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thank you, jeremy diamond. john, one aspect of this as the officials are approaching with a lot of caution and prepdation to israel and all over, this is unfolding pretty much as we had expected and this is the lengthiest part here, the transfer of the hostages, but so far, it is going as expected and hearing from the officials that they expected it to go. >> and they are watching with hope that it will continue to do so with this added twist that there are the thai hostages that were released also today that we were not told that was going to happen leading up to it, kaitlan. just so you know what kaitlan was talking to jeremy a moment ago, and there was some video inside of the west bank, and we believe that was the location where some palestinian prisoners are being released from or at least moved to, and i was told that we would have that video again, that is from inside of the west bank. we believe that might be a location where some of the palestinian prisoners, 39 of them today, will be released from the
thank you, jeremy diamond. john, one aspect of this as the officials are approaching with a lot of caution and prepdation to israel and all over, this is unfolding pretty much as we had expected and this is the lengthiest part here, the transfer of the hostages, but so far, it is going as expected and hearing from the officials that they expected it to go. >> and they are watching with hope that it will continue to do so with this added twist that there are the thai hostages that were...
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i want to get straight to our jeremy diamond. we understand that you've got more information about this latest group of 17 hostages who are now in israel? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. alex. we understand that at least one of those hostages was taken, it appears, in an ambulance just along this road that you see behind me. behind me here, you have the car -- kerem shalom crossing. the newly freed hostages are still at the kerem shalom crossing. i want to talk about some of those newly freed hostages who we are reporting on. we have the list and i believe you're seeing images of these 13 israeli hostages who were released. i want to draw your attention to a couple of them. the first of those is the avigdori family. sharon and noam who is 12 years old. i spoke with his father just a few days ago, and he just talked to me about the anxiety that he was feeling, the nerve racking period of waiting, of knowing that his family members might get out in this group of 50 civilian hostages who were set to be released by hamas over these
i want to get straight to our jeremy diamond. we understand that you've got more information about this latest group of 17 hostages who are now in israel? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. alex. we understand that at least one of those hostages was taken, it appears, in an ambulance just along this road that you see behind me. behind me here, you have the car -- kerem shalom crossing. the newly freed hostages are still at the kerem shalom crossing. i want to talk about some of those newly...
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jeremy diamond in southern israel. well the former coordinator of the hostage working group at the u.s. embassy in baghdad also a former u.s. navy commander joining me now. what is a really important -- this is a significant day. it is the day that the guns are expected to go silent according to the steel that has been negotiated by a qatar lead aviation team, and the day that we ought to see or scheduled at least to see the first of those hostages held by hamas released. how did that mediation team get us to where we are now? they certainly have described what the last 45 days have been like as intense, extremely complicated, complex times. just take us through what you believe they will have been through? >> well the bottom line is, the negotiations to get these hostages back began almost immediately. so 47 days to get a resolution, speaks to the level of the complexity. hamas and israel did not set across a table from each other. they both have sworn to -- which the level of distrust, the fact that the cease-fire di
jeremy diamond in southern israel. well the former coordinator of the hostage working group at the u.s. embassy in baghdad also a former u.s. navy commander joining me now. what is a really important -- this is a significant day. it is the day that the guns are expected to go silent according to the steel that has been negotiated by a qatar lead aviation team, and the day that we ought to see or scheduled at least to see the first of those hostages held by hamas released. how did that mediation...
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jeremy diamond on the scene for us. thank you very much. >>> in the meantime i want to go back to fred. you're in atlanta watching this unfold. you have more news we're following. we're not going anywhere. we're going to continue to stay on top of this breaking news. >> we'll get back to you, wolf in tel aviv. we're looking at live pictures as people were boarding those buses there at the rafah border crossing there on the egyptian side. and when they do arrive in israel, many of them will be going straight to the medical center where they will be getting more observation, medical evaluation, that's where we also find our oren liebermann who is there to walk us through exactly what kind of process is in place for people who have just now been released. we understand 13 israelis and 7 foreign nationals who have been released. they will be making their way to israel for a variety of millmedical facilities. among them, where you are. >> we are south of tel aviv by about 10 miles or so. perhaps a bit more or less. all of th
jeremy diamond on the scene for us. thank you very much. >>> in the meantime i want to go back to fred. you're in atlanta watching this unfold. you have more news we're following. we're not going anywhere. we're going to continue to stay on top of this breaking news. >> we'll get back to you, wolf in tel aviv. we're looking at live pictures as people were boarding those buses there at the rafah border crossing there on the egyptian side. and when they do arrive in israel, many of...
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and jeremy diamond was there. jeremy, what can you tell us about what you saw, and i guess how much of an indication did you get that this is really the next stage to come for the idf? >> reporter: jim, one week into israel's ground offensive in gaza, the israeli military agreed to give us access to an israeli military position about a kilometer inside gaza. this position was overlooking gaza city. i can tell you it was very much an active combat zone. we were hearing multiple fire fights between hamas militants and israeli soldiers while we were at this military position. the fighting was happening about 100 meters away from us, and effectively the israeli military is trying to cut off the northern part of gaza from the south as they encircle gaza city. at this israeli military post on the outskirts of gaza city, the fighting is fierce. >> the center of the gaza strip, the idf soldiers are fighting against the militants that are using all that they can in order to harm and to get to the idf soldiers. >> reporter:
and jeremy diamond was there. jeremy, what can you tell us about what you saw, and i guess how much of an indication did you get that this is really the next stage to come for the idf? >> reporter: jim, one week into israel's ground offensive in gaza, the israeli military agreed to give us access to an israeli military position about a kilometer inside gaza. this position was overlooking gaza city. i can tell you it was very much an active combat zone. we were hearing multiple fire fights...
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jeremy diamond we'll continue to check back with you. once again, no americans are expected to be freed as part of this release today. no americans were on that list yesterday. the white house, though, is still holding out hope that ultimately those three u.s. citizens, who had fit into this category of women and children will be in the groups in the coming days before this truce is up. arlette saenz is tracking all of this from nantucket where president biden is spending his thanksgiving vacation. arlette, what are white house officials telling you about whether or not they have any sense of which group that this -- these americans could be in, because obviously, you know, this is a tenuous truce, questions over whether or not it will hold. so far it has but i don't think anyone has, you know, a ton of confidence in this, you know, going smoothly, the entire process. >> reporter: well, kaitlan, president biden and the white house have really refrained from putting in a specific date on the release of these expected three americans, thos
jeremy diamond we'll continue to check back with you. once again, no americans are expected to be freed as part of this release today. no americans were on that list yesterday. the white house, though, is still holding out hope that ultimately those three u.s. citizens, who had fit into this category of women and children will be in the groups in the coming days before this truce is up. arlette saenz is tracking all of this from nantucket where president biden is spending his thanksgiving...
