Jan 16, 2025People celebrate at Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, as news spread that a ceasefire and hostage release deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in the Palestinian territory. ... where AFP journalists saw crowds of people hugging and taking photos to mark the announcement.
Jan 20, 2025Palestinians burst into streets to celebrate and began returning to the rubble of bombed-out homes on Sunday after a ceasefire deal halted fighting in Gaza, while three female hostages freed by Hamas were reunited with their mothers inside Israel. Armed Hamas fighters drove through the southern city of Khan Younis with crowds cheering and chanting.
Jan 19, 2025People celebrate along a street at Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on January 15, 2025 as news spread that a ceasefire and hostage release deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in the Palestinian territory. Photo: Middle East Images via AFP
Jan 17, 2025Palestinian and Israeli communities in New Zealand are celebrating the news of a ceasefire in Gaza - but it is a very cautious optimism.. The deal, agreed on Wednesday between Israel and Hamas, is expected to halt the fighting in the devastated Palestinian territory for an initial six weeks, with people held in Gaza and Israel set to be released. New Zealand's Justice for Palestine co-convenor ...
Jan 27, 2025US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, will travel to Israel on Wednesday to oversee the Gazaceasefire, Israel's Channel 13 reported on Sunday, citing two Israeli officials. In central Gaza, columns of people were waiting along the main roads leading north, some in vehicles and some on foot, witnesses said.
Jan 20, 2025Negotiations to reach the second and third phases of a ceasefire agreement - which is intended to end the war - would begin on the 16th day of the implementation of the deal, according to an Israeli official. Israel has not committed to ending the war, but has said it will take part in negotiations to progress the ceasefire to its next phases.
Jan 16, 2025People celebrate along a street at Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on January 15, 2025 as news spread that a ceasefire and hostage release deal had been reached between Israel and Hamas aimed at ending more than 15 months of war in the Palestinian territory. Photo: Middle East Images via AFP
Jan 16, 2025Negotiators reached a deal on Thursday for a ceasefire in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters, after 15 months of conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and inflamed the Middle East.. It has been formally announced by the Qatari Prime Minister, who says the deal will come into force in three days' time, from January 19.
Jan 17, 2025The complex ceasefire accord emerged on Wednesday after mediation by Qatar, Egypt and the US to stop the war that began with deadly Hamas attacks on Israel and saw Israeli forces kill tens of thousands of Palestinians and devastate Gaza. The deal outlines a six-week initial ceasefire with the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza ...
Jan 16, 2025A long-sought Gazaceasefire-for-hostages deal emerged at the end of an intense 96 hours of negotiations in Doha brokered by US, Egyptian and Qatari diplomats who persuaded Israel and Hamas finally to conclude the agreement.. A senior Biden administration official credited the presence of President-elect Donald Trump's incoming Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, as being critical to reaching ...