this is hadas calderon's family. her ex-husband ofir who has been kidnapped along with her two children, eras and sahar and her mother carmela and autistic niece were murdered in those october 7th attacks and the hope is for hadas calderon and many mothers and family members like her that potentially we may see the release of sahar and arez and of some of the other children who are currently being held. now, i've also spoken, kaitlan to thomas han. you may remember him, we interviewed him after the october 7th attacks and he was an irishman living in the be'eri kibbutz. initially he was told he had been killed and actually, she may be alive. i have spoken to thomas hand. he has said, quote, i want to jump through the roof with hope, but i also have to keep a level head emotionally. i can't let myself get too far ahead of myself. he made a couple of important point, kaitlan. he said so far no one from the israeli government has reached out to him. he has learned about this hostage release deal on television as many di

. >> reporter: hadas calderon's 16-year-old daughter sahar and 12-year-old son erez were taken hostager oz. this video shows hamas militants attacking the small farming community and taking erez when they left. what do you think sahar and erez have been going through since they were taken -- >> hell. hell, that is what they are going through. i just want them to come back and to heal them. >> reporter: gershon baskin is an israeli hostage negotiator who helped secure the release of an israeli soldier captured by hamas, gilad shalit, in 2011. in return for over 1,000 palestinian prisoners. this time, hamas is getting just three prisoners in exchange for each hostage. what does that tell you? >> hamas wants to get rid of the women, the children, the elderly. they are a burden on them. once they have the soldiers and only the soldiers, they will then begin demanding what they really want, which is the release of all the palestinian prisoners in israel. >> reporter: israel's military said tonight that the hostage release procedure has not yet been finalized. but one detail we do have is th

here, they gather in support of hadas calderon whose children, 12-year-old eras and 16-year-old zaartaken on october 7th along with her ex-husband. >> tell me what you're going through now. are you hopeful? are you anxious? are you in denial? >> all of it. i smile, i laugh and then i cry and then i -- >> do you know anything? have you heard anything? >> nobody knows anything. nobody. no information. i have to pray. we have to pray only. >> calderon is not the only parent desperately waiting and hoping for news that has yet to come. 9-year-old emily's father thomas was initially told his daughter was killed on october 7th only to then get the news that she may be alive and held in gaza. i want to jump through the roof he told us about the possible prospect of emily's release, but i also have to keep a level head emotionally. it's a challenge calderon is all too familiar with. >> every day is stuff. i don't want to think. i don't want to feel because it is too painful, you know? when they start to ask me, like, interview like you, show me the picture of your child. tell me what last th

hadas calderon was in her safe room exchanging messages with her family and neighbors. >> even one girle told me, i have a picture with my mom, is on the floor, with blood, and a terrorist with a gun, just behind her. you know that. my daughter, she called me, she asked me, do you know about that? is it a fake picture? is it true? >> reporter: it was true. 74-year-old levinson, adored by generations of kids she helped raise on the kibbutz, was among the first to be murdered. this is levinson's home. it's completely torched. we know the gunmen broke in, and killed her, here, they murdered her. they gained access to her facebook account and posted a live image of her lying on the ground, in a pool of blood, surrounded by armed men. they wanted her friends and family to see. itai anghel: one of the terrorists is hiding, then apparently he heard somethining, an engigine of a , an israeaeli car approachining the gatete. so he stands up, immediately approaching the gate, and fires and fires. speaker 1: [non-english speech] hadas kalderon: our kibbutz had a pogrom. they kill and they went hous

we have some new video to show you just in of hadas calderon today, as she gets the news that her son and daughter are coming home. >>> and later, in this country, the man now in custody charged with shooting three palestinian college students in vermont. and the question, was it, as the victims' families say, a crime fuelled by hate? >>> at the top of the program, we showed you these names, the names and faces of the hostages who have been released over the past four days. we spoke with one woman about what getting six loved ones back means to her, even as she mourns the loss of a father murdered on october 7th. right now, though, tempered as it is by sadness, a little more of the joy we have been seeing. and our gary tuchman has that. >> reporter: this woman is about to get her children back. her daughters, 8-year-old ela elyakim and dafna elyakim being reunited with their mother. their father was murdered on october 7th. their girls are back home, one of many emotional reunions. abigail edan turned four years old in captivity. her mother was shot and killed by the kidnappers. her f

safe room, she messaged her children that help was on the way. his will end very soon, and when hadas calderon was hiding alone in her safe room, she messaged her children that help was on the way. this will end very soon and idf will help. don't worry. we are stronger than them. now she, too, feels betrayed. >> eight hours we've been alone, alone, nobody helps us. >> reporter: no army, nothing. >> nobody helps us. we've been alone. >> reporter: the government's abandoned you now. >> yes, they are. where are they? where are they? they said the war in hamas is more important. you can't make war on expense of children and babies and old sick people. >> reporter: how do you get through each day? >> when i start to think about, i'm crushed. if i'm crushed, how can i save them? >> reporter: sharon knows hadas' family well, including her niece noya, who was killed. >> to lose noya and lose all these kids, that would break my parents' heart. >> reporter: your mom and dad would have wanted the children to be released first. >> yeah. my father taught noya the piano and my mom would make her cookies. sh

