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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 ....
age from just 2 to 85 years old as well as ten thai nationals and one filipino citizen. in just the last few minutes freed hostages arrived at the israeli children s hospital for care. and in a moment we ll talk to the cousin of duarn cat asher who was just released today alongside her two children. you re looking at live pictures right now, 11 p.m. in israel. we were watching the last camera in the last hour. what we were told at this children s hospital location is that some children were just dropped off at this location. we are now getting this further video of yet more this is the first time we can say this today, former hostages that are now getting the proper care they need both mental as well as physical health assistance. again, they re in petah tyka, israel. we don t know the exact names or ages of those arriving but this first day now ending at 11 p.m. as these former hostages are arriving at various locations to get the care they need. but as all sides hav ....
this is cnn breaking news. we do continue to follow the breaking news this morning. this time tomorrow morning 13 women and children who are held hostage inside of gaza should be free. qatari officials held a press conference and laid out the details. the truce begins at midnight tonight. and then the first group of hostages will be released. the list of the names of those women and children to be releasrelease ed in this first group is now in the hands of the israeli officials. the prime minister s office says with that list in hand, they are contacting the families of the remaining hostages, and last hour, one family received word while live on air with us that their loved ones are not part of the group. and qatar says that once the truce begins, desperately-needed aid will move into gaza, and the trucks are waiting right now at the rafah crossing. kaitlan collins with us now. and a lot of moving parts in the last couple of hours. what are you hearing there? ....
suing after a report highlighting anti-semitic content on the site sparked a devastating advertiser exodus. now, unfortunately, a severe storm system could come at the worst possible time. what you need to know. coming up, i m kate baldwin with omar jimenez. this is cnn news central. it is very close. that s the word from a u.s. official to cnn, and the word also now from two israeli sources, a hostage deal could be announced as soon as today. there seems to be a lot of moving parts and a lot of things happening at one. listen to the latest and urgent painstaking work to get the hostages released. innocent victims were kidnapped on october 7th. here s what john kirby said. obviously we are laser focused on the american citizens we know are being held hostage. everybody should be out now, but here we are in negotiation, and we re getting closer to the end, we believe, of that negotiation, so again, i m going to be careful. the israeli prime minister s office just ....
reporter: a soft-spoken, small-town girl, rosalynn smith carter became one of america s most charmed first ladies. born in plains, georgia, on august 18th, 1927, she was valedictorian of her high school class and met and married jimmy carter when he was in the u.s. navy. i love and respect and cherish and honor my wife, rosalynn. [ applause ] reporter: when mr. carter s father died in 1953, they moved back to plains to manage the family s peanut farm. i didn t want to go home. i was having a good time. i think i had thought i had outgrown plains, georgia. i had gotten a little too big for my britches. i only pouted for about a year after we got home. reporter: they had four children, three boys jack, chip, and jeff, and later daughter amy. in 1962, jimmy carter entered politics and rosalynn hit the campaign trail. campaigning was fun up to a certain point because i got to travel and see the whole country. the most fun are the people you meet. reporter: s ....