Ceasefire confirmed

TDT | agencies

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Guns will fall silent in Gaza tommorrow bringing an end to 15 months of intense conflict.

Allaying worries over a fall out amid renewed strikes and bloodshed, the Isreali security cabinet approved a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal yesterday, recommending that the wider government give its final green light "After reviewing all the political, security and humanitarian aspects, and understanding that the proposed deal supports achieving the objectives of the war, (the security cabinet) has recommended that the government approve the proposed framework," the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. The full cabinet will convene later Friday to decide on the deal.

It would also launch on Sunday the release of hostages held in the territory since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

The agreement, brokered by the United States, Egypt, and Qatar, outlines a 42-day truce during which several key actions are planned.

This ceasefire is seen as a significant step toward peace, offering hope to residents of Gaza and Israel.

Even before the start of the truce, Gazans displaced by the war to other parts of the territory were preparing to return home.

“I will go to kiss my land,” said Nasr al-Gharabli, who fled his home in Gaza City for a camp further south in the territory.

“If I die on my land, it would be better than being here as a displaced person.”

Egypt was on Friday hosting technical talks on the implementation of the truce, according to state-linked media.

French President Emmanuel Macron said French-Israeli citizens Ofer Kalderon and Ohad Yahalomi were on the list of 33 hostages to be freed in the first phase.

Biden said the second phase could bring a “permanent end to the war”. In aid-starved Gaza, where nearly all of its 2.4 million people have been displaced at least once, aid workers worry about the monumental task ahead.