Gaza Ceasefire LIVE: Truce Begins Bringing Relief To Palestinians; Hamas To Free 3 Hostages

Around 100 hostages remain under the captivity of Hamas as the war in Gaza raged on. During the October 2023 attack, the Palestinian militant group too🌳k around 250 hostages including women, children and the elderly.

In the first ceasefire in Novembe𒁏r 2023, around 11🃏0 hoatages were freed by Hamas in exchange of thousands of Palestinian prisoners.

In this 2025 ceasefire, around 33 hostages will be released in the first phase. On the first day of the truce, Hamas is set to release thr🧸ee female Israeli hostages at 7:30 PM IST.

A total of 33 Israeli hostages are expected to be freed in exchange for hundre♋ds of Palestinian prisoners in the first phase of ceasefire in Gaza.

For the first week, Hamas will release seven hostages. Three hostages will be released today around 7:30 PM IST. Th🐼e remaining four hostages will be released in the next few days.

UNRWA has 4,000 truckloads of aid ready to enter Gaza. As per UN officials, half of these trucks are carrying food and flour for Palestinians.

The truce between Hamas and Israel has begun, bringing relief to the Palestinain people who have beꩲe🔥n killed, displaced and injured due to 15 months of fighting.

Around 19 people were killed and 36 were wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza during the ceasefire delay. As per the spoke♌sperso❀n for Gaza’s Civil Defense agency, 36 were wounded during the truce delay till 11:30 AM local time.

One person was killed in Rafah, six p✅eople were killed in Khan Younis, nine were killed in Gaza City and three in the north, said Mahmoud Basal in a statement.

Israel Prime Minister office in a statement confirmed that four other ওliving female hostages would be freed in seven ﷽days as part of phase 1 of the ceasefire.

As per the deal, mediated by Qatar, Hamas will be releasing 3♍3 Israeli hostages in exchange to 737 Palestinian prisoners in six-week long first phase of ceasefire.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed that the three female h🍌ostages named by Hamas will be released at 4:00 Gaza time (7:30pm IST).

“Regarding reports when the ceasefire will begin in Gaza, we confirm thꦚat the names of the 3 hostag♍es to be released today have been handed over to the Israeli side,” Majed al-Ansari said.

“They are three Isr♌aeli citizens, one of whom is of Romanian nationality and the other of British nationality, and thus the ceasefire ha𝕴s begun.”

Israel’s♒ Prime Minister’s Office has announced that the ceasefire begins at 11:15am local time (09:15 GMT) after three hours delay.

The statement came after Hamas named the three Is💫raeli fema༒le captives to be freed. Israeli PM Netanyahu had said that the ceasefire won't start until the list of Israeli hostages who will be free is received by Israel.

In a statement, the spoꦬkesperson of Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, the mediator of t😼he truce, also confirmed that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has begun.

The I🌜sraeli prime minis🌌ter’s office has confirmed that receiving of the list of hostages who will be released today as part of the ceasefire agreement.

It added it has begun notifying the families of the three women to be freed, Al Jazeera reported.

The Pal🐎estinian group Hamas said in a statement on Telegram that it had handed over the list of releasing hostages to mediators.

Hamas released the names of the three Israeli captives to be freed on the first day of thꦰe implementation of the ceasefire deal in Gaza, a Hamas spokesperson said in a post on Telegram.

The move ﷽poten൩tially clears the way for the truce to begin after an hours-long delay.

Abu Obeida, ༒spokesman for Hamas’🌠s armed wing the Qassam Brigades, said, “As part of the prisoner exchange deal we decided to release today: Romi Gonen, 24, Emily Damari, 28, and Doron Shtanbar Khair, 31.”

(Source: Al Jazeera)

Palest𒆙inian milit🌃ant group Hamas has issued a statement on Telegram, reaffirming its commitment to the terms of the ceasefire agreement.

The group has added that the꧂ delജay in handing over the names of the captives to be released in the first phase is due to “technical and field reasons” on the ground.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been delayed. The truce was set to begin at 12 PM IST (8:30 AM Gaza time). However, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has 𒅌stated that the truce "will not 🌜begin" until Hamas released the list of hostages that will be freed in the first phase.

IDF Spokesperson Da♌niel Hagari has stated that the Israeli military will continue its strikes in the Gaza Stri༒p.

"As of this morning, Hamas is not𒆙 fulfilling its obligations, and contrary to the agreement has not given Israel the names of the hostages [set for release today],” he said.

“Per the directive of the prime♑ minister, the ceasefire will not take effect as long as Hamas is not fulfilling its obligations. The [Israeli military] is continuing to strike now in Gaza, as long as Hamas is not fulfilling its obligations to the deal," he added further.

As per CNN, Israeli forces have been seen withdrawing from parts of central and eastern Rafah. This withdrawal comes ahe𒈔ad of the ceasefire between Israel and🍸 Hamas, the first after November 2023.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the ceasefire “will not begin” until Israel receives a list of hostages to be released. Meanwhile, Hamas maintains it is committed to the deal and blamed “technical” reasons 🐬for the delay.

The ceasefire in Gaza is set💧 to begin shortly. As per officials, the ceasefire is set to begin from 8:30 AM Gaza time onwards (12 PM IST). However, a few delays in the implementation have been highlighted.

Israeli prime m🦩inister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the ceasefire in Gaza will not begin until Hamas release the list of hostages for phase 1. At least 33 hostages are expected to be released in the next six w⛄eeks of truce.