A ceasefire in Gaza Now the agreement has been formally approved by the Israeli cabinet, a ceasefire is expected to take effect.
He went on to thank the “extraordinary help of President Trump and his team – Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner”.
On the ceasefire deal, he said Witkoff and Kushner worked around the clock to get the deal over the line.
US troops to oversee Gaza ceasefire deal Tom Bateman US State Department correspondent A multinational force of some 200 troops overseen by the US military will monitor the Gaza ceasefire, according to a senior US official.
As a reminder, Israel’s government is yet to confirm the ceasefire deal, and both Israel and the US have yet to comment on Hamas’s statement.
How will Gaza fare next?
Negotiations over the specifics of the subsequent phases will follow the completion of the first phase of Trump’s 20-point plan, but many of these points may be difficult to agree on.
It states that the war would “immediately end” if both sides accept the proposal, which you can read in full here.
It claims that all “military, terror, and offensive infrastructure” would be destroyed and Gaza would be demilitarized.
A temporary transitional committee of Palestinian technocrats would oversee Gaza, according to the statement. This committee would be chaired by former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and led by Donald Trump.
After it has been reformed, the Palestinian Authority will eventually be given control of the Strip.
According to the plan, Hamas would no longer play a direct or indirect role in Gaza’s governance.
If Hamas members agreed to live in peace, they would be granted amnesty or be given safe travel to another nation.
Those who wanted to leave Gaza could return, and no Palestinian would be compelled to leave.
An expert group would draft a “Trump economic development plan to rebuild and energize Gaza.”.
Read more: What we know about the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
Here’s what will happen in the next few days now that the deal has been approved.
Israel’s approval of the ceasefire agreement has triggered a number of short- and long-term events.
The following four events are anticipated to occur right away now that the deal has been completed.
1. . an end to hostilities in Gaza.
A ceasefire is anticipated to go into effect now that the Israeli cabinet has formally approved the agreement.
A spokesman for the prime minister’s office stated that it would start within 24 hours of the cabinet’s approval, but reports in Israeli media indicate that this will happen instantly.
2. Israeli soldiers will leave.
According to the spokesperson, the Israeli military will pull back to a point where it will control roughly 53% of the Strip. The White House released a map last week that shows that this is the first of three phases of Israeli withdrawal.
3. a body and hostage exchange.
Hamas will then have to free all 20 of the hostages that are thought to be alive within a 72-hour countdown. The bodies of the 28 hostages who perished would then be returned, though it’s unclear how long that might take.
The BBC was informed by a Palestinian source that Israel would then free 1,700 detainees from Gaza and roughly 250 Palestinians serving life sentences in Israeli prisons.
Trump’s plan also calls for Israel to exchange the remains of each Israeli hostage for the bodies of 15 Gazans.
4. . Aid for humanitarian causes would reach Gaza.
Additionally, hundreds of trucks transporting humanitarian supplies will begin to arrive in Gaza, where UN-backed experts confirmed in August that there was a famine.
After a day of celebration, a deal was reached.
U.S. Barbara Plett.
from Jerusalem, reporting.
We had been informed that this agreement had been reached since Thursday morning. Both Gazans and Israelis were rejoicing. However, the announcement was made official on Friday just after midnight.
The agreement was approved by the Israeli cabinet following an hours-long meeting that featured two US envoys and numerous speeches.
Critics also gave speeches; one member of the far-right cabinet, for example, charged that the Americans were “making peace with Hitler”.
Since the agreement has been approved, the ceasefire can now go into effect. The hostages should be released in the coming days as a result of the sequence of events that this sets off.
Although the Israeli military has left Gaza, it still controls over half of the territory. Now, Hamas is starting to move the hostages and is getting ready to dispose of the dead hostages. The bodies of some of those hostages, which are buried beneath debris, are still being sought by Hamas.
A number of Palestinian prisoners, whose release has generated significant controversy, are set to be released by Israel.
Then, as part of the first phase of Trump’s ceasefire plan, the UN will step in with flood aid.
