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<p>Thirteen women and children will be released by <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/hamas">Hamas </a>on Friday in the first stage of a <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/hamas-israel-hostages-released-no-sooner-than-friday-israel-says">four-day ceasefire deal</a>, according to negotiators in Qatar.</p>
<p>The bombing was originally <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/israel-and-hamas-reach-deal-to-free-around-50-hostages">agreed to halt a day sooner</a>—on Thanksgiving in the U.S.—but that was set back by a last-minute hitch, which means northern<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/gaza"> Gaza</a> was continuing to sustain heavy damage on Thursday.</p>
<p>“We’ve already been on an emotional rollercoaster for 47 days. Today is no different,” Eyal Kalderon, a cousin of one of the captives, told Agence France-Presse.</p>
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Thirteen women and children will be released by Hamas on Friday in the first stage of a four-day ceasefire deal, according to negotiators in Qatar.
The bombing was originally agreed to halt a day sooner—on Thanksgiving in the U.S.—but that was set back by a last-minute hitch, which means northern Gaza was continuing to sustain heavy damage on Thursday.
“We’ve already been on an emotional rollercoaster for 47 days. Today is no different,” Eyal Kalderon, a cousin of one of the captives, told Agence France-Presse.
