A truce between Israel and Hamas will start Friday at 7 a.m. local time, or midnight Eastern time, with civilian hostages held by the terrorist organization due to be released at 4 p.m., according to Qatar.

Thirteen women and children who were taken during Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel will be freed, with their names provided to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, per Majed al Ansari, spokesman for Qatar's Foreign Affairs Ministry. Qatar has been leading negotiations between Israel and Hamas, Ansari said.

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"The criteria on which to prioritize the hostages was purely humanitarian," Ansari told reporters Thursday in Doha. "Our focus was on getting the women and children out of harm's way as soon as possible, which is basically what we are doing within this agreement."

"Hopefully ... the momentum carried by this deal will help us get everybody out in time and, at the same time, of course, lessen the hardship of the people ... through the humanitarian pause that is taking place," he added.

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The temporary ceasefire, during which 50 hostages should be released, was scheduled to start Thursday, but amid the delay, Israel bombed 300 sites in Gaza.

The first group of hostages will be released to the Red Cross, though Ansari did not disclose many details for security reasons other than to say the route would be safe. He did not say how many Palestinian prisoners would be freed on Friday, only that humanitarian aid would be permitted into Gaza starting at 7 a.m. and delivered "as soon as possible" from the Rafah crossing.