The long-awaited ceasefire was agreed to on Wednesday and began Sunday morning after brief delay as Israel demanded a list of hostages to be released by Hamas.
The Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal was mediated by Qatar and US on Wed, however, was in limbo for more than a day as Netanyahu said there were last-minute snags.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu blamed a last-minute dispute with Hamas for holding up the approval as rising tensions in his government coalition raised concerns