Israel Has Officially Approved Donald Trump's Gaza Peace Plan. What Happens Next?

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68e8acce1500001062269e0b.jpeg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="People react as they celebrate following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting, at a plaza known as hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)" data-caption="People react as they celebrate following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting, at a plaza known as hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />People react as they celebrate following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting, at a plaza known as hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>Israel has formally approved the first phase of <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/israel-hamas-agree-to-initial-step-in-trumps-gaza-peace-plan_uk_68e75d85e4b0d6ab1009c44a">Donald Trump’s peace plan </a>to end the war in Gaza.</p><p>In a statement posted online on Thursday night, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “The government has just now approved the framework for the release of all of the hostages – the living and the deceased.”</p><p>Here’s what is expected to happen next.</p><p></p><h2><strong>A ceasefire at last?</strong></h2><p>Under the peace deal agreed by both Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, a ceasefire is supposed to begin immediately.</p><p>However, eyewitnesses told the BBC that Israeli air strikes had continued overnight in