"Qatar announces Israel-Hamas truce and hostage release starting Friday"

A four-day truce between Israel and Hamas is set to begin on Friday, with the release of civilian hostages and Palestinian prisoners later in the afternoon. Qatar announced the agreement, stating that the pause in fighting will start at 7 a.m. local time, with 13 women and children hostages to be freed at 4 p.m. The list of hostages has been handed to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, and a list of Palestinian prisoners expected to be released will be provided by the Mossad to the Qataris. The truce and hostage release were initially scheduled to start on Thursday but were delayed.