team here, who have been working out of an operation center today, alongside members of the international committee of the red cross. another key stakeholders in this. and they certainly feel like this mostly went to plan. you are right to point out this is a humanitarian pause, and the implementation of that had a number of key obligations. the pause had to stop at 7:00 local time. the hostilities had to stop on the ground from both parties. that allowed for the potential for the release of these hostages, these 13 in the first instance israeli women and children, who had been held by hamas around about 4:00 this afternoon. what happened was we saw 24 hostages ultimately released. the process took about two and a half hours to get those hostages out of hamas' hands, into the hands of the icrc and out of gaza into israel via the rafah crossing, which is down on the the egyptian boarder. the surprise, and i have to say i think it was a surprise as well, possibly to those involved in the mediation, was the addition of the ten thai workers, who had been on a kibbutz on october 7th, the same kibbutz that the hostages had been taken from. and a citizen of the philippines. let me be quite clear. the structure, the deal that was struck between hamas and israel did not include foreign nationals. that was a separate track negotiated by the qatar regional partners, particularly and specifically the egyptians for release of these thai nationals and this filipino. so that was a surprise when we saw 24 individuals ultimately received by the israelis let's focus for a moment on those israeli hostages. we have seen some images of those alongside other women, some are elderly, up to the ages of 87. they looked at least in principle, if their health was pretty much okay. they were moving on their own. they looked pretty mobile. they are, as you rightly point out, the four kids are now at the children's hospital with four of the women. what has been achieved today by this mediation team with the support of the united states with egypt and others has been a proof of concept. that's what they have had today. it's worked. it's worked to the extent that the hostages were released around the time that they were expected to be released. they are now in the safety of israeli authorities. the next stage is tomorrow. when at least ten hostages will be released or should be released by hamas. the idf now have that list from hamas. s it was given to qatar. so the israelis know who the next at least ten hostages are. we will see this happen for the next three days until the end of what is the the official pause, which could be extended should hamas come up with more prisons. a proof of concept today that mostly worked, not quite as many trucks across the border as was expected or hoped for, but that's okay. the team here says a little bit of hostility at the beginning of the day when the pause was supposed to have started, but that was okay. 18 minutes into the pause, everything was quiet. so they've got something to work with. that's what they've got. they say their work is not finished, but they have something to work with at this stage the. >> so far, so good. becky anderson in doha, qatar, thank you very much. as the first hostages are now being taken to hospitals in israel, israeli officials are prepare ing for a second group hopefully to be released tomorrow. cnn's matthew chance is in tel aviv with a closer look at how everything unfolded over these last dramatic hours. >> reporter: they kidnapped and killed, but hamas is showing gun its gunman releasing those in gaza. these are disturbing scenes. a 9-year-old being embraced as he's set free. a woman being carried by a masked man as palestinians cheer. a 49 hong days of captivity in gaza, aid workers from the red cross drive them through the border into egypt and to freedom. egyptian television shows a convoy of vehicles heading to the crossing. then the hostages including ten thais, a filipino and the 13 israeli women and children, this embarking for checks. israeli military posted this grainy video of the moment they all finally reentered the country. a step says the prime minister, towards bringing all hostages home. >> translator: we have just completed the return of the first of our hostages. children, their mothers and additional women. each one of them is a whole world, but i emphasize to the families and citizens, we are committed to return all our hostages. >> most of the hostages released in this first group under the temporary truce were taken from one of the small communities near gaza ravaged by hamas on october 7th. at least 38 pop there were killed and more than 70 abducted. people like daniel and her 5-year-old daughter emilia, but the relatives they were visiting we main unaccounted for as hostages. doron and her two young da daughters have been set free, but her partner remains in gaza. behind every release, a poignant reminder of those left behind. like the family of three children still hostages. yet they are now optimistic. >> the best is in front of us. it's going to come. whatever happened, we cannot change. a beautiful girl is not with us anymore. >> but there's still a chance. >> we have to bring what's left. we need to bring back what's left from this family. it's a broken family. >> reporter: a broken family in a country of shattered lives. some of those lives now are starting to be rebuilt. not just with the medical checks and the medical treatment that these 13 israelis are going to be receiving right now in hospitals around the country, but also the psychological help they are going to be getting. it's going to be intense because you have to remember a lot of these people, we're told, have come out into a world where they don't even know that their loved ones have been killed. and so it's a very different place they are returning back to. >> matthew chance, thank you for that report. we also just got updates right now from two of the hospitals where the hostages have been taken. oren liebermann is over at the wilson medical center. what's the latest where you are? >> we heard here from hospital officials on the update that five women have been brought into the hospital here. this is probably about an hour ago. carrying three of the elderly hostages who were taken out of gaza today. and as they were put in the balances, it shows an applause from everyone in this area that the three have come home. a couple hours before that, there were another two women hostages in gaza brought to the hospital. so a total of five hostages now being treated here. according to the hospital