The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said on the night of the 15th local time that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu had phone calls with US President-elect Trump and US President Biden respectively on reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced the news, and Netanyahu publicly confirmed for the first time that Israel accepted the agreement to ceasefire in Gaza and release detained persons. The agreement is expected to take effect on the 19th.

On the evening of January 15, Qatar, Egypt and the United States issued a joint statement announcing that Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) reached an agreement on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the exchange of detained persons. The statement said that the agreement aims to achieve a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and restore peace.