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The Trump Ceasefire Agreement begins on Sunday.
Hamas has agreed to turn over 3 of its Israeli prisoners in exchange for
90 Palestinian children and female prisoners being imprisoned by Israel.
This is a deal first suggested by Biden 9 months ago but did not gain any traction until Trump got involved in negotiations last week.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5091201-israel-hamas-ceasefire-hostages/
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is poised to begin Sunday, after the Israeli security cabinet on Friday endorsed the deal covering it and the release of hostages and called for the full government to agree to the terms.
The start of the ceasefire will likely allow for the release of three Israeli civilian female hostages on the first day, in exchange for 90 Palestinian children and female prisoners. Those terms were included in the ceasefire agreement that President Biden introduced in May. Biden said on Wednesday the deal matched his spring proposal.
“Following an evaluation of all diplomatic, security and humanitarian aspects, and while understanding that the proposed deal supports the achievement of the objectives of the war, the Security Cabinet has recommended that the Government approve the proposed framework,” the office of Israel’s prime minister said in a statement posted Friday on the social media site X.
A Sunday start for a ceasefire would begin the clock on what is expected to be six weeks of calm, during which Hamas and the Israeli military both pause fighting and Israeli ground troops begin retreating.
While Biden led the painstaking efforts to draft the detailed terms of the deal and rally international support behind it, Trump turned up pressure for it to cross the finish line. This included dispatching his pick for special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, to exert pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move forward with the deal.
Hamas has agreed to turn over 3 of its Israeli prisoners in exchange for
90 Palestinian children and female prisoners being imprisoned by Israel.
This is a deal first suggested by Biden 9 months ago but did not gain any traction until Trump got involved in negotiations last week.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5091201-israel-hamas-ceasefire-hostages/
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is poised to begin Sunday, after the Israeli security cabinet on Friday endorsed the deal covering it and the release of hostages and called for the full government to agree to the terms.
The start of the ceasefire will likely allow for the release of three Israeli civilian female hostages on the first day, in exchange for 90 Palestinian children and female prisoners. Those terms were included in the ceasefire agreement that President Biden introduced in May. Biden said on Wednesday the deal matched his spring proposal.
“Following an evaluation of all diplomatic, security and humanitarian aspects, and while understanding that the proposed deal supports the achievement of the objectives of the war, the Security Cabinet has recommended that the Government approve the proposed framework,” the office of Israel’s prime minister said in a statement posted Friday on the social media site X.
A Sunday start for a ceasefire would begin the clock on what is expected to be six weeks of calm, during which Hamas and the Israeli military both pause fighting and Israeli ground troops begin retreating.
While Biden led the painstaking efforts to draft the detailed terms of the deal and rally international support behind it, Trump turned up pressure for it to cross the finish line. This included dispatching his pick for special envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, to exert pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move forward with the deal.
