The ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will come into effect at 6:30 a.m. Central European Time (CET) on Sunday, Qatar announced.
Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari announced that the ceasefire would come into effect at 8:30 a.m. local time (6:30 CET) on January 19.
He urged Gazans to take basic precautions and follow the instructions of the authorities.
Qatar, one of the mediators in the negotiations, announced on January 15 that Israel and Hamas had reached an agreement on a ceasefire in Gaza and a prisoner exchange.
The three-phase agreement envisages the release of 33 Israeli hostages in the first 42 days.
It envisages the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, as well as the return of displaced Palestinians.
Details of the second and third phases of the agreement will be announced after the implementation of the first, AA writes.
