The Papers: 'Ceasefire joy' and 'chaos in hospital corridors'

There is "hope" that the end of a "dark chapter" is near, reports the Guardian, with the announcement of a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas. The paper says "exhausted Palestinians hardly dare to believe" the news, with pictures of the celebrations in Deir al-Balah, in Gaza, dominating the front page.

There is "ceasefire joy on both sides", according to the front page of the Times, with pictures of those celebrating the announcement in both Gaza and the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The deal, which the paper says was "held up by last minute arguments" over the extent of the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, "will come into force on Sunday".

But, the Financial Times adds, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned the "deal [is] not sealed", with some details still needing to be finalised. The paper says the "multiphase agreement" will see a truce in hostilities, the release of some Israeli hostages held by Hamas and the release of some Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails.

And while an agreement offers "hope for an end to the bloodiest round of fighting in [the] history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict", an opinion piece in the i says "seeds of new conflicts have been sown".

The Daily Express features the testimony of "heartbroken nurses", who describe "harrowing scenes of dying patients being crammed into hospital corridors". The paper leads on a new report, compiled by the Royal College of Nursing, which it says "lays bare the scale of the crisis gripping the NHS", with one nurse saying working in a hospital was "like watching a horrid film I can't stop".

The report "lays bare [the] shocking reality of 'inhumane' hospital conditions", the Daily Mail adds. It says "dead patients are lying undiscovered for hours in A&E because NHS staff are too overstretched to notice", and a shortage of beds means patients are being left "in 'animal-like' conditions in hospital car parks, cupboards and toilets".

This "chaos in hospital corridors" is a result of "ten years of health service cuts", according to the Daily Mirror. It features an image of patients "lining a corridor" of a hospital in Blackburn last week. The paper quotes the head of the Royal College of Nursing as saying: "I have no doubt this is costing lives." There's also a tribute to singer Linda Nolan, whose death was announced on Wednesday, with the paper saying she was "with her sisters to the end".

The Metro leads on what it calls "a double injustice", revealing that Andrew Malkinson, who spent 17 years in jail for a rape he did not commit, "has still not received compensation". Helen Pitcher, the head of the Criminal Cases Review Commission "which twice refused his bid to appeal" his conviction, resigned on Tuesday. Malkinson said that decision had made him "feel vindicated", the paper reports.

There are "mounting questions" for the attorney general, according to Thursday's Daily Telegraph, over his links to former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams, and his role in a decision that could see him receive "taxpayer-funded payouts" over a stint in jail. Lord Hermer has "defended his right to have represented" Adams in the past, the paper says, but "refused to say whether he was involved in the compensation decision".

The Sun leads with its investigation in which it claims a rapper who "is promoted by the BBC" is the murderer of schoolboy Jimmy Mizen. It says rapper TEN is Jake Fahri, who was sentenced to life in jail in 2009, and told he would serve at least 14 years for the crime. TEN's music "which glorifies knife deaths, has recently been showcased on BBC Radio 1Xtra", the paper says.

And the Daily Star says it has "the answer to the question you didn't realise you needed to know" - the best way to eat a Cadbury Creme Egg. The paper jokes the discovery took "years and years of soul-searching and fevered debate... more like three minutes of idle chat on the newsdesk to be perfectly honest".