Smoke caused by a series of explosions was seen rising above the sky in Gaza Strip on Thursday, hours after Israel and Hamas agreed to pause fighting in Gaza to free the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, accepting elements of a plan put forward by the Trump administration.

“This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace,” Trump wrote Wednesday.

Exhausted Palestinians greeted the deal warily Thursday as a possible breakthrough toward ending the devastating two-year-old war — the ultimate goal of a Trump-backed peace plan that negotiators have been working on for days in Egypt.