Among the 33 hostages to be released in the initial phase of the agreement are two young children and three individuals over 80 years old. Meanwhile, Israeli fighter jets continue to carry out intense

Negotiators from Israel and Hamas have reached a final agreement on the deal, though the Israeli cabinet and coalition government have yet to approve it.

We just got the approval from the security cabinet that they will move forward with this cease fire agreement. This is where the debate had been sort of stuck here in Israel for the last sort of four or 5 hours being debated at the highest level of the government.