and look to show solidarity and dismiss talks of cracks in ukraine s firewall. plus, full disclosure. senator john fetterman checks himself into the hospital for clinical depression. and new text messages reveal top hosts at fox the same hosts who carried water for-donald trump s election lies knew his claims were, quote, really crazy. up first the diplomatic battle field. right now the united states and its major western allies are in munich as the war in ukraine is about to hit the one-year mark. ukraine s president zelenskyy opened the global security meeting with this plea. goliath must lose. there is no alternative to ukrainian victory. there is no alternative to ukraine in the eu. there is no alternative to ukraine in nato. there is no, no alternative to our unity. zelenskyy wants allies to step it up and bring a quick end to the war. nato shows no sign of wavering at least right now but germany s chancellor in an interview with cnn s christiane amanpour says the
captions by vitac www.vitac.com i m kaitlan collins live in tel aviv, israel. this is a special edition of the source tonight because in just three hours from now, we expect to see the most significant break in the intense fighting that has been happening between israel and hamas in 47 days. a temporary pause is slated to begin at midnight eastern, 7:00 a.m. local here, following weeks of pain staking negotiations that have happened behind the scenes and a final burst of bombs flying across the border tonight. this carefully brokered deal that is happening, this agreement between israel and hamas is supposed to mean that at least 50 hostages, women and children, we are told, will be able to go home for the first time since the october 7th attacks. israel, in exchange has promised to free 150 palestinian prisoners, women and minors, who have been imprisoned in jails here in israel. there s another critical piece of this deal as well. that is humanitarian aid for gaza.
this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world as we continue our breaking news coverage of the israel/hamas war. i m rosemary church. qatar s foreign ministry says it will announce in the next few hours when the truce between israel and hamas will begin. a diplomatic source says it s likely to start friday, midnight local time at the earliest. the news comes after israel said on wednesday that the expected release of hostages and a pause in fighting with hamas were delayed. both u.s. and israeli officials pointed to logistical details for that delay. ahead of the expected truce, israeli forces continued ground and air operations, striking parts of northeastern and central gaza, though palestinians say areas further south were also hit. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu expressed confidence the deal would soon go into effect and made clear the war against hamas is far from over. translator:
israel says it s found, quote, concrete evidence of hamas terror headquarters inside gaza s largest hospital and hamas just acknowledged that hospital, al shifa, is now under the control of israeli forces. a heightened threat of a terror attack on americans. that new warning being delivered by the fbi director at this very moment. plus a high stakes sitdown nearly one year in the making is about to begin. president biden, china s president xi meet face to face. i m sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news we are getting new information on the israeli raid at the al shifa hospital inside northern gaza. this is the largest hospital in gaza. a short time ago israeli military officials said that they have uncovered concrete evidence of a hamas terror presence, a headquarters inside this hospital compound. you can see this aerial view of the compound. it s not just one building. it s several buildings. doctors, patient, staff inside the vari
an advisory to the qatari negotiator. take a listen. it becomes more difficult but it s still ongoing and we can t give up. i can tell you that clearly we can t give up on this on all sides. nobody in the region can afford to give up and just leave it to the military people to decide what happens in the future. let s go to cnn s nick robinson, israeli president benjamin netanyahu says the next phase of the war has begun and its goal is to destroy hamas. how is this second phase going to affect the hostages being held in gaza? well, the prime minister said two primary goals of these operations, one destroy hamas. but the second to get the hostages back. and the defense minister said look, we believe that these increased military operations this operation in gaza will actually benefit us and help get the hostages back. and i think when you hear from the from somebody close to the negotiations there, that qatari official you do understand that there are still conversat