will be here to honor his wife. poppy, phil. certainly quite a day ahead. and we will have eva, thank you very much, full live coverage of that, it begins at noon eastern right here on cnn. thank you so much for starting your day with us. we ll see you back here tomorrow. cnn news central is now. we are standing by this morning for ten more hostages to be released by hamas. now, the fifth day of the fragile truce between israel and hamas. one day more than the original agreement to get hostages out, and only one day now and only one day more before now fighting could resume. and with these two additional days more hostages will be released and more aid will get into gaza. 51 israeli citizens and 18 foreign nationals have been released by hamas since the pause began friday. just yesterday, among the hostages released was a mother and her 3-year-old twin daughters. you see pictures of them there. they re coming home without their father. he is still being held captive by
welcome, i m michael holmes, appreciate your company. we begin this hour in israel, 13 israeli citizens and 11 foreign nationals are out of gaza and back in israel after 49 days as hostages of hamas. the four-day pause in the fighting that made their release possible is entering day two and appears to be holding. a live look at gaza, where it s 8:00 a.m. israel says it has received a list of israeli hostages who should be released sometime on saturday and has notified their families. according to the israeli source, several children are on the list. friday, 13 were israelis and 5 were foreign nationals. among the non-israelis, ten thai and one filipino citizens. they re getting checked out in tel aviv. a spokesperson lauded the release but cautioned the process is far from over. translator: the sight of those who have safely crossed the border into israel evokes a profound sense of relief, yet our hearts remain with the hostages still held in gaza. tonight we embrace the fa
. welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. i want to get to our continuing coverage of the israel-hamas war. it s 4:00 a.m. in atlanta, 11:00 a.m. in gaza, the second day of a four-day truce between israel and hamas that appears to be holding. now, in the coming hours israel is expecting hamas to release another group of israeli hostages just as it did the day before. israel says it has a list of today s names, and has notified the families according to an israeli source several children are on it. now, day one of the truce saw hamas release 13 israelis and 11 foreign nationals who were quickly taken to tel aviv area hospitals for medical evaluations. doctors describe all 13 israelis as good and stable. ten thai nationals and one filipino, 20 of its citizens are still being held hostage by hamas. as part of the deal on friday 39 palestinian women and minors were released from three israeli prisons and r
on the hostage situation would be struck. com plete complete elimination of hamas and ensure a new threat to the state of israel from gaza, and again we heard from the israeli prime minister earlier. translation: prime minister earlier. tuna/mom- prime minister earlier. translation: ., ., ., ., translation: we are at war and we will continue translation: we are at war and we will continue the translation: we are at war and we will continue the war. - translation: we are at war and we will continue the war. we will continue the war until we have achieved all of our goals, to destroy hamas, to bring back the hostages and the missing and to ensure that gaza poses no threat to israel. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has more on the hostages who may be released and their families who hope the deal means their return. after six long weeks, there is hope. here are some of those who could soon be coming home. oriya is four and loves football and ice cream. and
it says that the government of israel is obligated to return home all hostages. tonight the government has approved the outline of the first stage of achieving this goal according to which at least 50 hostages, women and children, will be released over four days during which a pause in the fighting will be held. a release of every additional ten hostages will result in one additional day of pause. we will continue the war in order to return home all of the hostages, complete the elimination of hamas and ensure that there will be no new threat to the state of israel from gaza. and right now looking at live pictures from gaza. it is the middle of the night but this news has come in. we can see the images there. it is quiet at the moment but this huge news that an agreement has been approved by benjamin netanyahu and his cabinet. we will work on getting that statement up on the screen for you but again underlined the fact that at least 50 hostages, women and children, will be re