As many as 12 hostages were released from Gaza and 30 Palestinians from Israel on Tuesday, the fifth day of the temporary ceasefire.

Among the hostages released by Hamas, 10 were Israelis and two were foreigners, news agency AFP reported. The Israeli army said the 12 hostages had arrived in Egypt.

On another note, the US administration has told Inform that it needs to work to avoid "significant further displacement" of civilians in southern Gaza as it renews its ground campaign to eradicate the Hamas militant group, news agency AP reported, citing senior US officials.

Amid mounting international and domestic pressure about the rising Palestinian death toll, the White House has begun to put greater pressure on Israel that the manner of the coming campaign must be "carefully thought through", according to one of the officials. The Israelis have been receptive when administration officials have raised these concerns, the official said, AP reported.

On October 7, Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israel. It took about 240 people as hostages during an invasion of southern Israel and reportedly killed at least 1,200 people, as per the figures released by Israel.

The sudden attack by Hamas prompted Israel to retaliate by declaring war against the Palestinian militant group and launching heavy air strikes as well as a ground offensive in the northern region of the Gaza Strip.

Hamas claimed that more than 15,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli attacks, while hundreds of thousands have been displaced.

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