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The Israeli government has formally endorsed a comprehensive ceasefire arrangement that includes the release of all unreleased detainees held by Hamas in Gaza, marking a major step toward ending the destructive two-year hostilities.

US Defense Role in Supervising the Truce

Top authorities in the US capital have confirmed that a US military team of around 200 personnel will be sent to the area to "supervise" the cessation of hostilities after both Israel and the militant organization agreed to the first stage of the former President Trump government's conflict resolution plan.

His responsibility will be to oversee, observe, make sure there are no infractions.

Immediate Enactment Timeline

According to an Israel's spokesperson, the ceasefire should start right away following government approval. The Israeli military was provided 24 hours to retreat its troops to an pre-determined position. Afterward, the hostages held in the Gaza Strip would be liberated within 72 hours, a cabinet spokesperson announced.

Key Events

• Hamas' overseas-based Gaza Strip chief a senior Hamas official stated he had secured guarantees from the United States and other negotiating parties that the war was concluded.
• The commander of the US military's military headquarters, General a senior US military official, would at first have 200 people on the ground, a senior American official said.
• Egyptian, from Qatar, Turkish and possibly Emirati defense personnel would be integrated in the team, the American representative noted. A additional official emphasized that "American troops are planned to go into the Gaza Strip".
• Israeli attacks carried on in the time leading up to the Israeli government's decision. Detonations were observed on the previous day in northern the Gaza Strip, and a strike on a building in Gaza City claimed the lives of at least two people and left more than 40 buried under rubble, as per Palestinian emergency services.
• At least 11 fatally injured Palestinians and another 49 who were wounded were admitted at hospitals over the past 24 hours, the Gaza Strip's Hamas-administered health ministry announced.
• Israeli forces was targeting objectives that presented a risk to its forces as they redeploy, commented an Israeli armed forces representative who communicated on the basis of non-disclosure. Hamas criticized Israeli authorities over the strike, arguing that Netanyahu was seeking to "shuffle the circumstances and complicate" attempts by intermediaries to conclude the conflict.
• Twenty Israel's captives are still believed to be surviving in Gaza, while 26 are presumed deceased, and the whereabouts of 2 is unclear.
• The Trump leadership more extensive 20-point peace proposal includes many pending matters, such as whether and how Hamas will disarm. But both parties appeared closer than they have been in months to concluding the conflict, which was triggered by Hamas's October 7, 2023 offensive on Israel, in which approximately 1,200 people were murdered and 251 abducted, triggering an Israel's response that has left more than 67,000 Palestinians fatally injured and nearly 170,000 injured, according to Gaza's health authority.
• Israeli Defense Forces said an Israeli soldier, a 26-year-old reservist military personnel, was fatally injured in a Hamas marksman incident in the Gaza capital on Thursday afternoon. This took place after Israeli and militant negotiators finalized a arrangement in Cairo to guarantee the return of the captives, though the halt in fighting part of the arrangement had not yet come into effect.
• Israel's outlet Haaretz has made public the details of Palestinian inmates it considers could be freed as part of the new deal. 250 Gazan prisoners who are undergoing indefinite detention are expected to be released as part of the agreement, out of about 290 presently held in Israel's prison. 22 children will also be liberated.

International Response

There are no arrangements for UK or EU military personnel to be in the Gaza Strip after the ceasefire agreement, the UK's foreign secretary Yvette Cooper stated. "That's not our arrangement, there's no intentions to do that," she stated on the current day morning.

The foreign secretary added: "But there is an prompt proposal for the US to lead what is effectively like a supervision process to make sure that this occurs on the location, to supervise the procedure with captive release, and also making sure that this first phase is enacted, bringing the humanitarian assistance in place, but they have also made very unambiguous that they anticipate the military personnel on the site to be supplied by neighbouring states, and that is something that we do anticipate to take place."

The foreign secretary stated she hopes the halt in fighting will be enacted "without delay". According to the foreign secretary, there are international negotiations on an "global safety contingent" and the United Kingdom was persisting to assist in other methods, including looking at getting commercial investment into the Gaza Strip.

Public Reaction

Israeli citizens and Palestinian residents alike celebrated after the truce arrangement was announced, while there was elation but also anxiety in Gaza amid concerns the latest agreement could break down.