♪ we're monitoring breaking news right now. the full israeli cabinet is meeting behind closed doors, going over a deal that could bring home dozens of hostages taken by hamas. the well-being of those hostages hanging on this decision. it comes after prime minister benjamin netanyahu met earlier today with key officials about the negotiations. the deal would end the torment of so many of these hostages and their families who have been

demanding their safe return for more than a month now. let's get the latest from alex. how soon could a deal be announced? >> that could be quite soon. we believe the ball is in israel's court, they're going through their legal and political process to approve the deal. that on the hamas side of things, it's been approved. an expectation once all is said and done is that israel would announce they agreed to the deal but also announced by qatar, and they have been the key mediator on this because they have a direct conversation, direct line into hamas, they also speak with u.s. and israel as well. these are the broad strokes of what we expect the deal to entail. an immediate group of 50 people being released from hamas custody, all civilians, all women and children. this would take course over five -- four to five days during which time there would be a

pause. the fighting would stop. israel would stop fighting against hamas, hamas would stop firing against israel. in theory, the guns would fall silent. what's also interesting is this will be a swap, if this happens. in that for the 50 women and children who we are understand are israeli or dual nationals, all israelis but some have other passports as well, around 150 palestinians would be released at the same time from israeli prisons. there is a possibility that if all of this goes according to plan over this four or five-day period, the pause could be extended and more of these hostages could be released by hamas and in turn more palestinian prisoners could be released by israel. >> the key, if it goes to plan. a tenuous proposition, right? you and i from early on were trying to figure out how many hostages were being held by hamas. we learned it's not just hamas holding on to hostages but other rival factions, even criminal enterprises.

what do we know about the exact number of folks being held? >> the numbers have been all over the place. the fluctuations have changed as the israeli authorities and other countries like the united states have figured out essentially who is still missing. the number settled on right now is just shy of 240 hostages in gaza. it's 237. again, it's a mix of all different kinds of nationalities. you have israelis, you have at least ten american citizens missing as well. there was -- there's a 3-year-old toddler who is being held. she has american citizenship. we understand she will turn four years old later this week on friday. there's an expectation she would hopefully be part of this first batch of hostages to come out. again, some 50 of them. there are also other nationalities. thai, a lot of migrants go there

to work. what is not being mentioned is a release of the men. the question is what hamas plans to do particularly with israeli men, they could be reservists so hamas would look to trade them for a large number of israeli men. >> as we've seen play out before in 2011 when one israeli soldier represented 1,000 prisoners that israel released. there have beeneen hostages released in gaza. tell us about them. >> if these 50 were to be released, this would be the third group released. by far the biggest. israel said if we're going to agree to a pause, a real stop in the fighting, you, hamas, have to release a large group of prisoners. we believe it will be at least 50 in the first wave. there have been releases already. two, in fact, natalie and judith, they are american

citizens. they were the first to be released by hamas on october 20th. older israeli women were released three days later on october 23rd. the way they were released, they were handed over by hamas to the international red cross. they were then taken to the border crossing, handed over to egyptian and israeli forces and then taken to doctors to get a medical checkup. it's unclear the mechanisms of how we understand this latest hostage release to unfold. it may happen in a similar fashion. >> potentially a preview, if this deal ultimately goes through. a alex, tell us about the palestinian prisoners that hamas is aiming to get released. >> there's a huge number of palestinians who are in israeli prisons in the west bank, in east jerusalem, in israel proper. the vast majority of them are men. again, we're not talking about the release on either side of men right now.