director general, they welcomed them all here. they have been set is up in a special unit here. only for them and their families as they begin their recovery. the director general said as they came in, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. welcome them back to israel and back to the treatment they so decesperately need. theyen wouldn't talk about their condition or mental health. the highest levels of professionalism were brought forward by the medical teams here, by the nurses, by the staff to welcome them to the medical center where they will begin recovering. it's worth noting this is the hospital setup specifically to care for the elderly. they expect that over the course of the next several days, they may bring in more for treatment here. they say they are absolutely ready to take on that task. >> standby. you want to go to clara issa. you're at the children's hospital. >> reporter: we just had a press conference in the last 20 or so minutes where some of the hospitals' directors came the and addressed the media. there's a lot of details they are not giving for privacy concern reasons. they did i say they were, quote, thrilled to be able to welcome a total of three families, including four children, one grandmother. we believe those families were the asher family, the hospital saying they are all in good physical condition, but we know from conversations we have been having throughout the day, they are very much prepared for the likely reality that they will not be in such good psychological condition after the trauma they have experienced. as you heard described there, some of the measures that the hospital has taken, they have taken great tllengths to ensure the special unit they have set up for these families feels not like a hospital, not cold, not clinical, not intimidating, but warm and intimate. they tried to create the sense of a beautiful hotel. there are lots of toys in place. and most importantly, perhaps, they have hand selected the top psychiatrists and staffers that they have within their units to be those who will work together with these families to try to process and break down some of what they have endured. they have also just enjoyed their first dinner. thu they are now able to be reunited with their loved ones, but there's definitely been understandably not just because of what they have been through, but because so many are minors, a real emphasis on privacy. and you saw that in those moments as the helicopter landed here. they put screens out to ensure they could have some privacy as they disembarked and arrived here at the hospital. >> we saw that. clarissa, thank you very much. right now, i want to bring in a man, whose three of his family members were released today. keren munder and ruth munder, all three names are on the list released by the idf. let's talk to ael. i know you must be pleased of three generations of your family are now free back in israel. i understand you just recently saw and got an update on how they are doing. >> yes, so first, we are very pleased that we were fortunate enough to have those three dear loved ones come back to us. initial updates that we got is that they are in good shape, both physically and mentally. including the boy, who turned 9 years old during his captivity. and so we are all happy they are okay in that sense. >> you just saw some video. tell us about the video. >> the video wasationen in the hospital where they met the partner of keren, the father of ohad and the brother and sister of ruth. they all met. it was emotional. people were crying out of joy, out of excitement. it was really a scene that we've been imagining for the last 49 days. suddenly, it happens. so it's really great. >> two of your family members spoke to jake on ohad's 9 theth birthday while he was still a hostage. it was a birthday that was not necessarily a good birthday because he was being held hostage, but now he's free. tell us about him. >> so he's a really brilliant kid. he likes sports. they have a group of friends, really good friends between 9 and 10 years old. they do everything together. they play tennis. he's an expert in rubik's cube. and last friday we made a gesture for him. we built it out of 1500 rubik's cubes. so it seems that he is okay. he's only 9 years old. he came back okay physically and mentally. we have to see. this is all initial reports. unfortunately, ruth's husband, my uncle, he's 78 years old and he's not a healthy person. he is still there. >> he's still a hostage in gaza? >> exactly. and he barely walks. he's seen issues. >> i soom you're going to be with them. >> we plan to meet with them tomorrow. but the psychologist says it has to be very slowly, very progressive. they come back to normality has to be very controlled way. so we will follow that advice. i know all the family members who are going to be with their relatives who are now free. they have been given advice what you should say and shouldn't say, especially for the young children. >> right. >> tell us some of that advice. >> the advice says don't push on saying because you don't know what kind of experience the boy had. don't push him trying to get information. maybe he doesn't want to share the information. so it has to be very soft. we have a unique situation here. when they come back, they just learned their son was murdered on that saturday. they were kidnapped before they had a chance to learn about it. so now they are breaking this news to them. so it puts us in a very conflicting situation. because on one hand, people would like to come and celebrate with them. we know that the country is very fell in love with the story of ohad. so people want to come and sing and bring their presents. on the other hand, they just learned that they lost someone. so it's a mixed emotions here. with we hope it will be resolved in a good manner. