Is the fighting finished? By the end of today, 13 people will be back with their loved ones. But for Palestinians and Israelis still in Gaza, the future is a terrifying unknown.
Breakthrough! Gaza hostages due to head home
Month of hell: Today marks 48 days since Hamas first broke out and took the hostages. Glossary
Palestinians - People from Palestine, an area located in the Southern Levant region of Western Asia.
Hamas - A militant Palestinian organisation, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007. It is listed as a terrorist organisation in the UK.
Gaza - The smaller of two Palestinian territories, home to two million people. It is located on the Mediterranean coast, bordered by Israel and Egypt.
Benjamin Netanyahu - The prime minister of Israel.
Bezalel Smotrich - Israel's finance minister. He lives in a settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which is considered illegal under international law.
Two-state solution - A proposed solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, which imagines an independent State of Palestine as well as the State of Israel.
Yair Lapid - Israel's current Leader of the Opposition and former prime minister. He is from the centrist Yesh Atid party.
Ismail Haniyeh - A Hamas leader based in Qatar. He is viewed by Arab officials as more pragmatic than Hamas's military wing inside Gaza.
West Bank - A landlocked territory bordered by Israel, Jordan and the Dead Sea. It is the largest of the Palestinian territories.