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Newshour: 23/11/2023 14:06 GMT: Qatar says Gaza truce to begin on Friday

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Qatar says Gaza truce to begin on Friday

23/11/2023 14:06 GMT

23/11/2023 14:06 GMT: Qatar says Gaza truce to begin on Friday

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Qatar has announced that a four-day halt to the fighting in Gaza will begin on Friday

Qatar has announced that a four-day halt to the fighting in Gaza will begin on Friday.

Qatar has announced that the four-day halt to fighting in Gaza agreed by Israel and Hamas will begin on Friday morning. A foreign ministry spokesman in Doha, Majed Al-Ansari, said humanitarian aid would start to be delivered as soon as possible. He said 13 hostages abducted by Hamas would be released later on Friday, along with a number of Palestinians released from detention in Israel.

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(Picture: Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Credit: Getty Images)

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