Israel's cabinet approves prisoner swap, temporary truce

Israel’s cabinet has approved a prisoner swap deal and temporary truce with Hamas.

The deal will see the release of  50 women and children hostages during a four day pause in fighting, according to a statement released by the Israeli government. 

Israel is expected to release around 150 Palestinian children and women captives held in its jails, though no details about this component of the deal have been made public yet. 

The names of the Palestinian captives will be made public in the next 24 hours to give any Israeli citizen a chance to appeal against their release in court. 

The lag time means the earliest that the swap will begin is Thursday or Friday. 

Furthermore, the Israeli government said that the release of 10 additional hostages held in Gaza will result in one additional day of a pause in fighting. 

According to Axios, Israel will also allow roughly 300 aid truck per day to enter Gaza from Egypt, in addition to more fuel.