By Kaydi Pelletier and Nicholas McEntyre
The Israel-Hamas war cease-fire began Sunday after a three-hour delay after the terror group didn’t reveal the names of the first three hostages to be released.
Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher were named as the first 3 people who would be released on Sunday — as officials expect 30 more hostages to be released from Hamas captivity, but a timeline was not announced on the releases.
Follow The Post’s live updates as three hostages are slated to be released from Gaza on Sunday amid the Israel and Hamas ceasefire deal.
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir resigned from his role in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet in opposition to the cease-fire on Sunday.
“With us, a word is a word, we will not agree to a reckless deal,” Ben-Gvir said on X.
He also said that far-right Otzma Yehudit political party members submitted their resignations.
Ben-Gvir oversaw the Israel’s police force. He used his influence to encourage Netanyahu to press ahead with the war in Gaza and recently boasted that he had blocked past efforts to reach a ceasefire.
The long-awaited cease-fire between Israel and Hamas reportedly went into effect on Sunday morning after the Palestinian terror group delayed giving the list of hostages to be freed — but then finally revealed the names after some three hours.
The terror group announced early Sunday that Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher will be released from captivity today under the agreement reached with Israeli officials, the Times of Israel reported.
The paper said Israeli officials acknowledged getting the names — it was not clear when the women would be released.
The cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas nearly crumbled Sunday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the militant group of failing to fulfill their end of the pact when they didn’t release the names of the captives slated to be released before the deal was meant to begin.