British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening, stressing the need to implement the "two-state solution."

"This is the long-awaited news that both Israelis and Palestinians have been eagerly awaiting, as they have borne the brunt of this conflict," Starmer said in a statement.

"The hostages (Israeli detainees in Gaza) can now finally return to their families, and as for the innocent Palestinians whose homes were turned overnight into a war zone (due to the Israeli genocide), this ceasefire must allow for a massive increase in humanitarian aid reaching them," he explained.

Starmer stressed the "need to secure a better, lasting future for the Israeli and Palestinian peoples based on a two-state solution that would ensure security and stability for Israel, alongside a sovereign and viable Palestinian state."

He stressed that "the United Kingdom and its allies (he did not name them) will make great efforts to achieve long-term peace in the Middle East."

Officially, the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman, announced on Wednesday evening the success of the mediators (Egypt, Qatar and the United States) in reaching an agreement to exchange prisoners and return to sustainable calm, leading to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, noting that the agreement will begin to be implemented next Sunday.