you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m alex marquardt in washington alongside kaitlan collins in tel aviv. jim acosta is off tonight. thank you for being with us. we are continue with our breaking news coverage of the war between israel and hamas. a nightmare that began seven weeks ago has finally ended for several israeli families. today a third group of hostages was finally released from the gaza strip. in just the past few hours, we ve watched as they arrived at hospitals in israel to be reunited finally with their loved ones. and for the first time tonight, we re also seeing some of those emotional moments. families inside hospitals finally embracing after weeks of heartbreak and uncertainty. these are 13 of the 14 israeli hostages released today, women and children. 13 of them ranging in age from 4 to 84 years old. there was a 14th israeli who was also a russian national, and then three more foreign nationals also freed today, bringing the total to 17. today we saw the
jonathan pollard, quote, portrays a weakness on our part and a certain amount of december separationing. it desperation. it guarantees almost nothing. iron david miller aaron david miller served as an adviser to six secretaries of states and was involved in two rounds of mideast peace talks during the clinton administration, so you certainly have the chops, aaron. it s nice to have you back. great to be here, jenna. jenna: just tell us because our viewers may hear this name come up quite a bit, in your opinion why does jonathan pollard matter? well, i don t think he does in the context of an israeli/palestinian negotiation. freeing jonathan pollard for an extension of the talks, frankly, is a useless gesture. and it s like jonathan pollard apples and peace process oranges. the reality is the peace process really is in serious trouble, and it has nothing to do with jonathan pollard or palestinian prisoner releases. the reality is that the