There is loud music playing in the streets of Jerusalem, which we can hear from our live position.
Netanyahu claims that we are at a turning point.
We can bring you additional remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which was approved by his government just a short time ago.
“We are at a momentous development,” he declared while addressing ministers of government.
“Throughout the past two years, we have fought to accomplish our war goals, and one of the main objectives is the return of all hostages, both living and dead. And we’re going to accomplish that objective. “.”.
The “extraordinary help of President Trump and his team – Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner” was another thing he thanked.
Additionally, he commended the “combined military and diplomatic pressure that isolated Hamas” and the “courage of our soldiers who entered Gaza.”.
He said that Witkoff and Kushner put in a lot of overtime to close the ceasefire agreement.
“We are aware that this will benefit Israel and the US, as well as all good people worldwide and these families who will be able to finally be with their loved ones again. On behalf of the Israelites and in their honor, I would like to express my gratitude to you both. “.”.
Witkoff commends Netanyahu for making “tough decisions.”.
Before the cabinet approved the deal, US special envoy Steve Witkoff spoke to them.
He referred to Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel when he said, “The hard job was the Prime Minister’s.”.
The difficult decisions he had to make included how tough to be with Hamas, when to be flexible, and when not to be. “,”.
The US president, Donald Trump, thinks that Netanyahu “made very difficult calls, and lesser people would not have made those calls,” according to Witkoff, who has been actively involved in the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza.
He went on: “And because Hamas had to, we are here today. They were backed up, so they had to. You also have a larger army. This deal came about because of the progress you were making. “,”.
US forces will monitor the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
Bateman, Tom.
correspondent for the US State Department.
According to a senior US official, a multinational force of about 200 soldiers under US military supervision will keep an eye on the ceasefire in Gaza.
Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates are likely to contribute troops to the force. Their responsibility, according to the official, will be to “oversee, observe [and] make sure there are no violations or incursions” of the ceasefire in Gaza.
No American forces would be present in Gaza, according to a second senior US official, who also stated that the US role was to establish the Joint Control Center, which would “integrate” the multinational force entering the country.
Under Adm’s direction, the force is being formed. US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Brad Cooper. According to the first official, Cooper participated in some of the discussions in Egypt with the US delegation.
According to the official, the multinational force will communicate the situation on the ground and any possible breaches of the truce to both Israel and Hamas through Egypt and Qatar.
In Hostages sq\. in Tel Aviv, dozens are waiting for a cabinet decision.
Alice Cuddy. .
from Tel Aviv, reporting.
Even though it’s late in Tel Aviv, dozens of people are still gathered in Hostages sq\. as Israeli ministers meet to decide whether to approve the ceasefire plan for Gaza.
Singing along to live music, those who remain are gathered around a piano that is dedicated to hostage Alon Ohel, a pianist who is one of those still detained in Gaza.
Speaking with 29-year-old Tova, I learned that she has been visiting the square once a week.
She claims, “I came here just to feel it. We’ve been fighting for two years now.”.
A ceasefire agreement approved by the cabinet would start a chain of events.
Barbara Plett Usher.
reporting from Jerusalem. .
To move the deal forward, the Israeli cabinet’s approval would be the final requirement.
Israeli media have reported that ministers erupted in applause as US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and his envoy Steve Witkoff arrived at the meeting.
After the Israeli government approves the deal and a ceasefire is implemented, Trump himself plans to travel to the Middle East on Sunday.
In just a few days, the military will withdraw from the front line, and the clock will begin to run out on the hostages’ release.
Famine has been declared in parts of Gaza, and the UN is about to start sending much more aid there.
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s coalition has long been dominated by far-right members who have declared they would vote against any agreement with Hamas. One of them threatened to overthrow Netanyahu’s administration unless the Palestinian militant group was finally destroyed.
Although Hamas has consistently refused to disarm, the Trump plan calls for it to do so. The primary worry in the negotiations so far is that Israel will return to war as soon as the hostages are released.
