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Mediator Qatar says truce in Gaza to start on Friday

A convoy of Palestinian ambulances waits on a road leading to Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip on November 22, 2023 — Reuters photo
A convoy of Palestinian ambulances waits on a road leading to Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip on November 22, 2023 — Reuters photo

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A truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza will start on Friday at 7:00 am, with the first batch of hostages to be released at 4:00 pm, a spokesperson for Qatar's foreign ministry said on Thursday.

Majed Al-Ansari told reporters in Doha the lists of all civilians that would be released from Gaza had been agreed.

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