JERUSALEM, Israel – President Trump's Gaza ceasefire deal is going forward with a promise of a hostage release soon, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, many of whom are murderers, and a visit by the president to the region next week.

The Israeli government approved the deal in an overnight vote.

"We fought during these two years to achieve our war aims, and the central one of these war aims is to return the hostages, all of the hostages, the living and the dead," Netanyahu stated.

The Israel Defense Forces announced its troops are "adjusting operational positions" in the Gaza Strip for the implementation of the agreement.

Trump praised what he called "a momentous breakthrough" in the Middle East, declaring, "We ended the war in Gaza and really, on a much bigger basis, c

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