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jeremy diamond is in israel. thank you, jeremy, for the time being, well we did not expect to see any israeli hostages released by hamas for at least several more hours. seven least. what do we expect to see that on these aid trucks that will begin were a scheduled to begin rolling into gaza sometime today? this is the convoy built up on the egyptian side of the border, and egyptian official says 200 trucks to enter gaza daily with the food water and medicine. just to give you some context there, some 450 or so we're coming in through that border crossing on a daily basis before this conflict began. that was aid and that those in gaza who are not experiencing a full assault needed, so many people in gaza are refugees so many reliant on aid. this is medical supplies, this is food, this is water, this is fuel that these people need. it has also said, he also said that gaza would receive 130,000 liters of diesel fuel and for gas trucks each day beginning today. live now to ramallah in the west bank, and it is good t
jeremy diamond is in israel. thank you, jeremy, for the time being, well we did not expect to see any israeli hostages released by hamas for at least several more hours. seven least. what do we expect to see that on these aid trucks that will begin were a scheduled to begin rolling into gaza sometime today? this is the convoy built up on the egyptian side of the border, and egyptian official says 200 trucks to enter gaza daily with the food water and medicine. just to give you some context...
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jeremy diamond, thank you.lso wanted to note that we are hearing from the israeli source right now telling me that all 13 of the israeli hostages are now in egypt. that is a moment that we were watching earlier, and they are being handed over to the red cross in gaza and then transferred to egypt in ambulances and vans, and we are told by a senior israeli official that all 13 of the israeli hostages have made it to egypt, and that is next stopping point before they come here to israel, and wed are waiting to see more and hear more from the egyptian officials and we will continue to monitor that, because one of the places they could come is that the children are in the group of 13, and we have not confirmed it, but the chief international correspondent clarissa ward is outside of the children's hospital near the hel ipad wher some of the children could be sent where you are now, clarissa, and how are the employees now bracing for the potential arrival for the hostages there? >> there is a huge amount of preparat
jeremy diamond, thank you.lso wanted to note that we are hearing from the israeli source right now telling me that all 13 of the israeli hostages are now in egypt. that is a moment that we were watching earlier, and they are being handed over to the red cross in gaza and then transferred to egypt in ambulances and vans, and we are told by a senior israeli official that all 13 of the israeli hostages have made it to egypt, and that is next stopping point before they come here to israel, and wed...
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cnn's jeremy diamond is in ashkelon. jeremy diamond is joining us, tell us what they show us? >> reporter: the israeli military has for weeks been trying to build up this case that al shifa hospital, where its forces appear to be at the gates of this hospital now, they've been building up the case for weeks now that underneath this sprawling medical complex, gaza's largest hospital claiming that hamas below it operates one of its largest command and control centers. as you said, u.s. officials now appear to be backing up that claim saying that hamas is indeed using this facility. they have released imagery, satellite imagery that shows where they say some of these locations are based. they've released 3d graphics claiming to show what these facilities look like below ground. right now, jake, we're also learning new information about al rin tis si hospital where israeli officials say they found a cache of weapons in the basement. we can't verify those claims. but they've showed videos showing some of those weapons which appear to include ak-47s, suicide vests and other weaponry
cnn's jeremy diamond is in ashkelon. jeremy diamond is joining us, tell us what they show us? >> reporter: the israeli military has for weeks been trying to build up this case that al shifa hospital, where its forces appear to be at the gates of this hospital now, they've been building up the case for weeks now that underneath this sprawling medical complex, gaza's largest hospital claiming that hamas below it operates one of its largest command and control centers. as you said, u.s....
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jeremy diamond is tracking this. you have new reporting on what else was happening behind the scenes in addition to the dispute over how much aid was going into gaza, which palestinian prisoners were being released. what else are you learning? >> reporter: that's right. there were a number of issues that arose yesterday that delayed this exchange of hostages, this release of hostages from hamas custody. as we have been reporting, the aid components was one of the primary reasons for why hamas delayed the release for so long. there was another behind the scenes fight that you and i are now also reporting on. that is the fact that israeli officials had been expecting that any child who was taken captive with their mother would be released with that mother as well. yet, when they received that list the night before of the number of hostages and the names of the hostages set to be released yesterday, the mother of one child was not included on that list. she's a 13-year-old who was taken captive on october 7th with her m
jeremy diamond is tracking this. you have new reporting on what else was happening behind the scenes in addition to the dispute over how much aid was going into gaza, which palestinian prisoners were being released. what else are you learning? >> reporter: that's right. there were a number of issues that arose yesterday that delayed this exchange of hostages, this release of hostages from hamas custody. as we have been reporting, the aid components was one of the primary reasons for why...
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jeremy diamond, we'll continue to check back in with you. i want to go to clarissa ward in israel at a children's hospital, where, of course, we believe they are preparing how to care for these people who have been held hostage for so in weeks. one thing that stands out, so many of these people, we believe they've been held underground in these tunnels. they don't know the full scope of what happened on october 7th. that's just part of this process of reintegrating them after they are released by hamas. >> reporter: that's right. that's why you have seen the israeli ministry of welfare has put out some comprehensive guidelines for the idf soldiers who will be the first israelis to greet these hostages as they cross back into israel. they have been told not to answer any questions about their loved ones. you can imagine the first question a lot of these children are going to be asking is, where is mommy? where is daddy? where's my sister? in many cases, their parents have been killed, injured. basically the idf has been told not to answer tho
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let's start with cnn's jeremy diamond. he is live this hour in sderot, in israel, you and i spoke at the top of the last hour. the official start of this truce, at the time you reported hearing explosions behind you. the sounds of warfare. what are you witnessing and hearing now? >> becky, it now appears that that truce slated to start at seven a.m., but certainly did not. appears to be taking effect. we have not heard any loud booms coming from the direction of the gaza strip since about 7:18 8 am local time. about 20 minutes after that we did hear some small arms fire coming from inside of gaza, but we have not heard the sounds of any have a rapid rate since about 7:18 a.m.. it's been relatively quiet here. as we have been in our position overlooking the gaza strip. you can still see some of the smoke in the distance from some of the previous strikes here that have taken place. but for now at least, calm appears to be restored. but the first time since the beginning of this conflict really. this is been 47 days of war be
let's start with cnn's jeremy diamond. he is live this hour in sderot, in israel, you and i spoke at the top of the last hour. the official start of this truce, at the time you reported hearing explosions behind you. the sounds of warfare. what are you witnessing and hearing now? >> becky, it now appears that that truce slated to start at seven a.m., but certainly did not. appears to be taking effect. we have not heard any loud booms coming from the direction of the gaza strip since about...
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jeremy diamond joins us now.ell us about this experience, what you saw. >> reporter: well, victor, one week into israel's ground offensive in gaza, the israeli military, as you said, agreed to bring us in to gaza with its troops. my day began yesterday boarding an armored personnel carrier with israeli soldiers. about 20 minutes later, after starting and stopping to look for potential threats from hamas militants, we found ourself about a kilometer inside the gaza strip at an israeli military position overlooking gaza city. at that position, those israeli troops are working to cut off the north of gaza to the south, to establish a humanitarian corridor for palestinian civilians to flee south. we also found ourselves very close to intense fighting between hamas militants and israeli soldiers. >> reporter: at this israeli military post on the outskirts of gaza city, the fighting is fierce. >> the idf soldiers are fighting against the militants, they're uses all the houses they can in order to harm and to get to the
jeremy diamond joins us now.ell us about this experience, what you saw. >> reporter: well, victor, one week into israel's ground offensive in gaza, the israeli military, as you said, agreed to bring us in to gaza with its troops. my day began yesterday boarding an armored personnel carrier with israeli soldiers. about 20 minutes later, after starting and stopping to look for potential threats from hamas militants, we found ourself about a kilometer inside the gaza strip at an israeli...
