India, Oct. 10 -- The Israeli government ratified a ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Friday, with both sides also having agreed to the hostage deal.

The deal was approved early Friday morning, news agency Reuters reported, hours after United States President Donald Trump announced that both sides had reached a ceasefire agreement.

"The government has just now approved the framework for the release of all of the hostages - the living and the deceased," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a post on X.

Following the announcement of the deal, Hamas's exiled Gaza chief Khalil Al-Hayya said he had received guarantees from the US and other mediators that the war was now over.

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