The Israeli government approved the deal early Saturday morning after more than six hours of meetings.

A ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas will come into effect at 08:30 am (06:30 GMT) on Sunday, a spokesman for Qatar’s foreign ministry announced in a post on X.

“In accordance with the agreement reached between the parties… the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will begin at 8:30 am on Sunday. We advise our brothers to take precautionary measures, exercise extreme caution and await instructions from official sources,” spokesman Majid Ansari ( Majed al-Ansari said in a tweet on Saturday.

The Israeli government approved the deal early Saturday after more than six hours of meetings, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a brief statement.

the deal After more than 460 days of war, the Israeli army More than 46,788 Palestinians killed and caused 110,453 injuries. Over the next six weeks, 33 captives in Gaza will be released in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.

The remaining personnel, including male soldiers, will be released in the second phase, while negotiations will take place in the first phase.

Hamas says it will not release the remaining prisoners without a lasting ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal.

Al Jazeera’s Hamda said: “All eyes are now on Gaza to see what the Israeli military will do in the final hours because historically, before any kind of ceasefire agreement is reached, the Israeli military All-out attack on Gaza,” Salhout, Jordan reported.

“There’s going to be a lot of fear and anxiety.”

Lebanese Hezbollah leader Naeem Qasim congratulated the Palestinians on the deal, saying it was proof of “continued resistance” to Israel.

“This agreement, which remains unchanged from the one proposed in May 2024, is a testament to the resistance’s persistence and that they got what they wanted while Israel was unable to get what it wanted,” he said.

November, Hezbollah and Israel reach ceasefire agreement A conflict that parallels Israel’s war on Gaza.

Israel continues attacks on Gaza

At the same time, Israeli forces continued to launch violent attacks in Gaza.

Gaza medics said an Israeli airstrike early Saturday killed five people in the Mawasi “humanitarian zone” area west of Khan Younis in the south of the enclave.

The Palestinian Wafa news agency reported that a man from the Kudela family, his wife and three children were killed in the attack.

An Israeli drone strike also killed three Palestinian civilians in the Tufa neighborhood of eastern Gaza City on Friday night, Wafa reported.

Israeli bombings have killed at least 119 Palestinians since the ceasefire was announced on Wednesday.