right now the fragile truce between israel and hamas is holding despite each other violating the terms of the hostage deal reached five days ago. the idf is report this morning that three explosive devices were detonated near israeli troops in two different locations in northern gaza, and that hamas militants also opened up on the idf troops who responded with fire. now, hamas is calling the clash a quote, unquote field skirmish. this morning plumes of smoke were seen over gaza, and now, while this is happening, another group of the israeli hostages are expected to be released from the hamas captivity today, and the families were notified early this morning, and unclear if the firing in gaza does anything to jeopardize the plans. this is where things stand right now. 51 israeli citizens and 18 foreign nationals have been released by hamas since the pause began friday. the families of the hostages set to be freed today, as you heard, have been notified, and the families who
sandra. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. we re watching images both in the west bank where they are releasing palestinian prisoners and the israeli prisoners, hostages, that were released on the right-hand side of your screen. 12 women who walked their way to freedom just moments ago. they were brought out in the vehicles that we have seen and become familiar with. there were no americans that were released in this latest wave. we think partly because they have committed to releasing women and children first and we believe that the remaining eight to nine americans are all men. so we obviously stay on top of that story as we wait for good news for their families. these ten israelis ranging from 17 to 84. these harrowing accounts that are beginning to trickle in about life, what life was like for these individuals when they were in captivity. the aunt of this now free little boy, 12-year-old ethan, says he was force to watch videos of the october 7th attack. look at this
reporter: hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here, in the united states, around the world and streaming us on cnn max. we continue the breaking news coverage of the israel-hamas war. i m rosemary church. we are following a surprising delay in the agreement between israel and hamas, that puts of the expected release of hostages until friday. a temporary truce is also delayed. the update came hours before humanitarian pause in fighting in the initial release of 50 women and children hostages was expected to begin. both u.s. and israeli officials point to logistical details for the delay. while one israeli official says israel has not yet received the names of the first hostages to be freed. meantime israeli forces are still pressing on with their offensive against hamas, striking parts of northeastern in central gaza, the palestinians area further south we re also hit. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is making it clear the war is not slowing down, and he ex
breaking details on the critical israel-hamas hostage deal. the ceasefire is set and family members wait in agony to see if their loved ones will be in the first wave of captives released tomorrow morning. some very heavy news, happy thanksgiving, i m molly line. i m kevin. a spokesman for the qatari government ex claiming what we can see several hours from now. 13 in number, all women, and children, and those hostages from the same families will be put together within the same patch. obviously every day will include a number of civilians as agreed to total 50 in the four days. this as israeli defense forces say they have captured the director of al-shifa hospital. idf says under his management, the largest hospital in gaza served as hamas command and control center. in a moment, dr. hulata. but first, correspondent jeff paul joins us live from southern israel. jeff. kevin, with the original plan to release the hostages pushed back until tomorrow, it s obviously a ve
debated over the last several hours, whether or not a deal to free the israeli hostages has been approved or not. we don t have that information for you quite yet. as we await the developments here, obviously very significant. thank you, matthew chance. thank you, all of you for joining us. ac 360 starts now. the waiting must be almost unbearable, but for at least some of the families whose loved ones have been held captive by terrorists for the last 46 days, the waiting could be closer to being over and their loved ones could be that much closer to coming home. john berman here in for anderson. just moments ago the israeli s full cabinet meeting ended with hamas. the cabinet meeting just ended. we do not know what they decided on. according to multiple sources, these are the proposed points of a possible agreement. hamas would free 50 women and children, mostly children, taken on october 7th. in exchange, israel would release 150 palestinians and take a four to five day