Israel says the Gaza ceasefire will start at 11:15 a.m. native time. The announcement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace got here after Hamas named the three feminine hostages it plans to launch on Sunday.The militant group’s delay led to the postponement of the ceasefire by greater than two hours, with Israel saying earlier that it might maintain combating till the names had been handed over in accordance with the settlement.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows beneath.Hamas named the three hostages it plans to launch on Sunday greater than two hours after the ceasefire in Gaza was presupposed to have begun. Israel had earlier mentioned it might maintain combating till it obtained the names.There was no speedy remark from Israel after Hamas’ armed wing posted the names of the three feminine hostages on social media.Celebrations erupted throughout the war-ravaged territory, and a few Palestinians started returning to their houses, even because the delay underscored the fragility of the settlement. The deal units in movement a protracted and unsure course of geared toward finally ending the battle and returning almost 100 hostages kidnapped within the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas assault that triggered it.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned earlier Hamas had not lived as much as its dedication to offer the names of the three hostages it was set to launch in alternate for scores of Palestinian prisoners.The names of the three hostages had not been handed over when the deadline for the truce to start handed at 8:30 a.m. native time, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the highest Israeli navy spokesman, mentioned. He mentioned the military “continues to assault, even now, contained in the Gaza area,” and would till Hamas complies with the settlement.The navy later mentioned it had struck a lot of militant targets in northern and central Gaza.An Israeli airstrike killed at the very least eight folks within the southern metropolis of Khan Younis after the ceasefire was delayed. Nasser Hospital confirmed the casualties from Sunday’s strike, which it mentioned had occurred round two hours after the truce was presupposed to take impact.Gaza’s Well being Ministry reported one other three deaths from strikes on Sunday in Gaza Metropolis.Hamas had earlier blamed the delay in handing over the names on “technical area causes.” It mentioned in a press release that it’s dedicated to the ceasefire deal introduced final week.An Israeli official mentioned mediators have offered assurances that the record shall be delivered and the deal remains to be anticipated to go ahead, although the timing stays in query. The official spoke on situation of anonymity due to the continued efforts to resolve the matter.The occasion of Israel’s hard-line Nationwide Safety Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir in the meantime mentioned its Cupboard ministers submitted their resignations from the federal government on Sunday in opposition to the ceasefire. The departure of the Jewish Energy occasion weakens Netanyahu’s coalition however is not going to have an effect on the ceasefire.In a separate improvement, Israel introduced that it had recovered the physique of Oron Shaul, a soldier who was killed within the 2014 Israel-Hamas battle, in a particular operation. The our bodies of Shaul and one other soldier, Hadar Goldin, remained in Gaza after the 2014 battle and had not been returned regardless of a public marketing campaign by their households.Delay underscores fragility of the agreementThe deliberate ceasefire, agreed after a 12 months of intensive mediation by the USA, Qatar and Egypt, is step one in a protracted and fragile course of geared toward winding down the 15-month battle.Netanyahu mentioned he had instructed the navy that the ceasefire “is not going to start till Israel has in its possession the record of hostages to be freed, which Hamas dedicated to offer.” He had issued the same warning the evening earlier than.The 42-day first part of the ceasefire ought to see a complete of 33 hostages returned from Gaza and a whole lot of Palestinian prisoners and detainees launched. Israeli forces ought to pull again right into a buffer zone inside Gaza, and plenty of displaced Palestinians ought to be capable of return house. The devastated territory must also see a surge in humanitarian help.That is simply the second ceasefire within the battle, longer and extra consequential than the weeklong pause over a 12 months in the past, with the potential to finish the combating for good.Negotiations on the far harder second part of this ceasefire ought to start in simply over two weeks. Main questions stay, together with whether or not the battle will resume after the six-week first part and the way the remainder of the almost 100 hostages in Gaza shall be freed.Palestinians have a good time regardless of delayDozens of individuals took to the streets in Gaza’s southern metropolis of Khan Younis to have a good time the ceasefire, in keeping with an Related Press reporter. 4 masked and armed Hamas fighters arrived in two autos because the celebrations had been underway, with folks welcoming them and chanting slogans in assist of the militant group.Gaza’s Civil Protection, first responders who function beneath the Hamas-run authorities, held a parade in Gaza Metropolis, the place the rescuers waved a Palestinian flag alongside different revelers, in keeping with AP footage, which additionally confirmed a small group of individuals carrying the flags of Islamic Jihad, the second largest militant group after Hamas, which took half within the Oct. 7 assault.The Hamas-run police started deploying in public after largely mendacity low on account of Israeli airstrikes. Gaza Metropolis residents mentioned that they had seen them working in components of the town, and the AP reporter in Khan Younis noticed a small quantity out on the streets.Palestinian residents started returning to their houses in components of Gaza Metropolis early Sunday, at the same time as tank shelling continued to the east, nearer to the Israeli border, in a single day. Households could possibly be seen making their manner again on foot, with their belongings loaded on donkey carts, residents mentioned.”The sound of shelling and explosions did not cease,” mentioned Ahmed Matter, a Gaza Metropolis resident. He mentioned he noticed many households leaving their shelters and returning to their houses. “Individuals are impatient. They need this insanity to finish,” he mentioned.Israel’s Cupboard accepted the ceasefire early Saturday in a uncommon session in the course of the Jewish Sabbath, greater than two days after mediators introduced the deal. The warring sides had been beneath stress from each the outgoing Biden administration and President-elect Donald Trump to realize a deal earlier than the U.S. presidential inauguration on Monday.The toll of the battle has been immense, and new particulars on its scope will now emerge.Over 46,000 Palestinians have been killed, in keeping with Gaza’s Well being Ministry. The Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led assault on southern Israel that sparked the battle killed over 1,200. A whole bunch of Israeli troopers have died.Some 90% of Gaza’s inhabitants has been displaced. The United Nations says the well being system, highway community and different important infrastructure have been badly broken. Rebuilding – if the ceasefire reaches its closing part – will take a number of years at the very least. Main questions on Gaza’s future, political and in any other case, stay unresolved.___Magdy reported from Cairo and Goldenberg from Tel Aviv, Israel. Related Press reporters Josef Federman in Jerusalem and Mohammad Jahjouh in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, contributed to this report.