one important note, boris, of the 8,300, 3,000 are being held in what's called administrative detention, which is this in between area where they don't know what the charges are against them. they're being held without trial. they can be held for months or even years. that can be extended for reasons unknown to them. the palestinians that we're talking about right now to be released are, again, the women and children, there are at last count some 463 women and children who are being held. by children, i mean mainly teenagers under the age of 18. those are the ones who would be released in exchange for these hamas hostages. again, three of them for every one to be released by hamas. >> we'll keep an eye on how it plays out. the full cabinet in israel meeting right now to discuss the details, finalizing potentially this swap. thank you so much for the reporting. cnn is covering this from every angle. we want to take you live to the

region with oren liebermann, matthew chance, and becky. oren, we don't know how israel's government will vote on all of this, but there's been indications, at least two-far right groups of the government saying they'll vote against this deal. how do you see this playing out? >> yeah. two of the far-right members of prime minister benjamin netanyahu's government have come out against the deal with you they don't have the numbers to sink this on their own. it's very much in netanyahu's interest to make sure this gets across the finish line. he's well aware he's deeply unpopular here. if this falls apart because of his coalition, he'll get more unpopular. we've heard from families in a meeting with the war cabinet yesterday, they say they were promised if it gets to this point, it will get over the line. ministers in the government said once it gets to the point where it's in front of them, they will make sure this gets approved.

with that promise they're more confident than ever before that they'll see a prisoner release here or a hostage release announcement perhaps sometime imminently. it's already gone through a couple of the stages here. first the war cabinet, which is netanyahu and very few others. then the slightly wider security cabinet, which includes other critical ministries, now it's at the full cabinet. that's the last step in the approval process. that's necessary because of what this deal entails and that is the release of palestinian prisoners which can't simply be done unilaterally by the prime minister. he needs the support of the government and that's why this is critical. there is a bit more. there is then a 24-hour window in which appeals can be filed at the supreme court to try to stop this. so, that also has to start -- that clock also has to start ticking. that starts right after the government vote, which we should expect here fairly soon given that the full cabinet is meeting right now. again, that's the final stage in the process here as this moves forward. two of prime minister benjamin

netanyahu's far-right coalition parties coming out against it, but they don't have the numbers to make sure or to stop this from going through here. the families eagerly waiting for word, even if they don't know who will be released, they say this is a critical first step to get that ball rolling. one hostage deal they say hopefully leads to many more in the near future. oren, thank you very much. i want to go to matthew chance who has been talking with family members and, in fact, is there with the mother of a 13-year-old hostage. matthew, i know this has been a frustrating process for a lot of these families who say they have not gotten a lot of information. what are they saying to you now that we're on the brink of the deal? >> well, i mean, i think it's fair to say that feelings are mixed here tonight in central tel aviv with many of the families and the sympathizers of the families who have loved ones who are still held hostage

tonight. mixed feelings because there's some excitement and happiness that some people may be released if this deal gets through the israeli government. but also some bitter sweet feelings about the fact that so many of the 240 hostages inside gaza will not be part of this first wave of hostage releases, which is something on the order of 50 or so people, according to the israeli government officials i've spoken to. i'm joined by -- it's difficult to present this. it's tragic, but i'm joined here by realma, who is a mother of gali, and this is your son, 16 years old. he's no longer with us. >> yes. >> he was murdered. he's no longer with us. your daughter, who is 13 years old, she is a hostage. >> yes. from the 7th of october.

yeah. >> how optimistic are you, if i can use that word, how optimistic are you tonight that your daughter at least may be able to come home? >> it's the most -- i have no -- nothing else to believe in. just the way that she will be back soon. and the hope is keeping me alive now. and i believe that she will come back. >> speaking to your family members who are also here tonight, some of them, they were saying she's very strong. they're very optimistic. >> yeah. >> that she'll get through this. >> gali is a strong young girl. she's 13. she is very -- she's an optimistic girl. she always has been energetic and you can't not miss her when she's around her. i hope that she's strong there. >> i hope so, too. i hope she comes out alive and

