The deal ushers in an initial six-week period of calm and raises hopes for the release of dozens of militant-held hostages and an end to the war.
The first three hostages set to be released from Gaza have been transferred to the Red Cross and are on their way towards Israeli forces, the Israeli military announced, hours after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold.
Relatives and friends of people killed and abducted by Hamas and taken into Gaza gather in Tel Aviv, Israel Even before the ceasefire took effect, celebrations erupted across the territory and some Palestinians began returning to their homes. The truce, which started at 11.15am local time, is the first step towards ultimately ending the conflict and returning nearly 100 hostages abducted in Hamas’s October 7 2023 attack.
In the interim between 8.30am and when the ceasefire took hold, Israeli fire killed at least 26 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Itamar Ben-Gvir’s departure weakens Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition but will not affect the truce.
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