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Weekend: Temporary ceasefire in Gaza as Hamas releases Israeli hostages

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Temporary ceasefire in Gaza as Hamas releases Israeli hostages

25/11/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Temporary ceasefire in Gaza as Hamas releases Israeli hostages

Israeli hostages released by Hamas and Palestinian detainees freed from Israeli prisons

Israel and Hamas have reached a deal for the release of 150 Palestinian detainees and 50 Israeli hostages during a temporary four-day ceasefire. The first exchange of the deal saw 13 Israeli hostages released by Hamas followed by 39 Palestinian detainees from Israeli prisons.

Also in the programme: Mohammad Ghalaiyini - who had been in Manchester and decided to stay in Gaza with part of his family - describes what life is like after eight weeks of bombardment; and producer and presenter James Peak talks about the first in-person radio interviews with graffiti artist Banksy.

Joining presenter Krupa Padhy are Kenyan writer and political analysist from Nairobi, Nanjala Nyabola and Joshua Hammer, an American journalist, author and freelance magazine journalist in Berlin.

(Photo: First Palestinian prisoners freed after Hamas and Israel agreement leave Ofer military prison. Credit: EPA/Alaa Badarneh)

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