Qatar said the release of hostages held by Hamas would begin on Friday after a temporary ceasefire began at 7 a.m.
The deal: The first group of hostages held in Gaza will be handed over on Friday around 4 p.m. local time, a spokesman for the Qatari Foreign Ministry said.
The delay: The first hostages were due to be handed over on Thursday. Senior Egyptian officials blamed the setback on Hamas’s failure to hand over a full list of the first group of hostages it planned to release. Negotiators said Hamas had asked Israel for a list of the first group of Palestinian prisoners to be released. When Israel rejected the request, Hamas refused to release the list of hostages it wanted to hand over first.
Negotiations: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was confident the hostages could be taken out of Gaza.
hostages: All of the hostages to be released by the militants are women and children, including at least three Americans, according to White House officials.
US reaction:. A White House official said parties involved in the deal were working on the final logistical details.
Israeli attacks: According to Palestinian media, the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza and the southern town of al-Qarara were among the latest bombings as the Israeli military hit more than 300 targets in the past day.
Hezbollah: The Israeli military said the Iran-backed Hezbollah group fired around 35 rockets into northern Israel, one of the largest bombardments from Lebanese territory since the Israel-Hamas war broke out.
Rafah crossing: According to Egyptian officials, a total of 7,730 foreigners and dual nationals have left the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt since the start of the war.
Focus on hospital: The Israeli military released a video tour of alleged Hamas tunnels under and near the Al-Shifa hospital complex. Elsewhere in the northern Gaza Strip, around 450 patients and staff have evacuated the Indonesian hospital, a senior Palestinian health official said.