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jeremy diamond has details. >> reporter: this all that remains. for the second day in a row, israeli jets striking the jabalia refugee camp, flattening apartment buildings. hundreds were wounded and at least 80 people were killed, according to the director of the nearby indonesian hospital. the idf said it struck a hamas command and control complex in jabalia, killing hamas militants. but civilians also clearly among the casualties, including children rushed out of the rubble. tonight, the united nations human rights office raising serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes. israel blaming hamas for using civilians as human shields, as it continues its offensive. [ speaking in a non-english language ] a top israeli commander now says his forces are closing the in on gaza city, hamas' stronghold in the gaza strip. >> translator: we are deep in the strip at the gate of gaza city. in the last five days we have dismantled a lot of the abilities of hamas. we have attacked strategic positions. all the explos
jeremy diamond has details. >> reporter: this all that remains. for the second day in a row, israeli jets striking the jabalia refugee camp, flattening apartment buildings. hundreds were wounded and at least 80 people were killed, according to the director of the nearby indonesian hospital. the idf said it struck a hamas command and control complex in jabalia, killing hamas militants. but civilians also clearly among the casualties, including children rushed out of the rubble. tonight,...
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cnn's jeremy diamond is near the gaza border. we saw a lot of activity yesterday. i want to start with cnn's arlett saenz who is learning new details about the americans who are still being held hostage. arlett, what are you hearing from officials this morning on their reaction to the news that no americans are on this list? >> well, caitlyn, a short while ago a u.s. official told me no americans are expected to be a part of this second wave of hostages. as you noted, the israelis said they expect 14 israeli hostages to be released. it's not expected any of them would be dual american israeli citizens. this comes as president biden yesterday was unable to put a time line, a specific day for when he believes the americans will be released, but he said it's his hope and expectation that it will be soon. there are three american citizens that the u.s. has been hoping will be released as part of this negotiated deal. that includes two women and also 4-year-old abigail adan whose parents were killed in the october 7th attack by hamas. so far the white house has been una
cnn's jeremy diamond is near the gaza border. we saw a lot of activity yesterday. i want to start with cnn's arlett saenz who is learning new details about the americans who are still being held hostage. arlett, what are you hearing from officials this morning on their reaction to the news that no americans are on this list? >> well, caitlyn, a short while ago a u.s. official told me no americans are expected to be a part of this second wave of hostages. as you noted, the israelis said...
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>> jeremy diamond in sderot, israel for us, not far from gaza. thank you, jeremy.careful over there. other tensions we're following ot in the middle east, hezbollah and the idf exchanging fire near israel's northern border with lebanon. cnn's ben wedeman is joining us live from beirut right now. so what's the latest, ben? >> reporter: well, the last few days, actually, wolf, have been pretty intense on the border and today perhaps one of the most intense. hezbollah claiming almost two dozen strikes on israeli targets along the border. in one instance they say they fired 48 katyusha rockets on the 18 infantry base on the israeli side. hezbollah claimed they killed four israeli soldiers, but there's no comment on that from the israeli side yet, although one hezbollah fighter was killed according to the group. now, in response the israelis launched a series of drone, artillery, helicopter and airstrikes throughout the day. they said they hit hezbollah's military infrastructure and rocket launch sites. now, al jazeera arabic has cited a hezbollah source saying that hez
>> jeremy diamond in sderot, israel for us, not far from gaza. thank you, jeremy.careful over there. other tensions we're following ot in the middle east, hezbollah and the idf exchanging fire near israel's northern border with lebanon. cnn's ben wedeman is joining us live from beirut right now. so what's the latest, ben? >> reporter: well, the last few days, actually, wolf, have been pretty intense on the border and today perhaps one of the most intense. hezbollah claiming almost...
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jeremy diamond, thank you for that report. boris? >>> president biden and chinese president xi jinping are set for a highly anticipated meeting wednesday in the san francisco bay area. it's a positive sign as relations between the two countries have spiraled downward in recent years. cnn's david culver joins us with the details. david, bring us the context of this meeting. what does it signal? >> reporter: let's first say fundamentally nothing has changed between the u.s. and china. it's still a very fraught relationship, still we're looking at a couple of places where we could maybe see some agreements. one of them being climate, the other being enhanced communication effortsyies' mili that's could prevent conflict. this will be xi jinping's first visit is since 2017. since that time, u.s.-china relation vs. -- relations have been in a free fall compounded by the pandemic, and amidst the war in ukraine, tengsds tension south china city, concerns over taiwan and the u.s. national security. that suspected chinese spy balloon that was
jeremy diamond, thank you for that report. boris? >>> president biden and chinese president xi jinping are set for a highly anticipated meeting wednesday in the san francisco bay area. it's a positive sign as relations between the two countries have spiraled downward in recent years. cnn's david culver joins us with the details. david, bring us the context of this meeting. what does it signal? >> reporter: let's first say fundamentally nothing has changed between the u.s. and...
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cnn's jeremy diamond is in ashkelon, israel. but we're going to start with cnn's melissa bell who's live for us in egypt. melissa, what is happening at that rafah border crossing right now and how many people have been able to get out of gaza? >> reporter: well, we're just waiting for the confirmation on the exact numbers. but we understand, boris, that it may be several hundred already as yet to be confirmed and we're beginning to get an idea of who some of these people are. four italian nationals have definitely crossed already. all aid workers. five french nationals. and it really is the consular services of many different countries that are there on the other side, the egyptian side, waiting for these, the first few civilians to be allowed out after all these times. all this time. consular services from austria, indonesia, japan. of course the united states as well. jordan. a lot of foreign nationals that were trapped inside. and that as we understand it will be allowed as part of this very comprehensive deal to get out over
cnn's jeremy diamond is in ashkelon, israel. but we're going to start with cnn's melissa bell who's live for us in egypt. melissa, what is happening at that rafah border crossing right now and how many people have been able to get out of gaza? >> reporter: well, we're just waiting for the confirmation on the exact numbers. but we understand, boris, that it may be several hundred already as yet to be confirmed and we're beginning to get an idea of who some of these people are. four italian...
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cnn is covering all the developments as we have every step of the way, and we have jeremy diamond standing by for us, white house correspondent arlette saenz has been traveling with the president in nantucket, massachusetts waiting to give her report and then we have clarissa ward on stand-by at a children's hospital where we expect more of the child hostages to be taken, and kaitlan collins is in tel aviv, we go to her now. kaitlan? >> yeah, pam, we're learning more about what this release today is expected to look like, we're still waiting to actually see movement here, this is about the same time yesterday that that first group of hostages started to make their way from gaza where they were released by hamas into the hands of the red cross and then taken in ambulances from the red cross through the rafah crossing finally into egypt. where we started to really get a sense of who was being released as part of this group. we saw elderly women, we saw a mother and her child. all of this group, we also say the thai nationals who were a surprise, we were not expecting to be released yesterday
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jeremy diamond in car em shalom, thank you. you are looking at a map where jeremy was reporting from where we could see potentially hostages coming through. children who are -- we know are among the hostages would then be taken to schneider chirps hospital where we find clarissa ward right now. clar ais a, jeremy was talking about this whole of government approach as they are preparing for the fact that children are going to be among those that are going to be released we believe today. what have you been seeing from where you are? >> reporter: so, we have been talking to some of the staff inside the hospital just behind me. this is where they hope very much to be greeting at some point in the coming hours or later tonight some of those children who are likely to be among the released and also their mothers. they are anticipating that there will be some mothers with the children. they say they will not be separating any mothers from the children, and those who are in reasonable condition will be brought here. those who have mor
jeremy diamond in car em shalom, thank you. you are looking at a map where jeremy was reporting from where we could see potentially hostages coming through. children who are -- we know are among the hostages would then be taken to schneider chirps hospital where we find clarissa ward right now. clar ais a, jeremy was talking about this whole of government approach as they are preparing for the fact that children are going to be among those that are going to be released we believe today. what...
