INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
(Reuters) - The release of hostages under a temporary truce between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants will not happen before Friday,
said, dashing hopes of relatives that some would be freed on Thursday.Israel and Hamas agreed early on Wednesday to a ceasefire in Gaza for
at least four days, to let in humanitarian aid and free at least 50 hostages held by militants in the enclave in exchange for at least 150
Palestinians jailed in Israel.The starting time of the truce and release of hostages captured by Hamas during its Oct
7 attack on Israel has yet to be officially announced
An Egyptian security source said mediators had sought a start time of 10 a.m
on the beginning of the truce could come in the next few hours
Adrienne Watson said final logistical details for the release were being worked out
two waves and 15 people were killed
Attacks were also reported in several other parts of Gaza, including the Jabalia and Nuseirat camps.Israel said its forces carried out
aerial strikes on over 300 Hamas targets over the past day
Reuters was unable to independently verify the reports.In Israel, sirens warning of incoming rocket fire from Gaza blared in communities
near the border with the enclave, the military said
24-hour delay in the truce because the agreement was not signed by Hamas and mediator Qatar
fighting with Hamas also would not start before Friday
attack on southern Israel that surprised the government and shocked Israelis, five hostages have been recovered alive
Israel says 1,200 people were killed, mostly civilians and about 240 hostages of different nationalities taken hostage by Islamist gunmen.In
retaliation, Israel has subjected Hamas-ruled Gaza to a siege and relentless bombardment
those who was still awaiting word of relatives
also hoped that aid would begin reaching Gaza in large volumes within the next few days, White House national security spokesperson John
a list of 300 names of Palestinian prisoners who could be freed.Hamas said the initial 50 hostages would be released in exchange for 150
Palestinian women and children imprisoned in Israel
Hundreds of trucks of humanitarian, medical and fuel supplies would enter Gaza, while Israel would halt all air sorties over southern Gaza
and maintain a daily six-hour daytime no-fly window in the north, Hamas said.The truce agreement, the first in a nearly seven-week-long war,
was reached after mediation by Qatar and seen by governments around the world as potentially easing the suffering of civilians in the Gaza
Security Council on Wednesday
More than 5,300 Palestinian children had reportedly been killed since Oct
