It's day two of the U.S. brokered peace deal between Hamas and Israel.

The clock is ticking on the negotiated exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

I'm Scott Simon.

And I'm Aisha Roscoe with Up First from NPR News.

Hamas is preparing to release the remaining hostages as Israeli troops withdraw from parts of Gaza.

We'll have more on that.

Plus, the Trump administration on Friday started laying off thousands more federal employees

as a government shutdown closes out its second week.

We're also going to take a look at the health care subsidies that

are about to expire and why they're at the center of the current shutdown. So stay with us. We have the

news you need to start your weekend. After two years of fighting, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a peace deal. It's only been in place

for a couple of days, and there are still a lot of unknowns. But one of the earlier,

more concrete steps, involves the release of Israeli hostages held since the October 7th,

2023 attack in exchange for roughly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

And Paris Carrie Khan joins us now from Tel Aviv.

Carrie, thanks for being with us.

Good morning.

What have you been hearing from Gaza now that Israeli troops have pulled back?

We are seeing a massive movement of people coming out, trying to reclaim some of their lives, assessing

damage, just taking in the sheer devastation and destruction of Gaza after two years of war.

NPR's reporter, Anas Baba, who is in Gaza City, sent us amazing images and testimonies of

this flood of people on foot walking amidst rubble.

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