citing a delay in aid trucks getting into northern gaza. and breaking now, both the israelis and hamas are in ongoing discussions with the qataris to resolve any of these delays as soon as possible. and just last hour israeli spokesman elon levy saying he is hopeful each set of 10 hostages released would result in another day added to this temporary ceasefire. welcome to fox news live, i m jacqui heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkins. here we go, the white house announcing earlier today they don t expect any americans to be part of the next group released. alex hogan is live in jerusalem with the latest. alex, it seems we re about four hours into this delay. what can you tell us? reporter: hi, griff. so we are watching and waiting to see when there will be any changes and the possible release of these hostages in day two of this ceasefire, and hamas is saying that it will not release hostages until more humanitarian the aid comes in to gaza. that is something we have a heard
the shooting that took place, the fire that started in one home then spread to a number of other homes, at least four homes were seriously damaged or destroyed here. at this hour the investigation continues, still not clear, gregg, on the minds of many this christmas eve the motive, why the gunman opened fire on the local firefighters. gregg? gregg: what a sad and inexplicable event on christmas eve. david lee mill e we ll check back with you. thank you. well, to another fox news alert with a better ending, a u.s. marine just making it home in time for christmas. he s been hospitalized in louisiana shortly after being released from one of mexico s most dangerous prisons. john hammer, he was jailed for months when he tried to cross the border with an antique shotgun his family says is an heirloom. here s how his mother described