this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world as we continue our breaking news coverage of the israel/hamas war. i m rosemary church. qatar s foreign ministry says it will announce in the next few hours when the truce between israel and hamas will begin. a diplomatic source says it s likely to start friday, midnight local time at the earliest. the news comes after israel said on wednesday that the expected release of hostages and a pause in fighting with hamas were delayed. both u.s. and israeli officials pointed to logistical details for that delay. ahead of the expected truce, israeli forces continued ground and air operations, striking parts of northeastern and central gaza, though palestinians say areas further south were also hit. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu expressed confidence the deal would soon go into effect and made clear the war against hamas is far from over. translator:
processing. we are just living through until every one of these hostages are home and our soldiers are safe. 16 hours until the truce set ises in. so much to come. thank you. thank you for joining us. this is cnn news central. inside politics starts now. welcome to inside politics. i m in today for dana bash. 15 hours from now, we re expecting the first of dozens of hamas host amgs to walk free out of gaza. they have been captive since october 7th. now the first hostages to be release d are expected to be women and children. in exchange, israel agrees to pause its assault on gaza for four days, release 150 palestinians from israeli prisons, and allow more humanitarian aid into gaza. that could include hundreds of trucks carrying fuel and sup supplies. now for families of the missing, the past 46 days have been unbearable. these next few hours will be just as intense as they wait to find out whether their relative will be among those freed. my family, like all the
hostages all of them women and children will be released. if successful, it will be the first break since the beginning of the war. in a statement, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said: at least 50 hostages women and children will be released over four days, during which, a pause in the fighting will be held. the release of every additional ten hostages will result in one additional day in the pause. earlier, israel published a list of 300 palestinian prisoners that could be released under the deal. that is crucial because it gives scope for an instant for an extension, and it includes the names, ages and defences of those eligible. but only7150 detainees?are expected to be released at first. in its own statement, hamas which is considered a terrorist group by many western governments says the 50 hostages will be released in exchange for 150 palestinian women and children being held in israeli jails. we are in hostages plaza in tel aviv. this has re
hostages during the course of a temporary ceasefire which would last forfour temporary ceasefire which would last for four days. temporary ceasefire which would last forfour days. there temporary ceasefire which would last for four days. there would also be women and children, palestinian prisoners released from israeli jails. israel s war cabinet and security cabinet discussed this deal which has been talked about for weeks now. it has been such an important priority for the israeli government. and we heard in the last few hours they had finally agreed this deal. a statement from the office of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu says. at least 50 hostages women and children will be released over four days, during, which a pause in the fighting will be held. the release of every additional ten hostages will result in one additional day in the pause. this deal has been approved after discussions went on into the night. and here in tel aviv, it has been really interesti
griff: the starliner launch delayed at least 24 hours but yet they never set back in a crucial moment. fox news live. alicia i am alicia acuna acuna you. under four minutes to the launch suddenly delayed over a technical issue. let s go live to the kennedy space center with what we are learning at this hour. . it turns out this was an automated hold. generated by a computer analyzing the very dynamic conditions on the atlas five rocket in the minutes before launch. looking at supercold liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen used as the oxidizer in the propellant in the launch. they have to be absolutely perfect conditions. if anything goes wrong even a software glitch the computer shuts it down. the launch is on hold. engineers are now trying to get to the bottom of exactly what spooked the computer and what went wrong to cause the automated trigger. astronauts are safe. cruise help them to exit the spacecraft. basically doing in reverse what they did several hours earlier