Now that the Israeli Government has officially signed off on US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, a series of historic events are set to play out. Here is what we know.
Israel and Hamas signed the first phase of Mr Trump’s 20 point peace plan on Thursday after initially “signing off” on the proposal verbally.
Hamas released a statement stating the US Government had given them certain guarantees and that the “war is over”.
In Israel on Thursday night (local time), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assembled his security cabinet, then the wider cabinet to vote on the proposed plan. That final step will starting a series of events that would see a ceasefire begin, Israeli hostages released and handed over, Palestinian prisoners released and returned to Gaza and ultimately,