Truce Mediated News Today

the ceasefire came into effect at 7am local time this morning, a shaky start to that ceasefire, i could still see and hear the sounds of firing until about 7:15am, but since then things have generally been quiet. it looks like this ceasefire is holding, there we can still hear things like drones in the sky above us. this is an important steel because the hope is that in the next few hours, the largest group so far israeli hostages will be released from gaza. this deal has taken weeks t...

the first time in nearly seven weeks fighting has paused and a crucial part of a deal negotiated and only seemingly signed off last night between israel and hamas. this is a deal which has four distinct parts. one is the release of 50 hostages over the course of four days. we are told the first 13 will be released at 4pm local time. it also involves the release of palestinian prisoners being held in israeli jails stop 150 of them, again, overa being held in israeli jails stop 150 of th...

pictures from the region. israeli tanks and armoured vehicles rolling out of gaza and into southern israel. under the deal mediated by qatar, 13 israeli hostages held by hamas are due to be released in about two hours. a total of 50 are expected to be released over the four days of the truce. 39 palestinian prisoners will be set free by israel today. 150 palestinian women and teenage boys will be released over the duration of the ceasefire. meanwhile, lorries containing much needed med...