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should be here in a couple of minutes. i don t believe it. all of a sudden the door opened up and she just ran. it was beautiful. just like in just like i imagined it, you know? running together. what an interview. you will hear much more of that soon. good morning, everyone. glad you are with us this hour. that was the father of 9-year-old emily hand describing the moment he reunited with his beloved little girl after she spent more than seven weeks in hamas captivity. this morning he sat down with our own clarissa ward for his first interview since emily came home. right now we are watching and waiting for hamas to release ten more hostages today after the temporary truce of israel was extended for two more days. late yesterday, hamas released a fourth round of captives. that group including a mother and her 3-year-old twin daughters. sadly, their father still being held. this video this morning, 12-year-old atan getting a hogue as they were reunited last nigh ....
release of a second round of hostages is now back on this hour. an hour and a half ago, we didn t know if it was. this, after the previously said the release would be delayed over accusations that israel broke parts of the agreement. now, what we re also watching this hour are these two pieces of video. live streams, one from the rafah border crossing, if the deal is back on, then, we do expect that there will be hostages released, coming through the rafah border crossing. that is one part of what we re watching. on the right, side we are watching the microphones, we expect a briefing from the israel defense force there in tel aviv. so, two different parts of israel. the third area that we are watching is in the west bank. the release of prisoners. that is all yet to come if they too will finish successfully. we don t know if that s gonna happen. joining me now is nbc news correspondent, david noriega, on the ground to jerusalem for us this hour. david, that s exactly w ....
this royals military operation of course prompted by the hamas terror attacks back in october, that killed around 1200 israelis in foreign nationals. it could take some time before we know how successful this pause in fighting will be. qatar s foreign ministry spokesperson says that the aim is for a lasting truce that would extend beyond four days, and lead to negotiations to end the violence. the israeli government said earlier this week, an extra day could be added to the pause in fighting for every ten additional hostages released. meanwhile, the israeli military kept up the bombardment of gaza in the hours leading up to the truce. cnn crews witnessed explosions across the border, from their vantage point in southern israel. and israeli defense minister said the military campaign could go forcefully for at least two months more after this pause. i asked qatar s foreign ministry spokesperson of course qatar has mediated these talks, at this negotiation. i asked ....