Gaza ceasefire plan live: Israel’s government approves deal for hostages’ release as US troops to ‘oversee’ truce | Israel

The British Foreign Secretary said there were no plans for British or European troops to be in Gaza after the ceasefire agreement. Yvette Cooper in question. “That’s not our plan, we don’t have any plans to do that,” he told BBC Breakfast on Friday morning.

He added: “But there is an immediate proposal for the United States to lead something like an effective monitoring process to ensure that this happens on the ground, to oversee the process of releasing the hostages and also to make sure that this first phase is implemented, to put the aid in place, but they have also made it very clear that they expect the troops on the ground to be provided by neighboring states, and that is something that we expect to happen.”

Cooper said he hoped the ceasefire would be implemented “immediately.” According to the foreign secretary, international discussions were ongoing about an “international security force” and the UK was continuing to contribute in other ways, including private funding for Gaza.

The Israeli government has approved a plan for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all remaining hostages held by Hamas, in a significant step towards ending two years of devastating war.

A 200-strong US military team will be deployed in the region to “monitor” the ceasefire after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of the Trump administration’s plan to halt hostilities, senior officials in Washington said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the cabinet approved the “outlines” of an agreement to release all hostages (living and dead) early Friday, without mentioning other controversial aspects of the plan.

An Israeli official said that according to the agreement, the ceasefire should begin immediately after government approval. The Israeli army had 24 hours to withdraw its forces to an agreed-upon line. After that period, hostages held in Gaza will be released within 72 hours, a government spokesman said.

While both Israelis and Palestinians rejoiced after the ceasefire agreement was announced, there was both joy and concern in Gaza due to the fear that the new agreement could collapse.

In other important developments:

• Hamas’ exiled Gaza chief Khalil Al Hayya said he received guarantees from the US and other mediators said the war was over.

• Admiral Brad Cooper, head of the US military’s Central Command, would initially assign 200 people to the field. a senior US official said. “His role will be to supervise, monitor and make sure there are no violations.”

• The team will also include Egyptian, Qatari, Turkish and possibly Emirati military officials.The US official said: A second official said that “no US soldiers intend to enter Gaza.”

• Israeli attacks continued in the hours leading up to the Israeli cabinet vote. Explosions were seen in northern Gaza on Thursday, killing at least two people and trapping more than 40 under rubble in an attack on a building in Gaza City, according to Palestinian civil defence.

• At least 11 dead Palestinians and 49 injured arrived in hospitals Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said this happened in the last 24 hours.

• Israel was hitting targets that posed a threat to its soldiers. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said they had repositioned. Hamas condemned Israel for the attack, saying Netanyahu was trying to “shuffle the cards and confuse” mediators’ efforts to end the war.

• Twenty Israeli hostages are believed to be still alive GazaIt is estimated that 26 people died, the fate of two of them is unknown

• Trump administration’s broader 20-point ceasefire plan contains many unanswered questionsLike whether and how Hamas will disarm. But both sides appeared closer than they have been in months to ending the war, which was triggered by a Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, in which nearly 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage, prompting an Israeli response that left more than 67,000 Palestinians dead and nearly 170,000 injured, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

• Al Jazeera reports The US army will establish a task force of 200 soldiersWhite House sources say they will not enter the region, however.

• The IDF said 26-year-old reservist Mordechai Nachmani was killed in a Hamas sniper attack in Gaza City on Thursday afternoon.. This came after Israeli and Hamas negotiators signed an agreement in Egypt to secure the release of the hostages, although the ceasefire part of the agreement had not yet materialized.

• Haaretz from Israel It was published Names of Palestinian prisoners believed to be released as part of the new deal. Under the agreement, 250 of the approximately 290 Palestinian prisoners currently held in Israeli prisons are expected to serve life sentences. All 22 children will be released.