During the delay, Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed eight people.
JERUSALEM - Israel on Sunday said a truce with Hamas began in Gaza at 0915 GMT, nearly three hours after initially scheduled, following a last-minute delay on the orders of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.A statement from Netanyahu's office, issued less than an hour before the truce had been set to start at 8:30 am , said he had"instructed the IDF that the ceasefire... will not begin until Israel has received the list" of hostages to be freed.
The Israeli military confirmed it was continuing"to strike within the Gaza area" following Netanyahu's directive. The initial exchange was to see three Israeli hostages released from captivity in return for a first group of Palestinian prisoners. "Enough playing with our emotions -- we're exhausted," she added."I don't want to spend another night in this tent."
"I'm really stressed because I don't know about the situation of Ofer, my cousin," said Ifat Kaldron, whose cousin is among the hostages.Israel has prepared reception centres to provide medical treatment and counselling to the freed hostages before they return to their families after their long ordeal.
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