. 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 returned to the occupied west bank in jerusalem. a spokesperson for the israeli military cautioned the process was far from over. listen to this. >> translator: the sight of those who have safely crossed the border into israel evokes a profound sense of relief. yet our hearts remain with the hostages still held in gaza. tonight we embrace the families of the hostages, keeping them constantly in our thoughts, it is our moral obligation to ensure a safe return of everyone home. we are only at the beginning of the process. we are preparing to continue implementing the plan for the return of the abductees. the days ahead will present complexities. nothing is certain until it is accomplished. we must be prepared. >> cnn's scott maclane joins us. take us through the major developments and how the tries is holding. >> reporter: yeah, so it is holding now more than 24 hours, kim, and if you ask the egyptians that is in part because of the israelis agreeing to suspend their surveillance flights over gaza, and also because of the volume of aid that's managed to get in to gaza. around, give or take, 200 or so trucks got into gaza yesterday, that is the most in a single day since this war began. obviously that takes a lot of pressure off of the humanitarian needs, the officials in gaza on the palestinian side would say that there's still more to be done but this is undoubtedly a good sign that keeps this very fragile, it seems, truce in place. you mentioned already the hostages from the israeli side released 13 of them. they range in age from 2 to 85 years old and even after this group of hostages and the thai and filipino nationals were released as well, the hostages, the hostage families estimate that, look, there are still 35 children who remain hostages, 49 women as well. to get all of those people out, kim, that would require not only this initial four days of a pause in the fighting, it would also require an additional five days because the israelis have agreed, as part of this deal, that for every day that they extend this truce, there will be ten more hostages are elised, obviously 30 more palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails released as well. whether or not that happens is a completely different story. the israelis have made very clear that is not the end of the war, the fighting will continue after this. in fact, they've been preventing palestinians inside of gaza from going back into northern gaza, perhaps to check on their homes or to stay here during this pause in the fighting. on the palestinian side as well there were 39 released. they were taken from two hospitals in israeli territory, driven into the west bank, to another prison facility where they were dispersed or released from there, and this prompted cheers, celebrations in the street, with people waving not only palestinian flags but hamas flags as well. it's worth pointing out that hamas did release a video yesterday showing its part in this hostage release, this was an edited video. cnn has no control, obviously, over how it was edited. it shows what hamas wants to portray to the world. two things stood out in the video. first, one hamas fighter helping a 9-year-old boy, one of the hostages released into a red cross vehicle and another one carrying an elderly woman as well, and that prompted cheers from people gathered there, some of them recording on their cell phones. of the 39 who were released, kim, it's worth noting three quarters of them were many administrative detention, meaning they may not know the charges against them. ten of them were actually convicted and there's an entire list here that has 300 names on it of potential prisoners that could be released over the course of what would end up being nine days, the crimes committed, or that they're accused of range from relatively minor things like stone throwing up until much more serious crimes like attempted murder but of course all of this is relatively delicate. we did see some clashes between the idf and bystanders really in the west bank yesterday outside of one of those prisons where there was tear gas and according to the palestinian red crescent, even shots fired at two minors resulting in injury. so all of this is going well so far, but of course it seems like it's quite delicate at this stage, kim. >> yeah, absolutely, all right, scott mclean in istanbul, thanks so much. i mentioned ten thai and one filipino resident. they're spending they're first morning undergoing medical evaluations. what more can you tell us about the circumstances of their release and why they were in israel to begin with? >> reporter: let's start with why were they in israel? many of those hostages that are thai nationals and the filipino national that we know about as well, all migrant workers to israel, it's reported by cnn that about 20,000 or so thai workers work in the agricultural industry in israel. it is probably the biggest contingent of southeast asian migrant workers. they come from poor parts of thailand, often in farming communities. going to israel and sending those remittances back, it's an important part of their local economies but there's been, obviously, joy and relief from their families for the ones who have been released in the last 24 hours or so. in fact, one story i wanted to share with you, one lady, her mother expressing the tears that she shed when she realized in the videos it was indeed her daughter who was boarding the abuse. meanwhile, you have the filipino, jimmy pacheco, a caregiver in southern israel. it was a surprise to many to find out that he had been released and let's get back to the fact that they are in hospital at the moment. they are being observed, going through a number of physical tests but also emotional assessments as well. they would have seen atrocities in the last few weeks. they have been kidnapped. they were abducted. and there is much work to do there in terms of the healing. just a quick tho on some of the mentions from both the thai and philippine authorities, in thanking all of those that came together to get this agreement to actually happen as you mentioned it was a speparate agreement, but the thais pointing out the role of qatar, israel, israel, malaysia and the icrc in getting this deal