The first 20 trucks through. Israel has sealed its borders with gaza. The Rafah Crossing between egypt and gaza is the only way right now to allow vital supplies in. The birder was sealed after the massacre some days ago. One big question is whether foreign Passport Holders and dual nationals at least 600 of whom are american according to the Us State Department may be allowed out for more on this i spoke to our reporter at the Rafah Crossing, rushdi abualouf. The palestinian employees who are swposed the palestinian employees who are supposed to coordinate this, they run the supposed to coordinate this, they run the process of taking the goods from the run the process of taking the goods from the egyptian trucks into the palestinian trucks and then there were palestinian trucks and then there were un palestinian trucks and then there were un course, escorted because and also trucks were un course, escorted because and also trucks getting heavy machines to fix also trucks getting heavy
Us President Joe Biden spoke with the two women after their release on friday, telling them that their government will fully support them as they recover and heal. And Secretary Of State Antony Blinken said hes relieved the women have been released, but reminded reporters that many others are still being held. Theres still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted for in this conflict. We know that some of them are being held hostage by hamas, along with an estimated 200 other hostages held in gaza. They include men, women, young boys, young girls, elderly people from many nations. Every single one of them should be released. Our correspondent Barbara Plett usher brings us more from inside the State Department. The release of the hostages disrupted the day here at the State Department. We were sitting down for the Daily Briefing and then we were told that it would be delayed for two hours because of Breaking News. Now, they didnt say what the Breaking News was, but we knew what i