24 hostages released as temporary cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war takes effect

Posted on November 24, 2023
24 hostages released as temporary cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war takes effect

TOPSHOT - Rawda Abu Ajamieh (L) hugs a relative after her release from an Israeli prison as part of a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas in the al-Duheishe refugee camp in Bethlehem's occupied West Bank, November 24, 2023. After 48 days of gunfire and bombardment that claimed thousands of lives, the first hostages to be released under a truce deal between Israel and Hamas were handed over on November 24, both sides said, nearly seven weeks after they were seized. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP) (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)

The first group of hostages taken captive by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel were released from Gaza hours after the four-day cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas took effect

Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP