one is the nitzana and the other is kerem shalom, and the bright lights that you can see is the kerem shalom, and now next to us, we have the two helicopters that have touched down, and flashlights from people who are maybe getting off of the helicopter. so, this is obviously a developing situation, kaitlan. these appear to be blackhawk helicopters from what our understand is. military helicopters landing again two kilometers from where this crossing point is. >> okay. jeremy, you have been at this crossing point for hours, and this is the first time we have seen two hl elicopters in that time span to arrive there, and we are waiting to see if they are there to facilitate the transfer or what we are expecting to see next. >> yeah, that is right, and there have been military personnel there -- >> and do you -- >> reporter: i am able to see -- there is dust kicking up into my face right now, but these are two helicopters landing two kilometers from the kerem shalom crossing, and we happened to be here, because we knew it was a vantage here, but there is some photographers brought to thi

once inside of egypt, they will travel back south and back into israel at the nitzana crossing here.n we expect them from helicopter from nitzana here to an air base right here, an israeli air base right there, and it is from that air base after spending some time with people being checked out they will then travel by helicopter to hospitals around gaza. so you can see this round about route. they are being taken from gaza, to egypt, to israel, to other sites in israel, and again, the 13 hostage, and the process is happening right now, and this is the first of what we believe is going to be at least four days of this. our kaitlan collins is standing by in tel aviv with the latest. kai kaitlan. >> yes, john. the ultimate destination for the 13 women and children who have been part of the first group to be released by hamas from gaza, and the ultimate destination is here in israel where they will be reunited with their families in addition to going medical checkups and interviews of the government officials of what the last few weeks have been like, and what we have heard from the idf

and then there's another crossing down here at nitzana where they could also have crossed.he other map here, the first day's hostages went to the air base. that's not the case, as far as i know, today. but for tonight's release, all of them seem to be ending up at hospitals here in tel aviv. >> essentially going like this, then up to the hospitals up there. >> that's right. >> what's interesting, colonel, is that there are a number of crossings between israel and gaza directly. and those are not being used. these two days, they've gone from gaza inn egypt before going into israel. so why do you think that is? and do you think that that will continue in these next two days? >> i think it will continue that way. first of all, the crossings in the north have all been damaged. they are crossings that basically are not -- sderot, that crossing is completely unusable for these purposes right now. also dangerous for hamas to go in there. the other reason is these have, especially rafah, has the facilities, the border crossing facilities. the egyptian customs, israeli officials als