Hamas fighters released a first wave of 24 hostages including Israeli women and children and Thai farm workers under a truce deal that saw guns fall silent across the Gaza Strip for the first time in seven weeks, with more hostages set to be freed.

Reuters has made a timeline of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the movement that governs the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 22. — Reuters
Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes on a house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 22. — Reuters

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