i am richard louis in for simone sanders townsend. we are in for a rapidly changing news for the hostages in the four-day truce in the israel-hamas war. after their group released yesterday and day one. we reunited with family members there was a delay on day two in today s return of a second group of hostages. hamas officials say israel violated the temporary truce announcement. rather agreement including the amount of humanitarian aid going to northern gaza in the order of palestinian president. released later today, hamas leaders announced the hostage release deal is back on track. the qatari leader saying now the additional israeli hostages will be released soon in exchange for more palestinian prisoners. qatari and hamas officials say the release of that second wave of hostages kidnapped in the october 7th attack will move forward as soon as this evening. qatar also saying 13 israeli prisoners and seven others outside of the agreements framework will be released in excha
welcome to our viewers joining us from around the w world. i m max foster. seven weeks of a relent last israeli military campaign against hamas is now on hold. a planned truce has been in effect for about four hours now as part of a deal to start the release of israeli hostages. qatar s foreign ministry says the aim is for a lasting truce that would extend beyond the four days and ultimately end the violence. a cnn team reported artillery and rocket fire in the first few minutes of the truce, but that subdued and subsided quickly. according to qatar, first women and children hostages are sgesg exp expected to be released around five hours from now. israel has agreed to free 39 palestinians in israeli jails today. and inci dozens more the coming days if hamas keeps freeing israelis. translator: we hope for a truce. we are tired. the people of gaza are tired. we will no longer hear the sound of aircraft and bombardment. we will be able to sit in safety. translator: a truce