A four-day cease fire in the Israel-Hamas war began Friday morning in Gaza as part of an agreement that Qatar helped broker. The deal also includes the release of dozens of hostages held by militants and Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, which was to take place later Friday.
The planned four-day cease-fire is part of an extendable deal that calls for Hamas to free 50 hostages and Israel to release 150 Palestinian prisoners.
A four-day cease-fire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas will begin Friday morning. Fifty Israeli hostages and about 150 Palestinian prisoners are expected to be released. Protests break out in Dublin after Irish police said a 5-year-old girl was attacked with a knife.
Under the agreement reached in Qatar, Hamas is incentivized to release captives that Israel accuses it of seizing during its rampage across southern Israel.
Fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza was suspended on Friday morning after a recently negotiated temporary cease-fire went into effect. The deal comes ahead of a prisoner exchange.
The truce between Israel and Hamas entered its final 24 hours Monday, with the militant group saying it was willing to extend the pause after it freed more hostages, including a four-year-old orphaned…
A pause in fighting appears to be holding in the Gaza Strip, though cease-fires during previous wars in Gaza have proved shaky. Truces in the last round of significant fighting between Israel and Hamas in 2014 lasted just days, as each side blamed the other for renewed rocket attacks and airstrikes
Israel has said it would extend the cease-fire by one day for every 10 additional hostages released. Hamas has also said it hopes to extend the four-day truce.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel and Hamas appeared open to extending a cease-fire in Gaza that has halted their deadliest and most destructive war but is set to expire after Monday, with a fourth exchange of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel planned for later in the day.
By Mostafa Salem and David Shortell, CNN (CNN) — The truce that saw the return of 50 Israeli women and children from captivity in Gaza, as well as dozens of other nationals, has been extended for two more days, officials said Monday, as the hard-negotiated initial four-day pause concluded successful…
The announcement by Qatar, which helped broker the original four-day cease-fire, was also confirmed by Hamas. The extension comes as another swap of hostages for prisoners was expected Monday.
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel and Hamas agreed to extend their cease-fire for two more days past Monday, raising the prospect of further exchanges of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and a longer halt to their deadliest and most destructive war.
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a two-day extension of the “humanitarian truce,” according to Qatar, which announced the new agreement as the warring sides try to broker further hostage releases.
Hamas is expected to release one more batch of hostages, and Israel more Palestinian prisoners, under a 4-day cease-fire that Hamas says it would like to extend.
