A ceasefire in the Gaza war will begin on Sunday morning, mediator Qatar said after Israel's cabinet voted to approve the truce and hostage-prisoner release deal.
Since Qatar and the United States, which mediated the deal along with Egypt, announced the agreement on Wednesday, Israeli strikes on Gaza have continued.
On Saturday, Gaza's civil defence rescue agency said at least five members of a family were killed when a strike hit their tent in Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza.
Explosions were heard over Jerusalem after air raid sirens blared and the military said a projectile had been launched from Yemen, whose Ansar Allah fighters say they support the Palestinians.
The Ansar Allah said they targeted the Israeli defence ministry, before air raid sirens sounded again in southern Israel in the afternoon and the military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen.
"As coordinated by the parties to the agreement and the mediators, the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will begin at 8:30 am (06:30 GMT) on Sunday," Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed al Ansari said.
In more than 15 months of war between Hamas and Israel, there has been only one previous truce, for one week, in November 2023. That deal also saw the release of captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
"The government has approved the hostage return plan," the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after the cabinet vote. Netanyahu's office said the deal "supports achieving the objectives of the war".
Israel's justice ministry said 737 Palestinian prisoners and detainees would be freed as part of the deal's first phase — none before 4:00 pm (1400 GMT) on Sunday.
Qatari Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al Thani has said an initial 42-day ceasefire would see 33 hostages released in Gaza.
Shaikh Mohammed told Sky News the framework signed last week was the same as one agreed on December 23, adding it amounted to "13 months of a waste of negotiating details".
The truce is to take effect on the eve of Donald Trump's inauguration for a second term as US president.
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said the Palestinian Authority has completed preparations "to assume full responsibility in Gaza" after the war. Israel has expressed no definitive stance on post-war governance.
Outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Gaza should be under PA control.
Ahead of the truce, displaced Gazans prepared to return home.
"I will go to kiss my land," said Nasr al Gharabli, who fled his home in Gaza City for a camp further south. "If I die on my land, it would be better than being here as a displaced person." SEE ALSO P6
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