will see children is and women freed today. at 9:00 a.m. eastern tomb, that's when hamas is set to start releasing the hostages. >> the military is ready and prepared to receive those hostages. among the details we're learning, we're told each helicopter with the hostages will have a medical team on board and the hostages will also be given notice-canceling headphones for a more peaceful ride on that flight. it's been roughly seven hours since fighting was passed in gaza. it does appear this truce is holding. >> a column of tanks and armored vehicles was seen head wag from the gaza strip. drone video shows families walking in the streets in southern gaza this morning after this truce officially began. you can see the destruction from the the airstrikes around them. >> now part of this hostage deal is allowing desperately needed humanitarian aid into gaza. that is also underway. this morning our teams have seen lines of trucks crossing in from egypt. an official says some 200 trucks packed with with food, water and medicine will be entering daily for the first time since the start of the war. >> but right now, it's an agonizing wait for families of hostages who do not know if their loved ones will be among the 50 women and children set to be released under this deal. president biden says he has his fingers crossed that the youyo youngest american hostage will be among those released. today is her 4th birthday. we have team coverage from doha to the west bank and the gaza border following all of these developments. let's go to becky anderson live from doha. >> reporter: this is fragile. there's no trust between these two parties. i'm told that very speskt iical by the mediation team, who worked these talks from here in qatar, it is fragile. therefore, the team baked in very specific obligations for both sides every single day tone sure that they can keep to this deal. one of those obligations today, the first is that the 13 hostages will be released by hamas into the arms of the icrc. they will then be taken through gaza and into israel by whichever route seems most appropriate. that really depends on where these hostages are being held. they may not all be being held in the same place. once, as we understand it, once the israelis have seen those hostages have been released, then they will begin to release 39 prisoners, woand mostly youn men under the age of 18, palestinian prisoners from a jail. they will be taken to another jail. those are the first obligations. the second is that there's no hostility. either on the ground or through surveillance drones or drones being flown in the air. very specifically around the period of time that these hostages are released. they are the expected to be released around about the same time every day. today that will be around or after 9:00 a.m. eastern time, 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon there in gaza. and the third is ensuring the border crossing is open for at least 200 trucks worth of supplies coming through. let's get more information now in what we understand to be the fine detail here. let's get to jeremy diamond near the gaza border. help us understand the context of where you are in relation to the hostage release. >> our understanding is that these 13 hostages today will be brought to various crossing points to be able to cross into israel. one of those points is near where we are standing right now. that's the crossing just over my shoulder here. this is one of the main crossing points between israel and gaza. it also has a point between israel and egypt as well. this is where we know that a lot of aid has been checked in order to go into egypt. it's also where two hostages, where they were brought into israel by benjamin netanyahu's special representative for hostage affairs. he went and got them at this very crossing, which is just over my shoulder here. so this is certainly one of the potential points where some of these 13 hostages could be brought to. our understanding is that there's an agreement mediated by qatar, where there's several different potential crossing points where these hostages could be brought to, depending on where their location is in the gaza strip. as you mentioned, hamas is expected to deliver those hostages to the red cross. it will be the red cross that brings them to the various crossing points. now once they get to the crossing points, our understanding is that if the hostages are children under 12, they will be met by their families either at or very near to those crossings. if they are over 12, they will be taken directly to hospitals. we know the military has been preparing if this scenario in a number of ways. s they have been preparing hospitals to fly the hostages to the air force base and also to hospitals across israel. there are five different hospitals in israel that are prepared to receive these hostages and also where they will meet their families. beyond that, there are other preparations, psychological preparations, financially, they will be provided to hostages and families. so this is a whole of government effort we're watching begin to play out right now. part of that effort could play out right over my shoulder here. >> jeremy diamond, thank you let's bring in clarissa ward. she joins us from the children's hospital, where child hostages, as i understand it, may arrive their relows. what are you being told there? >> reporter: so basically, if everything goes according to plan, and as you have heard and been discussing, there are many different moving parts to this. but this hospital behind me is where these children and their mothers will be brought if they are not seriously injured or have a serious medical condition. if they have a serious medical condition, they will be taken to the hospital more likely, but if they are in reasonable shape, this is where they will be brought. we have been talking to the staff here. they are extremely tense. they are cautiously optimistic. they have not been sleeping much because there's so many preparations to make to ensure that their return is as smooth as possible. now i think the most sensitive moment when you talk about the various nodes of this operation to release the hostages is just after they are released from the red cross to the idf. they cross into israel. we have seen the idf put out some images, including ones you have been showing of the helicopters with the noise-canceling headphones. we have seen images of teddy bears being put at an undies closed location. that, most likely, is a base where the children and mothers will be asked questions to confirm what kind of shape they