done. >> appreciate the update, thanks so much. well, 39 palestinians are free now after they were released from israeli prisons on friday as part of the hostage agreement with hamas. they return to their hometowns and families with hugs and celebrations in the west bank and jerusalem. but for some, the joy of their freedom is tempered by the suffering in gaza. cnn's nada bashir reports. >> reporter: a joyous celebration as 23-year-old -- finally arrives home in east jerusalem after six years in an israeli prison. convicted and sentenced to ten years in prison at the age of 17 for attempted murder, police say they found a knife in her possession near the old city of jerusalem. it is a charge she and her family have long denied. she's one of 39 prisoners, all women and minors, released from jails in israel on friday. in exchange for the release of hostages who had been held by hamas in gaza. >> we saw many of those detainees now released, those prisoners released, rather, being carried on people's shoulders to the municipality building where their family members were waiting among the 15 minors who were released at being carried up this road on people's shoulders, to much cheering and celebration, even fireworks being set off. we've also been speaking to people, including relatives, who say they didn't want to see these crowds. >> the celebration is not necessary. they need to be mindful of us in gaza. this celebration is wrong. i am torn to pieces. have a little mercy on us. they can be joyful, but the joy is in the heart, because we are dying in gaza. have some respect for us, a little. >> the release of this first group of palestinian prisoners comes as israel and hamas begin a four-day truce. a window of desperately-needed respite for civilians in gaza. according to hamas-run health authorities in gaza, nearly 15,000 palestinians in the enclave have been killed over the last seven weeks alone. israel says it is targeting hamas in response to the terror attack of october 7th which killed more than 1,200 israeli citizens but in gaza it is civilians that are paying the highest price. more than 8,000 palestinians remain in israeli jails including more than 3,000 according to the palestinian commission for detainees and -- held under administrative detention. meaning no clear legal process. for those gathered in the occupied west bank on friday night, this is a welcome moment of, in their eyes, long overdue justice. >> people want to gather and be together in this moment and however folks internalize that in terms of their own emotional reaction to it, that's for them to speak to. but i think people want to be here to be together, to welcome home these prisoners, and that's part of the spirit of being palestinian. >> with over 100 palestinian prisoners still set for release over the next few days, scenes like this are expected to continue. though some say, at too high a price. nada bashir, cnn, in jerusalem. >> i want to go live now to ramallah in the west bank and bring in a researcher on israel and palestine with amnesty international. thanks for being with us. we saw in that report the scenes of celebration by the palestinians, greeting those released. explain for us what it means to the palestinians, what kind of symbol does their return represent? >> for palestinian because of the high percentage of those who get in detention, and because for many of those that process, that trial, if there was trial at all, and the whole process of imprisonment was mired by an unfair process. so for them to welcome back loved ones after such a long time is a relief, is a joy for these people, many we're talking about mainly children and women. many of them, most children have been tried before a military court, some of the children who were released were not charged at all. so these families did not know when they will be receiving their children. so, to finally reunite is obviously a great source of joy for them. >> yeah, i mean, many people listening to this might be surprised to know that there are so many palestinians being held in israeli detention, why so many? and tell us a bit more about that administrative detention we hear in that report, that sweeping law that enables them to be held without charges. >> administrative detention is a practice that dates back to british era, that is still being used by israel. while israel authorities claim they use it as a last resort numbers show that right now more than 2,000 palestinians, nearly over a fifth of all detainees are held without charges or trial. they cannot challenge their detention. detention can be renewed indefinitely every four or six months. the only way to challenge detention is to challenge it before a military court, and military courts almost always approve administrative detention. under administrative detention detainees have no way to challenge, to find the evidence based on which they are detained because evidence is secret. so they are denied their right to due process or fair trial and they cannot defend. so you are detained and you cannot challenge the basis for your detention. >> the numbers as well we know of palestinians held in administrative detention are increasing. do we know, basically, why are they being held, how many, if minor offenses, like throwing stones for instance? >> so, just to give you a sense, yesterday the vast majority of those who were detained were detained -- were held for so-called minor offenses, including throwing stones and when we talk about throwing stones, this happens in a context of israeli military raids on palestinian villages, towns and refugee camps, we're talking about charges that relate to incitement. and in effect israel says that it refuses to disclose the evidence because there is a security basis. but palestinians systematically fail to challenge or discover what exactly the security basis is. administrative detention numbers even before the 7th of october have hit a 20-year high for palestinians but since the 7th of october we've seen a 70% increase in the use of administrative detention, it is being used in a discriminatory manner, almost 99% of all those detained under administrative detentions are palestinians and it's used systematically by the israeli authorities, mainly by military courts across the west bank. >> as