>> reporter: hello unwelcome, i am paula newton in new york and our coverage for the war with israel and hamas. when we began of course with that breaking news of israel where the cabinet has approved a deal to released at least 50 hostages held by hamas and gaza, and now the government overwhelmingly backed the deal after a six hour long cabinet meeting that one official said grew tense. and you can imagine, emotional time. the hostages are to be freed as women and children, in exchange, israel will posits air and ground campaign against hamas for four days. they say 150 palestinian prisoners, also women and children, will be released from israeli jails as part of that deal. now, qatar delivered the proposal following weeks of continuous negotiations, and now says the humanitarian pause will be announced within the next 24 hours. hamas said the deal involves an entry of hundreds of trucks, hearing aid, medical supplies and fuel in the gaza. the israeli prime minister said the deal will set to secure red cross visits to hostages that are still being held in gaza. israeli government said the detailed statement will be sent to the families of hostages who, as you can imagine, are anxiously waiting to find out if t their loved o ones will be among the dozens set to be released. >> this gives me, actually, so much hope. i think and believe that every so that we can save from there is essential for us. because even if my grandmother won't be among those people, obviously she hopes she will be. but even if she's, not i just can't wait to see the picture of the children, the innocent people going out. after so many days. >> cnn's scott mclean has been following all of these developments for us and joins us now from a stumble. it's excruciating, right, from these families? we just heard from one of the family members. what more we learning about this deal? and how quickly it may be implemented. >> it was obviously complicated to get, then the qataris mediating, the israelis, hamas obviously there along with the egyptians and the americans. and so, to recap 50 israeli's, women and children are being traded in exchange for 150, primarily women and children who are held in israeli and palestinian women and children are being held in israeli jails right now. we do not know the details of who will be exchanged on the israeli side. on the other side, frankly, but we do know that the israelis being traded are all israeli citizen. some of them have dual nationalities. they are all in fact israelis. this truth can be extended. it is set to take place for four days on the ground while this exchange takes place. but the israelis have said that for every ten hostages, hamas is willing to release they're willing to extend the trust by one day. the qataris, again how mediated all of this said the international community should seize this pause and fighting. and should seize this opportunity to try to extend or tried to really find a path of diplomacy to end this war. obviously, the israelis are concerned. and they will use this time to resupply, to regroup. the prime minister those, at, look israel is going to do the. same they also made clear that when it's over israel will resume its war effort to destroy hamas. in fact he had to point out or he made a point of mentioning that the idf also supports this. and the idf spokesperson was on cnn earlier when he was asked about their support. listen. >> >> i fear that hamas will use the pause in fighting in order to try to resupply, and regroup. and of course we would rather continue to apply pressure on hamas, continue to fight them and defeat them in the strongholds as we are doing in northern gaza city. but this pauses of course a very, very important cause. and that is why the idf said clearly on record to the israeli government will be supported. >>, now he also said that the precise details, logistical bits on the ground are still yet to be worked out. they are not laser focused on making sure that the terms of the, deal on the logistics on the ground are in fact respective. this deal, paula, will also significantly ramp up aid for gaza. we don't have a precise number, in terms of trucks that are supposed to be allowed into gaza on the steal. but the sources said previously, that the goal was to get 400 aid trucks every single day. as many trucks that would go in on the same. day 500 trucks what going to guess on the daily basis. they still had to be approved, or this was approved by the israeli cabinet. and as we mentioned earlier, it was emotional inside that room according to a source that was there. and there were some hard-line holdout. one of them was the national security administer, a man who actually supports the annexation of the palestinian territory. he had met with hostage families yesterday, and he was to lawmakers who voted against this. but there were other forward figures who actually came around. one of them is the finance minister, who previously expressed some reservations about the deal. he had also met with those hostage families, promise that he would do everything he could to get them. he ended up coming and voting in favor of this. one of the things to mention,, quickly because that there's no shortage of palestinian prisoners for israel to exchange for. according to palestinian ngos that track this it says that there are 8300 palestinians in prison and jail right now. and the vast majority of them are adult men. there are also 3000 of, them they, say that are in administrative detention meaning that they don't actually know the charges against them. paula? >> yes, certainly, very complicated deal that's on the table right now. and so many really hanging perfect as it is many hanging and waiting to make sure that it