well. let me ask you briefly, there's a government meeting under way right now. >> yes. >> the israeli cabinet are discussing whether to approve this deal or not. >> mm-hmm. >> do you think the israeli government has handled this tragedy, this crisis properly? have they handled it well? >> it's also -- i'm hoping so, because i don't have anybody else that manages this country, it's them. for a month or more, nobody has spoken with us from the government. just yesterday we met with the cabinet, all the families. it was the first time we spoke with them eye to eye. it's supposed to be much before, not after a month and a half. >> does that make you feel -- >> i'm angry. >> but does it make you feel the plight of you, the plight of

your families and the 240 other families, do you think you're not the priority of this government or you haven't been up to -- >> we wanted them to say that this is the priority. the hostages is the priority. the first priority of the war. we didn't hear that from everybody. but now, today, they said it. finally. so, i'm optimistic now because they said it finally. >> well, i'm glad. again, i'm so sorry for your loss. you know, i wish you the best. >> thank you. >> for your daughter. there you have it. as i say, some optimism being expressed there. some relief that some hostages may finally now come out, but again, very mixed feelings about the way this has been handled and about the fact that so many people, no matter what happens over the next five or six days, so many people are still, it seems at this stage, going to be

remainings a h s a as hostages gaza. >> matthew, thank you very much. hopefully the next time we see you and her it will be with her 13-year-old daughter. becky anderson is in qatar. becky, how did this coalesce and come together after all these weeks of negotiations? >> the parameters have been very similar to those that we understand to be in this deal or truce that is expected to be announced very, very soon. it's just been getting both sides, israel and hamas, to agree specifically to some of the really thorny details on this. i think from the israeli side it's been about the exchange of palestinian prisoners, for israeli hostages, just how many

would be exchanged. at this point, the deal as we understand it, has a 3-1 sort of ratio. for every one israeli hostage released, three palestinian women or teenagers will be released. it was also -- there was much to and fro about how long the truce would be. the period of pause before these hostages would be released. then who these hostages would be. for many weeks now it's been quite clear that this -- these negotiations have really prioritized women and children. that certainly sounds like what we should expect to hear in the hours to come. i have just received a statement from qatar. let me read it to you. the proposal for a humanitarian pause and the release of hostages was delivered to the israeli side in the early hours of this morning. just to be clear, it's now 10:00

at night here. that was following weeks of continuous negotiations, the statement says. the state of qatar is now awaiting the result of the israeli government's vote on the proposal. let's be quite clear about what this proposal, this truce in the gaza siege as we are likely to see the wording of this deal. what does that look like? it's 50 hostages, women and children likely mostly children as we understand it. there at least 40 children being held hostage at this point. that would be in exchange for something like 150 palestinian women and teenagers being held in israeli jails. the pause, the period of pause -- a pause in hostilities on both sides would be for a period of four days, possibly as long as five. what would happen during that time? these hostages would be released in groups of approximately ten.

you would also see at the opening of the rafah crossing some 300 trucks worth of aid a day. that's been a demand by hamas and that's something, as we understand, the israelis have also conceded to. an end or a truce or a pause in the hostilities between hamas and israel on the ground and in the air. this is an important point. the israelis have been flying surveillance drones over gaza, trying to locate where these hostages are. those drones would only fly for periods of six hours at a time. so these are the main parameters of a deal, which if it is announced in the next few hours, just after the israeli cabinet, who is expected to agree on this deal, then it would be the biggest breakthrough, diplomatic breakthrough since october 7th and the day of that awful massacre on the israeli side,

