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Third Day of Gaza Truce Holds, With More Israeli Hostages Set for Release

More Israeli hostages are expected to be released today in the ongoing 4-day ceasefire and exchange between Israel and Hamas but the timings are unknown

26 Israeli hostages, all women and children, have been freed as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas

78 Palestinian prisoners have also been released from Israeli jails over the past two days

Meanwhile, 14 Thai hostages and one Filipino have been freed as part of a separate deal between Hamas and the Egyptian government

Today is the third day of a four-day pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip

Gazans have been using the pause in fighting to get desperately needed supplies of fuel, food, and medicine

Hamas’s attacks on 7 October killed 1,200 people, with about 240 taken hostage

Since then, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says more than 14,500 people have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory campaign

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