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
citing a delay in aid trucks getting into northern gaza. and breaking now, both the israelis and hamas are in ongoing discussions with the qataris to resolve any of these delays as soon as possible. and just last hour israeli spokesman elon levy saying he is hopeful each set of 10 hostages released would result in another day added to this temporary ceasefire. welcome to fox news live, i m jacqui heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkins. here we go, the white house announcing earlier today they don t expect any americans to be part of the next group released. alex hogan is live in jerusalem with the latest. alex, it seems we re about four hours into this delay. what can you tell us? reporter: hi, griff. so we are watching and waiting to see when there will be any changes and the possible release of these hostages in day two of this ceasefire, and hamas is saying that it will not release hostages until more humanitarian the aid comes in to gaza. that is something we have a heard
breaking tonight, 13 israelis held hostage by hamas terrorists for seven weeks. now back in their home country this evening. the return was the center period of a four-day cease-fire agreement that was struck between israel and hamas. that pause in fighting took effect at midnight today. 11 other freedom thailand and the philippines supposed to be the first of a series of prisoner exchanges. jeff paul is in tel aviv tonight with what comes next. hi, jeff. yeah, gillian, we are learning tonight on top of the 13 hostages freed today, an additional 13 could be released tomorrow. but the mood here on the ground in israel is still very bittersweet. knowing that are more than 200 hostages who have yet to go home. a moment nearly seven weeks in the making. buses leaving gaza through the rafah crossing entering egypt carrying 24-hamas held hostages who were r. now free. 13 israelis, 10 thai citizens and one person from the philippines freed after spending 48 days in captivity. am
as well. bret: thank you, sir. have a good night. gogood evening. i m bret baier eaking tonight, president biden says a possible deal for the release of some hostages held by hamas is very close. israeli officials are said to be discussing the agreement. it calls for a swap of around 50 hostages for 150 palestinians. israel says no terrorists will be released. correspondent jeff paul is in southern israel tonight with the latest. good evening, jeff. good evening, bret. despite this deal being close, we are still seeing a lot of fighting here along the israel-gaza border. however, if there is some sort of agreement between israel and hamas recommendation we might not only see a pause in the war but a lot of hostages going home. surrounded by the ruins of war. [explosion] israeli forces fire from window positions. [explosion] while tanks blast third way deeper into the gaza strip. as soldiers encircle jabalia one of the last strongholds in northern gaza, there are devel