♪ hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. flying to safety. 11 israeli hostages released on monday in exchange for 33 palestinian prisoners. two more days israel and hamas agree to extend their truce by at least 48 hours. and helping the dogs of delhi on cnn's "call to earth" day. how children are betrending animals in need. ♪ good to have you with us. we begin in gaza where the truce between israel and hamas has been extended by two days, evening the door for the release of more hostages and palestinian prisoners. on monday, the fourth day of the truce, 11 israeli hostages were released by hamas. all were taken to a medical center in tel aviv for any care they may need, and also to be reunited with their families. the nine children and two women released, all residents of the same kibbutzes in southern israel. and all have dual citizenship. also monday, 33 additional palestinian prisoners were released from israeli prisons as part of the agreement. they included 30 teenagers and three women. cnn's clare sebastian is following developments. she joins us now live from london. good morning to you again, clare. who was on that list monday, and who wasn't? >> reporter: rosemary, as you said, of the 11 that were released, nine were children. there were two mothers. that is critical because there was a slight delay on monday, we understand, because israel has protested that mothers of children in captivity have been left off the list. we had seen this happen on saturday. that was resolved. we then saw these 11 come out. of the nine children, all of them, according to israel, still have fathers in captivity. so that gives you a sense of the trauma that they have faced and are still facing. now, i think the critical thing here is who wasn't on the list. two american women, there had been some expectation they would be released as part of this initial 50 under the frame of the first four days. they haven't been. the biden administration, a senior administration official saying at this stage, they don't believe that hamas intentionally left them off the list, and there is hope that in the next two days of this extension, they may be released. although there is also concern that perhaps they may be held, and this is voiced by one of the families of these women, they may be held by a group that isn't hamas, by a different group within gaza, which would complicate things. so that is the situation right now. 11 are out, 50 israelis have been released, 69 in total the past four days. israel now has the list, they say, of tuesday's potential hostage releases. >> right. and clare, we know, of course, the truce has been extended by two additional days. when would that technically come to an end? or of course alternatively, when might a decision be made to further extend it? >> it's pretty fluid in terms of the hour by hour of when a truce begins and comes to an end. a senior advisor to prime minister netanyahu said the extension began once monday's hostages were back in israel. israel is making it very clear that how this goes from now, the ball is in hamas' court. that if further hostages can be released, they will extend the pause by another 24 hours for every 10 israeli hostages that come out. they are also saying, though that once this truce is up, they will go back into gaza and continue their effort to completely eliminate hamas with a stronger force. those are the words of the israeli defense minister. and they are also maintaining that the goal of eliminating hamas is not to necessarily reach -- not necessarily threaten the safety of the remaining hostages. >> the fear that hamas has of israel resuming combat actually is incentive for them to continue with the pause. because they know that when israel goes back to the campaign against hamas, we'll be destroying their military infrastructure, we'll be taking out and eliminating their senior leadership, their senior command. they will be on the receiving end of massive blows from the idf. >> reporter: or the man a messaging tactic, perhaps the hope from israel that the threat of greateriolence will prompt hamas to release more hostages, thereby extending the pause. on the flip side, israel knows hamas will have had a number of days to regroup, that they've paused reconnaissance flights, that the next phase could be even more difficult in gaza. >> indeed. clare sebastian joining us live from london, many thanks. cnn military analyst and retired u.s. air force colonel cedric leighton joins me from washington. thank you, sir, for being with us. >> it's my pleasure, rosemary, thanks for having me. >> so israel and hamas have now agreed to extend the pause in fighting for another 48 hours to allow for the release of more hostages, in exchange for palestinian prisoners and humanitarian aid to gaza. but once that truce ends, prime minister netanyahu is vowing to resume the war with, quote, full force. so what would that look like, and what could that potentially mean for any remaining hostages in gaza? >> rosemary, i certainly think the remaining hostages, any that would be remaining after these last moments of truce, would be in a degree of danger. and that's something that will have to be calculated by the israelis as they move forward. but if they do move forward with defensive operations, as prime minister netanyahu indicated, it would probably be in the southern and central areas of gaza. now they control the northern areas, more or less. that control is in places a bitten ewe wus. they've occupied a lot of territory there. in the southern and central part, that's where they would count their activities. based on what we're hearing right now, it seems as if what the israelis will do is move into those areas with more targeted operations. so it won't look like what happened in the north from the 7th of october on. it will look a bit different. more targeted approaches. as opposed to a full-on frontal assault using infantry and tanks. >> we know israel's goal in this war is twofold. to get all the hostages released, while also destroying hamas. but how achievable is that goal, to destroy hamas militarily and politically? and does that work against any efforts to release all the hostages? >> i think it does work against those efforts to release the hostages, because hamas is the controlling entity for the hostages. and it is also, of course, the de facto government of gaza. the other part of that is that hamas' ideology has perm nated large segments of the gazan population. and that ideology has probably gained more adherents since the israeli