Cease-fire
- Deal signed
- Israel approves
- Cease-fire begins
Partial Israeli military pullback
- Deal signed
- Israel prepares
- Israel pulls back
Hostage exchange
- Deal signed
- Israel approves
- 72-hour window begins
- Hostages returned
- Prisoners released
- Remains exchanged
Aid
- Deal signed
- Aid enters Gaza
- Rafah crossing opens
Israel and Hamas have signed a cease-fire agreement to free the remaining hostages in Gaza. Mediators hope that the deal will finally bring an end to two nightmarish years of war that have killed tens of thousands and laid waste to the Gaza Strip.
The agreement is based on the first stage of a detailed plan put forward by President Trump. But the future is murky: Many of the plan’s ambitious ideas for postwar Gaza have yet to be negotiated.
Here’s the progress of the deal so far.
Stop-fire
Israel and Hamas agreed to an open-ended cease-fire after two years of warfare, which america and different mediators hope will lastly finish the battle.
- Broad agreement Negotiators from both sides sign the deal in Egypt
- Israeli cabinet approval Israel’s government formally votes on the agreement
- Beginning of cease-fire Both sides suspend military operations
Partial Israeli army pullback
Israeli forces are anticipated to partially withdraw from the Gaza Strip whereas remaining deployed there.
- Broad agreement Israel and Hamas agree on maps for Israeli troop withdrawal
- Preparation by Israeli military to pull back to agreed line Israeli forces scale down their operations to prepare
- Withdrawal by Israeli military to agreed line Soldiers withdraw to an agreed-upon “yellow line” in Gaza
Hostage trade
Hamas is anticipated to free the 20 dwelling hostages in Gaza and to show over the our bodies of 28 others. Israel is to launch almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and the our bodies of 360 Palestinians.
- Broad agreement Negotiators from both sides sign the deal in Egypt
- Israeli cabinet approval Israel’s government formally votes on the agreement
- Beginning of 72-hour window Hamas has 72 hours to return living Israeli hostages and remains
- Return of hostages Hamas turns over 20 living hostages and the bodies of those it can find
- Release of Palestinian prisoners Israel releases about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners
- Exchange of deceased hostages and prisoners Hamas returns the bodies of the remaining Israeli hostages in exchange for the remains of Palestinian detainees
Assist
Restrictions on the supply of desperately wanted meals, drugs and different reduction are to be lifted. The Rafah crossing with Egypt must also open.
- Broad agreement Israel and Hamas sign off on humanitarian conditions for Gaza
- Start of additional aid entering Gaza Aid groups begin bringing in hundreds more trucks of relief per day
- Reopening of Rafah crossing Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt reopens, allowing more aid and some people to leave
The issues below aren’t covered by the current cease-fire deal, and could be sticking points in future negotiations.
Gaza governance
Mr. Trump’s plan stipulates that postwar Gaza be ruled by a technocratic Palestinian committee, not Hamas. Hamas says it’s open to the concept, however lots of the particulars nonetheless should be labored out.
Disarmament
Below Mr. Trump’s plan, Hamas must lay down its weapons. Its members would search amnesty or go away Gaza for exile overseas. It’s a key demand for Israel, however Hamas officers have expressed critical reservations about this prior to now.
Worldwide safety mission
The U.S. framework requires an “worldwide stabilization drive” to deal with safety in postwar Gaza. That’s not within the present settlement. However even the prospect raises big questions: which international locations would ship troops, how they’d do their jobs and whether or not they can be efficient.
Full Israeli withdrawal
The present settlement leaves Israeli forces deployed by means of the Gaza Strip. It’s removed from clear when, or beneath what circumstances, Israel would lastly conform to withdraw its forces from Gaza.