actually does come through. scott mclean for, us inestimable. thank you so much. joining me now from camber australia's malcolm davis. a senior defense strategy capability at the australian strategic policy institute. i want to thank you for joining us. i mean we have done the broad strokes on this deal but i am curious to hear from you what to make of it especially in terms of what it means for israel's resolve. especially the military's, given it bought to crush hamas. , but i do want to mention something else to gaza. cnn's reporting says that last week, benjamin netanyahu basically told the white house middle east coordinator according to our sources that he kind of grabbed him and said look we need this deal. what does that say to you? >> i think that netanyahu realizes that if he continues with the, war with the hostage essentially at risk that those hostages are ultimately killed. and, then the military benefit of destroying hamas probably comes to higher cost but i do think that there is a risk area because on the one hand it's very good that 50 hostages are going to be released from hamas. let's hope that it actually does happen but that all davies fireable give hamas time to regroup, three, arm and to re-deploy their forces into better defensive positions. so it would be tougher for the israeli defense forces, when they go back into action to take the fight to the enemy. >> reporter: is there any way that you believe the idf could use this to his advantage? perhaps in ways that they know more about hostages where they are and what conditions there being held in? >> well certainly the four-day cease-fire will not see any israeli defense force attack and there will be no bombing or ground force actions against the organizations. the israelis are free to gather intelligence. and i think that that's going to be critical because hamas will be wanting to use this cease-fire, as i, said to regroup and we. arm so potentially reposition. that will give the israeli intelligence capabilities a golden opportunity, together intelligence to try and listen in on a regular communications that hamas made to watch their movements, to identify and locate hamas fighting forces. so i think that there are benefits in that regard in terms of the israelis gaining tactical situation or whiteness of the battlefield. once that four-day cease-fire, and if it extends the day because additional hostages are released the same thing occurs. but the risk of course is that hamas will also benefit from it technically. >> can you explain a comment that you're making. which is that you argued this deal sets precedent that israel will not be able to ignore. what do you mean by that? >> all essentially what it means it is not that you had a four-day cease-fire, and an exchange of hostages, the presser will be on the israelis to do the same thing again. to exchange for hostages for another four-day cease-fire. another four-day cease-fire further down the track. , and the hamas have finally got, having 253 hostages. , so they can only do this if you time. but i think there will be real pressure on these, release from the international community to basically say,, looking at a four-day cease-fire walk him to do a two-week cease-fire or one month cease-fire. and, in the, what happens is that the israelis are put in a -- because they're being told they have to give a cease-fire. when they haven't actually achieved the goals of destroying hamas, destroying the leadership, and making sure that hamas can never threatened the israel. so, there is a risk, there at the strategic level. that israel in agreeing to this and netanyahu's comment about needing a cease-fire that incurring to this the longer term risk at the strategic level is that israel will not be able to achieve its goals down the track. >> yes, and it is interesting, if you read into their comments as. wealthiest really government has been saying, for, weeks that in fact it would be hitting hamas hard that would get a deal. many people are doubting that at this hour. malcolm davis for, us will leave it there for now. but appreciate your insights. >> thank you. >> now u.s. officials,, meantime save three americans could be released as part of this israel-hamas deal. americans are still unaccounted for, that includes two women and three year old girl. u.s. president joe biden issued a statement, tuesday, night saying he welcomes the deal to secure the release of its hostages. he also said, quote, jill and i have been keeping all those held hostage in their loved ones close to our hearts this many weeks. and i'm extraordinary gratified that some of those brave souls who have endured weeks of captivity and unspeakable ordeal will be reunited with their families wants this deal is fully implemented. okay, just, address freedom awaits for dozens of hostages held by hamas. as well as hundreds of palestinians and israeli. gels will have details on the timing, next. more now on our top stories, israel's cabinet has approved a deal for the release of hostages get done by hamas in exchange for positive fighting in gaza. now, the agreement with the release of a 50 hostages, women, and children in exchange for a fortress. there's also the potential for the deal to be extended, with an extra day added for each additional ten hostages available for release. hamas, said in a statement, which they subsequently took down at 150 palestinian prisoners being held in israeli jails would also be freed. hamas said those prisoners would be women and children. now, what are the next steps in this complicated and very sensitive deal? cnn put the question to axios political and foreign policy reporter, bruckner beat. listen. >> the israeli government needs to publish the