INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A temporary truce between Hamas and Israel will begin at 10am on Thursday, a senior Hamas official said on Wednesday.The majority of the 50
hostages to be released from Gaza hold foreign citizenship, Musa Abu Mazrouq told Al Jazeera.He said the hostages were being held in
radio on Wednesday afternoon, but would not comment on exact timing.Israeli ministers have been briefed that the deal will be implemented
Kan public broadcaster reported, saying the deal will allow the release of 30 children, 12 mothers and eight elderly women.Israel, in turn,
is expected to inform Hamas which prisoners will be released each day.After six hours of deliberation, the Israeli cabinet voted to accept a
Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails being released though according to the government of Qatar, who helped to negotiate the deal,
the war to return all the abductees, complete the elimination of Hamas and ensure that Gaza does not renew any threat to the state of
to representatives from the Israeli military.Authorities will then conduct medical checks on the hostages before taking them to medical
centres across Israel to be reunited with their families.The fourth stage will include medical and defence authorities working together to
determine whether any of the hostages can be debriefed.Those hostages will then undergo a debriefing with security officials.Six hospitals
in Israel are ready to receive people freed as part of the hostage deal
They will be cared for in designated compounds, separate from other patients and the media.Once released, the hostages will be received at
Centre.Mr Netanyahu said the agreement included access for the Red Cross to those who would remain hostage in Gaza and that they would have
access to any medicine they needed.Israel-Gaza conflict moves to a new standpointIf successful, this will mark the largest release of
hostages since Hamas militants conducted a deadly assault on Israeli soil more than a month ago, killing about 1,200 people and abducting
an aerial bombardment since the October 7 attack, resulting in at least 14,000 deaths, according to local tallies.It is reported that
hostages include Israelis and citizens from other countries.Four hostages have been released since the day of the attack, two Americans and
