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The Israeli cabinet has formally approved a comprehensive halt in fighting deal that includes the return of all outstanding captives held by the militant group in Gaza, marking a significant step toward terminating the devastating two-year conflict.

American Military Involvement in Supervising the Truce

Top representatives in Washington have announced that a US military team of about 200 individuals will be deployed to the territory to "supervise" the truce after both Israeli authorities and the militant organization consented to the initial stage of the Trump administration's conflict resolution plan.

His responsibility will be to monitor, witness, ensure there are no breaches.

Prompt Execution Schedule

According to an Israeli representative, the truce should commence immediately following administration ratification. The Israel's military was provided 24 hours to retreat its units to an agreed-upon boundary. Subsequently, the detainees held in Gaza would be released within 72 hours, a cabinet official declared.

Key Updates

• The militant group's exiled Gaza Strip chief Khalil Al-Hayya stated he had received guarantees from the US and other intermediaries that the war was over.
• The commander of the US military's CENTCOM, Admiral Brad Cooper, would initially have 200 individuals on the site, a senior American representative said.
• Egyptian, Qatari, Turkish and possibly from the UAE armed forces personnel would be incorporated in the team, the American authority added. A second official stated that "no US forces are scheduled to go into Gaza".
• Israel's attacks persisted in the hours leading up to the Israeli cabinet's decision. Explosions were witnessed on the previous day in north Gaza, and a airstrike on a edifice in Gaza City claimed the lives of at least two individuals and resulted in more than 40 trapped under debris, according to Gazan civil defence.
• A minimum of 11 fatally injured Gazan residents and another 49 who were hurt were admitted at health centers over the past 24 hours, Gaza's Hamas-run health authority announced.
• Israel was hitting targets that posed a risk to its soldiers as they redeploy, stated an Israel's armed forces official who communicated on the basis of non-disclosure. Hamas condemned Israel over the attack, saying that Netanyahu was attempting to "mix up the circumstances and complicate" efforts by negotiating parties to conclude the hostilities.
• 20 Israeli detainees are still considered to be surviving in Gaza, while 26 are believed dead, and the whereabouts of two is unclear.
• Former President Trump administration wider 20-point ceasefire plan includes many pending questions, such as if and how Hamas will lay down arms. But both sides appeared more proximate than they have been in an extended period to terminating the hostilities, which was triggered by Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israeli territory, in which around 1,200 individuals were fatally injured and 251 taken hostage, leading to an Israeli counterattack that has resulted in more than 67,000 Palestinians killed and nearly 170,000 injured, based on Gaza's medical department.
• The IDF said an Israeli soldier, a 26-year-old reservist military personnel, was fatally injured in a militant sniper attack in the Gaza capital on the previous day afternoon. This happened after Israeli and Hamas negotiators finalized a deal in Egypt to guarantee the release of the hostages, but the ceasefire part of the agreement had not yet come into effect.
• Israel's outlet Haaretz has made public the details of Palestinian inmates it thinks could be freed as part of the recent arrangement. 250 Gazan inmates who are undergoing lengthy prison terms are expected to be liberated as part of the deal, out of about 290 currently held in Israel's detention. 22 young individuals will also be liberated.

Global Feedback

There have been no plans for UK or EU military personnel to be in the Gaza Strip after the truce agreement, the United Kingdom's top diplomat the British official declared. "It is not our intention, there's no plans to do that," she stated on Friday morning.

She noted: "However there is an immediate initiative for the US to head what is essentially like a observation procedure to ensure that this occurs on the location, to supervise the procedure with hostage return, and also guaranteeing that this initial step is executed, delivering the relief in place, but they have also made very unambiguous that they expect the forces on the location to be provided by bordering countries, and that is something that we do anticipate to take place."

Cooper declared she expects the halt in fighting will be implemented "without delay". As per the top diplomat, there are global negotiations on an "international security unit" and the United Kingdom was persisting to contribute in other methods, including looking at securing commercial investment into Gaza.

Public Response

Israeli citizens and Palestinians alike rejoiced after the ceasefire deal was revealed, while there was joy but also apprehension in the Gaza Strip amid concerns the latest arrangement could fail.