. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i'm laila harrak. it's now 10:00 a.m. in gaza, the second day of a four-day truce between israel and hamas that appears to be holding. israel says it has received a list of the israeli hostages that should be released sometimes today and has notified their families. according to an israeli source, several children are on today's list. day one of the truce saw hamas release 24 people who had been held hostage since october 7th. 13 of them were israelis and 11 were foreign nationals. all of them were taken to tel aviv area hospitals for medical evaluations. and doctors describe all 13 israelis as good and stable. among the non-israelis were 10 thai nationals and 1 filipino. the thai government estimates that 20 of its citizens are still being held hostage by hamas. and as part of the deal on friday, 39 palestinian women and minors were released from three israeli prisons and returned to the occupied west bank and jerusalem. well, the first images of the hostages as they were about to be released was video taken by hamas. cnn had no control over the content, and we show it to you now. our matthew chance explains exactly what it shows and what it does not. >> reporter: they kidnapped and killed, but now hamas is showing its government releasing israelis in gaza. for many, these are disturbing scenes. 9-year-old ohad munder being embraced as he's set free. an old woman being carried by a masked man as palestinians cheer. after 49 long days of captivity in gaza, aid workers from the red cross drive them through the border into egypt and to freedom. egyptian television shows a convoy of vehicles heading to the crossing. then the hostages, 10 thais, the filipino, and the israeli women and children disembarking for checks. this grainy video was posted of the moment they all finally re-entered the country. a step, says the israeli prime minister, towards bringing all hostages home. >> translator: we have just completed the return of the first of our hostages. children, their mothers, and additional women. each one of them is a whole world, but i emphasize to you, the families, and to you, citizens of israel, we are committed to return all our hostages. >> reporter: most of the hostages released in this first group under the temporary truce were taken from nir oz, one of the small israeli communities near gaza ravaged by hamas on october 7th. at least 38 people there were killed, and more than 70 abducted. ♪ people like danielle aloni and her 5-year-old daughter, emilia, both freed in this latest release. but the relatives they were visiting when hamas attacked remain unaccounted for as hostages. behind every release, a poignant reminder of those left behind. like the family of omri almog. his brother and law and niece killed. his sister and her three children still hostages. yet omri is now optimistic. >> the best is in front of us. it's going to come. whatever happens, we cannot change. >> there's still a chance for your sister and her children? >> yes. with he have to bring what's left. we need to bring back what's left from this family. it's a broken family. >> reporter: a broken family in a country of shattered lives. matthew chance, cnn, tel aviv. >> cnn's scott mclean joins us live from istanbul. scott, as day two now is under way, this day two of the truce, are we expecting to see similar scenes today, people being released and much needed aid going into gaza? >> reporter: yeah. we don't have a detailed schedule of what is expected to happen today and precisely when it will happen. but you're right. the expectation is that broadly speaking, today will look something like yesterday with a number of israeli hostages released and then, of course, three times that number of palestinian prisoners released from israeli prisons as well. yesterday after the truce began, 7:00 a.m. local time, it was nynex krushiating hours later that the hostage movement actually began from gaza, and of course the prisoner release began from the israeli side as well. this is expected to go on for the next three days. but as we know, it could be longer than that. for every one day the truce is extended beyond the initial four, israel could get back 10 hostages. the palestinians could see 30 more prisoners from israeli jails released as well. whether or not there is any appetite from the israeli side or from hamas is a totally different question. the israelis have made very clear that this war is not over. of the 13 released yesterday, all but one were from kibbutz nir oz. they range from 2 to 85 years old. we have word from doctors that all are in good, stable condition. obviously that's good news. one other thing to mention, laila, we saw that video in matthew chance's piece that hamas had released of its part of this well choreographed handover. it was obviously edited, showed what they wanted to see. in that video, you saw people taping with their cell phones. you also saw people cheering. from the hamas point of view, this is a rare bright spot for them. frankly they have very few good useful cards to play in this war. but obviously these hostages give them a heck of a lot of leverage, and they're going to try to use them as best they can to get whatever they can from the other side. so far, they've been able to get 39 palestinian prisoners released. >> scott, i want to talk more about the palestinian prisoners. can you explain why for the palestinians their release is so key? >> reporter: yeah. so of the palestinian prisoners, there has been a list drawn up by israel of 300 that could potentially be released. obviously this deal, at least in the initial four days, only allows for 150 to be released. but this is a real coup for hamas. you saw yesterday people celebrating in the streets in the west bank, waving not only palestinian flags but hamas flags as well. remember that hamas does not control the west bank. it controls only gaza. but this is a chance for the terror group and political group to really burnish its credentials there. we know that of the 39, there were 22 women, 2 girls, and 15 teenage boys ranging in age from 14 to 18. it's also interesting to point out that three quarters of them are in what's called administrative detention, meaning they may not know the charges against them. they're being held without charge at the moment. ten have actually been sentenced. there are only 11 possible women that could be released today or in the coming days based on the list that israel has published. the crimes that they've been accused of or even convicted of range from relatively minor