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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 ....
details on the deal. the news conference from the foreign minister in qatar was incredibly detailed. they have a lot of the mechanics of this deal worked out. what we know is the ceasefire is slated to begin at 7:00 in the morning, local time. this will be a temporary ceasefire scheduled to last for four days. the first phase will take place on friday. with that ceasefire holding, that would be the hope. by ii:00pm local time, the first group of hostages should be released by hamas. so these are 13 civilian women and children who will be handed over to the custody of the red cross and taken, it s thought, probably via egypt, and then on to a liaison point with the israelis. now, within two hours of that taking place, there is supposed to be the release by israel of three times that number of palestinian prisoners. so that will be 39. that s within a limited time frame. and all of this is so the sides are verifying their enemies, their adversaries in this, are doing what ....
good day. i m chris jansing in new york city. we are following the biggest diplomatic breakthrough in israel s war with hamas. after 49 days in captivity, we can now report that 13 israeli women and children have been reunited with their families. they are safely in israel. we know who four of them are. in the west bank, dozens of palestinians have been released from israeli prisons. we re covering this story from all angles with live reports from nbc correspondent across the region, with the latest on the identities of those hostages as we are learning them in real time now. from the white house, we have details on the biden administration s key role in getting this deal together. plus the tenuous nature of the cease-fire that appears to be holding as well as israel s new warning to palestinians to stay in south gaza as aid trucks begin to arrive as part of the deal. a lot to get to. we want to get you the latest this hour. we just learned, confirmed 13 israeli women ....
this programme continues on bbc one. the bombs stop dropping, and the aid starts to flow. the cessation of hostilities and the exchanges should continue tomorrow and are supposed to last four days, but president biden says he wants them to last longer. a unicef official in gaza tells us tonight the truce must indeed last longer. i have seen more children with most of them have come down from the north, so we will prioritise where the greatest needs are. and an update tonight from israel from the family of nine year old ohad, who has just been released with his mother and grandmother. my cousin had his ninth birthday in captivity. my cousin had his ninth birthday in captivity, so i think the only celebration we are going to have soon celebration we are going to have soon as celebration we are going to have soon as we celebration we are going to have soon as we are going to help him celebrate soon as we are going to help him celebrate his ninth birthday, spend it ....
israel and hamas. what we know about the 13, among them women and children, and more on the separate deal that led to the release of 12 thai nationals. in gaza where it s about 5:00 p.m. local time, the fragile four-day pause in fighting appears to be holding, but today new warnings from israel that fighting will resume when the four days are done, dropping leaflets over gaza. what israel s campaign could look like once this pause is over. and we begin with breaking news this morning, any moment the first group of hostages will be released under the deal between israel and hamas. 13 women and children will be among the first group of released hostages. nbc news can confirm that 12 thai nationals have already been released under a separate deal. a fragile four-day pause in fighting began just hours ago to make way for these releases. the column of israeli tanks seen leaving gaza, and we see these bulldozers there as well. new video captured just after the pause took ....