hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining us, i m fred dreek with a whitfield alongside wolf blitzer in tel aviv. now to our breaking news. 13 israeli hostages are now back in israel. they were released by hamas after being abducted and held prisoner in gaza for 50 days. among those released today, dual israeli-american citizen abigail edan who is only 4 years old. she is the first american released since the four-day truce began between israel and hamas and that got started on friday. we re told 12 of the hostages were taken through the border fence directly from gaza to israel, while one was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital. an additional four foreign nationals separate from today s deal arrived in egypt earlier today. that group includes three thai nationals and a russian-israeli dual citizen. there are also celebrations in the west bank where 39 palestinian teenagers have now been released from israeli prisons as part of today s agreement. as the truce n
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Identity and the location of every attacker. so still very early on, officials caution. the big worry now is copycat attacks in the u.s. and that is why they re going back, looking at all their cases. they have 900-something terrorism cases in the u.s. looking at the highest priority concerns, increasing monitoring of them. surveillance, wiretapping, to ensure we don t see something similar in the united states. pamela brown, cnn, washington. and a french lawmaker tells cnn that the first suicide bomber at the soccer stadium entered the country by hiding in plain sight. we will explain that next. plus, some of the backlash from the paris attacks could fall squarely on the innocent muslim community. we ll talk to one young activist here in the city. stay with us. the future belongs to the fast.
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