are in medically. there's very specific guidelines, a comprehensive list of how to act and behave with these children, given the trauma that they have been through. they talk about one issue from the guidelines. children will ask questions like where is mom. soldiers should not answer these questions, even if they know the answers. any questions should be answered along the lines of, sweetheart, i'm sorry, i don't know. my job is to bring you to israel to a safe place where people you know will be waiting for you and will answer all of your questions. that, obviously, is because many of these children are now orphans. some of their parents and family members and even siblings were murdered in the october 7th attacks. and they may not be aware yet as to who they have lost, wo is still alive. beg given a lot of guidelines as to how to make them feel better, how not to retraum tides them, another guideline is don't pick the children up without asking for their permission. but again, just underscoring in a few hours potentially some of those children and the mothers they may have been released with will end up here at the snoouder medical center. this is the preem nant children's hospital in israel, and staff very much looking forward and hoping to see them here and in good shape in the coming hours. >> clarissa ward, thank you. it's so important to remember that we talk about the schedules, the scheduled release around 9:00 a.m. eastern time, 4:00 p.m. local time. that's why we're talking about this being in a couple hours time. but let's be clear about this. this is not working in normal conditions here. it could be much later than 9:00. we know that it's just going to be at some point afterwards. at this point, there's an operations room up and running here in dohar with members of the mediation team. it was qatar at the heart of this really incredibly tough negotiation. they have basically got phones set up, they are monotorting this truce and the subsequent hostage releases every second of the way to ensure or try to ensure there's no slippage. i started this by saying this is incredibly fragile. no trust on either side of this. so it's clear that many things could go awry at this point, but there's an agreement. there is a process in place and at this point, the hope is for those families of hostages who are on the ground, who will now know who these 13 are today, there will be some sense that this tragedy, this trauma that they have been going through might at least get some closure at sol point in the next hours. become to you. >> it's such an important point how delicate every moment is. hopefully the first of many releases. thank you. hundreds of families, as we have been talking about, anxiously awaiting not just the return, but word on their loved ones. we'll speak with one family of a hostage waiting for some of that news. and our team near gaza did hear fighting right up until this pause began. but it is quiet right now. our live coverage of the truce between israel and hamas continues, straight after this. we are standing by for the first wave of hostages set to be released from hamas in gaza. this is part of the truce deal. 1 women and children are among the first to be freed. it's unclear who they are at this moment. >> the families of the more than 230 hostages have been anxiety waiting to see if their loved ones are coming home. we appreciate you being with us this morning. at this point, what do you know? >>. >> what's that like as you wait and hope that perhaps tomorrow? >> it's good news. it's good for the family. we are optimistic and hopeful. fib out of there is good news. >> we're seeing these beautiful pictures of her. she has 7 children, 20 grandchildren, so all of you waiting for you. so can i is ask how did you find out that she would not be among those released today? >> we know that the families whose family members will be released were notified, so our understanding is if we're not notified, we are not in that group. but that's really the way that we know. but like, there's a lot of pain and suffering. so the aleave yigs of that for any families gives us hope and we'll be glad for them. >> there's been a lot of back and forth whether the red cross will be allowed in to see some of the hostages. have you heard anything further on that? >> we hope to hear her condition through communication, what her condition is. so i think for everybody in involved it would be an important part of the deal. people not relowsed, we get information on what the condition and the health of the people who are not released at this point. >> you have described her as the rock of the family, the glue of the family. can you tell us a bit about her? >> she's also a social work er that retired at the ageover 80. so that kind of characterized. i have also said she's a person who has an open heart and open hands to receive everyone who kind of is lucky enough to come in her area. she's dear to us and the whole family. she welcomes everybody. she's a caring person. she's also very strong. she has a no nonsense streak as well. and just as the pictures show, her feeding everybody with the chicken soup, she also feeds with her warmth and her love. i have always said she's an example for me -- i told her this. she's an example for me of how families should be. we love everyone, who they are, how they are, and everyone is welcome. we are waiting to welcome her back. >> she sounds like a wonderful woman, a really wonderful woman. we look forward to the news of you all being reunited. thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you. can't wait to see that reunion. right now, we want the tell you about fuel and aid trucks. they are entering gaza. they are loaded with desperately needed humanitarian aid and supplies. we have more on that reporting, ahead. a total of 39 palestinian prisoners are set to be released today as part of this truce agreement. our coverage continue of this critical day. in about an hour and a half from now, the first 13 h hamas-held hostages are supposed to be released out of hamas' hands into the arms of the icrc and out of gaza. this comes as israeli officials tell cnn a total of 39 palestinian prisoners are set to be released. today is part of this truce agreement. they will be taken from two jails in northern israel and driven to a prison south. what more are we learning at this point? >> reporter: this is a process that has been the focus of negotiations for weeks now. as you mentioned, we'll see the 39 prisoners being transported from the two jails southeast of jerusalem, but they will be moving here to the prison, which