The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas will come into effect on Sunday at 08:30am (06:30 GMT), Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced in a post on X.
“We advise our brothers to take precautions, exercise utmost caution and wait instructions from official sources,” the ministry said on Saturday.
Late on Friday, Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet approved the deal after more than 460 days of war in which Israeli forces have killed more than 46,788 Palestinians and wounded 110,453.
The Israeli government ratified the ceasefire agreement early on Saturday morning after meeting for more than six hours, Netanyahu’s office said in a brief statement.
Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut, who is reporting from Amman, Jordan, said the vote taken by the Israeli cabinet was part of “expediting this deal”.
“Initially, they said that they wanted to vote on it on Saturday night, in order to respect those in the right-wing and religious government who were observing the Sabbath,” she noted.
“But the Israeli government decided that life-saving measures were part of the deal, and that’s why they worked well into the night on Friday evening.”
The timeline of the ceasefire earlier announced was slightly different from the actual announcement on Saturday, our correspondent also noted.
“All eyes are now on Gaza to see what the Israeli military is going to do in these final hours, because historically, before any sort of ceasefire deal, the Israeli military pounds the Gaza Strip with all of its might.
“There’s going to be a lot of fear and anxiety.”
More to come…
