News Wrap: Israel, Hamas continue exchange of prisoners and hostages after delay

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• John Yang:

  Good evening, I'm John Yang. Tonight 13 more Israeli hostages held by Hamas and four foreign nationals have been freed after frantic negotiations resolved a last minute snag. Hamas complaints that Israel wasn't delivering all the aid to Gaza that it had promised threatened not just this second round of hostage release, but the pause and fighting as well.

  Egyptian and Qatari officials were involved in resolving the problem, and that now clears the way for more happy reunions like yesterday's.

  When Ohan Munder saw his father, no words were needed. They had been apart on Ohan's ninth birthday when he was being held by Hamas and Gaza. The family was reunited in Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petah Tikva.

  Ohan's mother and grandmother were also released. Missing from this scene, his grandfather who's still being held captive.

  In another part of the hospital four-year-old Raz Katz Asher in the arms of her father telling him that over the last 50 days, she dreamt of going home. That dream has come true for her, her mother and her younger sister.

  In Bethlehem on the West Bank, Hernan Takatkah prepared a special breakfast where his son Qusay, home after spending more than a year in Israeli prison. He was among the Palestinian prisoners exchanged for Israeli hostages.

• Qusay Takatkah, Released Palestinian Prisoner (through translator):

  It's an indescribable feeling. Thank God I am with my family and with my mother and father. This means the world to me.

• John Yang (voice-over):

  In Rafah in southern Gaza, residents use the pause and fighting to line up for gas. In the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza, residents survey the damage from weeks of fighting.

• Woman (through translator):

  What can I say? What do I tell you their homes are destroyed. Those who didn't have their homes destroyed lost their children.

• John Yang (voice-over):

  But the peace is only temporary. Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi told his troops today to be ready to resume the fight. And in Tel Aviv, Israeli said that while they were happy some hostages had been released the job won't be done until they're all home. Shahar Mor is related to them under family.

  Shahar Mor, Relative of Munder Family: Each and every one here is a complete world and in itself, you know, that the so many people, there's so many life stories involved here.

• John Yang:

  Lives like Ohan Munder's now able to reunite with both friends and family.

  In Ukraine overnight, the most intense Russian drone attack of the war so far. Across Kyiv sirens blared in the sky lit up with a five hour assault. Ukrainian official said air defenses knocked out 74 of the 75 or Iranian made drones that Russia deployed. At least five civilians were wounded and buildings across the city were damaged by debris falling from the intercepted drones.

  And the Minnesota Attorney General said Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police Officer convicted of murdering George Floyd is expected to survive being stabbed by a fellow inmate at a federal prison in Arizona. Chauvin pressed a knee on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes, the deaths spurred worldwide protest over police brutality and racism.

  Still to come on PBS News Weekend, the legacy of America's first Native American vice president and a look at why doing good makes us feel good.

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