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continue the process of releasing hostages. we ve now learned that israel has received a list of people to be released in the day of head, a total of 16 hostage were set free by hamas on wednesday. including ten israelis under the terms of the truce, one with dual u.s. israeli citizen. for taiwan nationals, and two russian israeli women were released under separate deals. israel released 13 palestinian women and children from its prisons as part of its agreement with hamas. many of them were administrate of detention and never charged. cnn s scott mclean is following develops he joins us now live from istanbul good to see you scott two hours ago we got word the temporary chooses would be extended by one day. what more are you learning about this? rosemary yesterday at this time when we spoke it seemed like all of the signs were indicate that this truce would be extended relatively little resistance in fact qatar had was mediating all of us and said that it was very op ....
hello, everyone. welcome. i m fredericka whitfield in atlanta alongside my colleagues wolf blitzer and fareed zakaria. we begin with this breaking news. the third group of the hostages released by help as is now safe in israel ending an excruciating 50 days of imprisonment for them and here we are, there were 17 handed over to the red cross a short month ago including 13 israeli citizens and for the first time in this limited four-day truce, an american was also among the freed hostages, 4-year-old abigail edan is now safe. she was the youngest of the americans captured by hamas on october 7th. let s send it over to wolf blitzer in tel aviv. thanks very much, fred. this is an important day, indeed. we have a team of our correspondents covering all of the latest developments. i first want to go to cnn s jeremy diamond. he is joining me from urim in israel. i understand you saw this convoy of the hostages pass through your area very, very quickly, but only a littl ....
red cross and on the move. the idf operation dubbed heaven s door giving hope that all of those held by the hamas terror group could eventually return to their loved ones. welcome to a special edition of the faulkner focus. i m in for harris today. the temporary cease-fire between the two parties took effect as 7:00 a.m. local time, midnight eastern. shortly after, aid trucks began entering the gaza strip from egypt. several hospitals were also instructed to be prepared to receive the released israeli hostages. now those releases are in motion. general jack keane, though, warning the deal is all part of hamas s strategy. watch. at the end of the day they ll use hostages to preserve their regime and preserve as much as their fighters and military infrastructure as possible. if they re able to achieve it. it will be a strategic defeat for israel despite the physical destruction you see in northern gaza and what will eventually take place, much of the war that israel i ....
the story starts right now. martha: thanks, john and sandra. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. there s a lot at stake and going on behind chosed doors at this hour. we have high level meetings among members of the israeli government, possibly deciding if there is a deal that they can pass in their government to free some of the faces and the people behind them that you re seeing right now on your screen. about 50 hostages, women and children, in this first group is what is being considered right now. would be an exchange for a multiday pause in fighting and also for the release of about 150 palestinian prisoners to include women and some under 18 as well. so president biden made a comment on this not that long ago saying we re now very close. you can see these loved ones of hostages gathering in tel aviv. looking at their pictures, lighting candles, bring alma back says that poster. all of these families distraught for over a month now. the president was asked a ....
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