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Latest developments in Gaza as truce takes effect, hostage-prisoner swaps begin

CGTN

- As a ceasefire with Israel entered into force on Friday morning, Hamas released 24 hostages (13 Israelis, 10 people from Thailand and one from the Philippines).

- The truce, mediated by Qatar and Egypt, took effect at 7 a.m. local time (05:00 GMT) on Friday. As part of the deal, Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners on Friday night from its Ofer prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah.

- The ceasefire has enabled the delivery of more aid supplies to Gaza. According to a spokesperson for the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing, 150 trucks carrying humanitarian aid have entered Gaza, including four carrying cooking gas and three carrying fuel.

- Palestinian ambulances have crossed the Rafah crossing to the Egyptian side to transport the wounded and the sick for treatment abroad. Palestinians stranded in Egypt also began returning to Gaza.

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