1,200 dead and so many taken hostage. since then, the death of 13,000 g gazans, mostly women and children. this is not a cease-fire, this is a pause or a truce for a period of days to allow out some of thehostages. as matthew was explaining, speaking to the mother of that 13-year-old child, clearly she hopes her daughter would be one of those released. it's an incredibly emotional time for all of those involved. for the hostage families who have young men or slightly older men but of serving age being held, it's very unlikely those men will be released at this point any time soon. no cease-fire, just a truce, at this pace just 50 hostages. but at least it's a start. >> yeah. becky anderson, that language so important, a pause, a truce, no

cease-fire, but on the precipice of what could be a significant moment. becky anderson, thank you very much for that reporting. we're joined by israeli government spokesperson alon levy. thank you for making time to come on. a source telling us that full cabinet is meeting to discuss this hostage deal which becky anderson laid out. alex saying the ball is in israel's court now. where do things stand now? that's right. the government of israel is meeting at this hour to discuss this. if and when the government approves that deal, there will be a 24-hour period in which families of victims of the terrorists who may be released as part of that deal are able to apply to the supreme court. there a measure of judicial review here. then we very much hope we will be able to begin to bring hostages home. it's been nearly 50 days. nobody has been sleeping in this

country. we can't begin to imagine what a 3-year-old girl whose father was murdered in front of her has been going through during 50 days as a hostage in a hamas tunnel, who is bathing her, feeding her, hugging her, playing with her. we hope to bring them back. we hope to continue and plan to continue until we bring all 240 hostages home. you were reporting that the number of 50 -- let's remember that's only a fifth of the total hostages inside the gaza strip. this war will end with us bringing all of our hostages home and removing hamas from power so it can never abduct our people again. >> i just want to clarify what you just said, i want to make sure i'm understanding it properly. you're saying if the cabinet agrees to this deal, then there would be 24 hours in which it could go to the supreme court there and then after 24 hours is when we could potentially see some movement. am i getting that right? >> correct, because we are talking about prisoners who have been convicted on terrorism

charges, not directly on charges of murder but terrorism charges. and there are families in israel who lost loved ones because of those acts of terrorism. they have the right to appeal to the supreme court against the release of those prisoners. we hope if and when those hurdles are overcome, we can bring our hostages home, then we'll be able to continue putting more pressure on hamas in order to get the rest of them out. let's remember, this is not happening because hamas is suddenly deciding to be nice, humanitarians or boy scouts, it's happening because we've been putting unrelenting military pressure on hamas. hamas has been begging for a breather because it's getting clobber, and it's that military pressure that brought it to a position where it's willing to release some of the people abducted on october 7th. >> on that note, if this deal is approved, it will likely include a four to five-day pause in the fighting. i know you're saying you want to further these discussions to

free more of these hostages. do you think that pause will become standard for releasing future hostages or future releases and how will the idf manage through this? you all said it could give hamas a chance to restock, reload for potential future attacks. >> i think let's wait until the government passes that decision, if it votes to do so. then we will be able to make proper announcements when decisions are made and fill you in on the details. at the moment, this is still a proposal under discussion, nothing has been officially announced just yet. we hope that after we bring hostages home we'll continue putting pressure on hamas because that is the only thing that is going to convince the terror organization that burned, beheaded, tortured, raped, mutilated so many people on the 7th of october to release hostages. not because they have pangs of consciousness or because they

know it's evil to hold a 10-month-old baby hostage, but it's the pressure they've been put under. >> i want to talk about the hostage families. matthew chance interviewing a mother on word of her 13-year-old daughter who was taken hostage. her 16-year-old son was killed. a lot of these families have said publicly they have gotten very little if any exchange with the government. they have not been kept abreast of many developments. some of them are angry at that lack of communication from the government. i know a group of them met with the prime minister yesterday. it was the first time for a lot of them that they were meeting with him. why hasn't there been more communication with these families that are so desperate for information? >> first of all, they're absolutely right to be angry, they're right to be furious with the failure of october 7th that allowed their loved ones to be abducted. this was a crisis that overwhelmed the state of israel.

