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Israel's government has publicly endorsed a extensive ceasefire deal that includes the release of all outstanding detainees held by Hamas in Gaza, marking a major step toward terminating the devastating two-year war.

US Defense Role in Monitoring the Truce

Senior representatives in the White House have stated that a US armed forces unit of approximately 200 individuals will be deployed to the territory to "supervise" the truce after both Israeli authorities and the militant organization acceded to the initial phase of the Trump administration's ceasefire plan.

The function will be to supervise, watch, make sure there are no violations.

Immediate Execution Timeline

As per an Israel's spokesperson, the truce should commence right away following government approval. The Israeli defense forces was allocated 24 hours to retreat its units to an agreed-upon line. Afterward, the captives held in Gaza would be freed within 72 hours, a cabinet representative announced.

Significant Updates

• Hamas' exiled Gaza Strip chief Khalil Al-Hayya stated he had received promises from the US and other mediators that the war was finished.
• The commander of the American military's Central Command, Admiral a senior US military official, would initially have 200 individuals on the site, a top US authority stated.
• From Egypt, Qatari, Turkish and likely from the UAE military personnel would be embedded in the contingent, the US official added. A additional authority clarified that "American troops are intended to go into Gaza".
• Israel's strikes persisted in the period leading up to the Israel's cabinet's decision. Blasts were observed on Thursday in northern the Gaza Strip, and a airstrike on a building in the Gaza capital killed at least two persons and resulted in more than 40 buried under rubble, based on Palestinian civil defence.
• No fewer than 11 deceased Gazan residents and another 49 who were injured were brought at hospitals over the past 24 hours, Gaza's Hamas-administered medical department stated.
• Israeli forces was striking locations that constituted a threat to its forces as they relocate, stated an Israeli defense authority who spoke on the basis of confidentiality. The militant group criticized Israeli authorities over the attack, arguing that the Israeli Prime Minister was trying to "rearrange the situation and complicate" attempts by mediators to terminate the war.
• Twenty Israel's captives are still thought to be alive in the Gaza Strip, while twenty-six are assumed dead, and the whereabouts of two is undetermined.
• Former President Trump leadership more extensive 20-point peace plan includes many unresolved questions, such as if and how Hamas will surrender weapons. But both parties appeared closer than they have been in months to terminating the war, which was initiated by Hamas's October 7, 2023 assault on Israel, in which around 1,200 individuals were fatally injured and 251 abducted, prompting an Israeli response that has left more than 67,000 Palestinians killed and nearly 170,000 hurt, as per Gaza's medical department.
• The IDF announced an Israeli soldier, a 26-year-old reserve soldier, was fatally injured in a militant sniper attack in the Gaza capital on the previous day late in the day. This occurred after Israeli and Hamas representatives signed a arrangement in Cairo to ensure the release of the detainees, but the ceasefire aspect of the deal had not yet taken place.
• Israeli media source Haaretz has released the details of Gazan detainees it believes could be freed as part of the latest agreement. 250 Gazan detainees who are completing lengthy prison terms are projected to be liberated as part of the arrangement, out of around 290 currently held in Israeli incarceration. 22 minors will also be liberated.

Worldwide Reaction

There have been no plans for British or European military personnel to be in the Gaza Strip after the truce deal, the United Kingdom's foreign secretary the British official said. "That's not our plan, there's no arrangements to do that," she said on Friday morning.

The foreign secretary noted: "However there is an prompt plan for the United States to spearhead what is practically like a supervision procedure to make sure that this occurs on the location, to oversee the process with captive release, and also ensuring that this primary step is implemented, delivering the aid in location, but they have also made very clear that they expect the military personnel on the ground to be supplied by adjacent states, and that is something that we do anticipate to happen."

The official declared she expects the ceasefire will be executed "immediately". According to the foreign secretary, there are global talks on an "global protection unit" and the UK was continuing to assist in other ways, including looking at obtaining commercial finance into the Gaza Strip.

Public Reaction

Israelis and Palestinians alike expressed joy after the ceasefire agreement was announced, while there was elation but also apprehension in the Gaza Strip amid worries the recent deal could fail.