The termination of fire comes into force when the military pulls out of parts of the gas

The Israeli military claims that they have partially pulled troops from parts of Gaza after an agreement to end the fire between Israel and Hamas entered on Friday morning.

The Israeli forces said they had taken to an agreed position in the territory – although the troops still occupy half of the strip.

The footage shows thousands of Palestinians who have made their way north of Gaza, which has been bombarded heavily by Israeli forces in recent months.

The termination of fire came into force after the Israeli government approved the first phase of the US President President Donald Trump President and the deal to return hostages to Thursday. The next phases are still negotiated.

According to the deal, Hamas has until 12:00 local time (10:00 BST) on Monday to release all Israeli hostages – including 20, which are thought to be alive and up to 28 remains of hostages.

Israel also has to release about 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences in Israeli prisons. Israeli army radio said 100 would be launched on the west coast and five to East Jerusalem. They are expected to be deported more.

Another 1700 Gaza Palestinians who have been detained must also be released.

According to the terms of the transaction, assistance trucks must also be allowed unlimited in the strip to bring desperately necessary assistance to the Gaza population – many of which have been repeatedly displaced during the two -year war.

About 600 trucks are expected to help enter Gaza every day since Friday, although the details of the unfolding remain unclear and it has not yet been confirmed whether any increased help has reached people since the start of fire ceased.

The hunger was declared part of the territory for the first time in August by UN -backed experts who said more than 500,000 people face “catastrophic” conditions characterized by “hunger, disaster and death”.

Israel has repeatedly denied that there is hunger in the territory.

In separate development, Up to 200 US troops already based in the Middle East will be moved to Israel to help monitor the ceasefire in Gaza, According to US officials.

Eyewitnesses in Gaza said the troops had withdrawn from the northwestern suburbs of Gaza to the east.

In the south, it is reported that some Israeli troops have also been withdrawn from the Khan ENNIS region.

In a statement of social media, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that his troops were “beginning to position themselves on the updated implementation lines” at 12:00 local time.

“The IDF troops in the Southern Command are located in the area and will continue to eliminate any immediate threat,” the statement added.

US Special Envoy, Steve Vikoff, said the US central command confirmed that IDF troops had “completed the withdrawal of the first phase” of what he calls the “yellow line”. The line was presented in a map published by the White House last week, noting when the troops will withdraw during this phase of the fire termination agreement, where it will control 53% of Gaza.

“The 72-hour hostage release period has started,” Vitcof added.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a television address that he was “fulfilling” the promise to return all hostages.

He added that Israeli troops were still “around Hamas from every direction”, adding that the next stages of Trump’s plan are that “Hamas will be disarmed and gas will be demilitarized.” Hamas did not put any bet to disarm at that moment.

Earlier on Friday, there was some confusion about the deadlines when the fire was stopped. Eyewitnesses told the BBC air strikes continued in Gaza in the early hours of Friday.

Hamas Health Ministry said 17 people had been killed in the last 24 hours.

IDF said it would continue to work from its updated implementation lines “to eliminate any immediate threat” and urged people to avoid entering areas still under Israeli military control.

In Gaza’s town where IDF withdrew, Hamas security forces were located on the streets. They were in the photo wearing hats with the Hamas internal security agency, not regular police forces.

On Friday, Hamas said he rejected any Gaza’s “foreign guardianship”, adding that this gas management is a purely internal Palestinian matter.

Trump’s 20-point peace plan He states that Hamas will not have a future role in Gaza, which will be managed by a temporary transitional body of the Palestinian technocrats controlled by the Peace Council, headed and chaired by Donald Trump and with the participation of former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The management of the tape will eventually be passed on to the Palestinian power (PA).

Hamas also expressed hopes that Gaza would take advantage of “Arab and international participation in the field of reconstruction, restoration and support for development”.

As the troops partially withdrew, thousands of Palestinians were filmed, traveling – very walk – up the coastal road of the gas north.

Many traveled more than 20 km (12 miles), carrying what remained from their belongings on their backs.

On the damaged narrow roads, some of the Palestinian flags removed and signs of victory. But many also seemed weak and malnourished.

“The road is long and difficult, there is no food or water,” said Alaa Saleh, a teacher who fled the city of Gaza with his wife and six children in Khan Eunice to the south.

“I left my family behind me and started walking north. Thousands around me are fighting. The hiring of a car costs about 4,000 shekels (924 pounds; $ 1.227), far beyond what most people can afford,” he told the BBC.

Wael Al-Najar, who made his way to his home in Jabalia in the north, said he had slept outside on the cold pavement with his son, waiting for his trip to start his trip.

He told the BBC freelancer: “Even if the house is destroyed, even if it is just ruin, we will go back, put a tent and go back to our people.”

Many along the way were striving for the city of Gaza, many of which were turned into ruins.

Mahmoud Basal, a spokesman for the Hamas Gaza Civil Protection Agency, said later on Friday that “approximately 200,000 people returned to northern Gaza today,” AFP News reports.

Videos, spread online, show huge destruction in the main neighborhoods of the city, including Sheikh Radvan to the north, and Sabra and Zeitoun to the south and east, where whole residential blocks are leveled.

Gaza civil defense crews restore bodies under the ruins while Assistance agencies have warned that basic deliveries such as food, fuel and clean water remain critically scarce.

In Israel, the families of those held hostages in Gaza were pleased with the news of the cessation of fire.

Uri Goran, who is campaigning on October 7, 2023, for the return of his cousin’s body after Tal Haimi was killed and taken by Hamas two years ago, said he allowed himself a “great sigh of relief” when he heard about the fire termination agreement.

But his relief was hardened by Hamas’s recognition that they did not know the location of all the bodies of the dead hostages. “This will not end until all 48 come back home,” he stressed.

Israel’s war against Gaza was triggered by attacks by Hamas against southern Israel on October 7, 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 hostages taken.

Since then, over 67,000 Palestinians have been killed, including over 18,000 children, says Hamas Health Ministry.

The UN Investigation Commission and Leading experts have accused Israel of committing a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza during the war.

Israel categorically rejected the report, denying it as “distorted and incorrect”.

Additional reporting from Lizo Duck, Rushdie Abaluf and Alice Kudi