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Israel's administration has officially ratified a comprehensive truce agreement that includes the liberation of all outstanding captives held by Hamas in Gaza, marking a significant step toward ending the devastating two-year conflict.

US Defense Role in Monitoring the Ceasefire

Top authorities in Washington have confirmed that a US military team of approximately 200 individuals will be dispatched to the region to "supervise" the ceasefire after both Israel and Hamas agreed to the initial step of the Trump administration's peace plan.

His responsibility will be to supervise, witness, guarantee there are no violations.

Immediate Implementation Timeframe

As per an Israel's official, the ceasefire should start without delay following administration approval. The Israel's defense forces was given 24 hours to withdraw its forces to an pre-determined line. Subsequently, the hostages held in Gaza would be freed within 72 hours, a government representative stated.

Major Events

• Hamas' overseas-based Gaza Strip leader a senior Hamas official said he had obtained promises from the US and other mediators that the war was finished.
• The leader of the US military's military headquarters, General Brad Cooper, would initially have 200 individuals on the site, a high-ranking US representative said.
• From Egypt, Qatari, from Turkey and probably from the UAE armed forces representatives would be incorporated in the team, the American official stated. A another representative clarified that "American military personnel are scheduled to go into the Gaza Strip".
• Israeli attacks carried on in the period preceding the Israel's cabinet's decision. Detonations were witnessed on the previous day in northern Gaza, and a strike on a edifice in the Gaza capital claimed the lives of at least two persons and left more than 40 buried under debris, as per Gazan rescue teams.
• No fewer than 11 dead Palestinians and another 49 who were injured were admitted at hospitals over the past 24 hours, the Gaza Strip's Hamas-controlled medical department announced.
• Israel was hitting locations that constituted a threat to its troops as they relocate, commented an Israeli military authority who spoke on condition of anonymity. The militant group criticized Israeli authorities over the attack, claiming that the Israeli Prime Minister was seeking to "mix up the cards and disrupt" attempts by intermediaries to conclude the hostilities.
• Twenty Israeli captives are still believed to be alive in Gaza, while 26 are believed fatally injured, and the status of 2 is undetermined.
• Former President Trump government more extensive 20-point ceasefire plan includes many unresolved issues, such as whether and how Hamas will disarm. But both factions appeared nearer than they have been in an extended period to concluding the hostilities, which was triggered by the militant group's October 7, 2023 assault on Israeli territory, in which about 1,200 individuals were fatally injured and 251 captured, triggering an Israel's response that has left more than 67,000 Gazan residents fatally injured and nearly 170,000 hurt, based on the Gaza Strip's medical department.
• The IDF said Mordechai Nachmani, a 26-year-old reservist soldier, was murdered in a Hamas marksman attack in Gaza City on the previous day late in the day. This occurred after Israel's and Hamas negotiators agreed to a deal in Egypt to guarantee the release of the captives, however the halt in fighting part of the arrangement had not yet been implemented.
• Israeli outlet a major Israeli newspaper has published the details of Palestinian inmates it considers could be released as part of the latest agreement. 250 Gazan detainees who are serving indefinite detention are anticipated to be liberated as part of the deal, out of about 290 presently held in Israeli incarceration. 22 children will also be freed.

Global Feedback

There have been no arrangements for UK or European troops to be in Gaza after the truce agreement, the UK's foreign secretary Yvette Cooper stated. "This is not our plan, there's no plans to do that," she stated on Friday morning.

The foreign secretary continued: "However there is an prompt initiative for the US to spearhead what is practically like a supervision process to make sure that this takes place on the location, to oversee the procedure with captive return, and also making sure that this initial step is implemented, bringing the aid in position, but they have also made very clear that they foresee the military personnel on the site to be supplied by bordering nations, and that is something that we do anticipate to occur."

The foreign secretary said she hopes the halt in fighting will be executed "right away". According to the top diplomat, there are global discussions on an "worldwide protection force" and the United Kingdom was continuing to assist in other manners, including considering getting non-governmental funding into the Gaza Strip.

Public Feedback

Israeli citizens and Palestinians alike expressed joy after the ceasefire deal was announced, while there was happiness but also concern in the Gaza Strip amid worries the new deal could break down.