​After 47 days of fighting that has left thousands dead and injured, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a temporary 4-day ceasefire, during which at least one prisoner exchange will take place: 50 Hamas hostages will be released in exchange for 150 Palestinian women and children. who are held in Israeli prisons. The agreement will also allow hundreds of trucks carrying humanitarian aid, medical supplies and fuel to enter Gaza.

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05:48 The additional release of groups of 10 hostages will extend the break for another day. Groups of 12 to 13 hostages will be freed each day under the terms of the deal, but the total number of hostages released could rise, a senior US official said.

05:30Prime Minister Netanyahu: The deal is difficult, but fair; The war will not end until all hostages are released and Hamas is defeated

05:00The agreement was recently signed by the Israeli military cabinet. Hamas also confirmed the deal in a statement.

The agreement provides for the release of 50 hostages in exchange for 150 Palestinian women and children held in Israeli prisons.

The agreement will also allow 300 trucks of humanitarian aid, medical supplies and fuel to enter Gaza every day, according to Hamas.

The agreement also stipulates that Israel will not attack or arrest anyone in Gaza during the cessation of hostilities.

In addition, during the four-day interruption, air traffic will be completely suspended in southern Gaza and will be grounded for six hours a day from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM local time in northern Gaza.

Hamas, which is considered a terrorist group by many countries, including the UK and the US, kidnapped around 240 people from Israel in its brutal attacks on 7 October.

04:30A senior US official said at least three US citizens, including a three-year-old child, were expected to be among the hostages released by Hamas in the coming days.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, the official said the child, named Abigail, will turn four on Friday. They added that her parents were killed in a Hamas attack on October 7.

02:12Israeli Labor leader says opposition party backs hostage deal

Labor leader Merav Michaeli says his opposition faction supports the hostage deal currently being discussed by the Israeli cabinet.

She says that the far-right opposition of Otzma Yehudit and religious Zionism to the deal “exposes a long-running scam [a acestor partide]” to create a theological Jewish state.

01:24Japan tries to free Israeli cargo seized by Houthi rebels in Red Sea

The cargo belonging to the Israeli businessman Galaxy Leader was stolen on Sunday in the Red Sea, a strategic sea located between northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, by the Houthi rebels from Yemen, which also had a Romanian on board – the consequences of the war between Israel and Hamas – used by a Japanese company, prompting Tokyo to intervene directly with the rebels, AFP reported.

This Iranian-backed hijacking was in retaliation for Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

01:08The leader of the Hamas leadership said that Israel’s decision on the cease-fire agreement in Gaza and the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners is still awaited, dpa informs.

“We are still waiting for a response from the occupying forces regarding the humanitarian ceasefire agreement,” Khalil al-Hayya, a senior Hamas official, said in Beirut on Tuesday night.

According to Hamas, the agreement provides for a five-day pause in the fighting and the entry of hundreds of trucks with aid and supplies into the Gaza Strip, as well as the exchange of Hamas hostages for Palestinian prisoners from Israel.

00:57Jordan is deploying troops on its border with Israel as its prime minister issues a warning

The Jordanian army has increased its presence on the border with Israel, its prime minister said. According to Sky News, Bisher Hassouneh said his country would use “all possible means” if Israel tried to force Palestinians in the West Bank to cross the Jordan River.

00:25Children in Gaza have been living a “nonstop nightmare” for 46 days, UNICEF spokesman Ricardo Pires told a Sky News special.

“True horror. They were killed, they were injured, they lost relatives, they lost homes, they lost hope,” he says.

“They go to bed not knowing if they will make it through the next day.” “At the moment, Gaza has literally become a graveyard for thousands of children – a hell for everyone else,” he adds.

He says the Israeli children taken hostage on October 7 are also “living a nightmare”, adding that UNICEF is very concerned about their mental health.