list of palestinian prisoners to be released. in needs to be published online so the people could go online, see the names and appealed to court. if they feel that they've been harmed from this release. a, so this gives 24 hours for that process. so i think that, and that's what i hear from many israeli officials, we are looking at thursday, sometime during thursday that this release of the hostage isn't of the prisoners and the possible start. and what i hear from his really officials is that the possible, start the, paulson fighting will stop when the first child across the border back to. >> so you've heard from him about all sensitive the timing. as israel is also holding more than 8000 palestinian and his joe. many who don't even know the charges against them. that's according to the nongovernmental organization. cnn's alex marquardt has more now on their chances of freedom. as part of the deal, struck to release hostages by a part of hamas israel has agreed to release prisoners that they're holding. specifically, the palestinian prisoners for every hostage released by hamas. some of the deal goes according to plan and the first phase of 50 hostages are released over a four-day period, 150 palestinians would then be set free. and, in both of these groups it would only be women and children. there's no discussion right now of. men and, so if more hostages are released beyond that initial 50. and the policies in the fighting continues. then more palestinian president's will so bigs back to be exchanged. where those palestinian presidential goal, the west bank, gaza, elsewhere is unclear. all told, is your house around 8300 palestinian prisoners and their prison. around 3000 of them are no less administrative detention. meaning, they're being held without trial. and don't know the charges they're facing. they can be held for months, we've been. years and now just over 460 of those palestinian prisoners are women and teenagers under 18. and it is from that group that we are expecting the women and children to be traded for the hostages. alex marquardt, cnn, washington. the breaking release of the hostages -- plus the unofficial said the war in gaza as caused the worst humanitarian crisis he has ever seen. our christiane amanpour has an in-depth interview with the one a true you want to be able to provide your child with the tools or resources they need. with 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every additional ten hostages would released and -- is the first time israel has eased into the assault on gaza which has killed nearly 13,000 palestinian since the military operations began following october the 7th hamas attacks during which more than 1200 into these wicked and stop >> reporter: israel insisted will resume operations after the hostage release. and max said israel has agreed to release 150 palestinians as part of the hostage deal until law hundreds of trucks carrying relief medical supplies and go into the gaza strip and the six hour the cabinet meeting to debate the deal because they said that the pausing the fighting and we want to prevent israeli forces from achieving the goal and destroying them but it's early governmental cnn the deal was eventually approved by ac livid can majority denounce the two sides have reached an agreement for a humanitarian pause. double of from, relief aid and no you're not here for all to laurie means. our arts expected to answer that on clean, -- i also the they commended egypt to getting the deliver the furnace fine. and the meantime a veteran united nations caused the humanitarian crisis in gaza, quote, the worst ever that he seen. caution up for a wide-ranging interview. with someone famous. and here it is. >> as you know we've caught remediate cease-fire, which is a long term stopping of the fighting, and that doesn't mean to say that we wouldn't buy that the opportunity of anything one of the fighting stops to get much more aid in -- >> little solid didn't give us a chance to do our job because. deal between the from the, since the beginning. but you've also, the one fish oil, and invited to many, many issues. when, and syria, unicef, you've been doing this for a long time the head of relief operations. the whole lot. have you ever seen anything like this? how do you assess what's happening right now in terms of human again think of? >> the worst ever. don't say that lightly. i said it off in my twenties dealing with the canary -- but 68% are women and children -- nobody goes to the gaza -- hospital topical place or. i don't think i've seen thing like this before. it's complete and utter carnage. >> man, as you know the israelis say 1200 of their people were slaughtered on october 7th , impermissible. the palestinian authorities say that 12,000 plus people have been killed in gaza and we believe via said 60% are women and children so there must be a combination of civilians and i holcomb baton analyzed the pushback by given how long have been surprised on palestinian numbers i and go can you break all that down for us? >> yes, anna, which has been many many decades enough running these institutions and helping other institutions to function they in my office had began to begin the history of of the now so we have a long history. we don't put these figures out without. thought and i think people can trust us enough to know that when we say these things it is pretty likely to be the truth. and frankly the extent of it, the numbers, they're so often that it kind of academic wondering whether there's a the thousand here by the. from the fact that they're more cooling in this conflict than any other that we can think of, never asthma -- except, if you're in the hundred, you just have to recognize this is a specialist against. there is a fixated on the fact that we shouldn't believe these figures. this time, i've never seen before. >> well you must more familiar than i am. so i think that's very interesting. you should see. that i think it's because first of all so with the seventh what's horrific. i'm -- people see the compilation videos of what happened over those days, the drama has caused, to many, many families event surreal. number two the -- numbers displaced, four out of five people alive. 