his daughter in person shortly. his wife and grandchildren are waiting as well. thanks so much for joining tonight. "ac "ac 360" joins right now. tonight on 360 on a truce that has seen so many hostages freed from gaza, the latest on efforts ramping up to extend it. also tough talk on what might happen if it expires. later tonight my conversation with chris christie and why he's continuing his campaign and what he makes of the boost nikki haley just got. plus gayle king and charles barkley here to talk about their new show. just four hours from now, the six-day truce between israel and hamas is set to expire with no indication yet it will be extended, as it was two days ago. no word yet that talks underway have yielded any progress. and a short time ago, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his answer is, quote, unequivocal, unquote. he said israel will fight until the end, his words, after what he called maximizing the phase of returning israeli hostages. the question is how long will the phase last. secretary of state blinken just landed in the region. bill burns arrived yesterday, both trying to delay hostilities. tonight another ten israelis are back in israel, including one american dual national. her father says a tour guide at the world holocaust remembrance center in jerusalem as well. whether there will be more hostages freed now very much in limbo and that much more to bear for family with loved ones being held. it cannot be easy for the family of -- today hamas claimed without providing evidence they'd been killed by an israeli air strike. israeli officials say they are investigating, but so far there are no answers. i want to start tonight with cnn's clarissa ward in tel aviv. what more do we know about the latest release of hostages? >> reporter: so, 16 hostages have been released in total today, anderson. two of them dual russian israeli nationals. that was brokered in a separate agreement between the russian government and hamas. then there were four thai nationals and ten israeli nationals as well as that dual u.s. israeli citizen. also among those released today was raaya rotem. we talked about her before. she's the mother of hila rotem, who was released on sunday, who was held with emily hand. so, some much needed respite for that family and for hela. now of course everyone's attention on the remaining hostages, whether the truce continues. and no answers yet about that, anderson. >> are there any indications about the truce, if it would be extended? >> reporter: well, so, we've got about four hours left until that deadline expires. the israeli government has said that it's prepared to consider it, although they have also been putting out a lot of statements to the effect that they are very much ready to continue their military operations if the criteria aren't met. hamas publicly has said they want to continue the truce. qatar has said that they're optimistic about the truce. secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in israel. he said publicly now that he very much wants to see the truce continues, that he believes it is essential in the sense that it has opened up the release of all these hostages but also that it has allowed desperately needed aid to get into gaza and given the people of gaza, the ordinary citizens of gaza, some respite from the consistent bombardment. now it's, sort of, a game of sit and wait and see what happens over these next four hours, as one can only assume critical last-minute negotiations are ongoing, anderson. >> clarissa ward, thank you very much. i want to go next to axios political and foreign reporter and cnn's newest analyst, barack ravid. your reporting on what israeli officials say is a new offer from hamas. what have you learned? >> good evening, anderson. what i hear from israeli officials that in the last few hours hamas has sent through qatari and egyptian mediators. it wasn't even a proposal. it was, sort of, a feeler, asking whether israel would agree, for example, for a release of hostages that are not women and children because israel has set forward the criteria that says that the top priority is women and children. hamas gave another sort of proposal saying, is israel ready to accept less than ten hostages to be released, according to the agreement, hamas would have to release ten hostages in order to get one day of pause. israel rejected all those feelers and said that if until 7:00 a.m. local time, which is four hours from now, it doesn't get a list, that is according to the priorities and the criteria that were set forward. in the agreement, it will resume the fighting. >> so, what do you make of that? is that that they don't have enough hostages in their control who are women and children? why would they be doing that? >> i think, what i hear from israeli officials is that there are two, i think, main thesis about what's going on. one is basically hamas does not have enough women and children under its custody. but i think what israeli officials mainly think is that hamas understands that the women and children are the main card that it has because it's a very sensitive issue for israeli society, for israeli public opinion, and for hamas leaders to give up on this card at this point in the war would be a big problem because they're looking at what can be a very long war. >> if a pause is extended, how long do you think it could realistically last, if the hostage releases continue? do you see any possibility it could extend into a longer-term ceasefire? >> first, if hamas really has what israel thinks it has, which is another something like 30 women and children, you know, you have another three days of pause, which is not nothing. and in those three days, if hamas really agrees to release those women and children, there is a basis for a conversation on further deals. for example, on -- all the civilian men who are not soldiers and are held by hamas as hostages, a couple dozen people. it could buy you another four, maybe five days of pause. so, there is a lot of room for maneuver. the main question is what hamas really wants to do. >> cnn is reporting that biden administration officials are talking to israeli counterparts about how to protect si civilia in southern gaza, if in fact, the idf ground operation moves into southern gaza, where you have hundreds of thousands of people who fled from the north. you reported today that biden spoke to netanyahu about his concerns about an israeli movement into the south. what's your understanding of the outcome of that, if any? >> so, i think i published earlier today on axios that shows the conversation