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Israel and Hamas have agreed to cooperate with Gaza to stop fighting and release hostages, the US and Qatari mediator said.
If Israeli ministers and the government formally approve the deal, which has yet to happen, the first six-week phase will go into effect on January 19.
The agreement follows 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian armed group and political group.
The current war began when hundreds of Hamas fighters attacked Israel’s southern border on October 7, 2023, killing nearly 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages back to Gaza.
Israel responded with military action, starting with the bombing of the same plane and then a full-scale attack that began on 27 October. Since then, Israel has attacked Gaza by land, sea and air, while Hamas has attacked Israel with rockets.
More than 46,700 people – most of them civilians – have been killed by Israeli airstrikes, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry.
Here is a reminder of the main events of the discussion.
2023
October 7: Hundreds of Hamas-led militants have carried out unprecedented attacks in southern Israel, breaking through the border fence and targeting nearby areas, police stations and military bases. About 1,200 people have been killed and 251 hostages have returned to Gaza. Hamas also fires thousands of rockets into Israel. The Israeli military responded immediately with air and missile strikes on Gaza.
October 27: Israel begins an attack on Gaza. Israel’s massive war continues to devastate Gaza, displacing 2.3 million people, and killing more than 46,000 people, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
November 21: A deal brokered by the US, Qatar and Egypt sees Hamas release 105 of its prisoners in exchange for the return of 240 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails during a one-week ceasefire. Israel and Hamas blame each other due to the collapse of the agreement.
December 28: Shuttle diplomacy on a new cease-fire agreement and the release of hostages begins.
2024
31 May: US President Joe Biden explain a Israel’s request for a three-phase ceasefire in return for the release of Israeli hostages. It forms the basis of an agreement reached eight months later.
June 10: The United Nations Security Council they have made a decision supporting the anti-war system.
31 July: The negotiations have been suspended after the massacre of Israel Hamas political leader and chief negotiator Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Negotiations resume two weeks later, initially without Hamas.
October 17: The Israeli army killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar south of Gaza. Netanyahu calls it “the beginning of the end” of the war.
November 9: After months without success, Qatar it suspends its operations as a mediator in the negotiations. He says Israel and Hamas need to change their positions. Both sides are blaming each other for the conflict.
November 20: The US they vote for the draft The resolution of the UN Security Council calling for an immediate ceasefire, saying that it has “abandoned” the need to be “a compromise between the ceasefire and the release of the hostages”.
November 27: Israel agrees to end the war and Lebanon to end a 13-month conflict with Hezbollah, an affiliate of Hamas, which was sparked by the Gaza war. It raises hopes for a deal in Gaza, where Biden says he will also deal with regional powers.
December 2: US President-elect Donald Trump says there will be “hell to pay” if those captured in Gaza are not released by the time they return to the White House on January 20, 2025.
December 17: Palestinian Authority they say indirect stories are in the “last and final phase”, with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz saying that the deal is closer than ever.
2025
January 13: Biden and Netanyahu spoke on the phone during Biden’s last week in office, after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. the agreement was “very close” and that they hope to “cross the line” before Trump takes office.
January 15: Qatar’s prime minister says Israel and Hamas have agreed to end the war in Gaza and release hostages, and that it will take effect on January 19. Biden says it will “stop the war in Gaza, provide much-needed aid to Palestinian civilians, and reunite the hostages with their families.” those”.
