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Israel's cabinet has formally endorsed a detailed truce agreement that includes the return of all outstanding detainees held by Hamas in Gaza, marking a significant step toward concluding the destructive two-year conflict.

US Military Involvement in Supervising the Agreement

Senior officials in Washington have stated that a American armed forces contingent of around 200 members will be sent to the area to "oversee" the ceasefire after both Israeli authorities and the militant organization agreed to the primary phase of the Trump leadership's ceasefire plan.

His function will be to supervise, watch, guarantee there are no violations.

Prompt Execution Timeline

As per an Israeli spokesperson, the ceasefire should begin without delay following cabinet endorsement. The Israel's army was given 24 hours to retreat its units to an agreed-upon line. Following that, the detainees held in Gaza would be freed within 72 hours, a government representative declared.

Major Updates

• Hamas' overseas-based Gaza leader Khalil Al-Hayya stated he had obtained assurances from the US and other negotiating parties that the hostilities was over.
• The commander of the US armed forces' military headquarters, General a senior US military official, would at first have 200 individuals on the ground, a top US authority confirmed.
• From Egypt, from Qatar, from Turkey and probably Emirati armed forces representatives would be incorporated in the contingent, the American official added. A second representative emphasized that "no US troops are scheduled to go into the Gaza Strip".
• Israeli airstrikes continued in the hours leading up to the Israel's government's approval. Detonations were seen on Thursday in north Gaza, and a attack on a building in Gaza City killed at least two people and resulted in more than 40 trapped under wreckage, according to Gazan emergency services.
• No fewer than 11 fatally injured Palestinians and another 49 who were injured were brought at medical facilities over the past 24 hours, Gaza's Hamas-controlled health ministry reported.
• Israel was striking objectives that presented a threat to its forces as they relocate, stated an Israel's armed forces authority who communicated on condition of anonymity. Hamas criticized Israel over the airstrike, arguing that Netanyahu was attempting to "rearrange the situation and complicate" initiatives by intermediaries to conclude the conflict.
• 20 Israeli hostages are still believed to be surviving in Gaza, while 26 are assumed fatally injured, and the whereabouts of 2 is undetermined.
• The Trump government more extensive 20-point ceasefire proposal includes many unanswered issues, such as if and how the militant organization will lay down arms. But both sides appeared more proximate than they have been in an extended period to ending the hostilities, which was initiated by the militant group's October 7, 2023 attack on Israeli territory, in which about 1,200 people were fatally injured and 251 taken hostage, triggering an Israeli counterattack that has resulted in more than 67,000 Palestinians dead and nearly 170,000 injured, based on Gaza's health authority.
• The IDF said an Israeli soldier, a 26-year-old reserve military personnel, was killed in a Hamas marksman incident in Gaza City on the previous day afternoon. This took place after Israel's and Hamas delegates finalized a agreement in Cairo to guarantee the liberation of the hostages, but the ceasefire part of the deal had not yet been implemented.
• Israeli media source Haaretz has made public the details of Palestinian detainees it believes could be released as part of the latest agreement. 250 Palestinian inmates who are undergoing life sentences are expected to be freed as part of the deal, out of about 290 currently held in Israel's prison. 22 young individuals will also be freed.

Global Reaction

There are no plans for UK or EU forces to be in Gaza after the halt in fighting agreement, the United Kingdom's top diplomat the British official declared. "This is not our plan, there's no plans to do that," she said on the current day morning.

She continued: "However there is an immediate initiative for the US to spearhead what is effectively like a monitoring procedure to guarantee that this occurs on the ground, to monitor the process with captive release, and also ensuring that this first phase is enacted, getting the aid in position, but they have also made very clear that they foresee the military personnel on the ground to be supplied by neighbouring nations, and that is something that we do anticipate to happen."

The foreign secretary declared she expects the halt in fighting will be executed "immediately". According to the top diplomat, there are global discussions on an "international protection force" and the United Kingdom was continuing to participate in other manners, including looking at obtaining private finance into Gaza.

Community Response

Israelis and Palestinian residents alike expressed joy after the ceasefire deal was announced, while there was joy but also apprehension in Gaza amid fears the new agreement could fail.