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STRAIGHT. Ceasefire in Gaza: the truce will come into force on Sunday at 7:30 a.m.

The ceasefire agreement will come into force tomorrow in Gaza after being approved by the Israeli government. The first phase of this truce provides that Hamas must release 33 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for the release of 95 Palestinian prisoners in Israel.

THE ESSENTIALS

  • The ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel will come into effect tomorrow at 7:30 Paris time. Read the summary
  • Emmanuel Macron announced that two Franco-Israeli hostages, Ofer Kalderon and Ohad Yahalomi, appear “on the list of 33 hostages who must be released” by Hamas. Read the article
  • The Israeli government approved the truce agreement with Hamas last night. Read the summary
  • Despite the announcement of this agreement, which should come into force tomorrow, the Israeli army continued its air attacks in Gaza, causing more than a hundred deaths since Wednesday, according to emergency services. Read the article

The truce in Gaza will take effect tomorrow at 7:30 am

The ceasefire between the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip will come into effect on Sunday at 07:30 (French time), the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, the mediating country, reported this Saturday.

“As agreed between the parties involved in the agreement and the mediators, the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 19, local Gaza time,” wrote the Ministry of Affairs spokesperson. Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Majed. al-Ansari, on his own

The Israeli government approved the truce agreement with Hamas

The Israeli council of ministers met last night to vote on the ceasefire agreement. Late in the afternoon, the government approved the truce agreement with Hamas.

After the green light from the security cabinet earlier in the day, the council of ministers’ final agreement did not appear to be in doubt despite opposition from far-right ministers.

Franco-Israeli Ofer Kalderon and Ohad Yahalomi on the list of hostages to be released

French President Emmanuel Macron announced yesterday that two Franco-Israeli hostages, Ofer Kalderon and Ohad Yahalomi, were “on the list of 33 hostages who must be released” by Hamas “in the first phase of the Gaza agreement.”

“We continue to mobilize tirelessly so that their families can find them,” he stated.

Last day before Gaza ceasefire agreement begins

Hello and welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to Middle East news. Hamas will free 33 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israel in the first phase of the ceasefire agreement that takes effect tomorrow.

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