Reuters quoted an informed official as providing new details about the release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, while Al-Araby Al-Jadeed learned this evening, Wednesday, from informed sources that the handover of Israeli prisoners will begin 3 days after the start of the implementation of the ceasefire.

Below are parts of the agreement as published by Reuters:

The agreement between Israel and Hamas includes a six-week ceasefire that will see a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from central Gaza and the return of displaced Palestinians to the north of the Strip.

Hamas will release 33 Israeli hostages, including all women (female soldiers and civilians), children and men over the age of 50.

Hamas will release female hostages and youth under 19 first, then men over 50.

All living Israeli detainees will be released first, followed by the remains of the slain detainees.

Israel will release all Palestinian women and children under the age of 19 detained since October 7, 2023 by the end of the first phase.

The third phase is expected to include the return of all remaining bodies and the start of the reconstruction of Gaza under the supervision of Egypt, Qatar and the United Nations.

Sources told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that the handover of Israeli prisoners will begin 3 days after the ceasefire begins.

Meanwhile, Hebrew media outlets, including the Hebrew Walla website and Channel 12, reported, citing American sources, on Wednesday evening, that a deal had been reached between Hamas and the Israeli occupation state to cease fire in Gaza. The Walla website quoted an unnamed senior American official as saying that "a deal had been reached to release the abductees (Israeli detainees) and a ceasefire in Gaza." The Hebrew Channel 12 website quoted a senior American source as saying that "a deal had been reached." The same channel, in addition to other Israeli media outlets, reported that unnamed senior Israeli officials confirmed that Hamas had agreed to the agreement.

An Israeli source told Haaretz that “the crisis with Hamas has been resolved,” after a senior political source claimed earlier today that the movement had “at the last minute” presented new demands regarding the Salah al-Din (Philadelphi) corridor, contrary to the maps approved by the Israeli Security Cabinet and American mediators, and that “Israel strongly opposes any change in these maps.”

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of the occupation government, Benjamin Netanyahu, is expected to hold a cabinet session tomorrow morning, Thursday, to ratify the deal, and then a government session to approve it as well. This will be followed by publishing a list of the names of the Palestinian prisoners included in the deal to the public, and allowing it to be appealed against in the Supreme Court, in a procedural step.