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A ceasefire can be temporary with an intended end date or may be intended to last indefinitely. A ceasefire is distinct from an armistice in that the armistice is a formal end to a war whereas a ceasefire may be a temporary stoppage. [5] The immediate goal of a ceasefire is to stop violence but the underlying purposes of ceasefires vary.
A hostages-and-prisoners exchange and armistice to end the Gaza war were agreed to by Israel and Hamas on 15 January 2025, and came into effect on 19 January. The proposal was first drafted by mediators from the United States, Egypt, and Qatar, accepted by Hamas on 5 May 2024 and presented by U.S. president Joe Biden on 31 May. [1]
"If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon [10:00 GMT], the ceasefire will end, and the IDF will resume intense fighting until the final defeat of Hamas."
A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect in the Gaza Strip Sunday morning. ... Many hope the hard-fought reprieve will usher in a permanent end to the fighting that has left more ...
A ceasefire does not follow. 1 April: Israeli strikes kill seven World Central Kitchen workers. ... in a move that threatened to derail months of work to end the brutal 15-month conflict. ...
About two weeks following the ceasefire's end, a senior Israeli officer said that Hamas broke the ceasefire 15 minutes after it began with a series of attacks by dozens of fighters against Israeli positions in the town of Salatin, near Jabaliya, which stopped after Israeli troops repulsed them and killed about 20 Hamas fighters. [139]
Three Israeli hostages were set free Sunday at the start of ceasefire in the 15-month-long brutal war between Israel and Hamas, ... If the ceasefire holds, it could help bring an end to the Gaza war.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Gaza–Israel conflict Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the Arab–Israeli conflict Map of the Gaza Strip Date 15 May 1948 – present (76 years, 9 months and 1 week) Location Gaza Strip and Israel Result Ongoing Gaza blockade since 2007 Gaza war since 2023 Belligerents All-Palestine ...