Israel-Hamas ceasefire live updates: Netanyahu postpones cabinet vote on Gaza truce deal
Netanyahu accuses Hamas of delaying Gaza peace deal as truce set to begin; 33 Israeli hostages to be released in initial phase.
Israel-Hamas ceasefire live updates: Netanyahu postpones cabinet vote on Gaza truce deal
Israel News: Accusing Hamas of changing the position on some points of the Gaza peace deal and also delaying the vote to ratify the agreement is how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees the situation. Netanyahu's statement comes a day after US President Joe Biden and Qatar's PM announced the deal, which would pause the devastating 15-month war in Gaza and clear the way for the release of dozens of hostages.
Before it was announced, According to the Prime Minister of Qatar, the Israel Ceasefire will commence on Sunday and 33 Israeli hostages will be released in the first phase of the truce, reported AFP. The United States, Egypt, and Qatar conducted one year long attempts to resolve the war which was initially triggered by Hamas's attack on Israel in October 2023. The two sides were negotiating on and off for several months.
During the period some of the parties previously claimed that they had solved all the contention areas but suddenly new demands proved to be the main reason for the breakdown of the agreement. The war in Gaza came after Hamas perpetrated the biggest ever onslaught on Israel on October 7, 2023, with 1,210 people dying, mostly civilians, based on a report.
Furthermore, 251 people had been taken hostage by Hamas during the attack, of whom 94 are still being held in Gaza, including 34 the Israeli military says are dead. Hamas has indeed taken away 251 people from Israel in the course of the air strikes. 94 of them have died while the rest, including 34 that the Israeli Army claims were killed, are still being held in Gaza, as per the news released by AFP. In turn, the Israeli forces' retaliatory assault on Gaza has so far killed 46,707 people, many of whom have been civilians, according to the health ministry of the territory controlled by Hamas.
In addition, the Israel Hamas War has created havoc in the Gaza Strip, making the majority of the population, as high as 2.3 million before the war occurred, escape for their lives.
