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be in the group released today. both sides are talking about extending the truce, which would allow for more hostages to be released in the coming days. we are taking the necessary steps in order to be prepared for a new mobilization, a renewed attack against hamas and its strongholds, wherever they are holding out. they are still holding over 100 around 200 hostages. ten people a day, that could be 20 days. so we need to keep that in mind. here s a look at the women and children who have been freed from gaza since friday. we ve been seeing celebration, and emotional reunions in israel, here, you can see a cheering crowd greeting a convoy of buses carrying released hostages. we re also proud of well wishers waving israeli flags outside the hospital, where the former captives arrived in military helicopters. and yesterday we did see the release of the first american hostage, there she is, 4-year-old abigail adan. president biden says that abigail is getting the c ....
thank you so much for being with us. at this hour there are a lot of questions about where things are headed in israel and gaza. we could be just hours away from either military operations resuming in gaza to take out hamas, or the fragile truce between israel and hamas being extended. two very divergent paths this war could take today. and even before getting there, there is uncertainty about today s expected hostage release. so far 40 israeli citizens have been freed since the truce began and another 18 foreign nationals. at this moment today s release hangs in the balance let alone the possibility of an extension. the issue is where are the mothers? we are told there are no mothers on today s list and as part of the agreement mothers are supposed to be released with their children. now, as we wait to see how this develops, we are seeing new pictures of emotional family reunions, 9-year-old emily hand with her sister in the hospital, her father initially thought ....
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released, along with 21 year old maya regev. and adi shoham aged 38, who was kidnapped from kibbutz be eri during a visit with five other members of the family. this is her son, 8 year old nave. and her 3 year old daughter, gani yahel, who are also now arriving home. the hostages were released in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners from israeli jails also all women and children. here they are being welcomed back in the west bank. now, there had been fears the deal was off after hamas accused israel of reneging on the temporary ceasefire agreement, by not allowing enough aid trucks into gaza. that led to a delay of several hours. let s get more from our middle east correspondent tom bateman. tom, just to start, what is the latest we know about the situation in terms of this exchange between these hostages and prisoners? that transfer now is well under way with 13 israelis back on israeli soil and due to be taken to hospitals where they will be reunited with their l ....
we are following the breaking news out of israel, the third day of hostage release this brings the first american to be freed as part of this deal. four year old abigail moore was taken by hamas after they killed her parents. president biden took to the podium a short time ago to share the good news. a little girl named abigail turned four years old. she spent that birthday and at least 50 days before that held hostage by hamas. today, she is free. it comes as we are getting new videos of the emotional reunions happening between those who have already been freed and the families who have been desperately hoping for these moments to happen. meanwhile, in gaza, more aid is arriving during this pause on the israeli offensive as humanitarian groups rushed to take advantage of this time and prepare for the resumption of more bombing. all of that, and we are also covering other news today. tough weather makes it rough, going for some of the millions hitting the roads an ....