By - A ceasefire and hostage release deal has been reached to end 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip, President Joe Biden and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani have confirmed.
- Hamas is expected to release two American hostages in the first phase of the deal, a senior administration official said.
- Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that there were “several unresolved clauses” and that he hoped the details would be finalized tonight. It was not immediately clear what impact his statement would have on the overall deal.
- Netanyahu will have to get approval for the deal from his security Cabinet and his full Cabinet before Israel’s Supreme Court would have 24 hours to permit an appeal, so the earliest a ceasefire could go into effect would be Friday, a diplomatic source in Washington told NBC News.
- The agreement would free dozens of hostages held in Gaza, as well as Palestinians in Israeli jails, bringing the first real break in violence in over a year, according to an official briefed on it.
- Israel launched a military campaign in the Palestinian enclave after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack, in which 1,200 people were killed and 250 were taken hostage.
- The war has killed more than 46,000 Palestinians — most of them civilians — according to health officials in the enclave.
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