counterattack on the 7th -- after the 7th of okay. i think when it comes to the kinds of things that will happen next next, it will definitely be in an area where the israelis are going to move forward with some of their efforts in more of a specialized fashion. but the goal of destroying hamas is not realistic because it's basically within the society, within gazan society, and that ideology is not going anywhere soon. >> and colonel, you touched on this. i did want to ask again what will likely happen once all the civilian hostages have been released? and only idf soldiers remain t? and why has hamas released only one american hostage so far, 4-year-old abigail idan? >> i think as far as the american hostage release is concerned, it seems that hamas may be holding out until the very last moment to release american hostages. the white house believes that it's not a deliberate effort by hamas, but i'm not so sure. i think it's possible that they may be waiting to see how much they can get and perhaps even extend the cease-fires or the truces, i should call them, before that. but as far as other efforts are concerned, the idf will move in. i think very quickly. and they will do so regardless of whether or not they have released all the hostages. that will mean they're going to have a very direct, very violent campaign against the remaining areas of hamas that they can find. and it's going to be something that will probably take several weeks if not several months for them to complete. but that's only on the military side. when it comes to the ideological side that effort is going to continue for a very long time. and it's very doubtful that it will be completely successful. >> so how likely is it, then, that the truce in gaza, which is currently holding, would be extended again, and perhaps even become a permanent cease-fire? given the immense international pressure that's being brought to bear on israel right now? >> if it were up to the parties involved, if it were up to just the israelis and hamas, the cease-fire may not or truce may not hold. but in this particular situation, international pressure both from the united states and from qatar is going to make a big difference. and that was going to perhaps be the way in which this truce could be extended several times and potentially could serve as the basis for a cease-fire, because both qatar and the united states, for different reasons, want peace in this area. they want a cessation of hostilities, and they want it to be very quick. >> colonel cedric leighton, a pleasure to have you on the show, and of course to talk about military analysis relating to gaza. many thanks. >> you bet, rosemary, any time. hostages released by hamas have been describing their experiences to their families and loved ones. efrat machikawa had been reunited with family members, including her 78-year-old aunt. >> once they got to where they got down in the tunnels, she actually took the role of taking care of others. she helped many of them. even in the tiny little things like getting up from the mattress. they're all very old. they -- all the oldies together. so it was challenging. and knowing she was there for all the others, i think, made her even stronger. and i think it's a lesson for all of us. we don't have to be masculine or we don't have to have special powers. there is something inside us that is growing stronger when we're in the weakest point. and i adore that in her. >> dozens of palestinians also were reunited with their families as part of the deal. the israeli prison service says 33 palestinians were released on monday, but as cnn's nima alba ger reports many recounted the injustice they faced while in custody. >> reporter: the moment a mother finally sees her daughter for the first time after eight years in israeli prison. the relief. the anguish. the utter joy. she was part of the first wave of hostage prisoner exchange between israel and hamas. >> translator: it was painful because i was leaving the sisters i made inside prison, and i feel my freedom was paid for with the blood of 14,000 gazans killed. >> reporter: then 16, she was charged with attempted stabbing of israelis. israeli authorities say no one was injured, yet she was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 10 years. when he family appealed, it came down to nine. she served almost eight of those years, spending the remainder of her teenage years behind bars. her family maintains her innocence. her mother had dreams of this day for years, to embrace her east daughter, to share that joy with her community. she says this was denied. >> translator: the israeli authorities were with us from 2:00 p.m. they surrounded the house and ripped down the decorations of any celebration. they stole the joy of my daughter's release. >> reporter: to be released doesn't mean you are fully free. israeli national security minister bengavir, who was himself found guilty in 2007 before he was a minister of incitement to racism against arabs and supporting a terror organization. bengavir instructed israeli forces to use an iron fist, preventing palestinians from celebrating the release of their loved ones, saying the prisoners were terrorists. >> translator: expressions of joy are support for terrorism. celebrations of victory give strength to those same human scum, those nazis. the policy here is very, very, very clear. not to allow these expressions of joy and resolutely strive to make contact and stop any support from these nazis. >> translator: anoisraelis remog well-wishers at the home of a released palestinian prisoner. >> reporter: taking a heavy-handed approach as ordered by their national security minister. in bethlehem in the occupied west bank they were able to defy this, celebrating release of prisoners. she left her home walking and returned seven months later with life-changing injuries. shot by israeli soldiers, accused of attempted murder. >> translator: they accused me of cutting or stabbing. it's not true. they opened fire on me. i was hit in the spine with two bullets. two vertebrae were damaged. they replaced them with titanium. i cannot feel my legs or stand up. they also removed 5 centimeters from my liver and one kidney. >> reporter: for months the family say they were denied access, even as her detention stretched on. >> translator: it was forbidden for relatives to visit me or even lawyers. i was not allowed to make any calls. >> reporter: israel says fatima attempted murder, yet she was only detained, not charged. she got a trial. she wasn't given any opportunity to defend