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viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world, i'm rosemary church. just bad, war is really hostages are expected to be released in the hours ahead after israel and hamas agree too extend t their truce b by two d. the pause in fighting is also revealing the scale and scope of the destruction in gaza after almost eight weeks of war. and, our shared home. is your cnn's cold earth explores the ties between cities and more distant, natural spaces. >> live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. hello everyone, it is nine in the morning in gaza where the truce between israel and hamas has been extended by two

days, opening the door for the release of more hostages and palestinian prisoners. on monday, the fourth day of the truce, 11 israeli hostages were released by hamas, all were taken to a medical center in tel aviv for any care they may need and also to be reunited with their families, anxiously awaiting their return. the nine children and two women released are all residents of the kibbutz in southern israel and all have dual citizenship. families in israel are describing a mix of emotions now that their loved ones, held by hamas, are finally freed. >> this is a momentous day in our lives. we are filled with excitement, but we have not yet fully processed what is happened. i'm finding that it's difficult to go from a state of anxiety about their fate to a state of relief and joy. i believe it will take time. >> reporter: also monday, 33

additional palestinian prisoners or released from israeli prisons as part of the agreement. they included 30 teenagers and three women. cnn's clare sebastian is following developments for, us she joins us live from london. good morning to you, claire. what more are you learning about this two-day extension of the temporary truce and what it could ultimately mean? >> yeah, good morning rosemary. as we understand it, things are progressing. we understand that israel has received the next list of hostages to be released on tuesday and has informed family members. this comes from us from a family member, so it is going down the right path. that might suggest that things are on a firmer footing, even to monday where we know there are delays because of concerns that israel had that the list included children without their mothers. that was eventually resolved, but did lead to a slight delay in the hostages being released. the question now, of course, that we have these two-day extension agreed is could it even be extended further? israel is making it clear that

they see that all is in a massive court. if they continue to release hostages, then israel will continue to extend the pause by 24 hours each ten hostages that are released. the u.s. spokesperson john kirby said they are hopeful that there could be another extension even beyond this. now, there is an additional question. we know that hamas is a potentially not in custody of all of the hostages that were taken on october 7th, that could complicate proceedings as we look to increase the numbers of hostages that are released. mark rega, a senior adviser to prime minister netanyahu, leaves it there enough women and children hostages in gaza that hamas will be able to fulfill this deal, but they are also saying that this hamas, the government in gaza, they've irresponsibility even if they don't have physical capacity of these hostages. >> reporter: clare, what does this mean for israel's military operation in gaza? >> so israel is promising that

it will not only continue once this pause is up, but will do so with a stronger force. those are the words of gallant, the israeli defense minister who is speaking on monday before the news of this extension came out. he was addressing soldiers saying, you know, you may face a tougher enemy but they're going to go in with a stronger force and will fight all across the gaza strip. he said the second thing that israel has continued to maintain is that the two war goals, the release of these hostages and the goal of eliminating hamas completely in gaza, are not mutually exclusive. they believe that the idea of israel coming back in with a stronger force is enough of an incentive for hamas to want to extend the pause. of course, the reality is that if israel comes back with a stronger force, hamas may do the same. they have had these six days, minimum, to regroup. there has been a drop in overflights from reconnaissance drones as part of this deal, so they may have had time to regroup is. well i think this will be the next phase of this war that we're looking at, potentially

more difficult battles inside gaza. rosemary? >> reporter: all right, our thanks to clarissa vouching for that live report from london. joining me now from tel aviv's gideon levy, columnist with a ruts newspaper and former adviser to former israeli prime minister. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> reporter: so, israel and hamas have agreed to extend this pause in the fighting by another two days to allow for the release of more hostages in exchange for palestinian prisoners and humanitarian aid going into gaza. so, what impact could extending the temporary truce have on the political future of prime minister netanyahu? >> you see, rosemary, two days are only two days. and the question is for -- those two days, both about the continues of the war if it will continue and, to your question about the continuous career of

