them wintry in scotland. as we head towards the end of the week it is going to turn much milder. all the details later. good morning. it s monday, the 12th of february. israel says two hostages have been rescued during a raid by special forces in the city of rafah in southern gaza. more than 20 people are reported to have been killed by israeli air strikes, with dozens more injured. israel has been warning that it intends to start a ground offensive to destroy hamas battalions in the city. our correspondent barbara plett usher is injerusalem. barbara, what more do we know? well, these two hostages have been rescued. they are two older men. fernando simon marmon, 60, and louis harve, 70. an israeli military spokesman said they came from a kibbutz where there had been captured in the october the 7th attacks. they were found in a residential building in rafah on the second floor. the military said they had been watching it for quite a long time and this operation was a joint ope
scene on the football field, buffalo bills safety demar hamlin fighting for his life in critical condition after collapsing during the first quarter of last night s game. and performing cpr right away, and 10 minutes to restore his heart beat on the field, and ambulance taking the nfl start to the hospital where he remains in critical condition, but his vitals are back to normal. tears streaming on the face of his teammates after the injury, and the nfl says that the game will not be played this week. fans outside holding the vigil and praying for his recovery, close friends as hamil as a fighter. we are ta taking it minute-by-minute, hour by hour, they are strong, we have their support, and obviously they are worried, he is very close with his family. dana: dr. marc siegel says it could be a few days until he wakes up. it s a direct blow to the chest that basically stuns the heart at the wrong time, that s what you saw there in that video, but not not a severe blow,
good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight two elderly israeli women have been released by their hamas kidnappers and senior u.s. officials confirm the u.s. is, in fact, privately urging israel to wait on its expected ground incursion to allow for more time to arrange the release of additional hostages. mike tobin starts us off tonight live from southern israel. good evening, mike. reporter: good evening, bret. two israeli women are free from hamas captivity. a slow drip of hostage releases as israeli military leaders say they re ready to begin the ground invasion. i m not gonna sit here and assume there s going to be some sort of ground invasion. reporter: yet for days israel s defense minister has told forces to be ready. today speaking to the country s navy. translator: we are preparing thoroughly for the next step multilateral operation in the air, ground and sea. reporter: the number of confirmed hostages has risen almost every day. today israel said 222.
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