14,854 DEAD AS ISRAEL, HAMAS BEGIN FOUR-DAY TRUCE TODAY

A four-day truce between Israel and Hamas will begin today (Friday) at 7 a.m. local time (midnight ET), with 13 civilian hostages to be released by Hamas hours later. According to the terms of the truce, more will follow, with a total of 50 hostages freed over four days, while Palestinian prisoners are also released in waves. Reports say that the initial group of freed hostages will include members of the same families released together. US President Joe Biden says he is hopeful a 3-year-old American girl will be among…

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