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Qatar's foreign ministry said that the truce between Israel and Hamas will begin on Friday at 7 a.m. local time.

Hamas are expected to release the first 13 hostages at 4 p.m.

The release of 50 hostages is part of a deal that includes a four-day pause in Israel's

attack on Gaza. Under the agreement, Israel is expected to free around 150 Palestinian prisoners

and to allow around 300 aid-bearing trucks to enter Gaza from Egypt each day.

Meanwhile, Hamas said that the director of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza has been detained by Israel,

along with other medical staff.

Israel claims that the hospital serves as a command center for Hamas.

Turkey's Central Bank raised interest rates by a larger than expected 5 percentage points to 40%.

The Lera rallied on the news. The annual inflation rate is more than 60%. It is the sixth consecutive

hike since June when the policy rate was 8.5%, but the Central Bank indicated that the tightening would end soon.

Disorder broke out in Dublin following a knife attack outside a school that injured five people, including three children.

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