Israeli officials say 14 Israeli hostages and 42 Palestinian prisoners will be exchanged on Saturday, as a four-day cease-fire that took effect Friday between Israel and Hamas in Gaza appeared to be holding, according to VOA News.

Over the course of the cessation in fighting, Hamas is to release at least 50 hostages, and Israel 150 Palestinian prisoners as part of an agreement struck during talks involving Israel, Palestinian militant groups, Qatar, Egypt and the United States.

Twenty-four hostages, including 13 Israeli women and children, ranging in age from 2 to 85, were released Friday evening. Additionally, Hamas released 10 Thai nationals and a Filipino who it also had taken hostage, according to the Qatari government.

Meanwhile, the Israeli government freed 39 Palestinian women and male juveniles who had been imprisoned or detained.

Israel said the four-day stop in fighting would be extended an extra day for every 10 additional hostages freed by Hamas. A Qatari spokesperson said Doha hopes to broker another agreement to release more hostages from Gaza by the cease-fire's fourth day.

"Chances are real" for an extension of the temporary halt to the war, U.S. President Joe Biden said in Friday remarks. He added that two American women and a 4-year-old American child remain among those missing.

"Teams from the International Committee of the Red Cross on Friday began carrying out a multiday operation to facilitate the release and transfer of hostages held in Gaza and of Palestinian detainees to the West Bank. The operation will include the delivery of additional, much-needed humanitarian assistance into Gaza," the ICRC said in a statement about the four-day cease-fire brokered by Qatar.