hostage in gaza. >> you cannot explain the emotions. it's pure joy. >> the four-day pause extended by another two days. >> we would like to see the release go on. we're very happy for the other families but it's really hard. >> there's relief that they've been set free but they still have to deal with that trauma. >> psychological, medical, nutritional, many deficiencies. >> the moment this pause is over the war itself is back on and all of its intensity. >> gaza is a total humanitarian disaster. there's going to be a huge amount of aid coming in to gaza. and that is going to save lives. >> two american women the white house was anticipating would be released were not. they do not believe that hamas was intentionally holding back the americans. >> we want to see them back with their families where they belong. ♪ and we do have breaking news this hour. our own clarissa ward has spoke on the the father of emily hand. this is his first interview since his little girl was let go, leading to that hug you're watching now after nearly 50 days in captivity. he was originally told, you'll remember, emily was killed during the october 7th terror attacks. clarissa is standing by to bring that to us. >> this comes as we are watching and waiting for hamas to release ten more hostages today after the temporary truce with israel was extended for two more days. a fourth round of hamas captives was released late yesterday. and that includes a mother and her 3-year-old twin daughters. their father, though, still being held hostage. take a look at this new video, that's 12-year-old, getting a big, emotional hug from his mom as they finally reunited last night. there are a lot of big developments this morning. but we want to go straight to cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward. clarissa, you just spoke to thomas hand, the father of emily hand. you have been following this store fri day one. what did he say? >> reporter: well, as you can imagine, phil, he was extremely emotional at times. this has been a horrendous roller coaster. originally he had been told his daughter was dead. then he was told she might be alive. and then, of course, the moment he hadn't dared to even dream of, that moment when she was finally released after more than seven weeks in captivity. he told us that she was not held in the tunnels as many of the hostages were. that she was constantly moved from house to house in her captivity and that she referred to gaza as, quote, the box. talking about her captivity there. said that her physical health was relatively okay, but the psychological wounds, of course, are much deeper. i want to play you this clip, though, phil, where he talks about that first moment of being reunited with his little girl after an agonizing wait. >> she'll be here in a couple minutes. don't believe it. and all of a sudden the door opened up and she just ran. it was beautiful. just like in -- just like i imagined it, you know. together. i squeezed. i probably squeezed too hard. only when she stepped back a little i could see her, her face was chiselled, like mine. before she left, it was, you know, chubby, girly, young kid face. yeah, she lost a lot of body weight. and the color, i have never seen her so white. the other and most shocking, disturbing part of meeting her was she was just whispering. couldn't hear her. i had to put my ear on her lips, like this close and say, what did you say? [ whispering ] >> i thought you were kidnapped. >> reporter: she said i thought you were kidnapped. >> she thought i was in captivity. they thought they kidnapped me. she didn't know what the hell happened that morning. so, she presumed everyone is kidnapped or killed or slaughtered. she had no idea. >> reporter: emily also had to find out the very hard news that the woman she regarded as her second mother, tom's first wife, had been killed in the october 7th attacks. she said that she is getting stronger. she is eating well. she is smiling more. and psychiatrists at the hospital have been very optimistic about her progress. but still, it is a long road ahead. he is so keenly aware of that. he described to us how last night without indicating why she just hid underneath the covers and started crying for an hour and didn't want to be comforted and didn't want to talk about what it was that was upsetting her so much. and he said that the staff at the hospital had said it's very important not to try to coax things out of emily at this stage after what she's been through but to allow her in her own time to naturally process and begin to share more details of what she has gone through. >> clarissa, it's extraordinary to hear those details from the whispering in his ear, i thought, you were kidnapped as well. but there was something he told you they didn't hold her in tunnels. they moved her from house to house. >> reporter: right. the sort of working assumption, i think, had been that most of the hostages had been held under ground in this network of tunnels that hamas has built. but emily says that she was held, along with some others, including a 13-year-old who was basically her best friend, the girl she had gone for a sleep over with, that's how she came to be separated from thomas in the first place and her mother, riya expected to be released with them. she was a second mother to emily during captivity and then at the last minute for reasons that we still don't fully understand, hamas separated riya from hilla and emily. he says that emily told them they were moved from house to house. that there was bombardment obviously. she also said that they did not undergo any kind of physical abuse of any kind, but that she had learned the word now in arabic for be quiet. and you heard him talking about there, the whispering as well. that they understood that they were not allowed to speak very loudly at all. the only activities that they were allowed to do were quiet activities, like drawing and playing cards to pass the time. and one thing that also just stuck with me so much, when he asked her, do you know how long you were held for, she's a little girl, passage of time can be hard to mark let alone if you don't have a clock or watch or calendar, she said she thought it was a year that she had been held in captivity. of course it was 50 days, poppy. >> wow. >> clarissa, the three of them being together, particularly since riya has not been released yet is a fascinating detail. but also her father, when we spoke to him here, you spoke to him, continuously referenced her birthday, which she was in captivity for, released shortly thereafter. did she know -- did you