netanyahu. netanyahu, in my view, is a dead walking man politically. he will not survive for this, that he is responsible for. but nobody is going to touch him until this war will be over, which might, i don't accuse him of anything, but it is my consideration for him to prolong the war. i really hope this is not the case, but it might be the case because as long as the war is going on nobody is going to touch netanyahu. netanyahu lost, he lost it. you see it in his public appearances, it is not netanyahu, you hear it in his own party. people speak differently than before the seventh. so the coming will show where does it go, but at the end of the day i have no doubt that, one way or the other, you will have to step down. >> reporter: you're saying that it is politically useful for

netanyahu and to continue this war? of course, his goal is to destroy hamas and that is clearly injured by this pause in fighting. so he's making it very clear that once the temporary truce is over, the war in gaza will resume. he said that himself, he has told president joe biden that, saying that it will resume with full force. but, does language like that help the prime minister or hurt him politically, given the families of these hostages have very successfully brought considerable pressure to bear on netanyahu and his government to do more for the hostages and focus less on destroying hamas? for >> netanyahu will react, that by threatening to renew the war, you are releasing the hostages. that is the biggest leverage that israel has right now. so there must be a difference. again, with --

me, personally, i hope that the war will not be renewed because it is really created enough catastrophes, but it is not for me to decide. netanyahu, right now, has no other way but to continue the war because that is his leverage, but i hope that some new dynamics and american pressure will prevent him from getting back to those killing fields, to those destruction fields. i hope that one of the -- without continuing the war, namely releasing more of the hostages. >> reporter: while the world has been focused on the war in gaza, now of course the release of some hostages, vigilante groups made up of far-right jewish settlers in the west bank have been stirring up trouble with palestinians living there. what is the political impact on netanyahu for standing up to

these jewish settlers and is he doing enough to prevent rising tensions in the west bank? because, if that does happen, it could very well scuttle any two state solution, couldn't it? >> one of netanyahu's biggest mistakes, in my point of view, was to surround himself with all those extremist, racist, for settlers and fans of the settlers, and giving them go wild before the war, before the 7th of october. after the 7th of october, for those settlers, this was a great opportunity. really time to try to go wild, to try to transfer palestinians from the villages and they did so already in 16 different villages that their inhabitants had to evacuate because the terror of the settlers. and this is going on, netanyahu is doing nothing to stop it.

israel might pay a price for it because it might open a new front, it might explode. what we are doing now to the palestinians, and the west bank, and what we are doing now, what i mean by we is the army and the settlers, doing to the palestinians might have a price because, in regular time it is horrible what is going on there, but what is happening ever since the 7th of october unprecedented. >> reporter: gideon levy joining us live from tel aviv, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> reporter: still to come, a pause in fighting has revealed the uttered of the station of israel's military offensive on gaza. a detailed report, coming up on cnn newsroom.

welcome back everyone. the temperatures between israel and hamas has highlighted full scale of devastation across gaza for the first time. weeks of fighting in airstrikes have left entire neighborhoods leveled and destroyed critical infrastructure. the u.n. estimates more than one and a half million gazans have been internally displaced. cnn's ben wedeman has more on the dire situation there. in gaza city, the dead

lying in the streets. they love the mantra donkey carts. hundreds, perhaps thousands more are being trapped under the rubble. the fate of so many still unknown. we can't contact our relatives, we don't know who has died and who is still alive. according to the palestinian health ministry, the death toll the day before the truce began reached nearly 15,000, two thirds of whom were women and children. a few days of relative calm have allowed people to emerge and see what this war has brought. destruction on a scale gaza, which has been through so much over the decades, as never seen before. according to the u. n., around 1,700,000 gazans have been displaced. about 80% of the population.

many of those crammed into the south. the pause has allowed people to resupply, but so far it has only been a drop in the ocean, says the u. n.. all the while, people are hoping, wishing today's calm will not be followed by the storm. we hope that the truth continues and hold permanently and the israelis pull out of the north so that everyone who is forced to flee can return to their homes, even if they are in ruins. even if they have to live intense. with winter's grip tightening, hundreds wait for a bag of flour from the u. n.. more supplies are getting into gaza, not enough. how many days is this bag of flour supposed to last us, asks sabrina? one, two, three days? how many days before this war clears a new?

ben wedeman, cnn. >> still to come, the ordeal of this russian israeli hostage and how moscow helped secure his release. back with that and more in just a minute.

