thank you so much for joining us. i m fredericka witfield in atlanta alongside my colleague wolf blitzer in tel aviv. breaking news, we re standing by for release of a second group of hostages held by hamas. sources tell cnn that release is being delayed in part over a dispute about the number of aid trucks entering gaza. these are live pictures from the rafah border crossing in gaza where the hostages could be transported at any moment. we re also told today s group is likely to include 13 israeli citizens, several of which are expected to be children, adding to the 24 hostages released yesterday. this exchange comes a full seven weeks after the hostages were abducted from their homes. a u.s. official says american citizens are not expected to be among those released today. 39 palestinian prisoners are set to be released as well today following the release of the israeli hostages from gaza. these exchanges are part of a four-day truce, set to expire on tuesday. wolf. thank
cnn news central is up now. new reporting and new pictures just in as israeli troops raid gaza s largest hospital. the idf calls it a precise and targeted operation against hamas as the search for hostages intensifies. an elbow to the kidneys, a challenge to a fistfight and a smurf insult. no, it s not middle school. it s congress. they did manage to do some work, however, passing a major hurdle to avoid ago going a government shutdown. president biden and chinese president xi jinping, face-to-face today, the first time they have talked in a year, and so much has happened since then. what the hopes are will come of this. i m sarri a sidner this is cnn news central. at this moment, we re waiting to get more information on the israeli operation in and around the al shifa hospital in northern gaza. you can see where it is right there. israeli forces are inside in what the idf is calling a precise and targeted operation against hamas. i can show you a map of the hospita
to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. wherever you are around the world, at this hour, you are watching cnn newsroom. ongoing coverage of his most war with hamas. i m john vause, just past midnight here in atlanta, and 60 am and gaza. it is now divided into by israeli ground forces battling militants in the north. president have been forced to evacuate to safety in the south, as dawn breaks, the israeli military says gaza city is completely surrounded. in the past two hours, cnn crews report flares and explosions lighting up the night sky over northern gaza. around the city of not far from the water with israel. so far, 20 israeli soldiers have been killed in a military ofoffensive, whihich is focusesn locateted anand destroyingng a t tunnels networks, and eliminating explplosives and other obstacles. our soldiers have been operating in gaza city for the past few days, surrounding it from several directions, deepening the operation. our
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