ask, did she know she had a birthday, that she missed her birthday? >> it's not clear that she knew that it was her birthday. i think the sort of any sense of time went out the window. he did say that they had celebrated a little birthday just now where they're currently staying for emily and also for her friend, hilla. he said it was very important that the two of them be together. they became really, truly in captivity like sisters. he described how emily would stroke hilla's ear in order to comfort herself, to fall asleep at night. hilla is a little older, 13 years old. one other detail that really stayed with me. he brought the dog, as i've reported before, to greet her at the border crossing. but when they got into the van and began driving back into israel, he said that the first thing she wanted to do was listen to some music. she wanted to put a beyonce song on his phone. and that was the sort of first comfort for her, the first distraction from the horror after what she had endured. >> and you know, clarissa, when you -- when speaking so many times you have with thomas hand, he talked about wanting to take her to a beyonce concert, right, to give her the world to take her to disney world. she's looking for those comforting things that every girl that age loves. can you speak more to hilla as well and obviously she provided such comfort for emily. >> i think the two of them have become inseparable. tom's focus absolutely right now is on doing everything he can to try to campaign for the release of riya. and he talked about seeing hilla's brother everyday and the pain of knowing that he is so lucky that emily is out and lucky that hilla is out and the pain of knowing that riya is not and he feels this enormous debt of gratitude to riya because she was a mother to emily during that time in captivity. she treated her the same way she treated her own daughter. she hugged her and provided comfort to her and stroked her hair. and that debt of gratitude that he feels, the only way that it can be repaid, is in person and by having her out. and he really had such a strong message on that front, not even just for riya but for all the hostages that the world can't forget and shouldn't forget and must continue to push as hard as humanly possible for their release, poppy. >> clarissa, how is he? >> reporter: he is -- i mean, this is something i asked him about. he talks so much about how emily is doing and what emily is going through. when you ask about her own well being, there's an element of guilt there that he's not being able to overcome fully, which is, of course, irrational but any of us as parents can relate to it, the idea that you were separated from your child that you weren't able to rescue them. he says when he found out that she might be alive, he would fantasize in his mind about trying to sneak into gaza to rescue her. he knew it was absurd and it was impossible. but he was so consumed with this desire, this need, to do everything in his power to get her back. and what kept him going during that time was the adrenaline, being on the road, traveling to new york, traveling to london, raising awareness, giving interviews. and now that that has sort of passed and emily has been freed, he really suddenly felt every ounce of energy, just drain from his entire body. he is completely exhausted. and yet, the only thing that really gives him the strength to keep putting one foot in front of the other is firstly to continue to campaign for the release of the other hostages, but secondly to do everything within his power to help emily on what is going to be a very challenging, challenging journey. he said that starts out with giving her a beautiful hanukkah. he said it will be a big christmas. he said we've got to, you know, get her weight up, get her smiling more, get her playing more. and he understands that it will take time and he understands that he has to be patient. and i think he understands as well, we tried to impress upon him, how important it is for him to care for himself as well and to make sure that he also is getting all of the emotional support that he needs. because indeed, it's not only the hostages who have been through such a trauma, but also their loved ones who have been on the other side waiting, agonizing and now grappling for a still challenging journey ahead. >> clarissa ward, thank you for that. thank you for bringing us his story in the days after the attack and continuing to keep him and emily in the spotlight. we'll have a lot more of your interview with thomas hand a little later and get back to you soon, clarissa. thank you. so, again, another hostage release expected today after this temporary truce between israel and hamas was extended. we will speak next with the mother whose son was killed on october 7th and she is now waiting for the release of her 15-year-old daughter. and the suspect in the shooting of three palestinian college students in vermont, pleading not guilty to attempted murder charges. an update on the victims ahead.. ♪ the breaking news this morning, ten additional hostages expected to be released today as the truce between israel and hamas enters day five now. we are told the family members of those who are set to be released have been notified if their loved one is on the list. let's go straight to oren lieberman live in tel aviv. day five longer than they thought it was going to be at the out set. what is the expectation today. >> reporter: absolutely. some time in the next few hours and just so our viewers are aware, it is just after 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon local time. sometime in the next few hours all goes smoothly seems to have gone until now unlike previous days in some cases we expect the hostage transfer to begin. the same process we have seen play out. hamas will transfer hostages to the red cross and different ways and different means they will be brought into israel. we heard from the family of 10 month old that his family's name is not on the list. tremendous effort to see what they can do to make sure he is somehow brought out. either the list is updated. today which seems unlikely or that he is on tomorrow's list. him and his family. meanwhile, for those who have gotten out, we have seen very emotional reunions playing out over the course of the last four days. this is video of 12-year-old running into the arms or stepping off into the bus the arms of his mother. you can see that hug there, a hug that is 51 days in the making. there's also this video. this is four members of that family were kidnapped. you can see the joy on their faces