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jeremy diamond is in israel tonight, with more on that new idf video. >> a hamas tunnel below gaza's largest hospital. that's what the israeli military says this video shows. nearly 48 hours after israeli forces raided al-shifa hospital, these are the first images of what the israeli military says is an operational tunnel shaft on the grounds of the hospital complex. cnn cannot independently verify those claims, but using this frame, cnn has geolocated this video to the al-shifa complex. about 30 meters away from one of the hospitals main buildings. >> it is here at al-shifa hospital, the command and control centers are located. >> israeli officials have laid the groundwork for an operation targeting shifa hospital. claiming hamas operates a massive underground complex below it. and in recent days, the u.s. has also backed out those allegations. >> one thing has been established is that hamas does have headquarters, weapons, material below this hospital. >> as israeli special forces continue searching the hospital complex, they're also uncovering weapons and ammunition. >> there is a
jeremy diamond is in israel tonight, with more on that new idf video. >> a hamas tunnel below gaza's largest hospital. that's what the israeli military says this video shows. nearly 48 hours after israeli forces raided al-shifa hospital, these are the first images of what the israeli military says is an operational tunnel shaft on the grounds of the hospital complex. cnn cannot independently verify those claims, but using this frame, cnn has geolocated this video to the al-shifa complex....
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we go the cnn's jeremy diamond who is in sderot with the latest. >> well, as you say, forces have circledaza city, but we are still hearing the active fi fighting and as they have said, the israeli forces have broken down the hamas defensive line, and last night, it was an intensive military operation carried out by israeli by sea and air. and in that city of beit hanoun. but they areot a cease-fire or pause in the operations at the moment, and the israeli prime minister moments ago made it clear after the meeting with the secretary of state tony blinken, and saying that even as blinken was pressing him for some temporary pause for humanitarian aid, and the ministers are saying that the only degree of when they would agree to cessations of hostages is if they were removed. and even if that can happen, they are going to be destroying the hamas and they say they will continue their completion of their objective by any means necessary. >> thank you, jeremy diamond. >>> and now over to becky anderson, is secretary of state's trip now over to amman, georgia, and he was supposed to go there cou
we go the cnn's jeremy diamond who is in sderot with the latest. >> well, as you say, forces have circledaza city, but we are still hearing the active fi fighting and as they have said, the israeli forces have broken down the hamas defensive line, and last night, it was an intensive military operation carried out by israeli by sea and air. and in that city of beit hanoun. but they areot a cease-fire or pause in the operations at the moment, and the israeli prime minister moments ago made...
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jeremy diamond, please stand by. we may come back to you.e hostages expected to come through that road in the near future. >> so much jubilation. we see that, but at the same time we have to remember these are families where as the women and children are coming out, often they're leaving their spouses and fathers behind. some of them coming home to realize that some of their loved ones were killed on october 7th and they were not necessarily aware of that. it's a moment of jubilation, but a moment of so many mixed emotions for these families. >> absolutely. "cnn news central" continues in just a moment. >>> we are back monitoring the latest hostage release in gaza. a red cross convoy has just arrived in israel with more freed hostages. the current six-day truce between israel and hamas is set to expire in just a few hours. top diplomats are racing against the clock to try to extend that truce agreement and get more hostages out. we're joined by a senior adviser to the prime minister. thanks so much for joining us. what is your view and the p
jeremy diamond, please stand by. we may come back to you.e hostages expected to come through that road in the near future. >> so much jubilation. we see that, but at the same time we have to remember these are families where as the women and children are coming out, often they're leaving their spouses and fathers behind. some of them coming home to realize that some of their loved ones were killed on october 7th and they were not necessarily aware of that. it's a moment of jubilation, but...
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let's go live to israel with jeremy diamond.eremy, bring us up to speed about the situation at the indonesian hospital. >> reporter: well, local health officials say 12 people were killed by israeli tank fire directed at the indonesian hospital in gaza. the israeli authorities for their part say they did return fire. but they say there were gunmen inside that indonesian hospital who were firing at israeli troops. so, they fired back. the world health organization chief, for his part, said he was appalled by this attack and civilians should not be subjected to these kinds of attacks when they are in places like hospitals. among the dead, according to officials, are patients and one medical staffer. the israeli military, for its part, maintains it was returning fire. and hospitals lose their protection under international law if they are used by combatants to conduct attacks on other forces. we have not, of course, confirmed that the israeli account was true. that's their position. we know this is the latest incidents of civilians
let's go live to israel with jeremy diamond.eremy, bring us up to speed about the situation at the indonesian hospital. >> reporter: well, local health officials say 12 people were killed by israeli tank fire directed at the indonesian hospital in gaza. the israeli authorities for their part say they did return fire. but they say there were gunmen inside that indonesian hospital who were firing at israeli troops. so, they fired back. the world health organization chief, for his part, said...
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that's where we find cnn's jeremy diamond.y, walk us through what you're seeing there. >> reporter: well, jake, we've watched as three helicopters landed at the kerem shalom crossing. then we found that the helicopters came in it appears directly from gaza, and moments ago we just saw helicopters taking off. we officer one helicopter take off and head in the direction of tel aviv. we know that those 11 hostages where headed to the hospital in tel aviv tonight and we believe that that one helicopter was likely carrying those hostages. we are still watchesing i ing if two more take off. that's the scene. >> thank you very much. so far the hostages released by hamas have primarily been women and children with the exception of a 25-year-old, and israeli russian. as fred pleitgen reports, he cites the intervention of vladimir putin and the support of russian position for the palestinian cause. >> reporter: israel is rejoicing over the hostages released in the prisoner swap with hamas, almost exclusively women and children. only one
that's where we find cnn's jeremy diamond.y, walk us through what you're seeing there. >> reporter: well, jake, we've watched as three helicopters landed at the kerem shalom crossing. then we found that the helicopters came in it appears directly from gaza, and moments ago we just saw helicopters taking off. we officer one helicopter take off and head in the direction of tel aviv. we know that those 11 hostages where headed to the hospital in tel aviv tonight and we believe that that one...
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>> jeremy diamond, thank you. joining us now is former chief of the hostages and unit in mossad. and wesley clark, former nato allied supreme commander. romy, the idf founded confident that there was a command and control center at al-shifa. they've shown this tunnel shaft they say they've found you. confident there is more? >> yes. the idf is not really raiding the hospital. as you can see, there is no real fighting in the hospital. they are delicately going through the hospital and through its basement and the trying to reveal the tunnels which are underneath this hospital. that's strengthen the claim is two things. first of all, there was a body of one of the hostages that was murdered in the gaza strip after the 7th of october in an adjacent building to the hospital. and they have also, what your correspondent has not said, also said have taken several bodies that are thought to be hostages to be checked in israel, to be verified as they are or they're not hostages. you've seen in the pictures, they found arms. they found all kinds of weaponry in the hospital. and it seems at
>> jeremy diamond, thank you. joining us now is former chief of the hostages and unit in mossad. and wesley clark, former nato allied supreme commander. romy, the idf founded confident that there was a command and control center at al-shifa. they've shown this tunnel shaft they say they've found you. confident there is more? >> yes. the idf is not really raiding the hospital. as you can see, there is no real fighting in the hospital. they are delicately going through the hospital...