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welcome back everyone, the truce between israel and hamas as known its fifth day, extended by it least another 48 hours. and that should mean the release of more hostages by the militant group. hamas freed two women and nine children on monday, helicopters

carried them to a hospital in tel aviv. all 11 israelis have dual citizenship, three french citizens, to german, and six argentine citizens. israel has released another 33 palestinians who had been held in israeli prisons, all of those freed so far are women and children. no males over 18 have been released. many were detained, but never charged. a russian israeli hostage freed by hamas was able to escape captivity for days before he was recaptured, according to his aunt. the 25-year-old released was not part of the truce deal between israel and hamas. cnn's fred pleitgen has more. >> israel's rejoicing over the hostage release for the prisoner swap with hamas. almost exclusively women and children. only one meal has been set free so farar. roroni kriboy, pictured in t ths hamamas s video, showing the exchange w with the red d cross.

[speaking in a non-english language] >> reporter: he is also a russian citizen, and the brother thanked the russian government for making it happen. >> we see what russians can do, they helped us and we believe they can help others top. >> roni kriboy's aunt told israeli media that he escaped captors after the house he was kept in was bombed, but that he was apprehended by hamas again after four days. his release now was not part of the larger prisoner swap agreement between israel and hamas, it happened thanks to moscow's good relations with hamas's leadership, russian officials say. [speaking in a non-english language] >> translator: his release was possible thanks to direct contact between our diplomats and hamas representatives, russian

ambassador to israel says. after hamas's october 7th assault on southern israel, killing more than 1200 people, and leaving more than 200 in captivity inside gaza, much of the world condemned hamas, but not russian president, vladimir putin. instead, the kremlin invited a high-level hamas delegation to moscow for talks. putin has ripped into israel over its military response to hamas's raid, which has killed and wounded many people across the gaza strip. putin even comparing his invasion of ukraine to hamas's war against israel. [speaking in a non-english language] >> translator: i understand this war with ukraine must be shocking. what about the bloody state coup in ukraine in 2014, which was followed by the war of the kyiv regime against their own people in donbas. is it not shocking? was that the elimination of civilians in palestine in gaza? >> for its part, hamas clearly views moscow as an ally. hamas leaders making clear, russian hostages captured on october 7th will get

preferential treatment and have good chances of getting released faster. [speaking in a non-english language] >> translator: this request from russia, we treat more positively and attentively than others within the nature of f or relations with russia. >> fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin. >> still to come, cnn marks its third annual called earth day. we will take you live to schools in beijing in oncology with student taking actition to help protect the envnvironment.. alsoso ahead, a gogood idea in london. how the city is reintrododucing wild b beavers to o the area centuries after they w were wipd out inin the uk.

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education around the world. this year's theme is our shirt home, focusing on our impact in urban areas, as well as wilderness environments around the world. and we have chris toulouse doubt in hong kong, but we will start with steven jiang in beijing. stephen, what's going on? >> reporter: rosemary, we are at the british school of beijing. they have a very diverse student population, these ten or 11 year old students behind me coming from some 15 different countries, but for most of them there is one thing in common. they are city kids, but already they are learning even for sprawling metropolises like beijing. you have more bustling city streets, fountains, rivers, a lot of biodiversity. tell me what you're doing here, what is this? >> this is beijing now. you have the imagination to create more wildlife corridors like bridges and tunnels to link the mountains to the center of beijing, to make

