A “deal to release the hostages” held in the Gaza Strip has been agreed to in Doha, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says.
The announcement comes only a day after Netanyahu’s office said his security cabinet would not meet to vote on the deal intended to pause the war in Gaza until “Hamas accepts all elements of the agreement”. The unexpected delay threatened to derail plans for a ceasefire to come into effect by Sunday, with hopes to bring an eventual end to the devastating 15-month conflict.