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jeremy diamond, we'll get back to you. i want to go back to arlette saenz. she's with the president in nantucket, massachusetts. we're hearing that, what, the president is about to speak? once again, i know he's been deeply involved behind the scenes, speaking with leaders of -- of -- speaking with leaders involved in mediating this arrangement. what is the latest? what are you hearing? >> reporter: the white house just updated that president biden will deliver remarks at noon on this latest release of hostages and a release that has seen the release of 4-year-old abigail adan. a senior u.s. official told our colleague m.j. lee today that abigail adan was in the arms of red cross officials as they working to get her and these other hostages out of gaza. the white house had expressed a lot of optimism that at least one american citizen would be part of this release and in fact it was abigail adan. that 4-year-old girl who was in captivity for past seven weeks. her two parents were killed on october 7th during that attack by hamas. her two siblings have surviv
jeremy diamond, we'll get back to you. i want to go back to arlette saenz. she's with the president in nantucket, massachusetts. we're hearing that, what, the president is about to speak? once again, i know he's been deeply involved behind the scenes, speaking with leaders of -- of -- speaking with leaders involved in mediating this arrangement. what is the latest? what are you hearing? >> reporter: the white house just updated that president biden will deliver remarks at noon on this...
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let's go now into israel, where jeremy diamond is standing by. and jeremy, again we just heard from the secretary of state tony blinken. he mentioned repeatedly, and he and the administration have said repeatedly that israel has a right to defend itself, but we also hear him saying it matters how they do it and that they are going to be talking about that as well as they head to israel this afternoon. what more can you tell us from your vanity ng point? >> reporter: yeah, there's no question that a big part of the secretary's visit here will be talking to israelis about the mounting toll of civilian casualties. now, it's clear that both israel and the united states have some distrust in the numbers coming out of the palestinian ministry of health, which of course is controlled by hamas. but nonetheless, the images that we are seeing in some of these strikes are undeniable, and in particular over the last couple of days much of the world has really been struck by those images of the enormous craters in the jabalya refugee camp where israel says it
let's go now into israel, where jeremy diamond is standing by. and jeremy, again we just heard from the secretary of state tony blinken. he mentioned repeatedly, and he and the administration have said repeatedly that israel has a right to defend itself, but we also hear him saying it matters how they do it and that they are going to be talking about that as well as they head to israel this afternoon. what more can you tell us from your vanity ng point? >> reporter: yeah, there's no...
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the hostages arriving back hope and jeremy diamond is in israel with devastating news on the youngest hostage held in gaza. let's go first to scott mclane live in istanbul. three hours ago, we got word the temporary truce would be extended by one more day. what more are you learning about this? >> this seemed like it would be easy yesterday, rosemary. it is something but the case. qatar, who is mediating this, was optimistic that the truce would be extended. it has been. it was coming down to the wire when all said and done. both sides were saber rattling, and the israelis were threatening to restart the war. and hamas telling its fighters to be ready for combat unless they got word that the truce would be extended. the deal extension keeps in the same terms that were agreed to for the past six days. broadly speaking, this involves humanitarian aid going in, ten israeli hostages coming out. and 30 palestinian prisoners being freed from -- 30 palestinian prisoners freed from israeli jails. what hamas was offering was not exactly that. they offered seven women and children hostages to b
the hostages arriving back hope and jeremy diamond is in israel with devastating news on the youngest hostage held in gaza. let's go first to scott mclane live in istanbul. three hours ago, we got word the temporary truce would be extended by one more day. what more are you learning about this? >> this seemed like it would be easy yesterday, rosemary. it is something but the case. qatar, who is mediating this, was optimistic that the truce would be extended. it has been. it was coming...
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i want to go to jeremy diamond, not far from gaza.emy, just hours before the truce goes into effect the israeli said it struck 300 hamas targets in gaza in the past 24 hours. what more are you learning about what's happening on the ground there? >> reporter: that's right, wolf. i don't know if you can hear it, but we're hearing very loud explosions coming from the northern part of the gaza strip. it appears to be coming from the area around the refugee camp. you may have seen a flash just then. we know that israeli forces told us -- israeli military told us their forces have been encircling the refugee camp and fighting hamas militants there. that's one of the areas israeli forces have been focussed on in recent days. we're hearing heavy activity. you saw that flash just then at this very moment. all throughout the day we've been hearing heavy explosions outside gaza and machine gunfire and military activity. this as the israeli military makes clear they'll continue to fight inside gaza up until they get the order to stop, up until th
i want to go to jeremy diamond, not far from gaza.emy, just hours before the truce goes into effect the israeli said it struck 300 hamas targets in gaza in the past 24 hours. what more are you learning about what's happening on the ground there? >> reporter: that's right, wolf. i don't know if you can hear it, but we're hearing very loud explosions coming from the northern part of the gaza strip. it appears to be coming from the area around the refugee camp. you may have seen a flash just...
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let's go straight to cnn's jeremy diamond. jeremy, i just want to underscore what the really important good news that this baby, 4-year-old girl is now back in israel, that this is not a time to praise hamas. it's to remember the barbaric actions to kill her parents right in front of her and then take her hostage. it's wonderful that she is okay and will be okay, but just to remember all those who were killed and did not make it out. >> yeah. that's exactly right, dana. i mean, as -- as great as it is, as incredible as it is to know that she is now out, it is important to remember that she has been orphaned by the terrible terrorist attack that hamas carried out 50 days ago on october 7th. nonetheless, dana, we are learning that the convoy of 12 israeli hostages, one of them wassal read ed flown directly to a hospital because of that urgent medical situation that the president just talked about, but 12 of those israeli hostages freed as part of this deal between israel and hamas are, in fact, now, in a convoy on the way to the
let's go straight to cnn's jeremy diamond. jeremy, i just want to underscore what the really important good news that this baby, 4-year-old girl is now back in israel, that this is not a time to praise hamas. it's to remember the barbaric actions to kill her parents right in front of her and then take her hostage. it's wonderful that she is okay and will be okay, but just to remember all those who were killed and did not make it out. >> yeah. that's exactly right, dana. i mean, as -- as...
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let's go to jeremy diamond in tel aviv who has the latest. jeremy, you could give us a little sense of what are those minor longist cal obstacles that need to be overcome? >> reporter: well it seems athe it point a lot has to do with the mechanisms that are involved to get the hostages released for israel to abide on its side by the pause in fighting multiple days of pausing in fighting in order for the hostages to get out and for humanitarian aid to get in. but what is really important, that it appears that multiple parties involved into these talks all seem to be saying that we are closer than we ever have been to a deal that could see dozens of hostages freed from the gaza strip and returned to israel. we heard the qatar prime minister said that it is logistical and john finer just last hour telling jake tapper that we're closer than at any points in the negotiations since weeks ago and we also heard from the israeli ambassador who said that he was hopeful, the israeli ambassador to the united states, was hopeful there could be a deal in t
let's go to jeremy diamond in tel aviv who has the latest. jeremy, you could give us a little sense of what are those minor longist cal obstacles that need to be overcome? >> reporter: well it seems athe it point a lot has to do with the mechanisms that are involved to get the hostages released for israel to abide on its side by the pause in fighting multiple days of pausing in fighting in order for the hostages to get out and for humanitarian aid to get in. but what is really important,...
