Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal

Extracted Attributes

• Duration

  Approximately 2 months

• Event Type

  Ceasefire Deal

• Effective End Date

  2025-03-18

• Effective Start Date

  2025-01-19

• Number of Exchange Rounds

  8 rounds of hostage and prisoner exchanges

• Initial Proposal - Ceasefire Length

  6 weeks

• First Stage - Prisoner Exchange Ratio

  30-50 Palestinian prisoners for each Israeli released

• First Stage - Hostages Released by Hamas

  33 hostages (primarily older men and women)

• Initial Proposal - Post-War Reconstruction

  3 to 5 years

Timeline

• Hamas accepted the initial ceasefire proposal drafted by mediators from the United States, Egypt, and Qatar. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-05-05

• U.S. President Joe Biden presented the initial proposal. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-05-31

• The United Nations Security Council supported the proposal as Resolution 2735. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-06-10

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was accused of hindering the proposal; some US officials accused Hamas of the same (approximate date for 'Later in 2024'). (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-12-31

• A variation of the proposal was agreed to by Israel and Hamas. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-01-15

• The deal was signed by its negotiators and approved by the Israeli security cabinet and later the full Israeli cabinet. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-01-17

• The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas took effect, initiating the first stage of hostage and prisoner exchanges during the Gaza War. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2025-01-19

• Hamas announced a temporary suspension of hostage releases, citing violations by Israel. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-02-10

• Hamas revoked the suspension, stating Egyptian and Qatari mediators would oversee humanitarian provisions. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-02-13

• Hamas released Israeli hostages as agreed upon. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-02-15

• Hamas returned the dead body of Shiri Bibas to Israel, after delivering the wrong body the day before. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-02-21

• Hamas released six living hostages as stipulated, but Israel refused to release 620 Palestinian prisoners, instituting an indefinite delay. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-02-22

• Israel and Hamas reached a deal to exchange the bodies of Israeli hostages agreed for the first phase for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners without public ceremony. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-02-25

• Hamas rejected an Israeli proposal to extend the first phase of the ceasefire, stating the second phase should proceed as originally planned. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-03-01

• Netanyahu's office stated Israel endorsed a US plan to extend the Gaza truce for the Ramadan and Passover periods. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-03-01

• Israel ceased the entry of aid to Gaza, following Hamas's refusal to accept the US ceasefire extension proposal. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-03-02

• Israeli energy minister Eli Cohen ordered to halt the supply of Israeli electricity to Gaza. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-03-09

• Hamas claimed agreement to a mediators' proposal to release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander and the bodies of four dual national hostages; Israel and the United States rejected the claim. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-03-14

• Israel launched surprise airstrikes on Gaza, breaking the ceasefire. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2025-03-18

• Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu declared that Israel had "resumed combat in full force" against Hamas, citing Hamas's refusal to release hostages and extend the ceasefire. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2025-03-18

