The ceasefire with the Hamas terrorist organization will come into effect at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, with the first three hostages — women — set to be freed from Gazan captivity sometime after 4 p.m.

Israel estimates that 25 of the 33 people on the list of hostages to be returned in the first stage of the ceasefire agreement are alive.

According to the Justice Ministry, Israel will release 1,904 Palestinian terrorists in the first stage: 737 prisoners and administrative detainees, among them killers with blood on their hands, and 1,167 residents of the Gaza Strip not involved in the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.