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 sure it's going to happen it can create before this day ends. jeff, what can you tell us? jr. yeah, arthel and jonathan, we are learning from reports here on the ground in israel that it sounds like 13 israelis and 7 foreign nationals have been transferred from hamas into the hands of the red cross. again, we are working to sort of confirm that and get riches of that, but this would go in line with what we saw yesterday. hamas brings the hostages to the red cross, the red cross takes them through the rafah crossing into egypt and eventually into israel. but from the security people that have spoken today, nothing is guaranteed until it happens. so until that group of hostages which would be 20 people in total today, until they crosses into israel, really nothing is guaranteed, and the situation remains very tense especially because of this delay that happened today. yesterday was very smooth transfer, everything went as a planned pretty much to the time they said it would happen. today much different, we have this delay. according to hamas, they had this delay because they were a little upset with what they called was israel standing up to their agreement, their part of the agreement. they said that there was some issues with the types of prisoners who were being released, and and they also didn't like the fact that there wasn't, in their mind, enough aid making it to northern gaza. now, israel countered that they have lived up to their side of the agreement and that it's hamas who did not live up to their part of it by releasing the hostages on time. getting closer to midnight and for the people at home watching, we went into this ceasefire at 7 a.m. on friday. so it is a very sort of fragile feel right now because there are so many working parts. you've not the qataris as well as the egyptians getting involved, making sure that this agreement sticks. and on top of that, you have to hi this is just day two. of we have day three, day four, and there have been talks or -- of possibly extenting -- extending that. arthel? arthel: yeah. and then president biden gets involved, of course, with the i mere of qatar. -- emir. as you said, it's 11:03 there anding hopefully, this exchange will take place within the next hour. currently underway as we are understanding it and, jeff paul, when things change, we'll come back to you there in southern israel. thank you very much, jeff. jonathan? jonathan: arthel, the white house says president biden, as you just mentioned, has been getting briefed on the hostage exchange throughout the day. our crew just saw the president out and ant in nantucket -- about in nantucket, that's where we find lucas tomlinson reporting live. lucas? >> reporter: that's right, jon, that a bit of a work day for president biden as he was on the phone speaking to the leaders of qatar and egypt as well. that's right, just a few minutes ago it was on the street, president biden doing some shopping perhaps ahead of attending mass this evening. i asked the president if he's too old to be running for re-election in 2024. [inaudible conversations] >> reporter: and president biden speaking yesterday here in nantucket, he offered the following explanation, jon that longer about why he thinks this war started: or. >> i cannot prove what i'm about to say, but i believe one of the reasons why hamas struck when they did was they knew that i was working very closely with the saudis and others in the region to bring peace to the region by having recognition of israel and israel's right to exist. [inaudible conversations] >> free palestine! >> reporter: now, it's not been all smooth sailing for the president here in nantucket, jonathan. biden and the first lady were met by protesters shortly after those remarks here in town. he later did some shopping. no sign of those protesters just a few minutes ago a when we saw the president on the streets here in nantucket. now, those protesters yesterday followed the president and his family, including hunter biden, to the annual christmas tree lighting ceremony here on the island. u.s. forces in the middle east were attacked another four times, that brings the total to at least 73 since the middle of last month. u.s. military's responded with airstrikes, about once for every 20 times they're attacked, jonathan. moving 600 miles west back to israel, officials say president biden has been putting more pressure on israel's prime minister to get this ceasefire extended to get more hostages out. biden was asked about this pressure yesterday. >> i've encouraged the prime minister to, to focus on trying to are reduce the number of casualties while he is attempting to eliminate hamas, which is a relegitimate objective. a legitimate objective. >> reporter: while the president called various or units in the military, he didn't call any of the units who have come under attack over the past month, jonathan. jonathan the: lucas tomlinson in man nantucket -- nantucket, thank you. let's bring in dr. rebecca grant, fox news contributor, national security and military analyst and the president of iris independent research. doctor, thank you for being being here. we are just getting word now from a qatari source talking to reuters that this group of hostages, 13 israelis, 7 foreigners, have been released to the international community of the red cross in gaza and are traveling to the border that we're looking at there the life -- live, the rafahs crossing. from there, doctor, they usually travel the 2 miles or so east, and they come over back into israel over the current shalom crossing. a sign of progress that the cease fever is holding and hostages -- ceasefire is holding and hostages continue to be leased. i guess this is good news. >> definitely good news that those hostages are close to getting back into israel. and, jonathan, ridiculous behavior on the part of hamas to mess around with the timetable for this. remember as a netanyahu's explained, this is a day by day deal. hamas releases hostages, they get another day's worth of ceasefire, and this was just silly, ridiculous and reminds us again of what a bad outfit hamas is. and, of course, the hostages coming back, let's remember, these