Israel's cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire deal due to start Sunday

Netanyahu says Israel will not proceed with Gaza ceasefire until it gets hostage list

• 5:24 PM

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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Israel will not proceed with Gaza ceasefire until it gets receives the list of names of hostages to be released from Gaza as agreed. Israel had expected to receive the names by 4pm local time Saturday. Netan

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Hamas to release three hostages Sunday as ceasefire comes into effect

• 5:00 PM

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The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will go into effect at 8:30 am local time (0630 GMT) on Sunday, mediator Qatar said. The first exchange of captives between both sides is expected to take place in the afternoon after 4pm which would include three I

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Palestinians 'happy' and 'terrified' as ceasefire due to take effect

• 4:54 PM

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People in Gaza are both "happy" and "terrified" as the ceasefire deal announced by mediators is due to come into effect Sunday morning, Palestinian journalist Shrouq Al Aila told FRANCE 24. Gazans are happy as "it feels like there is an end to this madne

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The devil is in the details: What's in the Gaza ceasefire deal?

• 3:25 PM

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As the world waits with bated breath for the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas to finally take effect on Sunday, FRANCE 24's Leela Jacinto breaks down the details of the multi-phase agreement brokered by the US, Qatar and Egypt.

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Gaza ceasefire deal a 'political decision' for Netanyahu

• 2:34 PM

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The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was a "political decision" for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Israeli political commentator Dr. Ori Goldberg told FRANCE 24. "He (Netanyahu) understands two things: one is that Israel has absolutely

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ICC chief prosecutor meets with Syria's new leader al-Sharaa

• 2:14 PM

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The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor Karim Khan met with Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria's new leader, to discuss options for pursuing justice for victims of torture and war crimes perpetrated by the regime of ousted president Bashar al-Assad.

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Syria's new leaders reckon with reintegrating vestiges of Assad regime

• 11:32 AM

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Syria's new leadership has seized abandoned military housing previously occupied by former high-ranking soldiers who fled following the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. But questions remain over how to rehome the large numbers of low-ranking ex-

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Israelis anxious and confused ahead of Gaza ceasefire

• 11:25 AM

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Israelis are feeling “deep anxiety, deep confusion” ahead of the Gaza ceasefire deal which is scheduled to take effect Sunday, FRANCE 24’s Noga Tarnopolsky said. “Among all of the groups who have a major stake in the current war, Israelis are the only on

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Weakened but still standing: Hamas fights on in Gaza

• 9:30 AM

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Israel launched a full force military campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip following the October 7 attacks. After a devastating 15 months of war which saw former leader Yahya Sinwar killed, the Palestinian group has been considerably weakened but rem

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Integrating Syria's former civil servants poses 'difficult' problem for new leadership

• 9:20 AM

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Syria's new leadership, HTS, faces a conundrum over what to do with millions of civil servants, formerly employed by the Assad regime, who now have not been paid for more than a month. HTS said it plans to reintegrate some civil servants into its adminis

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Israel's cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire deal due to start Sunday

• 9:19 AM

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Israel's cabinet approved a deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire and release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's office said on Saturday, a day ahead of the agreement's scheduled start. Fighting is exp

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Syria’s HTS begins requisitioning homes of former Assad soldiers

• 9:07 AM

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Syria's new leadership has seized abandoned military housing previously occupied by former high-ranking Republican Guard soldiers who fled following the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, but questions remain over how to rehome the large numbers o

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Israelis question why Netanyahu stalled on Gaza ceasefire deal

• 8:08 AM

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As mediators and the Israeli government have confirmed that the approved Gaza ceasefire agreement is the same as a deal that was rejected more than six months earlier, "the question many Israeli's are asking right now is why did it take two US presidents

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Live: Gaza ceasefire set for Sunday morning as Israeli cabinet approves deal with Hamas

• 5:55 AM

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The Israeli cabinet on Saturday officially approved a three-phase Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal, with the first stage of the ceasefire set to begin at 8:30am local time (6:30GMT) on Sunday. The first phase includes a suspension of military oper

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Netanyahu likely to resist troop withdrawal from Gaza, expert says

• 12:16 AM

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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is likely to resist the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal which would see Israeli troops pull out of Gaza, said Ahron Bregman, department of war studies senior teaching fellow at King’s College London. “For

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