here, they gather in support of hadas calderon, whose children, 12-year-old erez and 16-year-old saar were taken on october 7th along with her ex husband. >> tell me what you're going to now, are you hopeful, are you anxious, are you in denial? >> i smile, i laugh, and then i cry, and then i -- >> do you know anything? have you heard anything? >> nobody knows anything, nobody. nobody, no information. i have to pray, we have to pray. >> reporter: calderon is not the only parent desperately waiting, hoping for news that has yet to come. nine-year-old emily hand's father thomas was initially told that his daughter was killed on october 7th, only to then get the news that she may be alive and held in gaza. i want to jump through the roof with hope, he told us today about the possible prospect of emily's release,, but i also had to keep a level head emotionally. >> every day is tough. every day, all day is tough, but i don't want to think, i don't want to feel, because it's too painful. when they start to ask me, show me the picture of your child, tell me what last thing he told you -- it'

>> that's hadas calderon reacting to news that her children the 12-year-old and the 16-year-old wereased by hamas. the children have since been reunited with their mom, siblings and some extended family. their father is still being held hostage, though. joining me now is hadas' cousin. look at that smile on your face, we were talking during the break, you were smiling. i don't think i've seen you smile, understandably so, and we've spoken several times, i know you've seen the children since they were released at the hospital. how are they doing? >> well, first of all, i cannot even express the joy and happiness and relief that i'm feeling with all of the family. the eyes, you know, i can express that. but seems like, you know, his eyes tell a story that we will have to unveil step-by-step, very slowly. because we don't want to kind of trigger the trauma. so, we've been advised to actually look or to ask too many questions, just to hug them, be with them, feel their heart beats, just smell their hair and hug them. and that's what i did. actually, i'm afraid i did a little bit too stro

here they gather in support of hadas calderon whose children were taken on october 7th along with her ex-husband. >> tell me what you're going through now? are you hopeful? are you anxious, are you in den denial. >> i smile and a laugh and then i cry and i -- >> you have heard anything? >> nobody knows anything. nobody. nobody. no information. i have to pay. we have to pray. >> reporter: she's not the only parent desperately waiting and hoping for news that has yet to come. 9-year-old emily hand's father thomas was told his daughter was killed on october 7th only to get the news they may be alive and held in gaza. i want to jump through the roof with hope, hand told us today about the possibility prospect of emily's release. but i also have to keep a level head emotionally. it is a challenge calderon is all too familiar with. >> every day is tough. all day is tough. i don't want to think and i want to feel because it is too painful. you know, when they start to ask me and interview like you, show me the picture of your child and tell me what was last thing they told you. it breaks my

here, they gather in support of hadas calderon, whose children, were taken on october 7th, along with her ex-husband. >> tell me what you're going through now. are you hopeful? are you anxious? are you in denial? >> i smile, i laugh, and then i cry. >> do you know anything? have you heard anything. >> nobody knows anything. nobody. nobody. no information. i have to pray. we have to pray. >> calderon is not the only parent desperately waiting and hoping for news that has yet to come. 9-year-old emily hand's father thomas was initially told his daughter was killed on october 7th, only to then get the news that she may be alive and held in gaza. i want to jump through the roof with hope, hand told us today about the possible prospect of emily's release, but i also have to keep a level head emotionally. it's a challenge calderon is all too familiar with. >> every day is tough. every day, all day is tough. i don't want to think. i don't want to feel. it's too painful. you know? when they start to ask me, like, interview, like you, show me the picture of your child, tell me what's the last

i was speaking to the mother of two children and her ex-husband, hadas calderon, her son, daughter asx-husband were kidnapped on october 7th taken into gaza. she also lost her mother as well as her niece, and she was just in this excruciating pain. and i asked her, you know, when will you know that they are out of gaza, and she looked at me and she said i will know when i hug them. that's where so many of these families are tonight, and if this, in fact, goes forward and we get confirmation from the israeli government that 13 hostages have been released, that of course will be a source of hope for the other families that are waiting for their loved ones. they're waiting for their hug because this will be seen as a proof of concept that this process can work in the midst of this all-out war. jonathan. >> erin, we just had our colleague david noriega in the west bank, pretty intense situation there as prisoners are about to be released. just give us a sense the best you know of officials you're talking to, is this temporary pause in the fighting holding at this particular precarious mom

i was speaking to hadas calderon just a few days ago.band was kidnapped on october 7th as was her 11-year-old son and her 16-year-old daughter. her mother was killed. her niece was killed. she told me that she was in a living hell, that she said you cannot understand my pain, my anguish, not knowing where my family is. and she told me that she recognized that as part of this deal while she had hope at the time, that her children could be released as part of this deal, she recognize that her ex-husband would not be released. at present they've only announced the release of women and children. it's her hope that this deal will lead to subsequent deals to her entire family could be reunited. that really is the hope of so many families here in israel tonight. >> just when you say this, one hears it but it's -- you know, you're talking about 49 days ago. 49 days ago on the 7th of october men, women, and children were massacred, killed, and you're talking about, erin, this person who describes the destruction of her family and people being tak