between biden and netanyahu on sunday that was, sort of, marketed to us as a phone call about the hostages, was not about the hostages. it was about biden's main concern, and this is what happens if the pause ends and israel resumes its operation in southern gaza. and i think biden told netanyahu, according to u.s. officials, something very clear. he told them what happened in northern parts of gaza cannot happen in the southern parts because you have 2 million palestinians there. and the main thing biden asked of netanyahu is to hold consultations between the u.s. and israel about the idf's operational plans ahead of any operation in southern gaza. and netanyahu actually agreed. >> the concern of course is -- i mean, again, it's all these people who have fled the south. israeli officials have said, well, there are a members of hamas who have also gone to the south because it's somewhat safer there and that there are tunnels there as well. how does israel do a ground operation in southern gaza with all those people there? where do those people -- where are they supposed to go? >> i totally agree with you because i just don't see how israel can really go on, like, a serious operation in southern gaza without creating huge civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure. and you name it. israeli officials i spoke to earlier today said, you know, we have some plans for specific raids, for targeted air strikes, so on and so forth. again, i think it's going to be very, very dangerous and problematic. >> barack ravine, thanks so much. when we left you last night, idf forces were conducting -- today the palestinian health ministry said two children age 8 and 15 had been killed. ben wedeman visited the scene. we want to warn you, some of the video is graphic. >> reporter: israeli forces with bulldozers and jeeps entered the camp under the cover of darkness. this has become a routine. and this is the usual aftermath, wreckage and rubble, asphalt roads plowed down to the dirt. once the damage is repaired, there's another raid, and it's the same thing all over again. for almost two years, a low-intensity war has been raging in the occupied west bank. residents here in janine's refugee camp say there have been more than 30 military incursions since august of this year. the camp is home to militants who israel has accused of involvement in attacks on israelis. but here, those whom israel calls terrorists are seen as fighters against a decades-long military occupation. this man is not a fighter. he works for the local government. but last week, israeli soldiers took over his home during yet another raid. as he shows me around, the remains of what was a family's life crunch under our shoes. brutal, is how he sums up the soldiers' behavior. scars of battles past mark the camp's walls, debris on almost every corner. this woman shows me spent cartridges on the floor of her house, saying israeli troops used this room to fire down into the street. [ speaking in a non-english language ] "they took my husband, bound his hands, and pushed him outside in the cold," she says. "they kept him there from 6:00 in the evening until 5:00 in the morning." eventually the soldiers let him go, but took away their son, after ransacking his bedroom searching for weapons. 18-year-old -- was shot last thursday evening, shot through his bedroom window. his mother holding a blood-stained towel, recounts how israeli soldiers wouldn't allow medics to take him to hospital. [ speaking in a non-english language ] "i was sure we were going to the hospital," she says. "we went downstairs. a second officer was there and maid the medics put the stretcher down." mahmoud bled to death in front of his home. tuesday night, israeli forces raided the camp again, sparking gun battles with militants. and in the process, israeli troops killed at least four people, including this 8-year-old boy. and then they left. >> reporter: now, a senior israeli military spokesman said that this was yet another antiterrorism operation in the janine refugee camp and that they managed to kill mohammad -- a senior islamic jihad commander. i'm reminded 21 years ago, i was covering another israeli incursion into the janine refugee camp, and they also killed commanders of other factions. and others have now taken their place. and after this commander was killed, another will take his place. anderson? >> ben wedeman, thanks very much. coming up next, the granddaughter of the freed hostage and what her grandmother went through in captivity, what she's going through now, and how she first knew this formidable woman and powerful force in her family was truly back. and later, my conversation with chris christie. as we wait to see if the truce between israel and hamas and extended, it's hard to extend the clashing emotions these last six days have brought. every freed hostage's joy cannot be helped but be tempered by other feelings which can't be imagined by anyone who hasn't experienced what they have. for adina moshe, freedom has meant that learning friends of hers were murdered that day. it also meant learning her husband of 53 years, whom she knew had been shot by hamas gunmen while hiding with her in their saferoom, had indeed died of his wounds and their home was destroyed. i visited that home about two weeks after the massacre. >> reporter: we found their home completely torched. dishes were still in the dishwasher. they hid in their safe room when the gunmen came. inside the saferoom, a pool of dry blood, evidence of what happened. david moshe was shot holding onto the door handle to prevent the gunman from getting in. their attackers dragged adina moshe out through the saferoom window. she later appeared in this video posted online sandwiched between gunmen on a motorbike in gaza. >> earlier tonight i spoke with her granddaughter. how is your grandmother? >> she's doing okay? we're taking it slowly, step by step. but most important thing that she's with us, she's at home. >> and what has she told you about her experience, where she was kept, was she in the same place the whole time, was she in tunnels? >> she was in tunnels underground, deep underground. they didn't see any sunlight, any -- they didn't know what time it is, whether it's day or night. the conditions were very tough. very little food. she had no glasses on, so she couldn't see. >> could she hear bombing? did she know war had begun? >> she said only the first days she could hear. but afterwards, almost nothing, because they were so deep underground. so, they didn't hear anything. but she assumed that there is a war. >> did she know