our viewers in the united states, and around the world. i m becky anderson live for you today from doha in qatar. a four-day truce between israel and hamas does now appear to be taking effect. seven weeks of a punishing air ground campaign to root out of the militant group hamas now on hold. that is part of a deal to secure the release of israeli hostages captured in the october 7th terror attack. cnn s jeremy diamond and his crew near the border with gaza report what sounded like artillery fire in the early minutes of today s truce that started two hours ago. that has since stopped. according to qatar which was absolutely instrumental in brokering this deal, the first hostages from israel are now expected to be released at some point after four pm local time. that is about seven hours from now. women and children, some from the same families will be turned over. at least this is the plan, to the red cross. because amongst those held hostage in gaza. i hope that this happ