Hamas is expected to release the first hostages under a Gaza ceasefire deal on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Friday (Jan 17). The agreement was pending approval by the full Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.
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00:00The Israeli security cabinet met on Friday and recommended the approval of the ceasefire
00:07agreement with Hamas in Gaza.
00:10The prime minister and his ministers are expected to discuss in a full cabinet meeting later
00:14on Friday to give the final ratification to the agreement.
00:18Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office had earlier said pending approval by the government,
00:23and the agreement will see the release of the first hostages on Sunday.
00:28If successful, the ceasefire deal will halt fighting that has lasted for 15 months now,
00:33killing more than 46,000 people and displacing most of the population of 2.3 million in Gaza
00:39Strip.
00:40We have to stop fighting for at least four to five hours.
00:41We are suffering.
00:42We don't know what to do.
00:43We know how to eat and drink like the rest of the world.
00:44We don't want to eat or drink.
00:45We want peace.
00:46We want to live like the rest of the world.
00:47We want to live like the rest of the world.
00:48We want to live like the rest of the world.
00:49I welcome this deal with a joy in my heart for every hostage saved, for every file saved.
01:15I want to thank President Trump, President Biden, and both administrations for making
01:20this finally happen.
01:22This deal comes too late for my son, Guy, whose life will not be saved, but he can be
01:28brought back home to burial here.
01:33Our work is not done.
01:34We will not rest until every hostage is home, the living and the dead.
01:41They all need to return to us, to their family.
01:45Thank you very much all.
01:47The Israeli government on Thursday claimed that Hamas had made changes to the deal despite
01:51reaching an agreement earlier.
01:53However, Hamas said there were no amendments and they are committed to implementing the
01:57agreement.