the hostages will be transferred tonight to the international committee of the red cross. 13 israeli hostages and seven foreign nationals will be released and 39 palestinian prisoners will be released. in the last hour we ve heard an update from the israel defense forces, their spokesman daniel hug ari was commenting on those delays with the release on those hostages. translation: translation: there is significant - ro . ress translation: there is significant progress and translation: there is significant progress and we translation: there is significant progress and we will translation: there is significant progress and we will update - translation: there is significant progress and we will update the i progress and we will update the public the moment something happens. we are working on the outline with the mediators, but with a very cruel enemy. but until something happens we cannot actually update you. the whole time, we are working with qatar and egypt. dear, who
still being held by greek in gaza. israeli officials said that at least 13 more israelis being held captive in the territory are due to be released shortly. they will be released shortly. they will be released in exchange for 39 palestinian prisoners. the temporary truce continues to hold for a second day. each it said this afternoon there are signals that the truce could be extended for another one or two days. a delegation from qatar, which has been crucial in mediating between israel and hamas, has visited israel as well to discuss a possible extension to this deal. these are live pictures, looking across at gaza, from southern israel. you can see those pinpoints of light in the dark. this is an area that we look at a lot at the moment, because the ceasefire, the brief cessation in fighting, the first we have seen since this war began, is a crucial part of this deal. it is worth taking a moment as well to reflect on the numbers of hostages who are being released each day.