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dozen israeli hostages handed over. what is their condition, will there be another truce extension? we dont know. we have tal heinrich back with us. so how is 4-year-old abigail doing? an update is coming: welcome. im neil cavuto. lets go to northern israel where things stand at this hour. nate with more on that. nate? >> hi, neil. 12 hostages that spent 53 days in hamas captivity are back in israel tonight. happened in the past couple hours. many at shifa medical center and reuniting ...

Iran is believed to already be giving support to Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthis in Yemen.

Iran is believed to already be giving support to Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthis in Yemen.

That bleeding beyond the borders is what is the greatest concern? and does saudi arabias presence exacerbate that? >> we can look at libya, we can look at syria and now were seeing a third proxy war being waged in the region right now. and it comes down to the fact that there is enormous antipathy that is being played there. theres great fear. will this goes to power politics as well as religion. but most importantly, the issue here to me is what are houthi rebels trying to accomplish? these are...

Positions at and near the international airport there in sanaa. air strikes also targeted rebel positions in a number of the countrys provinces. lets bring in mark ginsburg, former ambassador. with a welcome to you, mark why have the saudis entered into this situation? >> well, theres three overlays here. first is the proxy war being waged in the name of religion sunni versus shiite saudi arabia being the dominant most theologically pure sunni state in the region against iran the shiite state su...

>> and probably the fact that theres -- the split is happening between the sunni and shiia there that can be turned into whats certainly called the civil war. theyre not afraid of what theyre doing. thats fanning the flames that are already pretty high. >> we saw this before where extremists are burning down and taking down religious sites. the shiites are doing it to the sunnis and the sunnis are doing it to the shiites as a symbolic move and theyre not afraid of putting these very graphic pict...

Do their jobs. reporters, place, prosecutors, defense lawyers. this was a proxy war being fought, and these young men were the proxies for all kinds of other agendas, and the truth and the reality in justice were not part of it. >> of course, "the new york times" journalist. all journalist have regrets. were not perfect. we all make mistakes. why do you think this case wasnt looked at with more scrutiny or skepticism from the beginning? >> yeah, i think there was really a failure on so many leve...