A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect on Friday.
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that both Israel and Hamas had "signed off" on the first phase of a peace plan in Gaza following negotiations in the Egyptian Red Sea city of Sharm el-Sheikh. A ceasefire then came into effect on Friday.
Phase one of the deal will see all remaining hostages returned from Gaza, a number of Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails and the partial withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces inside the strip.
A ceasefire is now in effect as of 12 p.m. local time on Friday in Gaza, according to the IDF.
"Since 12:00, IDF troops began positioning themselves along the updated deployment lines in preparation for the ceasefire agreement and the return of hostages," the IDF said in their statement. "IDF troops in the Southern Command are deployed in the area and will continue to remove any immediate threat."
The Israeli government approved the first phase of the ceasefire deal at 1:20 a.m. Friday local time in Israel, triggering the next series of steps under the deal.
Here's a look at what happens next, according to Israeli sources and a draft document of the agreement obtained by ABC News.
The Israel Defense Forces will withdraw and redeploy troops to agreed-upon lines within 24 hours of the Israeli government approving the deal. This means that the IDF will reposition by 1:20 a.m. Saturday local Israel time. Once the IDF redeploys to the agreed upon borders, the IDF will remain in control of more than 50% of Gaza during this phase of the deal.
Within 72 hours after the IDF completes redeployment to the agreed-upon borders, all hostages, living and dead, will be released and returned to Israel.
In exchange, more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners will be released. That includes 250 prisoners and detainees held in the custody of the Israeli Prison Service, along with 1,700 residents of the Gaza Strip who were not involved with the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks but were arrested afterward, according to a draft document of the agreement obtained by ABC News.
Under the terms called for in the first phase, more humanitarian aid will also be allowed into the Gaza Strip -- but details on when and how are still unknown.
-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Ellie Kaufman
The Israeli government has approved the first phase of the ceasefire deal that was agreed upon in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Thursday, according to the Israeli Prime Minister's Office.
The ceasefire went into effect at 1:20 a.m. Friday local time.
This means the Israeli Defense Forces now have 24 hours -- until 1:20 a.m. Saturday local time -- to withdraw to the agreed-upon lines inside of the Gaza Strip.
-ABC News' Jordana Miller
U.S. Central Command is establishing a coordination center in Israel to support and monitor the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, according to a U.S. official.
The official stressed that no U.S. military personnel will be deploying to Gaza, but that 200 U.S. servicemembers will be operating from inside Israel.
In addition to monitoring the ceasefire, the coordination center will help with the flow of humanitarian, logistic and security assistance into Gaza, according to the official.
The U.S. military personnel will provide expertise in security, planning, logistics, engineering and transportation, the official said.
-ABC News' Luis Martinez
