one will feel safe until hamas is gone. cnn, israel. thank you to nic robertson for the report. of course, stay with cnn for the latest on the ground in israel and what s happening in gaza. thank you for joining us tonight. i m caitlin collins in tel aviv. and i m alex in washington, have a good night. welcome to the whole story i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. the attack left 1400 people dead, more than 200 people have been held hostage according to the israeli officials. many more people are still unaccounted for. in response, israel began a bombing campaign according to the hamas control health ministry with more thousands dying so far. the story is complex. . its roroots go back toto t the formation of israel in 1948. there was a military wing that perpetrated the terror attack. we have the whole story from how they were formed, what their ideology is and how they have evolved over the decades. we want to warn you that some of the images you will see in the hour may
you are live with us in the cnn newsroom. we are live in tel aviv. we continued our breaking news coverage, as israel welcomes home a second group of hostages, released earlier today. this was the extraordinary scene that you see right there at the crossing from gaza, into egypt. we witness those hostages finally making their way out of gaza, the other way from internationals the red cross. we also watched that those hostages finally arrived in tel aviv. it is there where they will be reunited with their families after more than seven weeks in captivity. we are still waiting on more hostages to arrive at that hospital. that should be moments from now. as part of the deal involving a four day pause in the fighting, which we are halfway through, more than three dozen palestinians were also released from israeli prisons, both yesterday and today. katelyn collins is here with me from tel aviv. she has been bringing us up-to- the-minute coverage of this ongoing process exchange.
. i m kaitlan collins live tonight from israel. this is a special edition of the source because hours from now, a deal, if israel and hamas can keep it. weeks of negotiations have led both sides to this point where we are right now. if everything falls, what has been a very delicately choreographed script, some families will finally be able to breathe a sigh of relief. but failure will spell heartbreak for many of them. what we know now is that 13 israeli hostages who have spent weeks in hamas captivity are now scheduled to have freedom. dozens of palestinian prisoners are also slated for release in exchange for the release of those hostages. all of that is happening in addition to what is expected to be a complete pause in the fighting in gaza as we have seen aid trucks already lining up at the rafah crossing to go into gaza, desperately needed aid as you just heard. we ve already watched one delay to this deal followed by an intense burst of fighting happening on the g
long-awaited hostage release could be just a few hours away. the expected truce with hamas appears to be on track at this hour, setting the stage for 13 captives to return from gaza on the first day of the temporary pause in the hostilities. oren liebermann has all of the late-breaking developments for us. reporter: after nearly seven weeks of war, it is the storm before the calm. final hours of fighting in gaza ticking down until a pause in the conflict set for early friday morning. 13 hostages, women and children, will then be freed by hamas on friday afternoon, transferred to the red cross and back to israel. we are waiting on a day-by-day base for a phone call to see if our loved ones are coming back. reporter: the pause is set to last four days. the spokesperson for qatar s foreign ministry hope that the deal would be the basis for a longer pause. we are hoping that this will work as a proof of concept for de-escalation measures including extending this humanitar
nic robertson, cnn, sderot, israel. and a special thanks to nic robertson for automatic this excellent reporting. to our viewer, thanks very much for watching. the sauource with kaitlan collins starts right now. good evening. i m kaitlan collins live from israel tonight as this is a special edition of the source. we are here on the ground in tel aviv, hours from now. a temporary truce is slated to begin and desperate families on both sides of the israel and gaza border will hopefully get an answer to their prayers. for some, it s an anxious wait that could be coming to an end as hamas does plan to release at least 13 hostages on the first day in exchange for 39 palestinian prisoners. israel has continued to pummel gaza tonight, but all the fighting is supposed to stop at midnight eastern, 7:00 a.m. local. that; of course, what that pause is going to look like if everything goes according to plan, and that is a big if here. the pause is going to last four days. and abo