beijing more die biodiverse and for the animals to travel more safely. fits >> reporter: all connected. for these kids is not much of a debate when it comes to climate change. some of them already experienced firsthand the negative impact of climate change like for -- and i think that they're trying to show it here. faces >> project we've been working on, in the humanities. and it is a 3d model of a sentiment that is in a coastal region. as you can see, this is -- it is not developed any flood fences yet. >> there is really alarming realtime flooding going on as we speak, but they're not just focusing on the present, they're focusing on the latest technology to find potential solutions. >> this activity we made reports based on what we thought this to show the city would be like in the used a.i. technology to help us visualize the city of the future, including farms and green

malls. >> thank you, that looks really futuristic. reassuring because all these projects and activities, in a way, shows alarming trends. some of them that these kids are not only keenly aware of the problem, they're already immersing themselves into the process of trying to find potential solutions to cure the problems that affect both cities and surroundings, really taking the future into their own hands. i think that is really a very positive note to end on, rosemary? >> indeed, and very impressive, to. steven jiang, many thanks. i want to go to kristina stout in hong kong now. kristie, what's happening there? >> i rosemary, here in hong kong i'm just outside of one of hundreds of schools around the world marking called earth day. a day of action to protect the planet this year's theme is our shared home. and here i am right now it is stage ten of the world fitness, trail which is located right behind the international school. every day after school, a number of students come here to

pick up the litter that is on the trail. the trail here is beautiful, but it needs care and protection. the students come here to pick up the litter and also to bring out their cameras, to take photographs are going about conservation and the environment through their geography courses. hong kong is known as a dense, urban jungle, but 40% of hong kong it's protected parkland. but even safe haven like this, here and around the world, are under threat because of poaching, because of pollution, because of rapid urbanization. this is what the students here want to address, especially this day on cold earth day. earlier we spoke to some sustainability prefects, champion for environmental causes here on campus. we attended a charity fare that is raising awareness and funds for sustainability ngos. we also went to a year five classroom where students there were writing poetry and presenting posters about what it means to have a shared home. here, as well as other schools around the world, the community from the parents to the teachers, primary, secondary

students are all in as we answer the call to earth. back to you, rosemary. >> all right, our thanks to kristie lu stout and steven jiang. wild beavers have been reintroduced into a parkland in london after they were hunted into extinction in the uk. over 400 years ago. the release is part of a wider movement to really wild cities. here is cnn's ananna stewartrt h this cold d earth repoport. > reporter: thihis is the m t that a family of five eurasian beavers happily settled into their r new home. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i it's been a a massive d dam so excited. it's been a bit of a weird, surreal moment. these levers now living in urban healing behind, me i have to admit my heart was going like the clobbers when i opened that first box and a big mama beaver came out. she is a whopper. they did fantastically, i was

absolutely thrilled. they came out, they show voted in front of the e woworld's med. itit is s only a fewew generatis ago that they were exterminated and it was a real proud moment to see them swimming around here in this maiden n pond, , le they had n never b been absent. >> repeporter: hununted to extinctionon over 400 years ago, britain's largest t rodent w was wewelcomed back to a a wetland haven on the outskirts of the capital, adjacent to a retail park and a busy highway. the project has been done with the support of the free world fund. >> one o of the reasasons why we invested m majorly in n this projecect is that t it's good fr huhumans, it's's good for nanat, it's gooood for a cityty. it's import to make environments like this where londoners can appreciate nature. >> 84% of people now live in towns or cities. we can't think of nature and thriving ecosystems as being a

country sought issue, actually we need to embrace nature and nature-based solutions. on our doorstep and in cities as well. >> reporter: one months on and the beaver family is already having a positive impact on the local habitat. >> so we are in, almost a low-lying basin surrounded by urban landscape and heart standing in roads and things like that. high rainfall event, we're getting flooding of the area and the water is basically gushing through and it's going into the storm drain systems and into the sewers and it's gushing out on the street. >> mccormack from ailing wildlife group believes that nature has the answer. >> so here it is, they are magnificent creation. the first dam. so, absolutely incredible. it started as just a couple of twigs across this bed and, as

