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hostages held by hamas for 48 days are expected to be released at any moment. good morning, a special edition of america s newsroom. i m griff jenkins. hi, molly. molly: i m molly line. bill hemmer and dana perino are off. 13 women and children are being transported to southern israel at 7:00 a.m. local time in gaza fighting was paused for the first time to allow for the hostage release. and to let humanitarian aid through to civilians. the cease-fire appears to be holding. part of the deal the u.s., qatar and egypt helped broker. israel releasing three times as many palestinian terror convicts, 39 in exchange. griff: one of the hostages held from october 7th a 3-year-old israeli american girl. she is not expected to be among those released today. molly: trey yengst is live at an air base awaiting the handover. trey, to you. good morning. at any moment that first group of hostages will be released into the hands of the red cross and taken to this air base in s ....
president biden is doubling down on his support for israel. in an op-ed for the washington post, the president rejected mounting calls for a cease fire saying it will only give hamas more time to quote restart the killing by attacking innocence again. but the fighting continues in gaza city. doctors at al-shifa, gaza s largest hospital, say they were ordered to evacuate by the israeli military. the idf disputes that claim. it comes as israel defense forces are now vowing to advance anywhere hamas is found. and there are growing signs that a ground offensive into southern gaza could be imminent. let s go to nic robertson live in israel. give us the latest from where you are. still intense fire fights going on here in northern gaza. the idf said they re pushing from the coast in the washington post cost towards the west where we are here. we ve been able to see flares, heavy missile strikes from aircraft heavy tank rounds fired into the area. sometimes the skylights ....
blackout, but unreliable fuel supplies could still cause communications blackouts. meanwhile, israel is still facing backlash to al aqsa hospital now where our correspondent yogita limaye has been working with freelance journalist majdi fathi to tell the story of one family brought there, including a young child who later died. and a warning there are distressing images from the start. monday in central gaza. shouting tuesday. he cries wednesday. thursday. and today, another air strike, all in so called safer areas, away from the north where israel is conducting ground operations and had asked civilians to evacuate. this family was bombed in deir al balah. we re being killed and no one is doing anything about it, this man shouts. abed is still breathing, in critical condition. doctors scramble to treat the boy. 0n the floor, by his bed, they check his father for a heartbeat. they can t hear it. his family in shock, still finding out. ..who s been rescued, who s surv ....
around the rammed of rapid report forces. take a look. as the sunsets, our situation becomes more precarious. despite all the insu assurancese were given. 10:00 at night still hour and a half before our destination. every moment that we are delayed it gets more and more interest.. and delayed again. and again. and again. luckily, we manage to get in touch with a distant cousin of my father s who allows us to bed down in her new not yet furnished home. the team is exhausted. we need to get some sleep. the whole story this sunnyvale, 9 p.m. the source with kaitlan clines starts now. straight from the source, breaking news as a colorado judge resumed that drumpled can be on the ballot but he also engaged in the january 6th insurrection. now prosecutors want trump in court just three modify before the 2024 election. of course a reminder that is a trial had will be telg advised. also tonight, advertisers are fleeing fromee lon musk s x. as he is facing backlash from hi ....
this is bbc news, the headlines. the head of gaza s biggest hospital says a mass grave is being dug there as it runs out of fuel. israel says it s co ordinating the transfer of incubators to gaza, but it s unclear whether hospitals will have enough power to use the extra equipment. claims senior officer involved in the stephen lawrence murder was corrupt. iceland evacuates thousands of residents as it braces for a volcanic eruption in the coming days. and the lifelong friendship between the harry potter star and his stunt double. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. a blow for stefanos tsitsipas at the atp finals in turin he had to retire hurt, against holger rune who claims his first of the round robin phase. tsitsipas was 2 1 down in the first set before having to leave the court, and confirmed afterwards it was due to a back problem.. in a match which lasted just 1a minutes. hubert hurkacz will now step in to play tsitsipas final match against ....