thank you so much for joining us. i m fredericka witfield in atlanta alongside my colleague wolf blitzer in tel aviv. breaking news, we re standing by for release of a second group of hostages held by hamas. sources tell cnn that release is being delayed in part over a dispute about the number of aid trucks entering gaza. these are live pictures from the rafah border crossing in gaza where the hostages could be transported at any moment. we re also told today s group is likely to include 13 israeli citizens, several of which are expected to be children, adding to the 24 hostages released yesterday. this exchange comes a full seven weeks after the hostages were abducted from their homes. a u.s. official says american citizens are not expected to be among those released today. 39 palestinian prisoners are set to be released as well today following the release of the israeli hostages from gaza. these exchanges are part of a four-day truce, set to expire on tuesday. wolf. thank
reporting that hamas decided to delay the second round of release of hostages, after yesterday, that included 13 women and children. i m jacqui heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkins. despite the delay of the release. a delegation arrived to meet with israeli officials where they re discussing possible extension of the cease-fire. hey, alex. hi, jacqui and griff. the officials say they will not release the hostages or delaying it until there s more aid that comes into gaza. we will have to continue to monitor this. it s worth noting yesterday that the hostages were released a couple of hours after the initial expected release time. now, what we re also seeing are those heart warming photos and videos of families being reunited with loved ones and who has successfully made it home and who is back on israeli soil. and danielle and her daughter, and adina, and magda, and we re seeing them hugging families members as they arrived and this is a 9-year-old boy who celebrated his birt
the israel-hamas cease-fire is in day two. are we about to see the second wave of hostage releases? 13 israeli hostages taken by hamas were set free along with 11 others. this group, but included no americans was a swap for 39 palestinian prisoners. alex hogan is in jerusalem with the latest. hi, david, we re hearing the initial reports that egypt is claiming that the israeli hostages are starting to be moved into the red cross trucks. that s what we saw yesterday when the israeli hostages were released and what we know about today, we re expecting to see 13 or potentially 14 israeli hostages released and these are some of the images of the hostages released about 24 hours ago. this photo here of those first hugs, initial embraces, as well as families getting onto the helicopters before they were taken to those bases to finally be able to join their family again. this, a mother and her two daughters finally released. this next photo is of little 9-year-old, he loves rubik
this royals military operation of course prompted by the hamas terror attacks back in october, that killed around 1200 israelis in foreign nationals. it could take some time before we know how successful this pause in fighting will be. qatar s foreign ministry spokesperson says that the aim is for a lasting truce that would extend beyond four days, and lead to negotiations to end the violence. the israeli government said earlier this week, an extra day could be added to the pause in fighting for every ten additional hostages released. meanwhile, the israeli military kept up the bombardment of gaza in the hours leading up to the truce. cnn crews witnessed explosions across the border, from their vantage point in southern israel. and israeli defense minister said the military campaign could go forcefully for at least two months more after this pause. i asked qatar s foreign ministry spokesperson of course qatar has mediated these talks, at this negotiation. i asked what
so that will be something i m sure you and your crew will be carefully listening for throughout the morning hours right. that s right. so no sirens sounding off just in these minutes that we ve seen. it will be something that we will need to watch to see if we get that official confirmation, not only from israeli officials, from officials in gaza, but also from those negotiating these deals. qatar has been very instrumental in making sure that these negotiations take place and saying that it has successfully been agreed upon. but there are so many moving parts and it s a very dangerous and tricky situation to make sure that, yes, despite the fact this has been a green lighted and this is moving forward, that that this actually does come to fruition today. claudia well, alex, take us through the rules of this cease fire. as you mentioned. it s very complicated. a lot of moving parts, a lot of tense negotiations went into this. but really, who gets what out of this cease fire