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The first phase of the ceasefire agreement will last for 42 days and will see the release of 33 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani said the hostages would include civilian women and female recruits, as well as children, elderly citizens, sick people and the injured.
The Israeli Cabinet’s approval of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas has paved the way for an end to the 15-month-long war in Gaza. Let us tell you that a six-week ceasefire is starting from January 19. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet accepted the ceasefire agreement after a high-level meeting, despite opposition from some far-right members of the government. The deal was brokered by lead negotiators Qatar and Egypt, with US officials also closely involved in the deal. The agreement aims to end the war that began with Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
The first phase of the ceasefire agreement will last for 42 days and will see the release of 33 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani said the hostages would include civilian women and female recruits, as well as children, elderly citizens, sick people and the injured. Two sources close to the militant group told AFP news agency that the three Israeli female soldiers would be the first to be released on Sunday evening, although Hamas refers to all Israeli citizens of military age as soldiers.
The Cabinet meeting took place after the beginning of the Jewish Sabbath, reflecting the significance of the occasion. According to Jewish law, the Israeli government generally stops all work on the Sabbath except in life-or-death emergencies. Sabbath means the seventh day of the week, observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening as a day of rest and worship by Jews and some Christians. Netanyahu directed a special task force to prepare to take hostages returning from Gaza and said their families had been informed that a deal had been reached. Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are also to be released during the ceasefire, and humanitarian aid to largely devastated Gaza is to be increased. Israel’s Justice Ministry published a list of 95 Palestinian prisoners to be released and said the release would begin no earlier than 4 p.m. local time on Sunday. All the people included in the list are young or female.
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