you can see, now we have got almost a meter difference in height between the water upstream and the water downstream. >> reporter: levers create dams under the cover of darkness, not because they care about urban flooding, they have an instinct to create pools of deep water to hide in. the hobby consequence for us is that their refuge systems actually slow down flow of water. >> the land will actually, overtime, act as a giant sponge and absorb those high rainfall events and release it slowly. even if you're not interested in what of life or nature, it is a win for the urban community in green fruit to not have so much flooding. so they build resilience in the landscape, especially in times of climate change. i've been in a very privileged position to be coming in here every day, on my own, or with a pair of volunteers at a time and seeieing it fofor myself.. but t i think ththe real proroud moment wilill come whehen we are showowing the urbaban communitiy hehere in kneeliling just what

beavers can do. >> reporter: are they marvelous? thank you so much for joining us, i'm rosemary church. for our international viewers world sport is coming up next. for those of you here in the united states and in canada, all it back with more cnn newsroom in just a moment. do stay with us.

a warm welcome back to our viewers in north america, i'm rosemary church. with the israel hamas troops extended by at least another 48 hours we are expecting the militant group to release more hostages in the day ahead. in total, 69 captives have been freed so far, including 11 israelis on monday.

hamas has agreed to release at least ten hostages on each day of the truth. israel has freed another 33 palestinians who were held in israeli prisons, all of them women and teenagers as agreed. meanwhile, two american women remain in captivity in gaza, but the white house is hopeful they could be free to now the truth has been extended. cnn's alex marquardt has more on the u.s.'s role in the negotiations. >> the united states has been pushing for an extension of this pause in the fighting between israel and hamas since the news came that a deal had been reached for a four-day, a temporary truce. more time the biden administration has argued, that hamas would release more hostages and it will be easier to get aid into the gaza strip. israel agreed, as long as hamas kept releasing at least ten hostages per day. the u.s. has had a central role in getting to this point, in large part because an estimated ten americans were being held in gaza by hamas and other

groups. the u.s. used it considerable leverage to press mediators, qatar and egypt, departure hamas, while speaking directly with israel. some on monday, for example, as the fourth day of the hostage release looked uncertain, secretary of state antony blinken spoke with his qatari counterpart, the foreign minister, over the thanksgiving weekend president joe biden spoke directly to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, as well as the emir of qatar. evidence of how personally involved he is. now, one of the main players in brokering this original deal is bill burns, the director of the cia. he quietly worked with israeli, egyptian, and qatari counterparts to get the negotiations across the finish line. american officials have said that, no matter how long this current pause lasts, they will keep working towards freeing the rest of the american and all of the other hostages. a prospect that may become more complicated if or when israel really launches its military operations in gaza alex

marquardt, cnn, washington. meantime as hostages are released and reunited with their families, many are anxiously awaiting the return of their loved ones still held in gaza. 75-year-old alexander dancing is still in hamas captivity and cnn's kaitlan collins spoke with his son who is working to bring him home and telling his story to anyone who will listen, including the pope. >> reporter: every night you've all danzig watches from his living room as israeli hostages are released and reunited with their families. >> go out like one of my family members. >> reporter: he watches knowing that his 75-year-old father, alexander danzig, will not be one of them. >> i am sure that you will want the children out before him, i am sure. >> reporter: on october 7th, he was at home in the row is one hamas attacked, killing or kidnapping more than a quarter

of residents of the kibbutz. >> my uncle was also kidnapped, the brother of my mother. and they were all in the kibbutz. >> reporter: he had 14 family members in heroes that day, including an uncle who is kidnapped and uvalde brother in law and mom who fought off the wall terrorists. >> my brother fought the terrorists for an hour, an hour and a half with only a pistol. my mother was so -- she held the door for seven hours, with two nephews inside. >> reporter: his dad wasn't as lucky. you've all was the last person to speak with him that day. >> >> he said we're okay, we can manage this. we finish the talk and from this time -- >> reporter: for 52 days his father has been held in gaza without the daily medication that he is taken since his hard

