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Key mediators, including US President Joe Biden, in a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel say that a landmark agreement has been reached to pause the 15-months of war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli has said its cabinet is yet to agree.
ADVERTISEMENTA ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that will see hostages freed and a pause in 15 months of devastating hostilities has been reached, US President Joe Biden and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Wednesday. “Soon the hostages will return home,” Biden said, confirming the deal involves a complete ceasefire, the return of hostages held by Hamas and the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. Al Thani, in a separate speech, announced the deal would take effect on 19 January. The leader said Qatar, the US and Egypt would be monitoring the implementation of the agreement to make sure it was enforced. Biden confirmed speculation that the ceasefire involved three phases, with Palestinians returning home to their neighbourhoods and a boost of aid to the Gaza Strip in the first phase. To start with, 33 Israeli hostages in Gaza will be released and Israeli troops will withdraw from population areas in Gaza. A second phase will involve further negotiations between Israel and Hamas for a permanent end to the war, once all remaining living hostages are returned and all Israeli forces are withdrawn from Gaza. A third and final phase would see the full reconstruction of Gaza and the return of the remains of hostages to their families, Biden said. If negotiations take longer than six weeks, the ceasefire will continue, the outgoing US President added.A draft of the deal, reportedly first proposed by the US President in May of last year, indicated that the first steps involved Israeli forces withdrawing from the Wadi Gaza area and being deployed in a 700 metre perimeter. It also says that the first Israeli hostages to be released from Gaza would be nine of the most “ill and wounded” of the 33 hostages kept, in exchange for 110 Palestinians with life sentences. Other details include further prisoner exchanges and condition to prep the Rafah border crossing to transfer the wounded and civilians. Biden attributed reaching the deal to Israeli pressure on Hamas — which he said were weakened following the death of Yahya Al-Sinwar — the US response to Houthi attacks, the weakening of Hezbollah and the election of Lebanon’s new president, Nawaf Salam.”All told, these developments in the region,” the leader said, “changed the equation.”Netanyahu sticks to ‘final details’However, despite confirmation from key mediators in a ceasefire agreement, the office of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back on confirmation that a final agreement had been reached earlier on Wednesday night. “Several clauses in the framework remain unresolved, and we hope the details will be finalised tonight,” said a statement from his office. The leader himself stayed silent as the world commented on the ceasefire deal. Hamas also have yet to officially comment. The deal between the pair reportedly hit a snag late Wednesday over the Philadelphi Corridor — a strategic strip of land along the border between Gaza and Egypt. Israel said Hamas had attempted to change an already agreed understanding for security arrangements along the border, but had eventually backed down. ADVERTISEMENTNetanyahu has also faced opposition from hardliners in his cabinet, with his National Security Minister Itamir Ben-Gvir threatening to resign in protest to the proposed deal.His government is set to officially vote on the deal on Thursday morning with reports swirling that, despite opposition, the majority of ministers will agree on the truce. Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, whose role is largely ceremonial, made a televised appeal on Wednesday evening, urging the prime minister to approve the ceasefire. “I strengthen the hands of the prime minister and the negotiating team in their efforts to bring about a deal and call on the Israeli government to approve it when it is brought before them,” Herzog said.Despite Netanyahu’s hesitation, the Israeli military seems to confirm the truce without their leaders official approval, posting on social media that, “Wings of Freedom, is the name given to the IDF’s preparations for the return of the hostages.”ADVERTISEMENT’Indescribable feeling’Negotiations have long been fragile and Qatar, US and Egyptian officials have said multiple times they were close to a deal to no avail. Experts have suggested that, despite the agreement being based on Biden’s proposal, the looming presence of president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration may have put pressure on the process. Hugh Lovatt from the European Council of Foreign Relations said the Trump administration had “sufficient leverage to press Israel to make necessary compromises. Working together, European and Arab states should convince Trump that ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a way that enables full Palestinian self-determination and independence remains the only pathway to Saudi normalisation with Israel.”Trump himself was quick to take credit for a potential ceasefire deal, posting on Wednesday on his Truth Social platform, “WE HAVE A DEAL FOR THE HOSTAGES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THEY WILL BE RELEASED SHORTLY.”ADVERTISEMENTWhen Biden was asked after his speech if he or Trump deserved credit for the deal, he asked “Is that a joke?” adding that the pair spoke as “one team” to get the deal over its final hurdles. Trump was not the only leader to comment on the deal before Israel and Hamas had officially commented. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said she “warmly welcomed the ceasefire and hostage release agreement in Gaza,” adding that people in the region had, “endured immense suffering for far too long.”German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the agreement, “good news” and added the agreement must be “implemented to the letter.”In Gaza, large crowds of Palestinians took the streets in celebration of the news, cheering and honking car horns. ADVERTISEMENT“No one can feel the feeling that we are experiencing now, an indescribable, indescribable feeling,” said Mahmoud Wadi in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah before joining a chanting crowd celebrating at least the temporary end of 15 months of devastating war in the Gaza Strip. A group representing the families of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza said they welcomed the news with “overwhelming joy and relief.”“We have been anxiously awaiting this moment, and now, after 460 days of our family members being held in Hamas tunnels, we are closer than ever to reuniting with our loved ones,” they said it a statement. Aid groups too welcomed the news that aid would soon be allowed to flow into Gaza after months of blockade. Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council said, “At long last we have a deal that must end the 15 months of relentless death, destruction, displacement, detention, and the holding of hostages.”ADVERTISEMENT”This ceasefire must be the foundation for an enduring truce that can pave the way for peace and human rights for long-suffering civilian populations.”
