(15 Jan 2025)
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Deir Al Balah, Central Gaza Strip – 15 January 2025
1. Various of people celebrating after ceasefire deal announcement between Israel and Hamas
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Haitham Doghmosh, displaced person from Gaza:
"A very beautiful feeling, and thank God that the agreement has been reached and that we will return to our homes, to our families, and to our loved ones. It is true that our homes are gone, and our loved ones, our brothers, and our families are gone."
3. Various of people celebrating
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) No Name Given, displaced person from Gaza:
"An indescribable feeling, and we are still in shock with joy. We wish mercy for the martyrs and a speedy recovery for the wounded."
5. Various of people celebrating
STORYLINE:
People were celebrating on the streets of Deir-al-Balah in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening after multiple officials announced that Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal to pause the devastating war, raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies.
The deal promises the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas in phases and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israel, and it will allow hundreds of thousands of people displaced in Gaza to return to what remains of their homes.
It also would flood badly needed humanitarian aid into a territory ravaged by 15 months of war.
The prime minister of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, said the ceasefire would go into effect on Sunday. He made the announcement in the Qatari capital of Doha, the site of weeks of painstaking negotiations.
Three officials from the U.S. and one from Hamas had earlier confirmed that a deal was reached, while the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said final details were being ironed out.
All three U.S. officials and the Hamas official requested anonymity to discuss the contours of the deal before the official announcement by mediators in Doha.
Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that it hoped “details will be finalized tonight.”
An Israeli official familiar with the talks said those details center on confirming the list of Palestinian prisoners who are to be freed.
Any agreement must be approved by Netanyahu’s Cabinet.
AP video by Wafaa Shurafa
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