2025 Gaza war ceasefire

A hostages-and-prisoners exchange and armistice between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip took effect from 19 January to 18 March 2025, during the Gaza war. It included eight rounds of hostages-and-prisoners exchanges between Israel and Hamas. The initial proposal was a serial initiative in three stages, beginning with a six-week ceasefire and including the release of all Israelis being held hostage in Gaza in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians being held by Israel, an end to the war, Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and a reconstruction process that would last from three to five years. The proposal was first drafted by mediators from the United States, Egypt, and Qatar, accepted by Hamas on 5 May 2024, and presented by U.S. president Joe Biden on 31 May. On 10 June, the United Nations Security Council supported it as Resolution 2735. Later in 2024, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was accused of hindering the proposal while some US officials accused Hamas of the same. After he was elected, United States president-elect Donald Trump joined Biden in pressuring the Israeli side to accept a similar proposal. A variation of the proposal was agreed to by Israel and Hamas on 15 January 2025. On 17 January, the deal was signed by its negotiators, and it was approved by the Israeli security cabinet and later the full Israeli cabinet. During the first stage, Hamas released 33 hostages (mostly men 50 or over and women), in exchange for Israel releasing 30–50 Palestinians (starting with children and women) for every Israeli released. During the first stage, Israel allowed "sufficient" quantities of humanitarian aid, allowed displaced Palestinians to return to their homes and started to make a phased withdrawal from Gaza. During the first stage of the ceasefire, talks were supposed to begin between both parties for a more permanent cessation of hostilities. In the second stage, Israel would accept a permanent ceasefire and Hamas would then release the remaining living male hostages, both civilians and soldiers, for an exchange of Palestinian prisoners. In the third stage, the remains of deceased Israeli hostages would be released. Under the 5 May proposal, Israel would commit to lifting the blockade on the Gaza Strip, but this commitment was not present in the 31 May proposal. From the beginning of the implementation of the deal, Israel was consistently accused of violating it by killing Palestinians on a near-daily basis and hindering aid since the ceasefire came into effect. Israel accused Hamas of violating the deal with delays in providing the names of hostages. Hamas on 10 February announced that it would suspend the release of the Israeli hostages, citing violations by Israel; this led to threats from Trump and Netanyahu in response. Hamas revoked the suspension on 13 February, saying that Egyptian and Qatari mediators would oversee humanitarian provisions of the truce agreement, and on 15 February Hamas released Israeli hostages as agreed upon. On 21 February, Hamas returned to Israel the dead body of Shiri Bibas, after delivering the wrong body to Israel the day before. On 22 February 2025, Hamas released six living hostages as stipulated, but Israel refused to release 620 Palestinian prisoners as stipulated, instead instituting an indefinite delay of the release while accusing Hamas of repeatedly violating the deal. On 25 February, Israel and Hamas reached a deal to exchange the bodies of Israeli hostages who were agreed to be handed over during the first phase for releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners without public ceremony. On 1 March, the day the first phase of the ceasefire was scheduled to end, Hamas rejected an Israeli proposal to extend it to release more hostages. Hamas said the second phase should proceed as originally planned. Netanyahu's office said that Israel endorsed a US plan to extend the Gaza truce for the Ramadan and Passover periods. Under this plan, half of the living and dead hostages would be released on the first day of the extended truce and the remaining hostages would be released at the end of the period if a permanent truce was reached. His office said that the initial deal allowed Israel to resume war at any moment after 1 March if negotiations were deemed ineffective. Following Hamas's refusal to accept the US ceasefire extension proposal, Israel ceased the entry of aid to Gaza the next day, 2 March. The humanitarian aid blockade was condemned by mediators Egypt and Qatar, as well as the United Nations, as a violation of the ceasefire, which stipulated that phase one would automatically be extended as long as phase two negotiations were in progress. On 9 March, Israeli energy minister Eli Cohen ordered to halt supply of Israeli electricity to Gaza. On 14 March, Hamas said that it agreed to a proposal from mediators to release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander and the bodies of four dual national hostages. Israel and the United States rejected the claim. On 18 March 2025, Israel launched surprise airstrikes on Gaza, breaking the ceasefire with Hamas. Netanyahu's office stated that the strikes were carried out in response to Hamas's refusal to release hostages and its rejection of proposals to extend the cease-fire. Hours later, Netanyahu declared that Israel has "resumed combat in full force" against Hamas in Gaza, with the wave of airstrikes being "just the beginning".

Web Search Results

• The Middle East Ceasefire Agreement Between Israel and Hamas

  At 12:00 p.m. local time—or 5:00 a.m. ET—a U.S.-drafted ceasefire agreement went into effect between Israel and Hamas. The agreement is intended to stop the ongoing bloodshed in Gaza and give Israel and Hamas the space to try to arrive at a peace agreement that would permanently end the more than two-years-long war. It would also see the Israeli military begin to withdraw from Gaza and release all Palestinian prisoners, while Hamas would release their remaining Israeli hostages. This agreement [...] In a conflict as long-standing and complex as the one between Israelis and Palestinians, first step agreements such as this ceasefire deal are important. If the Israeli hostages come home, and if significant aid gets into Gaza and the guns fall silent there (even if only temporarily), these will be developments to celebrate. [...] will also allow aid to begin filtering back into a war-ravaged Gaza.

• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Global Conflict Tracker

  A Qatari mediator said the first phase of the ceasefire deal will include Hamas’s release of all hostages and Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza (Reuters). The deal will be presented to the Israeli cabinet tomorrow; once approved, the Israel Defence Forces are expected to withdraw to a predetermined line within twenty-four hours (CNN). Hamas then has seventy-two hours to release the hostages (_Guardian_). Statements from the negotiating parties did not address some of the more complex aspects of a [...] Latest News ##### Trump Announces Israel and Hamas Have Agreed to Ceasefire Deal October 8, 2025 [...] In the summer of 2014, clashes in the Palestinian territories precipitated a military confrontation between the Israeli military and Hamas in which Hamas fired nearly three thousand rockets at Israel, and Israel retaliated with a major offensive in Gaza. The skirmish ended in late August 2014 with a cease-fire deal brokered by Egypt, but only after 73 Israelis and 2,251 Palestinians were killed. After a wave of violence between Israelis and Palestinians in 2015, Palestinian President Mahmoud

• October 8, 2025 - Israel and Hamas ceasefire agreement - CNN

  In September, an independent UN inquiry concluded for the first time that Israel had committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a finding that echoes those of other genocide experts and human rights groups – but which the Israeli government has firmly rejected. Link Copied! What’s next after Hamas and Israel reach a deal? From CNN staff Israel and Hamas have agreed on the first phase of a ceasefire framework that will allow for the swift release of all hostages. [...] Image 18: CNN global affairs analyst Brett McGurk discusses the latest developments of the peace deal on Wednesday. CNN global affairs analyst Brett McGurk discusses the latest developments of the peace deal on Wednesday. CNN While the news of an agreed-upon ceasefire framework between Israel and Hamas is “great news,” there is still “a long, hard road” ahead for Gaza, according to CNN global affairs analyst Brett McGurk. [...] Image 1: DEIR AL BALAH, GAZA - OCTOBER 09: Palestinians, including children, gathered at the Nuseirat refugee camp celebrate with Palestinian flags after the announcement of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza on October 09, 2025 in Deir al-Balah, Gaza. A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into effect in the Gaza Strip on Thursday following marathon mediation efforts to end a two-year deadly war in the Palestinian enclave. Israel's public broadcaster KAN confirmed that the

• 2025 Gaza war ceasefire - Wikipedia

  Ceasefire and hostage/prisoner exchanges ### Early hours A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was also reached on 17 January 2025. The agreement was confirmed by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's office shortly after midnight on 18 January local time,( and went into effect on 19 January.( [...] On 27 April, Hamas received an Israeli ceasefire proposal.( According to _Axios "Axios (website)")_, the agreement included "a willingness to discuss" a "sustainable calm" in Gaza after an initial hostage release.( Yet on 30 April, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said "The idea that we will stop the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the question."( Netanyahu promised to invade Rafah "with or without a deal".( Two days later, Israel appeared willing to accept an initial release of [...] indefinite delay of the release while accusing Hamas of repeatedly violating the deal.( On 25 February, Israel and Hamas reached a deal to exchange the bodies of Israeli hostages who were agreed to be handed over during the first phase for releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners without public ceremony.(

• Gaza plan live updates: Israel and Hamas begin ceasefire after ...

  Updated 35 minutes ago Middle East Conflict Hamas-Israel deal live updates: Ceasefire agreement goes into effect in Gaza, IDF says Trump said he plans to travel to Egypt for a signing ceremony of the deal. Image 1: Gaza's civil defence agency said on October 10 that Israeli forces have begun pulling back from parts of the territory, particularly in Gaza City and Khan Yunis. Palestinians in Nuseirat look toward destruction in Gaza City this morning.Eyad Baba / AFP - Getty Images [...] Gaza plan live updates: Israel and Hamas begin ceasefire after hostage release deal is approved IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Skip to Content ) Reddit Flipboard Pinterest Linkedin Latest Stories U.S. News Politics World Sports Business Health Culture Select Tipline Science ### Israel-Hamas peace deal Plan terms Hostage release Uncertainty remains Gazans relieved LIVE COVERAGE