of hostages and bring them home. now, this comes after an hours-long delay with hamas saying they were not satisfied with the amount of aid entering gaza. officials from qatar and egypt say they were able to resolve that issue. welcome to a brand new hour of fix news live. i m arthel neville. jonathan: and i m jonathan hunt in for eric shawn. 13 israelis and 7 foreigners are being released today with one hour until midnight in israel. in exchange, israel says 39 palestinian prisoners will be freed. this comes after the first batch of hostages were released yesterday. the white house says president biden spoke with leaders from qatar and egypt after a learning about the holdup earlier today. arthel: team coverage this hour, and lucas tomlinson in nantucket with the president. but let s start with jeff paul, he s live in southern israel with the very latest on today s hostage transfer that is soon to come although it s almost midnight, what are we looking at, 11 p.m.? not so
hour of fox & friends with a fox news alert. you re looking live at the westback where palestinian prisoner are set to be released any minute, this as we expect a group of at least a dozen or more hostages to be released later today after 13 were freed yesterday. rachel: some of the hostages are reuniting with their loved ones for the first time including this israeli boy who turned 9 years old while he was in captivity. he got to hug his family for the first time in seven weeks. todd: now to alex hogan live in jerusalem with the very late. reporter: good morning. we could see the release of today s new round of hostages any moment now. we will continue to monitor that. we are expecting to see 14 is israeli hostages in exchange for 42 palestinian prisoners. we have been hearing some conflicting reports today that potentially the number of israeli hostages could be 13, but we re also getting new video, these moments of these families finally being back together like this o