are women and his honor. they were not military -- women and children. then not military targets, it's women and children coming back from hamas' captivity. jonathan: yeah, and as we understand it, i believe it is 8 children, 8 israeli children being released today and 5 women. it must be absolutely agonizing, dr. grant, just speaking to you as a human rather than an analyst here, the agony that hamas puts the families through not just for the last 7 weeks, but today, that hours-long delay. those families were told by the idf their loved ones are coming home, and then they get this long, hours-long delay. i cannot imagine what they go through. >> well, exactly. and as a mom or as any human, it's agonizing. and i think it's backfiring on hamas as we are reminded that, you know, who they took hostage and the fact that there's still about 200 more. the initial list of hostages that will come back in the first days of the ceasefire are, in fact, all women and children, but that's not the taillight number of women and -- not the total number of women and children that they're holding. so, you know, this is the not good. what hamas has done is terrible, and i think seeing especially these innocent kids coming back reminds us how terrible hamas is. jonathan: dr. grant, what do you make of the pressure that the biden administration is putting on prime minister netanyahu's government in israel to extend this ceasefire and get more hostages out? this is a really difficult political situation for the prime minister. obviously, he wants to prosecute this war to the fullest extent, destroy hamas and yet there is this intense pressure not just from israelis, but from the if u.s. to put the hostages first. a horrible balancing act for anybody. >> very difficult. netanyahu has made very clear that the war is not over, and even biden says the legitimate objective is to eliminate hamas military capability. so it's really a question of what happens after the first tranche of hostages is released over the next few days, what will be the process at that point. but i think around the region, you know, i've noticed president el sisi in egypt talking about the potential of a demilitarized gaza or palestinian state in the future. you know, behind the scenes all the key actors in the region want this conflict to stop. israel, of course, has to take out enough military capability to restore its security. they say they've taken out 600 tunnels, but there may be more. but if hamas cooperates, this is potentially a pattern to begin to wind this down. but as a israel says, the war is not over yet. jonathan: and, dr. grant, we're locking -- looking on our screen left of the release of hostages on friday. that is the first group. screen right we're looking at a live picture of the rafah crossing that is from gaza into egypt where we believe those hostages have been handed over, and we are waiting for them to cross from gaza into egypt. and then, as i mentioned, a few miles to the south and east back across from the border from egypt into israel. during this, dr. grant, i wonder what you think the idf is doing because, obviously, there is a pause in the first of all actuan terms of artillery, in terms of airstrikes, but presumably there is absolutely no pause in the planning for what they may decide that they want to do next in prosecuting this war, doctor. >> the idf is very busy watching hamas fighters, are they moving around, are they evacuating, and keeping an eye on all the key target and and operational areas. and on top of that, i guarantee you u.s. surveillance assistancing the idf in that process -- assisting. so no guns being fired, but they're very carefully watching that still-developing battlefield and, of course, thinking about what are their next set of objectives to restore israel's security. jonathan: and, doctor, it seems that the next set of objectives will focus on the southern part of gaza. the northern part almost entirely destroyed already in terms of buildings, 70-80%, as we understand it. so then they moved south, and they want to take out the tunnel networks there. they've done, you know, a lot to destroy tunnels in the north, but they have to tackle the south. where do you believe that the the million or so palestinians already displaced and the 2.3 million in gaza go if and when the south is targeted? >> right. and, but, you know, hamas has an opportunity here to not have that happen if they're willing to, you know, give in. but i think what we'll see is israel again being careful as a they were in the north in clearing certain areas that will get to the key tunnel networks. you know, they are very meticulously trying to determine where those targets are to avoid civilian casualties where possible and, in fact, that's part of the deal of u.s. support, is to try to make this as a discriminate as possible. but, yes, if there is significant hamas military capability in the south, then, yes, that's got to be taken out, again, to restore israel's security. jonathan. and, doctor, i know this is obviously a very fluid situation we are watching play out over these last seven weeks and in the coming days, but is it your view that we will be back to constant military action after this 4-day ceasefire, or do you think there is a real chance that the u.s. pressure among others might tell prime minister netanyahu might extend the ceasefire if hamas indicates it is willing to release even more hostages? >> short term that depends on hamas because the israelis have said that they want all the hostages out and that they won't stop applying the military pressure until all the hostages are out. so hard to see where it branches short term, but we know they will keep that military pressure there in order to move things forward with hamas. but they want all the hostages free, for sure. finish jonathan: dr. rebecca grant, a pleasure to have you with us today. thank you so much, doctor. >> thank you. arthel: well, jonathan, thank you. and as we wait to get video of those 13 israeli hostages at the rafah crossing into freedom, we will, indeed, bring them to you. meanwhile, more demonstrations. on the march today, threatening to hut dun new york city every day next week unless a permanent