hamas is officially in effect. all to allow for the long-awaiting release of civilian hostages held by hamas since october 7. 13 expected to be freed by the terror group this morning around 9 a.m. eastern time. you are watching fox and friends first on friday morning, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. they ramped up defense position in the hours leading up to the key west. they were below the al-shifa hospital early this morning and prime minister netanyahu is making it clear the war against hamas is far from over. we will continue with our warnings to eradicate hamas. hamas has promised they will do this again and again and again. they are genocidal terrorist cult. there is no hope for peace if we don t eradicate this murderous movement. todd: trey yingst live where the hostages are expected to arrive by helicopter in just a matter of hours. trey. trey: the first group of hostages is expected to be released to the red cross in just four hours and they will
first round of hostages released. 13 israelis among those taken by hamas. now free. back in israel as part of a swap for an initial 39 palestinian prisoners. the hostages were released to the red cross. right now in the process of being reunited with their families. no americans in this initial phase. separately, ten thai and one filipino captives were released by the terror group. coming un, we ll take to a relative of the three israeli hostages that are back home. and former israeli ambassador to the u.n., danny danon on what happens next. and meanwhile, demonstrations aimed at retailers this busy black friday. your world starts now. welcome. i m edward lawrence from the nation s capitol in for neil cavuto, this is a special edition of your world. team coverage with jeff paul in tel aviv on where things stand right now and lucas tomlinson on what the president is saying. we begin with jeff. yeah, good evening, ed. we re learning a short while ago that like today, th
hand of the red cross and they will be flown to this air base to receive medical attention and be able to call loved ones. the israeli have been bringing ambulances and they have been preparing for small children that have been under hamas control to be reintegrated. they will be taken by helicopter or ambulance where they will be hospitalized in separate wards. all women and children are from the same small community in southern israel. they are being exchanged for palestinians. two rocket alerts 15 minutes after the set time. this break in fighting will go for four days and will see 50 israeli hostages released for 150 palestinian prisoners. israeli are calling on all residents in gaza not to leave the south. a group of palestinians tried to make their way back to the north to see their home and any family members left behind. israeli stopped them from doing so. the highly anticipated news today, 13 hostages expected to be released to the red cross an hour from now. guys.
path of destruction, we will make sure they get there, and we have shown enormous progress in reaching that goal. kevin: major spielman, always a pleasure, the best to you and your countrymen as we continue to follow this story. thank you so much. arthel: absolutely the best, sir. absolutely. 2:00 p.m. on the east coast, 9:00 p.m. in israel. a special edition of america reports . i m arthel neville. we are waiting to hear from president biden. meanwhile, here with my friend kevin corke. kevin: great to be with you. we are anticipating hearing from president biden, he ll be apparently making a statement and commenting on the first wave of hostages being released. he is in nantucket, massachusetts, lucas tomlinson is there, we ll go to that as soon as we have it. but arthel, kick it off with trey yingst. arthel: we are going to wait for the president but first trey yingst in southern israel, we have heard a lot from the idf. and some of the hostages have been release
hostages held by hamas for 48 days are expected to be released at any moment. good morning, a special edition of america s newsroom. i m griff jenkins. hi, molly. molly: i m molly line. bill hemmer and dana perino are off. 13 women and children are being transported to southern israel at 7:00 a.m. local time in gaza fighting was paused for the first time to allow for the hostage release. and to let humanitarian aid through to civilians. the cease-fire appears to be holding. part of the deal the u.s., qatar and egypt helped broker. israel releasing three times as many palestinian terror convicts, 39 in exchange. griff: one of the hostages held from october 7th a 3-year-old israeli american girl. she is not expected to be among those released today. molly: trey yengst is live at an air base awaiting the handover. trey, to you. good morning. at any moment that first group of hostages will be released into the hands of the red cross and taken to this air base in souther