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jeremy diamond reporting for us. jeremy, thank you. no americans are among the hostages released today, something i pressed a key white house national security official on earlier in the day. here's john kirby. listen in. >> it's difficult to know and tos a tan how they make up these lists. we are working hard to keep this flow of hostages going. glad to see there is a two-day extension and we would hope in the next two days, in this next couple of installments that we'll see some americans coming out. >> let's go to washington right now where chief national security alex mark is joining us. why were american hostages not released today? and where the u.s. goes from here in order to try to get them home? >> wolf, you can sense the disappointment from the white house. during the four days of pause when 50 women and children were to be released that those americans would get released at the same time. there was an expectation. president biden said this several times that three americans would get released during those three days. there w
jeremy diamond reporting for us. jeremy, thank you. no americans are among the hostages released today, something i pressed a key white house national security official on earlier in the day. here's john kirby. listen in. >> it's difficult to know and tos a tan how they make up these lists. we are working hard to keep this flow of hostages going. glad to see there is a two-day extension and we would hope in the next two days, in this next couple of installments that we'll see some...
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let's get over to jeremy diamond in sderot, israel. what are you seeing and hearing right now in. >> well, kate, all afternoon and evening we have been seeing large plumes of smoke, heavy explosions and also incendiary rounds being fired into the gaza strip. we have been hearing the constant thud of artillery continuing today, certainly more active even than it was yesterday and this is, of course, as we are less than 24 hours away from the expected start time of this pause in fighting in order to secure the release of those 50 hostages over a period of four days, and the israeli military has telegraphed very clearly that they intend to continue with their ground operations up until that truce actually begins. in fact, they said that they are -- carrying out very active operations in the jabalia refugee camp and right behind us and in the city beit lahia and it is very clear they are carrying out these operations up until the moment that the truce begins. one thing that the israeli prime minister has also telegraphed, of course, is tha
let's get over to jeremy diamond in sderot, israel. what are you seeing and hearing right now in. >> well, kate, all afternoon and evening we have been seeing large plumes of smoke, heavy explosions and also incendiary rounds being fired into the gaza strip. we have been hearing the constant thud of artillery continuing today, certainly more active even than it was yesterday and this is, of course, as we are less than 24 hours away from the expected start time of this pause in fighting in...
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jeremy diamond at the border crossing, we'll get back to you. i want to go to nara beshear in the west bank. >> reporter: we are seeing confusion in the west bank. we're near ramallah. some families have gathered here, hoping this will be the location where those 39 detainees and prisoners will be released. this is a very fluid situation. yesterday we had a list released earlier in the day telling us the names and details of the 39 prisoners and detainees set to be released. today we have not had a list. earlier in the day we were by the prison and we did see three vehicles coming in carrying those detainees where they are set to be held until there is final confirmation all of the hostages are released from captivity in gaza. they will then undergo red cross checks and should be carried via convoy into the crossing and their hometowns and villages where they will be released. we've spoken to many families who say they haven't had confirmation yet whether their loved ones are on the list. we don't have details just yet of the names. yesterday we
jeremy diamond at the border crossing, we'll get back to you. i want to go to nara beshear in the west bank. >> reporter: we are seeing confusion in the west bank. we're near ramallah. some families have gathered here, hoping this will be the location where those 39 detainees and prisoners will be released. this is a very fluid situation. yesterday we had a list released earlier in the day telling us the names and details of the 39 prisoners and detainees set to be released. today we have...
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let's go straight to cnn's jeremy diamond who's in eshkelon, israel. walk us through the release of these hostages today. >> reporter: earlier tonight we witnessed 12 newly freed hostages, 10 israeli citizens, 2 thai nationals, being helicoptered out of the kerem shalom crossing towards hospitals in central israel. this is the second night in a row we have seen hostages board helicopters and go directly to hospitals. tonight, they crossed through that rafah crossing into egypt, fighting in order to allow for the release of these hostages as well as those palestinian prisoners, there's now major questions about whether or not that truce can be extended further and whether or not groups beyond women and children could potentially also be released. that's where the cia director, bill burns, comes in. we're told earlier today, he was in qatar in the capital of doha meeting with his qatari, israeli, and egyptian intelligence counterparts. all of this aimed at trying to see whether or not an additional deal to try and extend this truce fourth can be made and
let's go straight to cnn's jeremy diamond who's in eshkelon, israel. walk us through the release of these hostages today. >> reporter: earlier tonight we witnessed 12 newly freed hostages, 10 israeli citizens, 2 thai nationals, being helicoptered out of the kerem shalom crossing towards hospitals in central israel. this is the second night in a row we have seen hostages board helicopters and go directly to hospitals. tonight, they crossed through that rafah crossing into egypt, fighting...
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if we need to attack gaza house by house, that is exactly what we will do. >> jeremy diamond, cnn, with israeli forces in gaza. >> cnn's ivan watson joins me now from hong kong with more. tell us more about what we know about this plan opening of the corridor to allow people from the north to evacuate south, ivan? >> michael, this was an announcement made by the defense forces by the arabic spokesperson saying that there's a window, local time from 10 am to two pm, and instructing civilians to move south on salah al-deen street and to move south of wadi gaza which is this wetland stream that cuts across gaza. laterally. there are some real concerns here though, there are widespread electricity outages in gaza after more than four weeks of war, telecommunication outages. the idf spokesperson posted this on twitter or x, a question about whether or not anybody can actually see this. because of the telecoms problem. we know of at least two cases where people tried to move down the very same road and have allegedly come under fire. just last week the director of the hospital told cnn that a
if we need to attack gaza house by house, that is exactly what we will do. >> jeremy diamond, cnn, with israeli forces in gaza. >> cnn's ivan watson joins me now from hong kong with more. tell us more about what we know about this plan opening of the corridor to allow people from the north to evacuate south, ivan? >> michael, this was an announcement made by the defense forces by the arabic spokesperson saying that there's a window, local time from 10 am to two pm, and...
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jeremy diamond is monitoring all the latest on the ground from tel aviv.'re at the scene of a rally that is about to begin in support of the 237 hostages still held captive by hamas. what are people saying there? >> reporter: today has been a really important day, a really significant day for the families of these estimated 237 hostages still being held in gaza. there are rallies today, both in jerusalem as well as in tel aviv, to pressure the israeli government to reach a deal to free some of those hostages. we know there has been a deal on the table to potentially free women and children, civilians held hostage in gaza in exchange for a multiday pause in the fighting. certainly we know that is something the israeli government has been considering. these hostage families over five days marched from tel aviv to jerusalem. tens of thousands of people were in jerusalem today in front of the prime minister's office to pressure him to reach a deal to bring some of these hostage families home. now we are here in tel aviv right next to what has become known as h
jeremy diamond is monitoring all the latest on the ground from tel aviv.'re at the scene of a rally that is about to begin in support of the 237 hostages still held captive by hamas. what are people saying there? >> reporter: today has been a really important day, a really significant day for the families of these estimated 237 hostages still being held in gaza. there are rallies today, both in jerusalem as well as in tel aviv, to pressure the israeli government to reach a deal to free...
