Order to start the Ground Invasion of gaza. Israels top military leaders are saying that forces will enter gaza. For the First Time Since the war began two weeks ago, humanitarian aid briefly rolled into gaza. But the rafah Border Crossing is now closed again after the 20truck convoy made it through. Additional shipments of water, fuel and food are urgently needed and the Hospital System is teetering on the verge of collapse. Reporter we just keep hearing about the water, the water, there is not enough water. It comes a day after the two american hostages were freed by hamas. One step closer to coming home to the United States. Jude dlith raanan and her 17yearold daughter are even reuniting today at an Israeli Military base. Natalies father that hes expecting her home by tuesday, her 18th birthday. Her brother said he hoped she would be home that day. The question is, will there be more hostages released we know of at least eight others. Hamas has talked going friendly powers. Like qat
on khan younis and rafah in the south have continued as have those in the jabaliya refugee camp in the north. israel insists it s making maximum effort to avoid killing civilians. hospitals inside gaza are struggling to take in the casualties, with un officials describing a degree of panic in medicalfacilities that hasn t been seen before. the un says palestinians who are being told to leave areas which were previously seen as safe, are being pushed into a narrow corner of gaza. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. ominous warnings the israeli flares that hang in the night sky over gaza are followed by the thuds of explosions. rumbling explosion. and on the ground, israel s military says its offensive has now expanded to every part of the palestinian territory. it said its operations here will be of no less strength than those that have devastated the north. explosions, shouting. israel s already ordered more evacuations in the south of gaza, crowded
we ll continue to watch the developments about this group of hostages released today. thank you so much for joining us, i m fredricka whitfield. wolf blitzer was in tel aviv. you ll see him again at the top of the hour. our breaking news coverage continues righ t now. you are watching special live coverage, i m alex marquardt and wolf blitzer. after hours of uncertainty, a second group of hostages are on their way home to israel. you can see several red cross vehicles leaving the gaza strip and making their way into egypt, and moments later, several hostages are seen exiting the ambulances and entering a building on the egyptian side of the border crossing. they will now be making their way into israel soon. qatari officials say among the hostages released today are 13 israelis who are being released. eight children, five women, four foreign nationals are believed to be in the second group released today. cnn s wolf blitzer is live in tel aviv. and brings us the latest on t
hostages held by hamas for 48 days are expected to be released at any moment. good morning, a special edition of america s newsroom. i m griff jenkins. hi, molly. molly: i m molly line. bill hemmer and dana perino are off. 13 women and children are being transported to southern israel at 7:00 a.m. local time in gaza fighting was paused for the first time to allow for the hostage release. and to let humanitarian aid through to civilians. the cease-fire appears to be holding. part of the deal the u.s., qatar and egypt helped broker. israel releasing three times as many palestinian terror convicts, 39 in exchange. griff: one of the hostages held from october 7th a 3-year-old israeli american girl. she is not expected to be among those released today. molly: trey yengst is live at an air base awaiting the handover. trey, to you. good morning. at any moment that first group of hostages will be released into the hands of the red cross and taken to this air base in souther