AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EST | Nation/World News

AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT | Nation/World News

Qatar says agreement reached to release Israeli hostage, allow Palestinians to return to north Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Mediator Qatar announced early Monday that an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza, easing the first major crisis of the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.


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