the resuchks of war and families rejoice over being reunited. this morning, i ll speak to a top red cross official about the hostage releases along with prime minister netanyahu s closest advisor. and we re expecting law enforcement officials in vermont to give details on the arrest of a suspect in connection to the weekend shooting of three college students of palestinian descent visiting one of their grandmothers during the break. no person and no community in this country should have to live in fear of hate fueled violence. fulfilling that promise motivates us every day. good day, everyone. 11 more hostages could be released today according to egypt. a truce in the fighting will be extending possibly for two more days creating new hope for the families of hostages still not released and for gaza residents hoping for more. new photos of the 4-year-old, abigail, the israeli american girl released sunday whose parents were killed by hamas on october 7th. she pictured here
say that they are all in relatively good condition, they are undergoing a medical assessment at this time, pam. and so far, kaitlan, no americans as we know have been freed. despite that, president biden says he s hopeful at least a few will be released in the coming days, perhaps tomorrow. we ll have to wait and see. by the end of this four-day pause in fighting, hamas is expected to free 50 hostages. of course, that is assuming this truce holds. other conditions in this deal include the release of dozens of palestinian prisoners in critical aid getting into gaza. matthew chance has been tracking this and these hostages and how they finally made their way after a difficult journey back to israel. here s his report. reporter: they kidnapped and killed. but now hamas is showing its gunmen releasing israelis in gaza. for many, these are disturbing scenes. 9-year-old ohad munder. an old woman being carried by a masked man as palestinians cheered. after 49 long days of capt
still being held by greek in gaza. israeli officials said that at least 13 more israelis being held captive in the territory are due to be released shortly. they will be released shortly. they will be released in exchange for 39 palestinian prisoners. the temporary truce continues to hold for a second day. each it said this afternoon there are signals that the truce could be extended for another one or two days. a delegation from qatar, which has been crucial in mediating between israel and hamas, has visited israel as well to discuss a possible extension to this deal. these are live pictures, looking across at gaza, from southern israel. you can see those pinpoints of light in the dark. this is an area that we look at a lot at the moment, because the ceasefire, the brief cessation in fighting, the first we have seen since this war began, is a crucial part of this deal. it is worth taking a moment as well to reflect on the numbers of hostages who are being released each day.
there until we get that final confirmation. , ., , confirmation. yes, that is right, we had this last confirmation. yes, that is right, we had this last night, confirmation. yes, that is right, we had this last night, it confirmation. yes, that is right, we had this last night, it was confirmation. yes, that is right, we had this last night, it was after- had this last night, it was after they had been received by the israelis and that was confirmed, the identities were released publicly. that has always been the process. during the military briefing earlier, david had ari daniel hagari, the israeli spokesman, said they deal with families first and then public communications afterwards. it is the same with this process, it is supposed to be, according to the agreement, the night before that qatar is handed the list from hamas of the captives that it the list from hamas of the captives thatitis the list from hamas of the captives that it is proposing to release. tha
released any time now. a total of 50 are set to be released over the next four days. israel confirmed they were given a list of those names and started to contact the families. as far as we know, families who may have hostages returned in the next few days have not yet had word of whether or not their loved ones names are on the list. in return for that hostage release israel will itself release 39 palestinian prisoners today, that is made up of 2a women, and 15 teenage boys, and that group is the first of 150 palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails who are due to be released as part of this. in the last few hours we have seen trucks rolling through the rafah crossing, in larger number than we have seen at any point during this war so far, taking that desperately needed aid into gaza, you can see there, pictures of the trucks that started to move through, a lot them carrying very basic things, like food and water, also medical supplies as well, but crucially fuel. egypt s