a.m. in gaza, the second day of a four-day truce between israel and hamas that appears to be holding. now, in the coming hours israel is expecting hamas to release another group of israeli hostages just as it did the day before. israel says it has a list of today s names, and has notified the families according to an israeli source several children are on it. now, day one of the truce saw hamas release 13 israelis and 11 foreign nationals who were quickly taken to tel aviv area hospitals for medical evaluations. doctors describe all 13 israelis as good and stable. ten thai nationals and one filipino, 20 of its citizens are still being held hostage by hamas. as part of the deal on friday 39 palestinian women and minors were released from three israeli prisons and r