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International opposition to a possible Ground Operation in rafah, where more than 1 Million People have sought shelter Egyptian State media is now reporting significant progress in talks over a Gaza Ceasefire and Hostage Release Deal delegations from israel and hamas Headed To Cairo for negotiations that are said to be quote, bringing Points Of View closer together that came on the same day demonstrators took to the streets in jerusalem to demand the release of the remaining hostages held in gaza on these are our people and we cant stand another day without them coming home. And its above pol ....
breaking news. and welcome back to our coverage of the israel-hamas war. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv. we re learning that the third group of hostages has been released to the red cross. today 17 hostages are being delivered to freedom. the idf said the most recent group of hostages includes both israelis and foreigners. we have heard from american officials that they have hoped that one american would be among the latest transfer of those held in hamas captivity in gaza. we re watching all of these dramatic developments unfold. i want to start with oren liebermann here in tel aviv. i know we re being briefed. give us the latest. right now we re expecting the release of a total of 17, 14 israeli citizens and that includes ann israeli russian citizen and three foreign nationals. if we look at the first part of the agreement that we hope will be continued, it was for 50 israeli hostages. that means as of right now, we have 13, 13 and 14. so that is a total of 40 at th ....
hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining us, i m fred dreek with a whitfield alongside wolf blitzer in tel aviv. now to our breaking news. 13 israeli hostages are now back in israel. they were released by hamas after being abducted and held prisoner in gaza for 50 days. among those released today, dual israeli-american citizen abigail edan who is only 4 years old. she is the first american released since the four-day truce began between israel and hamas and that got started on friday. we re told 12 of the hostages were taken through the border fence directly from gaza to israel, while one was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital. an additional four foreign nationals separate from today s deal arrived in egypt earlier today. that group includes three thai nationals and a russian-israeli dual citizen. there are also celebrations in the west bank where 39 palestinian teenagers have now been released from israeli prisons as part of today s agreement. as the t ....
14 are due to be released today .israel released 39 palestinians 42 will be released later today . more exchanges are expected in the coming days with hamas agreeing to release a total of 50 hostages, that should happen over the next three days, during that negotiated pause in the fighting. there is also scope for that pause to be extended and hostages. however israel has not withdrawn its military from gaza and has made it clear it intends to continue its operation against hamas. meanwhile more aid is being allowed into gaza around 150 trucks carrying medical supplies, fuel and food entered on friday from egypt via the rafah turning to the released israeli hostages they were first taken through rafah from gaza, into egypt by road before being flown by helicopter to israel for medical checks. hospital staff gave this update on their condition.(tx next) on their condition. about half an hour ago, i was thrilled to be the one to receive four children, three mo ....
this is cnn breaking news. welcome to cnn news central. we re tracking the release of 24 hostages now safe in israel. right now 13 israelis, ten thai citizens and one filipino citizen are free after 48 days as hostages of hamas and other groups in gaza. this video, you see the bus that was carrying them entering israel. this video taken moments ago. israeli officials say the freed hostages are en route to receive further medical care and to be reunited with their families. the 39 palestinian prisoners being released by israel in exchange today as part of this agreement are also as we understand it on the move. wolf? and we now have the names and ages of the 13 israelis who were released today. this is from the israeli government. let me read the names of those released and their ages. hannah, 76. adina, 72. karen, 54. daniel, 45. doron, 34. emilia, 5. raz, h4. aviv and channa. we have coverage of the developments unfolding. let s begin with clarissa ward at the ch ....