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cnn's jeremy diamond is joining us from orim, israel. what more are you learning about the process to get these hostages home and safe? >> reporter: wolf, we are learning a little more information about the reason why these hostages returned to israel not through that crossing further south between israel, gaza and egypt where we've been the last few nights where we witnessed the hostages entering israel, but instead near one of the sites of the terrible massacre on october 7th which is right behind me effectively. the main reason why is because one of those hostages, 84-year-old el ma abraham was in serious medical condition and required immediate evacuation. we're told she was medically evacuated directly from the gaza strip by the israeli military and onward to a hospital in israel. the rest of those 12 hostages entered directly near the area of kibbutz ari. we saw the convoy coming right down the way to the air force base nearby. from there they're being taken from helicopter to hospitals like the one matthew was just reporting from.
cnn's jeremy diamond is joining us from orim, israel. what more are you learning about the process to get these hostages home and safe? >> reporter: wolf, we are learning a little more information about the reason why these hostages returned to israel not through that crossing further south between israel, gaza and egypt where we've been the last few nights where we witnessed the hostages entering israel, but instead near one of the sites of the terrible massacre on october 7th which is...
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jeremy diamond has the details. >> reporter: this is all that remains. for the second day in a row, israeli jets striking the densely-populated refugee camp, threatening apartment buildings. hundreds were wounded and 80 people were killed, according to the director of the nearby indonesian hospital. the idf said it struck a hamas command and control complex killing hamas militants. but civilians also clearly among the casualties. including children rushed out of the rubble. tonight, the united nations human rights office raising serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could amount to war crimes. israel blaming hamas as human shields as it continues its offe offensive. a top israeli commander now says his forces are closing in on gaza city. hamas' stronghold in the gaza strip. >> translator: deep in the strip at the gate of gaza city. in the last five days, we dismantled a lot of the abilities of hamas. we attacked strategic decisions. all of the explosive abilities and underground facilities and other systems. >> reporter: five days
jeremy diamond has the details. >> reporter: this is all that remains. for the second day in a row, israeli jets striking the densely-populated refugee camp, threatening apartment buildings. hundreds were wounded and 80 people were killed, according to the director of the nearby indonesian hospital. the idf said it struck a hamas command and control complex killing hamas militants. but civilians also clearly among the casualties. including children rushed out of the rubble. tonight, the...
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jeremy diamond was there. some of the footage that you've obtained is extraordinary. it really shows what is happening on the ground. something we haven't really had a window into until the point. tell us what you're seeing. >> reporter: we were the first foreign journalists to get into gaza since the war began and it comes a week after israel launched this ground offensive. israeli forces, we joined up with them on the israeli side of the border. we went into an armored person he will carrier. about 20 minutes later, we found ourselves at an israeli location about one mile inside the gaza strip. it was overlooking gaza city. and there was active fighting happening between militants and israeli forces. we could hear small arms fire, rockets, as well as antimissile systems being deployed. all of this as israeli forces in the area were trying to work to divide the northern part of gaza to the southern part. >> reporter: at this israeli military post on the outskirts of gaza city, the fighting is fierce. the center of the gaza strip, the idf soldiers are fighting against
jeremy diamond was there. some of the footage that you've obtained is extraordinary. it really shows what is happening on the ground. something we haven't really had a window into until the point. tell us what you're seeing. >> reporter: we were the first foreign journalists to get into gaza since the war began and it comes a week after israel launched this ground offensive. israeli forces, we joined up with them on the israeli side of the border. we went into an armored person he will...
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jeremy diamond is just north of gaza. let's start with what israel says is new evidence underneath app shi if. a. tell us about that. >> reporter: they say they found a shaft on the ground grounds of the hospital. can you see a hole in the ground that leads to what happens to be a tunnel. cnn can't independently verify this video, but what we have been able to do is geo-locate this video to the al shifa complex. there is indeed a couple buildings we have identified as being part of the al shifa complex, one of the main buildings. the hospital appears about 30 yards away from the hole. they say that underground turn structure below for weeks, the military has laying the groundwork. they have said they operate a large command and control center below the complex. this is the first evidence that israel has put forward that they say points to tunnel infrastructure. the united states, jake, has also backed up israel's claims with president biden saying that hamas does indeed -- that was a fact, and he also accused hamas of com
jeremy diamond is just north of gaza. let's start with what israel says is new evidence underneath app shi if. a. tell us about that. >> reporter: they say they found a shaft on the ground grounds of the hospital. can you see a hole in the ground that leads to what happens to be a tunnel. cnn can't independently verify this video, but what we have been able to do is geo-locate this video to the al shifa complex. there is indeed a couple buildings we have identified as being part of the al...
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jeremy diamond is in sderot, and can you give us an update of what is going on? >> yes, the fighting is continuing here as we are continuing less than 12 hours away from the truce beginning, but the israeli military sis making it clear here they will continue to operate inside of gaza and strike targets inside of gaza until they get the order to stop before that truce goes into effect. the idf spokesman is saying it is quote business as usual inside of the gaza strip. here today from the vantage into northern gaza, we have watched as the israeli military has continued to bombard the gaza strip. we have heard a small arms fire indicating small arms battle of the israeli mir litary and hama targets. and as for the 13 hostages to be released tomorrow, that not going to happen until 4:00 p.m. local time. they will be handed over to the red cross who will transfer them to the israeli forces at three different crossing points into israel. the children under 12 are expected to meet their parents or family members at a designated points. and the families hoefr 12 are exp
jeremy diamond is in sderot, and can you give us an update of what is going on? >> yes, the fighting is continuing here as we are continuing less than 12 hours away from the truce beginning, but the israeli military sis making it clear here they will continue to operate inside of gaza and strike targets inside of gaza until they get the order to stop before that truce goes into effect. the idf spokesman is saying it is quote business as usual inside of the gaza strip. here today from the...
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jeremy diamond is near israel's border with gaza. jeremy, what are you experiencing right now from where you are? >> reporter: well, fred, over the last several hours, we have been watching really intense strikes on the gaza strip being carried out by the israeli military. and on the the israeli defense forces spokesman says that israeli forces are conducting what he describes as a significant and extensive strike on terrorist infrastructure inside of gaza. this is a combined operation being carried out not only by the air force, as we have been watching those air strikes hitting, pummelling, the gaza strip, but also by ground forces. that's why we're seeing these flares that light up the night sky over gaza, as the forces get a better vantage point of the positions they are attacking. this combined operation being described as, striking with great force tonight, as israeli forces encircle gaza city and as they say they have cut off north from south of gaza. and behind me right now, you can see some of those flares lighting up the sk
jeremy diamond is near israel's border with gaza. jeremy, what are you experiencing right now from where you are? >> reporter: well, fred, over the last several hours, we have been watching really intense strikes on the gaza strip being carried out by the israeli military. and on the the israeli defense forces spokesman says that israeli forces are conducting what he describes as a significant and extensive strike on terrorist infrastructure inside of gaza. this is a combined operation...
