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(NewsNation) —A ceasefire deal betwixt Israel and Hamas was reached Wednesday aft much than a twelvemonth of negotiations and is expected to beryllium carried retired successful 3 phases opening Sunday.
Qatar, acting arsenic an intermediary, and President Joe Biden heavy pushed the 2 sides to scope an statement that would unafraid the merchandise of hostages held by Hamas.
“This woody volition halt the warring successful Gaza, surge much-needed humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians, and reunite the hostages with their families aft much than 15 months successful captivity,” Biden said successful a statement.
Biden said the ceasefire woody was the aforesaid 1 helium introduced to some sides successful May 2024.
“The roadworthy to this woody was not easy,” Biden said during a quality league announcing the deal. “This is 1 of the toughest negotiations I’ve ever experienced.”
President-elect Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, traveled to Qatar for discussions. Trump celebrated the deal connected Truth Social, taking recognition for its occurrence and saying it would not person happened if helium had not won successful November.
Phase 1 of the ceasefire deal
Phase 1 of the ceasefire woody is expected to instrumentality spot implicit a six-week timeframe.
Thirty-three Israeli hostages who were kidnapped by Hamas successful 2023 volition beryllium returned nether the archetypal signifier of the deal.
These hostages see women, children, radical implicit the property of 50 and the sick oregon injured, which were fixed peculiar absorption nether the woody which passed aft much than a twelvemonth of negotiations, Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said Wednesday.
In return, Israel volition merchandise hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
The remaining American hostages are besides expected to beryllium released successful the archetypal signifier of the ceasefire deal, a U.S. authoritative confirmed to NewsNation.
Phase 1 besides includes the withdrawal of Israeli forces from populated areas of Gaza. Palestinian civilians volition beryllium allowed to instrumentality to their neighborhoods successful each areas of Gaza, and humanitarian assistance volition statesman to travel into the Strip, Biden said.
“The surge successful humanitarian assistance into Gaza volition begin, and guiltless radical tin person greater entree to these captious supplies," helium said.
Hamas and Israel volition statesman negotiations for signifier 2 successful these six weeks, helium added. There are inactive a fig of negotiations that request to instrumentality spot earlier signifier 2 tin beryllium mapped out, but if the negotiations instrumentality longer than six weeks, the ceasefire volition proceed arsenic agelong arsenic talks are ongoing, Biden said.
Phase 2 of the ceasefire deal
Biden said signifier 2 would beryllium a “permanent extremity of the war,” wherever a impermanent ceasefire would go a imperishable one.
Phase 2 volition dwell of the instrumentality of the remaining surviving Israeli hostages, including antheral soldiers.
All remaining Israeli forces would besides retreat from Gaza nether this phase, helium said.
Phase 3 of the ceasefire deal
The 3rd signifier is expected to code the handing implicit of the remaining bodies of dormant hostages and the commencement of Gaza’s reconstruction, according to Biden.
