Israel-Hamas truce will begin on Sunday at 8:30 am
The ceasefire with the Hamas terrorist organization will come into effect at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, with the first three hostages — women — set to be freed from Gazan captivity sometime after 4 p.m. Israel estimates that 25 of the 33 people on the list of hostages to be returned in the first stage of the ceasefire agreement are alive.