happening now, breaking news. 12 more hostages are now back here in israel and heading to israeli hospitals after spending 53 days in captivity. this is the first group released since the temporary pause was extended for two additional days. also tonight, a cnn exclusive. a chilling new account from an israeli father describing how his 9-year-old daughter survived for weeks as a hostage. the joy of being reunited after originally believing she didn t survive the october 7th terror attacks. plus another cnn exclusive. stunning new revelations from former republican congresswoman liz this is cnn breaking news. our cnn team is here live in the region covering all the latest developments. let s go straight to cnn s jeremy diamond who s in eshkelon, israel. walk us through the release of these hostages today. reporter: earlier tonight we witnessed 12 newly freed hostages, 10 israeli citizens, 2 thai nationals, being helicoptered out of the kerem shalom crossing towards h