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Hamas receives guarantees from US on end of war

Hamas receives guarantees from US that war 'has ended completely'
MENA
29 min read
Israel has said that all parties have signed the first phase of the Gaza deal, as strike on the enclave continue

Israel said on Thursday that all parties have signed the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire and captives release deal, in a major step to end a war that has killed tens of thousands of people.

Trump was expected to be in Jerusalem on Sunday, the office of his Israeli counterpart said, after the US leader said he might also go to Egypt and consider going to Gaza.

With Israel's security cabinet due to meet from 1400 GMT, a ceasefire was to take hold in devastated Gaza "within 24 hours", government spokeswoman Shosh Bedrosian said.

"The final draft of phase one was signed this morning in Egypt by all parties to release all the [captives]," she told journalists.

At 1500 GMT, Israel's full cabinet will meet to approve the deal, under which the military should withdraw from Gaza and release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the hostages.

Following the announcement, Israel carried out a series of air strikes on the Gaza Strip, targeting western areas of Gaza City, including a house in the Shati camp and also detonating an armoured vehicle riddled with explosives near homes in the Sabra neighbourhood, south of the city, Al Jazeera Arabic reports.

The Gaza Civil Defence also reported Israeli strikes, particularly in northern Gaza, with ten people killed over the past 24 hours.