By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a post on X on Friday said, “The government has just now approved the framework for the release of all of the hostages – the living and the deceased.”
Israel’s government ratified a ceasefire deal with Hamas, paved the way to stop fighting in Gaza within the next 24 hours. The agreement also includes freeing Israeli hostages within three days.
The cabinet gave its approval early Friday, a day after mediators announced the deal media reported
US President Donald Trump’s peace initiative, under the plan Israel will release Palestinian prisoners and gradually withdraw its troops from Gaza, ending the two-year war.
Israel and Hamas agreed to end conflict in Gaza on Thursday, a deal Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social network, stated it was the first step to “Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”.
Both sides agreed to a hostage-prisoner exchange that would free about 20 Israeli hostages believed to still be alive and the remains of others who have died.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu office said earlier that the Israeli government had approved the historic deal. It comes after a brutal two-year war that has sparked a global outcry.
A ceasefire is set to come into effect within the next 24 hours.
According to officials, US troops could begin deploying to Israel immediately.
Their mission will include facilitating the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza and helping to manage the de confliction mechanism, ensuring that both parties adhere to the terms of the security agreements.
America is sending about 200 troops to Israel to “oversee” the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, US media reported.
The task force will “oversee, observe, make sure there are no violations” of the deal, a senior US official told reporters.
