hello there, welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i am becky anderson, live from doha, in qatar, frio. a four-day truce between israel and hamas does appear to be taking effect. with plans of the first hostages to be released later on today. a cnn crew in the border with gaza reports what sounded like artillery fire in the early moments of this truce. that hasn t subsided. and so the idf reports air raid sirens in southern israel warning of potential rocket attacks. it is not clear if there were any impacts or interceptions. these are lemon images from that border. looking across the border from gaza. meanwhile, in qatar, where they helped to broker the deal, said 13 hostages are set to be released, that is at four pm local time. about eight hours from now. and israel has agreed to free 39 palestinians held in israeli jails today, dozens more over the next four days. the first aid shipment in the agreement. let s start that again, hundreds of trucks pack
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