Former hostage negotiator: “This is very fragile” | DW News

A truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza will start on Friday morning local time.
The first contingent of hostages will be released by Hamas later in the afternoon.
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said the cease-fire will cover the north and the south of Gaza. The ministry also said humanitarian aid would start flowing into Gaza as soon as the truce begins.
Fighting is expected to stop at seven in the morning and the first hostages are expected to be released at 4 p.m. Initially, 13 people will be freed, all women and children.

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00:00 Background
01:34 Ben Fajzullin, DW Correspondent
06:50 Gershon Baskin, Former Israeli hostage negotiator

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