Gaza ceasefire begins with the release of 90 prisoners

Israel released early on Monday the first group of 90 Palestinian prisoners, many of them women and children, according to the Israeli Prison Service, as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal that took effect on Sunday at 9:15 GMT. The move comes amid heightened scrutiny of the long‑battered peace process and follows weeks of negotiations that aimed to pause the fighting and allow humanitarian relief to flow into Gaza. The release signals a concrete step in a larger framework meant to calm the region after months of violence and political tension.