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Good afternoon. Youre watching cnn news central. Im Boris Sanchez alongside Brianna Keilar In Washington With Destruction on full display in the house of raptives as President Biden is preparing for a wartime visit to israel. His trip, partly a show of support, part deterrence for israels enemies and part diplomatic push to get roughly 200 hostages, many of them american, out of gaza as they also attempt to get humanitarian relief in. Right now gaza is very much at a breaking point. A Palestinian Health official says hospitals there are in actual collapse and that was before the latest devasta...

right now on "early start," the temporary truce between israel and hamas has been extended by two days. could it go even longer? plus israel has received the list of hostages that could be released today. how many and how soon. and lawyers reveal the final witness at donald trump's civil fraud trial, the former president himself will take the stand last in new york. good day to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm kasie hunt. it is 5:00 a.m. in washington, noon in gaza where israel and hamas have reached a deal to extend the four day truce that began last fr...

Child, the third family juper has taken in since the war began. >> i don't know if it's faith or tradition, it's just part of me. i have to do it. >> it's our time to do what we needed to have done for us 80 years ago. >> reporter: michael sutrick is chief rabbi of poland. in warsaw, they have plunged in to help in this humanitarian crisis, offering everything from child care to food and housing, counseling. and polish lessons. cedrick said jewish philanthropies, most of them american, have donated $100 million to help ukranian refugees no matter where they are or what they practice. the effor...

So far the u.s. has air lifted about 7,000 people out of afghanistan. not all of them american, which by the way, has been a herculean effort by the u.s. air force, the 82nd airborne, the marines there and others. national security adviser jake sullivan just referred to one of the biggest obstacles to evacuations. taliban fighters and their armed check points surrounding the airport. today the pentagon acknowledged the tense conditions on the ground confirming that jet fighters indeed flew over kabul to provide security for the some 5,000 troops overseeing the evacuations. >> f-18's from the r...

Make that happen. this is a risky operation. we right now, have established contact with the taliban to allow for the safe passage of people to the airport,, that is working, at the moment. one of the contingencies we are very focused on, laser focused on, is the potential for terrorist attack by a group like isis k, which is a sworn enemy of the taliban. >> that is the presidents national security adviser, that's a heck of a claim he made, that if you're an american i want to get out of there, they will get you out of there. pentagon says the military can airlift 5000, and 9000 people today c...