israel didn't have contingencies for what to do if hamas murders 1,200 people in a day, what to do if hamas abducts 240 people into the gaza strip. both systems were not in place and that system israel has been trying to put together on the move as we literally pick up the pieces and body parts from the october 7th massacre. our hearts are with those families. we embrace them. we hope soon we'll be able to bring them good news. we know it will be the start of a very long process for those people who come out of the gaza strip who are going to be severely traumatized. we hope that he are safe, but we know nothing about their condition because hamas refused to give them access to the red cross. once they come back home, it will be the start of a long rehabilitation process. we hope the state will be there to support them. >> i hear you, but the families who have not heard from you or gotten much information, can you

pledge there will be more information going forward as you go through this process? >> we are constantly working day by day in order to improve the flow of information, the lines of communication. i hope and expect we will continue doing that and do everything we can to bring the hostages home and to offer all the support that those families need and that they deserve. >> all right. eylon levy, thanks so much more making time. >> thank you. we'll have much more on our breaking news ahead including what the white house is saying about this potential hostage deal when we come back.

we are back following the breaking news out of the middle east. i'm boris sanchez alongside dana bash and jessica dean. israel is potentially on the cusp of approving a deal of releasing 50 hostages by hamas and other groups. in exchange, israel would free about 150 palestinians in israeli custody. earlier today president biden sounded confident this deal would get done. >> we want to go to mj lee at the white house. you have been doing some remarkable reporting on the contours of this deal, including just in the past couple of hours

what we're hearing from inside the administration as they are waiting for this deal to be finalized, hoping, of course, that that happens. >> yeah, keep in mind there's no playbook for how everything would unfold once a deal is agreed upon. there's no precedent for how everything would unfold, but the white house has laid out some of the broad strokes of how they be believe things would unfold once the hostages are released. first and foremost, there would need to be safe passages that are established so that people can physically get out safely. you can see how a pause in the fighting would have everything to do with that. and then the hostages would need to get medical attention. that goes without saying that we cannot imagine the conditions that these people have been under for many weeks now. we don't know about the status updates, the status of their health updates. we've just gotten very little information about any of that. for any of the dual citizens in the mix, they would be

repatriated to their home countries if that's what they wanted so they could finally be reunited with their families. then for any u.s. citizens that are in the mix, of course the state department would be very closely engaged and making sure that they get the help that they need, they get to where they want to go in terms of being reunited with families and potentially returning back to the states. on that point, we still just have very little information. we don't know exactly what to expect about how many americans may be in the mix in that initial 50 hostages that are expected to be released. this is a question that i posed to president biden directly several hours ago. he really didn't want to get into the details. all we know right now, is that u.s. officials are feeling hopeful that 3-year-old abigail will be in the mix of the 50 hostages. again, beyond the 3-year-old toddler we don't know. officials here are saying that as far as the release is concerned, this is a process that is going to be incredibly complex and it could take hours

if not days for all of that to unfold. >> absolutely. thank you so much for that reporting, mj. you know, it's interesting because this is such a critical moment for the white house, too, right? the top officials in the white house, this has been one of their top priorities, not to mention president biden himself stepping in to get the release of these hostages. there's a lot on the line for them here. >> so much on the line. you guys, we've all been reporting about the fact that the pressure on president biden has been increasing. it's been increasing from within his own party. the pressure is coming from various sides and various angles. there are some who really since the beginning of the israel retaliation have been calling for a cease-fire. initially the president said we're not even going to do that. in fact, not initially, even to this minute he's saying no cease-fire. then the question is how do you

bring aid to israel or will there be aid to israel? not that long ago it was a given that any aid given to israel would be unanimous and not with strings attached. you're hearing more and more of a call for that. so, it is incredibly complicated, but everybody i speak with inside the white house say that the person who is the most steadfast on supporting israel and supporting whatever israel thinks that it needs for nothing short of its existence, which if hamas stays in place and is successful, it would mean the eradication of israel, not to sound too dramatic, that's what's on the line, to stay the course and support despite and -- despite the increasing pressure on him, again from within his own party.

