Hamas frees 4 female Israeli soldiers as part of the Gaza ceasefire

[Israeli]

3. Explained :

What We Know About the Israel-Hamas Cease-fire and Hostage Deal

The Gaza cease-fire / hostage and prisoner deal between Israel and Hamas includes three stages, made up of smaller phases, and is expected to encounter many hurdles. This is what it will look like over the next weeks - and years

At 11:15 A.M. on Sunday January 19, after a three-hour delay, a cease-fire came into effect between Israel and Hamas after 471 days of war in Gaza.

The cease-fire deal, which includes the release of the remaining nearly 100 hostages taken into Gaza by Hamas on October 7, 2023, in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees held in Israeli jails, is the result of an agreement hammered out in Cairo and the Qatari capital Doha, mediated by the United States, Egypt and Qatar.

The agreement is largely based on a cease-fire/hostage deal proposed by then-U.S. President Joe Biden at the end of May and endorsed by the UN Security Council. Intransigence from Hamas and Israel's government scuttled the negotiations over the following months. January's cease-fire/hostage deal was pushed over the line by what a senior White House official called a "remarkable" joint effort between envoys from the outgoing Biden administration and Trump's incoming team.

Source : Haaretz
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