In rafah, lets hear from some of them. We are afraid of war and terrified of the storming of we are afraid of war and terrified of the rafa h. Rafah. We help the world will end in that we return to gaza. We feel very uncomfortable and we cannot be here any longer. This we cannot be here any longer. This is we cannot be here any longer. This is distressing for all of us we this is distressing for all of us we hope to warble in soon and us we hope to warble in soon and we us we hope to warble in soon and we can go home. People of lost sense and we can go home. People of lost sense of comfort and security lost sense of comfort and security and we are more scared at night security and we are more scared at night due to the bombardments. They kill everyone bombardments. They kill everyone without everyone without differentiating. Everyone without differentiating between children differentiating between children and differentiating between children and old differentiating betweenl children a
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announcer: this is cnn breaking news. thank you so much for joining us. i m boris sanchez alongside jim sciutto in washington. we have wolf blitzer live for us in tel aviv, israel, where we are monitoring remarkable moments in the middle east. it s freedom after 48 hellish days in the hands of hamas and other groups in gaza. today the first 24 hostages were taken into egypt, and you can see them in this footage just moments after their release at the rafa border crossing. this is just the start of their journey back after they were ripped from their homes on october 7th. the israeli defense forces shared this video of the moment a bus carrying the hostages entered israel. most of the people released today are women and children. we are told they include 13 israelis. you see their pictures here. as well as ten thai citizens and a filipino citizen who were also taken on october 7th. over next three days we do expect to see at least 37 more hostages released. that was a fi
and six elderly women. ten thai nationals and one filippino were also part of the group. and huge crowds are welcoming home the 39 palestinian women and teenage boys freed in exchange from two israeli jails. the red cross has now bussed them to the beitunia checkpoint in the occupied west bank. just showing you the image now of the airbase in israel, we understand from our correspondent there. this is where many from our correspondent there. this is where many of from our correspondent there. this is where many of those is really hostages have been taken. a airbase in southern israel. the hostages taken there and within the next few minutes we are expecting they would leave there and be airlifted to a hospital elsewhere within israel. today has been a day of significant investments and lots of international diplomacy to secure the release of 2a hostages, but also the release of 2a hostages, but also the 39 palestinian detainees. this is the image at the airbase where the
to underscore how today could have been radically different in modern history books as we watch what is happening today. what we understand is in a benchmark of progress, 24 hostages have now been released. 13 israelis, 10 thai nationals and one filipino citizen as the israel-hamas hostage deal holds steady on the first of what will be a longnd critical four days. among the youngest israelis freed today, a 2-year-old, 4-year-old, 5-year-old and a 9-year-old. you can see a small child here getting into that bus preparing to go home and leaving their nearly seven-week long nightmare behind. they have since been reunited with their families, given toys and clean clothes as they start the long journey to healing. many of them may not have an understanding of everything that has transpired on october 7th and since and challenges still remain for the families of those who did not come home today yet. as for the civilians inside the strip, the israeli military dropping new leaflets