hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan thing. the very warm welcome. benjamin netanyahu benjamin neta nyahu has benjamin netanyahu has ordered his team to leave the wall. he said israel s right to defend itself does not extend to a right to attack civilian populations. a convoy of humanitarian aid has crossed into gaza for the first time since thursday. both sides blaming each other for the collapse of that truce. a spokesman said they were now hitting hamas targets all across the strip. there have been israeli air strikes in northwestern gaza and in the south. palestinian red crescent said it received the convoy. fighting re started on friday morning after there have been israeli air strikes in north western gaza and khan younis in the south where hundreds of thousands of people fled earlier in the war to escape fighting. this is the moment that a residential complex was struck. you can see those thick plumes of smoke in the distance of people running from the area. a spokesman sa
idf. they are being examined on a medical basis right now before they head to hospitals and will be greeted and met by their families. john: as all of this unfolds, negotiators are working around the clock to secure another ceasefire extension as hamas still holds more than 150 people hostages somewhere in gaza. sandra: america reports hour two begins right now. i m sandra smith un-new york. john: john roberts in washington. good to be with you on a busy wednesday. hearing from families of hostages just freed describing the traumatic conditions that their loved ones had to ensure during 51 days of captivity. one of those family members joined us in our last hour. they couldn t raise their voices, they were often made to watch things that they should never see that should have never happened, that they were held at gunpoint, they didn t have a bed to sleep in. you don t know if they were warm when they needed to be or cold when they needed to be, if they were seeing
allowing them a way in based on whatever vulnerability he was exposing to them orally and physically in terms of his own exhaustion and the ability to contain any hostages. great analysis. stick around juliette as you have, we really appreciate it. ed lavandera has been on the scene for hours. i heard your voice during that news conference. tell us what you heard. reporter: rather struck by just how much information about the ending of this hostage situation that is still unclear at this point. you guys have done an amazing job talking over and about the hostage negotiation process which i thought was very insight full and really give us a sense of what it was like for hostage
the police rescues not even wearing a helmet. they are not in an environment they think is potentially lethal. but nonetheless they have to be prepared. ify minutes ago we saw five minutes ago we saw the dramatic pictures. bill: that s brand-new video from the site of that chocolate store in central sydney. you have five hostages who are free and are safe but the question we mains how many are left inside. we don t know. martha: is he letting them out? are they escaping? we don t know if it between 5 and 8 left inside. in terms of the hostage negotiation process, did the police outside know people were on their way out or not. were they given the signal or were they surprised.