All the Remaining Hostages to Return on Monday

Celebrations at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv as negotiators set to sign deal freeing all hostages from Gaza, October 9, 2025

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip will go into effect after the Israeli government ratifies the deal on Thursday evening, Reuters cited an official from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office as saying.

After the government approves the ceasefire, a 24-hour period will commence during which the decision will be able to be appealed to the High Court of Justice. Once that period ends, then Hamas will have 72 hours to fulfill its end of the agreement and release all the hostages, both living and deceased.

Consequently, Hamas may finish releasing the hostages on Monday, rather than Sunday.

Originally, the ceasefire was set to begin at 12:00 p.m..

This is based on an informal agreement between both parties without a signed document.

A joint Israeli-US-Qatari-Egyptian task force will be established to locate the bodies of deceased hostages whose location is unknown

A source familiar with the details told The Jerusalem Post that the task force will provide heavy equipment for tasks such as digging or demolishing buildings to reach the bodies of the deceased.

The goal of the task force is to return as many remains of abducted individuals as possible to Israel, along with the living hostages, within 72 hours