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Israel's cabinet has publicly endorsed a comprehensive ceasefire arrangement that includes the release of all remaining hostages held by the militant group in Gaza, marking a significant step toward concluding the devastating two-year hostilities.

US Military Involvement in Monitoring the Truce

High-ranking authorities in the US capital have announced that a US armed forces contingent of around 200 members will be deployed to the territory to "monitor" the truce after both Israel and the militant organization consented to the primary phase of the former President Trump administration's peace initiative.

His responsibility will be to monitor, observe, guarantee there are no infractions.

Immediate Enactment Timeline

According to an Israel's official, the halt in fighting should start immediately following government endorsement. The Israel's defense forces was provided 24 hours to pull back its forces to an pre-determined position. Subsequently, the detainees held in the Gaza Strip would be released within 72 hours, a government representative stated.

Major Updates

• Hamas' exiled Gaza chief Khalil Al-Hayya claimed he had received assurances from the US and other negotiating parties that the conflict was finished.
• The commander of the American armed forces' CENTCOM, General a senior US military official, would at first have 200 people on the ground, a senior US authority stated.
• From Egypt, from Qatar, Turkish and probably from the UAE armed forces officials would be integrated in the contingent, the American representative noted. A another official stated that "American forces are scheduled to go into the Gaza Strip".
• Israel's airstrikes continued in the period preceding the Israeli administration's decision. Detonations were seen on Thursday in northern Gaza, and a strike on a building in the Gaza capital killed at least two persons and resulted in more than 40 buried under rubble, based on Gazan emergency services.
• At least 11 dead Palestinians and another 49 who were injured arrived at hospitals over the past 24 hours, the Gaza Strip's Hamas-controlled health authority reported.
• Israel was targeting locations that posed a threat to its forces as they redeploy, said an Israel's armed forces official who talked on condition of anonymity. Hamas criticized Israel over the airstrike, claiming that Netanyahu was attempting to "rearrange the cards and confuse" attempts by mediators to conclude the conflict.
• 20 Israeli detainees are still thought to be alive in the Gaza Strip, while twenty-six are presumed deceased, and the whereabouts of 2 is undetermined.
• The Trump government more extensive 20-point ceasefire initiative includes many unanswered issues, such as if and how the militant organization will lay down arms. But both factions appeared more proximate than they have been in an extended period to terminating the conflict, which was triggered by the militant group's October 7, 2023 offensive on Israel, in which around 1,200 individuals were killed and 251 captured, leading to an Israeli retaliation that has left more than 67,000 Palestinians fatally injured and nearly 170,000 injured, according to Gaza's medical department.
• Israeli Defense Forces said Mordechai Nachmani, a 26-year-old reserve soldier, was fatally injured in a Hamas sniper incident in the Gaza capital on the previous day afternoon. This took place after Israel's and militant representatives finalized a arrangement in Egypt to secure the liberation of the detainees, but the halt in fighting part of the agreement had not yet been implemented.
• Israel's publication a major Israeli newspaper has published the names of Palestinian detainees it thinks could be liberated as part of the new deal. 250 Gazan prisoners who are undergoing life sentences are anticipated to be released as part of the deal, out of about 290 currently held in Israeli incarceration. 22 young individuals will also be released.

International Reaction

There have been no arrangements for UK or EU troops to be in the Gaza Strip after the halt in fighting arrangement, the UK's top diplomat Yvette Cooper declared. "That's not our arrangement, there's no plans to do that," she stated on Friday morning.

She added: "However there is an immediate proposal for the United States to head what is practically like a observation system to guarantee that this occurs on the location, to monitor the process with hostage return, and also making sure that this initial phase is executed, bringing the aid in position, but they have also made very explicit that they anticipate the military personnel on the ground to be furnished by adjacent countries, and that is something that we do anticipate to happen."

The official said she hopes the truce will be implemented "immediately". Based on the official, there are international discussions on an "international protection contingent" and the United Kingdom was persisting to assist in other methods, including looking at getting commercial funding into the Gaza Strip.

Public Response

Israelis and Palestinian residents alike expressed joy after the ceasefire agreement was announced, while there was joy but also anxiety in Gaza amid worries the new arrangement could collapse.