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Israel's cabinet has publicly approved a comprehensive truce deal that includes the release of all unreleased hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, marking a major step toward ending the devastating two-year conflict.

US Military Role in Supervising the Truce

Top authorities in the White House have confirmed that a American defense team of approximately 200 members will be dispatched to the region to "monitor" the cessation of hostilities after both Israel and the militant organization consented to the initial stage of the Trump leadership's ceasefire plan.

The role will be to supervise, watch, guarantee there are no infractions.

Prompt Execution Timeline

As per an Israel's spokesperson, the ceasefire should commence right away following cabinet approval. The Israeli defense forces was provided 24 hours to withdraw its forces to an pre-determined line. Following that, the captives held in the Gaza Strip would be liberated within 72 hours, a administration representative stated.

Significant Updates

• Hamas' overseas-based Gaza Strip head a senior Hamas official claimed he had obtained guarantees from the US and other negotiating parties that the hostilities was finished.
• The leader of the US armed forces' military headquarters, Admiral a senior US military official, would at first have 200 individuals on the site, a senior American representative said.
• From Egypt, Qatari, from Turkey and likely Emirati armed forces representatives would be incorporated in the unit, the American authority added. A additional official emphasized that "no US troops are intended to go into Gaza".
• Israeli strikes continued in the period preceding the Israeli administration's decision. Blasts were witnessed on the previous day in north Gaza, and a airstrike on a building in the Gaza capital killed at least two individuals and left more than 40 stranded under debris, according to Palestinian civil defence.
• A minimum of 11 dead Gazan residents and another 49 who were wounded arrived at hospitals over the past 24 hours, Gaza's Hamas-administered health authority reported.
• Israeli forces was targeting objectives that constituted a threat to its troops as they redeploy, said an Israel's defense authority who spoke on the basis of confidentiality. Hamas criticized Israeli authorities over the attack, arguing that the Israeli Prime Minister was trying to "rearrange the cards and complicate" initiatives by mediators to conclude the conflict.
• 20 Israel's hostages are still considered to be surviving in Gaza, while 26 are believed fatally injured, and the whereabouts of 2 is undetermined.
• Former President Trump administration wider 20-point truce initiative includes many unresolved questions, such as if and how the militant organization will surrender weapons. But both parties appeared closer than they have been in an extended period to ending the war, which was triggered by the militant group's 7 October 2023 assault on Israeli territory, in which around 1,200 persons were fatally injured and 251 taken hostage, prompting an Israel's response that has left more than 67,000 Palestinians fatally injured and nearly 170,000 wounded, according to the Gaza Strip's health ministry.
• Israeli Defense Forces announced an Israeli soldier, a 26-year-old reserve military personnel, was killed in a Hamas sniper assault in the Gaza capital on Thursday late in the day. This occurred after Israel's and militant delegates signed a agreement in Egypt to ensure the liberation of the hostages, though the halt in fighting component of the arrangement had not yet come into effect.
• Israel's outlet Haaretz has published the details of Palestinian prisoners it believes could be liberated as part of the new arrangement. 250 Palestinian inmates who are serving indefinite detention are expected to be freed as part of the agreement, out of about 290 presently held in Israel's prison. 22 minors will also be freed.

International Reaction

There have been no plans for British or EU forces to be in Gaza after the halt in fighting deal, the UK's top diplomat the British official said. "It is not our arrangement, there's no intentions to do that," she stated on Friday morning.

She noted: "Nevertheless there is an immediate proposal for the United States to head what is practically like a monitoring procedure to guarantee that this occurs on the site, to supervise the procedure with captive liberation, and also ensuring that this primary phase is enacted, delivering the humanitarian assistance in location, but they have also made very clear that they foresee the forces on the site to be supplied by adjacent countries, and that is something that we do expect to take place."

The foreign secretary said she anticipates the truce will be executed "without delay". Based on the foreign secretary, there are worldwide talks on an "international safety force" and the United Kingdom was continuing to participate in other ways, including considering getting non-governmental investment into the Gaza Strip.

Civilian Response

Israeli citizens and Palestinian residents alike celebrated after the ceasefire agreement was revealed, while there was joy but also anxiety in Gaza amid concerns the recent deal could fail.