that temporary truce between israel and hamas is winding down and global protests are heating up. then there s some kind of hold-up in the release of today s hostages. only two israeli russian nationals set go so far. brigadier general pat ryder and leon panetta are here. your world starts now. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. let s go to northern israel. a hold-up in this release or snafus, we don t know how to explain it. we know that nate can help us. what s going on? well, neil, just in the past few minutes, local reports are that ten israeli hostages are being handed off to the red cross right now. we re working to independently verify those records. this comes after a delay. we ve heard some logistical problems possibly. but it appears that that transfer is underway right now and comes after you mentioned two israeli russians were freed earlier. let s take a look at this video of them being released. this is a mother and a daughter, 73 years old and 50-year-old.
welcome to all of you watching us in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, supplies are run ning low in gaza creatig an even more desperate situation for residents. cnn crews have seen heavy idf activity in gaza overnight. plus a colorado judge calls donald trump an insur ex-ist. an entire town in iceland as a nearby volcano appears ready to erupt. it s 5:00 a.m. here in atlanta. noon in israel, exactly six weeks after the attacks of october 7th that launched the war against hamas. israeli media is reporting the death toll of the music festival in southern israel was far higher than anyone realized. citing ab israeli police report, the death toll now stands at 364, up from 270. we have also learned 17 of those killed were police officers, and 40 people at the have been were taken hostage. israeli authorities don t believe the terrorists knew about the festival beforehand. for civilians in gaza, the situation on the gro
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