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Hamas vows to free at least 50 of the about 240 hostages taken in the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Israel is to free three Palestinian prisoners for each hostage released.

A four-day cease fire in the Israel-Hamas war begins Friday morning in Gaza as part of an agreement that Qatar helped broker

Hamas on Friday released 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and a Filipino national, taking the total number of hostages released to 24, according to the Qatari foreign ministry. Under the terms of the Israeli-Hamas truce deal, Israel in turn freed 39 Palestinian women and children from jails, Qatar confirmed. Read FRANCE…

A surgeon at one of the territory’s last functioning hospitals tells of desperate conditions amid an acute lack of medicine

13 Israeli women and children hostages freed by Hamas were largely taken from same kibbutz during 7 October militant attack

The two sides had exchanged lists of those to be released, and the first group of 13 women and children held by Hamas would be freed Friday afternoon.

On Day 49 of the Israel-Hamas conflict, the terror group is expected to free the first batch of hostages being held in Gaza on Friday afternoon following a one-day delay to the four-day ceasefire deal that will also include the release of Palestinian prisoners.

The truce has come into effect. Its execution will fall on two fighting forces that have been trying to kill the other.

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