>> if this deal is accomplished and the cease-fire holds for the four or five days that are being negotiated, i think it would be a big diplomatic win for the white house. i'm curious to get your perspective because it comes with risk, right? >> sure does. >> there have been 64 attacks on american personnel in the region. and natasha reported earlier that there was an attack by u.s. forces, an aircraft fired on a vehicle and killede al asad air in iraq. i was speaking with colonel leighton behind closed doors before we got on set, he relayed so much of the idea that this cease-fire and whether hamas breaks it or not ultimately depends on iran and whether the u.s. confronts iran. there's a lot of risk of escalation. >> nothing happens in a vacuum, anywhere, but particularly the middle east and particularly dealing with iran which has tentacles and proxies

everywhere. that's what we're seeing just today with an attack inside iraq. it's no question one of the things that the biden administration is weighing, because it is -- it's whack a mole in the middle east. the conversations that are happening and where becky is in qatar is so key. they are the linchpin not just for the critical conversations and negotiations to get civilian hostages who are being held and have been for 45 days, including a toddler who is an american citizen, but also the broader, very delicate talks with the region to make sure that what iran is doing doesn't escalate. >> right. >> yeah. still much more to come, special live coverage straight ahead. we are also going to speak to a man whose family was kidnapped by hamas. what he thinks about this potential imminent deal when we come back. stay with h us..

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welcome back to our breaking news. the full israeli cabinet is meeting to discuss a potential hostage deal. that would free about 50 women and children, mostly women, we're told, from inside gaza in exchange for a four to five-day pause in fighting.could be rele israeli hostage. >> for the families of those held hostage, you can imagine -- it's hard to imagine that this has been an agonizing 45 days. that includes the family of the

goldsteins. she and her children were abducted on october 7th. her husband and elder daughter were murdered on october 7th. >> we want to bring in the elder brother. i want to know how you're feeling right now, you're waiting to find out if these israeli officials are going to accept this deal. what's going through your mind? >> first of all, i want to say since october 7th when we lost communication with the agam, gal and tal, they were missing for over ten days. i said from the beginning to myself and to the family that they're alive. there's nobody found, they are not murdered, and the time goes

by, i said they are alive. they are somewhere in gaza. i know my sister, now the feeling is with a lot of hope but we still have to wait pay sh patiently to finish all this, less talking. it's much better to everyone, both sides. when we see them in israel, it's going to be a done deal for our family. that's no question. >> i imagine it will be a huge relief for your family after everything you endured. have you heard anything from the israeli government about the deal, whether there has been any confirmation that it could include your sister and the three children? >> we know the family -- there's

two families here. the goldstein family and adal's family who live in kfar azza. we are the families and we know for the last few days that something is cooking. we don't know what, we didn't ask. there is connection with a lot of people that are talking to us. but nothing solid that i can tell you. whatever you understand from the media is what i know. but they're talking to us and they are patient to give us some details because when we have details, they'll give it to us. as of right now, we don't know anything we're just waiting. i'm sure in a few days something will happen. >> just to be clear, has anyone in the israeli government given

you an indication about the family's condition since october 7th? >> they do. israel knows some details. it's not something that i want to share with you. >> sure. >> but it's not also a big detail or something huge, but as i said, we know they are hostages, they moved from missing to hostage. you have to understand that these are kids and these are family people that their lives are on the scale. so, whatever we said is not going to be good. we have to wait patiently. believe me, i will be happy, happy, happy to talk to you when -- after i touch them and i see them. >> of course. >> the whole world understands we're talking about kids and

women here. they have nothing to do with this conflict. they just live their lives. this is the situation right now. we have to wait. it's hard. it's nervous, but there's nothing we can do. >> that is such an important point. these are innocent civilians that don't have anything to do with the conflict. i'm wondering what your message might be to israeli lawmakers, to the full cabinet as they consider finalizing this deal. we understand that some of the members of the cabinet were opposed to it. >> a lot of people in israel, especially the government, understand for the past 40 days after this cruel torture attack by a bad organization that needs to be taken off, that the first

thing of rebuilding israel and the communities there, kfar azza, all the thing is to bring the families back to us. kids taken out of beds with pajamas, no shoes, nobody knows where they are for the past 46 days. it's beyond imagine. now we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. it's still time to wait and we are waiting patiently. >> it is a very difficult time. omri, if this deal goes through and you see tal, gal, agam and chen again, what's the first thing you'll do? what will you say to them? >> first i will say i'm sorry.

