Good evening. I'm Jeff Bennett and I'm Amna Navas on the news hour tonight.

Israel and Hamas extend the temporary ceasefire and expand the prisoner exchange.

We speak to a Palestinian woman released by Israel and an Israeli man whose family was freed

by Hamas.

We do value life and we do appreciate like the return of our loved ones and I think there is no big price

to pay we have to bring them back.

Vermont police arrest a suspect in the shooting of three college students of

Palestinian descent being investigated as a hate crime.

And Tamara Keith and Amy Walter break down the latest political headlines as Congress returns

with a full agenda. Welcome to the news hour. It appears tonight that the lull in the Israel-Hamass war will last a little longer.

The two sides agreed today to extend their ceasefire for two more days.

The announcement came as the initial four-day pause was in its final hours, but Israeli Prime

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his policy has not changed.

With regard to the hostages we are continuing with the outline as agreed and we are also continuing with the main goal we said to bring about the release of our hostages to complete the elimination of

Hamas and of course also to ensure that this threat will not repeat itself in Gaza.

In the meantime Hamas released 11 more hostages for almost all children for 33 Palestinians

held by Israel.

It was the fourth exchange under the ceasefire.

The pause has also created a window for hundreds of

trucks loaded with fuel and humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza. Today the

White House welcomed the prospect of additional days of calm.

The approach that we're taken with Israel and, quite frankly,

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