Agreed a truce in Southern Gaza. These are the latest pictures from the Rafah Crossing, showing the crowds there. We understand that Un Fuel Trucks did make it across the border this morning. In the past couple of hours, americas top diplomat, Antony Blinken, is back in israel, from egypt, where he was trying to persuade officials to reopen the border point. Egypts Foreign Minister is reported as saying israel had not yet taken a stance that would allow the crossing to open. Over the weekend, mr blinken held talks in six arab states, with a view to alleviating gazas humanitarian crisis and to prevent the war from escalating. Our correspondent nick beake has the latest. In gaza, families who have been forced from their homes are heading south to the border with egypt. But this, the Rafah Crossing, has remained closed to them, trapping palestinians as well as foreign nationals. They say theyve lost everything in israels response to hamas s killing of civilians just over a week ago. This
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good evening. this is the source. i m kaitlan collins. we begin with two breaking stories. right now, we are three hours away from a fragile truce between israel and hamas, potentially coming to an end. right now, there s a real possibility that it may not be extended. first tonight, we start with this, which we have confirmed moments ago. former u.s. secretary of state henry kissinger has died. that s according to his consulting firm kissinger associates. he was 100 years owed. he passed away at his home today in connecticut. kissinger was secretary of state under presidents nixon and ford. the only person to serve as the national security advisor and secretary of state at the same time. more now on his legacy. i know all of you will want to hear from the new secretary of state. henry kissinger never really needed an introduction on the world state again. the most famous statesman of the last half of the 20th century. celebrate
we d like to see the pause extended because what it has enabled, first and foremost, is hostages being released. it as enabled us to surge humanitarian assistance into the people of gaza who so desperately need it. that was secretary of state antony blinken earlier this morning. he is getting ready to head to israel right now. the final hours of the truce between israel and hamas are ticking away and intense negotiations are underway to extend that truce. hamas is set to release more hostages today after handing over another group of women and children yesterday. and yesterday in gaza we saw gunmen with rifles slung over their shoulders hand over an 84-year-old woman in a wheelchair as a crowd cheered and recorded with their cellphones. also release a 17-year-old girl clutchinger dog in her arms. the family of the youngest israeli hostage telling cnn they have been notified the baby, the 4-year-old brother will not be among the hostages freed today. this is the latest
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kabul airport was continuing. despite that, we did not see any flights arriving from either kabul or from doha yesterday. there may have been some overnight, but it does seem that there is at least a pause, if not a tapering, of those flights coming out of kabul. so we ll see how it goes today. we do know that as far as departures, at least eight departure flights expected. this is good news. it means we re seeing an increase in those flights bringing evacuees of those refugees to the united states, kim. talking to the folks there, before i let you go. i m curious. if the prevailing mood there one of hope or of despair? reporter: you know, it s a real mix of emotions. i mean, from the evacuees, certainly relief that they are in a safe country. that they re here. that they re on their way to the united states, but also frustration, because many people