Department. Lets toss things over to jake tapper and the lead. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We start with breaking news. Two american hostages have been released by hamas. And any moment we expect to hear from the Secretary Of State Antony Blinken after a spokesperson for the Israeli Prime Ministers Office confirmed that Judith Rannan and her 17yearold Daughter Natalie are now back from the gaza strip. Lets listen into Secretary Of State blinken. Held by hamas were released. These two americans are now safely in the hands of israeli authorities in israel. We expect a team from the u. S. Embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, theyll receive any support and assistance that they need and of course were very anxious to reunite them with their loved ones. We welcome their release. We share in the relief that their families, friends and loved ones are feeling. But there are still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted fo
Carley you are watching Fox And Friends First on wednesday morning, im carley shimkus. Todd im todd piro. Gaza strip on the brink of fullblown humanitarian crisis. Electricity is expected to go out any hour. Ammo arriving overnight. Trey yingst along the border with the latest. Trey. Trey todd and carley, good morning. We are along the israel gaza border watching the Israel Art Til Tillery trying to hit the eastern part of the gaza strip for a massive Ground Invasion in the coming days. Thousands of troops are staging. The air force striking targets overnight in a variety of neighborhoods in northern and eastern part of the gaza strip. Out of Northern Israel with lebanon, Lebanese Group hezbollah appears to have fired at a group of israeli soldiers. We do not have information other than we have an incident on the border that is under censorship from the israeli military. A lot is happening and a lot of numbers are going to cha change. The latest death toll is 1200 people. I want to sho
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