Truce in Gaza to start on Friday – Qatar

A truce in Gaza will start on Friday at 7 a.m., with the first batch of hostages to be released at 4 p.m., a spokesperson for Qatar’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Majed Al-Ansari, spokesperson at Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, told reporters in Doha the lists of all civilians that would be released from Gaza had been agreed.

The pause is mediated by Egypt, Qatar, and the U.S. and it includes the release of 50 civilian women and children hostages currently held in the Gaza Strip.

In exchange, Israel will release around 150 of Palestinian women and children detained in Israeli prisons.

The Israeli aggression on Gaza killed around 15,000 innocent civilians and wounded more than 31,000.

The majority of the victims are children.