JERUSALEM - A ceasefire in the Gaza war will begin at 8.30am (2.30pm Singapore time) on Jan 19, mediator Qatar has said after Israel’s Cabinet voted to approve the ceasefire and hostage-prisoner release deal.

Qatar and the United States announced Wednesday a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas, adding that they hoped it would pave the way for a permanent end to the war in Gaza.After mediators earlier said a deal had been reached,

The ceasefire between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip will take effect this Sunday, January 19, announced this Wednesday by the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar, Mohamed bin Abderrahman.

Qatar faced criticism over its mediation between Israel and Hamas, but after more than a year of war in Gaza, the tiny emirate emerged a winner after it announced a ceasefire deal.

Qatar, a key mediator, said negotiations for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal were in their "final stages" on Tuesday, expressing hope an agreement could be reached "very soon". Qatar, Egypt and the United States have intensified efforts to broker a ceasefire to enable the release of hostages taken during Hamas' October 7,

Gaza health officials said a wave of Israeli strikes hit the territory's southern district of Khan Yunis on Tuesday evening, killing a dozen people, seven of them children. At least five strikes targeted parts of Khan Yunis,

Qatar's prime minister said Wednesday that Israel and Hamas had agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza starting on Sunday and a hostage and prisoner exchange after 15 months of war. The agreement follows months of on-off negotiations brokered by Egyptian and Qatari mediators,

The United States, Egypt and Qatar have spent the past year trying to mediate an end to the war and secure the release of dozens of hostages captured in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered it.

First phase of agreement likely to involve release of 33 Israeli hostages and up to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners

A ceasefire in the Gaza war will begin Sunday morning at 0630 GMT, mediator Qatar said on Saturday after Israel's cabinet voted to approve the truce and hostage-prisoner release deal.

At least five strikes targeted parts of Khan Yunis, including one in the Al-Mawasi ... They came as mediators Qatar, Egypt and the United States brokered negotiations between Israel and Hamas ...

Key mediator Qatar said negotiations for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal were in their ‘final stages’ on Tuesday, adding that it was hopeful an agreement could be reached ‘very soon’.