we began with a fox news alert. moments ago a new route of humanitarian aid rolling into the gaza strip. as were waiting for the expected release of a third wave of israeli hostages to happen at some point today. 13 israelis including four children freed yesterday bringing the total to 26. joey: trey yingst is on the ground and has the latest. we are here and hostage square where israelis are calling for as many people to be released as possible, they got more good news last night with 13 additional hostages released into the hands of the red cross and brought back to israel. i want to show you what this scene is like, somebody people all over the country calling for the release of the hostages and their hopeful this will move forward today and see another 13 possibly even more hostages released as part of the cease-fire deal. it s the third day of the cease-fire. images bringing new hope to the israeli people, emily hand the 9-year-old irish israeli citizen back into t
reporter: hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here, in the united states, around the world and streaming us on cnn max. we continue the breaking news coverage of the israel-hamas war. i m rosemary church. we are following a surprising delay in the agreement between israel and hamas, that puts of the expected release of hostages until friday. a temporary truce is also delayed. the update came hours before humanitarian pause in fighting in the initial release of 50 women and children hostages was expected to begin. both u.s. and israeli officials point to logistical details for the delay. while one israeli official says israel has not yet received the names of the first hostages to be freed. meantime israeli forces are still pressing on with their offensive against hamas, striking parts of northeastern in central gaza, the palestinians area further south we re also hit. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is making it clear the war is not slowing down, and he ex
happening now, breaking news. we re just hours away with a truce between israel and hamas, the end of hostilities set to end at 3:00 a.m. eastern time followed by the return of 50 captives. the israeli government says the hostage release won t occur now before friday. 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. this is cnn breaking news. we re following the breaking news right here in the middle east. the agonizing wait for the first major release of hostages from gaza. let s get straight to cnn s jerry diamond, joining us from not far from the gaza border. we just learned from the israel security council that no hostages will be released before friday. what else are you learning? reporter: yeah, that s right, wolf. israel s national security adviser saying the release of the hostages, which was expected to take place tomorrow, will now be delayed until friday. he says in a s
suing after a report highlighting anti-semitic content on the site sparked a devastating advertiser exodus. now, unfortunately, a severe storm system could come at the worst possible time. what you need to know. coming up, i m kate baldwin with omar jimenez. this is cnn news central. it is very close. that s the word from a u.s. official to cnn, and the word also now from two israeli sources, a hostage deal could be announced as soon as today. there seems to be a lot of moving parts and a lot of things happening at one. listen to the latest and urgent painstaking work to get the hostages released. innocent victims were kidnapped on october 7th. here s what john kirby said. obviously we are laser focused on the american citizens we know are being held hostage. everybody should be out now, but here we are in negotiation, and we re getting closer to the end, we believe, of that negotiation, so again, i m going to be careful. the israeli prime minister s office just annou
debate. thank you. lawrence: thank you. second hour of fox & friends starts right now. brian: we begin second hour fox & friends with war in israel hamas says taken out three commands in overnight strikes. excellent. ainsley: forces show footage of bloody attack being hauled off in the al shifa hospital after discovering hamas tunnel under the complex. steve: senior adviser to israeli prime minister benjamin and joins you now. mark, good morning to you showing bloody victims idf saying those are hostages. after they were treated they were probably carted off some place. how do you know they were hostages? first of all, it s clear. identified people were taken in the horrendous and horrific attack of october 7th some 1200 people were murdered on that day and they took back some 240 hostages going through all the cameras that are at the hospital we found these pictures, i m sure we will find more. we found documented evidence that those hostages were taken to th