The United States, Arab mediators, and Turkey have assured Hamas that the war in Gaza is over, according to a senior Hamas official who made the statement today.
Trump is invited to speak in Israel.
According to the speaker of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, President Donald Trump has been invited to speak by his office.
Speaker Amir Ohana writes of Trump, externally, “It is my profound honor and privilege to officially invite the greatest friend and ally of the Jewish people in modern history to deliver a formal address to the nation before the Knesset.”. “,”.
According to Ohana, “Israel awaits The Peace President.”.
Earlier, Trump incorrectly claimed that it was the first time a US president had ever accepted an invitation to speak.
Unlike George W. Bush, Trump will be the first American president to address the Knesset, according to Ohana’s office. Bush in 2008. .
Although Trump’s exact speech time is unknown, he told the New York Post earlier today that he would “probably” travel to the Middle East on Sunday.
Trump says, “I think we will get to that.” Will there be a Palestinian state?
Bernd Debusmann, Jr.
reporting from the White House.
Just a few feet away from President Trump and his Finnish counterpart, Alexander Stubb, I departed the White House’s Oval Office.
The majority of their discussion was devoted to their common worries regarding Vladimir Putin’s Russia. However, Gaza was also brought up, and I asked Trump minutes ago about his thoughts on the prospect of a Palestinian state in the future, which the 20-point plan indicates might materialize under the correct circumstances.
“We’ll observe how everything unfolds. At some point, we might take a slightly different approach that could be beneficial for everyone, he responds.
He continues, “At the time, we’ll be looking at that.”. We’ll get to that, I believe. “.”.
There was also the prospect of Trump receiving a Nobel Peace Prize.
“I believe that Zelensky would make the best nomination, followed by the King of Jordan,” Stubb says. “I must admit that the president of the United States has a pretty impressive record. “.”.
If Hamas is not “dismantled,” an Israeli far-right minister threatens to overthrow the government.
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right minister, recently threatened to vote to overthrow the government if Hamas is not “dismantled” while we wait for the Israeli government to respond to the ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
“Otzma Yehudit [party], which is in coalition with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will dismantle the government if the Hamas government is not dismantled, or if they only tell us that it is dismantled while in reality it continues to exist under a different guise,” he says in a statement.
Additionally, Ben-Gvir says he will not support any proposed peace agreement that would free prisoners that Israel claims are guilty of murder.
The statement also states that “I and the Otzma Yehudit ministers will not be able to raise our hands in favor of a deal that releases those murderous terrorists, and we will oppose it in the government.”.
Officially, Hamas has been given assurances “for the end of the war.”.
Khalil al-Hayya, a senior Hamas figure, claims that the United States and peace mediators with Israel have assured him that “the war has completely ended.”.
A “permanent ceasefire,” the evacuation of Israeli forces, the reopening of the Rafah crossing, and the entry of humanitarian aid are all part of the agreement, according to Hayya’s statement.
According to Hayya, the agreement also includes a “captive exchange” that will release 1,700 detainees from Gaza who were arrested after October 7th, along with all women and children, and 250 individuals serving life sentences.
The remaining phases of the agreement are currently being completed by Hamas, he continues.
As a reminder, neither Israel nor the United States have responded to Hamas’s statement, nor has Israel’s government confirmed the ceasefire agreement.
Before Israel signs an agreement, Egypt demands an immediate ceasefire.
A ceasefire in Gaza is desperately needed, according to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, even before Israel’s government has given its full approval to the deal with Hamas this evening.
Israel’s offensive in Gaza continues, as we have been reporting, because the agreement reached between Israel and Hamas this morning has not yet been confirmed by Israel’s cabinet.
According to a presidential spokesperson, the remarks were made by Egypt’s president as he welcomed a US delegation to Cairo that included adviser Jared Kushner and Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff.
According to a statement from his office, “President El-Sisi stressed the critical urgency to implement the ceasefire in the strip immediately without waiting for the signing of the relevant agreement.”.
