Alert. It is 9 p. M. On the east coast,e 6 p. M. On the west coast. It is 4 a. M. In gaza where the lights tonight again are out. Powehas beenpower has been seveu the city as israel now continueess to besiege hamas in preparation for what willultt be a full scale Ground Assault that could begin, frankly, at any moment. As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, there bens some invasion will resonate with israels enemies fos forgee generations and will change the middle eas mt. At now, more than 100,000 Israeli Soldiers, they are now ga at gazas border. Over 300,000 reservists have been called up in only the last 48 hours. Ours. Residents of Gaza Reportede received this text messageceiv,t telling them to flee to egypt immediately, quote, you stay, you die. Now, i can tell you and i canf a promise you that a long time friend of israeleli minister nen Benjamin Netanyahu and i canya assure you that he means everything that he says and he will follow. Unlike your president , joe biden, who
breaking tonight, 13 israelis held hostage by hamas terrorist for seven weeks are back in their home country this evening. the return was the centerpiece of a four-day cease-firend agreement that was struckk between israel and hamas. that positive effect at midnighl today. 11 others were also freed today. this is supposed to be the firsr in a series of prisonerl av exchanges. jeff is inwi tel aviv tonight wh what comes nexhit tonight. we are learning tonight that, on top of the 13 hostages whoto are free today, an additional 13 could be released tomorrow.er the move on the ground is still bittersweet knowing there arhoe more than 200 hostages who have. yet to go home. a moment nearly seven weeks in the making. buses leading people through the crossing. 13 israelis and one person from the philippines were freed after spending 48 days in captivity. among the israelis released, four kids, three mothers, and six elderly women. it was the first round of hostage releases and wh