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good day, i'm chris jansing live in london. we do have breaking news. in just the last ten minutes we learned an american citizen could be among the hostages released from gaza today. that's according to a u.s. official and a diplomat with knowledge of these fast-moving events. we're also following an unspeakable, almost unimaginable tragedy in a war that has been full of them. hamas is now saying that the biebas family, a mother and her two young children reportedly died while in their custody, although they're blaming israel. what impact could this have on the broader conflict an...

what he says is ahead for them. plus, the images that we've seen out of the west bank as crowds gather to welcome home palestinian prisoners who have just been freed, all while aid trucks continue to move into gaza. our nbc team is covering all angles of this story, and i want to begin with nbc's chief international correspondent, keir simmons, who's in qatar where a lot of work was done to get the truce extended. what more can you tell us about this new deal? >> reporter: well, chris, we're waiting right now for the last tranche, if you like, of the last deal, which is, we underst...

i am richard louis in for simone sanders townsend. we are in for a rapidly changing news for the hostages in the four-day truce in the israel-hamas war. after their group released yesterday and day one. we reunited with family members there was a delay on day two in today's return of a second group of hostages. hamas officials say israel violated the temporary truce announcement. rather agreement including the amount of humanitarian aid going to northern gaza in the order of palestinian president. released later today, hamas leaders announced the hostage release deal is back on track...

condition and their long and painful road to recovery, we'll have that for you straight ahead. as for the families of those left behind, all they can do right now is wait. three americans, including one little girl named abigail who turns 4 today could be among those released over the next few days. what the white house says it's doing to get them out as soon as possible. meanwhile, the other side of the deal also seems to be holding. you're looking at tankers carrying desperately needed fuel and gas into gaza today. what else hamas is getting out of this pause is ahead. we've got a ...

to underscore how today could have been radically different in modern history books as we watch what is happening today. what we understand is in a benchmark of progress, 24 hostages have now been released. 13 israelis, 10 thai nationals and one filipino citizen as the israel-hamas hostage deal holds steady on the first of what will be a longnd critical four days. among the youngest israelis freed today, a 2-year-old, 4-year-old, 5-year-old and a 9-year-old. you can see a small child here getting into that bus preparing to go home and leaving their nearly seven-week long nightmare be...