is just in the distance behind us. there is quite a crowd that's already gathered waiting to see this process unfold, wait ing t hear the names of those who have been released. as we know, there will be 3 released today as part of that deal. but as we have heard recently from the israeli military and government, they will not be are released until you have the confirmation of 13 hostages who are set to be released from hamas captivity once they are brought to this prison, they will undergo checks by the red cross. they will be held there until that confirmation is received that the safety of those 13 hostages and reach this crossing behind me where they will be released and allowed to return to their homes. as we know, there are some 39 people expect odd to be released today. that is amongst 150 who are set to be released over the course of this four-day truce, if the terms of that truce are upheld for the next four days. we did see earlier in the week a list of 300 palestinians held in custody, who well be amongst those released. still no clarity on who is set to be released. as we know, many of those who were listed in that initial release of 300 names are men between 16 and 18, not charged with various offenses. there are women and children amongst those in the list. no clarity on who is set to be released, but this is seen as a welcome step for particularly here in the occupied west bank, but this is just a small fraction of the more than 8,000 palestinians currently held in custody, including more than 3,000 currently held under administrative detention, which means no clear charges have been laid out. there's no ongoing legal process. that is a process that could go on indefinitely. so a small fraction of that total figure. we have been speaking to some of those families and friends waiting to see if their loved ones will be amongst the 39 released today. many have told us they will not be celebrating theirile they ar loved ones will be freed today, this has come at a heavy cost. they are referencing the lives lost in gaza in this exchange. they see this as a terrible situation that they are faced with. while they are welcoming the prirdss in the occupied west bank, they are thwarting the lives of palestinians lost gaza. >> this hostage deal, the exchange of hoostages held by hamas for the release of these prisoners, these palestinian prisoners from israeli jails, alongside the increase in humanitarian aid also baked into what is this humanitarian pause over the next four days what happens what's the status of the aid trucks entering gaza at this point? >> we see the trucks lined up now waiting for access to the gaza strip for some time now. as we understand it, more than 90 trucks have already entered gaza, including more than seven fuel trucks. that will be crucial as we heard the warnings repeatedly from aid agencies for weeks saying they need long-term humanitarian pause in order to allow aid and fuel to get into gaza for those most in need. the hope is that they will begin to see some 200 aid trucks as part of this truce agreement coming into gaza each and every day. that is reliant and dependent upon the terms of this truce being upheld, but that will provide much-needed respite for the people inside the gaza strip. >> thank you. there have been reports from doctors on the ground of patients with gastrointensal issues now as a result of the dirty water is that is being consumed in the gaza strip. that fuel to ensure that sewage works, that water works, that this infrastructure can actually work to ensure that what is a near catastrophe did yooesn't g worse is so important. 130,000 liters of fuel is part of this agreement per day. it's so important that that gets in and we have seen so the beginning of those trucks roll ing in of aid, plus those fuel trucks. important stuff. not to be forgotten in this hostage deal today. >> you're right. that fuel that wasn't able to get in for weeks upon weeks and now it's expected to continue. we'll get back to you. thank you so much for that. let's go to mj lee in washington, who has some breaking news about the american hostages. >> yeah, u.s. official tells me that american citizens are not expected to be among the first group of hostages, the 13 that are released today. the official tells me they are still hopeful that americans will be among the first 50 that are released in the coming days. we have said all along that there's been no expectation, no sort of set schedule, certainly nothing to indicate when exact ly the three american hostages will be released in that four-day truce period, but certainly, you can imagine the urgency here as far as the u.s. government is concerned about the two women and then of course, 4-year-old alabigail a don. the fact that the three women and abigail have been held in who knows what kinds of conditions for weeks now in gaza, the president has made clear in recent weeks just what a high priority it is for them to get the americans in the mix out of gaza, but again, the news that we are breaking right now is that according to a u.s. official, american citizens are not expected to be among the first group of hostages that are released today. >> there was a lot of hope there would be americans. today is her birthday. appreciate it. take a look at these new images in from the defense forces. you're seeing stuffed animals and toys they are bringing for the child hostages who maybe released today. our coverage of the expected hostage release contntinues ththrough the e morning. stay rightht here. underway and just about 90 minutes from now, the first round of hostages are scheduled to be released. that should happen at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. they are expected to free 13 hostages. cnn has learn ed that americans will not be part of that exchange toid. >> in ireland this morning, 34 people are under arrest after violent clashes broke out between police and protesters in dublin. the mob set buss and police cars on fire these riots come after three children and two adults were stabbed as they left school. a 5-year-old victim is in very serious condition. a man has been detained in that attack. traffic is moving again in both directions on the rain bow bridge, which connects the u.s. and canada at niagara falls it was closed for most of thanksgiving after that deadly crash on wednesday. the fbi did rule out terrorism. the investigation has now bye-bye turned over to local police. two people were killed in that car accident. officials believe speed was likely a factor in that crash. it's the busiest shopping day of the year. the national ret