after Ceasefire agreement The agreement between Israel and Hamas goes into effect Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. local time in Israel, which is 1:30 a.m. Eastern time, and three hostages are expected to be released.
As of Saturday, 8 p.m. ET, Israel was still waiting for the list of hostages to be released first.
Israeli Cabinet He agreed to the deal Early Saturday morning for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages captured after the unprovoked Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
The first phase of the deal begins on Sunday with the release of the first three hostages and lasts 42 days.
After the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas goes into effect Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. local time, which is 1:30 a.m. Eastern time, three hostages are expected to be released. (Maya Aleruso/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
During that period, a total of 33 hostages will be released, with priority given to children, women, female soldiers, people over 50 years of age, and sick or injured men. More than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners will also be returned to Gaza.
It is believed that most of the Israeli hostages are still alive, but their identities will not be revealed until the date of their release approaches.
Four more hostages will be released on the seventh day, and three more will be released on the 14th, with priority given to women.
Three more hostages will also be released on day 28 and again on day 35.
Between days 35 and 42, hostages Avira Mengistu Hisham Al-Sayed, who has been detained in Gaza since 2014 and 2015, will be released.
In the last week of the first phase, 12 hostages will be released.
Hundreds of people gathered in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday to demand the immediate return of hostages to their homes after a ceasefire came into force. (Nir Kedar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
On the sixteenth day of the first phase, negotiations will begin on the second phase, which is expected to include the release of all remaining Israeli hostages, including young men, soldiers, and dead soldiers.
The second phase will begin on day 43 and last another 42 days.
The Israeli government decided that the IDF would remain in Gaza until the last hostage was freed, but it would return to a security zone along the Gaza border that would provide security for the residents living there.
Netanyahu and his government are discussing the hostage issue in order to reach a ceasefire agreement at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Friday. (Courtesy: GPO)
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This plan is a new defensive approach and is still being prepared within the framework of the Israeli army's Southern Command.