ceasefire is put in place in dwaz. -- gaza. this is coming after rallies across the caused major disruptions the black friday shopping. and in london today, hordes of protesters shouting anti-us's israel chants. alexandria hoff reporting now from washington. >> reporter: we're not talking about pop-up protests, this was part of a nationwide call to action titled shut it down for palestine. the goal? target the commercial districts on black friday and disrupt business as usual. in new york city, at least a thousand anti-israel protesters met in washington square park yesterday calling for a palestinian uprising in the middle east. from there a massive crowd marched uptown swarming black friday shoppers and demanding their attention. >> -- people want to shop a peacefully, you know? and then you have this. i think it's getting a little out of hand. i mean, i don't know what to tell you with, but it needs to stop. >> reporter: well, it has not stopped today. two more protesters are taking place this afternoon, the first in upper manhattan followed by another columbus circle, both uniformed and plain-clothessed nypd officers keeping a close eye. yesterday shoppers in chicago downtown were similarly confronted. rally-goers were hoping to sway people from spending money on gifts because of aid that the u.s. provides to israel. >> biden and kamala harris and all the senators and all the congress who are or allowing this to happen. they are complicit in this general side. they have -- genocide. they have blood on their hands, and we're going to hold them responsible. >> reporter: major traffic disruptions were reported in los angeles. police issued a citywide tactical alert as a large group of anti-israel protesters impacted travel and shopping at the grove shopping mass saw. here in the d.c. area we saw it too, smaller groups causing backlogs in the city and around the popular tyson's corner shopping center in virginia. in atlanta, # 8 protesters arrested for refusing to december possessor from the road. disperse from the road. arthel? arthel: a thank you very much. and up next, the treatment of those hostages, what we know of their physical condition and what to expect of their return to civilian life. dr. janette nesheiwat is coming up on that. you're watching "fox news live." ♪ ♪ i would say that we're closer than the average mother daughter. hi mom! if i lost my mom.... i can't think about that for too long. i was like, "whoa, mom, i have this gene!" kenzie's test and me being able to find out that i was brca positive was lifesaving. the holidays wouldn't be worth celebrating without my family. type 2 diabetes? discover the ozempic® tri-zone. ♪ ♪ i got the power of 3. i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. i'm under 7. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. i'm lowering my risk. adults lost up to 14 pounds. i lost some weight. ozempic® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't share needles or pens, or reuse needles. don't take ozempic® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if allergic to it. stop ozempic® and get medical help right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, or an allergic reaction. serious side effects may include pancreatitis. gallbladder problems may occur. tell your provider about vision problems or changes. taking ozempic® with a sulfonylurea or insulin may increase low blood sugar risk. side effects like nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may lead to dehydration, which may worsen kidney problems. living with type 2 diabetes? ask about the power of 3 with ozempic®. than: we are watching the rafah crossing on the border between egypt and gaza where we believe the second group of hostages released by hamas is being taken. we may be looking now at that convoy bringing those hostages to the rafah crossing. we can see that these are red cross vehicles. we have been told that those hostages were handed, as they were yesterday, to the red cross. so we believe that these are those hostages now, the second group of hostages to be released by hamas, crossing the border from gaza into egypt. what we are told is that 13 israelis have been released and 4 formers. we were initially told it was a group of 7 foreigners plus the 13 israelis. the latest update we are getting from the foreign ministry the of qatar is that it is actually 4 foreigners plus the 13 israelis. so what you are looking at live now is the second group of hostages after seven long weeks held in the tunnels controlled by hamas in the gaza strip now something egypt going to -- entering egypt going to safety. they will take a left turn, travel a couple of miles to the south and east along the egyptian board e and from there if the formula follows the same as a it did yesterday, they will go back across the karem shah shah -- shalom crossing into israel, from there taken to israeli hospitals and reunited with the families who have endured so much agony over the past seven weeks. we should point out though that nearly 2000 hostages -- 200 hostages remain held captive by hamas if. more are due to be released over the next two days of what was purported to be a four-day ceasefire. now, this exchange, the second group of hostages, happened after an hours-long holdup by hamas over the amount of aid entering gaza. jeff paul is with us now live in southern israel. jeff, this is a joyful moment for a certain number of families at least. >> reporter: yeah. and as we get closer to this day ending officially, caps off an extremely e tense time here in israel. it does appear day two of the temporary ceasefire is holding and all parties are appearing to hold up to their parts of agreement. now, this delay came in part due to what hamas said was israel not holding up its side of the bargain. they were upset with how many trucks, aid a trucks were making it to northern gaza. they also took issue with the types of prisoner that israel was releasing, that they were holding. israel saying quite the opposite, that they were living up to their part of the bargain, and it was hamas who wasn't releasing the hostages. here's what we know about the hostages. as you said, jonathan, 13 israelis, 4 foreign nationals, previou