in the hospital. the dog joining in the welcome. he seems just as happy to see everybody as well there. in terms of the process to go from here, the prime minister's office, 173 hostages who remain in gaza, including 17 foreign nationals. according to the forum for missing hostages and for the families, six of those are children. >> oren, thank you for being with us every step of the way. everyone anticipating that expected release in a couple hours. six children under the age of 18 are still being held hostage in gaza. one of them is 13-year-old girl galia. she was declared a hostage after her 15-year-old brother was killed in the october 7th terror attacks. joining us now is their mother. thank you for joining us. i would start with what we just heard from oren. have you been notified at all that galia may be released in this next phase of these hostage releases? >> hi. it's very difficult time, these days, because everyday we're waiting for gali. at night we have the list. and each day until now we heard that he is not on the list. so, very difficult for us. but we're still hoping that maybe tomorrow she will be on the list and we're waiting for the telephone at night to tell us that. >> we're showing pictures on the screen right now of gali. when you see the reunions that w we've seen. when you know more than 60 hostages have been released up to this point. what do you feel? >> just spoke with one of them, the friend of gali that was released days ago, a few days ago. and i was so happy for her and for her family because we all -- from the same kibbutz. gali and her were friends. for me to know that some children was released, it's -- make me happy for them and hopefully know that maybe gali will be released also today, tomorrow or the day after so it's very difficult to see that butt also bringing hope for me. >> have you prepared for that moment what it will be like? >> wow. i can't -- imagine it for 53 days, but i think nothing will be like the moment itself because you can't prepare. we couldn't prepare for the 7th of october and the day after when the children was missing. and each day bring to me, bring to us, the family, another challenge, another new thing to deal with and we just imagine the meeting and the hugging and the quiet that we will be together and we deal with every situation. but we need her to be here with us. >> i do want to ask, i can't imagine, as a parent, going through what you're going through with your daughter while also trying to grieve for your son leor. he was i think a devoted fan. they had a tribute to him on what would have been his 16th birthday. i wonder how you think he would have felt about that as you grieve his loss. >> yeah. i have two children, leor and gali. every memorial that made until now for him, for us it's warm in the heart because we didn't make it ourselves yet. we will do it, but now we don't have time and don't have any -- we just want -- now we're making things that gali will come and leor will be the next grief that we will -- when gali come, we'll have time to grieve leor. until then, friends surrounding us, it's very warm in the heart. that they do it for us. >> the support the community certainly unequivocal. our hearts go out to you and your family. we're certainly hopeful for gali. reuma, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> so striking to hear her talk about, she hasn't even been able to grieve, right, the loss of her son because she's waiting for her daughter. every single day praying that she is on that list. >> how many times over the course of the last seven weeks as a parent you try to think through -- you can't. you can't. >> you can't. >> it's unfathomable. >> we're hoping her daughter is on that list tomorrow. the aid hanging in the balance, aid for israel, the idf in washington making a push for senate democrats who have been critical of israel and want conditions on that aid to change their minds. and the suspect in the shooting of three palestinian college students pleading not guilty to attempted murder charges as officials are working to determine if it was a hate crime. we'll be live in burlington with the latest. stay with us. ♪ welcome back. we are learning a lot more this morning about the shooting of three palestinian college students in burlington, vermont. two of those students do remain in the hospital. one with critical injuries to his spine. the police chief calls this a hateful act as officials try to determine whether it was indeed a hate crime. the suspect, jason eaton pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges. polo sandoval joins us with the latest reporting. >> here he is in vermont, small storybook town. you wouldn't -- we're just shocked. >> reporter: this morning, one of three palestinian college students shot over the weekend is out of the hospital, according to a source close to the families. the other two, remain in icu. the mother of victim hish m awartani has a long road to recovery. >> he has another month in hospital and several months of physical therapy. currently doctors say he lost function of mobility in his legs. >> reporter: relatives say men were visiting vermont over thanksgiving break where they were shot saturday night. >> the three decided to go around the block. they like to walk around the neighborhood when they're there. each of the other boys have been to my mother's house for thanksgiving twice. and hisham has been visiting burlington for ten years. he knows the community very, very well. >> they were just walking, talking amongst themselves. they were wearing their keffiyeh's, traditional palestinian scarves. this gentleman stepped out of the dark and pulled out a handgun and fired four times. >> reporter: investigators are trying to determine if they were the targets of a hate crime. >> there's no one with common sense who can think about three young men, two of whom are wearing keffiyeh's who were speaking a mixture of english and arabic, walking down a street to suddenly and randomly be without apparently any other motive, attacked by someone and shot by that person and not think that that seems like a crime driven by hate. >> reporter: officers located the suspect, 48-year-old jason eaton sunday afternoon near the scene of the attack. police say he lives in an apartment building in front of the shooting scene. according to an affidavit of probable cause, eaton told atf agents i've been waiting for you. investigators say a pistol found in his apartment matches the shell casings at the scene. and that eaton acquired the gun legally, just a few months ago. he was arraigned monday a