hello and a warm welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m max foster with our continuing breaking news coverage of the war between israel and hamas. israel has signed off on a deal to release at least 50 hostages held in gaza by hamas. a move bringing hope to families waiting the return of their loved ones. the government overwhelmingly backed the deal after a six hour long cabinet meeting. the hostages to be freed are expected to be women and children. in exchange israel will pause its campaign against hamas for four days. hamas says 150 palestinian prisoners also women and children will be released from israeli jails as part of the deal. qatar brokered the deal and says the start of the humanitarian pause will be announced within the next 24 hours. more now from matthew chance in tel aviv. reporter: more than 50 hostages held in gaza could be freed over the coming days. after the israeli cabinets an proved that controversial deal to pause its military
the part of mayorkas and you can t impeach somebody for incompetence. i don t believe it is incompetence. the secretary is in immigration attorney, what they have done for the past 27 months is a deliberate plan put in place and i think i sight and hearing it in my testimony about a dozen different places where he s unfaithfully executing the law and breaking and stretching immigration law for political purposes so i think of fact with the american people need to understand, it s not in con conflict, is a crisis ravaging for over two years but a crisis by design. this is everything they plan f for, they campaigned on and not executing it. jon: they are defending their activities or in activities, here s a statement from the department of homeland security, it reads secretary mayorkas is proud to advance the mission of the department must support extraordinary workforce and
russia, as sam was just explaining, through belarus. the international committee of the red cross tweeted yesterday, people are living in terror in mariupol, desperate for safety. today s attempt to start evacuating an estimated 200,000 people has failed. the failed attempts underscore the absence of a detailed and functioning agreement between parties to the conflict. now a member of the red cross. can you tell us what it is like, what people in mariupol are enduring and what they are up against when they are trying to leave. thank you, brianna. the situation in mariupol is desperate. people have now in their 10th day without water, without electricity, living in shelters. shelters are packed. i mean, the essentials are missing. a lot of health care needs as well. and people need to have a safe
installations in this area. we have come right into the middle of it. these houses were filled with families, children, you know, husbands and wives. shaken out of their lives. and there is a clear operation under way now. they ve got the locals in to sort of board up some of the windows because the windows were just blown out by the force of this blast. you can see all the shrapnel marks that has blown the brick work away. you can imagine the force. you can see them smashing at what s left of the window frame over there. what s incredible about this, first of all, we are nowhere near the front lines of this conflict.
this is the most heartening piece of all of it. kira, we are listening to what you were saying. we will be seeing how the u.s. and allies are receiving what you re seeing. kira rudd ick, thank you so much. could putin s conflict with the west complicate efforts tot bring brittney griner home..