Cease-fire between Israel, Hamas to go into effect Sunday morning, Qatar says

The cease-fire betwixt Hamas and Israel is expected to spell into effect connected Sunday astatine 8:30 a.m. section time, according to Qatar’s overseas ministry.

Qatar’s overseas curate Majid al-Ansari urged radical to workout caution erstwhile the cease-fire goes into effect and to hold for instructions from officials. This is the 2nd cease-fire achieved during the war.

Israel’s Cabinet approved the woody aboriginal Saturday greeting for a cease-fire successful Gaza that would see the merchandise of dozens of hostages and intermission the warfare with Hamas that began aft the panic group's Oct. 7, 2023, onslaught connected the Jewish State.

The woody would let 33 hostages to beryllium acceptable escaped implicit the adjacent six weeks, successful speech for hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. The remaining hostages are acceptable to beryllium released successful a 2nd signifier that volition beryllium negotiated during the first.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE HOSTAGES AND CEASE-FIRE DEAL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS SET TO BEGIN SUNDAY

Hamas has said it volition not merchandise the remaining hostages without a lasting cease-fire and a afloat Israeli withdrawal.

But questions inactive stay astir the cease-fire, including the identities of the 33 hostages who are acceptable to beryllium released during the first, six-week signifier and which of them are inactive alive.

Hamas agreed to merchandise 3 pistillate hostages connected the archetypal time of the deal, 4 connected Day 7 and the remaining 26 implicit the adjacent 5 weeks.

Israel’s justness ministry released a database of much than 700 Palestinian detainees who are acceptable to beryllium freed successful the deal’s archetypal phase. The justness ministry said the merchandise would not statesman earlier 4 p.m. section clip Sunday.

This is the 2nd cease-fire achieved during the war.

Israeli forces besides announced Saturday greeting that its Air Force had intercepted a rocket launched from Yemen, conscionable up of the expected cease-fire.

Gaza is expected to person a surge successful humanitarian aid. Trucks carrying assistance were seen Friday lined up connected the Egyptian broadside of the Rafah borderline crossing into Gaza.

ISRAEL-HAMAS CEASE-FIRE, HOSTAGE RELEASE DEAL REACHED: 'AMERICANS WILL BE PART OF THAT'

The 15-month-long war successful Gaza started erstwhile Hamas launched a astonishment onslaught against Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, successful which astir 1,200 radical wer killed and astir 250 others were abducted, prompting subject retaliation from Israeli forces. Nearly 100 hostages stay captive successful Gaza.

More than 46,000 Palestinians person been killed by Israel's offensive, according to the Hamas-run government's section wellness officials, who bash not separate betwixt civilians and terrorists.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.