Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani announced that Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas have agreed to a three-stage deal to release the 98 remaining hostages held in Gaza at a press conference scheduled for Wednesday evening.
Thirty-three hostages are set to be released in the first phase of the deal.
Negotiations would resume in regard to the latter stages of the hostage deal, with the goal of releasing all the hostages, on the 16th day of the agreed ceasefire, a source told The Jerusalem Post.
Qatari Prime Minister in a statement: The hostage deal agreement will enter into force on Sunday.
Read the latest Jerusalem Post stories on the hostage deal between Israel and Hamas:
• Final draft of hostage deal presented to Hamas after ‘breakthrough,’ official says
• Smotrich demands assurances that deal won’t end war
• Timeline of hostages: Rescues, releases, ceasefire talks
• Israel ‘caught off guard’ by Hamas flexibility in hostage deal talks
Mixed reports came out on Wednesday whether Hamas had agreed to a deal or not, saying the terror group gave ‘the green light’ but not a written approval.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is also expected to convene a security cabinet meeting on Thursday to discuss IDF action following the agreement.
Jerusalem Post Staff and Reuters contributed to this report.
