The first three freed people get out of hell and finally return home,” said Lior Ashkenazi, an Israeli actor who hosts weekly protests for the hostages.

Final preparations are being made for the hostage and prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas as part of their ceasefire deal. Families waiting for their kidnapped relatives to be released in the first stage of the ceasefire have gathered in Tel Aviv.

One person was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack in central Tel Aviv on Saturday afternoon, Israel police said.

A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli man in central Tel Aviv Saturday afternoon, seriously injuring him, before being shot and killed by an armed civilian. Police said the stabbing on Levontin Street was a "terror attack".

Israel reportedly expects a ceasefire in the Gaza war to proceed even though Hamas has yet to name the hostages it will release on Sunday.

Thousands of people gathered Tuesday night at Tel Aviv's Hostages Square in anticipation of a potential ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

Israeli police said that an assailant stabbed and seriously wounded a person in the centre of commercial hub Tel Aviv on Saturday, before being shot and "neutralised" by a civilian.

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Israeli police confirmed that several individuals were injured in a shooting incident in Tel Aviv's commercial district on Saturday. Emergency services also reported a separate stabbing incident in the area.

One person was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack in central Tel Aviv on Saturday afternoon, Israel police said.

This will pause the fighting after 15 months of war and see the release of dozens of hostages held by the militants in the Gaza Strip and hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.