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Israel's cabinet has publicly approved a detailed ceasefire arrangement that includes the return of all unreleased captives held by the militant group in the Gaza Strip, marking a significant development toward concluding the damaging two-year conflict.

US Military Role in Monitoring the Agreement

Senior officials in Washington have confirmed that a American armed forces team of about 200 members will be sent to the region to "monitor" the truce after both Israeli authorities and the militant organization agreed to the first stage of the former President Trump government's conflict resolution proposal.

His responsibility will be to supervise, observe, guarantee there are no breaches.

Prompt Enactment Timeframe

According to an Israeli representative, the ceasefire should commence immediately following cabinet ratification. The Israeli army was allocated 24 hours to pull back its units to an agreed-upon position. Subsequently, the detainees held in Gaza would be liberated within 72 hours, a cabinet spokesperson declared.

Major Events

• Hamas' overseas-based Gaza Strip leader a senior Hamas official claimed he had secured assurances from the US and other mediators that the war was over.
• The commander of the US armed forces' Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper, would initially have 200 individuals on the site, a senior American representative stated.
• Egyptian, Qatari, from Turkey and probably Emirati military officials would be incorporated in the team, the American representative noted. A additional authority clarified that "American military personnel are intended to go into the Gaza Strip".
• Israel's airstrikes continued in the period leading up to the Israel's cabinet's vote. Blasts were observed on the previous day in north Gaza, and a airstrike on a building in the Gaza capital killed at least two persons and left more than 40 buried under wreckage, based on Palestinian emergency services.
• At least 11 deceased Palestinians and another 49 who were wounded were admitted at hospitals over the past 24 hours, Gaza's Hamas-controlled health ministry reported.
• Israel was targeting targets that constituted a threat to its soldiers as they reposition, said an Israel's armed forces authority who talked on the basis of confidentiality. The militant group blasted Israel over the airstrike, arguing that Netanyahu was trying to "rearrange the situation and confuse" efforts by negotiating parties to end the hostilities.
• Twenty Israeli detainees are still considered to be surviving in the Gaza Strip, while 26 are presumed fatally injured, and the whereabouts of two is unclear.
• Former President Trump administration wider 20-point ceasefire plan includes many unresolved issues, such as whether and how Hamas will lay down arms. But both sides appeared more proximate than they have been in many months to ending the hostilities, which was sparked by Hamas's 7 October 2023 assault on Israel, in which around 1,200 individuals were fatally injured and 251 abducted, prompting an Israeli counterattack that has left more than 67,000 Palestinians dead and nearly 170,000 hurt, according to the Gaza Strip's health ministry.
• Israeli Defense Forces said Mordechai Nachmani, a 26-year-old reserve military personnel, was killed in a Hamas marksman attack in Gaza City on Thursday late in the day. This occurred after Israeli and militant negotiators agreed to a deal in Egypt to ensure the liberation of the captives, however the truce part of the arrangement had not yet been implemented.
• Israel's publication Haaretz has published the identities of Gazan inmates it believes could be released as part of the latest arrangement. 250 Palestinian detainees who are undergoing indefinite detention are anticipated to be liberated as part of the arrangement, out of around 290 presently held in Israeli detention. 22 children will also be freed.

Global Feedback

There are no plans for UK or European troops to be in the Gaza Strip after the truce arrangement, the United Kingdom's foreign secretary Yvette Cooper declared. "That's not our intention, there's no arrangements to do that," she said on the current day morning.

She continued: "Nevertheless there is an swift proposal for the United States to spearhead what is effectively like a supervision procedure to ensure that this occurs on the site, to supervise the procedure with captive release, and also guaranteeing that this primary phase is enacted, delivering the humanitarian assistance in location, but they have also made very unambiguous that they expect the forces on the ground to be furnished by adjacent states, and that is something that we do foresee to happen."

The foreign secretary said she anticipates the ceasefire will be enacted "without delay". As per the top diplomat, there are worldwide discussions on an "international protection force" and the United Kingdom was continuing to contribute in other manners, including considering getting commercial funding into the Gaza Strip.

Community Reaction

Israeli citizens and Palestinians alike celebrated after the halt in fighting arrangement was announced, while there was elation but also apprehension in the Gaza Strip amid fears the recent agreement could collapse.