his daughter in person shortly. his wife and grandchildren are waiting as well. thanks so much for joining tonight. ac ac 360 joins right now. tonight on 360 on a truce that has seen so many hostages freed from gaza, the latest on efforts ramping up to extend it. also tough talk on what might happen if it expires. later tonight my conversation with chris christie and why he s continuing his campaign and what he makes of the boost nikki haley just got. plus gayle king and charles barkley here to talk about their new show. just four hours from now, the six-day truce between israel and hamas is set to expire with no indication yet it will be extended, as it was two days ago. no word yet that talks underway have yielded any progress. and a short time ago, israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his answer is, quote, unequivocal, unquote. he said israel will fight until the end, his words, after what he called maximizing the phase of returning israeli hostages.
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we are back monitoring the fragile truce in gaza. you are watching cnn news central. i m briana keilar in washington with wolf blitzer in tel aviv. another hostage release is under way as we speak. the idf says the latest group of women and children freed by hamas is with the red cross, and it s en route to israel after which more palestinian prisoners and detainees will be released from israeli custody. this is the fourth day of these exch exchanges. and now israel and hamas have agreed to extend this arrangement for two more days. wolf? very critical developments. very important developments, indeed. it s a critical two days right now for the families of the remaining 198 hostages. and for the residents of gaza who have seen a surge of badly needed aid enter during this entire temporary pause. president biden just released a statement on the extension thanking the leaders of israel, qatar, and egypt for getting it all done. cnn s oren liebermann is with me in tel aviv,
. welcome to cnn news central. wolf blitzer is in tel aviv. the agreement has been reached to extend the israel-hamas truce by two days. since friday, 58 hostages have been released by hamas in exchange for 117 palestinian prisoners and detainees in israeli custody. today was supposed to be the fourth and final day of releases. but qatar says the agreement has been extended. the white house just confirming that hamas will release 20 additional hostages over the next two days. and brianna, there s a major caveat. this extension will only take effect, only take effect once today s releases are complete. earlier there were significant delays over today s list of hostages. we re now told, by the way, by israeli officials, that they have the final list of women and children set for release and have notified their families. we re tracking this across the region right now. cnn s oren lieberman is with me in tel aviv. the border crossing, jeremy, there were talks on two fronts. t
in exchange for a group of palestinian prisoners. four thai hostages were also released in separate deal. there had been fears the deal was off after hamas accused israel of reneging on the temporary ceasefire agreement, by not allowing enough aid trucks into gaza. that led to a delay of several hours. all of this after friday s release of 13 israeli captives, in return for 39 palestinian prisoners. live now to our middle east correspondent tom bateman. what s the latest we know and what s been the reaction where you are to this latest release of hostages? that transfer now is well under way with the group of 13 israel eased back on israeli soil and do to be taken to hospitals where they will be reunited with their loved ones. a similar procedure that we saw last night, although this is much later in the day because of that very significant delay. but 13, you mentioned some of the names and faces we saw there, eight of them children, five women. among the 13 you have for the