>> wow. >> because there's no reason that the army is behind civilians. the army needs to be at the front. we missed this whole horrible situation. the army was behind civilians instead of being at the front. so, i think -- i'm thinking about it all the time, i'll say i'm sorry to my sister. she needs to be living the rest of their lives in a broken family with no husband, with no older daughter, beautiful, beautiful daughter. and an amazing, outstanding talented husband. and this broken family needs to come back to the grandmother and the grandfather, my parents, and nadal's parents because they live together. nadal has a sister with four

daughters, they are the same ages as chen's kids. those kids, those daughters of nadal's sister, they are just waiting and crying and pray for seeing back agam, gal and tal. it's -- >> yeah. >> you know, it's a broken family. we need to bring back whatever is left and we need to rebuild for us so people can go back to their -- this is a war. we are in the middle of war, fighting for this beautiful country. the only beautiful country the way i see it in the middle east, and this is what nadal wants all his life. he said we never leave homes, and we have to stay where we are at. we need to -- we need to rebuild

this place, this kibbutz. no question about it. >> omri, i'm so sorry you and your family had to endure this. i hope when the deal is secured you're able to see your family members again and that you can soon move forward from this tragedy. thank you so much, omri almog for the time. >> thank you for having me. >> of course. still to come on cnn, a potential hostage deal imminent. we have much more on this developing story from the middle east straight ahead. we'll be right back.

28 premature babies who were evacuated from gaza's al shifa

hospital earlier this week are now receiving care in two egyptian hospitals. the egyptian government says 12 of those babies arrived in critical condition. we're in cairo. what more do we know about these babies tonight? >> well, of the 28 babies, as you say, what we know today, the egyptian authorities tell me that 12 of those were in very critical condition. they were air lifted to a hospital in the new administrative capital in cairo for urgent attention. the doctors say that it takes only about 48 hours to stabilize. but you know what has really been one of the big stories is the fact that only four mothers had accompanied the 28 babies. the rest we just don't know. we don't have information of where their parents are, whether they have living relatives. but there was one family that was reunited with their little son in gaza when their little boy was moved from al shifa

hospital to the emirate hospital. they hadn't seen him for weeks. i want you to listen to what the father said. >> translator: thank god we now feel our son is safe after not seeing him for more than two weeks. we didn't know if he was dead or alive, especially when communications were disconnected with the doctors. they called us in the beginning to tell us that the child feels better and that we can come to take him, but the israelis had already cut the street and we were in new surat. i'm taking him home, but may god help the rest of the parents. >> reporter: and what i have with me as well is a list of what the babies are dealing with right now. they all have low blood oxygen levels. most are underweight. they're dealing with various injuries and all suffering serious infection. you have to remember the conditions in which they were in in al shifa hospital. we saw that idf raid, we saw

there was just too much bombardment around the hospital. they couldn't evacuate. that hospital had run out of oxygen, had run out of basic facilities as well. so, it's no surprise that they're in this condition, but, you know, seeing the egyptian side of things and the medical interventions here, the big hope is they'll get stabilized and then the next step is to try to find their parents. >> you hope you can get them stabilized and get them all well. thanks so much. we are just getting this information in that this hostage release deal that's being worked on right now is set to include red cross visits to hostages that will still be in gaza. we're told that it would be visits to hostages from israel that are still being held there in gaza and medicine for hostages that need it. that is coming from prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office. still more breaking news on this as the minutes go by. we'll have more for you when we come back.