Gaza ceasefire takes effect, Israeli army announces

CAIRO – 10 October 2025: The Israeli army announced that a ceasefire agreement officially came into effect as of 12:00 Friday.

The announcement came after Tel Aviv and Hamas agreed on a ceasefire agreement and a prisoner swap deal after intensive talks in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh city.

The talks involved US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, intelligence chiefs of Egypt and Turkey, and Qatar’s prime minister. The agreement forms the first phase of a peace plan outlined by US President Donald Trump.

The Israeli army announced in a post on X that they have repositioned along updated deployment lines in alignment with the ceasefire terms and the arrangements for the return of captives.

 

However, the army warned that forces under the Southern Command remain active in the area, maintaining readiness to “eliminate any immediate threat.”