Israel agrees to Trump envoy’s temporary Gaza ceasefire extension proposal as first phase expires: reports

Israel has agreed to a impermanent ceasefire hold connection from President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, for the play astir the Muslim Ramadan and Jewish Passover, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bureau said Saturday night. 

The quality came arsenic the archetypal impermanent ceasefire statement expired astatine midnight section time. 

Netanyahu’s bureau said the impermanent ceasefire hold was agreed to aft they realized much clip was needed to fig retired a imperishable ceasefire solution. 

Under the hold proposal, fractional of the hostages and the remains of dormant hostages inactive successful Gaza volition beryllium released, with the remaining released erstwhile a imperishable ceasefire is established. 

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, meets with U.S. envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, successful Jerusalem.  (Ma'ayan Toaf, GPO)

"According to the agreement, Israel can instrumentality to warring aft the 42nd time if it feels that the negotiations are ineffective," Netanyahu's bureau noted of the archetypal impermanent ceasefire's signifier one. 

Hamas has "so acold remained steadfast successful its refusal of this framework" indispensable for a imperishable ceasefire, Israel said, according to the Jerusalem Post. Hamas has made akin accusations against Israel. 

Emaciated Israeli hostages Ohad Ben Ami, left, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who were held hostage by Hamas successful Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, are taken by terrorists to a signifier earlier being handed implicit to the Red Cross successful Deir al-Balah successful the cardinal Gaza Strip, Feb. 8, 2025.  (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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"Israel volition instantly participate negotiations connected each details of Witkoff’s framework," if Hamas agrees, the Israeli authorities said.

If a caller ceasefire woody is not agreed to, warring is acceptable to resume connected Sunday. 

Witkoff’s connection said: "There is nary anticipation of bridging the gaps betwixt the parties’ positions to extremity the warfare and that further clip is needed for negotiations connected a imperishable ceasefire," the Post reported. 

Hamas terrorists stitchery to ticker the handover of 3 Israeli hostages to a Red Cross squad successful Deir el-Balah, cardinal Gaza, Feb. 8, 2025. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A full of 38 hostages were released during the 42-day ceasefire signifier 1 that began successful mid-January successful instrumentality for astir 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. 

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Reuters reported that Hamas posted a video Saturday that said hostages that stay successful Gaza volition lone beryllium released done different swap for Palestinian prisoners, which was portion of the archetypal phased ceasefire statement framework. 

Ongoing imperishable ceasefire talks chiefly held successful Cairo person stalled. 

Reuters contributed to this report.