CAIRO, November 23. /TASS/. The Palestinian movement Hamas expects the four-day humanitarian ceasefire that will take effect on November 24 to be extended, Basem Naim, a senior Hamas official, told TASS on the phone.

"Our goal is to ensure a humanitarian ceasefire and we are working on that. God willing, [it will be extended] but it depends on the possible handover of other hostages," he said, when asked if the humanitarian pause could be extended.

In response to the question if there were Russian nationals in the 13-member group of hostages expected to released on November 24, the senior Hamas official said that he did not have "detailed information on the list."

Qatari Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari announced earlier that the humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Hamas would begin at 5:00 a.m. GMT on Friday. The first group of hostages, which will consist of 13 women and children, is expected to be released at 2:00 p.m. GMT. Hamas, in turn, said that 200 trucks carrying aid would enter the Gaza Strip every day during the ceasefire.

Hamas announced on November 22 that an agreement on a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip had been reached through the mediation of Qatar and Egypt. The movement confirmed that the agreement stipulated the release of 50 women and children under the age of 19 who are held in Gaza in exchange for the release of 150 women and children under the age of 19 from Israeli prisons.