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truce with hamas, whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. today s releases brings the total number of hostages released during the window to sa and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the hamas attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come, and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involv ....
hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i m kim brunhuber with the latest in our continuing coverage of the israel/hamas war. it s 5:00 a.m. here in atlanta. noon in gaza. day three of a fragile planned four-day truce between israel and hamas. so far, the pause in the fighting has held. israel is now preparing to receive another group of hostages today. the government has their names and has informed their families. further details about today s exchange haven t yet been announced 13 israelis and four thai nationals released on saturday only after an hours long delay threatened to up end the exchange. they range from 67 to 3 years of age. following preliminary checks they were taken to nearby hospitals for care and to reunite with families. they do show signs of extended captivity. qatar has been at the forefront in mediating this truce, and said difficulties like saturday s unexpected delay are to be expe ....
he was visiting idf troops in gaza. as we ve been hearing, the hostages are being freed in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails also all women and children. 39 of them, we are told, being released today. 39 of them, we are told, being released today. here they are being welcomed back in the west bank on saturday. our correspondent hugo bachega has this report. translation:, our translation: , our brave translation:, our brave combatants are doing everything possible to bring our people home, and ultimately we will bring them home. we have three main objectives, to eradicate hamas, bring back the hostages and ensure the gaza strip will no longer be a threat to the state of israel. i will no longer be a threat to the state of israel. state of israel. i am here with these combatants state of israel. i am here with these combatants who - state of israel. i am here with these combatants who have l state of israel. i am here with i these comba ....
we ll continue to watch the developments about this group of hostages released today. thank you so much for joining us, i m fredricka whitfield. wolf blitzer was in tel aviv. you ll see him again at the top of the hour. our breaking news coverage continues righ t now. you are watching special live coverage, i m alex marquardt and wolf blitzer. after hours of uncertainty, a second group of hostages are on their way home to israel. you can see several red cross vehicles leaving the gaza strip and making their way into egypt, and moments later, several hostages are seen exiting the ambulances and entering a building on the egyptian side of the border crossing. they will now be making their way into israel soon. qatari officials say among the hostages released today are 13 israelis who are being released. eight children, five women, four foreign nationals are believed to be in the second group released today. cnn s wolf blitzer is live in tel aviv. and brings us the lates ....
telecomms firms say phone and internet services are now returning after a 2k hour blackout. meanwhile israel is still facing backlash over its military operations in al shifa hospital. our correspondent nick beake has more on the situation on the ground. they wait be able to carry out their operations. they say that would have a devastating effect for the people of gaza. a few hours later the israeli war cabinet loud fuel to come into gaza. the israelis said they are very keen that hamas don t get their hands on this fuel. it will be monitored and apparently it will be going towards water supplies, trying towards water supplies, trying to make fresh water available to make fresh water available to people. and also trying to reboot the sewerage system which is apparently failed in recent days. the world health organization is really concerned it says about the spread of disease, they say it is a big problem. meanwhile the israeli operations continue at the al shifa hos ....