things like stone throwings all the way up to much more serious crimes like attempted murder. so a lot of people will be watching very closely to see who is on that list exactly. but all of this is very delicate. even yesterday with the release of these palestinian prisoners, laila, you saw some clashes between the idf and people who had shown up at one of the prisons in the west bank to watch. there was tear gas. the palestinian red crescent said that two minors were actually shot and injured. we have reached out to the idf for comment on that. laila. >> scott mclean in istanbul, thank you so much for your continued coverage. and meanwhile, thailand says it's working to get its citizens freed by hamas back home. ten thai nationals and one filipino were included in friday's hostage release. israel says they spent the night in the hospital, where they'll stay until their medical checkups are complete. thai officials say the hostages' relatives have already been notified of their release, but thailand believes about 20 more of its citizens are still being held by hamas. el let's get you more now. what can you tell us about the thai and filipino hostages that were released and the reaction back home in thailand and the philippines to the news that they are finally free? >> reporter: well, laila, it's not necessarily widely known that there are many, in fact, tens of thousands of migrant workers that come from asia, that go to israel for work. they come from a variety of countries, nepal, the philippines, china. a large contingent of them come from thailand. again, tens of thousands of them. an estimated 20,000 working agricultural industries. that's why some of them were exposed to these attacks on october 7th. they were in that agricultural belt, some of them working in kibbutz as well. so amongst those ten, there was one particular story that we heard about that gives you a sense of the kind of joy and delight that the families of these hostages are feeling, a glimmer of light in such darkness really. let's talk about a woman who spoke to our producer in bangkok and described her happiness at recognizing her daughter in video clips that had been shared, realizing that was her daughter's hairstyle, her daughter's particular way of walking. it was a surprise to her. she didn't know that she would be released. that is something that is echoed amongst all of these hostages that have been released from both thailand and the one filipino, that it was a surprise to many of their loved ones to see them in these videos and hear from them again. let's talk about that one filipino national. the president of the philippines, president marcos jr. expressing that he was overjoyed at his release. this was a care worker working in a kibbutz in southern israel. he is undergoing tests in hospital at the moment as are the thai nationals as well. some of those tests will be emotional tests. they will have been witness to quite horrific events over the last few weeks. they have been in captivity. they will have seen things that could traumatize them for some time to come. so there's a lot of work to be done there, laila. >> minish tank reporting from singapore, thank you so much. greatly appreciate it. a record number of russian drones went after targets across ukraine saturday morning. that's according to ukrainian officials, who say the main target was kyiv, where some drones were captured on social media video. ukraine's air force says it shot down 71 of the 75 drones launched on saturday. but some of the wreckage crashed down on residential buildings in kyiv, and officials also say at least two people were wounded and the attacks caused multiple fires in the city. there are power outages in the central part of kyiv. let's take you now to the ukrainian capital. anna coren is standing by, joining us from kyiv. anna, kyiv on high alert at this hour. >> reporter: yeah, laila. we are here outside a kindergarten. we're in a residential area. this hit happened around 5:00 a.m., and we've just been speaking to the residents of this community, who said how terrifying it was. they heard the air raid sirens. they went into the hallway. then they heard loud explosions, which were the air defense systems working overtime. then roughly 5:00 a.m., a massive explosion, which was the kindergarten being hit. now, you can see the homes, the windows. they've all been smashed out on multiple layers. people now cleaning up the mess. but this mother of two, she said this is just too close. you know, this should not be happening. obviously air defense systems, as i say, working overtime over the past six hours really. it started just over 2:30 a.m. all the way throughout morning, and we could also hear the loud explosions. we could hear the drones flying over the city. our producer heard one of the drones fly past her home. but as you say, 75 of the shahed drones were flown to ukraine. 71 of them shot down. and this is the debris of one of those drones. you can see rubble absolutely, you know, all throughout the courtyard. there's debris in the trees. but this is in a ridential complex. this could have hit any one of these buildings. too close to call for so many of these people. this is now the reality. we are in winter. it's blue skies today, laila, but it has been snowing. it is freezing temperatures here in kyiv, and russia's aim is to hit ukraine's energy infrastructure just like they did last year. but we heard from president zelenskyy this morning, and he said this was an act of deliberate terror. laila. >> anna coren on-site for you. anna, thank you so much for your reporting. we're going to take a short break. when we come back, we'll have more on day two of the truce in the war between hamas and israel. emotions are running high as some of the hostages released by hamas are reunited with their families at hospitals in israel. [ cheers and applause ] people cheered as three of five elderly women were transported by ambulances from a helicopter to the wolfson medical center near tel aviv. eight other former hostages, four children, three mothers, and a grandmother were taken to a children's medical center near tel aviv. officials say they are in good physical condition and will undergo a medical assessment. and ten thai citizens and one filipino national, who were also freed by hamas, were taken to a hospital southeast of tel aviv and are undergoing medical examinations. well, as palestinians welcome the pause in the constant bombardment in gaza, many who fled to the southern part of the enclave are trying to get back home to the north. but that journey is