\u2022 List of 95 Palestinians eligible for release issued
\n\u2022 Hamas says obstacles to agreement have been resolved
\n\u2022 Relentless Tel Aviv strikes claim lives of 104 Palestinians since announcement of deal<\/p>\n
JERUSALEM: The Israeli security cabinet on Friday appro\u00adved a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner release deal, while recommending that wider government approval also be sought.<\/p>\n
The ceasefire would take eff\u00adect on the eve of Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration as US president.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter reviewing all the poli\u00adtical, security and huma\u00adnitarian aspects, and under\u00adstan\u00adding that the proposed deal supports achieving the objectives of the war, (the security cabinet) has recommended that the government approve the proposed framework,\u201d Israeli PM Benjamin Netan\u00adyahu\u2019s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n
If approved, the agreem\u00ade\u00ad\u00adnt would halt fighting and bo\u00ad\u00admbardment in Gaza on Sun\u00adday, followed by the release of prisoners held by Palestin\u00adians groups since Oct 7, 2023.<\/p>\n
Israel \u201cis then expected to release the first group of Pa\u00ad\u00adlestinian prisoners, inclu\u00adding several with high sentences\u201d, the source added.<\/p>\n
Hamas said in a statement that obstacles that arose on the terms of the Gaza ceasefire agreement have been resolved.<\/p>\n
The Israeli justice ministry published a list of 95 Palestinian prisoners who are to be freed starting Sunday as part of the first exchange for Israeli captives under a Gaza ceasefire deal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe release of prisoners is\u2026 subject to government approval of the (ceasefire) plan and will not take place before Sunday 16:00 (1400 GMT),\u201d the ministry said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n
However, Israeli strikes on Gaza have killed dozens of people since the deal was announced.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Israeli warpl\u00adan\u00ad\u00ades kept up heavy strikes, and medics and rescue authorities said that at least 104 Pa\u00ad\u00adl\u00ade\u00ad\u00adstinians, including 58 wo\u00ad\u00admen and children, had been killed since Wednes\u00adday, taking the overall war death toll to 46,876.<\/p>\n
Two sources close to Ha\u00ad\u00adm\u00adas told AFP three Israeli women soldiers would be the first to be released on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n
Once released they would be received by Red Cross aid workers as well as Egyptian and Qatari teams, one source said.<\/p>\n
They would then be taken to Egypt where they would undergo medical examinations and then to Israel, the source said.<\/p>\n
Although two far-right ministers had voiced opposition to the ceasefire deal, with one threatening to quit the cabinet, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he believed the ceasefire would go ahead on schedule.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am confident, and I fully expect that implementation will begin, as we said, on Sunday,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Egypt was hosting technical talks on the implementation of the truce, according to state media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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