Israeli cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas

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After more than 460 days of fighting, when Israeli forces killed more than 46, 788 Palestinians, and 110 other people were injured, Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet approved a ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

After holding a brief statement for more than six hours, Netanyahu’s office announced in a brief statement that the Israeli government had agreed to the ceasefire agreement early on Saturday morning.

The framework for the hostages’ return has been approved by the government. On Sunday, the hostages’ release framework will take effect, it said.

According to media reports, 24 ministers in Netanyahu’s coalition government voted in favor of the deal while eight opposed it, according to reports from the Israeli cabinet hardliners. The ceasefire agreement had already been approved by the Israeli security cabinet earlier on Friday.

The initial six-week phase of the ceasefire, which opens the door to a resolution ending the 15-month-old conflict, is the start of the agreement. Palestinians who are held in Israeli jails are then exchanged for prisoners in Gaza.

Brett McGurk, the US’s lead negotiator in the ceasefire talks, predicted that the release of three female captives to Israel on Sunday afternoon through the Red Cross, and that the White House would expect the ceasefire to begin on Sunday morning.

A list of 95 Palestinian prisoners who would be freed on Friday was released by the Israeli Justice Ministry.

Every single detail in this agreement has been locked down. In a television interview from the White House, McGurk stated, “We are quite confident that it is ready to be implemented on Sunday.

Following the release of the captives on Sunday, McGurk claimed the agreement called for the release of three more captives every seven days.

Israeli attacks on Gaza have continued with almost 120 people dead in the Palestinian enclave since the ceasefire agreement was announced on Wednesday by mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and the US.

Gaza should now see more humanitarian aid. On Friday, trucks carrying aid gathered at the Rafah border crossing in southern Gaza on the Egyptian side.

An Egyptian official reported that an Israeli military delegation from Israel’s Shin Bet internal security agency and the military delegation discussed reopening the Rafah crossing on Friday in Cairo.

In addition, during the first phase of the ceasefire, Israeli forces will withdraw from many of Gaza’s most remote areas, and hundreds of thousands of Palestinians will be able to go back to what is left of their homes in the north.