Stay updated with breaking news from Debriefing. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
welcome to cnn this morning. it s sunday, november 26. thanks for joining us this morning. we are continuing coverage of the truce between israel and gaza and a third group of hostages scheduled for release this morning. we are hearing from an israeli official that an american citizen, one american citizen will be among the captives freed. 13 israelis, 4 thai nationals were released, after a delay threatened to undermine the exchange. the hostages and missing families forum list 174 israeli hostages in custody, that includes 27 children. the youngest, just ten months old. the group does not have information on possible foreign hostages. the deal also called for the release of 39 palestinian prisoners and detainees. earlier, hamas stalled on releasing the hostages in a dispute over which palestinians the israelis were willing to release. aid groups say 187 trucks made it into gaza saturday with food, water, fuel, and medical supplies. that s a small fraction of w ....
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m alex marquardt in washington alongside kaitlan collins in tel aviv. jim acosta is off tonight. thank you for being with us. we are continue with our breaking news coverage of the war between israel and hamas. a nightmare that began seven weeks ago has finally ended for several israeli families. today a third group of hostages was finally released from the gaza strip. in just the past few hours, we ve watched as they arrived at hospitals in israel to be reunited finally with their loved ones. and for the first time tonight, we re also seeing some of those emotional moments. families inside hospitals finally embracing after weeks of heartbreak and uncertainty. these are 13 of the 14 israeli hostages released today, women and children. 13 of them ranging in age from 4 to 84 years old. there was a 14th israeli who was also a russian national, and then three more foreign nationals also freed today, bringing the total to 17. today we sa ....
be speaking again with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and we continue to remain personally engaged to see that this deal is fully implemented and work to extend the deal, as well. for weeks i ve been advocating the pause in the fighting for two purposes, to increase the assistance getting into the gazan civilians who need help and to facilitate release of hostages. we know that innocent children in gaza are suffering greatly, as well because this war that hamas has unleashed has had such consequences. thousands have been killed and from the earliest days of this crisis i ve worked closely with president sisi of egypt, israeli government and king abdullah of jordan and leaders throughout the region for humanitarian assistance to help innocent palestinians indeed who are not part of hamas. under this deal, the fighting in gaza has now been paused for three days. over that team 58 58 hostages he been released including thais, filipinos, and we ve moved 200 aid trucks in ....
say that they are all in relatively good condition, they are undergoing a medical assessment at this time, pam. and so far, kaitlan, no americans as we know have been freed. despite that, president biden says he s hopeful at least a few will be released in the coming days, perhaps tomorrow. we ll have to wait and see. by the end of this four-day pause in fighting, hamas is expected to free 50 hostages. of course, that is assuming this truce holds. other conditions in this deal include the release of dozens of palestinian prisoners in critical aid getting into gaza. matthew chance has been tracking this and these hostages and how they finally made their way after a difficult journey back to israel. here s his report. reporter: they kidnapped and killed. but now hamas is showing its gunmen releasing israelis in gaza. for many, these are disturbing scenes. 9-year-old ohad munder. an old woman being carried by a masked man as palestinians cheered. after 49 long days o ....
kaitlan collins is in tel aviv bringing us the minute by minute coverage of the second day of this truce agreement. reporter: yeah, you really see what those red cross vehicles mean to the hostages. i spoke to the family of one grandmother who was released yesterday who said, she had been underground for so long that she didn t know when she did see sunlight if she was taken to being released or executed until she saw the red cross vehicles yesterday. you just see how powerful that moment is. in this next phase of the deal between israel and hamas comes after hours of a delay in the deal where you are seeing the two sides try to work something out. there were hours of uncertainty when a dispute with hamas was unfolding over the amount of aid that was going into gaza which is a major component of this deal. and then with just hours to spare, qatari officials are involved. they were able to get the deal on track after some phone calls including one with president biden. ....