{"id":67711,"date":"2023-11-24T13:53:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T13:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=67711"},"modified":"2023-11-24T13:53:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T13:53:25","slug":"relief-in-war-torn-gaza-as-truce-takes-effect-in-israel-hamas-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=67711","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Relief\u2019 as 13 Israelis released, 39 Palestinians lined up  in war-torn Gaza as truce takes effect in Israel-Hamas war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\"><i>Feature Photo above: <\/i><\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Displaced Palestinians walk along a road in Khan Younis as they return to their homes [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa\/Reuters]<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>At least 13 Iraeli captives have been released while 39\u00a0 Palestinians are looking forward to be released as the truce to suspend hostilities between Israel and Hamas\u00a0 take effect.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"feed-list\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"card-live\" aria-label=\"Live blog update\">\n<div class=\"card-live__content-area has-label\">\n<h2>Israeli military says released captives \u2018on Israeli territory\u2019<\/h2>\n<div class=\"card-live__byline\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-b-l under-title\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-live__content\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"wysiwyg\" class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content css-1kw180w\">\n<p>In a post on X, the military said the captives were being escorted by Israeli forces and Shin Bet agents.<\/p>\n<p>It said the captives would be accompanied until they are reunited with their families at Israeli hospitals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-live__byline\">\n<div class=\"liveblog-update\">\n<div class=\"combined-share\">\n<div class=\"combined-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click here to share on social media<\/div>\n<div class=\"combined-share__links combined-share__links--row\" data-testid=\"share-links\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-live__content-area\">\n<div class=\"card-live__byline\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-b-l under-title\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-live__content\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"wysiwyg\" class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content css-1kw180w\">\n<p>Eli Bin, the director general of Israel\u2019s national emergency service Magen David Adom, has told Army Radio he had spoken to the Red Cross delegation overseeing the captive release.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was told an initial assessment indicated the captives were in \u201cgood and reasonable\u201d health.<\/p>\n<p>The released Israeli captives were set to be brought to hospitals in Israel after being brought from Gaza to Egypt via the Rafah crossing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Earlier reports on Al-Jazeera said the Qatar-mediated four-day truce had taken effect in Israel\u2019s war on Gaza. The first pause after seven weeks of bombardment has been met with relief by Palestinians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">During the humanitarian break in the fighting, which began at 7am (05:00 GMT) on Friday, 150 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails and 50 captives held by the Hamas armed group in Gaza are due\u00a0to be released.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">The first releases, which will see 39 Palestinians and 13 Israelis freed, are expected on Friday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">In the hours preceding the start of the truce, Israeli bombing intensified across the Gaza Strip, with attacks in Rafah and the city of Khan Younis in the south, as well as constant artillery shelling in the north of the enclave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Almog Boker, a correspondent for the Israeli station Channel 13, has posted a video online showing Israeli soldiers celebrating from afar as a number of buildings were destroyed in the northern Gaza Strip in the last hour before the start of the truce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">The first pause in the fighting was met with huge relief by Palestinians, who were rejoicing to be safe from Israeli bombardment for the first time in weeks,\u00a0 Al Jazeera\u2019s Tareq Abu Azzoum reported from Khan Younis, southern Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cThis is the first time that we have not heard Israeli drones since the beginning of this round of fighting,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople sense that there is a glimmer of hope that this short-term pause will pave the way for a longer ceasefire.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 26px;\"><b>Badly needed aid<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Under the deal, badly needed aid will be allowed into Gaza. The enclave has been under a total Israeli blockade since the war was triggered by Hamas\u2019s attack on October 7.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Egypt said 130,000 litres of diesel and four trucks of gas will be delivered daily to Gaza over the four days. Overall, 200 trucks carrying aid are set to enter Gaza daily.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Al Jazeera\u2019s Youmna ElSayed, reporting from the Rafah border crossing, said the flow of trucks carrying fuel and gas had begun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Additional aid would start entering into and the first captives, including elderly women, would be freed at 4pm (14:00 GMT), said Qatar\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari in Doha. The total number of hostages to be freed by Hamas will rise to 50 over the four days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 26px;\"><b>Monitoring truce<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Qatar will monitor the truce in real time for possible violations, reported Al Jazeera\u2019s James Bays from Doha.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cQatar has an operations room here in Doha where they are going to get real-time information from Gaza. They have direct links with the Israeli military, with Hamas,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cThe idea is that if there is any sort of violation, that because of those direct links, they are going to try and nip it in the bud and make sure that this truce can continue, that this process can continue for the four days,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Fighting raged on in the hours leading up to the truce, with officials inside the Hamas-ruled enclave saying a hospital in Gaza City was among the targets bombed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Both sides also signalled the pause would be temporary before fighting resumes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">The Indonesian Hospital was reeling under relentless bombing, operating without light and filled with bedridden old people and children too weak to be moved, Gaza health officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Munir al-Bursh, the Gaza health ministry director, told Al Jazeera that a wounded woman was killed and three others injured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Israel launched its devastating invasion of Gaza after gunmen from Hamas burst across the border fence on October 7, killing 1,200 people and seizing about 240 captives, according to Israeli tallies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Since then, Israel has rained bombs on the besieged enclave, killing more than 14,000 people in Gaza, about 40 percent of them children, according to Palestinian health authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 26px;\"><b>\u2018I want to go home\u2019<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">As soon as the fighting paused, thousands of displaced Palestinians have set out to check on their homes in central and southern areas of the enclave reports Al Jazeera\u2019s Wael Dahdouh from Khan Younis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cOne man said, \u2018I want to go home and even if it is destroyed, I want to stay there. I want to die there\u2019,\u201d the correspondent reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cOne woman with a child said, \u2018I pray that these days will get longer and longer, to just feel safe for a day or two\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">However, the Israeli military said its forces will be stationed at the truce lines and will not allow Palestinians to head to northern Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">SOURCE: <strong>AL JAZEERA<\/strong><\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_231124_144737_319.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feature Photo above: Displaced Palestinians walk along a road in Khan Younis as they return to their homes [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa\/Reuters] At least 13 Iraeli captives have been released while 39\u00a0 Palestinians are looking forward to be released as the truce to suspend hostilities between Israel and Hamas\u00a0 take effect. 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