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Under the truce, a total of 150 Palestinian prisoners and 50 captives held in Gaza are to be released over four days.

Release of captives taken by Hamas in October 7 assault on southern Israel comes amid four-day truce.

RAFAH, Gaza Strip: Aid trucks were entering the Gaza Strip from Egypt on Friday, around 1-1/2 hours after a truce began between Israel and Palestinian Hamas fighters, Reuters TV footage showed. Two of the trucks, representing Egyptian organizations, sported banners that said, “Together for Humanity.” Another said: “For our brothers in Gaza.”

What time captives will return to Israel, who they are, and what to expect - all to know about their release from Gaza.

The health agency's confirmation comes amid a monkeypox outbreak in the DRC and a concerning lack of vaccines in Africa.

Anti-migrant extremists used disinformation about a school knife attack to provoke a night of violence and looting.

BEIRUT: Calm returned to Lebanon’s southern border Friday as a temporary truce took effect in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, according to state media, residents and an AFP journalist. Since the Gaza war erupted on October 7, Lebanon’s southern border with Israel has witnessed deadly exchanges of fire, primarily involving the Israeli army and Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, as well as Palestinian militant groups. Hezbollah has yet to say whether it will comply with the terms of the agreement that was brokered by Qatar with help from Egypt and the United States.