Gaza Ceasefire LIVE: Hamas Awaits List of 90 Prisoners for Exchange as Truce Begins
The first step toward a Gaza ceasefire is that Hamas will release three women hostages today at 7.30 pm IST, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office announced on Sunday according to Reuters.

Gaza Ceasefire LIVE: The first step toward a Gaza ceasefire is that Hamas will release three women hostages today at 7.30 pm IST, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office announced on Sunday according to Reuters. An Israeli official told the AP news agency that Romi Gonen (24), Emily Damari (28), and Doron Steinbrecher (31) are expected to be released later on Sunday. Gonen was abducted from the Nova music festival; while the other two were seized from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the southern Gaza border.
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Damari is an Israeli-British dual citizen. The Israeli official noted that the families had approved the publication of the names. It also announced Israel that Hamas would release four other women's hostages over the next seven days.
The ceasefire was delayed by three hours with the announcement from Israel that they were ready to proceed only after Hamas has named the hostages to be released. The names, posted through social media by the armed wing of Hamas, were two hours late. That apparently cleared the path for the ceasefire to begin, which Israel has set to start on 11:15 am local time, reported AP. Hamas said it was delayed because of "technical field reasons."
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Ceasefire meant to halt fighting "after 15 months of conflict" and arrange for the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. Approved by the Israeli Cabinet early on Saturday, the truce deal was mediated by the United States, Qatar, and Egypt after months of indirect talks between the two sides at war. It is the second ceasefire reached in this devastating conflict.
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