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western governments, and 39 palestinian prisoners who d been held in israeli prisons. more israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners are expected to be released today. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports on a rare moment of hope in the conflict. on arrival to celebrate as this is really childrens hospital as some of the free hostages were flown in last night, much to the relief and happiness of a crowd of well wishers. the women and children were said to be physically well. altogether, 13 israelis were released after they spent almost seven weeks being held captive by hamas in gaza. along with 11 foreign workers. earliervideo hamas in gaza. along with 11 foreign workers. earlier video released by the military wing of hamas shows the moment they were taken to vehicles belonging to the international committee of the red cross. these are the youngest of the hostages, aviv, too, and her sister, for , shown in a family video. they were snatched by hamas g ....
qatar, egypt and the us helped resolve the issue thirty nine more resolve the issue, thirty nine more palestinian prisoners all women and minors detained by israel are due to be freed in exchange for the release of the hostages. live now to our middle east correspondent tom bateman in jerusalem. what s the latest we know and what s been the reaction where you are to this latest release of hostages? what we know is the group of 13 israelis and four tight nationals cross the border into egypt and have been taken by israeli officials to seven israel as happened last night being taken to several different hospitals in israel. that will be the first opportunity they have two be reunited with family members in person. tile. we have comp formation now from qatar and both the palestinians and israelis that 39 palestinians have been released for custody. qatar says that they are women and children because that is the framework of the entire agreement about the reciprocal re ....
mediated by qatar and egypt they re being taken to a medical centre south of tel aviv. the un says 137 trucks of goods entered gaza on friday carrying humanitarian aid. this makes it the biggest humanitarian convoy received since the war s start on october 7. israeli media says hamas has named 13 hostages for release on saturday. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says israel is working to get more hostages home. we have now completed the return of our first abducted children, their mothers, additional women. children, their mothers, additionalwomen. but children, their mothers, additional women. but i stress to you, the families, and you, citizens of israel, we are committed to returning all our people abducted. this is one of the goals of the war and we are committed to achieving all of the goals of the war. the us played a major part in securing the ceasefire deal and president biden says they won t stop until all the hostages are home. today has been the pr ....
happening now, breaking news. dramatic developments here in the middle east. the first major release of hostages since the hamas attacks on october 7th. 13 israelis and 11 foreign nationals finally free from gaza after nearly seven weeks. i m wolf blitzer live in tel aviv, israel. and i m jim acosta here in washington. president biden is vowing to return every single american hostage even though none were included in today s agreement. as the president says it s unclear if americans will be included in the next release but praised today s hand-off as a promising sign. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. you re in the situation room. the breaking news this hour, an outpouring of emotion here in israel as hamas releases 24 hostages kidnapped back on october 7th. cnn s matthew chance has details including a closer look at the video hamas released of the hostage hand-off inside gaza. they kidnapped and killed, but now hamas is s ....
a military offensive that began, after 1,200 people were murdered and around 240 hostages were taken by hamas, seven weeks ago. our middle east correspondent tom bateman is in jerusalem with more. as far as the framework of the deal and day when i think the prisoner exchange element of this has been shown to have been extremely successful. given just how challenging it has been for the two sides to pull this deal together through the mediator, qatar. the conditions on the ground remain extremely challenging. think about the weeks of war that led up about the weeks of war that led up to this. the unprecedented nature of the fighting that we have seen. and the brutality of the events. so the remains the risk that things can still go wrong. having said that we now go in today to of the israeli sayings say they have been handed a list via qatar from hamas of the next batch of hostages to be released. so the hopes will be that this can all be repeated once again on saturday. ....