done before the fighting is set to resume? later, loved ones reunited. how the families torn apart by that october 7th attacks i hope no one will ever have to go through, any nation, any nationality, to go through this situation where innocent civilians we just woke up that morning, just snatched from their beds. also happening right now, attorney general merrick garland expected to address both the ongoing hostage negotiations and the increase in violence against the jewish and muslim communities here at home. hello. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news, the fourth and what could be the final day of the final truce between israel and hamas. any moment we re expecting more israeli hostages to be released by hamas in exchange for more palestinian prisoners to be set free by israel. this on the heels of 17 hostages released by hamas yesterday including young israeli american abigail edan who celebrated her four
kidnapped by hamas was just released. the lead starts right now. after more than 50 days held captive by hamas, 11 more hostages are freed tonight after israel and hamas agree to pause fighting for a few more days, leading to more hostage releases to come. and the only israeli man released by hamas so far has a dual russian/israeli citizenship. why him, and how did he spend four days on the run? was his release a hamas favor to vladimir putin. plus, the palestinian prisoners who israel is letting go, and the two-tiered justice system for many of them that led to so many of them being held without trial in the first place. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. also this hour we re going to get to the major arrest of the man police say shot three college students in vermont. the suspect was in court today. the college students were speaking english and arabic at the time of saturday s shooting wearing the traditional palestinian keffiyeh scarves. a spokesman for the
what she endured is unthinkable. abigail was among 13 hostages released today from gaza under the brokered and sustained intensive u.s. diplomacy, she is now safely in israel. and we continue to press and expect for additional americans to be released as well. we will not stop working until every hostage has been returned to their loved ones. starting as early as tuesday, this pause in the israeli offensive is set to end and the push into gaza resumes unless the truce is extended. israel put his cards on the table. they are prepared to extend the pause in fighting. the ball isn t the hamas s court. will hamas step up and release an additional ten hostages if they won t, then they are the ones choosing to bring an end to the process in fighting, not israel. that is something we will watch very carefully. coming, up i will be speaking with foreign affairs committee member congressman sydney about the hostage deal and why israel aid should have certain conditions when
in the situation room: live from tel aviv. happening now, breaking news, 24 civilian hostages are free tonight as the truce between israel and hamas takes hold. 13 israelis and 11 foreign nationals finally leaving gaza after nearly seven weeks in captivity. israel now says it has a second list of hostages to be returned on saturday. no americans are among that group. but president biden says he hopes and expects at least some will be released in the coming days. meanwhile, israeli military officials are warning the days ahead will be complicated as forces inside gaza prepare for the next phases of the war. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel, and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and let s get straight to the breaking news here in the middle east. the truly critical moment in israel s war against hamas. 24 hostages are finally heading home tonight. the first major re