near the university of vermont and ran away. two victims are us citizens and the third is a us the suspect jason eaton, the shooting comes amid a rise in anti islamic incidents reported around the us. the first of our reports comes from middle east correspondent hugo bachega. free again. 14 israeli hostages released by hamas head home after their long ordeal, along with three foreign nationals. among them were is year olds dafna and ela elyakim, eight, with about 180 people still in captivity in gaza, the painful wait of the families continues. earlier the bbc spoke to a man whose sister has been kidnapped by hamas, showers abducted along with her husband, her in laws and her daughter. gili roman told the bbc about her story and his optimism despite the fact that she has not yet been released. they were put inside a vehicle towards gaza, and just before the border, they decided they are going to jump out of the vehicle, try to escape and run for their life. so, my sister
you are in the cnn newsroom. i m alex marquardt in washington alongside kaitlan collins in tel aviv. jim acosta is off tonight. thank you very much for joining us. israel moves towards a fourth and possibly final day of its temporary truce with hamas. so much will demand on how many more hostages get released after three successful days of hostage releases. hamas says it wants to extend the pause in the fighting. a source telling cnn that israel s war cabinet is also discussing that possibility. but today it was yet another emotional day for so many families in israel. a third group of 17 hostages held inside the gaza strip since early october, they were finally freed. here are some of the early images, or images we ve just again some of those families, finally imbembracing after weekf uncertainty. a total of 17 hostages today, including three thai nationals, and these pictures that you re looking at there, those are 14 of the israeli hostages who were released from captivi
thank you so much for being with us. at this hour there are a lot of questions about where things are headed in israel and gaza. we could be just hours away from either military operations resuming in gaza to take out hamas, or the fragile truce between israel and hamas being extended. two very divergent paths this war could take today. and even before getting there, there is uncertainty about today s expected hostage release. so far 40 israeli citizens have been freed since the truce began and another 18 foreign nationals. at this moment today s release hangs in the balance let alone the possibility of an extension. the issue is where are the mothers? we are told there are no mothers on today s list and as part of the agreement mothers are supposed to be released with their children. now, as we wait to see how this develops, we are seeing new pictures of emotional family reunions, 9-year-old emily hand with her sister in the hospital, her father initially thought she w
kidnapped by hamas was just released. the lead starts right now. after more than 50 days held captive by hamas, 11 more hostages are freed tonight after israel and hamas agree to pause fighting for a few more days, leading to more hostage releases to come. and the only israeli man released by hamas so far has a dual russian/israeli citizenship. why him, and how did he spend four days on the run? was his release a hamas favor to vladimir putin. plus, the palestinian prisoners who israel is letting go, and the two-tiered justice system for many of them that led to so many of them being held without trial in the first place. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. also this hour we re going to get to the major arrest of the man police say shot three college students in vermont. the suspect was in court today. the college students were speaking english and arabic at the time of saturday s shooting wearing the traditional palestinian keffiyeh scarves. a spokesman for the
mechanics headquarters in new york. word from the white house that a deal has been struck to extend the cease-fire, what does that mean for the hostages and what happens when this new timeline runs out? what the break in the fighting means for palestinians who have been enduring a nightmarish existence inside gaza. hundreds of aid trucks are headed in. will it even make a difference in the extraordinary humanitarian disaster. joining me this hour, the executive director of doctors without borders. in vermont a 48-year-old man has been arrested and arraigned after being accused of shooting three students of palestinian descent. his first words to the atf agent who came to arrest him, i ve been waiting for you. we start with the white house confirming the announcement that the cease-fire between hamas and israel will be extended for another two days. here is nsc s john kirby providing details less than an hour ago. in order to extend the pause hamas has committed to r