Israeli government approves ceasefire agreement. Ceasefire to begin in Gaza Sunday morning, hostages to be released in the afternoon.

Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi is the most senior Israeli figure to resign over the security breakdown on Oct. 7, 2023.

“We believe that Hamas can be defeated ... the military noted. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said plans to evacuate Rafah civilians would be approved soon in a video published on Wednesday.

The cease-fire-for-hostage deal is scheduled to go into effect at 8:30 a.m. local time Sunday, Qatari officials announced earlier Saturday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a post on microblogging site X (formerly Twitter) said that Tesla CEO Elon Musk “is being falsely smeared”. Responding to a Musk’s tweet where he wrote that “the radical leftists are really upset that they had to take time out of their busy day praising Hamas to call me a Nazi,

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday a deal to return hostages held in the Gaza Strip has been reached, after his office had said earlier there were last minute snags in finalizing a ceasefire that would pause 15 months of war.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early Sunday that the ceasefire in Gaza will not begin until Israel has received a list of the hostages set to be released from Hamas

The Lebanese army said on Saturday it was ready to deploy its forces in the country's south, accusing Israel of "procrastination" in its withdrawal under a ceasefire, a day before the pullout deadline.

"Israel has received four female hostage soldiers from the Hamas terrorist group today, and in return will release security prisoners according to the agreed formula," Netanyahu said

Jeremy Ben-Ami did not want Donald Trump to win the election. J Street, the liberal Israel lobby Ben-Ami leads, accused Trump of antisemitism and undermining democracy. It raised millions for Kamala Harris.

The fragile ceasefire deal has so far held, quieting airstrikes and rockets and allowing for increased aid into Gaza.