herself. this is a story we keep hearing again and again from released prisoners. that they aren't given due process, yet this crime exists alongside their names. the israeli prison service responded to these allegations saying, national security prisoners who were released from the israeli prison during the past two days were serving time for serious crimes, such as attempted murder, assault, and throwing explosives. all prisoners in custody are held according to the law. that's not true. cnn broke down the numbers. in a list of 300 palestinian prisoners identified by israel as eligible for release, 80% are listed as just detained. which means they have not been formally sentenced. israel operates two systems of law in the occupied territories. palestinians under the military, israelis under civil law. creating a low bar for the arrest of increasing numbers of palestinians. as israeli hardliners in the far-right government seek to characterize every palestinian as a terrorist, that number is rising every day. neema bagba, cnn. one of the three vermont students has been released from the hospital, a source tells cnn. the shooting comes amid a rise in anti-muslim and anti-arab incidents ever since the war between israel and hamas began. meantime, the suspect, 48-year-old jason j. eaton, has pleaded not guilty to attempted second-degree murder charges and is being held without bail. still to come, cnn marks its third annual call to earth day. we will take you live to delhi where students are learning how to safely interact with the world around them. today is cnn's third annual call to earth day to raise awareness of environmental issues and to promote conservation education across the globe. this year's theme is "our shared home," focusing on our impact our ban areas as well as wilderness environments around the world. cnn is in delhi where students are learning about another type of important relationship. what's happening there? . >> reporter: i want to introduce you to this four-legged creature here. our guest in this classroom in delhi, he doesn't have a name yet, and that's because he was rescued from one of the streets of delhi about two months back. and the nonprofit organization that's been taking care of him are hoping he will be adopted in the coming weeks, and his new parents will be giving him a name. there are 30 to 60 million stray dogs like him around india. the nonprofit organization is holding a workshop in this classroom, hoping to create awareness through education. that's their motto. that's exactly what they're doing through these worksheets that you can see and a presentation that they had made about half an hour earlier, talking about how to sensitize these children, their families, their neighborhoods, their communities, to the plight of these stray dogs. i'm going to just put this little one down here so that we can talk to these students around me to understand what they've learned from this workshop. can i get your name? >> my name is ubraj. >> what have you learned today? >> from this workshop, i learned that, as much as we need love, food, and shelter, dogs need the same. and instead of adopting new dogs and all that, we can just adopt a stray dog. >> that's education that you've learned today from the session? >> yes. >> very valuable indeed. your name? >> my name is agram. >> what have you learned today? >> i learned that, like the breeds, australian breeds, do not have a perfect climate to live. so they are facing danger living in india. so we should, instead of doing that, we should just pick up stray dogs which are sensitive, and we should adopt them. so that they do not get killed or harmed. >> thank you. there you have it, rosemary. these young minds, they are so sensitive to the needs of these young pups, these stray dogs that you find on every nook and cranny on delhi streets and other cities. the idea is to share your space with them, to share homes with them, and share the love that you can give them in the near future. we're hoping that both these dogs, one of them is still running around here, settling down. we're hoping they get homes, permanent homes, we soon. >> indeed. wonderful students and a great message there, thank you. for our international viewers, "call to earth: our shared home" special is next. for viewers in the united states and canada, more "cnn newsroom" in just a moment. the truce between israel and hamas is extended to at least another 48 hours. israel has notified the families of ten more hostages expected to be released today, according to a family member. hamas freed two women and nine children on monday, all 11 israelis have dual citizenship, three french citizens, two germans, and six argentine citizens. monday, israel released another 33 palestinians who had been held in israeli prisons, all women and children. many were detained but never charged. a top israeli official says israel also has a list of palestinian prisoners they plan to release today and that for every group of 10 host acs hamas releases, israel will extend the truce for one additional day. at least 170 hostages are still being held in gaza, and eventually this pause in fighting is likely to end. when it does, israel's defense minister is warning the military operation will intensify. cnn's oren lieberman reports from tel aviv. >> reporter: a nation celebrates once again as more israeli women and children feel freedom. fragile truce extended by 48 hours, sealed with the release of hostages. already some of the freed hostages, like margalit moses, are being discharged from hospitals, ready to head home. >> translator: i need to tell you how amazing you are. really, for everything you have done. >> reporter: others rejoice in their first moments of reunion. mayan zing waited 51 days to see hare two hours. among those freed, 4-year-old israel american abigail idan. monday's group from the devastated community of nir oz. hamas will release another 20 israeli women and children, and israel will release 60 palestinian women and children from prison. humanitarian aid will flow into gaza, and a temporary cease-fire will last a bit longer. >> translator: we will return to fighting. we will apply the same force and 94. therefore, this is the mission now. >> reporter: the pause revealing a hellscape in parts of northern gaza with barely a building untouched. a few days of quiet in a devastated palestinian territory does not mean peace. >> translator: i came from the north. there is nothing left in the north. the north has become a large plain. nobody knows where their houses are.