Watch a view of Israel’s Hatzerim army base where released hostages due to arrive
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Your support makes all the difference.Watch from Israeli Army’s Hatzerim base, where hostages released by Hamas were due to arrive on Friday (24 November).
The four-day ceasefire began at 7am on Friday, and Qatar’s foreign ministry said 13 women and children taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October would be released via Egypt at 4pm – the first of at least 50 captives set to be freed under the deal. Increased aid for Palestinians will also start to enter Gaza “as soon as possible”, it said.
Israel will simultaneously release 24 women and 15 teenage boys held in military jails, Palestine’s commissioner for prisoners said.
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