Israel and Hamas have agreed to a four-day cease-fire, during which 50 hostages from Israel will be released.
The hostages, primarily civilian women and children, will be exchanged for Palestinian women and children detained in Israeli prisons.
The Israeli government has voted to accept the deal, which will see the first 50 of the roughly 240 hostages that Hamas currently holds released.
The truce will also allow hundreds of trucks of humanitarian, medical, and fuel aid to enter Gaza.
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a four-day cease-fire, during which 50 hostages from Israel will be released. The hostages, primarily civilian women and children, will be exchanged for Palestinian women and children detained in Israeli prisons. The deal, which has been hailed as significant progress by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, is the result of tireless diplomacy and relentless effort.
The Israeli government has voted to accept the deal, which will see the first 50 of the roughly 240 hostages that Hamas currently holds released. The Israeli government and Hamas have been negotiating indirectly for weeks over the hostages taken to Gaza in the Hamas attacks on southern Israel. The Israeli government has vowed to destroy Hamas, but it has also come under domestic pressure to free the hostages.
The truce will also allow hundreds of trucks of humanitarian, medical, and fuel aid to enter Gaza. The starting time of the truce will be announced within the next 24 hours. The deal was confirmed by a senior US official, who stated that the freed hostages would include three Americans. The Israeli prime minister's office stated that the ceasefire in Israeli military operations would be extended for an additional day for every 10 more hostages released.
The deal also includes expanded humanitarian deliveries and a halt to Israeli air sorties over southern Gaza during the four-day pause. The deal is a significant propaganda coup for Hamas and a personal victory for Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader in Gaza.
The deal was confirmed by a senior US official, who stated that the freed hostages would include three Americans.
The Israeli prime minister's office stated that the ceasefire in Israeli military operations would be extended for an additional day for every 10 more hostages released.
The deal also includes expanded humanitarian deliveries and a halt to Israeli air sorties over southern Gaza during the four-day pause.
The deal is a significant propaganda coup for Hamas and a personal victory for Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader in Gaza.
The Israeli government and Hamas have been negotiating indirectly for weeks over the roughly 240 hostages taken to Gaza in the Hamas attacks on southern Israel.
The Israeli government has vowed to destroy Hamas, but it has also come under domestic pressure to free the hostages.