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Israel-Gaza live updates: Hamas publishes names of 20 living Israeli hostages to be released
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.
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Israel postpones cabinet meeting to ratify the ceasefire proposal
Israel's cabinet has postponed the meeting to ratify the ceasefire proposal until 8 p.m. local time, 1 p.m. ET, on Thursday. The first vote to ratify the deal was initially scheduled for 5 p.m. local time, 10 a.m. ET.
The second vote made by the Israeli government was scheduled for 6 p.m. local time, 11 a.m. ET.
The ratification of the deal will usher in the 72-hour window for Hamas to release all the living hostages and for Israel to release Palestinian prisoners, according to an Israeli official.
10 killed over past 24 hours in Gaza, health ministry says
The Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health said Thursday that 10 people were killed over the previous 24 hours, with 49 people injured.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its hospital was treating at least two people injured in southern Gaza.
The total death toll now stands at 67,194 people killed since Oct. 7, 2023, with 169,890 people injured, according to the health ministry.
Since the end of the last ceasefire in March of this year, 13,598 people have been killed, per ministry figures.
-ABC News' Diaa Ostaz and Victoria Beaule
Explosions across Gaza as ceasefire agreement nears
There were reports of large explosions across the Gaza Strip on Thursday as the Israeli government prepared to ratify a ceasefire deal to end the fighting.
Photos and videos from Gaza showed large explosions in the center and south of the devastated strip.
A ceasefire is expected to come into effect some time after the Israeli government votes on the agreement at around 6 p.m. local time -- 11 a.m. ET. The government is expected to vote in favor of the proposal.
-ABC News' Victoria Beaule
Living hostages expected to be released on Sunday or Monday, official says
A senior Israeli official told ABC News that the 72-hour window for Hamas releasing all hostages will begin after the Israeli government ratifies the deal, which it is expected to do at around 6 p.m. local time -- 11 a.m. ET -- on Thursday.
The 20 hostages thought to still be alive are expected to be released all in one group on Sunday or Monday, the official said.
-ABC News’ Jordana Miller and Joe Simonetti