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U.S.-Brokered Gaza Cease-Fire Takes Effect After Israeli Cabinet Backs First-Phase Deal

A multinational team with U.S. troops will supervise implementation, with second‑phase questions on disarmament and Gaza’s governance still unresolved.

Overview

  • The truce began immediately after the cabinet vote, and the IDF is to withdraw to the mapped Yellow Line within 24 hours.
  • Hamas is expected to release all remaining living hostages within 72 hours, with separate arrangements to locate and return cadavers.
  • Israel is set to free about 1,950 Palestinian detainees, including roughly 250 serving life sentences, though high‑profile figures such as Marwan Barghouti are excluded.
  • A joint monitoring mission will field about 200 U.S. troops alongside personnel from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and possibly the UAE, and a U.S. coordination center in Israel will support aid and security.
  • Aid flows are slated to scale to roughly 400 trucks per day as talks move to the harder second phase covering Hamas disarmament, a fuller Israeli pullback and interim administration, which face opposition from Hamas and Israeli ultraright ministers.