still too dangerous as cnn jomana karadsheh reports. >> reporter: it's the sounds of life, not death today on the streets of gaza. for the first time in nearly 50 days, they're not running for their lives. no bombs raining down on them from the sky. some children can even smile again, even if only for a brief while. but there's nothing to celebrate. too many lives have been lost. so much gone, and they know there will be more. the israeli military dropping leaflets on friday, warning people that the war is not over. it will soon resume, and telling them to stay away from northern gaza and its troops. many still tried to head back to the homes they fled with nothing more than the clothes on their back to see what's left and grab what they can find, including their dead. "we want to see what's happened to our loved ones. so many are under the rubble for 20 days," this man says. "we need to get them out." "who else will bury them? who will bury our 2-year-old and her father?" says this woman. it was a tense scene on the highway linking north and south. people here saying israeli forces opened fire on those trying to head back north. "we want to get to our homes." they say this is a truce, mahmoud says. we're civilians. they shot people. one was shot in the head and the other in the mouth." gunfire and the panic that ensued captured in this video geolocated by cnn. asked about these shootings, the israeli military says its troops are stationed along the, quote, operational lines of the pause in accordance with the framework of the agreement. but that didn't stop those determined to get back to what's left of their lives. these sisters cradling their cats, who have been through it all with them, say they know the risks, but they just want to go back home. gazans know all too well what comes after this brief calm. [ speaking in a global language ] "what's this true for? to hand over the hostages? what happens after they hand them over? what happens to us?" this woman asks. "we feel like we are dead, " she said. they hope it doesn't all start again, but all they can do now is prepare for a cool winter ahead. jomana karadsheh, cnn, london. >> a source tells cnn former police officer derek chauvin was assaulted in federal prison. with various reports saying he was stabbed. he was convicted in the killing of george floyd in minneapolis in 2020 and is serving time at the federal correction institute in tucson, arizona. chauvin is in stable condition according to the source. his attorney told cnn they are working on getting confirmation. the chief of police in minneapolis says, quote, violence is barbaric and tragic and should never be cause for celebration. the former south african olympic sprinter oscar pistorius has been granted parole from prison in january. he was convicted of murdering his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, almost 11 years ago. as cnn's patrick snell tells us, the victim's mother fears pistorius is still dangerous. >> reporter: south african athlete oscar pistorius made global headlines in 2013 after shooting his partner, reeva steenkamp, to death in his home. now over a decade later, prison authorities have announced that he will be released on parole in january. pistorius, known as the blade runner for his carbon finer prosthetic legs, won six gold medals across three paralympic games. at the 2012 london games, he became the first double amputee to compete at the olympics. but early the next year, the world was captivated by a harrowing story after pistorius shot 29-year-old steenkamp four times fthrough the bathroom doo of his home, later denying he killed her in a fit of anger and saying instead he'd mistaken her for an intruder. he was sentenced to 13 years and 5 months imprisonment. steenkamp's mother has warned that pistorius has not been rehabilitated and is concerned for the safety of other women once he's released on parole. in a victim impact statement, june steenkamp said her daughter's death had left, quote, a massive hole in ther life that cannot be filled. she added that rehabilitation requires someone to engage honestly with the full truth of his crime and the consequences thereof. nobody can claim to have remorse if they are not able to engage fully with the truth. if someone does not show remorse, they cannot be considered to be rehabilitated. if they are not rehabilitated, their risk of recidivism is high. according to south africa's department of correctional services, the now 37-year-old pistorius will be released on january 5th, 2024. with that, it's back to you. >> our thanks to patrick snell. scientists say the world's biggest iceberg is moving after three decades on the sea floor in antarctica. it's more than twice the size of london, england, nearly 4,000 square kilometers large, or more than 1,500 square miles. the huge mass of ice broke away from an ice shelf back in 1986 and then fell to the sea floor. scientists tell cnn it has probably shrunk enough to loosen its grip from the sea floor and has now started moving. with ocean currents, the iceberg is estimated to be moving at about five kilometers, or three miles a day. we're going to take a very quick break. for our viewers in north america, i'll have more news for you in just a moment, the latest on the second day of the four-day truce between hamas and israel. for our international viewers, "tech for good" is up next. welcome back to our viewers in the united states and canada. i'm laila harrak, and you're watching "cnn newsroom." doctors who examined the 13 israeli hostages freed on friday described them as being in good and stable condition. israel's chief nurse detailed the moments some of them were reunited with their loved ones. >> i think that there was no one in the room that could hold his feelings and stop crying because it was a very emotional and exciting event. they met their families, and they met a very professional team here that was very good prepared to receive those hostages. >> similar scenes are expected to play out in the coming hours when another group of israeli hostages is released. israel says it has a list of those who will be let go on saturday. under the agreement, hostages will be freed in waves during the four-day truce in exchange for the release of palestinian prisoners. and we'll now show you the moment when some of the israeli and foreign hostages had their first taste of freedom after weeks in hamas captivity. this video was released by hamas after the first group of hostages was freed on friday, and cnn had no control over its content. it shows six of the foreign nationals ge