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group of hostages being held by hamas is expected to be released. wolf? >> 13 women and children are set to be freed in that first group. the israeli government says it has the list of names and has notified the families. but in advance of all of this, israel says it has conducted hundreds of strikes in gaza. cnn's jeremy diamond is a few miles from gaza right now. he's joining us from sterot and he just heard a bombardment last hour. we also have oren leiberman here with me in tel aviv. oren, let me go to you first. walk us through what we'll see on the ground. >> wolf, a few moving...

>> 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...