Gaza, MINA – A humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip will start at 7 am local time (0500GMT) on Friday, Qatar announced Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports.
“The first group of civilian hostages will be swapped at around 4 pm on Friday,” Foreign Ministry spokesman, Majed Al-Ansari told a news conference in Doha.
He said 50 hostages will be released in four days.
“The first group of hostages will include 13 women and children,”he added.
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On Wednesday, the Qatari Foreign Ministry announced that an agreement on a four-day humanitarian pause was achieved between Israel and Hamas. (T/RE1/P2)
Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)
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