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but the question remains. why did hamas strike now likely knowing the devastation that it would provoke in gaza? hamas spokesman name checked events at the mosque earlier this year as motivation for their attack. hamas has called this operation the storm of in reference of course to the mosque compound known as temple mount a place so holy to both jews and muslims here in jerusalem. earlier this year police raided the third holiest site in islam during the month of adan and pass over just as police step inside the mosque is considered incredibly provocative and aggressive . but many experts say the timing of hamas attack has to do with mecca, the holiest place of all of islam, saudi arabia. hamamas was c concerned aboue saudi moves to build ties with israel and the u.s. one concern was that saudi money would then bolster the palestininian authorority in th west banank. hamasas looks at this worord an ememerging alliliance betwee moderate arabs and israel ....
that category, two women and one young child. we have reason to believe that one of those americans will be released today. until we see her out safely from gaza, in the hands of the authorities and ultimately in the hands of her family, we will not be certain. let s get right to nbc news correspondent, eric mclaughlin, in tel aviv, erin, thank you for joining us. what more can you tell us about what s expected to happen today? well, we re waiting for a news, still no word on today s expected exchange. there is this new hope that an american could be among the hostages released. this of course follows last night successful exchange of 13 israeli hostages and 39 palestinians. one of the israeli hostages released is nine year emily hand, she was on october 7th, she had been staying at a friend hamas militants, stormed into gaza and initially she had been reported dead, that s what her father says he was told, that was corrected weeks later. last night, we saw, jus ....
you are watching symone. american hostage released by hamas, abigail edan just turned for two days ago. president biden says abigail is proof that the hostage deal is working. she is among the 17 hostages let go of three of a four-day truce in exchange for 39 palestinian held in israel. the president saying the goal is to extend the pause in order to get more hostages out and more humanitarian aid into gaza. where displaced civilians are in desperate need. we will break down what happens next and hear from a family member of one of the hostages. plus, new york congressman george santos blasts his colleagues and doubles down against the damning report alleging his misuse of campaign funds. the house vote to expect them is expected this week. we will hear from ethics committee member lynne ivey about what to expect there. i am symone sanders-townsend and i have something to say. it is four pm in washington, d.c., and 11 pm in israel and gaza, where hamas r ....
united date and all around the world. i am layla. it is day three of the four-day truce between hamas and israel. and the israeli government now has the names of the hostages who will be freed on sunday. 13 israelis and for tai prame nationals were released on saturday but only after an hours long delayed threatened to attend the exchange. following preliminary medical checks all of the former hostages were taken to israeli hospitals for care and to be reunited with their families the deal also called for the release of 39 palestinian prisoners and detainees on saturday earlier, hamas had stalled on releasing the hostages. in a dispute over which palestinian israelis were willing to release. a group, save 187 trucks made it into gaza saturday with food, water, fuel, and medical supplies. it is only a small fraction of what is needed .61 of those trucks reached heavily damaged northern gaza. the most trucks in one day since the war began. elliott got ken is following all ....
this is cnn breaking news. well, good morning to you, and welcome to the special edition of cnn as we continue our special coverage of this truce between israel and hamas and the expected release of more hostages today, which would be round two, i m pamela brown and my colleague kaitlan collins is live in tel aviv. more from kaitlan in a moment. we are monitoring a very tense, tenuous, fluid situation in gaza and in israel. any moment now, we are expecting more hamas hostages to be released. so this second day of a fragile four-day truce as anxious families are waiting for word. sources tell cnn that the last provided the list provided by hamas has 13 names on it to be freed today. and now we are hearing from the head of the palestinian commission for detainees that 39 palestinian prisoners are expected to be released. cnn has learned that no americans are expected to be released today, and there s also warning of a possible crisis, a palestinian official says israe ....