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Weekend: More hostages set for release on second day of truce

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More hostages set for release on second day of truce

25/11/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, More hostages set for release on second day of truce

13 Israeli hostages and 39 Palestinian detainees released during temporary ceasefire

More Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are set for release today after Israel and Hamas reached a deal for the release of 150 Palestinian detainees and 50 Israeli hostages over four days during a temporary ceasefire. Yesterday saw the first stage of the exchange as 13 Israeli hostages were released by Hamas followed by 39 Palestinian detainees from Israeli prisons.

Also in the programme: Derek Chauvin, the police officer serving twenty years in prison for the death of George Floyd, has been stabbed in custody; and in Russia, authorities are limiting access to abortions as a response to the demographic crisis. 

Joining presenter Krupa Padhy are Nanjala Nyabola, a Kenyan writer and political analyst based in Nairobi, but currently in London; and Joshua Hammer, an American journalist, author and freelance magazine journalist in Berlin.

(Photo: A helicopter carrying hostages released as part of a deal between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas arrives at Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel on 24 November 2023. Credit: Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)

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