Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office pledged the truce and a statement from the Israeli security cabinet called it “mutual and unconditional”.
A Hamas official said the ceasefire would be “mutual and simultaneous”.
According to Hamas, hostilities were due to end at 2am local time (midnight UK time), but Israel said the time was yet to be agreed.
Breakthrough
The ceasefire comes after a fresh barrage of rockets were fired from Gaza yesterday afternoon into the coastal cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon and surrounding areas.
And a ball of fire erupted in Gaza City’s Rimal residential district yesterday during Israeli bombardment on the Hamas-controlled enclave.
A total of 4,070 rockets have been fired into Israel since last week with 610 failed launches that landed into the Gaza strip, according to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF).
At least 230 Palestinians have been killed in the fighting, according to Gaza health officials, while 12 Israelis have died. The breakthrough came a day after Joe Biden called for an urgent de-escalation.
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