Second stage of hostage-prisoner release awaited in Gaza truce

Footages showed daily life in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on second day of truce as the pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas continues to hold. Hamas fighters were set to release a second group of hostages on Saturday.

Israeli authorities said 42 Palestinian inmates -- both male and female -- would be freed under the terms of the agreement, which mandates exchanges at a ratio of three to one.  An Israeli official source said 14 hostages would be handed over.

Hamas released 24 hostages on the first day of the war's first truce as part of a four-day ceasefire. In return for their release, 39 Palestinians were also freed from Israeli jails. Hamas is expected to free a total of 50 hostages during the truce in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners. The truce began following weeks of negotiations brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States.