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we are back monitoring the fragile truce in gaza. you are watching cnn news central. i m briana keilar in washington with wolf blitzer in tel aviv. another hostage release is under way as we speak. the idf says the latest group of women and children freed by hamas is with the red cross, and it s en route to israel after which more palestinian prisoners and detainees will be released from israeli custody. this is the fourth day of these exch exchanges. and now israel and hamas have agreed to extend this arrangement for two more days. wolf? very critical developments. very important developments, indeed. it s a critical two days right now for the families of the remaining 198 hostages. and for the residents of gaza who have seen a surge of badly needed aid enter during this entire temporary pause. president biden just released a statement on the extension thanking the leaders of israel, qatar, and egypt for getting it all done. cnn s oren liebermann is with me in tel ....
the israeli army says 14 israeli hostages and three foreigners including an american child have been handed over to the red cross in gaza. the israel leave prison service also says 39 palestinian prisoners have been released as part of that deal. you see the coach there from ofer towards the checkpoint where some of those people will be reunited with friends and family. in gaza people have been using the humanitarian pause and fighting to get desperately needed supplies of food and fuel and medicine. we will have more on that throughout the program. among the group are sisters dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the attackers themselves. also for the first time today, a us citizen has been released. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were attacked and killed by hamas gunme ....
but he ll gets the greenlight, but how soon could the captives be released. that s tonight on news night. good evening, i m abby philip in new york. an outline gets approved and restore hope for 50 families. tonight, a significant majority of israel s cabinet said yes to a deal that trains trades israeli hostages during hamas suffrage terror attacks on october 7th. in exchange, israel will grant what i forget polls in the fighting and gaza. a senior u.s. official is telling cnn, and the last, hour three americans could be part of this deal that message from the israeli government also gives hamas and incentive to release even more hostages. for every ten abducted israelis or people in captivity that get your freedom, that translates to another full day of stoppage of fighting in gaza. hamas, minutes ago, confirmed this deal and they say that 150 or so palestinians held in israeli jails will be released as part of this agreement. let s get straight to matthew chance. ....
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states. canada, and all around the world. this is cnn s continuing coverage of the israel hamas war. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is back in israel at this hour with the warning of the growing number of civilian casualties in gaza could undermine international support for israel in its ongoing war against hamas. the secretary and israeli prime minister is expected to meet today. gaza city is now completed surrounded by its forces. this is one of the most intense instances of israeli bombardment since the war began. our soldiers have been operating in gaza city for several days. deepening the operation. our forces are in n significant areas of gaza city. the idf says 23 of its soldiers died in the gaza operationsns. the primarary objective e is locating a and d destroying the hamas tunnel network and eliminating explosives and other on scattered obstacles. reporter: the ground incursion with tanks and t ....
hello. i m brianna keilar with boris sanchez, wolf blitzer is in tel aviv and we re tracking multiple developments in israel s war in hamas. rescue efforts under way following an israeli air strike, a strir strike the idf say was ordered to take out a hamas leader. reports are still coming in, dozens confirmed dead, many more injured. those numbers are expected to rise. officials in hamas controlled gaza say 0 h20 homes were destrd there. just moments ago, i spoke with an idf spokesperson who confirmed that israel was involved in the blast. listen to this. we ll be coming out in the next hour hopefully with more data. i can give you there was a senior hamas commander in that area. sadly he was hiding, again as they do, behind innocent civilians. that s all i can say. we ll be coming out with more and what happened there. can you confirm it was an israeli attack that destroyed a big chunk of the jabalia refugee camp? yes, i can. we were focused again on a targe ....