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you re watching cnn news central. i m boris sanchez in washington. wolf blitzer is in israel where they re ten hours away from an expected truce. after a one-day delay, the hostage trade will be releasing some women and children who have been held captive. the israeli government has a list of hostages and says they ve notified their families. it s unclear if americans are included. president biden is saying his fingers are crossed one of them is a 3-year-old american toddler. reporter: as part of the deal, israel will release 150 palestinian prisoners and allow humanitarian aid into gaza. the fighting now continues. the israeli defense minister said he expected it to last another two months at least, but the qatar government says it s hopeful hostilities will stop with this deal. listen. we are hopeful. i don t know if i should say confident, but we re very hopeful. the commitment we ve seen from both sides leads us to be very positive to deal with this posi ....
joining us. joining us. ac 360 starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com who and when? those are the two key questions at this moment, as we wait for the release of women and children taken hostage on october 7th. john berman in for anderson. first, the when, which we thought was just a few hours away, a temporary pause in fighting between israeli forces in hamas followed by the release of the first 50 hostages from gaza and 150 palestinians being held in israel. late today, however, israel s national security counscil will not start until friday. this includes the pause in fighting, also delayed until friday. as to the question of who, a source familiar with the matter tells us that the u.s. officials have a working list of ten hostages they believe are likely to be released on day one of the process. and though no one is publicly naming the ten, administration officials today did talk specifically about three americans being held. we anticipate that thre ....
happening now, the anxious wait for the first major release of hostages from gaza after an agonizing delay. israel and hamas once again on the verge of a temporary truce, expected to begin just hours from now. if all goes according to plan, it would mark the first pause in the hostilities since the war began and could, potentially could set the stage for even more captives to come home. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel. and this is the situation room special report. let s begin our coverage right now here in the middle east where we appear to be on the cusp of a critical moment in the war. 13 hostages now just hours away from returning home if the agreement between israel and hamas holds firm. cnn s oren liebermann has the latest. reporter: after nearly seven weeks of war it is the storm before the calm. final hours of fighting in gaza ticking down until a pause in the conflict set for early fri ....
reporter: hello and welcome to our viewers, joining us here in the united states and all around the world, as we continue our breaking news coverage with the israel-hamas war. i m rosemary church. israel has signed off on a deal to release at least 50 hostages held in gaza by hamas. in a move that s bringing hope to families waiting for the return of their loved ones. the government of one only backed the deal at the end of a six hour kept making. the hostages expected to be afraid or women and children. and exchange, hamas says 150 palestinian prisoners also women and children, will be released from israeli jails as part of that deal. qatar delivered the proposal, following weeks of continuous negotiations. and now says the humanitarian police will be announced within the next 24 hours. hamas, says that deal involves the entry of hundreds of trucks carrying aid, medical supplies, and fuel into gaza. and earlier, the israeli prime minister s office said the deal was ....
They would not support their own petros parties Health Care Proposal that prompted Mitch Mcconnell to wave the white flag. Pat 11 00 p. M. Washington time he said no more health care plan. In the coming days the senate will instead vote to repeal the existing plan which is obamacare. The majority leader said regretfully its now apparent that the effort to refeel and replace the failure of obamacare will not be successful. President trump also tweeting late ton, urging republicans should just repeal obamacare now. And work on a new plan to that starts with the clean slate. A new plan could take months if not years. Now well continue to follow the developments overnight and into the morning hours. Both on air and online. Our website and social media platforms are being updated 24 7. Back in bay area too close for comfort firefighters are keeping a close eye on a brush fi ....