Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, as seen from southern Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, November 18, 2023.
REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 18 (Reuters) - Israel, the United States and Hamas have reached a tentative agreement to free dozens of women and children held hostage in Gaza in exchange for a five-day pause in fighting, the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the deal.
Hamas took about 240 hostages during its Oct. 7 rampage inside Israel that killed 1,200 people.
There was no immediate comment from the White House or the Israeli prime minister's office on the Post report.
Reporting by Akanksha Khushi in Bengaluru and Doina Chiacu in Washington; Editing by Chizu NomiyamaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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Alexander Ermochenko, Akanksha, Chizu
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Palestinian, Hamas, REUTERS, Washington Post, Thomson
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