>>> GOOD MORNING.
WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I’M NATALIE PASQUARELLA. WE HAVE MORE BREAKING NEWS OUT
OF THE MIDDLE EAST WHERE MORE
THAN 20 HOSTAGES BEING HELD BY
HAMAS ARE FREE.
WE HAVE NEW VIDEO JUST INTO OUR
NEWSROOM.
THIS IS OF SOME OF THE ITEMS
BEING PREPARED FOR THEM WHEN
THEY’RE PROCESSED BY THE ISRAEL
DEFENSE FORCES.
LET’S GET TO NEWS 4’S ROMNEY
SMITH IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE
LATE-BREAKING DETAILS.
>> Reporter: A LOT BREAKING DOWN
NOW.
THE 13 WOMEN AND CHILDREN
RELEASED ARE SAID TO BE ISRAELI,
BUT RIGHT NOW WE’RE STILL
AWAITING VISUAL CONFIRMATION
THAT THE PEOPLE MATCH THEIR
IDENTITIES.
ALSO, WE’VE JUST LEARNED THAT AN
ADDITIONAL 12 THAI NATIONALS
HELD BY HAMAS ALSO BEING
RELEASED.
AIR STRIKES IN GAZA CONTINUED
RIGHT UP UNTIL A FOUR-DAY
CEASE-FIRE BETWEEN HAMAS AND THE
ISRAELI MILITARY STARTED AT
MIDNIGHT.
THE PAUSE IN FIGHTING IS GIVING
SOME FAMILIES HOPE THEY’LL SOON
BE REUNITED WITH THEIR LOVED
ONES.
>> THOSE HOSTAGES WILL BE PUT
TOGETHER WITHIN THE SAME PATCH.
>> Reporter: THE ISRAELI
HOSTAGES SET TO BE SENT TO AN
ISRAELI MILITARY BASE.
AT THE SAME TIME, ISRAEL IS
PREPARING TO RELEASE 39
PALESTINIAN WOMEN AND TEENAGERS.
FAMILY MEMBERS ARE UNDERGOING A
WAVE OF EMOTIONS KNOWING THE
TRANSFER IS A DELICATE
SITUATION.
>> JUST MOVES FROM HOPE TO
DESPAIR.
WE TRY TO STAY HOPEFUL AS
POSSIBLE MOST OF THE TIME.
>> Reporter: DURING THE FOUR-DAY
PAUSE IN FIGHTING, ISRAEL IS SET
TO RELEASE A TOTAL OF 150
PALESTINIAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN
AND ALLOW HUNDREDS OF TRUCKS
WITH AID INTO GAZA OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS.
QATARI OFFICIALS SAY HAMAS WILL
RELEASE 50 PEOPLE TOTAL FROM
GAZA.
>> I ALSO KNOW THERE IS NO
GUARANTEE THAT THIS IS GOING TO
END AS WE WANT IT TO END.
>> Reporter: MANY PEOPLE HOPE
THE TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE WILL
LEAD TO MORE SUBSTANTIAL PEACE
TALKS.
NOW AT THE END OF THE
CEASE-FIRE, THERE WILL STILL BE
190 PEOPLE HELD CAPTIVE IN GAZA.
THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASING A STATEMENT ACKNOWLEDGING NO
AMERICANS ARE SET TO BE RELEASED