Israel-Hamas war: What happened on day 47?

 Israeli stock and bond prices opened higher while the shekel ILS= was slightly weaker against the dollar on Wednesday, after Israel's government and Hamas agreed to a four-day pause in fighting.

The blue chip Tel Aviv 35 index .TA35 and broader index of 125 shares .TA125 were up 0.3% in early trading. Government bond prices rose as much as 0.4% while the shekel slipped 0.2% to a rate of 3.727 against the US currency.

Under the temporary truce deal, Hamas would release 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel.

Hamas is expected to deliver on Wednesday the first list of hostage names that are scheduled for release on Thursday, according to Israeli media. 

Hamas is expected to release about 10 hostages initially, and Israel will update which terrorists will be released each day. 

The Justice Ministry published the list of terrorists who will be released as part of the expected deal with Hamas early on Wednesday morning. Prisoners to be released come from groups such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah and the Popular Front.

Some of the prisoners have a blue ID card, but they are not citizens of Israel. Most of the prisoners to be released are residents of east Jerusalem.

Those to be released were tried in military and civilian courts alike, according to Israeli media.

Only 150 of the expected 300 prisoners are expected to be released as the first step of the deal, according to Israeli media, adding that more prisoners from the published list will be released upon the further release of hostages.

The majority of prisoners to be released, though not all, are under the age of 18 or are women, according to a 15-page list published by the Justice Ministry.

Who are some of the prisoners expected to be released?

Some of the prisoners to be released include an 18-year-old male prisoner, Ahmed Muhammad Ahmed Marzouk, who was arrested in July 2023 for counts of assaulting police, arson, possession of weapons, and other charges.

Another is 37-year-old Amani Khaled Naaman Heshim, who was arrested in December 2016. She was charged with causing serious bodily harm, and both carrying and manufacturing knives and daggers, according to the list.

An additional prisoner to be released is 26-year-old female prisoner And laa Khaled Fozi Tangi, who was arrested in August 2022 for attempted murder, and possession of weapons and explosives, amongst other charges.

The Knesset approved the outline of the deal for the release of the abductees by a large majority at the end of a five-and-a-half-hour cabinet meeting late on Tuesday night.

The details of the deal show that an Israeli hostage will be released in exchange for every three Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons. In the first phase of the deal, about 50 women and children will be released, in exchange for a four-day lull in the fighting in Gaza and the release of the aforementioned Palestinian prisoners.

The captives will be released in batches, starting Thursday.

All government ministers voted in favor, and only three Otzma Yehudit ministers voted against. The religious Zionist ministers who announced before the debate that they would oppose the proposal decided to vote in favor after hearing and learning its details, Israeli media reported.

British foreign minister David Cameron welcomed the agreement between the Israeli government and Hamas to a four-day pause in fighting on Wednesday, calling it a crucial step and urging the parties to deliver the deal in full.

"This agreement is a crucial step towards providing relief to the families of the hostages and addressing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza," Cameron said. "I urge all parties to ensure the agreement is delivered in full."

France hopes its eight citizens believed held as hostages will be released as a result of a truce deal between Israel and Hamas, Foreign Affairs Minister Catherine Colonna said on Wednesday.

"We hope that there will be French people among the first batch of hostages to be released," Colonna told France Inter radio.

Israel's government and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed on Wednesday the foreign-mediated humanitarian deal between his Islamist Hamas terrorists and Israel in the Gaza Strip and called for wider solutions to the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Abbas' administration, based in the West Bank, "appreciate(s) the Qatari-Egyptian (mediation) effort," wants an extended truce with Israel and "the implementation of a political solution based on international legitimacy," a social media post by senior Palestinian aide Hussein Al-Sheikh said.

Cpt. Liron Snir, 25, from Ofra, fell in combat in the northern Gaza Strip, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit announced early Wednesday morning.

Four Palestinian terrorists were killed in an IDF drone strike in Tulkarm in the West Bank early Wednesday morning, according to Palestinian reports.

The strike was conducted amid armed clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the city.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Israel early next week to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials about the war in Gaza, Axios reported on Tuesday.

The visit is not completely finalized as of yet.

The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad announced late on Tuesday the death of one of the Israeli hostages it has held since the October 7 attacks on Israel.

"We previously expressed our willingness to release her for humanitarian reasons, but the enemy was stalling and this led to her death," Al Quds Brigades said on its Telegram channel.

Reports online named the hostage as 76-year-old Katzir Hanna, kidnapped from Nir Oz.