There were no reports of bombings, artillery strikes or rocket attacks as Israel and Hamas started a four-day ceasefire in Gaza on Friday, the first pause in a 48-day-old war that has devastated the Palestinian enclave.

The truce began at 7 a.m. (0500 GMT), involving a comprehensive ceasefire in north and south Gaza, the release of 13 Israeli women and child hostages by the militants later in the day and aid to flow into the besieged enclave. A number of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons were to be freed in exchange.

Here are the latest updates

• More than 14,800 people killed in Gaza since October 7. In Israel, the official death toll from Hamas’s attacks stands at about 1,200.
• The four-day Gaza truce agreed by Hamas and Israel takes effect for the first time after seven weeks of war.
• Thirty-nine Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails and 13 captives in Gaza are expected to be released in the coming hours, with aid trucks also crossing into Gaza.
• The Gaza Strip endures a night of intensified bombardment from “air, land, and sea” ahead of the start of the Qatar-mediated truce, the UN says.
• Another Palestinian journalist, Amal Zuhd, and family members were killed in Gaza City, according to the Wafa news agency.
• Israeli military raids continue overnight across the occupied West Bank where more than 220 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the war.