Day one of Gaza ceasefire: What’s in store?

Residents of Gaza eagerly await the implementation of a ceasefire set to take effect Sunday morning, following an agreement between the Israeli Occupation and Hamas to end the "Israeli" 471-day-long aggression against the Strip.

According to Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ceasefire will begin at 8:30 A.M. (GMT+2).

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The agreement outlines key measures, including the withdrawal of Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) from residential areas and a 12-hour suspension of "Israeli" air operations over Gaza. Additionally, displaced residents are expected to begin returning to their homes in northern and southern Gaza, while humanitarian aid will flow at a rate of 600 trucks per day.

Under the terms, the IOF will retreat to positions 700 meters from the border, leaving residential areas such as Rafah in the south and northern regions of Gaza. However, IOF will maintain a presence along the Netzarim corridor in central Gaza and the Philadelphi Route in the south, imposing a 700-meter no-go zone near the latter.

The agreement also includes a prisoner exchange set to begin at 4:00 P.M. (GMT+2). Palestinian factions will hand over three "Israeli" detainees to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in exchange for approximately 90 Palestinian prisoners held by the occupation.

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Once the ICRC confirms receipt of the three detainees, "Israel's" Prison Service will release the Palestinian prisoners, who will be freed from Shikma Prison in Ashkelon and Ofer Prison in the central West Bank.

The ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal will unfold over three phases, with each phase lasting 42 days.