From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina day, has been historic in scope and success.

At its heart, our hostages.

As of Monday night, 50 Israeli hostages have been released under its terms,

as have 150 Palestinian prisoners,

with more releases expected on Tuesday.

Today, my colleague Isabel Kirschner, on the grassroots movement that managed to pause the war

and what it will mean for the rest of the conflict It's Tuesday, November 28th.

It's Tuesday, November 28th.

So Isabel, it's Monday around 9 p.m. for you.

You've had a busy few days in Israel and that is precisely why we want to talk to you today.

So for the first time since October 7th we have had the most part, a halt in hostilities. No airstrikes in Gaza, no rockets into Israel,

and there's been this remarkable release of Israeli hostages and of course of Palestinian prisoners.

So tell us what's been happening. Well, since October the 7th this country has been at war, and then suddenly on Friday morning at 7 a.m.

the guns went silent. And this was a result of a deal that had been reached between Israel and Hamas with a mediation from outside.

And the outlines of that deal was that Israel would cease fire for four days.

During that time Israel would allow an increased amount of aid and fuel to go into the Gaza Strip and at the same time

Hamas had committed to release 50 of the Israeli hostages being held in Gaza in exchange for an Israeli release

of Palestinian prisoners and detainees from Israeli jails.

And traditionally when you look back to former conflicts

between Israel and the armed groups in Gaza,

there have been cease fires before and they would break down often within

hours. This time, remarkably, the ceasefire has held and that's because at the heart of it is this issue of the release of hostages.

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