By Andrew Mills, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell DOHA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The ceasefire in the Gaza Strip should start on Sunday as planned, despite the need for negotiators to tie up a "loose end" at the last minute,

The deal between Israel and Hamas to release hostages being held in Gaza and begin a ceasefire was officially signed by negotiators in Doha on Thursday, according to two sources familiar with the issue.

Mediators say Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire deal to pause the devastating 15-month war and flood humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.

One of the most prominent Palestinian prisoners that will be released on the first day of the truce include Khalida Jarrar, a senior member of the Popular Front for

Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, mediators announced Wednesday, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip and raising the possibility of winding down the the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies.

Fighters from the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, control the crowd while Red Cross vehicles come to collect Israeli hostages to be released under a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Abed Hajjar, File)

LONDON -- Israeli strikes killed at least 86 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip since the announcement ... after weeks of intense negotiations in Doha, Qatar. The final round of talks followed ...

Rockets fired from Gaza and intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system over Israeli skies are seen from Gaza City, on May 13, 2023. Israel and Hamas agreed to pause the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, mediators announced Wednesday. (Fatima Shbair, Associated Press)

Already, the fragile deal has come under considerable stress, and it could collapse in the weeks to come. Yet for the time being, the fighting has stopped in both Gaza and Lebanon, and hostages have begun to come home.

Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani calls for deal to be seen through to end, insists on two-state solution as only path to peace between Israel and Palestinians The post Hostage deal framework was mostly ready by December 2023,

Israeli forces also opened fire in Lebanon on protesters demanding their withdrawal by Sunday’s deadline under a separate ceasefire with the Hezbollah militant group.