spokesman john kirby with an uptate on the number of american hostages still being held by hamas following the release of a 4-year-old girl. the humanitarian pause in gaza remains in effect this morning. we ll have the latest on when more hostages could be freed. also ahead, an update on the college students of palestinian descent who were shot in burlington, vermont. we ll hear from the mother of one of the victims. plus, as if a rematch of 2020 wasn t bad enough, donald trump is bringing back a top issue from his 2016 campaign. it s a pledge on which he never delivered. we ll explain what that is. i mean, it s unpopular, too. why would we deliver on that? he is once again going to promise something that s extremely unpopular with people. we re talking about, you know, the wall street journal lead, talking about israel and hamas extend the truce two days. the new york times lead the same, talking about how israel and hamas agreed to extend pause and swap. mika,
details on the deal. the news conference from the foreign minister in qatar was incredibly detailed. they have a lot of the mechanics of this deal worked out. what we know is the ceasefire is slated to begin at 7:00 in the morning, local time. this will be a temporary ceasefire scheduled to last for four days. the first phase will take place on friday. with that ceasefire holding, that would be the hope. by ii:00pm local time, the first group of hostages should be released by hamas. so these are 13 civilian women and children who will be handed over to the custody of the red cross and taken, it s thought, probably via egypt, and then on to a liaison point with the israelis. now, within two hours of that taking place, there is supposed to be the release by israel of three times that number of palestinian prisoners. so that will be 39. that s within a limited time frame. and all of this is so the sides are verifying their enemies, their adversaries in this, are doing what the d
singing. in tel aviv tonight, friends and campaigners coming together. there is hope here and there is caution. the first israeli hostages should be coming home tomorrow. 13 families should be reunited. but it s bittersweet. many hostages will remain in gaza. only 50 are due to be released during the ceasefire. sisters dafna and ella are not on the list for tomorrow, according to their mother, maayan. she tweeted tonight, it s incredibly difficult. i long for their return but i am relieved for the other families . gil dikman says all the families will share the joy when hostages come home. his cousin carmel is being held. she s 39 and loves to travel. her sister in law, yarden, is also trapped in gaza. even if our hostages won t be released in the next few days, the fact that there will be hostages released, pictures of children and mothers coming back, that s very, very strong and i think people are going to feel as if it s their own children. in gaza, one more day of dea