Wounded Palestinians arrive at Gaza hospital after truce delayed

Wounded Palestinians arrive at Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip after a delay in the implementation of a truce between Israeli forces and Hamas in the Palestinian enclave.

A Palestinian official said that a delay in implementation of a truce in the Gaza Strip between Israeli forces and Hamas was due to "last minute" details over which hostages would be released and how. Lists of those to be freed had been exchanged by both sides, he added.

Questions were also being raised over Red Cross access to the hostages before they would be released into Egypt, he said, and whether the Red Cross would have access to those who remained. The agreement follows weeks of war in the Gaza Strip after Hamas militants broke through the militarized Gaza border on October 7 in an unprecedented attack.

Israeli officials say about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed and around 240 taken hostage. Under the deal, a humanitarian pause will be followed by releases of an initial 50 hostages from Israel and 150 Palestinian prisoners.