Ceasefire supposed to begin immediately after early Friday’s cabinet approval under deal, says Israeli official

There are no plans for British or European troops to be in Gaza after the ceasefire agreement, the UK’s foreign secretary Yvette Cooper said. “That’s not our plan, there’s no plans to do that,” she said on Friday morning to BBC Breakfast.

She added: “But there is an immediate proposal for the US to lead what is effectively like a monitoring process to make sure that this happens on the ground, to oversee the process with hostage release, and also making sure that this first stage is implemented, getting the aid in place, but they have also made very clear that they expect the troops on the ground to be provided by neighbouring states, and that is something that we do expect to happen.”

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