the breaking news at this hour, 24 hostages have been released by hamas terrorists. 13 israelis, 10 thai citizens, 1 filipino citizen. they were moved from inside gaza over the rafah crossing into egypt. a short time ago, we got our first look at some of these hos hostages. we have video. it includes pictures of a little girl in a yellow shirt. 1 of the 13 israeli hostages release d. we have other video to show you as well. different vantage points where you can see some of the people, including that girl, who was released and then a number of people boarding a bus from a holding facility inside rafah. a number of these people now on a bus on the move, presumably, back into israel. this is the first part of this pause in fight fighting agreed to by israel, by hamas, to aa low for the release of some 50 hostages over the next several days in exchange for the release of 150 palestinian prisoners in a pause in the fight ing, and breaking moments ago, the identity of two hostages released. their names, margalete moses. and so two women, 72 and 77 or 78, among those who have been released. we are following the movements of these hostages as they experience freedom for the first time in 48 days. let's get to kaitlan collins who is live with the the latest. >> reporter: is we have just gotten a statement confirming that the hostages are back in israel. they say they are with idf special forces and security agency special forces. they underwent an initial medical assessment inside israeli territory, and they will continue to be accompanied by the idf soldiers as they make their way to hospitals to be reunited with their families. for more on the statuses of the hostages, i want to bring in a spokesperson for the israeli government. thank you for joining me. can you confirm all 13 of the israeli hostages are now back in israel? >> the first batch of hostages, thank god, have been released from hamas. they are in the hands of israeli special forces. they have received preliminary medical attention and en route to hospitals where they will be reunited of what's left of their families. many families were murdered. some are being separated from relatives. definitely a fantastic first step, incredibly moving for society, but let's remember that still leaves 215 hostages inside the gaza strip. and none of us here are free until all of them are free. we are committed to that pledge. there will be no one left behind. >> you said they have undergone this initial medical assessment. what have you gleaned from the condition of some of the hostages? how are they doing? >> we're not speaking publicly about their medical situation. this is a sensitive situation, but let's remember, these women and children were brutally abducted on october 7th by the terrorists who burned, beheaded, mutilated, tortured and raped these people's relatives and neighbors in those kibbutzes. they have been held in the dark since then, and their families have been kept in the dark. they were not given any access to the red cross. we had no information about their condition, no information about who is alive and who might be dead. so it's important that they get that medical attention. we will be looking for signs of how they may have been abused by hamas while they were in captivity. i hope to begin a process of rehabi rehabilitation. these are little children. we don't know. have they seen sunlight in the last 50 days? were they fed properly? i don't want to speculate about how awfully they may have been treated, but we're all very anxious to make sure they are safe and begin a long process of physical and psychological rehabilitation. let's remember while many of them have lost family who were murdered, they may still have family in the gaza strip as hostages of hamas. >> were they able to call their families yet? i know that was going to be something that israel was trying to have happen early on as soon as they were with these israeli special forces. do you know if that's happened yet? >> i understand the initial plan is they would be given mobile phones and allowed to contact their families, but they are being transported now to central israel by soldiers who are have been given special sensitivity training to make sure they can deal with children who are traumatized. our soldiers have been told not just to pick up the children, to ask is it okay if i touch you, is it okay if i carry you because they have been into the battles of hell and back in the last 50 days. hopefully we'll be able to get them the care they need and give them the first hugs of whole and safe family inside iz the real, and then we can work to get everyone else out and make sure there is no one left behind. >> we have been watching these videos that we believe are hostages we saw a young girl. we saw two women. do you have an idea of the age range of these hostages that are the first to be released today? >> we have seen the victims' families have put out a list. ween haven't officially confirmed, that but on that list is a little girl as young as 2. who the families are saying were released with a 4-year-old sister and mother. and elderly people in their mid-80s suffering with very serious medical conditions without their medication. the hostages are some of the most vulnerable people in israeli society, who have been held in the most inhumane conditions for nearly 50 i days now. we are hoping and praying for their health and we hope they are going to be able to recover having been through an inhumane trauma that nobody should ever have to endure. >> so just to confirm. you believe it was a mother, a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old from one family that is part of this group of 13? >> the state of israel has not published a list of the hostages who have been released, but i have seen the families have already begun to speak and identify them. let's just wait a little bit longer until we can get official confirmation on that. >> what was the prime minister's reaction, the wartime cabinet's reaction to seeing this deal that they signed off on? come to tfruition, based on officials inspected it to go. >> the deal was not easy. it's never easy to release prisoners from jail who is have been convicted of violent offenses, and many of them have been convicted of attempted murder. it's never easy to do, that but it's a price we're paying because we will not abandon our children in the hands of the rapist of hamas. we're happy to have those children home. this is only the first stage. as we get those foreign nationals out of the gaza strip, that still leaves 215 people inside the gaza strip. their