cat four years ago. how worried are you about him? >> very much, very much. i don't know that if he can survive the situation for 50 days. he needs to take medication and eat properly. >> reporter: for him and his family, a glover of hope as to his dad's neighbors were released. cooper and lyft sheets. >> they say he was alive. >> reporter: five days after the october 7th attack, his 13-year-old son at his bar mitzvah without grandfather to celebrate. >> it was a really tough day because we are waiting for this bar mitzvah, because he is the only boy from the grandchildren. so we really rated for this moment and we had to do it without him. >> reporter: for weeks yuval has been traveling to poland where's dad was born to raise awareness about the hostages

and rome where he met with the pope. >> when i told him about my dad he stopped me and said, i know the story from before. i know him from before. >> reporter: the pope knew about your dad? >> yeah, it was really amazing for us. >> reporter: when they are reunited, yuval says he has so much joe's dad. >> i want to tell him what happened here from the beginning. >> reporter: for now, yuval says he has no choice but believes that one evening it will be his dad on the news on his way home. are you hopeful that he'll be released? >> i'm sure he will be released. >> reporter: why are you so sure? >> because i have to be. you have to have hope, because if you don't have hope we can do nothing. authorities are looking into the shooting of three palestinian college students constitutes a hate crime. one of the three students has now been released from the hospital, a source tells cnn.

meantime, the suspect accused of shooting them has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges and is being held without bail. cnn's polo sandoval has more. for >> the saturday evening shooting of three young palestinian college students visiting burlington on their holiday break with one of the most shocking and disturbing events in the city's history. >> after a shooting in vermont left three palestinian men scarred forever, at least one still in critical condition, the suspect is charged with three counts of second degree murder. jason eaton was arraigned at burlington this morning, and pleaded not guilty and being held without bail. >> upon knocking on one door, the atf agents were greeted by a man who stepped out of the door towards them with his palms up at waist height and stated something to be effective, i've been waiting for you. atf agents said, why is that? the gentleman said, i would like a lawyer. >> the three victims, each 20 years old are, hisham awartani, the student at brown university in rhode island who now has a

bullet lodged in his sign. kinnan abdalhamid, student at college in pennsylvania shot in the glute, and tahseen ali ahmad, a student at trinity college in connecticut still has a bullet in his chest. -- police say the students were walking down the street saturday evening while visiting one of their relatives for thanksgiving. >> they were speaking in a mixture of english and arabic. this is their want. two were wearing keffiyehs, and they had no knowledge of this individual, have not encountered him before. he stepped off a porch and produced a firearm and began discharge in the far. >> -- reports, violence towards and policy instance the outbreak of the palestinian hamas war, call should be considered a hate crime. >> i believe the fear here that

this was motivated by hate, that these boys were targeted because they were arabs, that they were wearing keffiyehs, i think that is our fear. >> federal officials investigating whether it was a hate crime, in the eyes of the law. families of victims say they thought their loved ones would be safe here. >> kinnan abdalhamid grew up i n the west bank, and we always thought that that could be more of a risk in terms of his safety. sending him here would be the right decision. we feel somehow betrayed in that decision here. we're trying to come to terms with everything. >> polls and vote, cnn, burlington, vermont. >> -- former u.s. president jimmy

carter is expected to attend a memorial service for his late wife rosalynn here in atlanta in the day ahead. current u.s. president, joe biden, is also expected to attend. the former first lady passed away last week at 96. right now, her body is lying in repose at the carter center. rosalynn carter is being remembered as a tireless advocate for mental health reform and her dedication to humanitarian causes. a private funeral service is set for wednesday in the carter 's hometown of plains, georgia. i want to thank you for your company this hour, i'm rosemary church. i'll be back with more cnn newsroom in just a moment.