hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world as we continue our coverage of the israel/hamas war. i m rosemary church. it is 9:00 in the morning in gaza where the fourth day of a temporary truce between israel and hamas is now under way. and in the hours ahead, we are expecting the release of more hostages. monday is set to be the final day of this agreement, but hamas says it wants to extend the pause in the fighting beyond the four-day deal. a source tells cnn israel s war cabinet also discussed that possibility sunday night. day three of the truce saw the release of 17 hostages, including israelis and foreign nationals. the group included mothers and children and range in age from 84 to 4 years old. the youngest being israeli american abigail idan, marking the first successful release of an american hostage since the start of the truce. as part of the deal, an additional 39 palestinian prisoners and detainees were released
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the u.s. and all around the world. i m max foster live from london with the continuing cover of the israel/hamas war. it s now the fourth day between the tempers between israel and hamas. and after the hostages expected to be released from gaza in the hours ahead. 17 were released. today set to be the football day of the agreement. but hamas says it wants to extend the pause in the fighting beyond a four-day deal. a source tells cnn, the war cabinet is also discussing that possibility. as part of an additional deal, an additional 39 prisoners and detainees were released from jails on sunday. all were males 18 years old and younger. clare sebastian follows all of this from london. so, today is the last day of the truce. what do you expect to happen today. as you said, israel is receiving a list, they re discussing it. we don t have any more as of yet. they re going to release more information when they have it. i thin
red cross, the neutral intermediary who actually transport the hostages through gaza. the white house has said its hopeful that a us citizen will be among those freed. yesterday, hamas freed another 13 israelis who were taken hostage during the attacks on october the 7th. they are all women, teenagers and young children. four thai nationals were also released. among the group was nine year old emily hand. she was at a sleepover at a friend s house in the kibbutz when she was abducted, without any family with her. there was an emotional reunion last night. there was an emotional reunion last night. other children freed include hila rotem, aged 12. she was taken captive with her mother, raya rotem, who was not released with her daughter, and remains a hostage in gaza. this is accountant shiri weiss, aged 53, a hostage released to israel along with her 18 year old daughter, noga weiss, the hostages were freed in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails
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 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 seven 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 involved in helping the release. they also said today s release proves that we can get all the hostages back home. the israel defense forces spokesman daniel hagari said the release of four year old abigail was proof this is a justified war, fighting a
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 involved in