nightmare continues. we we are determined to bring everyone back and apply pressure on hamas. they brought them to release the children. and they didn't realize it was evil to hold a 2-year-old child in captivity it was military pressure. we're going to continue pushing that pressure on hamas until we bring everyone back and make sure there's to one left behind. >> does the way today went give israeli officials hope that the rest of this process, the res loof of the 37 hostages will go smoothly? >> we would definitely like to see the process of releasing those host averages continue. we're still in very early stages of what is happening today. but we are kashsly optimistic. women and children, in exchange for a four-day hostage release pause. at that point, the offer is for every 10 additional hostages hamas releases, we will offer another 1-day pause in the fighting. eventually we'll return. this war has to end with the end of hamas. we will not leave in power the terror organization, the sick monsters that abducted these thirn which the first place, but we are helpful we can get as many hostages out as possible. we put in place the list of prisoners to be released as part of that deal to get as many 100 out in the next few days. >> a spokesperson for the israeli government, thank you for joining us so quickly with this breaking news. >> thank you. of course, this is major news here. an israeli official confirming that all 13 of these hostages, the first to be released as part of this brokered deal, now back in israeli territory. they are on the way to hospitals where they will be accompanied by israeli military officials, but that's where they will be reunited with their families and a pivotal moment. they were transferred to the red cross. now we do have the israeli government confirming they are all back here in israel. >> back in israel. the process very much continues. as you said moving from gaza over the rafah crossing, this was some of the first video we saw of that moment as the hostages experiencing freedom right there. you can see that little girl in the yellow shirt among the hostages released. we have the identity now of a couple more of the hostages. not provided by the israeli government, but these are confirmed by the families themselves. a mother and daughter, they have been released to go along with the two women in their 80s. i spoke to her grandmother tuesday night. so a couple days ago, had her granddaughter had no idea whether the grandmother would be among those released or not. these were the pictures moments ago near the border crossing as they moved out into egypt. all the hostages we are now told are back in israel itself. let's get to jeremy diamond right now. i can go back and show you right here where jeremy is at the crossing. what are you seeing now? >> reporter: we are seeing multiple vehicles with flashing lights headed from the direction of the crossing point. past our position in the direction of that air force base where we understand these hostages would be taken. now that they are firmly on israeli territory, we're seeing multiple vehicles heading in the direction past near where these helicopters are, near our position. we don't know yet whether or not anybody will be brought into the helicopterers. our understanding is that if somebody needs urgent medical attention, then they would be medevaced via hospelicopter. we don't know whether that is the case. that's why it appears that these helicopters are on standby. and we are seeing them now at least the first vehicles with flashing lights just went past the turn off in order to get to these helicopters. several more vehicles are following behind. one of the helicopters is beginning to take off already several of those vehicles took off. i can't see what types of vehicles they are. clearly, this was a significant movement away from the crossing with flashing plights, move ingn the direction that they would go if that was the convoy with those recently freed hostages inside. >> whether it has any of the freed hostages on board or not, we can't be sure. but seeing a convoy of vehicles pass him by. i can show people on the map where he is and where they might be headed. this is the rafah crossing, where we believe the hostages crossed from gaza into egypt. this is where we believe they are headed to the air base right there. you saw a lot of activity right there with that convoy passing by. you had told us the helicopter was standing by as a medevac just in case. they had taken an nenormous levl of precaution here. sgrr that's right. we did the not see those vehicles stop near the helicopter. so all indications are that nobody boarded that helicopter, but instead, it appears to have taken off right at the same time as that convoy passed by. there was just to provide an added degree of protection for these people, who 13 women and children, who have endured so much over these last nearly 50 days. hard to imagine what they have endured while they were in hamas captivity. but now at least they are firmly on israeli soil. we saw a convoy of vehicles leaving from the check point, where we believe that they may have arrived and where they may have crossed into israel. shortly, we will see whether or not they arrive at that air base. >> jeremy diamond, standing by for us at the air base with a convoy of hostages that could be on the move to the hath serum air base. the hostages will be taken to hospitals. clarissa ward is standing by at that hospital. >> reporter: we are here at the snider children's medical c center. behind me there is a held pad. we have seen four or five ambulances, who were park ed up there. we saw a flurry of activity earlier with a number of medical personnel, paramedics, security personnel as well. some of them on their phones sort of milling around that area, presumably, preparing the area for the potential arrival of these now free hostages. the people who are expected to be brought here are the children hostages and children hostages who maybe with their mothers as well. so you mentioned that we know there's a 6-year-old with her mother daniel. they could be brought here. they were from the near oz. can i be its, a community of 400 people, a kwoert of the residents were either killed or kid napped during the october 7th attacks. we have been talking a lot to hospital staff here, who have really gone to great lengths to try to ensure that the area in the hospital where these now free hostages will be brought to does not look like a hospital, that it feels like a warm and intimate space. the wording they use was that they want it to feel