1.6 and people -- it is because they are so her fake and they landed such a global rhea been. that's a global horse about humanity. it's a crisis or defects politicians across the world and it's a crisis that brings people out onto the skirts in great numbers and it's a crisis which destroys our faith built up over many decades that war should not be the first helped. and i'm terrified to see that in this place that is not true. it's become the opposite of the day. and the suffering that comes from it is astronomical. >> you mentioned your secretary general who is called the death in gaza, i believe, use the world on parlow an unprecedented. again you are the frontline of some kind of global attempt to alleviate early dinner leaguer all a part of the peacekeeping missions. obviously that's not the case. airborne asked two questions, the secretary general said he does not believe the u.n. blow home it should be part of a postwar peacekeeping or protector towards anything. people already talking about the post or. why do you think he's seeing? >> it is easily capable of finding a quick solution. >> the very very real problem which is what it's going to happen in gaza to got today. i think it's beginning to talk about that subject. the more that people discuss what needs to happen after the war the better. but there's no question. there needs to be an answer to the question about how palestine has to be administered. and more pointedly what about that his disillusion? >> is that now actually gonna get the attention of the -- i hope that at least we could have. or so not surprised he hasn't offered a sort of a golden bullet. the solve this problem. but i think he's right to point out that we have a problem ahead we need to discuss it. >> does it also go to the fact that for whatever reason the israelis just don't trust you, they just oh my, can you remember eli cohen called on gutierrez to exchange of assigned at the beginning of this for one of the things that he said. how difficult is it for utah brayden humanitarian field when one of the participants justice and just do? >> well we negotiate daily and nightly and i was there recently and they did got me a visa and i went there and met with them and i'm at the president for example as well as the representative of the foreign ministry. we do negotiate what the israelis daily as well as the egyptian. all we want is the number of feel, the number of trucks, the opening of new -- as the case maybe. and they all come out of negotiations with israel. so, it's not as if we are not negotiating with the israelis. but it is also the case that we cannot be silent when either there from israel, from hamas or any other party. when there is a breach of international -- we have an obligation to speak out. of course we do. of course we must. i will do it everywhere. and we get blamed everywhere for saying things. i know perhaps more so than israel. but we also provide -- and i was very struck by this when i was there in israel -- we provide the opportunity for the last chance. or some kind of help for the people of gaza. and give them a mobile camp or a sliver of hope for the future. that an israel centrist as well. >> what do you think it's gonna happen? all those people that attempted down towards south they say that they're going to conduct roundup britons another things in the south on -- are you in the discussions on that? how is that going to transpire? >> we're not in the discussions about the israeli war plans and i would be delighted to know more about the plan but it seems certain that they will push this people on the dose someplace above the 11 -- to provided to the people unforced amount of their homes. hopefully this potential pours they may be able to go back home to the north that we may be able to go back to the north also to repaired certain thing. but if what we have been very clear. bought and i hope successfully is to oppose any action approaching the people and to what was called a safe zone i think safe about the seafoam the containment was at one point israeli defense forces thought it would be the solution to forfeit people south angles a down to the southwest. we have some experience in the. anyone you know it firsthand. in the so-called safe zone we know that doesn't work. we know that our work here and i'm glad to see you take off the agenda. have a plan to repurpose roles and tight into five distributions these deconfliction and to engage with thousand and stuff. still working dana devin casa. amara for example. 