Palestinian gunmen in the central Gaza area of Deir al-Balah celebrated on Sunday after a ceasefire went into effect.

“It is continuous by God’s permission to kill the last Zionist soldier in our holy country,” the gunmen chanted as cars honked horns and music blared.

The ceasefire went into effect at 11:15 AM after Netanyahu’s office confirmed it received an hours-overdue list of three hostages to be released later on Sunday.

Less than one hour before the ceasefire was originally supposed to begin, the IDF announced it had recovered the body of Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, whose body was held in Gaza since 2014.

The first phase of the ceasefire will see 33 Israeli hostages freed over several days in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian terrorists imprisoned in Israel. The exact number will depend on how many of the 33 hostages are alive. Meanwhile, Israel’s High Court of Justice rejected a legal petition against the release of the Palestinians on Sunday morning.

At least 1,200 people were killed, and 252 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage in Hamas’s attacks on Israeli communities near the Gaza border on October 7. Of the 95 remaining hostages, more than 30 have been declared dead.