like a beautiful hotel. that they have lots toys and that they have hand picked the most experienced and most relevant staff to work with these children and potentially mothers as well. they talked about the importance of having the best psychiatrists. there are also social workers who will be paired to each individual family. and now a heightened sense of excitement. obviously, trepidation, because there is the real understanding for medical personnel and people who work in the hospital that the children will probably be very different little children to the ones that they were on october 6th. that they have undergone a tremendous trauma. but for those not seriously injured, they will be most likely brought here to the medical facility inside. there's an area where many journalists have also gathered. they are expecting to have a press conference a bit later on once we see the arrivals. and that hel ipad in the background was the focus of c significant activity over the last few hours, as everybody gets ready for the arrivals. >> clarissa ward in tel aviv at the children's medical center right there, we will wait and see if any of these freed hostages arrive where you are. the prime minister's office just released the name of all 13 freed israeli hostages. i'm going to read them because i know there are people watching from around the world and these names may mean something. it's important to the people viewing right now. karen munder, ruth munder, margilet moses, daniel eloni. those are the 13 israeli hostages, the names of those hostage who is have just been relowsed. this will be an incredible moment for the family who is have been standing vigil for 48 straight days, but also with the knowledge that some 200 hostages remain inside gaza. our live coverage continues right after this. we are live on the ground in tel aviv, where we have just gotten confirmation from the israeli government all 13 hostages released today by hamas from gaza for the first time since october 7th are now safely back in israel. they have undergone medical screenings and initial checkups. they are on their way to israeli hospitals. they are being accompanied by israeli special forces, and once they arrive at those hospitals that they will be reunited with their families. at least 12 of the 13 hostages who are freed today came from kibbutz near oz.. that was one scenes of complete slau slaughter. at least 12 of them have now been release d. we have gotten confirmation from a spokesperson for the kibbutz. those ages of what we are seeing come across range from 2 years old to 80 years old. the 2-year-old has now been returned along with her sister and also their 34-year-old mother also being held hostage. this is huge welcome news for all of these families, for everyone here in israel as they are watching all of this incredibly closely. but it is 13 out of the 50 expected in this deal that has been brokered between israel and hamas. there are still 215, according to the israeli government, hostages still being held in gaza. they are tracking all this as we are watch ing these minute by minute developments. what are you seeing from the air base where you can right now. >> reporter: we're waiting. we're told by the military that those 13 host ages and the thai nationals that have also been res leased are expected to be making their first stop inside israel, as they are further processed and given medical checks and psychological assessments as well. after that process is over, there's going to be food ask drink and showers available, changes of clothes, things like that. after that process is over. they will be boarding helicopters at this air base. we'll bring that to you. and they will be taken away to the various hospitals in israel depending on their specific medical needs. but you're right. it's been a long and difficult logistical operation. and i haven't heard yet about what the situation is with the palestinians who are meant to be released from israeli jails after these host j as were released into israeli custody. but we're expecting to have something on that soon. if it does go off, as it seems to be going off at the moment, without much of a hitch, then that is a positive sign for the rest of the days that have been agreed. there have been four days of pause of the fighting. if this day goes off without much of a hitch, that's very positive for the other days following in that way. so incredibly excite asking happy news for many people tonight across israel. but also happiness tinged with a bitter sweet sentiment, because there's so many people to remain hostages inside the gaza strip. >> a sigh of relief for these family who is have become so close during this torchous process. matthew chance, we'll continue to check back in with you. because of what happened on that day and because so many families were left with members of theirs kidnapped by hamas, it's created this bonding for these families, who they are the only ones who know what each other is going through, the agony they have felt every day missing their loved ones. oren liebermann is a n a place that's become known as hostage square. this has been a place where you have seen familiesth gather. they have made their pleas to the government clear. what are you seeing there tonight? >> reporter: this is a place where so many of the families that have something fundamental lising, they have come together to form a new family. a lot of one of the efforts here has been on this wall behind me. the wall of the art museum would rotate through the pictures of the missing. it used to say bring me home now. for 9 first time, the wording has changed that says "i have returned home." it's showing the pictures of the 13 first israeli hostages released under this agreement. a 5-year-old. we have seen a number of these pictures come up. yafa adar, the previous photo there, it's an enormous release to the loved ones of those whose picture is being broadcast to see their picture on the wall with the title of "i have returned home." many of them, as we have learned, it's worth noting that we spoke to somebody else here just a short time ago who has a loved one who has not yet come home. she talked about the joy of hearing that the sol of that family, some of the kibbutz family has come home, but how difficult it will be wait ing fr news thatter her cousin and son have been released and freed and able to come home after such a long time in gaza. you can see the pictures continue to rotate. a 72-year-old and that crucial headline up top, this is where they hope to add to the pictures over the next several days. it bec