Ceasefire In Gaza, Israeli Troops Begin To Prepare Hostage Release Process

Israeli Military/DOK Israel Defense Forces (IDF)

JAKARTA - A ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took effect at 12.00 local time or 16.00 WIB, according to a statement by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).

The ceasefire agreement took effect at 12.00 p.m., IDF troops began placing themselves along the updated deployment line in preparation for the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and the repatriation of hostages, "wrote the IDF on Telegram as reported by ANTARA from Sputnik, Friday, October 10.

In a separate announcement, Israeli Authority Chief Office adviser Dmitri Gendelman said the Israeli government expected the hostages to be released from the Gaza Strip, Monday (13/10) or Tuesday (14/10).

The government has agreed to a hostage deal. Israeli hostages will be released on Monday or Tuesday," Gendelman wrote on Telegram.

As part of the agreed deal, 20 surviving hostages will be released along with the return of the bodies of 28 hostages who died within 72 hours, Gendelman said.

In addition, Israel will return the bodies of 360 Palestinian armed fighters with a calculation of 15 militant bodies for every single Israeli to be killed.

On September 29, US President Donald Trump announced a 20-point plan to end the conflict in Gaza. The proposal includes, among other things, an immediate ceasefire and the release of hostages within 72 hours.

The plan also stipulates that the Hamas movement and other factions should relinquish their involvement in the Gaza government, which will be entrusted to Trump's non-political Palestinian technocrat committee.

On Wednesday (8/10), Trump said Israel and Hamas had signed the first phase of the Gaza peace agreement, which agreed that the Palestinian movement would release all hostages and Israel would draw its troops to the agreed line.