Red alert sirens sounded in the communities of Kissufim and Ein Hashlosha in southern Israel at 7:16 am Friday morning, just over 15 minutes after the four-day ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip went into effect. The ceasefire went into effect at 7 am as part of a deal to free 50 of the hundreds of hostages Hamas has held in Gaza since October 7. It appears that Hamas or other terrorists in the Gaza Strip have already violated the ceasefire. At 4 pm, Hamas is scheduled to release the first 13 hostages, women and children. Hamas delivered the list of those to be released to the Qataris on Thursday, and they are expected to be released at around 4:00 p.m. at one of the two crossings - Rafah or Nitzana. At the same time as the release of the first 13 hostages, Hamas is expected to hand over a second list of 12 hostages who will be released on Saturday. Related articles: "Eid Mubarak". “Let us love, Let us be loved” Hamas captivity survivors take off for US Israel passes counter-proposal for ceasefire to mediators Remains of hostage Manny Goddard found in Gaza During the four-day ceasefire, Israel has committed to refrain from continuing its offensive against Hamas as well as from conducting aerial surveillance of Hamas' military activity for six hours every day. In addition, Israel has agreed to release about 150 security prisoners in exchange for the hostages. Overnight, in the hours before the ceasefire will go into effect, widespread attacks by the IDF were reported in the Gaza Strip. In addition, at around 4:30 a.m., sirens were heard in communities located near the Gaza border, after more than 13 hours in which no sirens were heard. Sirens were also heard in the area about 15 minutes before the ceasefire went into effect.
