israel defense forces admit to inadvertently killing three other israeli hostages. the three men were waving a white flag when a brigade opened fire on them on friday. the idf says the three hostages managed to escape or were abandoned by their hamas captors. the office of the prime minister now says there are 129 hostages who remain in gaza. 21 hostages have died. a source tells cnn that the head of israel s intelligence agency is expected to meet with qatar s prime minister to discuss getting hostages released. today, families of the remaining hostages held a rally in tel-aviv demanding their safe return. cnn was there. alex, how are people reacting to the reports of the accidental killing of three and then the report of the other young lady who has died? reporter: well, frederica, this was a rally that would have happened anyway on a saturday night, but this really gives it more sadness, you know, because of the news today that haiman, one of the hostages, is now dead, a
welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, december 17th. i m amara walker. i m omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. look, we are looking at a lot of things, watching a lot of things. namely, the biden campaign are accusing donald trump of parroting adolf hitler after the former president made disturbing comments about immigrants at a rally. senators are working on big immigration changes as they try to reach a deal on ukraine funding. severe weather impacted millions at the start of last-minute christmas shopping and holiday travel. and in israel the idf facing scrutiny after soldiers accidentally killed israeli hostages in gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu acknowledges international pressure but adds, we are in a war for our existence. and could not just rocks, but hot rocks that glow brighter than the sun be the key to helping us end our dependence on fossil fuels? we will look at the new innovative way to address the climate crisis ahead on cnn this morn
everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin with a dramatic evacuation of u. s. government personnel and their families from sudan president biden confirming the operation overnight more than 100. special operations personnel were involved in the extraction. the decision to evacuate came after a week of heavy fighting between rival military factions that left more than 400 dead and thousands injured. we ve got full coverage with kylie atwood at the state department, kevin liptak at the white house. kylie let s begin with you. this was a big operation. i mean what was happening behind the scenes at the state department and what provoked this decision. major operation and what you have to understand with embassies like this that are in areas where conflict can arise is that the state department has plans for these evacuations. but then they have to go back and look at these plans in a very detailed way, and that s what state department offic
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