we mentioned this type of detention, it isn't new, it's been going on more than 50 years, but it is new to people hearing about this for the first time. amnesty international has been, you know, working against this for some time. do you think that this now could help put more focus on this issue and perhaps lead to change? >> it is obviously unfortunate that it took this for people to pay attention to the fact that there are thousands of palestinians who are either held under administrative detention or are held after being tried by military courts. many of them can't stand years without being prosecuted at all. but it's important also to use this opportunity to remind people of the two-tier justice system. so just one example, this -- the same children who live in the west bank, one lives in a palestinian village, the second lives in an israeli settlement, they can't commit the same offense that palestinian trial will be tried before an administrative court. they may be held under administrative detention, and be tried before a civilian court and given his right to due process. palestinian-detained children are not treated as children by military courts, they are seen as criminals. israel prioritizes the punitive aspect of justice over rehabilitation process of justice, we're talking about 14, 15, 16-year-old children who can spend years of their lives before being prosecuted, before being convicted and not to mention the trauma and the scars that these children will carry with them forever because of the rife use of torture and other treatment by the israeli authorities which is part and parcel of israel's system of apartheid against palestinians. >> we have to leave it there. appreciate getting your perspectives on this. with amnesty international, thank you so much. russia is raising the stakes in its drone strikes on ukraine. still ahead, a new barrage of drones never seen before in the course of the war. and u.s. forces in iraq and syria face dozens of attacks in the past month, including four separate times on thanksgiving day. that's all just ahead. stay with us. ukraine's capital is reeling from an unprecedented wave of russian drone attacks. officials say 75 russian drones went after targets across the country saturday morning which is a new record, now a majority of them were reportedly shot down but the attacks still caused multiple fires and left damage in kyiv. anna coren joins us from the streets of the capital with more. you're there in kyiv. i can see the background there behind you. give us the latest on what you're seeing and hearing about what they're calling this record number of drone attacks. >> reporter: kim, we are here at a kindergarten in a residential area, and as you can see the damage behind me, part of the building has collapsed into the schoolyard, the playground, there is debris up in the trees. and homes just in front of me, a few meters away, windows have been shattered. this is an unprecedented number of drones to attack kyiv. the last large scale attack was new year's eve, and that was 45 drones, well, early this morning 75 drones were aimed at ukraine, most of those at the capital, 71 of those were shot down, including this one here, this is debris from one of those drones that had been shot down. early this morning, kim, we heard that the loud explosions of the air defense systems working overtime to hit these drones, and we even heard the buzz of these drones, one of our producers, dasha, she heard a drone fly past her home. the people here in kyiv have been expecting this. we know that russia has been stockpiling drones, missiles and weapons. the whole idea is to hit kyiv, particularly kyiv the capital over winter. it is now officially winter, you know, it is -- it's freezing temperatures here and the idea is to obviously keep the energy infrastructure here. we're hearing from authorities that there were outages, electricity outages that were restored quite quickly. but for the residents here, this is just too close, you know, to home, quite literally, we spoke to one woman who was hiding in the hallway of her home when she heard the air raid sirens and then the air defense systems working. but then there was this huge, loud explosion, and the windows shattered. we spoke to a 5-year-old girl who attends this kindergarten and she says i go to music classes here. this is where i do my dancing. i won't be able to do that anymore. her mother was in tears. this is having a terrifying impact on the people of kyiv, and as we heard from president zelenskyy, this was an act of terror. >> all right, just tragic to see a kindergarten in ruins there behind you. anna coren in kyiv, thank you so much. well, u.s. official says american forces in iraq and syria were attacked four separate times on thanksgiving. alex marquardt has the details. >> reporter: the number of attacks on u.s. and coalition forces in iraq and syria has now shot past 70 in just the past few weeks. four attacks alone on thanksgiving day, on thursday according to the pentagon. rockets and drones were used to try to strike two bases in iraq and two sites in syria. there was no damage reported, nor were there casualties, according to the pentagon, but the growing attacks highlight the concerns about a wider conflict that could draw in u.s. troops. the u.s. has retaliated, and tried to send a message of deterrence, the pentagon says, including hitting two locations in iraq earlier this week, which belonged to the iran-backed hezbollah following an earlier attack by the group with close-range ballistic missiles. in all, the u.s. has now carried out four sets of air strikes, for these dozens of strikes against u.s. and coalition forces, the u.s. strikes included three in syria, against facilities tied to iran's revolutionary guard, and iran-backed proxy groups. the pentagon argues that the deterrence is working, because the conflict has not yet spread more widely in the middle east. alex marquardt, cnn, washington. >> i'm kim brunhuber. for those here in the united states and canada, i'll be back with more news. for those watching internationally, living golf is next. welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states and canada, i'm kim brunhuber, this is cnn newsroom, another group of israeli hostages is due to be released