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
[gunfire] dana: heave heavey fighting in gaza around hospitals. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom. dana perino. mike: i m mike emanuel. israeli forces say troops killed 21 hamas terrorists who opened fire and tried to escape by running to a hospital. there is growing concern the war could spread beyond gaza as fighting escalates on israel s border with lebanon. israel s prime minister saying hamas must be destroyed. if you want peace, destroy hamas. if you want security, dedestroy hamas. if you want a future for israel. the palestinians, the middle east, destroy hamas. we ll do it with as few civilian casualties as we can and with maximum casualties on the hamas terrorists, which we are achieving day-by-day, hour by hour. we ll complete the task. dana: rich edson at the state department. jerusalem deputy mayor joining us here right in new york on set. first let s get to trey yengst live in southern israel. trey, what s the update from there today?