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> give our love to the family. hopefully one of thooz days, we'll all get together. >> thanks a lot. so what about the next round of hostage releases? ul speak with a a senior israeli official. we'll get details, next. we're back live here in tel aviv with cnn's breaking news coverage of the first release of hostages in the israel-hamas war. many of the 24 hostages released today are now arriving at various hospitals in israel to be examined. i want to bring in a senior adviser to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu mark, thank you very much for joining us. did today's release and all the events supposed to take place go as you expected? >> probably better than expected. when you're dealing with a terrorist lgroup, you have low expectations. but i think president biden said it well when he said that hamas responds to pressure. and i think their need for a cease-fire after being on the receiving end of the idf's blows, they need a timeout. i think we got this deal. >> walk us through what happens next. what's the next stage? today went well. >> correct. we have received already this evening a list of the people they propose to release tomorrow. >> we're talking about israelis? >> yes. that list is being studied a at the moment, a as we speak. once again, it will be confidential until tomorrow night. the families of the relevant people are being notified. and people who are not on the list are also being told. it's mixed because on one hand, we're excited for the people who came back. the guests you just had here, everyone is thrilled for him and his family that loved ones came back. but if we got 13 out today, there's still another 37 that have to come out over the 4 d days. hamas' commitment to free 50. but even saying that, we have scores of people who will remain behind. so it's happy, sad. >> i know you can't mention any names, but today of the first 13 who were released, mostly women, elderly women and a few young children. is that the same formula that's going to happen tomorrow? >> i think it's the same understanding. their focus is on the children and women. >> children and the women, mostly older women. that's what they are res leasing so far. we expect the same thing to happen tomorrow. >> i can't be sure, i haven't seen the list, but that's my understanding. >> can you tell us whether or not any of the americans being held hostage are among the list who will be released tomorrow? >> first of all, as i said, i haven't seen the list tomorrow, but one of the americans is a young female child. so i would think she would be a priority. once again, i haven't seeb the list. >> i think she just turned 4 today. so let's hope she's on that list. it's still such a complex situation. there were some reports today, i'm sure you saw, there was some gunfire in northern gaza. the truce is supposed to be honored right now as a result of what's going on. can you share with us some perspective on what happened in northern gaza, and is this potentially a threat to the rest of the initial phase falling apart? >> so far, the humanitarian pause is holding better than expected. it's been remarkably quiet. that incident that you talk about, there were clear understandings reached in what is acceptable and not acceptable during this humanitarian pause. israel was responding to violations of what was not acceptable. other side knows that. >> what were the violations? >> i'm not sure i want to go into too many details, but we don't want to see hamas fighters return to positions they have been in the north. >> at this point, are you confident that this initial phase over these first four days are you confident that will work out? >> i don't know confidence works with the word hamas. we are dealing with a brutal and dangerousmy. when hamas spokes people, when they have been interviewed, they said publicly, and think don't blink. that was only against military targets. maybe you have heard them say that. yet they release with their own hands six women over the age of 70 and four children under the age of 10. obviously, civilians. so as president biden said, correctly, they understand pressure. this will work only if we keep the pressure you want. what about president biden? we wouldn't have had the success today without his involvement and everyone in israel who knows what's going on is very appreciative. >> so as of right now, the u.s. and israel, from your perspective, are exactly the same page? >> we're definitely on the big issues on the same page. once again, i don't think we would have had this arrangement to get out the 50 people over 4 days without the direct involvement of the president. >> i know he's been directly involved. thank you so much. let's hope this works out. this additional phase, and then there already more phases down the road. >> hamas has the option to extend the humanitarian pause all they have to do is release more hostages. they have that option. we'll see what they do. >> we are expecting at least ten tomorrow? >> yeah. but i don't have a precise number. >> let's hope. mark, thank you very much. the first day of a pause in the fighting between israel and hamas. 137 trucks of humanitarian aid arrived in gaza. will it be enough? i'll s speak to a a spokespersr thatat's coming g up next. nice footwork. man, you're lucky, watching live sports 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[ cheers ] yeah! woho! running up and down that field looks tough. it's a pitch. get way more into what you're into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. we're back now with our breaking news coverage of the first group of host amgs released by hamas. in exchange, there's a temporary pause in the fighting. for every israeli hostage that is released, three palestinian prisoners being held in israel will be freed. cnn is in east jerusalem. what more do we know about the 39 palestinian prisoners, who were released by israel today? >> we have a much better breakdown of who they are. we knew that they were going to be mainly children, teenagers and women, but now we know that for certain. it's 15 minors, just checking my math, 15 minors, 24 women. and within that breakdown, an extraordinary 10 were being held without being sentenced, just being detand, which is legal under israeli law. and 23 of the women similarly held without being sentenced. i think there was six detentions, which allows them to hold indefinitely and a number of sentences, but even those sentences have been queried by both israeli and palestinian rights groups, which is why this was an opportunity for palestinians to peel feel some sense of joy. here in east jerusalem where they were under israeli control, the far right national security minister said any expression of joy would be punished as a terror act, which meant most palestinians are hiding inside their homes with their loved ones. we received one video from a family member that i really want the you to watch. just take a listen to this. . >> reporter: the anguish in that mother's voice and the idea that to even express joy over the return of her daughter is what they called a terrorist act, which has huge consequences here. the sense here and just to be clear, the young lady there, she was sentenced as a minor for carrying a knife with intent to stab. the charges