5000 still working. and in gaza it's extraordinary given the costs and team people. over hundred dead and their families. so we have a plan on top to receive is unfortunate people hold before they're productive the south. what's gonna happen, as they're going to be crushed into this tiny. >> gaza is already the dentist population area right. they unofficial roster hamas is that people need to think two steps ahead -- you might have been the while plans. but it's been publicly announced that they want them to move to the south because they want to go to hamas in the south now and to return from the north to their homes is this a really good question haunting they have freedom to return them to wear with this 11th find assets which may still be there but i agree with you the reality is and we see it every day on the screen thanks to you and your colleague the north is an area of those -- you need to grab every moment of any pause that comes our way. secretary general, thank you so mutton did for joining us. >> thanks christy. end thinking the majority. and breaking news, just into cnn from the tech world. open a.i. cofounder some altman is returning to the company as ceo after we by being -- posted an ex that it has reached an agreement with altman and will be adding new members to its board. microsoft hard altman to run a new artificial group on monday and said that he is working to returning i and the theater with 21 we return. because in casino o has desk is right therere likeke next to mal yes i thinink even into ththe bh after r cause i know i i was admitted a a day now the move is in response to the hijacking of cargo ship in the red sea. cnn's scott mclean has our report. this is video showing a helicopter belonging to houthi rebels, approaching the cargo ship in the red sea. yemeni and palestinian flags, front and center. after the aircraft lands on top of the massive vessel, gunman dressed in, black with page jackets fan i don't find cover as the helicopter takes. of it may look like a high-speed training exercise, but when the gunman entered the ships, bridge it becomes all too real. as terrified crew members have to. surrender >> later inside the ship, a gunman waving a pistol yells -- debtbt to the. death to israel. >> the who these are an iriranin -backed mimilitary groupups fighting a civil war in yemen that's force backed by saudi arabia. but lately fighting to summer. since the war began in gaza, the group had repeatedly launched missiles for israel, all have been intercepted. [speaking in a non-english language] >> translator: they will become targets for the armed forces, and urge all countries to cooperate in the red sea to refrain from any worker activity with this really ships or ships owned by israelis. multiple israeli military outlets are reporting that one of israel's richest people, the billionaire business woman, -- , is a part owner of the british company that owns the ship. he did not respond to a request for comment from cnn. the ship as been released by a japanese from in the israeli prime minister's office said none of the crew are israeli. none of this should have been a surprise, after the houthis telegraphed their plan a week ago. >> translator: our eyes are open for constant monitoring, and searching for any israeli ships. we will surge until we identified their. ships and we will not hesitate to target them. >> hamas has welcomed the seizure of the, ship while iran denies it has anything to do with. in the u.s. calls it a violation of international law. >> we demand the immediate release of the ship, and it's. grew >> the ship left the port en route to india. there is no word on the safety of the crew, the houthis have only promise they will be treated according to the values of a slump. scott mclean, cnn, istanbul. >> up next they may be far from gossip, but they are watching the event very closely. we speak to palestinian refugees in lebanon about the war today. what it means for them. and with applause in the fighting in, gustier if you do use are closely watching the -- in, countries like. lebanon, and the refugee camp in southern. beirut, welfare some there is history repeating itself. cnn that wedeman explains. >> the old and they should deal ashraf eugene camp had seen it all. where the, young it is just the beginning. of a life crammed together with more than 14,000 people into a quarter mile score. >> this palestinian refugee camp in beirut is hundreds of miles from gaza. but for the many people here, who lived through previous wars the war in gaza seems very close. [speaking in a non-english language] >> 77-year-old came here is a baby from her home in what was then palestine. she's seen from near and far, who are but still shocked by the images from gaza. how did they have the hard to do this to children, she asked. the pain she feels for all the innocence. >> and when i see israeli children, i think, they feel the same way we do when we lose our children. in the end, the child is a child. and the mother of a child's mother. whether she's israeli for palestinians. the scars of the past are playing the besieged. in september the israeli military stood by the lebanese christian allies slaughtered over palestinian and lebanese civilian here in the neighboring -- district. fading posters, plastered the walls with the faces pass to promise much and delivered the little by people here. >> the camp residents trace their routes, and they ended up here after what they called the catastrophe when more than 700,000 palestinians fled driven from their homes when israel was established. the scenes from gaza painfully from innocent of the past. have passed that if years that's repeating itself. >> doesn't anyone have humanity he asked even iraq faced with a news from gaza would go soft but the world confronted with cascades closes it ties. >> now he's open but they can only watch from afar. ben wedeman, cnn, the refugee camp. and i want to thank you for watching, i am paula newton and cnn newsroom continues my friend and colleague rosemary church. we'll be right after the break. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. learn more today. my sp. contra costa college saw potential in me that i didn't know i had. focus. determination. drive. contra costa college helped me blaze the trail. now i'm a comet, and there's no stopping me. come on, this is your shot. take it. join the team at contra costa college. start today at contracosta.edu