how long she was being held for? being underground is very disorienting in the dark. >> yeah. so, they found a hand watch on the way in the tunnels, and they kept it. and they kept track on the days with the watch. it was hard, but they did it there because they needed to hold onto something, you know? >> did she see any of the hostages being mistreated? >> she did. mostly for the men. >> did she say what kind of mistreatment she saw with the men? >> she describes the treatment was very hard, and they needed to -- she really spoke up for a lot of people there because she was not afraid. so, she stood up for the respect that she expects to get, mostly for the older woman and man that were there. and some of them are injured. so, she's really concerned about them. and she still have a lot of concerns about the people that she, you know, left behind because she -- she feels like she left them behind because they are still there and she is with us. >> what about the release? i understand that was one of the hardest days for several reasons. >> yeah. so, the release, as she described, was one of the hardest days. first of all because they had to walk a few miles underground mile they're already exhausted. and then they had to climb and it was very hard. and what was the hardest was the fact that once they got to the vehicle, the hamas, probably from gaza city, just got out and started to scream at them, to throw rocks at the vehicle. so, they were so scared, they just felt like in any minute the rock will get in and kill one of them. so, they really was afraid. they had fear for their lives, you know? >> in the video in which we see her being released, she swats the hand away of a hamas fighter, who reaches out. did she say something to you about that in that moment? >> my grandmother needs the control in her hands, so she will not allow anyone to touch her or to be near her if she doesn't feel comfortable about it. and this is why she just moved his hand. she didn't want it in her space, so she just threw off. i think this is just who she is. she treats people as people. and if she don't want you to touch her, you won't touch her. and this is also one of the reasons she's such a strong woman who knows how to stand for her own, even in the extreme conditions like this. >> i heard that you and other members of your family were, sort of, trying to tell her, you know, we'll tell you things in due time. and she was demanding answers right away. >> yeah. she -- as i said, she needs to be in control, and we are gladly giving her the control back of her life. >> she's always been that way? >> yeah. one of the first questions she asked us is, how is the boys? how are they doing? because some of her grandchildren are in the idf, and she knew there was war out there. and we told her, you come back here and we'll talk about everything. and she told us, remember, i'm still your grandmother. you answer me when i ask you something. and we laughed a lot because this is just who she is. she's just the same. so -- >> so, you have her back. >> yeah, it's really unbelievable. and yet we are also very -- we're still in a fight, and we can't be completely happy and to heal until every single one of the hostages will be back home. we can't leave anyone behind. >> anat, thank you so much for your time. just ahead, the rivalry between the 2024 republican presidential field is intensifying, with less than seven weeks before the first nominating contest in n iowa.. presesidential c candidate c ch chchristie joioins me nextxt. republican presidential candidates nikki haley and ron desantis have now traded jabs with each other over who the, quote, establishment candidate is. nikki haley gained the financial backing of american for prosperity action, which is associated with the billionaire charles coke. they and the other remaining candidates still face the challenge of defeating the former president. the focus is also on new hampshire, where independents can of course vote in the primary. cnn's latest polling shows the former president's maintaining a lead in the state. but our next guest, who has been campaigning in new hampshire extensively, has seen a rise in support there. joining me now is 2024 candidate and new jersey governor chris christie. ambassador haley is on the rise and desantis is on the decline while the former president holds. >> i'm on the rise, too, as your poll just showed. i think we're both benefitting, both governor haley and i, from vivek ramaswamy and ron desantis' drop. you know, i think we're going to see this a three-person race in new hampshire. and i'm looking forward to fighting up there in new hampshire for every vote. and i believe we're going to do very, very well on january 23rd. >> would a third place showing for you be enough for you to continue? >> look, anderson, it depends on what that third place showing looks like. and, you know, what's the margin, all the rest. so, how about this? we've got, you know, about eight weeks to go before we get there. how about we wait to see what happens? you know, i'm pretty good at this. i've been around for a while, and i'll know whether what i've done is good enough or not to continue. but i absolutely anticipate it will be. i see us on the rise. and we're going to continue to do well because, anderson, look, we're the ones speaking the truth in this race. we've been speaking the truth about donald trump. ron desantis won't speak about donald trump much at all. and nikki haley was in south carolina two days ago saying that for some reason drama seems to follow him. well, trying to make donald trump out to be an innocent victim, when in fact i could tell you why drama follows him. because he creates it. he creates chaos and drama, by lying to the american people about the results of the 2020 election, by trying to steal that election, by being indicted four times. you know, there's no mystery as to why drama follows him. and i think that's just a way of someone trying to sound like they're being critical of donald trump but not too critical because they don't want to criticize him. that's just not the way to run to beat someone. that's running for second place. >> the -- as we mentioned, nikki haley got this big endorsement by the organization funded by charles coke. that prompted desantis to blast her as the establishment candidate. how do you see it? and can you -- i mean, it's a lot of money. obviously it's a big boost for nikki haley. >> well, look, good for her. everyone's out there trying to get endorsements and help. and i'm doing the same thing. good for her. congratulations on getting