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(NewsNation) — As President Trump began his travel to the Middle East connected Sunday, Israeli hostages held successful Gaza were expected to beryllium released wrong hours aft Hamas agreed to the presumption of a ceasefire successful exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
Israeli officials judge astir 20 of the hostages retired of 48 held by Hamas and different Palestinian factions successful Gaza are inactive alive. All of the surviving hostages could beryllium location arsenic soon arsenic Monday, officials person said.
“Israel is prepared and acceptable to instantly person each of our hostages,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said successful a statement.
Israel's Cabinet approved the framework of the woody connected Thursday.
US monitoring hostage merchandise plan, ceasefire deal
Since President Trump announced the deal, U.S. work members began arriving successful Israel to oversee the implementation of the ceasefire.
White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said up to 200 U.S. unit already stationed with Central Command volition beryllium tasked with monitoring the bid statement successful Israel and volition enactment with different planetary forces connected the ground.
Leavitt besides clarified that not each of those 200 troops volition beryllium connected the crushed successful Israel, with immoderate perchance being deployed portion others assistance from afar. The U.S. volition besides beryllium coordinating with different planetary partners already successful the region, including Egyptian and Qatari forces.
Trump was slated to visit Israel to conscionable with families of hostages and talk astatine the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. He is besides scheduled to question to Egypt to co-chair a bid acme alongside leaders from much than 20 countries to sermon bid successful Gaza and the broader Middle East.
Displaced Palestinians returning home
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, who were displaced during the war, person present been heading location to Gaza arsenic Phase 1 of Trump’s ceasefire went into effect.
More than 67,000 Palestinians person died successful the warfare sparked by Hamas connected Oct. 7, 2023, erstwhile militants went connected a rampage successful Israel and killed 1,200 people, mostly Israelis. Palestinians successful Gaza person besides died from malnutrition, with the section wellness ministry saying past period astatine slightest 440 people, including 147 children, person succumbed.
“Citizens person the quality with large caution," Fadel Mghari, a freelance Gaza-based photojournalist, told NewsNation.
"There are elemental and fewer manifestations of joyousness mixed with immoderate symptom connected those we lost, and what we mislaid from a large nonaccomplishment successful each walks of life, from homes, schools, streets and hospitals."
The warfare has destroyed ample swaths of Gaza and displaced astir 90% of the enclave's 2 cardinal residents.
