<img src="https://img.lemde.fr/2025/01/18/0/0/6000/4000/1440/960/60/0/0206c14_ftp-import-images-1-sqkk9pch3101-5775502-01-06.jpg" alt="Inline image" width="100%" height="auto"> <p class="article__paragraph ">Israel on Sunday, January 19, said a truce with Hamas began in Gaza at 10:15 am (9:15 GMT), nearly three hours after initially scheduled, following <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/01/19/gaza-ceasefire-to-begin-sunday-morning_6737188_4.html">a last-minute delay</a> on the orders of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The announcement from Netanyahu’s office came after Hamas named the three female hostages it plans to release on Sunday.</p> <p class="article__paragraph ">A statement from Netanyahu's office, issued less than an hour before the truce had been set to start at 8:30 am (6:30 am GMT), said he had "instructed the (Israeli army) that the ceasefire (...) will not begin until Israel has received the list" of hostages to be freed. During the delay, Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed eight people.</p>  <p class="article__paragraph ">Israel eventually received the list of three hostages to be released by Hamas as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, the prime minister's office said in a statement. "Israel has received the list of hostages that are supposed to be released today," the statement said, adding the "security establishment is currently checking the details."</p> <section class="catcher catcher--favoris"> <div class="catcher__content"><span class="catcher__title catcher__title--hide">Read more</span><span class="catcher__desc"> <span class="icon__premium"><span class="sr-only">Subscribers only</span></span> <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/01/18/gaza-ceasefire-families-of-israeli-hostages-and-palestinian-prisoners-await-the-first-releases_6737168_4.html" class="js-article-read-also catcher--favoris__link" data-premium="1">Gaza ceasefire: Families of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners await the first releases</a> </span> </div> </section> <p class="article__paragraph ">"According to the plan for the release of the hostages, the ceasefire for phase one in Gaza will come into effect at 11:15 (local time)," a statement from the prime minister's office said. The truce was initially scheduled to begin at 7:30 am (6:30 GMT).</p> <p class="article__paragraph ">Hamas attributed the delay to "technical reasons," as well as the "complexities of the field situation and the continued bombing," ultimately publishing the names of three Israeli women to be released at around 9:30 am on Sunday. It had earlier said in a statement that it was committed to the ceasefire deal announced last week.</p>  <p class="article__paragraph ">The ceasefire is set to pause the fighting after 15 months of war and see the release of dozens of hostages held by the militants in the Gaza Strip and hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. Israel's Cabinet approved the deal early on Saturday.</p> <p class="article__paragraph ">Brokered by mediators the United States, Qatar and Egypt in months of indirect talks between the warring sides, the ceasefire is the second truce achieved in the devastating conflict.</p> <section class="catcher catcher--favoris"> <div class="catcher__content"><span class="catcher__title catcher__title--hide">Read more</span><span class="catcher__desc"> <span class="icon__premium"><span class="sr-only">Subscribers only</span></span> <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/01/16/gaza-ceasefire-details-three-incremental-phases-leading-to-a-permanent-ceasefire_6737101_4.html" class="js-article-read-also catcher--favoris__link" data-premium="1">Gaza ceasefire details: Three incremental phases leading to 'a permanent ceasefire'</a> </span> </div> </section> <section class="author"> <p class="author__detail"> <span class="author__name">Le Monde with AP and AFP</span> </p> </section> 

After a nearly three-hour delay, a ceasefire in Gaza has begun. The truce had been postponed on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's orders, after Hamas delays in naming the three hostages it planned to release later in the day.{ai:summary}<p>Israel announced a truce with Hamas in Gaza, delayed to 10:15 am local time after Prime Minister Netanyahu insisted on receiving a list of hostages to be released. The ceasefire follows a 15-month conflict and aims to facilitate the release of hostages and prisoners.</p><p>The truce, brokered by the U.S., Qatar, and Egypt, is the second achieved in the ongoing conflict. Hamas cited "technical reasons" for the delay, while Israeli strikes reportedly resulted in casualties during the wait. #foreignaffairs</p>