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cnn's jeremy diamond is tracking this story in sderot, israel. jeremy, israel is claiming hamas was using al shifa as a command center. what evidence have we seen of that so far? >> reporter: the latest evidence israel has presented is the most concrete of evidence of tunnels below al shifa hospital but it stopped short of proving israel's blroad claims of a command center below the hospital. what we are seeing from the israeli military is this video showing a drone going down this tunnel shaft where you can see some kind of a spiral staircase and then in the tunnel shaft there's video, perhaps taken by a robot with a camera or some kind of an animal with a camera, going down multiple meters down this tunnel. you can see the curved ceilings that are typical of hamas tums in the gaza strip and then it arrives at a door which the israeli military has yet to open because they fear it may be booby-trapped. israelis have made broad claims of hamas having a command center below al shifa hospital, but meanwhile the israeli military is answering question
cnn's jeremy diamond is tracking this story in sderot, israel. jeremy, israel is claiming hamas was using al shifa as a command center. what evidence have we seen of that so far? >> reporter: the latest evidence israel has presented is the most concrete of evidence of tunnels below al shifa hospital but it stopped short of proving israel's blroad claims of a command center below the hospital. what we are seeing from the israeli military is this video showing a drone going down this tunnel...
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first, let's go to cnn's jeremy diamond in israel for us. jeremy, on the heels of a secondary strike that rocked a gaza refugee camp, israel says it's making gains in the ground war. give us the latest. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. five days after israel launched its ground offensive in gaza, the israeli military announcing that it has breached hamas's northern defensive lines in gaza. the country's military says that it has dropped more than -- struck more than 11,000 targets in just the last three and a half weeks, but amid those strikes, more questions tonight, wolf, about how israel is striking these targets and the civilian casualties that have also resulted. tonight, a top israeli commander says his forces are closing in on gaza city, hamas's stronghold in the gaza strip. >> translator: we are deep in the strip at the gates of gaza city. in the last five days, we have dismantled a lot of the abilities of hamas. we have attacked strategic positions, all the explosive abilities, its underground facilities and other systems. >> report
first, let's go to cnn's jeremy diamond in israel for us. jeremy, on the heels of a secondary strike that rocked a gaza refugee camp, israel says it's making gains in the ground war. give us the latest. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. five days after israel launched its ground offensive in gaza, the israeli military announcing that it has breached hamas's northern defensive lines in gaza. the country's military says that it has dropped more than -- struck more than 11,000 targets in just...
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let's go to cnn's jeremy diamond in tel aviv who has the latest.y, can you give us a sense of what are those minor logistical obstacles that need to be overcome? >> well, it seems at this point a lot of it has to do with the mechanisms that are involved to actually get these hostages released, for israel to abide on its side by the pause in fighting, multiple days of fighting in pauses in order for the hostages to get out and in order for humanitarian aid to get in and it appears that multiple parties involved in these talks all seem to be saying that effectively, we are closer than we ever have been to a deal that could see dozens of these hostages freed from the gaza strip and returned to israel. we heard the qatari prime minister as you just mentioned say that there has been good progress and the challenges are logistical. jon finer just last hour telling jake tapper that we are closer than we have been perhaps at any point in these negotiations since weeks ago, and he also -- and we also heard from the israeli ambassador that said he was hopefu
let's go to cnn's jeremy diamond in tel aviv who has the latest.y, can you give us a sense of what are those minor logistical obstacles that need to be overcome? >> well, it seems at this point a lot of it has to do with the mechanisms that are involved to actually get these hostages released, for israel to abide on its side by the pause in fighting, multiple days of fighting in pauses in order for the hostages to get out and in order for humanitarian aid to get in and it appears that...
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let's get to jeremy diamond right now. i can go back and show you right here where jeremy is at the crossing. what are you seeing now? >> reporter: we are seeing multiple vehicles with flashing lights headed from the direction of the crossing point. past our position in the direction of that air force base where we understand these hostages would be taken. now that they are firmly on israeli territory, we're seeing multiple vehicles heading in the direction past near where these helicopters are, near our position. we don't know yet whether or not anybody will be brought into the helicopterers. our understanding is that if somebody needs urgent medical attention, then they would be medevaced via hospelicopter. we don't know whether that is the case. that's why it appears that these helicopters are on standby. and we are seeing them now at least the first vehicles with flashing lights just went past the turn off in order to get to these helicopters. several more vehicles are following behind. one of the helicopters is beginn
let's get to jeremy diamond right now. i can go back and show you right here where jeremy is at the crossing. what are you seeing now? >> reporter: we are seeing multiple vehicles with flashing lights headed from the direction of the crossing point. past our position in the direction of that air force base where we understand these hostages would be taken. now that they are firmly on israeli territory, we're seeing multiple vehicles heading in the direction past near where these...
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cnn's jeremy diamond was there. jeremy, what did you see? >> reporter: well, fred, we met up with israeli soldiers on the israeli side of the border first. we joined up with them, went into armored personnel carriers, and within a few minutes, we were inside gaza. about a kilometer inside the gaza strip, where we met with soldiers from the 828th infantry brigade. the soldiers have been trying to work to cut off the southern part of gaza from the northern part of gaza, as israeli forces and circle gaza city. at this israeli military post on the outskirts of gaza city, the fighting is fierce. >> it's us. >> reporter: in the center of the gaza strip, idf soldiers are fighting against militants that are using all the houses that they can in order to harm and to get to the idf soldiers. one week into its ground offensive, israel's military says it has encircled gaza city from posts like this. we're right now in an israeli military post inside the gaza strip, about one kilometer inside of gaza. gaza city is just this way, and as you can hear behin
cnn's jeremy diamond was there. jeremy, what did you see? >> reporter: well, fred, we met up with israeli soldiers on the israeli side of the border first. we joined up with them, went into armored personnel carriers, and within a few minutes, we were inside gaza. about a kilometer inside the gaza strip, where we met with soldiers from the 828th infantry brigade. the soldiers have been trying to work to cut off the southern part of gaza from the northern part of gaza, as israeli forces...
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let's go now to cnn's jeremy diamond, live for us at that hostage rally in tel aviv. it actually just ended, but, jeremy, what have people been telling you? >> reporter: well, tonight, fredricka, tens of thousands of sq israelis gathering here in tel aviv, as well as jerusalem, to demand not only the release of hostages, put to put pressure on the government in order for them to reach a deal to secure the release of hostages. we know the israeli government has been negotiating with hamas via the qatari government with the assistance of the united states. there appears to be a deal on the table being negotiated that could see dozens of women and children we leased in exchange for a multi-day pause in fighting. it is unclear if the israeli government will take the deal. tonight the israeli with demanding with chance of now, now, now, for the hostages to be released. i spoke with the cousin of one of those hostages tonight. this woman had been taken hostage with her husband and daughter, but she sacrificed herself when there was a moment of opportunity to get away. her h
let's go now to cnn's jeremy diamond, live for us at that hostage rally in tel aviv. it actually just ended, but, jeremy, what have people been telling you? >> reporter: well, tonight, fredricka, tens of thousands of sq israelis gathering here in tel aviv, as well as jerusalem, to demand not only the release of hostages, put to put pressure on the government in order for them to reach a deal to secure the release of hostages. we know the israeli government has been negotiating with hamas...