15 months of war, 42 days of ceasefire, release of hostages... Know the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal
A relief news has come from the Middle East burning in the fire of war. Israel and Hamas have agreed on a ceasefire in Gaza. This ceasefire will be effective from January 19. After the agreement between the two, the war going on for 15 months is now going to stop temporarily.
According to the document shared by Hamas, this ceasefire will be effective from Sunday. The ceasefire will be in three phases. Under the first phase, Hamas will release 33 Israeli hostages while Israel will also release Palestinian hostages. This ceasefire will be for 42 days.
Israel and Hamas have agreed on a ceasefire in Gaza
This deal has been done through the mediation of Egypt, Qatar and America. According to the document shared by Hamas, this ceasefire will be effective from Sunday. The ceasefire will be in three phases. Under the first phase, Hamas will release 33 Israeli hostages while Israel will also release Palestinian hostages. This ceasefire will be for 42 days.
How is the Israel and Hamas ceasefire?
On the very first day of the ceasefire on Sunday, three female Israeli hostages will be released. On the seventh day of the ceasefire, Hamas will release four more Israeli hostages. In this way, Hamas will release three Israeli hostages every seven days.
In the sixth week of the ceasefire, Hamas will release the remaining hostages as well. In return, Israel will release the Palestinian prisoners lodged in its jails. Hamas has handed over the list of Palestinian prisoners to the Netanyahu government who are to be released.
The ceasefire will be in three phases
Under the second phase of the ceasefire, military operations from both sides will be permanently stopped. Along with this, Israeli forces will be completely withdrawn from Gaza Strip. Under the third phase, the bodies of dead civilians from both sides will be handed over to each other.
Summary
After this ceasefire, the White House said that Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire and hostage agreement after several months of diplomacy by the US with Egypt and Qatar. The agreement will stop the fighting in Gaza, provide much-needed humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians and reunite the hostages with their families after being in captivity for more than 15 months.
Let us tell you that this war between Israel and Hamas started on 7 October 2023, when Hamas fighters attacked southern Israel and killed 1200 people and took more than 250 people hostages. In response, Israel waged a war against Hamas.
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